Washington Post – by Valerie Strauss

Back by popular demand (well, I like it) here’s a 1912 eighth-grade exam that was used in schools in Bullitt County, Ky. This test, which I first published more than a year ago, is now in the Bullitt County History Museum, a service of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society.

If you like this one, you can try this one too, an exam from 1931 by the West Virginia education department for students seeking graduation from eighth grade. That test was sent to me a few years ago by John N. Beall of Wilmington, N.C., who received it from his father, the teacher who administered the exam in a one-room school in Gilmer County.   Continue reading “Can you pass this 101-year-old test for 8th graders?”

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Nearly a quarter century after the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the U.S. government is still getting ready for nuclear war.

This fact was underscored on June 19, 2013, when the Pentagon, on behalf of President Barack Obama, released a report to Congress outlining what it called the U.S. government’s “Nuclear Employment Strategy.” Although the report indicated some minor alterations in U.S. policy, it exhibited far more continuity than change.   Continue reading “US Still Preparing for Nuclear War”

Hey everyone, great news! The economy is back on track and unemployment is declining at a rapid rate. There are so many jobs available!

Just come in to one of our many stores and we’ll explain all the details and then you can apply online and submit your application to a person in another state who doesn’t even know what you look like, let alone that you even exist. It’s that easy!   Continue reading “Now Hiring! Apply Within….Online”

Egyptian Army Massacres Protesters; U.S. Continues Foreign AidThe New American – by Thomas R. Eddlem

The Egyptian Army massacred scores of pro-Morsi protesters in front of the Cairo National Guard headquarters July 8, where the former elected president is presumed to be under house arrest. However, more than a week after the military coup against Muslim Brotherhood-aligned President Morsi, the U.S. government has yet to call it a “coup” or suspend foreign aid payments to Egypt.   Continue reading “Egyptian Army Massacres Protesters; U.S. Continues Foreign Aid”

The Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station (ADSCS), South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Image from maps.google.com)No wonder so many of our cell phone calls get dropped, they’re being routed through Australia.

RT News

Ex-NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden has disclosed his first set of documents outlining Australia’s role in NSA surveillance programs, picking out four facilities in the country that contribute heavily to US spying.   Continue reading “New Snowden leak: Australia’s place in US spying web”

Golden CorralNatural News – by Mike Adams

Shocking photos posted on the internet claim to show behind-the-scenes filth at a Golden Corral restaurant. The photos appear to show filthy dishes stacked nearly head-high, with food waste littering the floor right next to beverage service carts. Three employees are clearly depicted in the photos, and they appear to be wearing uniforms consistent with those worn by Golden Corral employees.

The photos (see below) also show overflowing trash cans and food refuse so thick that employees are walking all over it while mountains of filthy dishes appear to be ready to collapse onto the floor.   Continue reading “Shocking photos and video shows Golden Corral more disgusting than a cow feedlot”

The Daily Meal – by Jessica Chou

New York dirty water dogs might be a classic, but mass-produced hot dogs are actually kind of gross. How It’s Made released this video showing the makings of classic hot dogs, and it’s not pretty.

Sausage manufacturers take pork, beef, and chicken trimmings (cuts left over from larger steaks or pork chops), grind them together, add processed chicken trimmings that look particularly pink slime-y, add some food starch, bags and bags of salt and spice, and churn them all into giant vats of meat goo. Lovely.    Continue reading “Gross Video Shows You How Hot Dogs Are Mass-Produced”

CopBlock – by Ali

This is from my own experience in Harrisonville, Missouri (64701).

On my way home from work around eleven at night, I pulled onto an exit ramp and I saw flashing lights behind me. Being sixteen at the time, (this was no more than a few months ago), I had no idea what to do and was freaking out because I had no idea what I had done wrong.   Continue reading “16 Year Old Girl Held at Gun Point for Faulty License Plate Light”

SWAT32WND – by Drew Zahn

A flurry of recent stories about police knocking on – and sometimes knocking in – people’s front doors have raised alarms in both the U.S. and Canada about whether the home is still constitutionally protected from increasing police power.

As WND reported, High River, Alberta, has become a recent focal point of the controversy, when it was revealed Royal Canadian Mounted Police entered the flooded town after a mandatory evacuation, broke down doors and began confiscating “several hundred” firearms. Continue reading “Gun Seizures Trigger Fear of Massive Police Power”

s1Your Black World – by Yolanda Spivey

BLOOMINGTON IL- On June 29th 2013, Gabriella Calhoun’s life changed forever.  The night was warm and clear, and after partying with friends, Gabriella and her friends decided to go to their local neighborhood Denny’s to get a late night meal.  Gabby is an honor student at Wiley College.  She finished high school a year early and went to college a year before the rest of her cohort.

Sitting on the left side of Denny’s so they can have a view of the parking lot, her crew of 17, all high school graduates, witnessed a fight between two girls.  As the group of college bound students were ordering their drinks, the cops were called.   Continue reading “Honor Student Inexplicably Beaten by Police “I Awoke Spitting My Teeth Out On the Ground””

Survival and Beyond – by David Harris-Gershon

Clayton Seymour, a 36-year-old IT specialist from Hilliard, Ohio, recently sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the NSA, curious as to whether any data about him was being collected.

What he received in response made his blood boil.   Continue reading “Your Life is Now Classified: NSA Rejecting All FOIA Requests by American Citizens”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

A massive car bomb blast shook a stronghold of Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah militant group Hezbollah in southern Beirut on Tuesday, leaving at least 37 people wounded, the Lebanese Red Cross said.

Lebanese security sources told Reuters that they were unable to confirm initial reports from medics at the scene that an unspecified number had been killed in the blast.   Continue reading “Beirut Hit By Car Bombing, 53 Wounded”

Before It’s News – by Zen Gardner

This is the first time the International Criminal Court has considered opening an investigation against Israel.  This lawsuit is seeking compensation for the brutal illegal raid and murder aboard the Mavi Marmara aid ship on its way to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza in 2010.  Let’s see what The Hague does with this.   Continue reading “Israel Sued In International Court—Finally”

obama bidenBusiness Insider – by Michael Kelly

On June 7 President Barack Obama defended the two secret National Security Agency (NSA) spying programs that were exposed by whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden, saying: “You can’t have 100% security, and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience.”

Obama insisted “the right balance” had been struck between security and privacy, and said that we are “going to have to make some choices as a society Americans” so that the country can effectively fight terrorism.   Continue reading “Experts Destroy Obama’s Argument That Americans Must Sacrifice Privacy For Security”

Refreshing News

The Obama administration, in a new court filing, urged the nation’s surveillance court to throw out a request by civil liberties groups to disclose its secret rulings about the scope and legality of the Patriot Act.

In the filing, embedded below, the Justice Department quotes with approval the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s own view of its power, expressed in 2007, that “[t]he FISC is a unique court … [o]ther courts operate primarily in public, with secrecy the exception; the FISC operates primarily in secret, with public access the exception.”   Continue reading “DOJ Says Public Has No Right To Know About The Secret Laws The Feds Use To Spy On Us”

The Ten Most Disturbing Things You Should Know About the FBI Since 9/11ACLU

As Congress considers the nomination of James B. Comey to lead the FBI for the next ten years, lawmakers should examine measures to rein in a bureau that has undermined civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism. This is a false trade off: we can be both safe and free.   Continue reading “The Ten Most Disturbing Things You Should Know About The FBI Since 9/11”