Vice Motherboard – by McLean Gordon

In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram began an experiment that left humanity with one of the most dismal and damning self-portraits we’ve ever seen. It seemed to demonstrate that the overwhelming majority of regular Americans are willing to administer a lethal electric shock to a human victim when prompted to do so by an authority figure.

A decade later, Milgram’s fellow psychologist and former high school classmate Philip Zimbardo performed another experiment at Stanford University that captured on tape the transformation of regular college students into authoritarian monsters. In a matter of days, those playing the role of guards had the prisoners going mad in solitary confinement and defecating in buckets in their cells. Zimbardo shut the experiment down half way through, but only after his fellow psychologist and future wife appealed to his sense of humanity.   Continue reading “You’re As Evil as Your Social Network: What the Prison Experiment Got Wrong”

Forbes – by Richard Faulk

A funny thing happened on the way to regulating America’s carbon dioxide emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency discovered that it couldn’t comply with the Clean Air Act as it was written. Because carbon dioxide is emitted and consumed everywhere as an essential part of Earth’s ecosystem – it seems clear that it is not a “pollutant” within the meaning of the Act.  Otherwise, in EPA’s own words, regulating carbon dioxide will result in an “unprecedented expansion” of EPA authority that will have a “profound effect on virtually every sector of the economy and touch every household in the land.”  The regulations could “trigger” regulation of smaller sources such as “apartment buildings, large homes, schools, and hospitals.”   Continue reading “The EPA’s CO2 ‘Tailoring Rule’ Will Hammer Small Businesses”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Barack Hussein Obama, the Teleprompter Reader in Chief, has stepped into the controversy over La Quenelle. Jewish leaders in Europe have claimed that the La Quenelle gesture made popular by the French comedian Dieudonne is a reverse Nazi salute. It is not. It originated in the satirical movie Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb which was written and  directed by a Jew and starred the late Jewish comedian Peter Sellers. (The video below shows how to make a Quenelle gesture.)

La Quenelle is in the American vernacular a vigorous Up Yours to the Jewish 1%. Her Majesty’s Jewish Government has banned the comedian who popularized it from entering the United Kingdom.  All wealth in Europe and America is being systematically transferred by the banks and the governments  from the 99.9% to the billionaires. These subsidies to the banks and to corporations benefit Jews and hurt Gentiles.   Continue reading “Obama Does A Reverse Quenelle. Says Up Yours To The 99%.”

power-transformer-bank-on-a-set-of-poles-300x294The Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported a domestic terrorism attack on a California substation. You can read about that here. Today they are reporting that congressional leaders from both sides of the political divide want to impose federal standards to protect the power grid from physical attack.

Lets do that last bit again because I really like it.   Continue reading “Congress Protects the Grid and Creates Millions of Jobs at the Same Time”

bird_flustrainsThe Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington

As if to remind us just how fast flu viruses can mutate and change, along comes H10N8. The virus is a genetic mix of several others and first appeared in humans in December 2013.

“The pandemic potential of this novel virus should not be underestimated,” the research team headed by virologist Shu Yuelong from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing says in a paper in The Lancet medical journal, published yesterday.   Continue reading “Doctors Warn of Pandemic Potential of the New H10N8 Bird Flu Virus”

View image on TwitterHuffington Post – by Ron Dicker

How about leaving this one alone? Apparently avoiding the reported order to exterminate the stray dogs of Sochi before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, at least one animal was able to crash the event on Friday, according to a few reporters.

RIA Novosti’s James Ellington and the CBC’s Monika Platek tweeted pics of a pooch at Fisht Olympic Stadium.   Continue reading “Stray Dog Crashes Opening Ceremony At Winter Olympics”

Press TV

The US and Saudi Arabia are playing “good cop, bad cop” on Syria, while both are funding and arming the militant groups fighting to overthrow the government, says a senior lecturer at University of Sydney.

“The story that they are portraying in the Western media is that they are supporting the ‘moderate rebels’ and other extremists are supported by someone else,” Tim Anderson said in a phone interview with Press TV.   Continue reading “US, Saudi Arabia play ‘good cop, bad cop’ on Syria”

Richard Talley, pictured with his wife of 25 years Cheryl, committed suicide with a nail gun at his home in ColoradoDaily Mail

A CEO has committed suicide by shooting himself multiple times with a nail gun, a coroner reported on Friday.

Richard Talley, 57, founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colorado, was found dead in his home on Tuesday with up to eight wounds to the torso and head.

His company was being investigated by state insurance regulators at the time of Mr Talley’s suicide.   Continue reading “CEO commits suicide by shooting himself with a nail gun while his company is under investigation”

The Prepared Ninja – by Lee Flynn

Emergency preparedness is on a lot of people’s minds. With the state of the economy, and the days where the news makes it sound like the country is about to explode into civil unrest, it’s really no wonder.

Some people think that it’s all a lot of hoopla, with no real threat behind it, but when you consider that any sort of disruption in any of the big cities (where problems generally occur) would more than likely affect our financial system, our food chain, or our gas and oil supply. Any one of these being stopped or delayed could make life difficult very quickly, so being prepared is important.   Continue reading “Making Ammunition for Emergency Preparedness”

300 aac blackout vs 223AmmoLand – by John Farnam

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- I talked today with a friend who works in nuclear security at a major installation.

He is proposing to his superiors converting all existing ARs, currently chambered in 5.56×45 (223), to 7.62×35 (300 Blk) caliber.

It will involve swapping barrels only. Existing magazines will all work, as will existing bolts and bolt-carriers. The entire project can be accomplished quickly, and at modest cost, when compared with buying new rifles.   Continue reading “300 AAC Blackout 7.62×35 – Rifle Caliber Trends”

Dubai Mall WaterfallBusiness Insider – by Rob Wile

Mt. Gox, the Japan-based bitcoin exchange, was forced to halt all currency withdrawals this morning amid an “increase in withdrawal traffic.”

According to a memo on Mt. Gox’s website, “In order for our team to resolve the withdrawal issue it is necessary for a [temporary] pause on all withdrawal requests to obtain a clear technical view of the current processes. We apologize for the sudden short notice.”   Continue reading “The Fall Of Mt. Gox”

Man Jumps Over fence at White House, White House On Lock Down NBC News – by KRISTEN WELKER

According to an official with the United States Secret Service, an individual attempted to climb the White House fence Friday afternoon, prompting a lockdown.

The person was taken into custody by Park Police and Secret Service Officers.

An all-clear has been issued.   Continue reading “Person in Custody After Trying to Climb White House Fence”

Victoria Nuland State Department.jpgTimes of India

KIEV, Ukraine: The United States tried to contain fallout on Friday from a leaked phone conversation in which a top diplomat uses the f-word regarding the European Union’s handling of the crisis in Ukraine.

The embarrassing diplomatic incident comes as Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych was due to hold crisis talks with Russian counterpart and ally Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.   Continue reading “Washington red-faced after top US diplomat caught on tape saying ‘f*** the EU’”

Chron – by Craig Hlavaty

It’s been a heck of a week for Houston’s Kenny Thompson, who’s been fielding calls from everyone from CNN and the Today show to the Ellen Degeneres Show and local news.

It’s all because he paid off nearly $465 in delinquent meal accounts at an elementary school so that students with negative balances would be able to eat lunch.

The 52-year-old’s big-hearted gesture has gone viral and is inspiring people all over the country to pitch in and help kids in their own communities.   Continue reading “Houston man makes national news with simple good deed for other people’s kids”

Turkey Plane Bomb ThreatAOL

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish security forces on Friday detained a Ukrainian plane passenger suspected of making a bomb threat in an attempt to hijack a flight to Sochi, Russia, where the Winter Olympics were opening under tight security.

An F-16 fighter was scrambled as soon as the pilot on the flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, signaled there was a hijacking attempt and then escorted the plane safely to its original destination in Istanbul, according to NTV television.   Continue reading “Official: Turkish hijack drama ‘has ended’”

tankSHTF Plan – by Selco

Editor’s Note: You’ve stocked your pantry. You’ve prepared your supplies and reserves at off-site locations. You’ve developed skills like shooting, food production and trauma care. You have primary, secondary and tertiary plans for evacuating your home or digging in and defending it. For all intents and purposes, you’re ready. At the very least you’re more prepared than 95% of the country. There is no doubt that if you’ve taken steps to prepare for an emergency or disaster ahead of time that your odds of survival have increased significantly.    Continue reading “The One Thing You Need To Survive: “Everything Else Is Just Talking and Wishful Thinking””