By Norman Solomon OpEdNews.com 7/22/2013 The part of the First Amendment that prohibits “abridging the freedom ” of the press” is now up against the wall, as the Obama administration continues to assault the kind of journalism that can expose government secrets. Last Friday the administration got what it wanted — an ice-cold chilling... »
Archive for July 22nd, 2013
How Incremental Increases Can Lead to Systemic Collapse
Charles High Smith OfTwoMinds.com July 22, 2013 Healthcare insurance illustrates how incremental increases can lead to systemic collapse. My father’s paystubs from the 1940s, 50s and 60s shed light on the way seemingly modest incremental increases can lead to systemic collapse. My father used his G.I. Bill education benefits to attend college after the... »
Holder reveals his plan for your gun
Exclusive: Joseph Farah exposes effort to promote radical agenda by any means JOSEPH FARAH WND.com July 21, 2013 When Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the Sanford, Fla., police department to hold on to all the evidence in George Zimmerman’s trial following his acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Trayvon Martin,... »
Obama Arrogance, America, like Rome, Will Cross The Most Dangerous Line
Keith Fitz-Gerald Market Oracle Jul 22, 2013 Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of Rome, had a lot of time to think about what went wrong to cause the fall of the greatest empire in history. Here, for the first time, in this exclusive essay he tells the full story of the fall and gives... »
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Reveals Dysfunction Common in Cities…“Every other industrial city has problems that could send them down the same path.”
By William Selway Bloomberg.com Jul 21, 2013 No city was hit as hard by the recession as Detroit, America’s one-time industrial capital whose decades-long decline cut its population in half and left $18 billion in debt it can’t afford to pay. Even so, the pressures that pushed Detroit into the largest municipal bankruptcy in... »
Here Come Those Municipal Defaults That Everyone Said Couldn’t Happen, Pt 2
by Reggie Middleton ZeroHedge.com 07/22/2013 Last Wednesday I posted BS… Defined: Bernanke Seeks (BS) to Divorce QE Tapering From Interest Rates – OR – Economic Prestidigitation! wherein I ridiculed the notion of being able to withdraw economic financial aid while expecting rates not to spike. The fact of the matter is we are the... »
How the News Media Betrays the United States People
Thedailyneutron.com July 22, 2013 News Media Run Amok! The purpose of the news media, as defined by the constitution, is to protect the people from the government. Well, that hasn’t happened. Used to happen, used to be that people went out and got stories and revealed the bad guys, and the result was elections... »
Detroit’s mayor sees other cities facing bankruptcy
No calls for federal bailout as city grapples with $19B debt By Valerie Richardson The Washington Times Sunday, July 21, 2013 Detroit Mayor Dave Bing warned Sunday that his may be the first major city to declare bankruptcy, but that it won’t be the last. “We’re not the only city that’s going to struggle... »
RON PAUL: BERNANKE’S DILEMMA
SilverDoctors.com JULY 22, 2013 Last week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered what may well be his last Congressional testimony before leaving the Federal Reserve in 2014. Unfortunately, his farewell performance was full of contradictory comments about the state of the economy and the effects of Fed policies on the market. One thing Bernanke... »
AP: Tepco admits radioactive water is flowing into Pacific from Fukushima plant — AFP: Experts warn of effects on humans; “Fears of ocean contamination”
By ENENews July 22nd, 2013 AP, July 22, 2013 at 7:06a ET: Operator of crippled Japan nuke plant finally admits radioactive water leak into sea A Japanese utility has said its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is likely to have leaked contaminated water into sea, acknowledging for the first time a problem long suspected... »