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Business Insider – by Aaron Taube
In the past week, several online media outlets have noted a series of plain, white billboards that have popped up in New York and California bearing ominous surveillance-state messages like “YOUR DATA SHOULD BELONG TO THE NSA” and “THE INTERNET SHOULD BE REGULATED.” Continue reading “Here’s Who Is Behind Those Creepy Billboards That Say ‘Your Data Should Belong To The NSA’”
He never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to act responsibly. He’s too set in his ways. He’s too far gone to change. He’s off the rails entirely.
It shows every time he speaks. He puts his foot in his mouth. One day he’ll risk swallowing it.
His 2012 UN address was abhorrent. He made a fool out of himself before a world audience. He did again on October 1. Continue reading “Netanyahu: His Own Worst Enemy”
Tenth Amendment Center – by John Lambert
On July 29, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber (D) signed the Anti-Drone Spying bill (HB2710) into law.
The new law will require law enforcement to obtain a warrant for drone use in all but a few cases.
Provides that drones may be used by law enforcement agency for purpose of surveillance of persons only pursuant to a warrant or in emergency circumstances. Provides that law enforcement agencies may use drones to intercept communications only as provided under laws relating to wiretaps other interceptions of communications. Requires destruction of images and other information acquired by use of drone within 30 days. Continue reading “Oregon Governor Signs Anti-Drone Bill Into Law”
Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die
The National Football League has decided to ban off duty police officers from carrying their service weapons into NFL football games, causing police officers to be angered and ‘conspiracy theorists’ to begin asking whether the next big false flag attack might be at an NFL football game. Cleveland, Ohio police officers were extremely upset about finding out that they would no longer be allowed to carry their weapons into football games. Continue reading “NFL False Flag Attack Being Set Up By Disarming Police Officers At NFL Games?”
NEW YORK – Can the federal government confiscate all the deposits in an American citizen’s FDIC-insured bank account?
The answer is “Yes.”
As WND reported, the Dodd-Frank bill allows the federal government to confiscate bank deposits in an unlimited “bail-in” for banks “too big to fail,” provided the account holder gets equity in exchange for the deposits. Continue reading “Yes, Feds Can Take Your Deposits”
The Bilzerian Report – by Alcibiades Bilzerian
It’s no coincidence that America’s federal income tax was implemented in the same year as the United States Federal Reserve. A Federal Reserve needs to be backed by a significant, expandable government revenue source to be credible. If a government is operating efficiently, balancing its budget with revenue from tariffs (as America was doing prior to federal income taxation), then a central bank which seeks to print billions or trillions of dollars and set the interest rates for the nation would have no credibility. Expanding tariff revenue is severely limited compared to the ability of a corrupt government to expand income tax revenue, therefore, creating massive government debts through the expansion of the monetary base would inevitably lead to immediate inflation, default, and economic collapse in a tariff-financed economy. Continue reading “America’s Tax Code Is Made By Banksters For Banksters”
Like photographs pulled from an old shoebox in a dusty attic, Michael Paul Smith’s photostream is filled with images echoing warm memories of mid-twentieth century America. Many who view his photos of vintage cars and familiar buildings are often hit with nostalgia. That feeling, however, quickly leads to bewilderment upon learning the truth: Michael’s pictures aren’t real!
“When I tell people my photos are actually models — just little cars on a table that I’ve recreated — they’re shocked,” Michael tells The Weekly Flickr in the accompanying video. “It’s a great moment. I really do love it!” Continue reading “Crafting scenes of iconic Americana”
After months of speculation, it’s official: Janet Yellen will be the next chair of theFederal Reserve, succeeding Ben Bernanke, the White House said late Tuesday.
President Obama will make the announcement on Wednesday at 3pm ET, the White House said. Both Janet Yellen and current Fed chair Ben Bernanke are expected to attend. That announcement will be right after the Fed releases the minutes from its last meeting, due out at 2pm ET. Continue reading “Janet Yellen to be named Fed chair on Wednesday: White House”
While the federal and state governments continue to cut programs for education, scientific research, and the environment, the Pentagon continues to spend wildly on items and them toss them out. We recently saw how they prefer to deliver bags of money to Karzai, buy Russian aircraft that Afghans can’t fly or maintain, or build huge buildings to be then torn down unused. Of course, no one is ever fired for constructing massive buildings that no one wants only to tear them down. After all, these are contracts going to powerful companies with friends in the government. Continue reading “Military Buying Italian Planes At $50 Million A Piece . . . And Sending Them Directly To “Boneyard””
Bloomberg – by Robert Langreth
Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver announced last year that Warren Kortz, a general surgeon on the medical staff, was the first in the Rocky Mountain region to use a technique known as robotic surgery to remove gall bladders through one incision in the belly button.
The operation, performed while the doctor sits at a video-game-like console, was “taking advantage of another breakthrough in robotic surgery” and is “easier on the patient,” the hospital said in a press release. Continue reading “Robot Surgery Damaging Patients Rises With Marketing”
With sales of foods labeled gluten free now reaching over 6 billion dollars a year, something truly profound is happening to the way in which Americans are perceiving the role of wheat in their diets. Once celebrated as the very poster-child of the health food movement, folks are increasingly rejecting this “king of grains,” and are now identifying it as being at the very root of their health problems. Continue reading “Modern Wheat Really Isn’t Wheat At All”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
Why would the president of the United States try to purposely hurt the American people? Well, in 2013 this is done in order to score political points and force the opposition in to doing what you want them to do. A few days ago, an angry Park Service ranger publicly admitted that he and his fellow rangers have been ordered to “make life as difficult for people as we can” during this government shutdown. That Park Service ranger would never have received such an order unless it came from the very top. Apparently the Obama administration plans to cause as much pain as possible until Obama gets everything that he is demanding. Continue reading “Extreme Hypocrisy! Obama Orders Federal Workers To “Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can””
There is no reason to believe that radiation leaks at Fukushima will be contained by 2020, so the Tokyo Olympics can become impossible, nuclear technology historian Robert Jacobs told RT.
Last August Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for the first time requested international help in its increasingly desperate fight to contain the leaks at the crippled nuclear plant. Historian of social and cultural aspects of nuclear technology and Associate Professor at Hiroshima Peace University, Robert Jacobs believes this means the problem is catastrophically large. Continue reading “‘Fukushima might make 2020 Tokyo Olympics impossible’”
We now learn that cops were among the bikers who attacked a traveling family in New York and took an active role in the beating. Two lessons jump out at me:
1. Given a choice, try to avoid jurisdictions like New York, New Jersey, DC and California. Places where armed self-defense is restricted or illegal are also locations where “law enforcement” tends to act in criminal ways.
2. Make sure that all adults and teenagers in your family can use weapons. Practice using small arms from a vehicle (which is quite difficult to do effective and safely), so that the driver can concentrate on escaping the threats while another family member can shoot down boarders if necessary. Continue reading “Two lessons from the biker attack on a family in NY”
It’s another ugly symptom of the partial government shutdown — and this time it impacts the families of soldiers who are dying for their country.
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that, as long as the budget impasse lasts, it will not be able to pay death benefits to the families of troops who’ve been killed in combat.
“Unfortunately, as a result of the shutdown, we do not have the legal authority to make death gratuity payments at this time,” said Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Defense Department spokesman. “However, we are keeping a close eye on those survivors who have lost loved ones serving in the Department of Defense.” Continue reading “Pentagon freezes death benefits for fallen soldiers’ families”
“I am now occupying the building at this time.”
And with that one decision – restaurant owner Glenn Helseth joined the ranks of Americans who’ve decided to defy the strong-arm tactics of the National Park Service.
For the past 11 years Helseth and his wife have operated the Carrot Tree Kitchens Restaurant inside the historic Cole Digges House in Yorktown, Va.
At least 20 of Helseth’s longtime employees are facing unemployment. They can’t make rent and some are faced with choosing between buying food or buying medicine.
The National Park Service owns and operates the building. So when the government shut down on Oct. 1, the Helseths were given 48 hours to pack up and move out. Continue reading “The 2013 Battle of Yorktown — restaurant owner defies feds”
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