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- How Science Died at the World Trade Center
- When Nazi Hands Rock American Cradles
- Cuba: Land of Opportunity
- Teaching critical thinking to high school students: The heart of social science (2 of 6)
- Which Is Propaganda, Which Is News-Reporting?
- We Live In An Era Of Dangerous Imbalances
- How Stupid Do They Think We Are?
- Rocking the Cradle on Capital Hill- The Face of Nationalism You Don’t Know
- Will China’s Currency Peg Be the Next to Fall?
- Putin Wins, Obama Loses, in Draft Plan for Ukraine
- Guess Who Peddled 7-Year Old Photos of a Different Country As If They Show a Current Russian Invasion of Ukraine?
- Cuba Through the Looking Glass
- FOURTH TURNING – THE SHADOW OF CRISIS HAS NOT PASSED – PART FOUR
- Empire of Lies
- Facts All US Citizens Need to Know About Israel and Palestine
- West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation
- Non-Muslims Carried Out More than 90% of All Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil
- The Government Is Spying On Us Through Our Computers, Phones, Cars, Buses, Streetlights, At Airports And On The Street, Via Mobile Scanners And Drones, Through Our Smart Meters, And In Many Other Ways
- First Congress Member Allowed to Read Secret Treaty Says “There Is No National Security Purpose In Keeping This Text Secret … This Agreement Hands The Sovereignty of Our Country Over to Corporate Interests”
- The Missiles That Brought Down TWA Flight 800
- Dr. King family’s civil trial verdict: US government assassinated Martin
- The SINGLE Most Important Step to Protect Yourself from Government Spying
- Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost?
- "These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They're About Economic Spying, Social Control, and Diplomatic Manipulation. They're About Power"
- What Is The ACTUAL Risk for Pacific Coast Residents from Fukushima Radiation?
- Indications that the U.S. Is Planning a Nuclear Attack Against Russia
- Reddit Censors Big Story About Government Manipulation and Disruption of the Internet
- Americans Have Lost VIRTUALLY ALL of Our Constitutional Rights
Monthly Archives: February 2013
This Year’s Subsidy to Wall Street = the Amount of This Year’s Sequester Cuts
Guest post by Eric Zuesse. Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity. Since we’ve bailed out the 10 largest … Continue reading
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Prehistoric Man Had Much Healthier Teeth and Gums than Modern Humans
The REAL Source of Cavities and Gum Disease Our modern stereotype is that – until recently – people were plagued with rotting teeth, cavities and gum disease. But the truth is that prehistoric people had much better oral health than … Continue reading
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Inflation Is the Legacy of the Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Policy Has Levied a Hidden Tax On All Americans Bloomberg asks whether inflation is the legacy of the Fed: The answer is clearly YES. The dollar’s purchasing power has plummeted from 1913 – the year the Fed was … Continue reading
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Nuclear Expert: “The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel … There Really Is No Containment” At Fukushima Reactors
Nuclear Cores and Spent Fuel Pools Have Both Lost Containment Steven Starr – Director of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Missouri/Senior Scientist at Physicians for Social Responsibility – said: The Japanese basically lied about what happened … Continue reading
Giant Food Corporations Work Hand-In-Glove With Corrupt Government Agencies To Dish Up Cheap, Unhealthy Food
Big Food Is Making Us Sick The Independent reports that food companies are becoming insanely concentrated: Increasingly, a handful of multinationals are tightening their grip on the commodity markets, with potentially dramatic effects for consumers and food producers alike. *** … Continue reading
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Senator Warren Rips Ben Bernanke and Other Financial Regulators Over “Too Big” Banks
Best Congressional Grilling Since Alan Grayson or Ron Paul Background here and here.
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The Sequestration Debate Misses the REAL Issue
Waste and Fraud Are the Real Causes of the Deficit With sequestration set to go into effect in a few days, everyone is talking about it (via Google trends): Sequestration means across-the-board cuts in government spending, split 50%-50% between the … Continue reading
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IT’S ALWAYS THE BEST TIME TO BUY
“The continuing shortages of housing inventory are driving the price gains. There is no evidence of bubbles popping.” – David Lereah, NAR mouthpiece/economist – August 2005 “The steady improvement in home sales will support price appreciation despite all the wild … Continue reading
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Insane Levels of Inequality – Which Hurt the Economy – Are Skyrocketing
Preface: All capitalist systems have some inequality. We don’t want to prevent all inequality … just economy-wrecking levels: Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, adds that some inequality is necessary to create incentives in a capitalist economy but that “too … Continue reading
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Who’s Who of Prominent Economists Say that Too Much Inequality Causes Economic Downturns
Inequality Is Bad For the Economy A who’s-who’s of prominent economists in government and academia have all said that runaway inequality can cause financial crises: Robert Shiller Joseph Stiglitz Andrew Berg (IMF economist) Jonathan Ostry (IMF economist) Paul Krugman Robert … Continue reading
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Note to Readers on Donations and Site Redesign
Thank you to our readers for your generous donations … and especially for the warm and humbling notes of encouragement. A couple of your notes stopped us in our tracks, and made us very grateful for the commitment, passion … Continue reading
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Virtually ALL of the Big Banks’ Profits Come from Taxpayer Bailouts and Subsidies
The Big Banks “Would Just About Break Even In the Absence of Corporate Welfare” The government has propped up the big banks for years through massive, never-ending bailouts and subsidies. Bloomberg noted last year that 77% of JP Morgan’s net … Continue reading
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Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost?
Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com How Many Constitutional Freedoms Do We Still Have? Preface: While a lot of people talk about the loss of our Constitutional liberties, people usually speak in a vague, generalized manner … or focus on only … Continue reading
Newly-Released Memo by Donald Rumsfeld Proves Iraq War Started On False Pretenses
Everyone Knew Iraq Had No WMDS … and Was Not Behind Anthrax Attacks or 9/11 Everyone knew that Iraq didn’t have weapons of mass destruction. Indeed, Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff – Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson – just … Continue reading
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What’s Causing the Epidemic of Gun Violence?
Might Makes Right Based Violence By the Military Promotes Violence At Home Gun control advocates point to all of the recent shootings as evidence that we should ban guns … or at least assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. On the … Continue reading
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Gun Control Was – Historically – About Repressing Blacks
Preface: I was raised to be against guns. My parents hated guns, and believed that they only lead to crime and accidental shootings. I was raised in a blue state, and I have long been deeply influenced by leading voices … Continue reading
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Top Liberal Constitutional Law Expert: Gun Ownership Is An Individual Constitutional Right As Important As Freedom of Speech Or Religion
To Protect Against Abuse By An Oppressive Government Professor Jonathan Turley is one of the nation’s top constitutional law experts. Turley: Is the second most cited law professor in the country Has worked as both the CBS and NBC legal … Continue reading
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ADRIFT AT SEA
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” – Friedrich Nietzsche The big story this past week, besides the annual State of the Delusion speech by Barack “It won’t add a cent … Continue reading
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Waiting for God-oh? Waiting for good dough? Or waiting for… doh!
Those of us waiting/working for Earth’s breakthrough to be a civilized planet have interesting lives: We paradoxically “wait” for some God-blessed breakthrough while practicing Zen-like acceptance now, and now, and now of a 1%’s “emperor has no clothes” obvious unlawful … Continue reading
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Genetically-Engineered Meat Isn’t Tested for Human Safety … Because It’s Treated as an “Animal Drug”
Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com. Eater Beware … USA Today reported last October that the FDA doesn’t even test the safety of genetically engineered food: Q: Does the FDA test these foods before they’re allowed on the market? A: No. … Continue reading
Bush Was a Total Disaster … Obama Is WORSE
Preface: I voted for Obama in 2008. But I was so disgusted with Obama that I voted for Gary Johnson in 2012. More Redistribution of Wealth to the Richest Sure, Bush made the rich richer. But Obama has actually redistributed … Continue reading
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Will Bitcoin Break Up the Big Bank Monopoly Destroying Our Country?
Can Internet Technology Destroy the Financial Monopoly? The big banks are destroying our economy … and our country. They are literally run as criminal enterprises (even the mainstream media now admits that), they own the politicians, and they are encouraging the … Continue reading
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One Time – First-Ever – Fundraiser
After 8 years, this is our first-ever fundraiser. This should be a one-time event, as we have unexpected charges … Any Paypal or Bitcoin donations would be greatly appreciated, and would help us to keep writing … Thanks to … Continue reading
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Top Economic Advisers Forecast War and Unrest
Kyle Bass, Larry Edelson, Charles Nenner, James Dines, Nouriel Roubini, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber and Jim Rickards Warn or War We’re already at war in numerous countries all over the world. But top economic advisers warn that economic factors could … Continue reading
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Forgetting Torture: Lee Hamilton, John Brennan, and Abu Zubaydah
Guest Post By Kevin Ryan. Originally posted at Dig Within. Mr. Ryan is former Site Manager for Environmental Health Laboratories, a division of Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Mr. Ryan, a Chemist and laboratory manager, was fired by UL in 2004 for … Continue reading
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Daniel Ellsberg: Obama, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Senators Voting for Indefinite Detention Are “Enemies of the Constitution”
American Government Claims Power that Even King George Didn’t Claim Daniel Ellsberg said this week: [The indefinite detention provision of the defense bill] allows you to put an American citizen – a civilian – in military custody, treated like Bradley … Continue reading
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Currency Wars Often Lead to Trade Wars … Which In Turn Can Devolve Into Hot Wars
Currency War → Trade War → Hot War? According to numerous high-level insiders, the global currency war is accelerating: Current Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank president James Bullard Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Plosser Outgoing … Continue reading
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Jon Stewart Lambasts Drone Strikes on U.S. Citizens
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Google Moves to Destroy Online Anonymity … Helping Authoritarian Governments In the Process
Governments Move to Destroy Online Anonymity Gene Howington reported last year: The history of anonymous political free speech in America dates back to our founding. The seminal essays found in “The Federalist Papers” were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison … Continue reading
ALL IS WELL!!!
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley I woke up this past Saturday morning and opened my local paper to find out that all was well. An Associated Press article declared a healthy jobs … Continue reading
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Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Currency Devaluations Proved Ruinous For The Global Economy In The 1930s, But The World Is Setting Off Down The Same Slippery Slope Again
The Global Currency War Is Escalating According to numerous high-level insiders, we’re in a dangerous global currency war: Current Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard Outgoing Bank of England chief Mervyn King Russian Central Banker … Continue reading
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What Was President Obama Shooting, Anyway?
After the White House released a photo of President shooting a rifle, it warned people not to photoshop it: Too late … William Banzai Anthony Freda Background.
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The White House is “Judge, Jury and Executioner” of Both Drone and Cyber-Attacks
Bush and Obama Have Set Us Back 800 Years NBC News reports: Legal experts expressed grave reservations Tuesday about an Obama administration memo concluding that the United States can order the killing of American citizens believed to be affiliated … Continue reading
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Majority of Americans Say Federal Government Threatens Freedom
Pollsters from Across the Political Spectrum Say that Americans Distrust Government For years, “conservative” pollsters have said that Americans are furious at the government: Rasmussen noted in 2010 that only a small minority of the American people think that the … Continue reading
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Food Manufacturers are Fraudulently Diluting High-Quality Food with Inferior Quality Junk
Some of the Fake Ingredients Added to Food May be DANGEROUS In a predictable trend, food manufacturers are fraudulently diluting high-quality food with inferior quality items. As ABC News reports: A new scientific examination by the non-profit food fraud detectives … Continue reading
US economic, peace breakthroughs technically easy, AND require public demand
I teach high school government and economics; I promise ordinary people understand available breakthroughs because they are simple: PROBLEM: Wars. EASY BREAKTHROUGH: War is illegal. Treaties after two world wars make armed attack illegal unless in self-defense from armed attack … Continue reading
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U.S. Approved Israeli Bombing of Syria … and May Join the War at Any Moment
Despite the Pretense that the U.S. and Israel Are Not Intervening In Syria’s Civil War, They Are Both At War With Syria Israel claims it bombed a weapons convoy, while Syria claimed that a research facility was hit. Who is … Continue reading
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Our Understanding of the Effects of Fluoride Is Like Our Understanding of Lead in the 1970s
U.S. National Research Council Scientists: Fluoride Can Damage the Brain and Bones Concern grew in the late 1970s that even low levels of exposure to lead caused adverse changes in the mentally functioning of children. The same thing is now … Continue reading
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Government Protects Criminals by Attacking Whistleblowers
Government Prosecutes and Harasses those Who Expose Criminal Wrongdoing It’s now obvious to everyone that – even though criminal fraud dominates Wall Street – the Obama administration refuses to prosecute white collar crime. Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, George H.W. … Continue reading
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Stunning Videos
Sunrise and sunset from the Space Station: Earth at night from the Space Station: First ever video of thoughts forming in a brain (in a zebra fish): Wing suit flying: Goes Matrix: And check out this 360 video tour (control … Continue reading
Government and Top University Studies: Fluoride Lowers IQ and Causes Other Health Problems
Dentists Haven’t Read the Studies Preface: This post doesn’t discuss any conspiracy theories. It simply presents a scientific review of the studies by mainstream sources on fluoride. Why do dentists push fluoride, even though an overwhelming number of scientific studies … Continue reading
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Switch Your Bank
Our friends at SwitchYourBank.org made this great 2-minute video to show your friends and family. As we’ve previously reported, the Move Your Money campaign has caused billions of dollars to be withdrawn from the big banks and put into smaller … Continue reading
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What Does the Biggest Wave Ever Surfed LOOK LIKE?
Watch the World Record Being Broken By now, everyone has heard that the world record for largest wave ever surfed has apparently been smashed. But what did the wave really look like? These videos – especially the first one – … Continue reading