‘Race to the bottom’: £15billion welfare cuts will cause ‘enormous hardship,’ says economist
‘The Treasury’s proposed £15 billion worth of cuts to welfare spending will fuel a sharp rise in poverty, “enormous hardship” and a “race to the bottom led by the government,” an anti-austerity economist warns. Treasury […]
Solicitor under investigation after advising police officers to alter statements on stop-and-search death
‘The lawyer who advised five police officers to alter their statements concerning the stop and search of a man who later died is under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, The Independent can reveal. Detective […]
Sheikh Ali Salman: Bahrain opposition leader jailed for four years day after UK minister ‘opens’ Royal Navy base in the kingdom
‘A Bahraini court has provoked condemnation from human rights campaigners by jailing a Shia opposition leader the day after a British government minister visited the Sunni-ruled kingdom to break-ground on a controversial new Royal Navy […]
Senate votes to ban waterboarding and other forms of torture
‘The US Senate has voted to outlaw many forms of torture, including waterboarding, “rectal feeding,” mock executions, hooding prisoners, and sexual humiliation in any sector of the US government. By a vote of 78 to […]
Mom Who Advocated Medical Cannabis Oil Faces 30 Years in Prison
‘A Kansas mother who used cannabis oil for medical purposes booked herself into jail yesterday, facing a lengthy prison term her lawyer equates to “a death sentence.” On Monday, Shona Banda, 38, posted a $50,000 […]
Mind Reading Technology Takes a Huge Leap Forward
‘Scientists are moving closer to developing mind reading technology after researchers at the Wadsworth Center in New York were able to record the brain waves directly associated with speech during a recent study. The researchers […]
Catholics Attack Pope Over ‘Climate Change’ Fearmongering
‘Catholics around the world are attacking Pope Francis for advocating a new “global political authority” to tackle so-called “man-made climate change.” The pontiff recently wrote an encyclical to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics asking them […]
Veterans Urge Drone Operators to Refuse Orders to Fly
‘An increasing number of United States military veterans are counseling United States military drone operators to refuse to fly drone surveillance/attack missions – the veterans are even helping sponsor prime time television commercials urging drone […]
Swarm: Backlash of Awakening Humanity
‘The self appointed elites are on the run. We are clearly freaking them out. The astounding rate of our awakening is not anything they were expecting nor counting on. That’s not surprising, considering their arrogance, […]
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years
‘A report released Tuesday by the CIA’s Office of the Inspector General revealed that the CIA has mistakenly obscured hundreds of thousands of pages of critical intelligence information with black highlighters. According to the report, […]
Abbas says Palestinian govt to resign within 24 hours – reports
‘The Palestinian government is to be dissolved within 24 hours, AFP reports, quoting a statement made by President Mahmoud Abbas. The government’s spokesman, however, denies any such discussion of dissolution. “Within 24 hours the Palestinian […]
Rioting Migrants Attempt to Hijack Trucks Heading for UK
‘Shocking footage filmed in the French port town of Calais shows desperate migrants attempting to break into delivery trucks heading to the United Kingdom in another illustration of how the country’s generous welfare system acts […]
Can States Be Limited by Pieces of Paper?
Magna Carta recently turned 800. The Great Charter is often hailed as the first event in a series of limitations on the power of government. For Americans, Marga Carta seems even more important because it is a document that was written and signed for the purpose of limiting the power of a monarch. Americans love grandiose gestures in the form of written documents such as Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact and the Constitution of 1787, and the document is today taught to school children as a sort of proto-Bill of Rights. And to a certain extent it is. It … Continue reading →
The Last Rebels?
With all of the ridiculous new regulations, coddling, and societal mores that seem to be the norm these days, it’s a miracle those of us over 30 survived our childhoods. Here’s the problem with all of this babying: it creates a society of weenies. There won’t be more more rebels because this generation has been frightened into submission and apathy through a deliberately orchestrated culture of fear. No one will have faced adventure and lived to greatly embroider the story. Kids are brainwashed – yes, brainwashed – into believing that the mere thought of a gun means you’re a psychotic … Continue reading →