Economy Teeters on the Brink and Market Manipulation Continues
Bob Chapman International Forecaster It’s just the same old, same old, business as usual in America. The Fed creates money out of thin air, uses…
Politics
Reagan Insider: ‘GOP destroyed economy’
Gold. Tax cuts. Debts. Wars. Fat Cats. Class gap. No fiscal discipline Paul B. Farrell Market Watch ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — “How my G.O.P. destroyed…
America Is at Risk of Boiling Over
And out-of-touch leaders don’t see the need to cool things off. Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal It is, obviously, self-referential to quote yourself, but I…
Taking the World Down with Them: Bombing Iran
William Blum Counterpunch If and when the United States and Israel bomb Iran (marking the sixth country so blessed by Barack Obama) and this sad…
Another Nuremberg in the Making: Intelligence Agencies Employ Physicians to Torture Detainees
John Galt Activist Post A series of recent revelations have scratched the surface of just how deranged the actions of America’s intelligence agencies have become. …
Flashback VIDEO: Pro-State Bank Gov. Candidate Bernero OWNS Fox News Host
Activist Post Former Lansing Mayor and current Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan Virg Bernero in a flaskback video where he owns Fox News anchor…
Proponent of State-Owned Bank Wins Democratic Nod in Michigan Governor’s Race
Darcy G. Richardson Uncovered Politics Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, one of at least a dozen candidates pushing the idea of a publicly-owned bank in the…
IRS Becomes ‘International’ Revenue Service
Reuters The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday said it would rebrand its big business unit, adding the word “international” to reflect a renewed focus on…
Senate Cuts Food Stamps; Leaves Oil and Gas Subsidies Intact
Jean Stevens Change.org America’s poor rarely catch a break these days. The Senate is expected to vote today for a bill that will cut food…
Why the U.S. Won’t Cut Ties with Israel, No Matter How Extreme Its Government Gets
Phyllis Bennis Alternet Rumors are floating around about why Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was in Washington – again – last week when Israel’s official…
‘Just Say Now’: Left-Right Coalition Launches Campaign to Legalize Pot
Ryan Grim Huffington Post A transpartisan coalition of prosecutors, judges, cops, students, bloggers and political operatives on both sides of the aisle launched a campaign…
Defining Prosperity Down
Paul Krugman New York Times I’m starting to have a sick feeling about prospects for American workers — but not, or not entirely, for the…
‘Minority Report’ Ad Billboards To Address Consumers By Name
Steve Watson Infowars.com ‘The Minority Report’, a dystopian short story by Philip K. Dick, was written as a stark warning of what may happen in…
Are the American People Obsolete?
The richest few don’t need the rest of us as markets, soldiers or police anymore. Maybe we should all emigrate Michael Lind Salon Have the…