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Nexus X HumectressFrom Yahoo! News. An undeniable LOLocaust! ____________ By Blake Sobczak HAIFA, Israel – Fourteen women who survived the horrors of World War II paraded Thursday in an unusual pageant, vying for the honour of being crowned Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Survivor.” Billed by organizers as a celebration of […]
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By David Graeber An Open Letter to Chris Hedges N+1 Magazine In response to “The Cancer in Occupy,” by Chris Hedges. I am writing this on the premise that you are a well-meaning person who wishes Occupy Wall Street to succeed. I am also writing as someone who […]
By Michael Connelly Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed […]
By Cindy Milstein (Note: This essay is reprinted from the July–August 2008 issue of Left Turn magazine, which features a special section on the elections; it was written before Obama secured the nomination.) “The world as it is, is not the world as it has to be.” Long […]
By Thomas Knapp Well, here it is, folks: The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the “individual mandate” provision in the Affordable Care Act, aka “ObamaCare.” As of 2014, all Americans will pay a portion of their taxes to an insurance company of their choice instead of to Uncle Sam […]
By Kevin Carson Contrary to outraged cries from Republicans that it’s some sort of radical departure from our “free enterprise” system, Obamacare is in fact a direct continuation of the bipartisan neoliberal consensus of the past thirty years. The guiding principle of this consensus is the use of […]
From The Ruling Class Yesterday, the Roberts court affirmed the Obama defense of the so-called “Affordable Care Act.” To me, it is not a particularly surprising result. Two years ago, I noted thatthe Obama Admin’s principal argument relied on the classification of the mandate as a tax and that […]
By Gavin McInnes When libertarians, paleocons, neocons, and Republicans are confronted with a shrieking liberal they usually shoo it away. That’s easy if you don’t live in New York City, Berkeley, LA, or Madison, but those of us mired here in the jungles of hysteria have to come […]
mises.org Murray N. Rothbard [Making Economic Sense (1995; 2007)] One of Ludwig von Mises’s keenest insights was on the cumulative tendency of government intervention. The government, in its wisdom, perceives a problem (and Lord knows, there are always problems!). The government then intervenes to “solve” that problem. But […]
from vivalaanarquia, translated by waronsociety: Two explosions in different parts of the south of Mexico City happened in the night hours. The first at 501 Picacho Ajusco, corner of Cartos (Ampliación Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood). An homemade explosive device went off at 11:37 PM Tuesday June 26 in a […]
bloomberg.com Joshua Zumbrun A U.S. House committee approved legislation introduced by Representative Ron Paul that would subject the Federal Reserve to an audit of its activities, including monetary policy decisions. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington approved the bill today in a voice vote. The […]
rawstory.com Ed Pilkington, The Guardian In November 2008, when Barack Obama made his famous election night victory speech in Chicago’s Grant Park, he invoked the story of a black woman who had lived through a century of struggle that had culminated with the first African American president.
From Off Grid Survival As crime rates drop around the country, a somewhat predictable but disturbing trend is starting to pop up in big cities across America. In a number of large metropolitan areas throughout the country, where guns are severely restricted, crime is actually increasing. In fact, […]
By Carlos Miller Photo by Antonio Buehler It was just after midnight on New Year’s Day when Antonio Buehler spotted a pair of Austin cops manhandling a woman at a gas station during a DUI investigation, so he pulled out his cell phone and began taking photos. That, […]
By Pat Buchanan Sixteen months after the United States abandoned its loyal satrap of 30 years, President Hosni Mubarak, to champion democracy in Egypt, the returns are in. Mohammed Morsi, candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is president of Egypt, while the military has dissolved the elected parliament that […]
“…there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who […]
From Russia Today A German court has ruled that parents can’t have their sons circumcised on religious grounds in a move which has angered Muslim and Jewish groups in the country. The court in Cologne decided that a legal guardian’s authority over a child does not allow them […]
From Natural News If you have ever doubted the truly satanic essence of the infamous Lady Gaga, then you need look no further than her new perfume, which is expected to debut this fall. According to the Boston Globe and various other sources, the new Gaga scent, known […]
From the Huffington Post The Bolivian president and a Russian political leader have launched a joint effort to have President Barack Obama stripped of the Nobel Peace Prize. As Forbes is reporting, Russian Liberal Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky released a statement Monday saying that the prize, awarded to […]
“Teachers taught us that Hitler was terrible, not because he hated the wrong group, but because hating any group is illogical, unscientific and leads ultimately to violence. Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different. Sometime while I was busy and didn’t notice, Political […]
rawstory.com David Ferguson A TSA worker at an airport in Florida violated the agency’s policy when she opened a container containing the ashes of a passenger’s grandfather and spilled them on the terminal floor, according to Indianapolis, Indiana’s ABC affiliate station, WRTV Channel 6.
huffingtonpost.co.uk Lucy Sherriff A Cambridge academic responsible for mentoring students has come under pressure to resign over his controversial views which have been dubbed by some as racist, sexist and pro-Hitler. On his website, Martin Sewell, a supervisor in the university’s Faculty of Economics, describes black people as […]
.D. Heyes Natural News (NaturalNews) As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to approve scores of drone applications for a range of federal, state and local agencies, concern among Americans and privacy groups is rising about the use of these drones for illegal surveillance. The latest federal agency […]
dw.de Political turmoil continues in Nepal after the break-up of the main party, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Mohan Vaidya ‘Kiran,’ former senior-vice chairman of the party, tells DW about his political plan. Mohan Vaidya “Kiran” is the former senior-vice chairman of the Nepal’s main party, […]
rawstory.com AFP A surgeon operates on a patient in 2009. A medical transplant centre on the Italian island of Sicily said Monday it had carried out the world’s first partial liver transplant using only a robot to remove the organ of the donor. (AFP Photo/Axel Schmidt) A medical […]
rawstory.com AFP LONDON — British police launched an investigation on Monday after two England internationals were subject to abuse on social networking site Twitter. Ashley Young and Ashley Cole were targeted after missing penalties in England’s Euro 2012 quarter-final loss to Italy on Sunday. A Metropolitan Police spokesman […]
rt.com A British Muslim woman was asked to leave a school’s parents’ night in Manchester for wearing the veil. The college cited “safety” and “security” reasons. Maroon Rafique was stopped from entering Manchester College by security staff, who told her that for the security of teachers and pupils, […]
From The Anarchist Library. Bob Black spits on his hands, hoists the black flag, and considers slitting throats. Kudos to Luna920 for bringing this to my attention. _______________ Introduction We’ve all heard the phrase “law and order” — as if they go together. The slogan assumes that law […]
Holder gets a Goading @ TakiMag. _____________________ by Jim Goad The House Oversight Committee voted last week to begin Contempt of Congress proceedings against porpoise-faced Attorney General Eric Holder. Although the vote was a reaction to Holder’s stonewalling in the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, America’s wormy, mustachioed […]
“Screw Uganda, guys: Nigeria’s a better backdoor!” From Atlanta Blackstar. ______________ In an effort to help it deal with the brutal violence of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, the Nigerian government has given the U.S. the authority to conduct strikes against the group on Nigerian soil with […]
mosquitocloud.net Charles Hugh Smith, 06, 22, 2012 The Solution to Concentrated Power: the Three Ds The solution to centralized power can be summarized as the three Ds: diffusion, decentralization, and devolution of power to local communities. Yesterday I analyzed the global failure of centralization: The Master Narrative Nobody Dares Admit: […]
amazonwatch.org Amazon Watch, International Rivers, Movimento Xingu Vivo FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 23, 2012 For more information, contact: Brent Milliken, +55 61 8153 7009, brent@internationalrivers.org Verena Glass, +55 11 9853 9950, veglass@uol.com.br Altamira, Brazil – Indigenous peoples affected by the controversial Belo Monte dam complex now under […]
aljazeera.com After working with US intelligence for months, the Mexican navy said it believed it had nabbed a big prize in a known Guadalajara narco-haven: the son of Mexico’s top fugitive drug lord. But it turned out they got the wrong man. The man arrested on Thursday as […]
techdirt.com Mike Masnick We’ve heard of police very frequently overreacting to things and sending in SWAT teams when they aren’t necessary. We’ve also heard of them sending SWAT teams to the wrong place. But this latest story, found via Radley Balko (who tracks these things like no other) […]
By Dean Kuipers Los Angeles Times May 18, 2012 In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge ruled Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued an injunction […]
wired.com Chris Anderson At last year’s Paris Air Show, some of the hottest aircraft were the autonomous unmanned helicopters—a few of them small enough to carry in one hand—that would allow military buyers to put a camera in the sky anywhere, anytime. Manufactured by major defense contractors, and […]
By Pat Buchanan In introducing his new book, Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America, Paul Gottfried identifies a fundamental divide between neoconservatives and the traditional right. The divide is over the question: What is this nation, America? Straussians, writes Gottfried, “wish to present the construction of government […]
10-15 red squads commanded by teenagers. And they say anarchists are scary. ———————– timesofindia Sanjay Ojha RANCHI: With the arrest of a large number of senior CPI(Maoist) leaders, including some central committee members, the rebel organization have handed over commands of squad and areas to teenagers. A number […]
indianexpress.com 71 elected representatives in the East Maharashtra district have resigned from their posts, apparently due to Naxal threat. Talking to reporters in Gadchiroli on Wednesday evening, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad (ZP) Sumant Bhange said 71 elected representatives have resigned in the last one […]
By Andy Nowicki White lightning in the ‘Rainbow Nation’ The following is an exclusive excerpt from my article “The Niggers of the Earth,” concerning my travels among the Afrikaners last December. The full piece will run in the first issue of Radix, the new print journal put out by the National Policy […]
By Paul Gottfried The latest bestseller by German economist Thilo Sarrazin, a former member of the Bundesbank executive board, is a rambling critique of the eurozone. His book Deutschland braucht den Euro nicht (Germany does not need the euro) tells you everything you might want to know about why the […]
By Tom Whitehead Violent groups who clashed with police in Greece and Spain over austerity cuts could launch an attack on the summer Games to ensure worldwide publicity, it is feared. The Italian group, the Informal Anarchist Federation, has already threatened to wage a “low-intensity war” against the […]
From Voltairine.org In commemoration of Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912) Emma Goldman’s Memorial Tribute to Voltairine de Cleyre (1932), an excerpt: The first time I met her — this most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced — was in Philadelphia, in August 1893. I had come to that […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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