The Fed claims to be a "private central bank" but in fact that's a lie too - their losses are yours, and their "liquidity" is your tax money. If The Fed wants to be a "private bank" then cut it off from taxpayer sub
In a mountainous kingdom in what is now southeastern Turkey, there lived in the eighth century B.C. a royal official, Kuttamuwa, who oversaw the completion of an inscribed stone monument, or stele, to be erected upon his death. The words instructed m
Obama vowed "to regain America's moral stature in the world" during Sunday's 60 Minutes appearance, two of his senior advisers confessed there is no intent to pursue those in the Bush administration who engaged in torture, a war cri
I don't know if I should head to the local gun show today, or to the local store for sustenance for the family. I feel that if we are to buy ammo/firearms, it must be now, as Barack Obama could make us all felons with the stroke of a pen.
If the change that President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America’s wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests, what explains Obama’s choice of foreign and economic policy advisers?
Google's recent announcement that it may have found a way to predict U.S. flu trends has led to the inevitable expressions of concern from some privacy groups.
Unless you happen to have been jerked out from under a cabbage leaf during the last decade or so, you'll remember a time when anyone who criticized Hillary Clinton was accused by her admirers of resenting—or even being afraid of—a woman with poli
Lawmakers and trade organizations representing the shoe industry are trying to stomp out a shoe tax that is hidden in the cost of shoes and was levied during the Great Depression.
A grave with the remains of a mother and father huddled together with 2 sons dated to 4,600 years ago and marks the oldest genetic evidence for a nuclear family. The individuals were carefully arranged in their graves to denote they were part of a bi
Arrivals are falling by double-digit percentages, and the corresponding drops in casino and ancillary revenue have operators tightening their belts. Layoffs are rampant, many ambitious development projects have been postponed indefinitely...
Questions have arisen over the Selective Service registration of Barack Obama. Unlike other Obama records–which the public has yet to see–Obama’s SSS registration form has been put on the Internet at Debbie Schlussel’s site. It raises as many questio
An exiting army of Republican foot soldiers is faced with the prospect of selling its Washington-area homes in the worst housing bust since the Great Depression.
Internationally-syndicated talk radio host Ian Bernard (Freeman) was back in court this morning. Word from the courthouse is 90 days were suspended and Bernard is back on the street.
I noted Barack Obama's team has started hinting they will move back towards John McCain’s position on interrogation techniques. Supporters of Obama critical of Bush administration's indefinite detention policy began rethinking that as well.
Of course, the government takeover of health care began a long time ago, but we should be wary of how far that takeover will go if more private providers are forced out of the marketplace. If enacted, The Freedom of Choice Act and the potential for
“The extensive body of scientific research now available consistently indicates that ’Gulf War illness’ is real, that it is the result of neurotoxic exposures during Gulf War deployment, and that few veterans have recovered or substantially improved
Using "triggerfish" technology, mobile phones are tricked into transmitting their serial numbers, phone numbers and other data by posing as a cellular phone tower.
The U.S. economy is in recession and will contract at a faster pace in the fourth quarter, extending the decline into early 2009 as high unemployment crimps consumer spending, a survey showed.
[WOW!] The thought scene in the US today resembles that of Russia in 1917, Cuba in 1959 or China in 1948. Incessant calls for "unity" and "fairness," attacks on "divisive," "toxic" and "hateful" langu
With every passing day of economic woe, the scale of the heist just perpetrated against America's taxpayers by the country's largest banks becomes more apparent.
And I am really not making fun of Roubini. It is merely that because his messages are so consistently grim and have so far proven correct, one needs to find comic relief where one can.
Truer words were never spoken than those of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung who pronounced that, “People can’t stand too much reality.” As we watch the false economy of the U.S. meltdown, “reality” is not a word that is spoken on the main stream new
This interview of Lindsey Williams occurred on July 9th 2008 by Pastor Butch Paugh. Oil prices are set to goto $50 dollars per barrel. Listen to this shocking interview on the coming collapse of the American Dollar.
Examples of Photoshopped fake photos are appearing more frequently in the MSM. How can readers recognize such shenanigans? Fun fauxtography tricks you can try at home. First in the series: forced perspective.
In a statement just read on CNBC, the megabank Citigroup has said that they plan to cut another 50,000 jobs on top of the 23,000 announced earlier this year.
And if Barack Obama drinks, as it appears he will, the dark elixir of war and imperial power offered to him by the national security state, he will accelerate the downward spiral of the American empire.
How can we give Mr. Bush an appropriate exit? How do we cheer him out the door? What can we say to him for being AWOL for eight years in the White House? Find out!