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Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
– Albert Einstein (attributed)
The insane dream has streamed endlessly through my lifetime. I saw it as a boy, and I see it still. It has never really produced any results, and it certainly shows no promise of doing so in the near future. Continue reading “The Insane Dream”
Townhall – by Sarah Jean Seman
The grievous shooting at Fort Hood Wednesday claimed three innocent lives and left 16 wounded—the deaths occurred in a gun-free zone due to former president Clinton’s 1993 policy to disarm soldiers on military bases.
The attack at Fort Hood lasted 15 minutes before military police arrived and exchanged fire with the shooter who then shot himself, according to the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading “GOP Rep. Stockman Urges House to Repeal Gun Ban on Military Bases”
Everything is rigged. That’s what we have found out over the last two years. Stock markets, forex, interest rates, the price of gold, silver, oil, aluminum…. After battling that rigged world all day, you finally get home or rest your elbows on the bar of a watering hole, and all you want is chill out, go back to basics, and take that first big gulp of your favorite beer. It would heal the wounds of the day, and you’d feel good, knowing that it’s the one thing left in this world – something so fundamental to life that it goes back thousands of years – that hasn’t been rigged against you yet. Continue reading “Turns Out, Even The Price Of Beer Is Rigged”
Defense One – by Elahe Izadi, National Journal
In a closed hearing Thursday, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted 11-3 to declassify portions of a CIA report detailing post-9/11 interrogation tactics.
The lawmakers sent their request to the White House to declassify more than 500 pages of a 6,200-page report, including an executive summary, findings, and conclusions about an interrogation program involving more than 100 detainees. Continue reading “Senate Votes to Declassify Report on CIA Interrogations”
Business Insider – by HAYLEY PETERSON
UPS is firing 250 Queens, N.Y., drivers for walking off the job during a 90-minute protest in February.
The company dismissed 20 of the workers after their shifts Monday and issued notices of termination to another 230 employees, notifying them that they will be fired once the company has trained their replacements, UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told Business Insider. Continue reading “UPS Fires 250 Employees For Staging A 90-Minute Protest To Defend Co-Worker”
SALT LAKE CITY, April 2, 2014 – On Monday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill which thwarts some of the effects of the growing surveillance state.
HB0128, which previously passed the state senate by a vote of 28-0 and the house by a vote of 71-2, makes any electronic data obtained by law enforcement without a warrant inadmissible in a criminal proceeding. Continue reading “Banning Warrantless Data: Utah Governor Signs Privacy Bill into Law”
Brietbart – by AWR HAWKINS, Sept 17, 2013
It hasn’t always been the case that only MPs can carry firearms on U.S. military bases. A mere twenty years ago, “gun free zones” made their way to these facilities under the watch of President Bill Clinton.
According to a Washington Times editorial written days after the Nov. 5, 2009 attack on soldiers at Fort Hood, one of Clinton’s “first acts upon taking office… was to disarm U.S. soldiers on military bases.” Continue reading “When did Military Bases become ‘Gun-Free Zones’?”
A U.S. government office has the power to approve exports of an abundant type of petroleum and help energy companies begin to partially bypass a 40-year ban on crude exports, according to a report released on Tuesday by Lisa Murkowski, the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
The ban on crude exports the government put in place after the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s includes a prohibition on exports of unprocessed condensate, a light petroleum that appears in oil reservoirs as a gas, but condenses to a liquid when it leaves the well. Continue reading “Key senator says U.S. office can lift part of oil export ban”
A shooting has occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where a military psychiatrist killed 13 people 4½ years ago, an Army official told NBC News.
The base was locked down, and all personnel on the base were ordered to shelter in place immediately. Continue reading “Shooting Reported at Fort Hood, Texas”
Portland, Oregon – March 31, 2014 – A decision in the civil case against John Brennan, the man who disrobed in the April 17, 2012 protest of TSA’s passenger screenings, is expected this week. The Hon. George J. Jordan heard the civil case which includes a proposed $1,000 fine against Mr. Brennan.
The Hon. George J. Jordan, United States Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge heard the Transportation Screening Agency’s case against Mr. Brennan on May 14, 2013, for the protest that occurred in April, 2012. Continue reading “TSA to Disrobe Legal Decision in Protester Case”
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the 1970s ban on exporting crude oil, a move he said would create jobs and provide an energy alternative for United States allies.
The prohibition was enacted in response to OPEC’s oil embargo, but the ban is now outdated, McCaul said. Continue reading “House rep wants to lift ban on crude exports”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees.
The justices said in a 5-4 vote that Americans have a right to give the legal maximum to candidates for Congress and president, as well as to parties and PACs, without worrying that they will violate the law when they bump up against a limit on all contributions, set at $123,200 for 2013 and 2014. That includes a separate $48,600 cap on contributions to candidates. Continue reading “High court voids overall contribution limits”
Misguided Children – by Matthew Peavy
While you were focused on the missing Airliner, there was a little case being heard in front of the Supreme Court called U.S. v. Castleman. The case was a landmark win for the gun control left wing, but what no one realized, is that our Constitution no longer affords us “rights.”
No longer rights that are inviolate Continue reading “The Bill of Rights has been Revoked!”
By Wm Grommen
After intensive consultation with his advisors, President Obama has decided to modify the formula used for calculating the Dow Jones Index. On January 1, 2015 the Dow Divisor will be changed to 30. The result of this change will be that the Dow Jones Index drops from the current 16532 points to about 85.8 points. The underlying value of the 30 component stocks of course remains unchanged. With this modification to the formula Obama aims to make the large Dow fluctuations of recent decennia a thing of the past, and hopes that this will bring stability to the stock market. Banks, major investors and pension funds welcome this change in the Dow Jones Index formula. Continue reading “A Hoax or Not A Hoax, that’s the question”
Russia’s foreign ministry has threatened to impede the operations of American diplomatic missions in the country, after U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday blocked a remittance from the Russian embassy in Kazakhstan to an insurance agency.
The Russian embassy had been due to transfer less than $5,000 to the Sogaz Insurance Group for regular services rendered, according to the Financial Times, but JPMorgan halted the transaction as Sogaz was part-owned by Bank Rossiya, one of the targets of US sanctions announced on March 20. Continue reading “Russia Threatens Retaliation After JPMorgan Blocks Embassy Money Transfer”
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