AlcatrazBBC News – by Rebecca Morelle

It was America’s most notorious prison.

Perched on a rocky outcrop in the middle of San Francisco Bay, from the 1930s to the 1960s the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was reserved for the “worst of the worst”.

A who’s who of the criminal underworld were incarcerated there: George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Mickey Cohen and Al Capone all spent time locked up in the tiny cells.   Continue reading “Hidden history found beneath Alcatraz”

Thomas Jefferson WarningFreeman’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

People remember Thomas Jefferson for the Declaration of Independence, which he wrote in 1776. A few will remember that he served as president from 1801 to 1809, but aside from that, they know almost nothing of his life and work. In actual fact, he lived till 1826, when he died on July 4, fifty years to the day after the ratification of his Declaration.

During those fifty years, Jefferson’s intellectual life bloomed. He was an inventor, a horticulturalist, and especially a philosopher. In fact, he was a brave and excellent philosopher.   Continue reading “Jefferson’s Final Warnings”

Top News Photos of the WeekNBC News

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was taken to a Washington, D.C. hospital Thursday morning as a precaution.

A Justice Department official released the following statement: “During his regular morning meeting with senior staff, the Attorney General began experiencing symptoms including faintness and shortness of breath. As a precaution, the Attorney General was taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center to undergo further evaluation.”   Continue reading “Attorney General Eric Holder Taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center”

joe_scarborough2-620x412Pat Dollard

Excerpted from DAILY CALLER: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough continues to indicate that he is taking the prospect of running for president in 2016 seriously by giving speeches in more early primary states.

Just last week, Scarborough made the trek from New York City to Greenville, South Carolina to speak at the South Carolina Automotive Council’s yearly summit.   Continue reading “Joe Scarborough Really Wants To Be President”

has-netanyahu-made-secret-deal-to-give-mount-zion-temple-mount-to-pope-francis-catholic-church-vaticanNow the End Begins

As far-fetched as it may seem to some, many sober-minded news outlets in Israel in the past week have been reporting the existence of a secret deal now being negotiated ahead of the Pope’s visit to Israel in May. If true, it would be the single biggest advancement of bible prophecy since May 14, 1948. Interesting side note, the Pope’s visit in May will coincide with the 66th anniversary of Israel becoming a nation again. Hmm, now that’s interesting…   Continue reading “Israeli News Outlets Reporting Secret Deal To Give Temple Mount To Vatican”

Washington’s Blog

“Once You Give Up Your Rights, You Can Never Get Them Back. Once You Turn On That Police State, You Can Never Turn It Off.”

Richard Clarke is one of the four White House panelists on NSA spying, and the former top counter-terror czar in the Clinton and Bush administrations.   Continue reading “White House Panelist On NSA – and Former Counterterror Czar – Says NSA May Enable a “Police State””

Osama Bin Laden (AFP Photo / HO) RT News

The FBI had a source come in direct contact with Osama Bin Laden who learned of his desire to conduct terrorist attacks in the United States, though it failed to disclose this information to the landmark 9/11 Commission.

According to court documents reviewed by the Washington Times, the information secured by the Al-Qaeda mole helped the United States stop an attack on a Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles, California in the mid 1990s.   Continue reading “FBI failed to disclose its Al-Qaeda mole to 9/11 Commission”

A Pakistani student holds a placard during a protest against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" in Islamabad (AFP Photo / Farooq Naeem) RT News

Google must remove from YouTube a polarizing anti-Muslim film that incited international demonstrations, as leaving it online would infringe on the rights of an actress who was coerced into starring in the movie, a split federal court ruled Wednesday.

Actress Cindy Lee Garcia argued that she had not signed a release regarding her appearance in “Innocence of Muslims.” Garcia filed suit, claiming that she therefore owned a copyright in her performance and that when she sent a take down notice to YouTube (which is owned by Google) the site was legally compelled to remove the video.   Continue reading “YouTube given 24 hours to remove ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film”

https://i0.wp.com/themindunleashed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/genius.png?resize=238%2C161The Mind Unleashed

They said he would never learn, now he’ll teach them a thing or two…

A genius boy whose IQ is higher than Albert Einstein is on his way to possibly winning a Nobel Prize after being set free of special education programs in public schools.   Continue reading “Genius Child Kicked Out Of School For “Not Being Able To Learn” Could Win Nobel Peace Prize”

The Lonely Conservative

What a shock. President Obama will veto the Stop IRS Targeting of Political Beliefs Act introduced by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI). Therefore we can conclude that Obama supports the IRS in its targeting of conservative groups.

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s (R-Mich.) Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, which was in the Rules Committee on Tuesday evening, would freeze the finalization of the rule for one year and restore the 501(c)(4) standards and definitions that were in place before conservative groups started to come under extra scrutiny in 2010.   Continue reading “Obama Will Veto Bill To Stop IRS Abuse”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The following remarks by John Kerry, borne out of his humiliation over the complete fiasco that was the US intervention in Syria last year and the even greater fiasco that was this year’s attempt to get all feuding parties on the table in Geneva, only to see that outcome obliterated as well, appear to be borne out of his disgust at the defunding of the US defense budget, which for Kerry, more than his gross incompetence, is the reason why the US now finds itself in a “new isolationism” leading him to conclude that the US is “beginning to act like a poor nation.” One wonders what tipped him off: the fact that the US debt just hit a record high $17,419,220,117,766.69 or that the biggest monetizers of US deficit spending are the Fed, China and just as insolvent Japan?   Continue reading “John Kerry: “The US Is Beginning To Act Like A Poor Nation””

File:Schokolade-schwarz.jpgBefore It’s News – by Alton Parrish

New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that consumption of dark chocolate lowers the augmentation index, a key vascular health predictor, and reduces adhesion of white blood cells to the vessel wall.

It might seem too good to be true, but dark chocolate is good for you and scientists now know why. Dark chocolate helps restore flexibility to arteries while also preventing white blood cells from sticking to the walls of blood vessels. Both arterial stiffness and white blood cell adhesion are known factors that play a significant role in atherosclerosis. What’s more, the scientists also found that increasing the flavanol content of dark chocolate did not change this effect. This discovery was published in the March 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal.   Continue reading “Why Dark Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart”

commander dossFirst Coast News

ORANGE PARK, Fla. — The death of a Navy Commander found in a room at the Astoria Hotel on Feb. 12 was ruled a homicide, the Orange Park Police Department announced Wednesday.

The Jacksonville Medical Examiner’s Office made the ruling on Feb. 13 in the death of Alphonso Doss, 44, of Pensacola, according to the release from the OPPD.   Continue reading “Navy Commander’s death ruled a homicide”

NRA Refuses to Investigate Sandy HookVeterans Today – by Harold Saive and Wolfgang Halbig

Just this morning, I received a call from the National Rifle Assocition (NRA) asking for my support to protect assaults on the second amendment of the US Constitution.

Aware that my remarks were recorded for “quality control”, I responded that my willingness to donate is based on the NRA’s tangible support of Wolfgang Halbig in his quest to demand justice in the coverup of the alleged Sandy Hook shooting.   Continue reading “Sandy Hook Gun Grab Scandal Breaks Wide Open Under New Investigation”

Yahoo News – by Beth Greenfield

After a quick-rising backlash against Subway’s use of the dough additive azodicarbonamide (ADA), the fast-food giant recently announced that it would stop using the chemical foaming agent — found in items from yoga mats to flip-flops — in its bread. It was a small victory in the fight against questionable food additives — one that feels even smaller this week, as the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released a new report finding ADA in the ingredients of nearly 500 supermarket-brand bread products.   Continue reading “Yoga-Mat Chemical Found in Way More Food Products Than Subway Bread, Report Finds”

Bakers Green Acres -by Jill

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”   Continue reading “Bakers Green Acres: The results are in”

Colo. Marijuana Businesses Embrace New Drug at Center of DEA Crackdown in CalifYahoo News – by CHRIS R. MURPHY and GEOFF MARTZ

While Drug Enforcement Administration agents in California are cracking down on the popular new drug known as “wax,” people in Colorado are rushing to embrace it.

Wax, the ultimate distillation of marijuana, is so potent that it is said a single hit will keep a person high for more than a day.   Continue reading “Colo. Marijuana Businesses Embrace New Drug at Center of DEA Crackdown in Calif”