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Latest Articles: Corrupt Government
$200 Million Went to House Members to Pass Fast Track – Here’s Who Took the Cash
Post Date: 2015-06-27 19:27:08 by Deckard
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Many think our government is for sale. However, by taking a look at the facts below provided by Open Secrets, it is easy to understand where they are coming from. Looking back at Friday the 12th, the House voted on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the controversial bill that gives power to the executive branch to negotiate treaties. TPA limits Congress’ ability to better a trade deal by subjecting members of Congress to 90 days of reviewing the trade agreement, prohibiting any amendments on the implementing legislation, and giving them an up or down vote. TPA passed with a mere 219-211 vote with only 218 needed to pass. The real shocker comes from the amount of money each ...
Burning Man pushes back on upgraded amenities for officials
Post Date: 2015-06-27 16:21:20 by cranky
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials are asking Burning Man organizers to provide "excessive" comforts such as flushing toilets, washers and dryers, and vanity mirrors in a compound for high-level government officials staying in Black Rock City.A Burning Man spokesman estimated the compound would cost the event more than $1 million, bringing its 2015 permit fees to about $5 million. The renderings of the compound obtained by the RGJ also show various accommodations set aside for VIP visitors but don't indicate who the visiting dignitaries will be. The request, unprecedented in Burning Man's history, has turned into a point of contention as organizers negotiate with ...
The 3 Most Unbelievable ‘Conspiracy Theories’ Involving the U.S. Govt Ultimately Proven as Fact
Post Date: 2015-06-27 13:41:59 by Deckard
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If someone told you that the U.S. government plotted terror attacks against targets on U.S. soil, that CIA had infiltrated the entirety of Western media and was using the media as a propaganda tool or that after World War II the U.S. secretly brought over a thousand Nazi scientists to the U.S to work on top secret projects for the federal government, people would likely say they were a wild conspiracy theorist. On the surface these, “conspiracy theories” sound like insane movie plots produced by Hollywood, but sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction – and much more ominous. Welcome to 2015, where tinfoil has become reality. Let us guide you through 3 of the most ...
Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide (declares States Rights void)
Post Date: 2015-06-26 10:42:11 by Hondo68
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Carlos McKnight of Washington, waves a flag in support of gay marriage outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015. A major opinion on gay marriage is among the remaining to be released before the term ends at the end of June. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.The outcome is the culmination of two decades of Supreme Court ...
Judge Orders Cop To Return Seized $167,000 Taken From Man For ‘Driving Too Slow’
Post Date: 2015-06-26 09:38:16 by Deckard
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You know there is a problem when a police officer can literally steal thousands of dollars from you for no reason other than because you were “driving too slow.” This week, a federal judge agreed that this confiscation of personal funds was absolutely insane and illegal. That judge ordered the U.S. government to return $167,000 that was stolen by a Nevada police officer. The judge described the law enforcement and state government as having a clear “lack of candor” in this case. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that a Nevada state trooper stopped Straughn Gorman in his motor home on Interstate 80 back in January 2013. The reason? The officer alleged ...
An Illustrated Guide to Civil Asset Forfeiture
Post Date: 2015-06-26 05:39:47 by Deckard
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This cheerfully drawn comic from the Daily Signal does an excellent job highlighting the insanity of civil asset forfeiture. It begins with a quintessentially American premise: a young person setting out on his own, all wordly possessions in hand, to start a new life as an adult. Far be it from me to spoil the rest: If such stories seem unbelievable (it is a cartoon after all), be sure and check out the recent all-too-real stories of Joseph Rivers and Charles Clarke, for whom this cartoon surely hits too close to home. Even they are only the tip of the iceberg. New Mexico has taken the initiative to end this inherently abusive practice once and for all, and there are active reform efforts ...
Another Race Faker: South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley Lied About Being White — Rails Against ‘Voter Fraud’
Post Date: 2015-06-25 10:00:44 by A K A Stone
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Weeks after news broke that former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal had lied about being black, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is coming under fire for lying about being white! For generations, people from all over the world have come to America in search of a new life and better opportunities for their children. But for ethnic minorities, becoming an integrated part of the melting pot can be easier said than done. However instead of grappling openly and honestly with the complexities of race, Haley took a shortcut — the prominent Republican, who has led crusades against voter fraud, falsified her voter registration form, claiming that she was a white woman. Governor Haley was born ...
Hastings’ Lessons From the Grave—Have We Learned Anything?
Post Date: 2015-06-25 08:53:22 by Deckard
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Investigative journalist Michael Hastings died in a mysterious car accident two years ago this month. Will we ever know the truth about his death? Photo credit: Lord Jim / Flickr Two years ago this month, the young and ambitious investigative journalist Michael Hastings died in a mysterious, fiery car crash. Investigators and journalists have uncovered some startling revelations regarding the accident in the past two years, though the full truth of what really happened to Hastings could have been buried with him.Hastings was known for challenging conventional wisdom and investigating authority at the highest levels. With a Polk Award-winning article in Rolling Stone, he brought down ...
Sessions: They Won the Vote, But Lost the 'Trust of the American People'
Post Date: 2015-06-24 11:30:10 by Deckard
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'Washington broke arms and heads to get that 60th vote'Senator Jeff Sessions will release this statement in response to Senate's vote to advance the fast-track trade bill:“Americans increasingly believe that their country isn’t serving its own citizens. They need look no further than a bipartisan vote of Congress that will transfer congressional power to the Executive Branch and, in turn, to a transnational Pacific Union and the global interests who will help write its rules. "The same routine plays out over and again. We are told a massive bill must be passed, all the business lobbyists and leaders tell how grand it will be, but that it must be rushed through ...
Shona Banda Faces Decades in Prison Because Her Son Questioned Anti-Pot Propaganda
Post Date: 2015-06-24 07:37:03 by Deckard
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In Live Free or Die, a 2010 memoir recounting how cannabis oil saved her life, Shona Banda emphasizes the importance of "self-taught knowledge," acquired by constantly asking questions and "looking at all of the angles of any information given." Her son may have learned that lesson too well. Had he been less inquisitive, less prone to question authority, he might still be living with his mother, and she might not be facing criminal charges that could send her to prison for decades. Banda, a 38-year-old massage therapist who appeared in criminal court for the first time last week, is free on a $50,000 bond while her case is pending. She was able to pay ...
Marco Rubio Casts Deciding Vote For Obamatrade Without Even Reading It
Post Date: 2015-06-23 18:53:42 by cranky
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) cast the deciding vote for Obamatrade on Tuesday as it squeeked through the U.S. Senate 60-37, and his Senate office is still outright refusing to answer whether he even knew what he was voting on. Rubio, a Republican presidential candidate, was the deciding vote necessary for the U.S. Senate to clear the final 60-vote threshold and eventually, later this week, send to President Barack Obama’s desk the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill that would fast-track at least three highly secretive trade deals that Obama has been negotiating for years. TPA will, now that it’s going to pass, effectively ensure the congressional approval of the Trans Pacific ...
Business Owner’s Surveillance Cameras Catches Undercover Police Agent Planting Crack
Post Date: 2015-06-23 10:39:31 by Deckard
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“Who knows how many potential customers I lost” all because of a police informant planting “evidence” – all because “the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office — tried to ruin my life” a New York business owner asked. Assistant District Attorney William Sanderson told Visiting Judge Polly Hoye that the police informant “seriously put into jeopardy the integrity of the criminal justice system and the grand jury procedures.” The unbelievable video was captured by Donald Andrews, Jr., who owns a smoke shop on Mohawk Avenue in Scotia, New York. Watch that surveillance video below… The footage clearly shows a police informant named ...
Mitch McConnell Aims To Ram Obamatrade Through Senate With No Amendments, Closed Debate
Post Date: 2015-06-23 09:12:04 by cranky
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The U.S. Senate—often called the world’s most deliberative legislative body—will operate in a closed debate process with no amendments whatsoever allowed to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) part of Obamatrade this week, as Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) engages in the exact same tactics he attacked his predecessor Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) for engaging. On Tuesday, any Republican senators who vote with McConnell in favor of cloture on TPA—which would provide the president fast-track authority to speed through Congress with little to no oversight at least three highly secretive trade deals—will be surrendering their right to criticize Reid’s ...
The Entire Copyright Monopoly Idea is Based on a Colossal Lie
Post Date: 2015-06-22 09:08:47 by Willie Green
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The copyright monopoly was reinstated in Great Britain in 1710, after having lapsed in England in 1695. It was enacted because printers (not writers) insisted, that if they didn’t have exclusive rights to boost profitability, nothing would get printed. (Do note the difference between books getting written on one hand, and getting printed and distributed on the other. It was printers, not writers and authors, that drove the reinstatement of the copyright monopoly through the so-called Statute of Anne.) The Parliament of Great Britain accepted this premise, and thus, the social contract of the copyright monopoly was formed: “In return for providing the only service that can make ...
If Marijuana Causes Lots Of Crashes, Why Are They So Hard To Count?
Post Date: 2015-06-21 15:05:18 by Deckard
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Last year, during a congressional hearing on the threat posed by stoned drivers, a representative of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was asked how many crash fatalities are caused by marijuana each year. “That’s difficult to say,” replied Jeff Michael, NHTSA’s associate administrator for research and program development. “We don’t have a precise estimate.” The most he was willing to affirm was that the number is “probably not” zero. Michael knows something that grandstanding politicians and anti-pot activists either do not understand or refuse to acknowledge: Although experiments show that marijuana impairs ...
Another pharmaceutical mass murder?
Post Date: 2015-06-20 11:17:05 by Justified
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Looks like another mass murderer on pharmaceutical drugs. So we got Dylann Roof, Adam Lanza, James Holmes, Seung-Hui Cho, Jared Lee Loughner and on! Lets not forget Andreas Lubitz who is dutch and used a plane instead of a gun. Nor Anders Breivik who murdered how many people? "Every mass shooting over last 20 years has one thing in common... and it's not guns Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/039752_mass_shootings_psychiatric_drugs_antidepressants.html#ixzz3dcCGooXG "
To Save Obamatrade, Paul Ryan Hijacks Bill That Helps Firefighters, As Pelosi Did With Obamacare
Post Date: 2015-06-18 12:51:58 by cranky
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The path of destruction House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) 58% is blazing to sneak Obamatrade past unsuspecting Americans is getting longer and wider. Now it’s become clear he’s using firefighters, of all people, to get it done. To engage in the complicated procedural chicanery needed to revive the once-dead Obamatrade, bringing its Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) portion back to life, Ryan needed to gut a previous bill that has passed the House and Senate and then insert Obamatrade into it. It’s actually a very similar process to how Obamacare passed the House. So, the bill Ryan chose was one that helps firefighters—and now those ...
Social Security and the Trust Fund
Post Date: 2015-06-17 19:19:40 by nolu chan
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Social Security and the Trust Fund nolu chan June 17, 2015 Note that the source here is the SSA itself, putting their best shine on it. Further below I quote extensively from an SSA Actuarial Note and two Congressional Research Service reports. http://www.ssa.gov/oact/progdata/fundFAQ.html#a0=6 Money flowing into the trust funds is invested in U. S. Government securities. Because the government spends this borrowed cash, some people see the trust fund assets as an accumulation of securities that the government will be unable to make good on in the future. Without legislation to restore long-range solvency of the trust funds, redemption of long-term securities prior to maturity would ...
800 Years of English Rule of Law
Post Date: 2015-06-17 11:33:36 by tpaine
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http://pjmedia.com PJ Media Twenty miles west of London, in Surrey, lies a quiet meadow along the Thames River. It is a centuries-old place deep in the heart and soul of England, though no formal memorial to it was placed there until the middle of the last century by (ironically) the American Bar Association. Almost a century ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem about it: At Runnymede, at Runnymede, Your rights were won at Runnymede! No freeman shall be fined or bound, Or dispossessed of freehold ground, Except by lawful judgment found And passed upon him by his peers. Forget not, after all these years, The Charter signed at Runnymede. That charter, the so-called “Great Charter” ...
America being governed by corporations
Post Date: 2015-06-17 09:50:16 by Willie Green
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I am reminded of the calming advice of David Nicklaus a couple of weeks back that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was nothing really to worry about, dismissing anxiety about secret trade courts that can overrule national sovereignty. We see now the very compliant Republican House of Representatives has passed legislation to overturn rules that require labeling meat products with country of origin. Although this simple bit of consumer information is favored by 90 percent of Americans, if this legislation becomes law, it will be prohibited. Why? Because one of those secret trade courts ruled that our country’s country-of-origin law adversely affected someone’s profits. So ...
The Disposable Life of a 20-Year-Old Confidential Informant
Post Date: 2015-06-16 10:27:30 by Deckard
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Andrew Sadek was bullied into becoming an informant by an unaccountable drug task force. When he turned up dead, police washed their hands of him. On June 27, 2014, the body of 20-year-old Andrew Sadek, a promising electrical student at the North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) in Wahpeton, North Dakota, was pulled from the Red River bordering North Dakota and Minnesota. Missing for two months, the young man was found shot in the head, wearing a backpack filled with rocks. The grisly death of a college student in one of the safest towns in the state, where violent crime is extremely rare, did not lead to a sweeping investigation. In fact, ...
Prisons Without Walls: We’re All Inmates in the American Police State
Post Date: 2015-06-16 07:26:57 by Deckard
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“It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison and yet not free—to be under no physical constraint and yet be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national state, or of some private interest within the nation wants him to think, feel and act. . . . To him the walls of his prison are invisible and he believes himself to be free.”—Aldous Huxley, A Brave New World Revisited “Free worlders” is prison slang for those who are not incarcerated behind prison walls. Supposedly, those fortunate souls live in the “free world.” However, appearances can be deceiving. “As I got closer to ...
Mother Faces 30 Years in Prison for Using Cannabis to Treat Crohn’s Disease
Post Date: 2015-06-11 11:23:10 by Deckard
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By Carey Wedler Last month, Kansas mother Shona Banda made headlines when her son was removed from her custody after he defended her use of medical marijuana to treat Crohn’s Disease. He had spoken up about her use at an anti-drug presentation at his school. This prompted the school to call to Child Protective Services and authorities, which led to a raid on her home on March 24. The raid found what local Garden City authorities described as “‘1.25 pounds of marijuana in plant, oil, joint, gel and capsule form and drug paraphernalia’ along with what was characterized as a ‘lab used for manufacturing cannabis oil’” (it should be noted that at the time, ...
State Permission Slips
Post Date: 2015-06-11 05:49:49 by Deckard
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Licenses are chicken and egg. To qualify for, say, a road racing or heavy truck (commercial) license, one must already have attained the necessary skill. The license is a kind of after-the-fact “yep, he can do that.” But the fact is he could already do that. Was he any less able as a road racer or heavy-truck driver the moment prior to the state’s conferring of its seal (and permission slip)? Does possession of the permission slip make him more able? Of course not. Learning – and acquiring additional skills – that’s great. Whether we’re talking reading more books or attending Bob Bondurant’s school of high-performance driving. But this granting of ...
Snowden: “The Balance of Power Is Beginning to Shift” (resilience and reason)
Post Date: 2015-06-07 17:00:15 by Hondo68
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Two years after Edward Snowden first leaked information about the National Security Agency's illegal domestic spying programs, the once-cynical whistleblower is now striking a more optimistic tone about what he sees as a rising "post-terror" America. In an op-ed published Thursday in The New York Times, whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden reflected on how circumstances have changed on the two-year anniversary of his first leaks. “Two years ago today, three journalists and I worked nervously in a Hong Kong hotel room, waiting to see how the world would react to the revelation that the National Security Agency had been making records ...
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