The Daily Caller – by Eric Owens

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has promised to improve education quality vastly by pushing for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

This year, 45 states and the District of Columbia have implemented the Common Core standards and curricula based on those standards.   Continue reading “Is this Common Core math question the worst math question in human history?”

Before It’s News – by Monica Davis

People are under the delusion that if guns and weapons are banned, or when buyers have to go through background checks and licensing, that all the evil people will be without guns and life in the United States will return to the peaceful days of a century ago.

Not..

Thieves steal guns. They steal them from pawnshops. They steal them from homeowners. They steal them from national guard armories. They buy and sell them through crooked soldiers. And–drum roll, please: they steal them from SWAT.    Continue reading “Gun Control? Gangs And Thieves Target Law Enforcement To Steal Weapons”

Sheriff Rick ClarkBizPac Review – by Janeen Capizola

For one South Carolina sheriff, defying President Obama’s order to lower the American flag to half-staff in honor of former South African PresidentNelson Mandela is simple: Mandela “was not an American.”

Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark took toFacebook Friday to explain to seemingly supportive residents why he will not lower the flag at the Sheriff’s Office for Mandela, despite Obama’s Dec. 5 Presidential Proclamation:   Continue reading “‘He was not an AMERICAN!’: Sheriff defies Obama’s order to lower flag for Mandela”

The inequality has put 100 million Americans below the poverty line.Press TV

The “Inequality Boom” is what social scientist Sheldon Danziger, President of the Russell Sage Foundation here in New York, uses to describe the current condition of 100 million Americans – if the cost of housing, transportation and healthcare were subtracted from the median income of full-time workers. It’s a boom because under Danziger’s hypothesis, 100 million Americans is a whopping 33 percent of the total population; the Census Bureau figures only 15 percent of Americans, or 45 million, are below the $24,000 annual income level for poverty in a family of four.   Continue reading “100 million Americans below poverty line”

Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die

Has telling the truth via newspaper publishing TRUTH rather than LIES now become ‘terrorism’? In Japan we’ve learned that journalists will now face terror charges for telling the truth about Fukushima. Now we learn from TheLipTV that in Great Britain, ‘The Guardian’ may now face terror charges for publishing NSA leaks as well. Is this how dictatorships begin? The Guardian EXPOSED CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE US GOVT AND THE NSA AGAINST PEOPLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD and now they may be brought up on terror charges? Terror has OBVIOUSLY been committed, by the NSA and the US govt AGAINST the PEOPLE of the world. Has our world gone insane? We are quite well on our way towards achieving Orwell’s nightmare…    Continue reading “The Guardian Faces Terror Charges Over Snowden Leaks”

oath keeperBizPac Review – by Michael Dorstewitz

A veteran South Florida police officer and former Marine arrested late last month for refusing to remove his Guy Fawkes mask near an anti-Obamacare demonstration. He has now come forward to say what motivated him.

Ericson Harrell, 39, a 15-year veteran of the North Miami Beach Police Department who spent four years in the Marines, was driving through Plantation when he came upon the rally, according to the Sun Sentinel. He parked his vehicle, donned his cape and mask and grabbed his banner — an inverted U.S. flag, signifying distress.    Continue reading “Florida cop, Marine vet, arrested for wearing ‘Anonymous’ mask warns of ‘a war coming’”

The Verge – by Amar Toor

Chinese regulators have banned financial institutions from using Bitcoin, warning that the virtual currency could be used for illegal activities and speculation. China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, announced the decision in a statement released Thursday, though it stopped short of banning Bitcoin altogether. Individuals are still free to use the digital currency in China, albeit at their own risk. Bitcoin prices fell in response to today’s announcement, dropping to as low as $970.62 on Thursday after trading at over $1,100 prior to the central bank’s decision.   Continue reading “Bitcoin banned from Chinese banks amid fears of laundering”

Casting Lead BulletsPreparing for SHTF

With ammo prices rising and the recent attempt to shutdown the last lead smelter in the USA by the EPA, you might want to think about making your own bullets. In this excellent three part video series by Tacticalreview he shows you the process of taking lead tire weights, that you can usually get for free, and turns them into lead ingots for use in casting and making your own bullets. So check out the video series below and hit up a few tire shops and start stockpiling some lead to making your own bullets.   Continue reading “How to Cast Bullets From Lead Tire Weights”

A South Korean F-15K fighter jet (AFP Photo / Jung Yeon-Je)RT News

South Korea has announced it will expand its air defense zone in a move that could raise regional tensions with China. The new zone encroaches on air space that Beijing had previously claimed, sparking outrage from its Asian neighbors.

The South Korean government said that the new zone will come into effect December 15, AFP reported. The area included in the defense zone will encompass the Ieodo submerged rock formation that China calls Suyan.   Continue reading “South Korea expands air defense zone in territory row with China”

Before It’s News – by Susan Duclos

A recent report from NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences confirms that 11 cities across the US could completely run out of water as they are “stressed” with demand for water that exceeds their natural supply.

Those cities are:    Continue reading “11 Cities May Completely Run Out Of Water”

Before It’s News

What is Reality?” That’s the basic philosophical question from which come all the other questions like “Why is the government so concerned with spying on its citizens?”

Are we a nation of traitors?

What are they afraid of?   Continue reading “Every Country Has Two ”Armies”. The Guys Who March Around In Uniform and the Guys Who Know What The Real Job Is.”

The Detroit News – by CHAD LIVENGOOD

East Lansing — Police in riot gear dispersed rowdy crowds early Sunday in East Lansing, where thousands converged around fires and some overturned cars to celebrate Michigan State University’s first Rose Bowl appearance in a quarter century.

East Lansing police denied social media reports tear gas was used to scatter a group at River Street, where a large fire was burning.   Continue reading “Police disperse East Lansing crowds after MSU win”