John Myers The administration of President Barack Obama continues to work furiously to float the U.S. economy in order to facilitate his re-election. Pumping up the U.S. economy has been ongoing for more than two years. Trillions of dollars have been created out of thin air to offset the deflationary destruction of assets that began […]
The Adam Smith Institute Blog Hungary, Poland, and three other nations take over citizens’ pension money to make up government budget shortfalls. Old women eat lunch in a retirement home in Budapest Dec. 13, 2010. Hungarian lawmakers rolled back a 1997 pension reform, allowing the government to effectively seize up to $14 billion in private […]
Bob Livingston A defining characteristic of failing or collapsing government is stepped-up aggressiveness, especially toward its own citizens. Few Americans know that American finance is nothing less than a double Ponzi. It is already widely known that the U.S. is creating debt and “financing” this debt with newly created debt. Can you believe that debtors […]
Chuck Baldwin As surely as William Barret Travis drew a line in the sand at the Alamo, a line is being drawn in the hearts of men today. By the time it is over, every man and woman in America will have to choose which side of the line they are on. Neutrality will not […]
Mike Crane Morganton, Georgia “Our Rights are like a cookie, no matter how big the cookie and how small the bites, eventually you run out of cookie” In Part 1 of this series a concept was presented that runs a bit contrary to current public conception – that the term States’ Rights can be used […]
Ben Johnson The day after Christmas, President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama wanted all Americans to share in their overflowing holiday spirit, so they wished everyone a Happy Kwanzaa. On the second day of Christmas the First Family gave to us an official statement celebrating a “holiday” invented by an ex-con turned Marxist professor […]
Source: KTRH Citing the need to curb border violence, under the pilot program that could start as soon as next month, dealers in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico would have to inform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of any sales of two or more rifles, including assault weapons. The Feds say […]
Hamtramck, Michigan, is running out of money. City Manager William Cooper tells The New York Times: “We can make it until March 1—maybe.” And Hamtramck is not alone. According to the Times, 15 municipalities have pursued bankruptcy in the past two years. And if the economy does not improve revenues, many other local governments will […]
Originally published on Thursday, December 23, 2010 by CommonDreams.org The right to liberty is one of the foundation rights of a free people. The idea that any US President can bypass Congress and bypass the Courts by issuing an Executive Order setting up a new legal system for indefinite detention of people should rightfully scare […]
He posts YouTube videos of security loopholes at SFO, and instead of remedying them, the agency attacks him By Patrick Smith It wasn’t me. I almost wish that it was, but it wasn’t. I am not the pilot who found himself in hot water for posting scandalous security videos on YouTube. The pilot, whose name […]
By David Edwards Desire to stop secrets outlet WikiLeaks from disclosing more US documents could lead to a new Sedition Act, according to former Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA). Try as they might, US officials will not be able to convict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under current laws and will resort to passing new draconian measures, […]
Chuck Baldwin chuckbaldwinlive.com As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words: “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? … […]
Being a “nice guy,” supporting Ron Paul and talking about the Constitution all signs of terror, according to fusion centers now overseeing massive surveillance program of American people Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com While the establishment constantly invokes the contrived terror threat as justification for the announcement that your every activity is being sent to […]
by Dr. Mark Wiley The overriding theme of the wellness model I subscribe to is that pain, illness and disease are man-made. More specifically, those diseases for which one is not genetically predisposed, those ailments not caused by a traumatic injury and illness or not related to unknown contaminant are caused by… you. That is, […]
Ben Crystal Listen to some and you might think McDonald’s is as morally bankrupt as your friendly neighborhood crack dealer. Imagine Ronald and the Fry Guys slow-rolling through the ‘hood, pushing Quarter Pounders on poor Grimace and the Hamburglar. You should listen to reason instead. The belief that a multinational fast food chain would deliberately […]
Bob Livingston Before we get entangled in the doublespeak of the Internal Revenue Service Code and rulings, we need to consider that the whole Orwellian nightmare is a sham imposed by the police power of the State on a gullible people. Actually the income tax has a dual purpose, and neither is to pay taxes […]
Overdrawn American cities could face financial collapse in 2011, defaulting on hundreds of billions of dollars of borrowings and derailing the US economic recovery. Nor are European cities safe – Florence, Barcelona, Madrid, Venice: all are in trouble Elena Moya Shuttered homes and businesses in downtown Detroit, Michigan. American cities and states have debts that […]
Chuck Baldwin chuckbaldwinlive.com Many of us grew up in Sunday School and church. We have heard the great Bible stories over and over. We heard about the story of how Moses’ mother defied Pharaoh and hid her little baby boy in bulrushes. We heard the story of how Moses killed the Egyptian taskmaster defending a […]