Taxpayers Still Subsidize BILLIONS to Big Oil
As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Subsidies David Kocieniewski –New York Times When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform set off the worst oil spill at…
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Illinois Can’t Pay $5 Billion in Bills for “Essential Services”
Illinois Stops Paying Its Bills, but Can’t Stop Digging Hole Michael Powell – New York Times CHICAGO — Even by the standards of this deficit-ridden…
New veteran unemployment figure shows war is not only a racket, it’s a subsidized business
America 20xy By Andrew Steele An Army Times story on July 2nd reports that the unemployment rate rose to 11.5 percent for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans,…
The latest threat to the global recovery – state capitalism
Kamal Ahmed Telegraph A fascinating new book is about to hit the shelves. Called The End of the Free Market it argues that all-powerful governments…
How Goldman gambled on starvation
Johann Hari The Independent Speculators set up a casino where the chips were the stomachs of millions. What does it say about our system that…
BP, Homeland Security, and Cops Work Together to Deny First Amendment
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com The father of fascism, Benito Mussolini, defined fascism as corporatism. “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger…
Farmers Move Against Monsanto in Haiti
Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto’s Largesse Peter Constantini – IPS PÉTIONVILLE — Haitian farmers are worried that giant transnational corporations like Monsanto are attempting to…
Has the American Dream Become Our Nightmare?
The time is ripe for us to rethink some of our deepest beliefs about the way this country should work, and how we should live…
We were permanently banned from the Miami-Dade Metrorail for taking photos
Carlos Miller — PINAC Update: The National Press Photographers Association is protesting the way authorities handled the situation. The Society of Professional Journalists is also…
Happy 4th of July: Declare Your Independence!
Independent Media, Independent Political Movements and Independent Electoral Activity is the Path to the Paradigm Shifting Change America Needs By Kevin Zeese Information Clearing House…
Military Developing Hummingbird-sized Nano Vehicles
Military plans hummingbird-sized spies Nano Aerial Vehicle will help soldiers fighting in crowded urban areas Ned Smith TechNewsDaily Soldiers fighting future battles in crowded urban…
The New Guantanamo: Torontanamo
Inside Torontanamo — My Experience Inside the G20 Detention Facility Matt Shultz Counterpunch Well, it’s been an interesting weekend, for everyone I expect but for…
Homeland Security in the Gulf Working with BP and Local Police
Intel Hub Alex Thomas & Shepard Ambellas Over the past month there has been numerous reports of BP security intimidating journalists and blocking access to…
The Ultimate “RED” Herring: The Russians are Back!
Michael Edwards Activist Post The evil, Red communists apparently are back to subvert the sacred institutions of America. Mainstream media’s contrived naïveté to the idea…