Geez, who would’ve thought? —————————————————————————————————————————————— Editor’s note: The 240-page final report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting is online at http://www.wartimecontracting.gov/. Washington (CNN) — A nonpartisan panel reporting to Congress says the United States is wasting $12 million a day among contracts issued in support of American efforts […]
Article by Richard A. Widmann. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– In July news circled the globe that the body of Rudolf Hess, the one-time deputy to Adolf Hitler, was exhumed from a family funeral plot. His bones were cremated and scattered at an undisclosed location at sea. Karl-Willi Beck, the mayor of […]
By Robin M. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Ed Brayton notes over at Dispatches from the Culture War that internet pastor Mike Stahl has come up with an interesting idea to assist Christians in day-to-day life. According to Stahl, the nation should set up an “Atheist Registry” in order to provide an […]
Article by Jon Bershad. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— The dystopia is now. We live in a world where we’re constantly being watched. Where Big Brother can see everything we do through the use of millions and millions of cameras and satellites. No one is safe. Not even those who are supposed […]
Is nothing sacred? ————————————————————————————————————————————— (Newser) – Prostitution is not only legal in Bonn, Germany, the city has implemented a new “sex tax” for prostitutes who want to ply their trade. City officials also have come up with a novel way to get their money: They’ve installed automated meters […]
Article by Sarah Hoye. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Philadelphia (CNN) — A Philadelphia police officer was charged with rape Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a woman while on duty, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Police Officer Keith Corley II was arrested and charged with rape, indecent assault, sexual assault and […]
From the International Forecaster. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— August 27 2011: Little or no control over borrowing from the Fed by banks, Fed helps banks offset their losses, the temporary game of stimulus is still with us, gold the new world currency, Congress and Executive Office refuse to confront, the federal […]
Ohio to sell prison to Corrections Corp. 1:58 pm ET 09/01/2011 – MarketWatch Pulse News Bullet CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Ohio will sell one of its prisons to a private company and outsource management of at least one other, the state’s Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said Thursday. The […]
Part Two of my interview with Robert Stark will be aired on VOR tonight at 9 pm Eastern. Part One is archived here.
From Maury2k. The “Dennis Strategy” might be said to amount to one tenth of the ARV-ATS strategy in terms of demographics. The sinking middle class is one of the ten core demographics I have identified as potential constituents for anarcho-pluralism/pan-secessionism. (By the same measure, the “Sailer Strategy” might […]
Another rip in the ideological fabric of PC. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Antifa who are strongly against racism and strongly advocate more tolerance toward the non-white invasion of Europe, got “culturally enriched”, beaten off by immigrant youths. This is how the Muslim immigrants shows their gratitude toward those naive Antifa […]
So says this study. Yet another debunking of the myth that all minorities belong to the Left.
Article by Kevin MacDonald. —————————————————————————————————————————————— A friend and I were talking about Arthur Jensen–the psychologist who reignited the race and IQ debate with his 1969 paper “How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?” published in the Harvard Educational Review. My friend said that starting with that paper […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- By Glenn Greenwald The Los Angeles Times examines the staggering sums of money expended on patently absurd domestic “homeland security” projects: $75 billion per year for things such as a Zodiac boat with side-scan sonar to respond to a potential attack on a lake in […]
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Article by Paul Gottfried. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– I’ve recently started recovering from forty years among pseudo-academic weirdos in the collegiate loony bin. One persistent aspect of modern college life is its obvious loathing for anything that smacks of Christianity. This includes whiting out Christian symbols and references to Christian holidays […]
by Charles Davis ——————————————————————————————————————————————– I’m not going to pretend this is some recent, tragic downfall; we’re talking about a publication that fired Michael Moore after just four months because he refused to publish — amid a U.S.-backed right-wing insurgency that left 50,000 dead — a liberal hawk’s hit […]
Article by Susan Beverly. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Have the terrorists won? One of the most common reasons for wanting to expatriate from the United States is the concern about government overreach. Many feel that the expansion of government in recent years has been chipping away at the freedom and liberty […]
Article by Jack Hunter. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- When Tea Partiers began declaring that they wanted to “take their country back,” liberals were quick to tell us what this really meant: Racism. Never mind all that talk about big government and the debt — what Tea Partiers really wanted, the left […]
Article by MRDA. The best analysis yet of the London riots. ————————————————————————————————————————————— When folk get angry, why do they always piss on their own doorstep? Westminster is only a bus ride away. – Tunnocks, Guardian Reader. But this I counsel you, my friends: Mistrust all in whom the […]
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From Laurence Vance: —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Michele Bachmann was in Orlando over the weekend speaking at the annual awards dinner of the Florida Family Policy Council. According to the Orlando Sentinel, she talked more about her Christian faith than politics. Now, I am all for her Christian faith and the […]
Article by Kevin DeAnna. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Andrew McCarthy writes at National Review about the gradual surrender of Europe to Islamization — Do you remember the jihadist terror campaign that ravaged Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city? Do you recall the bombings, the suicide-hijackings, and the random assassinations that finally […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Chester Arthur was a most unlikely reformer. A crucial cog in the political machine of the Empire State’s Sen. Roscoe Conkling, he was named by President Grant to the powerful and lucrative post of collector of customs for the Port of New York. […]
From Infoshop.Org —————————————————————————————————————————————————- OBAMA HAS TIME FOR A TURKEY BUT NOT FOR MARCUS GARVEY MORE TO THE PRESIDENTS LIKING? President Obama has done so little for the African American people that sometimes I think he figures if he keeps a low profile the white folks won’t notice […]
Article by Jim Goad. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Even by Mexican Drug War standards, last Thursday’s death inferno at Monterrey’s Casino Royale seemed a bit much. At least 52 people died after a group of eight or nine gunmen stormed the casino, began randomly firing at civilians, doused the entrance with […]
Article by David D’Amato. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- The Associated Press reports a new poll showing “that Americans are plenty angry at Congress,” going on to observe that “[t]he poll finds more people are down on their own member of Congress, not just the institution, an unusual finding in surveys.” That […]
Article by Charles Johnson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- From Suzie at Echnidne of the Snakes. Reposted without further comment, to elicit thought and conversation. Riots & gender Large-scale violence rarely triggers a public discussion of gender, even though men and boys are the majority of perpetrators. Consider last week’s mayhem in […]
Article by Radley Balko. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Mike Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning for the state of Connecticut, joins the ranks of other public officials who are choosing to simply ignore those rights they don’t believe citizens should have. “In almost every situation you can imagine this […]
Article by Gary Chartier. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Gillespie, Nick, and Welch, Matt. The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America. New York: PublicAffairs 2011. Pp. xvi, 266. Index. 978-1-58648-938-0. The Declaration of Independents is a breezy, entertaining manifesto. Defending “libertarian politics,” Reason’s Nick Gillespie and […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. This is the kind of progressive we can work with. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– It’s open season on Ron Paul in the so-called “alternative” media, thanks to the Congressman’s strong showing in the Iowa straw polls. The venomous tone and absence of policy analysis is remarkably similar […]
Give it a listen. Hat tip to Jim Duncan.
From Robert M. Smith. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– The economic situation in the US is grave. No matter what the talking heads and DC pundits say, thinking people and honest economists see it for what it is, a sinking ship headed for the bottom of the ocean. The forecast for liberty, […]
From RADAR. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Misandry, simply defined, is the pathological hatred of men and boys. It is the analog to misogyny, but with the bigotry and rage targeted at males. Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young, two scholars in the field of religious studies at McGill University in Montreal, […]
Article by Richard Pendlebury and Vanessa Allen. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- First you see her large brown eyes and rosebud lips, framed by a pink headscarf. Then you notice that her bruised feet are secured by manacles to the foot of her bed. Nisreen Mansour al Forgani is a pretty 19-year-old. […]
Article by Bill Buppert. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- The resistance is growing. The revolution taking place between the ears is beginning to swallow up more of the market share. Millions of humans have begun to shake off the sleep of their Statist slumbers, and more wake up by the minute. They […]
Article by David Moye. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Everyone knows the potential destructive power of hurricanes, but few people are aware that storms like Hurricane Irene encourage growth of psychedelic mushrooms. Yes, it sounds trippy, but one of the strange aftermaths of a hurricane is an increased amount of mushrooms […]
From the BBC. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The question on a lot of people’s minds is the state of the global economy. Some are predicting a return to recession and at best others believe we will see a period of stagnation. With global stock markets taking massive hits in the last […]
Article by David D’Amato. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- For the United Kingdom’s The Guardian, Pankaj Mishra says the world is “looking at a fresh political awakening,” citing examples from Egypt and Greece to Israel and China. “[E]xtreme and seemingly insurmountable inequality,” Mishra argues, are the source of the new “public anger,” […]
From John Robb. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– A couple of years back I asked (in the article “Industrial Education” which is worth a read): “An Ivy League Education for less than $20 a month. Why not?” At the time there were only a smattering of course materials online. That’s changing. It’s coming. […]
From Naked Capitalism. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- David Graeber currently holds the position of Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University London. Prior to this he was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University. He is the author of ‘Debt: The First 5,000 Years’ which is available from Amazon. Interview […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Noting that the field of Republican presidential candidates is fixated on “repealing and replacing ObamaCare,” Forbes’ David Whelan asks, “but with what?” Whelan raises the example of the micro-nation Singapore, which has removed the state from “delivering or financing health care.” The mere […]
From BrassCheck TV. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- BBC: British Brain Control The truth is there are no jubilation in Tripoli because even the most dull-witted there realize their country has been taken over by a western coup. Question: If there is no jubilation then where exactly do you get shots for […]
From Russia Today. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– FBI organizes almost all terror plots in the US The Federal Bureau of Investigation employs upwards of 15,000 undercover agents today, ten times what they had on the roster back in 1975. If you think that’s a few spies too many — spies earning […]
Video from the Council for the National Interest.
Article by Jim Goad, who is probably the closest thing our era has to an H.L. Mencken. There are some real nuggets in this. Some samples: “In personal terms, I’m considered a gentile to one side and a kafir to the other. In other words, both sides consider […]
From Infoshop.Org ———————————————————————————————————————————————- It is horrible. The massacre on Utøya and attack in Oslo’s government district is the worst right-wing terrorist act directed against the Scandinavian labor movement. How could it happen? How could such an extensive and long-term terrorist plan go completely unnoticed by the security police? […]
Article by Kenneth Schortgen, Jr. —————————————————————————————————————————————– As the economy Continues its downward slide due to the failed leadership of both the President and Congress, billionaire investor Jim Rogers sees no other alternative to turn things around than for Ron Paul to win the Presidency. Rogers’ views on both […]
Article by Christopher A. Ferrara. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– [Continued from Parts I & II] The Modern Research Game Although he is backpedalling now, Woods did not tell us before that Mingay represents a new “anti-catastrophic orthodoxy” that purports to overturn the earlier “catastrophic orthodoxy” concerning the social effects of the […]
Article by Darian Worden. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— I’m always happy to see anarchism being discussed honestly in public forums. So I was pleased to see E.D. Kain’s article at Forbes, Criminal Justice in a Stateless Society (21 Aug 2011). Kain describes his reservations about anarchism and wonders “what would replace […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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