Archive for July, 2011

Federal agency attempts to make firearms retailers spy on their customers under new illegal directive Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, July 29, 2011 Even as it finds itself embroiled in a scandal that saw weapons being deliberately sent to criminal gangs in Mexico, the ATF has issued a letter ordering firearms dealers in... »

CopBlock.org That question, even without an answer, makes most “law-abiding taxpayers” go into knee-jerk conniptions. The indoctrinated masses all race to see who can be first, and loudest, to proclaim that it is NEVER okay to forcibly resist “law enforcement.” In doing so, they also inadvertently demonstrate why so much of human history has... »

Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post While the deadline for the end of the political circus that is the debt ceiling debate rapidly approaches, the American government continues to flush millions of taxpayer dollars down the toilet. One could easily set aside the almost never ending invasions of privacy carried out by the Department... »

Tony Cartalucci, Contributing Writer Activist Post Bangkok, Thailand July 30, 2011 – The mechanics of world empire, in particular the current corporate-financier oligarchy has been examined in great detail. The US State Department, supporting NGOs funded directly by both US taxpayers’ money as well as funds from the Fortune 500 corporations they serve, alone... »

by Mark Faulk FaulkingTruth.com Jul 29, 2011 I feel like I should have something relevant to contribute to the discourse about the continued demise of America, but in all honesty, like most Americans, I’m stunned and sickened by the entire disgusting display of partisan politics going on in Washington. I keep thinking that somewhere... »

By Paul Craig Roberts InformationClearingHouse.com With the world concerned about US financial credibility and the poor outlook for the US economy, now is not the time for the Republicans to grandstand on the public debt. The debt ceiling needed to be quietly raised. Instead, the Republicans started a fire and then threw gasoline on... »

BY SY HARDING FinancialSense.com 07/29/2011 While media focus has been almost entirely on the short-term debt ceiling foolishness in Washington, not much attention has been paid to the more serious worsening of the six-month recessionary trend in the economy. Yet that information and how you handle it will almost surely have more influence on... »

by Sherwood Ross Global Research July 30, 2011 “Have we as a nation gone mad, waging war in the Persian Gulf while society crumbles?” Seymour Melman asked rhetorically when I interviewed him for The Progressive 19 years ago. Even though Melman, a professor emeritus at Columbia University’s school of industrial engineering, departed this life... »

by Bob Chapman Global Research July 30, 2011 There is still no debt limit for the US Treasury and the protagonists are still playing politics. That leaves a week to find a solution by August 2nd. The first House passed a $16.7 trillion cut, cap and balance bill calls for a cut in the... »

The Black Swans of Politics by Justin T. P. Quinn LewRockwell.com I remember once arguing with an honest young atheist, who was very much shocked at my disputing some of the assumptions which were absolute sanctities to him (such as the quite unproved proposition of the independence of matter and the quite improbable proposition... »