Archive for December 22nd, 2013

By Michael Snyder TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com December 22nd, 2013 December 23rd, 1913 is a date which will live in infamy. That was the day when the Federal Reserve Act was pushed through Congress. Many members of Congress were absent that day, and the general public was distracted with holiday preparations. Now we have reached the 100th... »

By: Mike Whitney Market Oracle Dec 22, 2013 According to a new Washington Post-ABC poll, Barack Obama now ranks among the least popular presidents in the last century. In fact, his approval rating is lower than Bush’s was in his fifth year in office. Obama’s overall approval rating stands at a dismal 43 percent,... »

Grae Stafford DailyCaller.com 12/21/2013 Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan believes that Congress must correct the dangerous path upon which President Barack Obama has set the nation. It is the job of Congress to “step up and take charge and point out when the President is going beyond his constitutional powers,” said Amash... »

ENENews.com December 22nd, 2013 Interview with nuclear expert Arnie Gnndersen of Fairewinds Energy Education, Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox, Sept. 1, 2013 (at 41:40 in): “We’re used to solutions that can be solved in a TV episode. Unfortunately, this is more like a horror movie, where the beast never gets killed. The worst is yet to... »

BY JOSEPH MENN Reuters.com Fri Dec 20, 2013 (Reuters) – As a key part of a campaign to embed encryption software that it could crack into widely used computer products, the U.S. National Security Agency arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA, one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry,... »

EndTheLie.com 12/22/2013 Obama’s Director for National Intelligence, James Clapper, has declassified new documents that reveal how the NSA was first given the green light to start collecting bulk communication data in the hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorists after 9/11. President Barack Obama’s administration has for the first time publicly confirmed “the existence of collection activities... »

Jon Rappoport Activist Post.com Sunday, December 22, 2013 Norman Solomon, writing at Counterpunch, nails it down: building a version of the online Cloud that will run inside the CIA, for the CIA, has been awarded, as a $600 million contract, to Amazon Web Services. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, now owns the... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 12/22/2013 That yet another major retailer was hacked, as happened last week when Target announced that as many as 40 million credit and debit cards used from November 27 until December 15 at its stores (one wonders why it took the retailer three weeks to realize/announce what was happening) had... »

TheExtinctionPrtocol.com December 22, 2013 CLIMATE – The weekend before Christmas, Mother Nature is gifting — or, rather, clobbering — the United States with a little bit of everything. Ice storms, snow, flooding, thunderstorms, tornadoes and record-setting warmth are all in store, and with this maddening mix comes a massive headache for more than 94... »

ENENews.com December 21st, 2013 Vancouver Sun, Dec;. 20, 2013: Surprise surge in orcas and humpback whales in Island waters Record numbers of transient orcas and humpbacks Someone forgot to tell the whales around Victoria and the San Juan Islands that this is their off-season. They usually travel south to warmer waters... »