Americans Putting Noose Around Their Own Necks
Chuck BaldwinFormer Presidential candidate and Reform Party founder Ross Perot broke his self-imposed public retirement to make a bold warning: America could be taken over.
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The Dollar Meltdown
An Urgent Warning As Gold Nears One Year High ...
Charles GoyetteThis is a clear example of how gold remains the only way to really protect yourself from Washington’s destruction of the greenback.
Puerto Rico is in the Appalachians, or why the USA is broke from pork
Menckens GhostDid you know that Puerto Rico is in the Appalachians? Well, in 2011, something called the Appalachian Regional Commission distributed $55 million in Pell Grants from the U.S. Department of Education to the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, I
Expect Bolivarian Victory in Venezuela
Stephen Lendmanelections
No More Israel in 10 Years
Stephen LendmanIsrael
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News October 7, 2012
John SemmensDems Scramble to Explain Obama Debate Defeat Going into this week's first presidential debate Democrats were confident that the most brilliant man to ever hold the office would easily trounce his challenger. However, 67% of voters who saw the deba
Cowardly Terrorists Murder Syrian Civilians
Stephen LendmanSyria
Fourth branch of government not debated or taught
Menckens GhostWell, as expected, neither Obama nor Romney talked about the fourth branch of government in their programmed first “debate.” Also as expected, the great intellect of a media moderator didn’t ask about the fourth branch.
Bolivarianism v. Fake US Democracy
Stephen Lendmanelections
CONNECTING THE DOTS
The immigration factor: if we do nothing—America in 2050
Frosty WooldridgeOn a sociological level, it will change the entire demographic equation from a dominant European culture—to that of intractable poverty for tens of millions that arrive from cultures mired in poverty and illiteracy.
Is this taught in your local high school?
Menckens GhostDo students at your local public high school graduate with an understanding of this? If not, you might want to question the value of the institution.
Palestine: One or Two State Solution
Stephen LendmanIsrael
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Americans stagger at the mercy of events
Frosty WooldridgeBen Franklin, one of our founding fathers, said, “He that is good at making excuses, is seldom good for anything else.”
Living with the Enemy
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Musings on Libertarian Political Correctness
Mike RenzulliWayne Allyn Root's recent resignation speaks to a dirty little secret present in the Libertarian Party and other parts of the libertarian movement that has perpetuated a gas chamber mentality grounded in cultural relativism.
Ray McGovern: My Take
Silence of the Drones
Ray McGovernA report quoted several Obama admin. officials admitting that all military-age males in a strike zone are counted as combatants, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent. (Yes, you read that right – posthumously.)
Where Is The Outrage?
David McElroyWhy are Americans not marching in the streets like the outraged people of Greece, Spain, Portugal, when tyranny rules at the expense of Truth, Justice, and Liberty? We plunge into chaos!
Bashing “birthers,” Sheriff Arpaio, and Dinesh D’Souza
Menckens GhostFirst, a prefatory remark: Barack Obama is a serious threat to the well-being of my family and should be voted out of office...That sincere remark should keep conservatives at bay while I proceed to bash birthers, to bash Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and to
A dumbass buys a smartphone
Menckens GhostAs a demonstration of my higher IQ, I fell in my pool several weeks ago while carrying a stack of dead palm fronds. My old-fashioned but trusty flip-top cellphone was in my pocket and drowned.
Judge Stays Terry Williams' Execution
Stephen Lendmanpolice state
Ray McGovern: My Take
Netanyahu Backs Off on Iran
Ray McGovernNetanyahu’s stunt with the poster also brought to mind Secretary of State Colin Powell’s infamous war speech in 2003 when he displayed crude graphics depicting imaginary mobile chemical weapons labs in Iraq.
Chavez Opposition Disintegrating
Stephen LendmanChavez
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News September 30, 2012 Edition
John SemmensVoters Say Free Stuff Better than Freedom Despite polling data indicating that over 60% of those surveyed see GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's concern about Americans becoming too dependent on government as valid, most still say they will vo
A lack of education explains the state of the nation
Menckens GhostThe masses were to be taught to be mindless consumers, to be good citizens who unquestionably served the state, and to be productive and skilled workers and managers in industry and government.
Brilliant commentary on inflation
Menckens GhostLast week I asked two libertarian economists why central banks and most mainstream economists are against deflation and in favor of inflation. They essentially said what the brilliant article below says: that the masses want their pay to increase,
This Is Insanity!
Chuck BaldwinIf Mitt Romney has proven anything, it is that his word means absolutely nothing. Nothing! Romney is an opportunistic chameleon who will say anything or do anything to get elected. Yet, this is the man whom conservatives trumpet as the savior of Amer
Photos showing that uncivilized Iran should be easy to conquer
Menckens GhostAmerican chest thumpers start with the correct assessment that the top leaders of Iran are a bunch of dangerous religious nut jobs. Then, with their great knowledge of history, cultures, and geography, they leap to the conclusion that we should help
New York Times Promotes War on Syria
Stephen Lendmananti-war
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Endless economic growth cannot be sustained in America
Frosty WooldridgeAs our second president John Adams said in 1826, "There are two ways to conquer & enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."
"Escaping the Myth" (Colorado): What It's Not
Larken RoseWhile recently explaining to someone what "Escaping the Myth" is all about, I noticed that mostly I was pointing out lots of things it's NOT about, because they are things that might keep me from going to an event.
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