Archive for April 7th, 2011

By Robert Scheer TruthDig.com A “working class hero,” John Lennon told us in his song of that title, “is something to be/ Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV/ And you think you’re so clever and classless and free/ But you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see.” The delusion... »

By Bob Chapman TheInternationalForecaster.com The Bretton Woods agreement in 1944, a license to steal under the Federal Reserve Act, a model for finance that no longer works well, tax breaks for the wealthy and budget cuts for the rest of us, the possible re-monetization of silver, Fed discloses its discount borrowers for the first... »

BY KERRI SHANNON, Associate Editor Money Morning.com Washington for months has been tangled in a messy political debate over the 2011 federal budget. The newest deadline to reach a budget deal – April 8 – is just a couple of days away. The phrase “government shutdown” is being used with increasing frequency. Temporary funding... »

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com Is it actually going to happen? Are we actually going to see “Government Shutdown 2011″? Will the streets of Washington D.C. soon be eerily quiet as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are temporarily sent home? Right now Barack Obama, Harry Reid and John Boehner all say that they want to reach a... »

EconomicCollapseBlog.com The following is one statement that you should get used to seeing: “The price of gold set another record today.” Today, spot gold reached a new all-time record of $1461.91 an ounce before settling back a little bit. Silver is also skyrocketing. At one point today silver hit $39.75 an ounce. It seems... »

by Chris Weber LewRockwell.com What Do They Have to Hide? In a few months we’ll “celebrate” the 40th anniversary of the day when the US Government declared bankruptcy. Oh, they didn’t call it that at the time. But what happened on August 15, 1971 was that the US defaulted on its promise to pay... »

by Ron Paul LewRockwell.com This is the Appendix to Ron Paul’s new book, Liberty Defined. Rights belong to individuals, not groups; they derive from our nature and can neither be granted nor taken away by government. All peaceful, voluntary economic and social associations are permitted; consent is the basis of the social and economic... »

by Jacob H. Huebert LewRockwell.com This is a written version of a talk given on March 5, 2011, at the Nullify Now convention in Cincinnati. How can you challenge a federal law that violates the Constitution and, more importantly, violates your liberty? Suppose, for example, you wanted to get rid of the PATRIOT Act.... »

By J.B. Williams April 7, 2011 NewsWithViews.com There should be no debate over spending in DC at this point. Over the last seventy years, our federal government, behaving as an unconstitutional supreme central power, has spent the most productive and prosperous nation on earth into third world status. Bickering over a few billion in... »

By Coach Dave Daubenmire April 7, 2011 NewsWithViews.com Cerebral—of or relating to the cerebrum or to the entire brain. Rectum—the terminal part of the intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anus. Itis—Inflammation or disease Cerebral Rectumitis (CRI) is a common disorder that has caused America to plunge into darkness. “Sticking your head where... »