Every day signs are looming larger than life as we know it in the wealthiest nation on earth that it’s about to crash and burn, forever changing not for the better. The latest wake-up call arrived in a Guardian article earlier this week. The story features a secret prison not unlike the CIA torture detention centers all over the world whereby the …
Walker budget: Needy Adults Without Kids Would Pay Health Premiums
By Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, The Journal Sentinel Madison — Nearly 150,000 needy adults without children might have to pay premiums for (Wisconsin) state health coverage — with even higher payments possible for risk-takers such as smokers, under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget. If President Barack Obama’s administration agrees, the state could charge the lowest-income BadgerCare Plus recipients basic …
White House Petition Seeks to Ban Mandatory Vaccination Legislation
By, Adan Salazar, Infowars.com A concerned citizen has launched a popular petition on the official White House website seeking a moratorium on legislation that may force Americans to obtain vaccinations. The all-inclusive petition entitled, “Prohibit Any Laws Mandating the Force and Requirement of Vaccinations of Any Kind,” appeared on the “We the People” site earlier this month, and has already …
What is Neo-Liberalism? A Revolutionary Analysis of the Final Stage of Imperialism
Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report “The expansion of war in the interests of neo-liberalism has cost at least 20-30 million lives since the end of World War II.” February is Black History Month. During the month, the historical struggle for Black self-determination is whitewashed, distorted, and packaged to fit the needs of the US imperialist empire. The concept of neo-liberalism …
Meet The Big Wallets Pushing Obama Towards A New Cold War
Christian Stork, WhoWhatWhy There’s a familiar ring to the U.S. calls to arm Ukraine’s post-coup government. That’s because the same big-money players who stand to benefit from belligerent relations with Russia haven’t forgotten a favorite Cold War tune. President Obama has said that he won’t rule out arming Ukraine if a recent truce, which has all but evaporated, fails like …
Washington Has Destroyed Trust Between Nuclear Powers, Thus Raising The Specter Of War
Paul Craig Roberts, PaulCraigRoberts.org Ambassador Jack Matlock made an important speech at the National Press Club on February 11. Matlock served as US ambassador to the Soviet Union during 1987-91. In his speech he describes how President Reagan won the trust of the Soviet leadership in order to bring to an end the Cold War and its risk of nuclear …
Secret Service To Fly Drones Over Washington, D.C.
By, Jackie Northman, National Public Radio Tourists may soon have a new attraction to look at when they visit the nation’s capital. The U.S. Secret Service says it will begin flying drones over Washington, D.C., in the near future. The decision comes just weeks after a small unmanned — and unarmed — drone landed on White House property. In late …
Florida police officer suspended after slapping homeless man
By, Louise Turner, Your News Wire A police officer in Fort Lauderdale was suspended after a YouTube video showed him slapping a homeless man. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department launched an internal investigation following the emergence of the video. Police Officer Victor Ramirez has now been suspended with pay and may face criminal charges. The incident occurred lace at the …
Venezuelan 14-Year-Old Shot Dead During Anti-Government Protest
By, The Guardian A 14-year old Venezuelan schoolboy has died after being shot in the head during an anti-government protest in the country’s restive western region. Preliminary investigations suggest the boy, named variously as Kluiverth or Kluiver Roa, was injured during a confrontation between police and protesters in the city, and died on the way to the hospital, according to …
Video Shows Police Brutality On A Terminally Ill Man In Front Young Children
By, Matt Agoris, The Free Thought Project Morgantown, WV — A kind-hearted woman with a cellphone captured the horrific scene of a man choking on his own blood, in front of his children, while pinned under three cops. According to police they were responding to a report of child abuse. Police say when they approached Jeffery Bane, 39, that he …