Archive for May 6th, 2011

Ronald Cherry, MD FamilySecurityMatters.com n order to control millions of people totalitarian governments find it necessary to somehow prod their subjects into accepting that which is not true. Intelligent people will naturally see the truth and thereby comprehend when government lies to them – and so that’s the rub – how does totalitarian government... »

By Greg Hunter USAWatchdog.com This week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner proposed raising the debt ceiling by $2 trillion. I thought, this should be big news! After all, a trillion is a thousand billion. This adds up to 2 thousand billion over the next 2 years!! The mainstream media greeted this story with a great... »

On Mississippi River, a disaster slowly unfolds From Illinois to Louisiana, thousands evacuate amid fears of worst flooding in a century CBSNews.com HICKMAN, Ky. – Jail inmates filled sandbag after sandbag to protect one of the many Southern river cities threatened by the swelling Mississippi as it broke more 1930s flood records and crept... »

Routine measurements will resume; nuclear expert calls decision “staggering” By JOHN UPTON BayCitizen.com The U.S. government has abandoned efforts to monitor elevated levels of radiation that infiltrated the nation’s water and milk in the wake of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has faced stiff criticism for its slow and... »

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness.” – James Thurber Nicholas West and Zen Gardner Activist Post and Before It’s News The Powers-That-Be seem to be ramping-up efforts to drive a stake right into America’s heart(land). Natural disasters are on the rise, and an increasing... »

Don’t blame American appetites, rising oil prices, or genetically modified crops for rising food prices. Wall Street’s at fault for the spiraling cost of food. BY FREDERICK KAUFMAN ForeignPolicy.com Demand and supply certainly matter. But there’s another reason why food across the world has become so expensive: Wall Street greed. It took the brilliant... »

By Luzi Ann Javier Bloomberg.com May 5, 2011 Drought conditions may persist in wheat-growing areas from China, the world’s largest grower and consumer, to the U.S. and Western Europe, hurting crops and lifting prices, British Weather Services said. The La Nina event is likely to continue to block rain from moving into the wheat-growing... »

By Rudy Ruitenberg Bloomberg.com May 6, 2011 The European Union wheat harvest, which accounts for a fifth of world production, will fall this year as drought cuts yields in France and Poland, said Michel Portier, general director of Paris-based farm adviser Agritel. “We’re losing yield,” Portier, whose company advises more than 2,000 farmers on... »

Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post A few hours ago, the Food and Drug Administration declared it no longer needs credible evidence to seize food that may be contaminated. Ignoring the Fourth Amendment entirely, the FDA claims that based on mere suspicion that a food product has been contaminated or mislabeled, and that serious... »

Jeff Winkler Yahoo News May 5, 2011 A House bill that could drastically overhaul the nation’s gun control laws and strengthen federal power over states’ handling of individuals’ background checks is expected to be introduced today by New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, The Daily Caller has learned. McCarthy is expected to drop the Fix... »