From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Congratulations to all my friends who were born in the 1930’s, 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and the early 1980s
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and we didn’t get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Continue reading “The Way We Were”
Information Clearinghouse – by Pete Sisco
I’m not talking about the bank holding the mortgage on your home. Even if you think you own your home free and clear, you really don’t own it at all. You lease it from the State and it sets the terms and conditions that allow you to occupy the house or sell it to another lessee. The State owns the house and land in perpetuity and you can not alter this arrangement.
When I was a kid my dad bought a new four-bedroom house in 1964 for about $28,000. He had a good job and stuck his financial neck out by taking on a whopping monthly payment of $190 on a twenty-five year mortgage. He and my mom would talk about how when they got the house paid off they would not have to pay the $190 every month and that would basically put them on Easy Street. Continue reading “You Don’t Own Your Home and Never Will”
The Atlantic – by STEPHANIE GARLOCK
Canadian winters are cold. Some days, they’re even Mars-level cold. All this chill and snow can be tough on cars. To prove the cold weather mettle of their batteries, Canadian Tire‘s ad team put them to the ultimate test. They put them in a pickup truck made of ice.
Sculpted by Ontario-based Iceculture, the final truck clocked in at a whopping 15,000 pounds.The 11,000 pounds of ice were joined to a specially welded truck bed, designed to minimize cracking and prevent the exhaust from melting the icy body. Continue reading “This Functioning Pickup Truck Is Carved From 11,000 Pounds of Ice”
How about all government employees get drug tested weekly at least and fired on the spot if dirty?
Daily Kos – by Barbara Morrill
Well, bully for him:
The Florida Republican congressman who was busted for possession of cocaine in November will return to his day job on Capitol Hill next week. Continue reading “Addict congressman returning to work—still hasn’t talked about his vote for drug testing the poor”
Common chicory, Cichorium intybus,[1] is a somewhat woody, perennialherbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var.sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock.[2] It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America and Australia, where it has become naturalized. Continue reading “Cordite Country 9.4.2011”
Not even the full power of the feared federal government can quash the ingenuity and free enterprise that runs through the veins of American entrepreneurs.
Take, for example, the national ban on incandescent light bulbs in favor of low-energy units. Seventy-five watt and higher incandescent bulbs dropped off store shelves a year ago, and the popular 40s and 60s will disappear Jan. 1. Continue reading “American Ingenuity Bypasses Incandescent Ban”
Meet José Mujica. He may look like your average farmer or grandfather, but he is anything but. This man is globally known as the world’s “poorest President” because he lives a life of humility… all while leading the country of Uruguay. As a man who trulycares about his people, he doesn’t take an obscene amount of money to just act as a politician. He donates about 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.
Other countries, listen up. Continue reading “The world’s “poorest” President”
Our extinction crisis continues; 2013 allowed us to safely conclude that we will never again see the animals listed below (2012 version here).
The Formosan Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) of Taiwan is now thought to be extinct. None have been seen in over thirty years, despite a recent and intensive 13-year effort to document one. We did just about everything we could to eliminate this animal; we destroyed their habitat, killed them for their skins, and got rid of the other animals they normally ate. They didn’t have a chance. Continue reading “10 Animals That Went Extinct in 2013”
Counter Punch – by MIKE WHITNEY
Millions of older Americans say they will never be able to retire. They simply don’t have the savings. According to CNN, “Roughly three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no emergency savings…50% have less than a three-month cushion and 27% had no savings at all….” (“76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck“, CNN Money)
“No savings at all”? Continue reading “Don’t Plan on Retiring, Work Until You’re Dead?”
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WND – by Bob Unruh
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