Year: 2017

Town Hall – by Leah Barkoukis

Death sentences for apostasy, arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings, and systematic suppression of free speech are just some of the qualifications the countries elected by the United Nations to serve on its 2017 Human Rights Council have.

The Human Rights Council, mind you, is supposed to “uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights,” according to its mandate. Thus, one would think Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, China, Iraq, Cuba, Qatar, Burundi, and Bangladesh probably shouldn’t be members.   Continue reading “The List of Countries on the UN’s 2017 Human Rights Council Is Unreal”

The Great Recession Blog

So, 2016 wasn’t the predicted Epocalypse, but it sure was weird! Globally, it was a year of continued economic malaise and increasing financial risks. Most notably, though, it was a year of political upheaval that pitted voters in the UK, Italy and the US in civil wars at the ballot box. Here are a few of the otherworldly highlights that typified the troubles of 2016:  Continue reading “If 2016 Wasn’t the Epocalypse, What the Heck Was it?”

The Register – by Katyanna Quach

CES 2017 LG Electronics is unveiling a range of home appliances embedded with “deep learning technology” during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

Riding on the coattails of tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon, the hype around deep learning – a branch of machine learning – shows no sign of fatigue as companies like LG are desperate to get in on the action.   Continue reading “Uh-oh. LG to use AI to push home appliances to ‘another dimension’”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Mankato, MN — A community is mourning the loss of a 33-year-old biology teacher this week after he was killed by a Mankato police officer responding to a disturbance at a hotel on New Year’s eve.

Chase A. Tuseth, a graduate of Minnesota State University Mankato, and high school biology teacher in Shakopee, was killed in the early morning hours of New Year’s eve in the Country Inn and Suites in Mankato. Officer Gary Schnorenberg was the officer who killed Tuseth — who was unarmed.   Continue reading “Respected Biology Teacher Killed by Police in Minnesota — He Was Unarmed”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

GM proponents who constantly drone on with untrue claims that the science has clearly demonstrated GMOs as safe were dealt yet another blow shortly before Thanksgiving this past year.

This is because yet another study has been published demonstrating the negative health effects of GMOs on the intestinal tract.   Continue reading “New 90-Day Rat Study Destroys Corporate GMO Propaganda”

Daisy Luther

Anyone who has ever watched a movie like Outbreak or Contagion knows that all pandemics start with Patient Zero. Maybe an infected monkey escapes from a lab. Maybe a farmer in China contracts something from a pig. There is always some seemingly insignificant interaction with some type of mutation that occurs in a far-off place that results in a global catastrophe.

While these are fictional examples, they’re not so far from the truth. That’s why it is smart to be alert when an unprecedented mutation or transmission occurs. That doesn’t mean a pandemic is necessarily going to erupt, but it means you should be aware the possibility exists.   Continue reading “CDC Confirms: Mutated H7N2 Virus Transmitted from Cat to Human in the US”

Daisy Luther

Kim Jong-un has claimed that the secretive state of North Korea is close to testing ballistic missiles that could reach the United States.

President-Elect Trump responded on Twitter since he (quite reasonably) doesn’t trust the MSM to report accurately, with “It won’t happen.”   Continue reading “Trump Responds to North Korea Nuke Threat: “It Won’t Happen””

The Organic Prepper

What lies ahead for the economy this year? Will the economy finally collapse as predicted by many or will the early positive signs in stock markets around the world continue and the global economy will flourish?

I’ve taken a lot of heat for being “gloomy” and for “fear-mongering” lately when I’ve said that President-Elect Trump is inheriting a mess of epic proportions and that we may still be in for a rough financial ride. While I do think that Trump is a far better choice than Hillary Clinton ever could have been, when a situation has been declining as long as ours has, it would take an absolute miracle to turn it around without some pain.   Continue reading “What 12 Financial Experts Predict for the Economy in 2017…It’s Ugly”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

SALEM, Ore. (Jan. 3, 2017) – On Sunday, an Oregon law went into effect that bans the use of weaponized drones and takes the first step toward limiting data collected by drone surveillance under the current law. The legislation not only establishes important privacy protections at the state level, it will also help thwart the federal surveillance state..   Continue reading “New Law: Oregon Takes Step Toward Limiting Drone Surveillance”

Constitution – by Michael Ware

We are told that we should not be happy if anyone dies. This is the sentiment that we received when people were glad that Castro passed away. But now it seems that this sentiment does not extend to those who defended the Constitution publicly.

Heat Street reports

Coldhearted gun control advocates have gone ecstatic after the news broke that conservative Portland Press Herald columnist Michael D. Harmon died at his home, when a handgun he was showing to a teenage boy went off.
Continue reading “Anti-Gun Liberals Rejoice over Gun Accident”

Reuters

Sales of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have soared since a special edition of the Nazi leader’s political treatise went on sale in Germany a year ago, the German publisher has said.

The book outlines Hitler’s ideology that formed the basis for Nazism and sets out his hatred of Jews, which led to the Holocaust.   Continue reading “Re-print of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ takes Germany by storm”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The hits just keep on coming for Donald Trump, who not only scored several high profile wins today just by tweeting, when first Ford cancelled a Mexico expansion plan after Trump scolded GM for a similar transgression, followed by House Republicans undoing their proposal to strip the Ethics Office of its independence, culminating with the Senate announcing it has begun the process of repealing Obamacare, the next big thing on the agenda is who will be present at the Trump inauguration on Jan. 20.   Continue reading “Bill And Hillary Clinton Will Attend Trump’s Inauguration”

MRC TV – by Brittany M. Hughs

During the month of November alone, the Obama administration sent enough border-crossing illegal alien children to live in American communities to fill up 12 Washington, D.C. middle schools.

In fact, strung out over the entire 30-day period, the Obama administration processed and turned loose an astonishing 6,623 illegal alien kids who’d recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, averaging more than 220 kids per day. The administration released about 600 more kids in November than they did during the month of October, when 6,051 children were sent to live with sponsors in the U.S. pending their day in immigration court. FY2016 data reveals the vast majority of these children are teens claiming to be between 15 and 17 years of age.   Continue reading “Obama Releases 220 Illegal Alien Kids PER DAY As Border Crisis Escalates”