Americans Are Ditching These Five States In Record Numbers

01-07-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Apparently surging violent crime, massive tax hikes and insolvent public pensions are bad for attracting new residents...who knew?

Record 60+% Support Legalizing Marijuana in Two Distinct Polls

01-07-2018 • https://www.themaven.net, by Mike Mish Shedlock

A record high number of Americans support legalizing marijuana in two recent polls by Gallup and PEW.

Iran - Europe Rejects U.S. Drive To War

01-05-2018 • http://www.moonofalabama.org, By b

The reaction to the minor protests in Iran drive another wedge between the U.S. and Europe. It exposes the belligerence of the Zionist lobby and its influence in the U.S. media and politics. The issue shows the growing divergence between genuine U.S.

An Officer's Path To Dissent: "The Truth Is, I Fought For Next To Nothing"

01-05-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com,by Major Danny Sjursen

For a while there, I was a real star. High up in my class at West Point, tough combat deployments in two wars, a slew of glowing evaluations, even a teaching assignment back at the military academy. I inhabited a universe most only dream of: praised,

Victim Blame: Let the People Go Their Separate Ways

01-05-2018 • http://www.thedailybell.com

The United States was founded on secession. It didn't have to be violent, but it was. Whose fault was that? Was it the United States' fault for insisting on more local governance? Or was it England's fault for ignoring the consent of the govern

A Tale of Two Americas: Where the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Go to Jail

01-04-2018 • https://www.rutherford.org, By John W. Whitehead

"It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones." ? Nelson Mandela

Report: U.S. Manufacturing Had Its Best Year Since 2004

01-04-2018 • http://www.breitbart.com

U.S. manufacturing had its strongest year since 2004. The industry reported in December increased expansion over three months due to increases in orders and production, according to a report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

Office Pool 2018

01-04-2018 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

Multiple choice 2018

US Empire Is Running The Same Script With Iran That It Ran With Libya, Syria

01-03-2018 • http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org

Two weeks ago a memo was leaked from inside the Trump administration showing how Secretary of State and DC neophyte Rex Tillerson was coached on how the US empire uses human rights as a pretense on which to attack and undermine noncompliant governmen

Let's End the Israeli Tie-That-Binds

01-03-2018 • https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/01/phil-giraldi

Now that 2017 has ended with a whimper it is possible to look forward to what the new year might bring.

Putin Foresaw Death of US Global Power

01-02-2018 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Finian Cunningham

Like a good wine, Russian President Vladimir Putin's famous speech delivered in Munich 10 years ago regarding global security has been rewarded with time.

Sanctions on Russia Are Worse than Useless

01-01-2018 • https://fee.org, by Konstantin Zhukov

If sanctions fail to fulfill their main goal and create perverse consequences, why are they still in place?

Dealing With North Korea

01-01-2018 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

If I were President of the United States, or, more realistically, if Ron or Rand Paul were, and they appointed me Secretary of Defense, or Secretary of State, this is how I would deal with Kim Jong-un and the North Korean situation.

10 Ways America Is Falling Behind

12-31-2017 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Shane Savitsky

If 2017 has seemed to you like a long and terrible year filled with bad news, then here's some good news to close things out: you were right! On a variety of fronts, the United States is falling farther and farther behind both other developed nations

Atomically Precise Molecular Nanotechnology could fit two DOE funding solicitations

12-29-2017 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

ARPA-E has announced funding for about $199 million for which atomically precise catalysts and atomically precise membranes could qualify.

Russian Foreign Minister: US Military Must Leave All Of Syria

12-28-2017 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Leith Fadel

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Thursday that US forces must leave all of Syria. Speaking to Interfax news agency, Lavrov stated that the UN Security Council has not approved the work of the United States and its coalition in Syria,

The Decline Of American 'Freedom' In One Simple Chart

12-28-2017 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

The Fraser Institute ranks countries based on economic freedom.

China Offers Tax Incentives to Persuade U.S. Companies to Stay

12-28-2017 • https://www.nytimes.com, By SUI-LEE WEE

China said on Thursday that it would temporarily exempt foreign companies from paying tax on their earnings, a bid to keep American businesses from taking their profits out of China following Washington's overhaul of the United States tax code.

America at Christmas

12-28-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

What if Christmas is a core value of belief in a personal God who lived among us and His freely given promise of eternal salvation that no believer should reject or apologize for? What if Christmas is the rebirth of Christ in the hearts of all believ

Southern Poverty Law Center Designates #Christmas As A Sign Of Far-Right...

12-27-2017 • http://www.shtfplan.com, Alex Thomas

Southern Poverty Law Center Designates #Christmas As A Sign Of Far-Right Extremism On Its "Hate Tracker"

Homeland Security's Multi-Billion Dollar Comedy Show

12-27-2017 • http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org

After the 9/11 attacks, Congress and the Bush administration pretended that unlimited federal spending was one of the best ways to thwart terrorist threats. In 2002, Congress created the Homeland Security Department (DHS), sweeping some of the most i

US Spy Satellites Catch Chinese Ships Illegally Selling Oil To North Korea

12-27-2017 • https://www.prisonplanet.com

According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, U.S. recon satellites have photographed around 30 illegal transactions involving Chinese vessels selling oil to North Korea on the West Sea in October.

The Dollar's Reign As The Global Reserve Currency Is Running Out - Fast

12-26-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

The dollar's hegemony over the global financial system can't last forever. Like all things, it will eventually come to an end.

US Slashes United Nations' Budget By $285 Million Following "Stunning" Jerusalem ...

12-26-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

US Slashes United Nations' Budget By $285 Million Following "Stunning" Jerusalem Rebuke

Talking Up Russia, Commandant Says Troops Will Be In For a Fight

The Petro-Yuan Bombshell and Its Relation to the New US Security Doctrine

12-26-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Pepe Escobar

"Russia and China ... have concluded that pumping the US military budget by buying US bonds ... is an unsustainable proposition ..."

Draining The Next Swamp

12-26-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Bill Sardi

Yes, the swamp is being drained, quietly to save some undeserving institutions like the FBI.