(Russia Today) With President Obama read to sign away the freedoms of Americans by inking his name to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, opponents are already going after the lawmakers that made the legislation possible. The act, abbreviated as NDAA FY2012, managed to make its way through Congress with overwhelming support… [Read more…]
(CBS) It’s not over yet. In fact, it may be just beginning. New York City leaders are warning that thousands of protesters could converge on Manhattan on Thursday. The NYPD is now getting ready for the next stage of “Occupy Wall Street” protests, reports CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer. It may have looked peaceful at Zuccotti… [Read more…]
(Steve Fermier) Former White House advisor Karl Rove mixed it up with a group claiming to be with Occupy Baltimore. During a speech at Johns Hopkins University last night a group of about a dozen people interrupted Rove with shouts and chants. Rove stopped for a time then demanded that the group wait until the… [Read more…]
(Wired) The revolution may never be televised, but if Occupy activists in a semi-secret media war room in New York’s Bowery district have their way, it will be livestreamed. Police seizures at occupations, as at the flagship camp in New York City on Tuesday, not to mention rain, cold and theft, are horrible for expensive… [Read more…]
(WikiPedia) Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York.[2] Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics. The views expressed… [Read more…]
(American Dream) The Occupy Wall Street protests and the rise of the Tea Party movement have both changed America, but you haven’t seen anything yet. You better buckle up, because America is getting very angry and as the economy continues to decline the economic protests are going to become much more frightening in the years… [Read more…]
(CNNMoney) — Occupy Wall Street is on the move … uptown. Why uptown? Because that’s where the rich folks live! Organizers are planning a march on Tuesday that will visit the homes of JP Morgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) CEO Jamie Dimon, billionaire David Koch, hedge fund honcho John Paulson, Howard Milstein, and News Corp… [Read more…]
(Kurt Nimmo) Chris Burris, writing for Lew Rockwell’s website yesterday, makes a good point about the Occupy Wall Street movement – they are barking up the wrong tree. Instead of occupying a park outside of Wall Street, they should march en masse to 33 Liberty Street. That’s where the New York Fed is located. In… [Read more…]
(Kurt Nimmo) The New York Times and the Washington Post have posted articles detailing a plan by the Pentagon to detect and track popular ideas on social networks. They are not interested in what people think about Lady Gaga or the latest cooking recipes. In 2005, it was reported that the Pentagon wasadding anti-war groups… [Read more…]
(Mr.Average) Hi. My name is Mr. Average. I call myself Mr. Average because I believe that most people are neither pure Republican nor pure Democrat. For example, I support the right to bear arms as stated in the Second Amendment. I do not think that illegal aliens should be given a path to citizenship.… [Read more…]
(Thomas Dishaw) As I made my way through the news cycle this Memorial Day weekend,I came across a video of epic proportions. Most of you have seen the arrests that took place at the Jefferson Memorial If you are appalled as much as I am, please take time out of your busy day to call… [Read more…]
(Dave Blount) America is not just a matter of geographical boundaries. It is an idea, and moonbattery can snuff it out within a generation. Watch as college students sign a petition to ban conservatives from the airwaves, even while mouthing platitudes regarding their support for freedom of speech: Not one of these blinkered totalitarians is… [Read more…]
(Doug Ross) The Sticky Note Campaign is making deliveries in Georgia Supermarkets now. Super-Charged with Conservative ideals REAL Americans all over the country and even an awakened Democrat or two are now participating in this grass roots initiative. Its not a partisan issue either, no one can afford these rising prices at the gas pump or… [Read more…]
(Tony Cartalucci) Bangkok, Thailand April 10, 2011 – The colorful maps of press freedom, democracy, and other metrics we are told are indicative of a free and prosperous society are the products of wholly corporate funded special interest lobbying groups like “Reporters Without Borders,” “Transparency International,” and the fraudulent “Human Rights Watch.” In giving us… [Read more…]
(CRACKED.COM) Protesters are, by their very nature, badass. Whether or not you agree with whatever it is they’re standing for, you have to agree that it takes balls to go up against an entire system of government — one comprised of thousands of highly trained, expertly equipped police and soldiers — using whatever you find… [Read more…]
(Joe Warmington) It’s not every day you see a protester at a funeral. But as the funeral procession for Sgt. Ryan Russell went by Tuesday there was a man holding up a sign that stated “Soldier’s Die, Electricians Die and People Die” on one side and “No Police State” on the other. This takes some… [Read more…]
(AP) Protesters set themselves on fire in Egypt, Mauritania and Algeria on Monday in apparent copycat self-immolation attempts inspired by the act that helped trigger a popular uprising in Tunisia. The incidents, while isolated, reflect the growing despair among the public of many Arab regimes resisting reform. They are deeply symbolic means of protest in a… [Read more…]
(GOVT SLAVES) Together with his good-old friend Agustin Edwards Eastman, Mr. Rockefeller takes a quick vacation almost every year in the south of Chile. Both are well known for working with the CIA during the 1973 coup against Salvador Allende and manipulating public opinion through a newspaper called “El Mercurio”. Edwards is also known for… [Read more…]
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(TheAmericanDream) – A new television ad about the U.S. national debt produced by Citizens Against Government Waste has been deemed “too controversial” by major networks including ABC, A&E and The History Channel and will not be shown on those channels. The commercial is a homage to a 1986 ad that was entitled “The Deficit Trials” that… [Read more…]
Coca-Cola spends $2.8 billion a year in advertising to make sure its soda is seen as the most iconic American drink — a beverage enjoyed around the world, virtual peace-building in a bottle. The company has spent 124 years polishing its image, but it took author Michael Blanding only 300 pages to tarnish that gleam.… [Read more…]
(Reuters) – French refinery workers cut off a fuel pipeline to Paris on Friday as protesters piled on pressure to derail President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reform. Police broke up blockades at fuel depots in southern France but protesters blocked a terminal at Paris’s Orly airport and truckers were set to join the fray as… [Read more…]
(Infowars.com) Is the Pentagon ready to “rendition” members of WikiLeaks in order to silence the whistleblower website? “If anything happens to us, you know why,” a recent Tweet issued by a member of the website states. WikiLeaks has told supporters not to worry. “To those worrying about us – we’re fine, and will issue a… [Read more…]
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Voters are madder than ever at the current policies of the federal government. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 75% of likely voters now say they are at least somewhat angry at the government’s current policies, up four points fromlate November and up nine points since September. The overall figures include 45% who… [Read more…]
By Stephanie Mencimer Fri Jan. 29, 2010 12:26 PM PST James O’Keefe, the conservative activist of ACORN video fame who was arrested this week for his involvement in an alleged hare-brained scheme to tamper with Sen. Mary Landrieu’s phone lines, posteda statement today claiming that the real aim of the caper was to prove that Landrieu’s office wasn’t… [Read more…]
Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose book “A People’s History of the United States” became a million-selling leftist alternative to mainstream texts, died Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87 and lived in Auburndale, Mass. The cause was a heart attack, his daughter Myla Kabat-Zinn said. Published in 1980 with little… [Read more…]
Guidance Document Lists Eco Activists as ExtremistsAccording to the paper, The guidance [document] on extremism, produced by the Ministry of Justice, says: “The United Kingdom like many other countries faces a continuing threat from extremists who believe they can advance their aims by committing acts of terrorism.” It was sent to probation staff who were… [Read more…]
Raw StoryTuesday, January 26th, 2010 — 4:17 pm Son of acting US Attorney also said involved The conservative activist who created a nightmare for the community organizing group ACORN and the son of an acting US Attorney were arrested Monday and charged with trying to wiretap Louisiana’s Democratic senator, Mary Landrieu. Activist James… [Read more…]
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