***MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD*** Netflix original series, House of Cards, has never shied away from controversial storylines. The narrative has followed Frank Underwood’s rise to power from Congressional whip to Vice President to President. His meteoric ascent to power was always trailed by a dark shadow, though — one that perhaps mirrors the real life brutality, scandal, and corruption that accompanies the machinations of most high-level politicians. House of Cards is particularly ruthless in this regard. Frank Underwood has personally killed two people. One, a journalist with whom he has been having an affair. She learns too much, and during a discreet … Continue reading

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Recent events in California and South Dakota illustrate perfectly the school gender conundrum. Students at Buchanan High School in Fresno, California, are protesting the school’s dress code after the local school board voted against recommendations to allow boys to have long hair and earrings and against removing language in the code that says dresses and skirts are for girls. Students switched gender norms for a day following the school board’s decision. Some students say that the dress codes are “sexist or non-inclusive to transgender students and those who don’t conform to one gender.” According to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight … Continue reading

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March 19th marked the 5th anniversary of the first African-American President unilaterally, and without provocation, ordering the U.S. “Shock and Awe” bombing the crap out of his African brothers and sisters in the sovereign North African nation of Libya. Not only that, he did so without even bothering to go to Congress and, at least, lie to them like his predecessor President George W. Bush did with his own “Shock and Awe” bombing of Iraq 8 years earlier. Just a few days after the bombing of Libya I spoke about it with Joyce Riley, host of the popular nationally syndicated … Continue reading

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Introduction by Russ Baker: As we watch President Obama being warmly welcomed in Cuba, we think back to the secret, shameful things done in the past by the US to undermine Castro, not counting the various assassination attempts. This report lays bare one of the most hair-raising schemes. On March 13, 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed to President John F. Kennedy that the United States attack itself — and blame Cuba. This is what is known as a “false flag” event. This proposal came at the request of the CIA’s Edward Lansdale who was in charge of the … Continue reading

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In this interview with Gordon T Long of the Financial Repression Authority, Egon von Greyerz explains the critical importance of wealth preservation and why Gold is and always will be the optimum means of maintaining purchasing power, insuring your wealth and holding liquidity. Egon and Gordon’s discussion also includes: Holding Gold for insurance purposes, rising Gold demand and massive supply shortages in future Thoughts on a cashless society and bail ins: why we are losing control of our money ZIRP, NIRP: governments run out of tools to stimulate the economy Safe haven? Switzerland the land of gold tradition, unique political system and best jurisdiction Primary … Continue reading

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One of the central arguments used by governments looking to restrict internet freedoms and justify total surveillance is that social media and various other internet platforms allow “terrorists” to spread propaganda and incite violence. And of course, the only way to stop this horrible phenomenon — according to conventional wisdom — is to closely regulate speech on the internet, as well as adopt sweeping surveillance policies. Or at least, so we’re told. Which is why many were bewildered by Twitter’s decision to block “hacktivists” accused of “harassing” accounts linked to ISIS and other terrorist groups. The move made headlines earlier … Continue reading

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Gold’s main use, contrary to the belief of some, isn’t in jewelry or dentistry—although those uses are important. Its main use has almost always been as money. But gold’s ancillary uses are growing in importance because, given its physical characteristics, it’s a high-tech metal. It’s one of the most resistant to chemical reaction, one of the most ductile, the most malleable of all the elements, and it’s an exceptional electrical conductor. There are lots of other advantages to gold as money. It’s by far the most private kind of money; gold coins, unlike paper currency, don’t even carry serial numbers. … Continue reading

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Note: This is an excerpt from Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America (2014). Like government schools, Social Security is a failed program that nevertheless remains popular with the American people.  Why?  Keep in mind that progressivism is not a rational system of thought but a means to make progressives feel better about themselves and provide a (false) sense of control over a big, complex and often hostile world.  As such, the mindset necessarily excludes any notion that progressive programs might fail or might cost too much which, in the case of Social Security, is a critical issue.  If … Continue reading

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It’s actually pretty easy. At an apt moment very soon, Trump should offer Governor Kasich the VP slot and Senator Cruz the vacant Supreme Court seat. Such a grand bargain would not only clear the primary field and quash any backroom hijacking of the nomination by the Washington GOP establishment; it would also permit each man to play his highest and best role at this great inflection point in the nation’s history. That is, Donald Trump’s job is to destroy the Republican/Neocon establishment and bring working class America back into a modern version of a McKinley-style Republican Party. Ted Cruz’ task is to spend a lifetime bringing strict constructionism back to the high court, thereby helping to restore constitutional … Continue reading

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The third-time possession of marijuana in Louisiana results in a criminal felony, but the city of New Orleans hopes to become a positive influence on the overly-strict rules governing pot use in the state. Considering the over-crowded jails in this country, New Orleans’ idea to protect habitual pot users is refreshing. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses, according to an infographic recently released by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Many of them committed non-violent crimes and are there simply for pot possession. This past week, New Orleans’ City Council (NOCC) approved an … Continue reading

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— Anti-Media (@AntiMedia) March 20, 2016

The collapse of the financial system can no longer be hidden from the populations of Europe and the US. The bankers have panicked — expanding QE money printing, negative interest rates, banks buying their own stock to maintain an appearance of solvency, and talk of “helicopter money,” as if money was the problem. It is not about money, but about the collapse of the real economy. The suicide rate among formerly employed skilled workers is not about money – it is that they have been pushed aside by a satanic policy which cares only about money, not human beings.

And yet most people accept it, out of fear — fear that the FBI and the NSA will “catch them” if they speak out, if they speak about the obvious reality. The US and Europe are declining, dying, while China and Russia are growing, placing value on their populations and the populations of the world, going to space while Obama shuts down NASA, building railroads around the world while Obama shuts them down, expanding education while Obama legalizes drugs.

The death of America’s culture is no better expressed than by the fact that the Obama Administration presented a “Friend of the Court” brief in a case brought by Colorado’s neighboring states to stop Colorado’s legalization of marijuana, which is making it impossible to contain the drugs flowing over the border. The largest heroin epidemic in American history, which is now affecting every single county in the nation, stems directly from the legalization of drug trafficking —since the pot networks are the same as those spreading heroin and cocaine. Drug pusher George Soros was delighted when the Supreme Court today went along with Obama’s drug pushing and refused to hear the case against Colorado’s drug policy.

The head of India’s central bank, Raghuram Rajan, today warned that the world is in an “increasingly dangerous situation” from the actions of western bankers’ printing of money while their physical economies collapse. Rajan argued,

The international community has a choice. We can pretend all is well with the global monetary non-system and hope that nothing goes spectacularly wrong. Or we can start building a system fit for the integrated world of the 21st century.

In the eyes of Wall Street and the City of London, who know full well that their financial empire is crumbling, the only answer is war, to break up the “threat” to their power from China and the BRICS nations. Thus the populations of the US and Europe are force-fed a daily dose of hysteria about “Russian aggression” and “Chinese aggression,” desperately trying to keep the population from seeing the reality of the new paradigm based on science, development and human progress centered in China and Russia. Even while Americans hate their president and are disgusted by the clown show called the presidential election, they fail to understand why 80% of the Russian people support Vladimir Putin and over 90% of the Chinese support Xi Jinping.

There is a reason. It is based on giving the population a sense of a future, in a mission which encompasses progress for all of mankind — a vision which was once known as the American System. It must be revived in the West, to replace the dead system of money and the dying culture. Every citizen not only has a stake in that mission, but has a responsibility to bring it about.

“If it had not been for the grace of God, my family could be making funeral arrangements today.”