“I’ve heard a lot of people voice their opinions on this story and I don’t care if it was purposely leaked to get Jan a sympathy vote, or if it was timed to embarrass her for having shown special budgetary favor to state services directly benefiting
ENAC (Italian civil aviation authority) rejects the body-scanner. The tests have not brought the desired results, ENAC president, Vito Riggio, said this morning at a press conference.
Market observers believe silver prices will soon rise on speculation that JP Morgan is in the process of winding down its proprietary trading operations. “In the past years, compelling evidence of silver and gold price manipulation by JP Morgan has b
The bid to rename the sweetener by the Corn Refiners Association comes as Americans’ concerns about health and obesity have sent consumption of high fructose corn syrup, used in soft drinks but also in bread, cereal and other foods, to a 20-year low.
The family of Hannah Poling, a nine-year-old girl, is to be the first to receive compensation from the US federal government for health problems associated with routine childhood vaccinations.
Spc. Alyssa Peterson, a young soldier who committed suicide after refusing to participate in torture. Peterson died on September 15, 2003, one of the first female soldiers to die in Iraq. Her death from a "non-hostile weapons discharge"
The most maligned sweetener in America is trying to rebrand itself. The winning new message? We're no worse than our competitor! That's what manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup are trying to convey as they seek to change the name of their produ
Christine O'Donnell's win in Delaware's Republican Senate primary handed the Tea Party a valuable victory over the GOP establishment but may also have ceded the Democrats a relatively easy route to victory in November.
In an ironic twist, 'war on terra' shill Tom Tancredo and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, two loyal establishment statists, have endorsed a woman for governor of California who can aptly be described as a 9/11 truther, meaning she questions the official governme
Taxes must rise while fiscal stimulus needs to be wound down in order to reduce the budget deficit and allow private investment to expand, said former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan to the Council on Foreign Relations.
We all have to deal with the opportunities and challenges presented by widespread video technology. The same is true for police. But law enforcement might prefer that cameras not be a part of their interactions with citizens. Citizens should have the
An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell apologized to groups whose peaceful protests or events were the subject of regular anti-terrorism bulletins being distributed by his Homeland Security director. Distributing it was tantamount to trampling on constitutio
In this edition of the Reality Report, Gary Franchi discloses how the Department of Homeland Security is maneuvering around the 1974 Privacy act to set up a new centralized database for citizens. He also travels to New York to find out what the media
The Labor Department begins the faux hearings today in advance of the confiscation fo 401(k), IRA and private pension accounts. The 11 trillion in these acounts will be converted to treasuries and bonds and sold to creditors of the corporate US gove
The airport screener arrested for assaulting a coworker who taunted him about the size of his penis after his genitalia was exposed by a full-body scanner said he snapped after being subjected to “psychological torture” by fellow TSA employees who re
Sen. Harry Reid announced today that he wants to attach the DREAM Act — which would legalize young immigrants who want to attend college or join the military — to the defense authorization bill next week.
Members of We Are Change Portland teamed up with Clyde Lewis of Ground Zero Radio and James Evan Pilato of the Media Monarchy podcast to burn the 9/11 Report in protest in Kenton Park. Their little caper got them on the local news too. Success!
Since 2008, New Jersey and at least 19 other states from Wyoming to Rhode Island have rolled back pension benefits or seriously considered doing do — and not just for new hires, but for current employees and people already retired.
"It would be interesting to see if the talking heads and political pundits would once again try to tell us Dr. Paul was unelectable and his libertarian ideas were unacceptable to the public if he once again ran for president."
"...Communist Cuba has finally figured out that everyone cannot work for government - at least not if you want your people to prosper, or your economy to avoid insolvency and bankruptcy."
In recent weeks, 63% of consumers have said economic conditions are "getting worse." These future expectations for the economy are among the worst of 2010 and have deterioriated substantially from this point in 2009.
It is unclear what is behind this flight from the dollar. Mainstream media and the financial media do not yet seem to be aware of it. Their stories tend to be focused on the BOJ's intervention more than the bigger picture. But something big may...