by Michael Snyder, End of the American Dream:
Do you also have the feeling that something really BIG is coming? Recently, there has been quite a bit of chatter on the Internet about what the second half of 2015 will bring. During the last six months of this calendar year, we are going to witness a remarkable confluence of circumstances and events, and this is something that I covered in a previous article entitled “7 Key Events That Are Going To Happen By The End Of September“. But in addition to all of the things that we can point to outwardly, a lot of very prominent individuals are also really feeling an inner “urgency” regarding what is about to happen to this country. For example, Bible prophecy expert Joel C. Rosenberg just posted an ominous message on his own personal blog in which he stated that “something is coming” and that “we must be ready”…
Read More @ Endoftheamericandream.com
Do you also have the feeling that something really BIG is coming? Recently, there has been quite a bit of chatter on the Internet about what the second half of 2015 will bring. During the last six months of this calendar year, we are going to witness a remarkable confluence of circumstances and events, and this is something that I covered in a previous article entitled “7 Key Events That Are Going To Happen By The End Of September“. But in addition to all of the things that we can point to outwardly, a lot of very prominent individuals are also really feeling an inner “urgency” regarding what is about to happen to this country. For example, Bible prophecy expert Joel C. Rosenberg just posted an ominous message on his own personal blog in which he stated that “something is coming” and that “we must be ready”…
Read More @ Endoftheamericandream.com
by William Norman Grigg, Pro Libertate Blog, via Lew Rockwell:
The eleven-year-old girl shrieked in horror as the shower curtain was
ripped away, leaving her exposed to the view of a large male stranger.
Her sense of violation was compounded by the threat of immediate,
violent death: The marauder was wearing body armor and aiming an assault
rifle at the naked, terrified child.
Downstairs, the offender’s comrades were ransacking the house and barking profane orders at the traumatized child’s family. Sterling Harrison, her 19-year-old brother, was sitting in front of a game console when three of the invaders burst into his upstairs room, bound him, and shoved him down the stairway. Her terrified siblings – one thirteen years of age, the other seven – were corralled and imprisoned at gunpoint in the living room along with the rest of the family.
The invaders were police, of course. Nobody in the home was suspected of committing a criminal offense. No evidence of criminal misconduct was found. The SWAT raid was carried out after 10:00 PM, in violation of municipal ordinances.
Read More @ LewRockwell.com
image credit: Newsweek via hermes-press.com
The eleven-year-old girl shrieked in horror as the shower curtain was
ripped away, leaving her exposed to the view of a large male stranger.
Her sense of violation was compounded by the threat of immediate,
violent death: The marauder was wearing body armor and aiming an assault
rifle at the naked, terrified child.Downstairs, the offender’s comrades were ransacking the house and barking profane orders at the traumatized child’s family. Sterling Harrison, her 19-year-old brother, was sitting in front of a game console when three of the invaders burst into his upstairs room, bound him, and shoved him down the stairway. Her terrified siblings – one thirteen years of age, the other seven – were corralled and imprisoned at gunpoint in the living room along with the rest of the family.
The invaders were police, of course. Nobody in the home was suspected of committing a criminal offense. No evidence of criminal misconduct was found. The SWAT raid was carried out after 10:00 PM, in violation of municipal ordinances.
Read More @ LewRockwell.com
image credit: Newsweek via hermes-press.com
Keeping Government Bureaucrats Off the Backs Of The Citizenry: The Supreme Court Responds
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 22:30 In one swoop, on June 22, 2015, a divided U.S. Supreme Court handed down three consecutive rulings affirming the right of raisin farmers, hotel owners and prison inmates. However, this push back against government abuse, government snooping and government theft only came about because some determined citizens stood up and took a stand against tyranny. Whether these three rulings will amount to much in the long run remains to be seen. That said, if “we the people” don’t keep pushing back, standing up, and holding government officials accountable to the rule of law, these victories will do little to keep government bureaucrats off the backs of the American citizenry.
Abe Ratings Crash To Record Lows, Japan Lowers Minimum Voting Age
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 22:00 The Abe Cabinet's approval rating plunged to 39%, matching a record low, as more than half of voters oppose the new US-sanctioned military/security legislation being debated in the Diet. The last time Shinzo Abe's approval ratings were this low, he called for a snap election and told Kuroda to unleash QQE2.0 which has only squeezed real wages to even record-er lows (24th month in a row of declines), destroyed-er elderly Japanese savings, and crushed-er the middle-class. As his popularity has waned, Abe has become more and more desperate to keep support and has, for the first time in 70- years, lower the minimum voting age from 21 to 18 (adding 2.4 million new voters who have not been demoralized yet by declining pension benefits and quality of life).McDonald’s hires 7,000 touch-screen cashiers
Would you like some microchips with that burger? McDonald’s Europe strikes another blow against human interaction by installing 7,000 touch-screen computers to take your order and money. by Amanda Kooser
May 17, 2011 4:20 PM PDT
"Welcome to McDonald’s . My name is HAL 9000. May I take your order?"
McDonalds recently went on a hiring binge in the U.S., adding 62,000 employees to its roster. The hiring picture doesn’t look quite so rosy for Europe, where the fast food chain is drafting 7,000 touch-screen kiosks to handle cashiering duties.
The move is designed to boost efficiency and make ordering more convenient for customers. In an interview with the Financial Times, McDonald’s Europe President Steve Easterbrook notes that the new system will also open up a goldmine of data. McDonald’s could potentially track every Big Mac, McNugget, and large shake you order. A calorie account tally at the end of the year could be a real shocker.
The touch screens will only accept debit or credit cards, adding to the slow death knell of cash and coins. This all goes along with an overall revamp of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide aimed at projecting a modern image as opposed to the old-fashioned golden arches with a slightly creepy (to my taste anyway) clown guy hanging around the french fries.
This puts McDonald’s one step closer to opening up its first Alphaville location. At least our new computer overlords will be nice enough to serve us a Filet-o-Fish. Maybe they’ll even throw in an iPad with the Happy Meal one of these days.
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Why The IMF Will Reject The Latest Greek Proposal In Just Two Numbers
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 15:31 Why will the IMF throw up all over the latest Greek proposal in just two numbers? Here is the answer, courtesy of Kathimerini: The proposals contain 7.9 billion euros of measures, of which 7.3 are from increases to tax and social security contributions.
The Great Ron Paul Always Tells It Like It IsRichard Russell: “Twelve-term congressman Ron Paul tells this story: “I once rode alongside President Reagan on his helicopter, and the subject of what was happening to our money came up. ‘Ron,’ the president told me, ‘No great nation that abandoned the gold standard has remained a great nation.'” Ron Paul also talked about a conversation with Alan Greenspan. “He told me he still stands by his original thesis, which was published decades ago. He wrote, ‘In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings, and confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.'”
Today, with the US having left the gold standard, the Federal Reserve is attempting to print us back to prosperity. As trillions of new fiat dollars are created, the purchasing power of the dollar is being destroyed.
Richard Russell Continues @ KingWorldNews.com
More Proof that Neither Political Party Gives A Shit about YOU or OUR COUNTRY...
Corporations Win Again: Senate Passes Obamatrade Fast-Track Bill
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 14:20 Ten days ago it seemed as if America's corporatism would finally be slowed in its tracks after the House unexpectedly killed the fast-tracking of Obamatrade, aka the fast-tracking of the Trade Promotion Authority. Alas, it was not to last, and moments ago, in a "nailbiting" 60-37 vote, the Senate advanced Obama's fast-track tarde bill.
A push for mandatory vaccination continues as SB277 makes its way
through California’s Capitol. It is a shining monument to Big Pharma’s
coffers and medical control as the bill removes religious and
philosophical exemptions for student vaccination, leaving only medical
exemptions signed by MDs. Since medical exemptions are rare, it forces
parents to take their child into the doctor’s for jabs or be removed
from school – a violation of the right to attend public school.Perhaps by stirring a national “debate,” the pharmaceutical companies made people forget that there is no crisis and that California’s children have been above a 97% vaccination rate. Yet, at least as early as February, simultaneous bills cropped up across the states to remove the ability to decide, and in many cases the ability to decide scheduling/spacing. That last note has frustrated and unnerved parents who vaccinate but like to have some oversight on the amount of injections given per visit.
Read More @ ActivistPost.com
Confusion Reigns At PBoC As Multi-Trillion Yuan Bailout Threatens To Undermine Rate Cuts
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 19:32 While China is rather proud of the fact that it hasn't yet implemented outright QE, Beijing has now put in place a bewildering hodge-podge of hastily construed easing measures that can't seem to get out of their own way.Still Applies Today...
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Pop Goes The Bubble
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 19:00 Many people see national finances as an impenetrable fog of numbers and acronyms, which they feel is best left up to financial specialists to interpret for them. But try to see national finances as a henhouse, yourself as a hen, and financial specialists as foxes. Perhaps you should pay a little bit of attention - perhaps a bit more than one would expect from a chicken?
US, China Deploy Cold War Code In Maritime Standoff As Pentagon Warns Of Chinese Air Threat
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 18:30 “I expect that we may have a similar encounter because we’re operating in this part of the world,” US Naval Commander Rich Jarrett tells Bloomberg, referencing the likelihood of a maritime confrontation between the US and China. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is concerned that Beijing is "closing the gap" when it comes to air and space technology.The World's Exposure To China In 6 Easy Charts
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 21:00
Former Obama Jobs Tzar Immelt Threatens To Offshore GE Jobs If Ex-Im Bank Bill Expires
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 20:30 If you work for GE, take close note of the despicable behavior from your CEO. You, your livelihood and your family’s well being mean nothing to Jeff Immelt. In fact, you’re nothing more than an easily expendable cog in his corporate game to accumulate even more wealth and more power for himself. He talks about you like you are chips on a poker table. You have been warned.
The Unspoken Tragedy In The Upcoming Greek Bailout
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 19:54 Of this touted €35 billion in bailout funding which Greece finally admitted it will cross "red lines" to obtain, the country will be lucky to pocket a little over €3 billion. However, considering that is how much the Greek government has already extracted out of various public pensions and municipalities as part of its quasi-capital controls unrolled previously to preserve the illusion of solvency, after the hard fought "deal" finally is inked, the Greek population will be left with... €0.
Russia Fed Up With US "Lecturing" As Pentagon Deploys 250 Tanks To Eastern Europe
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 19:26 "If they want to lecture us on democracy building, let them lecture students at some American university," Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov said Tuesday, regarding the collapse of a bilateral arrangement struck in 2009 between Moscow and Washington. Fortunately for Dolgov, it doesn't appear as though he, or any other Russian diplomats for that matter, will be forced to endure a "lecture" on democracy from the US anytime soon because as the positioning of 250 Bradleys and self-propelled howitzers, and associated armored brigade combat team equipment" in Eastern Europe makes clear, the time for dialogue of any kind has long since passed.
The "Smart Money" Just Sold The Most Stocks In History
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 19:06 According to BofA's Jill Hall, "BofAML clients were big net sellers of US stocks in the amount of $4.1bn, following four weeks of net buying. Net sales were the largest since January 2008 and led by institutional clients—after three weeks of net buying, institutional clients’ net sales last week were the largest in our data history."
White House Lies (Again): Jonathan "Stupidity Of The American People" Gruber Called "Our Hero"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 18:45 President Barack Obama in 2014 said Mr. Gruber was “some adviser who never worked on our staff.” And then there's this:“Thank you for being an integral part of getting us to this historic moment,” according to Sept. 9, 2009 email to Mr. Gruber from Jeanne Lambrew, a top Obama administration health adviser who worked at HHS and the White House. In a November 2009 email, she called Mr. Gruber “our hero.”
Confederate Flag Sales Soar Despite Populist Removal Of Merchandise
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/23/2015 - 17:20 Following the removal of Confederate Flag merchandise from WalMart; Sears, Ebay, ETSY, and prominent flag maker Valley Forge Flags have all joined the 'movement' and stopped selling the 'controversial' flag. However, as with any and all government-'suggested' actions, there are unintended consequences in the hypocrisy of implicitly banning this symbolic banner... sales of Confederate Flags are soaring everywhere else (as the "guns and ammo"-like threat of scarcity has led to a run on the products).
by Kit Daniels, Infowars:
Liberals who are calling for a ban of the Confederate flag in South
Carolina for its supposed links to racism are forgetting that the
Democratic Party has its own ties to racism. Numerous leftists are
attacking the flag in the aftermath of the Charleston, S.C. shooting,
such as CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin who claims the Confederate flag
“represents terror and intimidation of African-Americans in that state”
and President Obama who believes the flag “belongs in a museum.”
Lost in the debate, however, is the fact that the Ku Klux Klan was created as a terroristic force serving the interests of the Democratic Party and those who desired the restoration of so-called “white supremacy.”
“Founded in 1866 as a Tennessee social club, the Ku Klux Klan spread into nearly every Southern state, launching a ‘reign of terror‘ against Republican leaders black and white,” noted historian Eric Foner wrote in his book Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution.
Read More @ Infowars.com
Liberals who are calling for a ban of the Confederate flag in South
Carolina for its supposed links to racism are forgetting that the
Democratic Party has its own ties to racism. Numerous leftists are
attacking the flag in the aftermath of the Charleston, S.C. shooting,
such as CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin who claims the Confederate flag
“represents terror and intimidation of African-Americans in that state”
and President Obama who believes the flag “belongs in a museum.”Lost in the debate, however, is the fact that the Ku Klux Klan was created as a terroristic force serving the interests of the Democratic Party and those who desired the restoration of so-called “white supremacy.”
“Founded in 1866 as a Tennessee social club, the Ku Klux Klan spread into nearly every Southern state, launching a ‘reign of terror‘ against Republican leaders black and white,” noted historian Eric Foner wrote in his book Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution.
Read More @ Infowars.com
by Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society:
Will GMOs ever be banned? And if so, how will it happen? These are the
questions that I am asked by thousands of concerned eaters on a routine
basis. They are great questions, and ones that require a bit of
explanation to truly ‘answer.’ As part of a new Q&A video series, I
delve into the question and detail the factors that are required for
Monsanto’s GMOs to hit the ‘ban’ list in the United States. In order to
delve into the possibility of a full-fledged ‘ban’ on GMOs, of which
biotech juggernaut owns 90% of the GMO seed market, we first need to
establish a limit or ban on Monsanto’s Roundup — a glyphosate-based
herbicide that we already know is linked to cancer. Even the World
Health Organization has now joined us in declaring that Roundup is, in fact, generating disease through the contamination of the water supply and general use.
Already, other countries and international retailers have begun limiting the sale of Roundup amid the reports. One of the most recent and most notable bans was just announced by the French government, which has banned the weedkiller from its garden centers. As The Independent tells us: “France has announced a ban on over the counter sales of a brand of weedkiller from garden centres after the active ingredient was classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the UN.
Read More @ NaturalSociety.com
Will GMOs ever be banned? And if so, how will it happen? These are the
questions that I am asked by thousands of concerned eaters on a routine
basis. They are great questions, and ones that require a bit of
explanation to truly ‘answer.’ As part of a new Q&A video series, I
delve into the question and detail the factors that are required for
Monsanto’s GMOs to hit the ‘ban’ list in the United States. In order to
delve into the possibility of a full-fledged ‘ban’ on GMOs, of which
biotech juggernaut owns 90% of the GMO seed market, we first need to
establish a limit or ban on Monsanto’s Roundup — a glyphosate-based
herbicide that we already know is linked to cancer. Even the World
Health Organization has now joined us in declaring that Roundup is, in fact, generating disease through the contamination of the water supply and general use.Already, other countries and international retailers have begun limiting the sale of Roundup amid the reports. One of the most recent and most notable bans was just announced by the French government, which has banned the weedkiller from its garden centers. As The Independent tells us: “France has announced a ban on over the counter sales of a brand of weedkiller from garden centres after the active ingredient was classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the UN.
Read More @ NaturalSociety.com
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