bloombergChicago Now – by Dennis Byrne

Buying the election, that’s what. You’d think that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s south suburban and Kankakee district has become a New York City borough from the way that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is spreading around campaign contributions there.

Reports Huff Post Politics: Continue reading “What’s New York Mayor Bloomberg’s millions doing in the election to replace Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.?”

Before It’s News – by youngneill

Surveillance abuse, believe that the New World Order, is being implemented by the cult of intelligence at the core of the surveillance-industrial complex through mass surveillance and the use of Social Security numbers, the bar-coding of retail goods with Universal Product Code markings, and, most recently, RFID tagging via microchip implants, But what about 2 BILLION SOCIAL MEDIA USERS? Continue reading “N.W.O.: Facebook Twitter And Google When They Merge”

NRA Code PinkRight Side News – by Enza Ferreri

I have closely followed the gun control debate in the US from the outside and, as a European, I am trying to make sense of it because I know that at stake is not just the gun legislation but also the American Constitution, with what it represents as the most historically important declaration of human rights and liberties to be safeguarded against the power of the state; the thorny issues of broken families and of how to treat the mentally ill; and even the always controversial question of race and gang violence. Continue reading “Massacres, Gun Control Studies, and Social Change”

farmersCommon Dreams – by Abby Zimmet

After the farmer-themed Dodge Ram ad for the Super Bowl made such a splash, the folks atFunny or Die decided to make a more realistic version of the state of American agriculture, from Monsanto to Gushers. Nailed it. Continue reading “So God Made A Factory Farmer…And Pesticides. And Subsidies. And Corn Syrup. And Mexicans.”