Here’s Why Israelis Are Once Again Angry With Obama: ‘Absolutely Perplexing’

Israeli officials and media are voicing dismay and anger over yet another leak of sensitive military information by the Obama administration, with one veteran broadcaster asking if the White House is fine with Hezbollah obtaining advanced weaponry. As TheBlaze reported on Thursday, an Obama administration official told the Associated Press that Israeli aircraft attacked a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia early Thursday morning, targeting advanced Russian-made SA-125 missiles and other equipment the Israeli government believed would land in the hands of Hezbollah. File photo of Israeli Air Force F-16s (Image source: Wikipedia public domain photo) CNN … Continue reading Here’s Why Israelis Are Once Again Angry With Obama: ‘Absolutely Perplexing’

Is American Dream Dead?

By Marilyn MacGruder Barnewall First Published by NewsWithViews.com, October 27, 2013 Is it called “The American Dream” because you have to be asleep to believe it? Comedian George Carlin once said “so We Americans have lost a lot in the past 25 years… you can mark the beginning of our losses to the beginning of the Presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush who took office in 1989 and who it appears, as the former CIA Director, brought to the White House with him an army made up of rogue intelligence operatives. Bush also brought with him the concept of a … Continue reading Is American Dream Dead?

America- A Nation of Fools

by Sami Jamil Jadallah Yes, of course I know this description of “us citizen” is offensive to some, may be more than some people however it is true, we are a nation of callous, indifferent stupid fools at best for being so silent all these years. We became our worst enemies to a country we pretend to love and care for. Our indifference turned this country to a nation of fear, a police and security state at best. True we do not have the 400,000 “secret informers” like that of East Germany, but do not worry about it, our phones … Continue reading America- A Nation of Fools

Laurie Anderson: Lou Reed died while doing tai chi

Late U.S. rocker Lou Reed breathed his last breath “looking at the trees” while doing tai chi, according to his widow. The influential 71-year-old songwriter and musician died Sunday of complications from a recent liver transplant. In a letter titled “For Lou Reed” posted Thursday on the website of the “The East Hampton Star,” Laurie Anderson recalled her husband’s final moments at the couple’s house in the village of Springs, New York. “Last week I promised Lou to get him out of the hospital and come home to Springs. And we made it!” wrote Anderson. “He died on Sunday morning … Continue reading Laurie Anderson: Lou Reed died while doing tai chi

A “paralisação” do governo e o “incumprimento da dívida” – uma benesse de muitos milhares de milhões para a Wall Street

O jogo especulativo final A “paralisação” do governo dos EUA e o clímax financeiro associado a uma data limite, que pode levar a um “incumprimento da dívida” do governo federal, é uma oportunidade para a Wall Street ganhar dinheiro. Uma onda de actividade especulativa varre os grandes mercados. A incerteza em relação à paralisação e ao “incumprimento da dívida” constitui uma oportunidade de ouro para os “especuladores institucionais”. Os que têm “informações privilegiadas” fidedignas no que se refere ao complexo resultado do processo legislativo poderão ganhar milhares de milhões de dólares em receitas excepcionais. Benesse especulativa Surgem diversas agendas políticas … Continue reading A “paralisação” do governo e o “incumprimento da dívida” – uma benesse de muitos milhares de milhões para a Wall Street

The Entire Fiat Money System is Bankrupt: Demise of the Global US Fiat Dollar Reserve Currency

It’s been a while since I last wrote an article on the on-going financial crisis. I don’t write for the sake of writing, as others do because they have to do so, on account of their subscribers who pay hefty subscription fees and demand their money’s worth. Major issues or trends do not change on a daily or even monthly basis. A trend may take a few years to run its course and unless there is a major factor that may affect the trend, there is hardly any need to comment any further on the trend or outcomes. The events … Continue reading The Entire Fiat Money System is Bankrupt: Demise of the Global US Fiat Dollar Reserve Currency

America’s Greatest Shame: Child Poverty Rises and Food Stamps Cut While Billionaires Boom

Why do we put up with such injustices? There are 16.4 million American children living in poverty. That’s nearly one quarter (22.6%) of all of our children. More alarming is that the percentage of poor children has climbed by 4.5 percent since the start of the Great Recession in 2007. And poor means poor. For a family of three with one child under 18, the poverty line is $18,400. Meanwhile, the stock market is booming. Banks, hedge funds and private equity firms are making tens of billions of dollars again, while the luxury housing and goods markets are skyrocketing. Most … Continue reading America’s Greatest Shame: Child Poverty Rises and Food Stamps Cut While Billionaires Boom

Skyway Robbery: 6 Ways the Out-of-Control Airline Industry Is Ripping Off America

Taxpayers, workers and travelers are getting screwed. It doesn’t have to be this way. High-fives are happening on Wall Street. Airlines are making giant profits again, record-breaking profits! The days of bankruptcies, which peaked between 2001 and 2008, may soon be a memory. Have bold thinking, dramatic innovation and better service turned things around? Not exactly. Sky-high profits are coming at the expense of the taxpayers, airline workers, and the traveling public, particularly in North America, where carriers like Spirit Airlines have been adding fees in a nickel-and-diming rampage. It’s ugly up there, and it’s likely to get uglier. Let’s … Continue reading Skyway Robbery: 6 Ways the Out-of-Control Airline Industry Is Ripping Off America

Study Finds Racism Strongly Linked With Gun Ownership For White Americans

Self-destructive psychology via a press release from the University of Manchester: A new study has found that higher levels of racism in white Americans is strongly associated with having a gun in the home and greater opposition to gun control policies. After accounting for numerous factors such as income, education and political ideology, researchers found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds of having a gun in the home and a 28 percent increase in support for policies allowing people to carry … Continue reading Study Finds Racism Strongly Linked With Gun Ownership For White Americans

Reporter Learns How Easy it is to Create a Technically Legal Recreational Drug

By Matt Staggs on November 1, 2013in News Raw Story with another fine example of the ludicrous nature of drug prohibition: The market in legal highs is growing. In 2009, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s early warning system discovered 24 new drugs. In 2010, it found another 41; in 2011, another 49; and in 2012, there were 73 more. By October 2013, a further 56 new compounds had already been identified: a total of 243 new drugs in just four years. Or rather, make that 244, because as part of a two-month investigation for the online … Continue reading Reporter Learns How Easy it is to Create a Technically Legal Recreational Drug