U.S. local government pension costs exceeds $530 billion
• ReutersU.S. state and local governments face more than $530 billion in unfunded public pension liabilities and most do not have funds set aside to pay for them, a government report showed.
Current News Headlines
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The raw (and ugly) truth about the war on drugs
• News LinkHere’s the raw, blunt truth about the war on drugs. Drugs are declared legal or illegal based primarily on who benefits from their manufacture, distribution and sale.
Arizona’s Coming Government Collapse
• Infowars.comA letter from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
Schwarzenegger wants an add'l $8 bil from the feds!! OR cut back/if not eliminate CalWORKS/main
• godlikeproductions.com12/23/2009 | Ed Morrissey California got $7 billion in state grants from Porkulus, and an opportunity to catch their breath while they attacked a monstrous state budget that desperately needs pruning. Congress has now begun to consider Porkulus II,
Gerald Celente's top 10 predictions for 2010
• Financial SenseTrends Research founder and one of the stars of The Obama Deception, Gerald Celente has an excellent track record of predicting trends. Here's what he sees for next year in this fascinating mp3 interview.
Christmas - Andre Rieu - The Little Angels of Nagasaki
• You TubeWith Christmas near, I thought this would be a nice add for those who enjoy the season. I know I do. Best wishes to all who read this wonderful site, and maybe the cause of liberty continue to grow in between the ears of all.
Pliocene Warming and CO2
• arcleinThe researchers used a long-term model for assessing climate change, confirming a similar British study released this month that said calculations for man-made global warming may be underestimated by between 30 and 50 percent.
Superconducting Jet Engines
• arcleinFive fans per wing are installed above the wing with the exhaust nozzle near the trailing edge. The fully superconducting motor outside diameter at 7.24 inches is an excellent match with the hub diameter of the fan exit, and the light weight of th
Winter Storms Dominate Europe and Eastern USA
• arcleinin order for a certain interesting scientific hypothesis to be creditable we needed a particularly miserable winter this year. In short the hypothesis was predicting a bad winter and we were about to have a stress test. How do you like it so far?
2010 Elections: The 2010 Electoral Tsunami is Coming
• Mondo FrazierCongressional and Senate Democrats are doing all the talking and not listening to constituents in 2009. Voters in the coming electoral tsunami will get to answer back in 2010.
The Road Waiting to Be Taken (by Christine Smith)
• The Future of Freedom FoundationTo be born into a form of slavery, as American youth are now, presents a unique situation for libertarians...
From Guantánamo Cell to a Desk at Al Jazeera
• NY TimesOf the 779 known detainees who have been held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — terrorism suspects, sympathizers of Al Qaeda, people deemed enemy combatants by the United States military — only one was a journalist. The journalist, Sami al-Hajj, was worki
Lithuanian security approved CIA torture prisons
• APLithuania's intelligence agency helped the CIA set up secret prisons in the Baltic country, but it's unclear whether they were actually used to interrogate terror suspects, a parliamentary panel said Tuesday.
Rep. Griffith of Alabama leaves Democrats for Republicans
• Washington PostFreshman Rep. Parker Griffith (D-Ala.) switched his affiliation to the Republican Party on Tuesday, saying he could "no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country."
Judge refuses to allow 'necessity defense' in abortionist murder trial
• APA judge says Kansas law doesn't allow a "necessity defense" in the trial of a man charged with killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers. Scott Roeder has confessed saying it was necessary to save unborn children.
Keep IRS auditors away: Earn less than $200,000
• APWant to keep IRS auditors away? Keep your earnings under $200,000 and they won't bother you 99 percent of the time. IRS enforcement numbers released, show that returns under that amount have a 1 percent chance of getting audited.
Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix
• APA federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower court. But people looking to buy Word or Micros
Lawyer files lawsuit against Obama administration for health deal records
• The HillConservative attorney Larry Klayman filed a lawsuit against the White House Monday demanding that it release information on healthcare meetings with lobbyists. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court, charges the Obama administration violated
A storm is brewing — clouds are again gathering over gun rights.
• American DaughterAfter health care and cap and trade, the next major battle will be gun control. The antis are adept at coordinating news stories to editorials to columnists to the legislature and they follow a predictable pattern. Typically, it starts with a high pr
Obama Executive Order Cedes US Sovereignty, Citizen Rights to Interpol
• Mondo FrazierNixon was a bush leagerer. Disturbing Executive Order that Obama signed Sunday grants Interpol immunity from subpoenas, searches, FOIA--in short, it allows Interpol to collect data on US citizens without any redress. A ‘separate’ Interpol agency has
! -ALERT- ! -- DEATH PANEL LAW UNREPEALABLE !
• godlikeproductions.comDr Doom: Coincidentally, I called one of my senators yesterday to ask questions about the healthcare bill.One of the questions I asked was about the 2014 date. I stated that by that time maybe there will be a new president and congress who can undo
2010 Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Extreme Cold
• Farm WarsHey, Al Gore! Add this to your “global warming” fraud list of things to ignore. The Farmer’s Almanac is right 80 – 85% of the time, and is predicting extreme cold.
ObamaCare "Super-Glue" Bill that Cannot Be Repealed, if Passed.
• Weekly StandardReid Bill Says Future Congresses Cannot Repeal Parts of Reid Bill. Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) pointed out some rather astounding language in the Senate health care bill during floor remarks tonight. First, he noted that there are a number of change
Rasmussen: Obama Approval at -21
• Mondo FrazierLowest approval numbers yet for this president, after the 60th Senate vote was secured for his health care proposals. Now, that's bounce you can believe in.
Absolutely Too Stoned To Roll: Afghanistan’s Toking Troops Not Exactly Battle-Ready
• Wired“You walk into a whole squad of ANA [Afghan National Army] smoking hashish. They don’t understand that the use of drugs, it effects the way that they accomplish their mission”...“Soldiers come out without helmets...missing a lot of gear.”
Absolutely Too Stoned To Roll: Afghanistan’s Toking Troops Not Exactly Battle-Ready
• Wired“You walk into a whole squad of ANA [Afghan National Army] smoking hashish. They don’t understand that the use of drugs, it effects the way that they accomplish their mission”...“Soldiers come out without helmets...missing a lot of gear.”
Recovery not as strong as previously thought
• APThe economy grew at a 2.2% pace in the third quarter, as the recovery got off to a weaker start than previously thought. The Commerce Department's new reading on gross domestic product for the July-to-September quarter was slower than the 2.8 percent
Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows
• ReutersBanks that spent more money on lobbying were more likely to get government bailout money. Banks whose executives served on Federal Reserve boards were more likely to receive government bailout funds from Troubled Asset Relief Program.
ACORN Qualifies for Funding in Senate Health Care Bill
• godlikeproductions.comThe provision he cites, found on pages 240 through 248 of the manager’s amendment, requires that six different agencies each establish an “Office of Minority Health.” The agencies are the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resour
Unemployment Calls Overwhelm Server
• NBC NewsUnemployment claims have been flooding into the [Connecticut] state Dept. of Labor, dragging the filing system to a crawl. “Due to the high volume of claim filing, you may experience some difficulty filing your claim via the Web or by telephone. We a
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