what is the federal reserve and why is it privateWake-Up World – by Zen Gardner

Amazingly enough, most people don’t know that the United States Federal Reserve Bank is a private institution. It’s so private that despite its profound influence and power, no one is allowed to know who the board of directors are or any of its inner workings. Yet they control not just the production and flow of money in America, but the economic mechanisms that drive the US economy and thus much of the rest of the world.   Continue reading “What is the Federal Reserve – and Why is it Private?”

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A woman used a filet knife to kill two pit bulls that got out of a yard while she was walking her dogs in a Southern California desert city.

Debbie Duran and a friend were walking her three German shepherds on Wednesday in Apple Valley when she said a pit bull charged them and began attacking her friend and her dog, Jodie. Another pit bull ran up seconds later.   Continue reading “Woman Stabs to Death Two Attacking Pit Bulls”

WND – by Jim Fletcher

Parents of a second-grader in Colorado Springs, Colorado, are outraged after their son was questioned by school officials for completing a class assignment in which he said he had seen the figure of a gun in the clouds.

Kody Smith, a student at Talbott Elementary in the Widefield School District, went outside last week with his classmates after being asked to describe figures in the clouds. The students were told to use their imaginations.   Continue reading “Boy sees ‘gun’ in cloud, school goes ballistic”

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Mashable – by Christina Warren

Who was Elliot Rodger?

The online history and detailed writings of Rodger, who police identified as the gunman in a series of shootings near the University of California, Santa Barbara, paint a chilling profile of a 22-year-old obsessed with appearance, acceptance and getting a girlfriend.   Continue reading “Elliot Rodger: Portrait of a Lonely Outcast Obsessed With Status”