Reading Between the Grooves- by Jim Owston

In 2002, the late Solomon Burke recorded the album “Don’t Give up on Me.” Featured on that CD was a cut co-authored by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Brenda Russell entitled “None of us are Free.” The song was featured on the final episode of House, M.D.’s second season. I caught this about a week ago when one of the networks was doing a House marathon.

Solomon Burke is one of the best, but underrated, soul musicians of the 1960s. While he never had a Top 20 hit, his songs inspired a generation. This particular cut also features the Blind Boys of Alabama on back-up vocals. I particularly like the Hammond B3 organ parts and the fact this song in F minor ends on an F major chord.    Continue reading “Solomon Burke: None of us are Free”

Hannah Alive and WellGuardian Express – by Cherese Jackson

After a massive search in a remote area of Idaho, police on Saturday located the suspected killer and the 16-year-old girl, Hannah, he allegedly kidnapped.  The girl was found safe but the kidnapper was killed, police said.

Sheriff Bill Gore in San Diego County, Calif., said 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio was killed by an FBI agent at 4:22 p.m. Pacific time near a campsite. His captive, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, was located and “appears well,” Gore told reporters Saturday evening.   Continue reading “Hannah Anderson Found Alive: Kidnapper James Lee DiMaggio Dead”

Live Leak – by Coradon

CHON BURI – A man shot and killed his girlfriend and her mother on Thursday at a car modification shop in Muang district, just 20 days before they were due to be married on Aug 28.

The victim, identified as Kewelin Hongthong, 28, and her mother Wimol Hongthong, 48, were both shot three times by Tasaphol Haekla, 35, and died instantly at the scene, police said.   Continue reading “Cold-blooded murderer in Thailand dances after shooting his victims”

WikiLeaks Party

Today the President of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program.  But rather than thank Edward Snowden, the President laughably attempted to criticize him while claiming that there was a plan all along, “before Edward Snowden.”  The simple fact is that without Snowden’s disclosures, no one would know about the programs and no reforms could take place.  As Thomas Jefferson so eloquently once stated, “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”  Luckily for the citizens of the world, Edward Snowden is one of those “people of good conscience” who did not “remain silent”, just as Pfc Bradley Manning and Daniel Ellsberg refused to remain silent.   Continue reading “Statement from Julian Assange in response to President Obama’s plans to reform America’s global surveillance program”

Judicial Watch Press Release, August 5, 2013

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents from the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealing that between March 27, 2009, and August 24, 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder accrued $4,263,704.01 in total travel expenses. This included $697,525.20 in taxpayer-funded personal travel expenses.  The documents were released to Judicial Watch in June in response to an August 2012 Freedom of Information Act request.   Continue reading “Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Revealing AG Holder Travel Expenses Exceeded $4 Million in Four Years”

AlterNet – by Sunil Kumar Aggarwal

It is time to bust the myths Sabet has been perpetuating.

Kevin Abraham Sabet-Sharghi, Ph.D., aka Kevin Sabet, has been a headline-grabbing right-winger ever since his U.C. Berkeley days—where he did not study science or medicine despite his current appointment as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Florida. His most recent incarnation as a co-founder of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) follows a stint in the Obama White House on its drug policy staff from 2009-2011. His personal website claims he is the “quarterback” of a new anti-drug movement, boasting that he’s been“quoted in over 15,000 news stories.”   Continue reading “5 Biggest Lies from Anti-Pot Propagandist Kevin Sabet”

17, 26, 27 – debatable. Not certain of the validity of all these statements.

NESARA – by John MacHaffie

1. The IRS is Not a US government agency. It is an agency of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) (Diversified Metal Products v I.R.S et al. CV-93-405E-EJE U.S.D.C.D.I., Public Law 94-564, Senate report 94-1148 pg. 5967, Reorganization Plan No. 26, Public Law 102-391)   Continue reading “Here Are Truthful Facts Most People Do Not Know, …. But Should…”

Eyes Open Report – by Paul Lawrance

Newly drafted tobacco bills leaked by the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA) reveals NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to wage war on electronic cigarettes.

If the ordinances were to be executed the display of smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes would be prohibited in retail stores and would require 21 years of age to acquire.   Continue reading “Bloombergs at it again: Electronic Cigarettes in the Crosshairs”

Press TV

The US government is planning to arrest two former JP Morgan Chase & Co. employees for their alleged role in masking the size of a multibillion-dollar trading loss.

The former employees, who worked in London, could be arrested in the next few days and extradited to their countries, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter.    Continue reading “US mulling arrest of big bank employees”

Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos

Two years ago Joe Lozito was attacked by a serial killer in the NYC subway and suffered multiple stabbing wounds before taking the man down. According to Lozito, two NYPD police officers were standing within viewing distance and didn’t raise a hand to help him until after the the killer was disarmed. Then they arrested him and claimed credit for the apprehension.

Lozito filed charges against the city for the officers not taking any action and again according to Lozito, the city claimed the NYPD has no legal duty to protect any members of the public.   Continue reading “NYPD: No Duty To Protect & Serve- New York’s Official Policy”

The Ugly Truth – by israelhayom.com

Daniel Kahneman, a 2002 Nobel Prize laureate who is considered one of the world’s foremost researchers in the fields of behavioral economics and hedonic psychology, is named one of 16 recipients of the U.S.’s highest civilian honor.

Professor Daniel Kahneman will receive the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom | Photo credit: Ziv Koren   Continue reading “Obama to award Israeli professor the Presidential Medal of Freedom”

Rense.com – by J. Speer-Williams

Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) was perhaps the most accomplished actress of her generation. It was Ms. Barrymore who said, “You grow up the day you have the first real laugh – at yourself.”

Do you remember your first real laugh at yourself? Mine came when I was about thirty years old.

Anyway, my maturing came after reading Gary Allen’s, None Dare Call It Conspiracy, and finally realizing there was no substantial difference, in practice, between the Democratic and Republican political parties.   Continue reading “When Was Your First Chuckle … At Yourself?”

When a reporter asked a paid protester what this protest was for- he told the reporter, "It's a day to ban guns, I think." -The Event was actually for a new movement called "Purge Day". Ben Swann Full Disclosure – by Michael Lotfi

So, no one supports your cause? No problem. You can hire supporters- even protesters. A company started last October by 22-year-old Adam Swart provides just this service.  In a telephone interview I spoke with Swart about his new found success. “I came up with the idea on a visit to Estonia,” says Swart. At the airport, Swart says he saw a man who was being swarmed by a crowd of excited onlookers. He tells me, “I thought- Why can’t I have that kind of attention?” And so, Swart’s company, Crowds on Demand, was born.   Continue reading “New Company Allows Organizations To Hire Fake Protesters”

Ben Swann Full Disclosure – by Kristin Tate

Police in Texas have been caught conducting completely warrantless vaginal searches of women on the side of freeways.

Yes, you read that correctly.

A new set of videos show Texas state troopers probing women’s vaginas and anal areas while searching for drugs.   Continue reading “Warrentless Vaginal Searches Conducted by Texas Police”

impeachobamaNational Report -by Chase Logan

Residents of Eureka, California are reporting of multiple arrests this evening during the wildly successful “Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment” campaign (a campaign in which literally 10s of people have participated by waving signs on highway overpasses promoting the impeachment of President Obama).

Early reports indicate that protesters were verbally and physically abused prior to being arrested.  All 6 protesters taking part in the rally are currently in police custody.  County and city officials in the area have not yet released a statement on the event or the names of those arrested.  Communications have been difficult and local media outlets are scrambling for more details.   Continue reading “Multiple Arrests Reported In California Town Following “Impeach Obama” Rally”