Alt-Market – by Brandon Smith

Well, there is whole host of things wrong with this situation, which is why I never supported or endorsed “Operation Hammond Freedom” to begin with.  There is a lot of misinformation out there at this time on the debacle in Oregon, and certain alternative media outlets seem to be conveniently overlooking particular facts.  I suspect that some people in the movement simply want to “kick it off” (a second American revolution), and they don’t care if the circumstances of that kick-off are favorable or terrible (I realize “favorable” is relative, but starting this fight from a much stronger position is more than possible).  This attitude was prevalent among some at Bundy Ranch, as certain groups refused to dig in positions for a real fight in the hopes that they would be “martyred” for the cause.  This, in case you were wondering, is idiotic.   Continue reading “Oregon Standoff, A Terrible Plan That We Might Be Stuck With”

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Federal Agents arrive in Oregon en masse, prepare to gain tactical advantage over militia with swift, hot, response effort

Update 11:00 p.m. local time: An important side note is that multiple independent reporters on the scene are reporting that, as of now, there is no “stand off” and that the local sheriff who claimed the men want to “overthrow” the government just straight up lied.   Continue reading “FBI en route to Oregon Federal Building occupation”

Food Storage and Survival – by Angela

You may remember that almost five years ago we made these homemade survival bars.  With approximately 2000 calories total, low cost, and long shelf life, these are a fantastic addition to your vehicle emergency kit or 72 hour kit.  But there were some problems.  Holy cow, they were hard to mix.  Then they overcooked a bit and stuck to the pan.  And finally, how in the world are you supposed to eat that brick?  There were lots of suggestions in the comments to alleviate some of these problems, so I did some testing and today I’m sharing the results so you can make your own homemade survival bars even better!   Continue reading “Make Your Own Homemade Survival Bars –Improved Recipe!”

New York Daily News – by Melissa Stumpf

A Mississippi councilman said that he wants people to throw rocks, bricks and bottles at officers chasing suspects wanted for misdemeanor crimes.

Jackson Councilman Kenneth Stokes said he’s had enough and that police pursuits put area residents in danger.   Continue reading “Mississippi Councilman Kenneth Stokes wants people to throw rocks and bricks at cops chasing suspects”

Health Impact News

Mark and Jill Baker of Bakers Green Acres have announced they are closing and selling their 80 acre family farm in Northern Michigan. Their markets for their Mangalitsa Hogs have been “roadblocked at every corner,” according to Mark. Mark says,

There are entities that are working behind the scene that are destroying our market and really running very negative campaigns against us. We’re just a family farm. They’re spending far more money to do it than we would ever make.

Continue reading “Michigan DNR Forces Closure of Family-run Heritage Hog Farm”

NEO – by F. William Engdahl

Over the past approximate quarter century of so-called economic globalization, Wall Street’s ability to be the home of the only dominant “global” rating agencies to bestow ratings on the credit-worthiness of the world has been one of the most effective weapons of financial warfare in the Wall Street arsenal. They rate nations as well as private corporations. Now an answer to the Moody’s-Standard & Poors-Fitch US rating monopoly is coming. Not from the EU, where it is long overdue. It is coming from Russia and China, as so many bold and challenging initiatives of late.   Continue reading “Russia and China: Watch Out Moody’s, Here We Come!”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

San Francisco, CA – 47-year-old software engineer, Ian Murdock recently died under suspicious circumstances after he went public about a police encounter that left him hospitalized. On Saturday, December 26, Murdock was unlucky enough to be walking down a street where the police were searching for a robbery suspect.

According to Murdock, he was approached by police after knocking on a neighbors door. The police suspected Murdock of being a burglar and questioned him, but apparently during the conversation, he was not compliant enough with the officers which resulted in him being assaulted and arrested by them.   Continue reading “Millionaire Techie Mysteriously Dies the Day After Dedicating His Life to “Fight Against the Police””

NJ.com – by MaryAnn Spoto

OCEAN TOWNSHIP — An off-duty Deal police captain was killed Saturday morning when he lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole in Ocean Township, authorities said.

Capt. Earl B. Alexander 4th died from his injuries in the single-car crash at Route 71 near Perrine Avenue at 12:38 a.m., said Ocean Township Detective Lt. Timothy Torchia.   Continue reading “Deal police captain killed in off-duty car crash”

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Investor’s Business Daily

Skirting Congress once again, President Obama seeks to admit another 100,000 foreigners to work here when jobs are few and labor-market participation is low. Whatever this is, it’s not in the interest of U.S. workers.   Continue reading “Obama Floods The U.S. Job Market With Foreign Competition”

Oregon Live – by Les Zaitz

Update at 9:15 p.m.: Statement from Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward: “After the peaceful rally was completed today, a group of outside militants drove to the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, where they seized and occupied the refuge headquarters. A collective effort from multiple agencies is currently working on a solution. For the time being please stay away from that area. More information will be provided as it becomes available. Please maintain a peaceful and united front and allow us to work through this situation.”   Continue reading “Militia takes over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff, Steve Straehley

An Alabama governor’s mansion that has sat abandoned and boarded up for nearly 20 years is getting renovated thanks to money from the BP oil spill.

The mansion, built in the 1960s near the Gulf coast, was damaged in 1997 by Hurricane Danny. From that point it sat unused and vacant because succeeding gubernatorial administrations were reluctant to spend taxpayer money on repairing the two-story, 7,500-square-foot home.   Continue reading “Alabama Uses BP Oil Spill Money to Repair a Governor’s Mansion”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Arne Duncan gave his final speech as education secretary on December 30, expressing his “frustration” that Congress has not passed more gun control and his hope that more such control will be secured to keep school children safe.

Duncan gave the speech in the basement of Father Michael Pfleger’s Saint Sabina Church on Chicago’s South Side.   Continue reading “Outgoing Education Secretary Arne Duncan Dedicates Final Speech to Gun Control”

Haaretz

A New York-based ultra-Orthodox rabbi who has posted thousands of popular outreach lectures online said in a lecture on Tuesday only about 1 million halachic Jews, meaning people born of a Jewish mother, perished in the Holocaust.

In a video on his YouTube channel filmed at a lecture in Queens, New York, Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi cited high assimilation rates in Europe before World War II to make his claim that 80 percent of those identified as Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust were not Jewish according to halakha, or Jewish law.   Continue reading “‘Fewer Than 1 Million Jews Killed in Holocaust,’ ultra-Orthodox Outreach Rabbi Says”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Las Vegas, NV — The mother of a police officer is recovering from her injuries after being shot by her own child and in-law with whom she lives.

North Las Vegas police announced last week that no charges will be filed against the officer and her husband who fired more than two dozen rounds at their mother as she returned home around 11:30 pm.   Continue reading “Police Couple Wakes Up and “Accidentally” Fires 27 Rounds at Own Mom – Who Lives with Them”