From the Trenches World Report

Lew Rockwell – by Jack D. Douglas

All serious social analysts and more and more generally intelligent and knowledgeable Americans realize the danger of an Implosion of the vast U.S. financial Bubbles and debts leading to a more general social-political Implosion of of the U.S., a major social disintegration including warfare involving military, veteran and other guerrilla groups.

Soviet Russia Imploded very quickly after many years of growing stagnation from central planning and regulation and monetary-financial tyranny  and internal conflicts similar to what we have been experiencing for several decades, though they did not have the immense problems of debts and financial Bubbles that we have. Continue reading “The Great Risks of a Second U.S. Civil War”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Since all US rating agencies (Fitch is majority French-owned) have been terrified into submission and will never again touch the rating of the US following the DOJ’s witch hunt of S&P, any US rating changes on the margin will come from abroad. Like China’s Dagong rating agency, which several hours ago just downgraded the US from A to A-, maintaining its negative outlook. The agency said that while a default has been averted by a last minute agreement in Congress, the fundamental situation of debt growth outpacing fiscal income and GDP remains unchanged. “Hence the government is still approaching the verge of default crisis, a situation that cannot be substantially alleviated in the foreseeable future.”   Continue reading “China’s Dagong Downgrades US To A- From A”

The Washington Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington

The federal government is studying how to use Twitter for surveillance on depressed people.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) began a study financed by the National Institutes of Health last month that will provide “population level depression monitoring” through the social media site.

The project, “Utilizing Social Media as a Resource for Mental Health Surveillance,” is costing taxpayers $82,800.   Continue reading “Feds Studying How to Use Twitter For ‘Depression Surveillance’”

Aletho News

A few decades ago, there were thousands of independent media outlets in the US. Today in America, six multinational global media mega corporations run by six individuals control 96% of the content Americans see on TV and watch at the movies; read in books, magazines and newspapers, and hear on the radio.

• Time Warner
• VIACOM
• CBS
• Walt Disney
• News Corp
• General Electric   Continue reading “A citizens guide to understanding corporate media propaganda techniques”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Nothing changes. The nation is not bad on course. The debt ceiling that hasn’t moved in 150 was just raised and that will expire in February. There are no answers for a nation that is already bankrupt.

(RIA) – US President Barack Obama signed early Thursday last-ditch legislation to fund the government and avert a debt default, easing an acute political crisis and narrowly avoiding an unprecedented fiscal clash that might seriously have damaged the world economy.   Continue reading “Obama Signs Bill to Avert Default, Reopen Government, $3B Earmark Included as Debt Ceiling Fails to Move in 150 Days”

RT News

A lobbying group for major US manufacturers has violated Washington state campaign finance law while opposing a ballot initiative that would require labeling genetically-modified foods, according to a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general Wednesday.

The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) ran afoul of state law in collecting and spending $7.2 million against ballot initiative 522 – which voters will consider in November – while not disclosing the individual donors funneling contributions to the organization, alleged State Attorney General Bob Ferguson.   Continue reading “Washington state sues lobbying group opposed to GMO food labeling effort”

RT News

Residents near Chicago are complaining about growing piles of petroleum coke – an ugly result of tar sands oil refining – that are building up along the banks of Calumet River. The carbon byproduct was reported and removed from nearby Detroit this summer.

While similar forms of coke byproduct have derived from coal production, petroleum coke – also known as pet-coke – results when tar sands are refined.    Continue reading “Koch-owned tar sands waste piles up in Chicago after Detroit cloud”

Jon Rappoport

Another brick laid in the path to decimation.

While the Democrats and the Republicans, the White House and the Congress cross swords over the funding of government;

While the White House orders the shutdown of visible national parks and war memorials;   Continue reading “Government shutdown: the takedown of America”

BBC News – by James Fletcher

Australia’s Northern Territory has a serious drink problem and has introduced some of the world’s harshest measures to deal with it. Drunks can now be forced into rehabilitation – and jailed if they drop out.

Like many Aboriginal people, Alison Ferber doesn’t drink. But there’s no part of her life that isn’t touched by alcohol.   Continue reading “Forced rehab: A solution for Australia’s grog addicts?”

Middle East Monitor

In response to the Obama Administration’s announcement last week that it will be restructuring US military aid to Egypt in light of the ongoing military crackdown, officials in Cairo have hired a well-known lobby group to improve the image of Egypt’s coup, according to a US newspaper.

The Hill, a political newspaper based in Washington DC, has revealed that documents filed with the US Justice Department on Friday confirm that Egypt’s interim authorities are employing the Glover Park Group to “provide public diplomacy, strategic communications counsel and government relations services” for Egypt’s post-coup government.   Continue reading “Egyptian coup leaders hire US lobbyist with ties to Israel”

Video Rebel’s Blog

The kick the can down the road approach to the American deficit did nothing about the 915 billion dollars the US adds every month to its total of unfunded liabilities which was 221 trillions dollars just a few months ago. The Republican attempt to either delay Obamacare for a year or to repeal it altogether failed. An Internet radio host with good sources within the Republican party was told the party folded because the American people are not quite bright enough to see how bad Obamacare will be. The leadership decided to wait until January when the people get their new insurance bills with reduced coverage, higher deductibles, IRS fines and premiums 60% or more higher. Then the Republicans think they will be able to score points with an enraged public in an election year.   Continue reading “Will The NSA, The IRS, Obamacare And An Army Of Hackers = a Cypriot Style Bail-In?”

WND – by JOE KOVACS

A brand-new type of botox has been discovered that’s being called “the deadliest substance known to man,” but scientists are keeping secret its DNA sequence because an antidote is not yet known.

The botulinum toxin, known as Clostridium Botulinum, is so poisonous that injecting just 2 billionths of a gram, or inhaling 13 billionths of a gram, will kill an adult.   Continue reading “‘Deadliest Substance Known to Man’ Discovered”

Cal Gun Laws – by CD Michael

“It started with a coffee date. Now I’m married with kids. How the heck did that happen?”

How indeed? Life sneaks up on us. Change occurs in tiny increments. Before you know it, the order of life has been inverted.

It’s the same with the law. Aristotle knew what he was talking about when he wrote “Jealously maintain … the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.”   Continue reading “California: Living Proof of the Slippery Slope of Rational Apathy”

Before It’s News

A Mexican Standoff was created last month when the Tea Party pushed GOP leaders to use the threat of shutdown to block a possibly fatally flawed expansion of federally funded health coverage – you can’t even register for it on the govt website.

We still don’t know what was happening behind the smoke screen, though. All we know is that campaign succeeded mainly in undermining popular support for half of the War Party, the Republicans. By late Wednesday, dozens of anxious GOP lawmakers were ready to give President Obama almost exactly what he requested months ago: a bill to fund the government and increase the Treasury Department’s borrowing power with no strings attached.   Continue reading “Obama Signs Bill to Raise Debt Limit, Reopen Government with Over 100% Debt-To-Gdp Ratio”

Natural Blaze

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say a compound derived from cruciferous vegetable such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli protected rats and mice from lethal doses of radiation.

Their study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests the compound, already shown to be safe for humans, may protect normal tissues during radiation therapy for cancer treatment and prevent or mitigate sickness caused by radiation exposure.   Continue reading “These Vegetables Can Protect You From Fukushima Radiation”

Huffington Post – by JAMES MacPHERSON

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Scientists who helped calculate oil spilled from a broken BP well into the Gulf of Mexico are questioning the methodology used to estimate the amount of crude that recently leaked from a ruptured pipeline into a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota.

Tesoro Corp. said it came up with its more than 20,000-barrel spill estimate using ground analysis. But oil spill experts say a more accurate assessment likely would come from calculating how much crude went into the pipeline versus what was supposed to come out at its terminus.   Continue reading “North Dakota Pipeline Spill Estimates ‘A Guess’ At Best After 20,000 Barrels Spill Into Field”