Ian 56 – by Ian Shilling

Corporate welfare was protected while marginal and middle class taxpayers got a huge tax hike.

Linking Social Security (and other government expenses) to chained cpi is now part of the public consciousness.
It needs time to permeate in – it was way too early to actually implement it. Public Opinion is against it at the moment.  They will keep working on ways to cut Social Security and bring it up again at some future date.
Continue reading “Fiscal Cliff Deal. Goldman Sachs won. The top 0.1% won. Large Corporations won. The politicians won. America lost.”

With all of the escalating homicidal behavior besetting the world at the hands of Americans, it is reasonable indeed to seek resolution. It seems we can’t overcome the grief of one massacre before we’re faced with another. Good then that we each possess the strength to cope with the misfortunes of others or we would be a national wreck, unlike now as we sail toward the edge of the fiscal cliff, secure under the steady guidance of our government. While they don’t slow our mad rush into the abyss, they will on occasion activate the turn signals so we can feel hopeful.
Continue reading “Into Whose Arms”

The Watchdog Blog – by JEFF HORSEMAN

Earlier we covered the outrage that erupted when a New York newspaper published an online map showing the names and addresses of people with handgun permits in two counties. Critics said the map endangered the public and violated gun owners’ right to privacy.

The Journal News’ publisher defended the map, which was created using information obtained from public records requests. It accompanied a story about the debate over how much the public should know about gun ownership.
Continue reading “New York county refuses to release gun info”

Alternet – by Matt Stoller

Throughout the months of November and December, a steady stream of corporate CEOs flowed in and out of the White House to discuss the impending fiscal cliff. Many of them, such as Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, would then publicly come out and talk about how modest increases of tax rates on the wealthy were reasonable in order to deal with the deficit problem. What wasn’t mentioned is what these leaders wanted, which is what’s known as “tax extenders”, or roughly $205B of tax breaks for corporations. With such a banal name, and boring and difficult to read line items in the bill, few political operatives have bothered to pay attention to this part of the bill. But it is critical to understanding what is going on.
Continue reading “8 Huge Corporate Handouts in the Fiscal Cliff Bill”

Congressman Ron Paul

As I prepare to retire from Congress, I’d like to suggest a few New Year’s resolutions for my colleagues to consider.  For the sake of liberty, peace, and prosperity I certainly hope more members of Congress consider the strict libertarian constitutional approach to government in 2013.

In just a few days, Congress will solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic.  They should reread Article 1 Section 8 and the Bill of Rights before taking such a serious oath.  Most legislation violates key provisions of the Constitution in very basic ways, and if members can’t bring themselves to say no in the face of pressure from special interests, they have broken trust with their constituents and violated their oaths. Congress does not exist to serve special interests, it exists to protect the rule of law.
Continue reading “Ron Paul: New Year’s Resolutions for Congress”

White House Dossier – by Keith Koffler

In a move that is rich in irony, President Obama agreed Tuesday night to sign an emergency deficit reduction bill that does almost nothing to rein in spending and then jetted out to Hawaii to resume his vacation at an extra cost of more than $3 million to taxpayers.

The price tag is in addition to more than $4 million that is already being spent on the Obamas’ Hawaii idyll, bringing the total cost of the excursion to well over $7 million.
Continue reading “Obama Returns to Hawaii at an Added Cost of Over $3 Million”

National Report – by Douglas Quan, Postmedia News

An anti-government movement known as Freeman on the Land has become a “major policing problem” in several provinces, according to a threat assessment by Canada’s spy officials.

The report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service lists Freeman members among “domestic extremists” who associate with issue-based causes, such as environmentalism, anti-capitalism, anti-globalization and far-right racism.
Continue reading “Anti-government freemen movement creating ‘major policing problem’: report”

Go 213 mph

NEVER, EVER, EVER, GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS! Throughout recorded history Gun Control Legislation has ALWAYS led to eventual Gun Confiscation which has ALWAYS been followed by the MASS MURDER of innocent men, women, and children at the hands of their very own Governments! (This does NOT include soldiers who died in battle.  These deaths were Extermination / Genocide)

You may think this could never happen in your lifetime, and maybe you’re right.  But, it’s our children and grandchildren who are growing up in a totalitarian police state and because most of you remain SILENT, our kids think this is completely normal!
Continue reading “250 Million Innocent Civilians Exterminated by Their Own Government in the Past 100 years!”

Business Insider – by Joe Weisenthal

Last night just before 2 AM, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed to pass a bill that will avert the Fiscal Cliff.

The bill is pretty straightforward. Income tax rates will only rise on those making over $400K (liberals wanted $250K, GOP wanted no taxes to rise). Spending cuts will be delayed for 2 months to give the sides more time to address them.
Continue reading “6 Things You Won’t Believe That Are In The Fiscal Cliff Bill That The Senate Passed At 2 AM While Most Americans Were Drunk”

The Daily Sheeple- by Kimberly Paxton

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control public service announcement included many top celebrities endorsing “a plan”. These celebrities are endorsing the defilement of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. They are using their fame and influence to manipulate the people into supporting the abolition of the rights of responsible American gun owners in a propaganda attack. While they travel with a cadre of armed bodyguards, while their children attend private schools with armed security, they want you to “demand a plan” to become defenseless.
Continue reading “Boycott Gun-Control Advocate Celebs”

Ian 56

The neocon GOP and MIC propaganda is all pervasive.
(MIC is the Military Industrial Complex Eisenhower warned about in his farewell address in 1961. Here is the clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
Please watch it, if you haven’t already done so. It is only 2 minutes long.)

This propaganda appears on ALL TV channels and ALL the main papers.
Continue reading “What the mainstream media and the politicians are NOT telling you about military spending”

letten-perricone.jpgNOLA.com The Times-Picayune – by Gordon Russell

Federal authorities who were ordered to conduct a deeper investigation into an online commenting scandal in former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s office have issued a subpoena to The Times-Picayune’s parent company, asking it to provide, among other items, information about 11 commenters on NOLA.com. The company’s lawyers have objected to providing the information thus far, instead asking the feds to demonstrate they have a basis for seeking the information.
Continue reading “Feds seeking information on 11 additional NOLA.com commenters: Update”

NJ.com – by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk

A major sporting goods retailer has pulled all guns from its store nearest to Newtown, Conn., according to a report on CNN.com.

Twenty children and six staff members were fatally shot Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown by a 20-year-old man who then took his own life.
Continue reading “Dick’s Sporting Goods removes guns from shelves following Connecticut school shooting”