AlterNet – by Zaid Jilani

Local news continues to be the top news source for American households. A study released late last month by Pew finds that three quarters of U.S. adults watch local TV news as opposed to just 38% who watch cable news during a month.

But what if the local news Americans are consuming isn’t trustworthy? What if some newscasts are actually more focused on selling a product than informing the public?   Continue reading “Hilarious and Depressing Video Exposes How Phony Local TV News Has Become”

georgepbushThe daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton

If you thought the Bush family was essentially done attempting to run the country, you are wrong.

The fourth generation of the powerful Bush political dynasty that has already seen two presidents named “George Bush,” not to mention a senator and a governor, is about to make his entrance stage left through a low profile but still powerful Texas office.

Meet George P. Bush, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, nephew of former President George W. Bush, grandson of former President George H. W. Bush, and great grandson of former Senator Prescott Bush for whom his middle initial stands.    Continue reading “Meet George P. Bush, Our Next Ruler from the Bush Dynasty”

Police officers acting as school shooters move through a group of school faculty and officials while students playing victims pretend to be dead on the floor during an active shooter drill at Troy Buchanan High School NBC News – by NONA WILLIS ARONOWITZ

Troy, Mo.—In a cramped, carpeted amphitheater in the basement of Troy Buchanan High School, 69 students are waiting to die.

“You’ll know when it pops off,” says Robert Bowen, the school’s campus police officer. “If you get engaged with one of the shooters, you’ll know it.”   Continue reading “Fake Blood and Blanks: Schools Stage Active Shooter Drills”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It’s not that the US has a scarcity of bizarre everyday stories – it does not. It is just that sometimes you encounter something so surreal, warped and ridiculous, that even the stock “market” makes sense by comparison. Such as this.

From WNEP of Scranton.   Continue reading “Man Breaks Into Police Station, Beats Up, Hospitalizes Cops”