By: Dr Ron Paul Market Oracle Dec 27, 2010 Perhaps the biggest media story of 2010 was the influence of Tea Party voters on the congressional landscape. The new congress comes to Capitol Hill with a mandate to end profligate spending and restore fiscal sanity, we are told. But when the House and Senate... »
Archive for December 27th, 2010
Job Creation and Other Economic Myths
Fred Buzzeo Market Oracle Dec 27, 2010 Fred Buzzeo writes: Job creation has become the central theme of the current recession. The focus on job growth is widespread among both conservative (if I may use this term liberally) and left-leaning economists. Furthermore, if you ask the man on the street what the pressing economic... »
Former CIA director calls homegrown terror threat ‘a witch’s brew’…(This is for the Liberty and Freedom Loving Americans!)
By Bridget Johnson TheHill.com 12/26/10 A former director of the CIA described the greater likelihood that terror attacks on U.S. soil would come from an American resident as “a witch’s brew.” Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Michael Hayden, who served under President George W. Bush and stepped down in February 2009, said... »
A swine flu pandemic is sweeping through Britain despite the fact that 70 percent of Britain’s over-65 population was vaccinated against swine flu last year.
by Mike Adams NaturalNews.com Monday, December 27, 2010 A swine flu pandemic is sweeping through Britain despite the fact that 70 percent of Britain’s over-65 population was vaccinated against swine flu last year. This year, that number is nearly the same — 68.5% — but flu vaccine proponents insist that until everyone is vaccinated,... »
Napolitano: ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign isn’t Big Brother
Politico Monday, December 27, 2010 The federal government’s “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign to encourage citizen vigilance against terrorism threats doesn’t amount to a Big Brother-style spying effort, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in an interview aired Sunday. “It just sounds very Big Brother to me, turning in the... »
Napolitano: Pat-downs are here to stay
By David Edwards RawStory.com Sunday, December 26th, 2010 Airline passengers should get used to invasive full body scans and enhanced pat-downs, the Homeland Security secretary suggested Sunday. CNN’s Candy Crowley asked Janet Napolitano if she expected changes to the controversial Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening procedures in the near future. “Not for the foreseeable... »
US to step up security at hotels and malls
BreitBart.com Dec 26, 2010 The United States is stepping up security at “soft targets” like hotels and shopping malls, as well as trains and ports, as it counters the evolving Al-Qaeda threat, a top official said Sunday. A year after a foiled plot to bomb a US-bound passenger plane, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano... »
Charting 2010, Part 3: Fraudclosure, Halted Traffic, An America Divided: A World Stuck In Its Tracks
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 12/27/2010 Continuing with the key words to describe 2010′s New Normal, promptly after “Jobs” (and the lack thereof) and “Currency” (it is a very fitting metaphor that recently terrorism takes place in the form of weaponized printer cartridges), the 3rd one that should come to mind is “Stuck” – as... »
The Working Poor
EconomicCollapseBlog.com As the middle class in America continues to be slowly wiped out, the number of working poor continues to increase. Today, nearly one out of every three families in the United States is considered to be “low income”. Millions of American families are finding that they can barely make it from month to... »
Journalism of Appeasement. Corruption, Smoke and Mirrors
by David DeGraw Global Research December 27, 2010 Here’s a brief summation of my recent reporting: If we continue to let our politicians and wealthy members of society live in comfort, free from the consequences of their actions, we are complicit in our own demise. Our country is so overrun with corruption, we cannot... »