Prevent Disease – by DR. ELDON DAHL

With all the hype over vaccinations, the question of what constitutes a strong immune system is a major topic–especially during cold and flu season. What makes a strong immune system? Can an immune system be so strong that vaccinations are not needed? We would answer yes. However, the health of one’s immune system hinges on one main factor: antibodies.

According to Medline Plus, “an antibody is a protein produced by the body’s immune system when it detects harmful substances, called antigens. Examples of antigens include microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses) and chemicals. Antibodies may be produced when the immune system mistakenly considers healthy tissue a harmful substance. This is called an autoimmune disorder. Each type of antibody is unique and defends the body against one specific type of antigen.”   Continue reading “The Secret to Immunity”

Activist Post – by Amanda Warren

Remember back when seat belt and cell phones-in-car laws were up for debate? And people acknowledged it was safer to use the seat belt; ditch the phone, but didn’t want legislation to lead to invasive police tactics and swarms of tickets? Back when people would say things about some kind of slippery slope and say things like, what’s next, will I get a ticket for eating a french fry? Will the State say, you can’t just go down the road eating a hamburger? 

Matt Turner of Alabama conscientiously drove through Marietta, Georgia last week when an officer told him, “you can’t just go down the road eating a hamburger.”   Continue reading “First Ticket for Eating Fast Food While Driving?”

jury nullifcationFree Thought Project – by John Vibes

New York City, New York – According to multiple reports, Judge Katherine Forrest has threatened to impose a secret jury in the case of accused Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht, in response to jury nullification outreach that has been taking place outside the courtroom all week.

For those who don’t know, jury nullification is basically the right for any juror to not only judge the facts of the case, but to also actually judge the validity of the law itself. This means that if a jury feels that a defendant is facing an unjust charge, they actually have the right to rule in the defendant’s favor, even if they are technically guilty under the court’s standards.   Continue reading “Judge Threatens To Impose A “Secret Jury” After Activists Try to Inform Jurors of Legal Rights”

Information Liberation

From Paulex on Daily Kos:

Recently, I was sitting at my computer, typing away, when I heard the door opening and closing in the next room. It was around lunchtime, so I figured it was my brother (he came home for lunch, once in awhile). I turned toward the doorway, and was stunned to see a uniformed Pennsylvania state trooper striding into the room. Continue reading “Cop Enters Man’s Home Without Knocking, Says “No Trespassing” Sign Gave Him Probable Cause: Claim”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

President Barack Obama’s decision to prevent deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants has shown that police and prosecutors don’t always see eye-to-eye.

The schism has been apparent in a lawsuit (pdf) filed by 25 state attorneys general opposed to Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program.

While the AG’s want a federal court to block the president’s plan, 27 police chiefs and sheriffs from around the country have filed a friend-of-the-court brief (pdf) defending Obama’s executive order.   Continue reading “27 Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Support Deferred Deportation; 25 State Attorneys General Oppose the Same”

(Wikimedia Commons)Washington Post – by Matt O’Brien

The arc of the political universe is long, but it bends towards monetary policy.

That’s the boring truth that nobody wants to hear. Forget about the gaffes, the horserace, and even the personalities. Elections are about the economy, stupid, and the economy is mostly controlled by monetary policy. That’s why every big ideological turning point—1896, 1920, 1932, 1980, and maybe 2008—has come after a big monetary shock.   Continue reading “Yes, the Federal Reserve has enormous power over who is president”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

ARKANSAS (INTELLIHUB) — At 9:52 p.m. CST I received a call from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). It was a recorded message, a survey. They wanted to know how many people, including children resided in my household and how many of them were vaccinated.

I was dumbfounded by the call, caught off guard, as I was already sound asleep after a long day at work.   Continue reading “The CDC called me yesterday; what they wanted to know may shock you”

Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiZero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Having noted that voter angst has been riled, propagandized, and fear-mongered to the point at which the most pressing priority for Congress is to ‘fix’ terrorism, it is perhaps not entirely surprising that we discover – deep down in the archives – that giving the public someone to ‘hate’ as opposed to somethingmay have been an entire fiction. As The New York Times exposed in 2007, Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, the titular head of the Islamic State, according to Brigadier General Kevin Bergner – the chief American military spokesman at the time – never existed (and was actually a fictional character whose audio-taped declarations were provided by an elderly actor named Abu Adullah al-Naima).   Continue reading “The US Military’s Stunning Conspiracy Theory Emerges From The Archives: “ISIS Leader Does Not Exist””

The First 10 Things Every New Prepper Should DoThe Organic Prepper

Over the past couple of years, here in America….

Contaminated water caused a complete loss of municipal services in both Ohio and West Virginia, resulting in almost a million people vying for the stock in local stores.

A freak confluence of storms caused a “Superstorm” that took out power to much of the Eastern Seaboard, including New York City and the coastal parts of New Jersey. Nearly a year later, some families were still without electricity to their homes.   Continue reading “The First 10 Things Every New Prepper Should Do (Some of Them Are Free!)”

Patriot Night Train Bolt-Action RiflesAmmoland

North Haven, CT –-(Ammoland.com)- Mossberg Night Train tactical rifle packages have been known for combining tack-driving accuracy with the most-popular, long-range tactical accessories; straight from the factory.

Now these custom-inspired, range-ready packages are built on the latest platform from O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., the classically-styled Mossberg Patriot bolt-action rifle.   Continue reading “Mossberg Tactical Night Train Packages Now Built on New Patriot Bolt-Action Platform”

Refreshing News

After Barbara Simons left her abusive husband and the house they lived in together six years ago, she had nowhere to go. She was without a job and her daughter, Jamie, was struggling with mental health issues. She ended up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and feared she’d become homeless.

Then she heard about a program run by the state that would pay for her and Jamie to get an apartment with no strings attached. The Housing First program started in 2005, and Simons says it might have saved her life.   Continue reading “Instead of Criminalizing Homelessness, Utah Is Doing the Opposite — And It’s Working — “Their remedy was astoundingly simple: give homes to people without them.””

ABC News – by Meghan Keneally

A dangerous near miss was caught on camera by a driver on I-95 when a tractor-trailer crash and black ice almost caused a second collision.

A driver started filming the scene in front of him when two large trucks had swerved ahead of him on Sunday, blocking the entire southbound lane of I-95 near New Brunswick, New Jersey, only to hear a loud noise behind him and turn the camera.   Continue reading “Incredible Video Shows Near-Miss Black Ice Accident”

IMG_1430[1].JPGNJ.com – by Steve Strunsky, Jan. 19, 2015

NEWARK — Officials from the Centers for Disease Control today were sent to check for signs of Ebola in a woman who vomited on a flight to Newark Liberty International Airport after she had been in Sierra Leone, officials said.

The woman, a health care worker returning from the West African nation still battling an Ebola epidemic, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center,  said a spokeswoman for Bergen County Executive James Tedesco.   Continue reading “Ebola scare on Newark flight as CDC holds passengers on plane”

Jose Antonio Ramos, Pedro HernandezMail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Etan Patz’ parents were sure they knew who had kidnapped the first-grader on his way to school in 1979, and they devoted themselves to trying to hold him accountable.

Testimony will soon start in the murder trial they so long awaited — with a different man at the defense table, a man never suspected until he gave a 2012 confession he now disavows. The trial partly reflects Stan and Julie Patz’ efforts to keep the investigation going and make missing children a national priority. But it stands to be both searing and complex for the parents, who had pressed authorities to prosecute the earlier suspect — a convicted Pennsylvania child molester — and even brought their own wrongful-death suit against him.   Continue reading “For Etan Patz’s parents, man’s murder trial a complex case”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — A little-known side to the government’s health insurance website is prompting renewed concerns about privacy, just as the White House is calling for stronger cybersecurity protections for consumers.

It works like this: When you apply for coverage on HealthCare.gov, dozens of data companies may be able to tell that you are on the site. Some can even glean details such as your age, income, ZIP code, whether you smoke or if you are pregnant.   Continue reading “New privacy concerns over government’s health care website”

Shinzo AbeMail.com

CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive $200 million in 72 hours, directly demanding the ransom Tuesday from Japan’s premier during his visit to the Middle East. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to save the men, saying: “Their lives are the top priority.”

Abe and other Japanese officials declined to discuss whether they’d pay the ransom for captives Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, though their armed forces generally only operate in a self-defense capacity at home. Their kidnapping also immediately recalled the 2004 beheading of a Japanese backpacker in Iraq, carried out by the Islamic State group’s predecessor over Japan’s involvement in the U.S.-led war there.   Continue reading “Islamic State group threatens to kill 2 Japanese hostages”