There will be no children in my future. Ever. Yes, I am married. Yes, my husband knows that I do not want children. Yes, we both realize we're extremely fortunate to be able to elect to live child-free. He doesn’t want kids either. It’s part of the reason I married him. (That, and he has excellent hair.) He married me knowing that and also because I always clean the litter box. [...]
Amira Willighagen was blessed with a talent you simply need to see and hear to believe. Watch her audition - her angelic voice left everyone SPEECHLESS. Just Amazing! [...]
As the nation grows increasingly comfortable with marijuana use, the Obama Administration’s policy on the drug is somewhat incoherent. Only two states, Colorado and Washington, allow the recreational use of marijuana, and marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Nevertheless, a new Gallup polls suggests that Washington and Colorado are at the forefront of a national trend. Fully 58 percent o [...]
One of the National Security Agency's biggest defenders in Congress is suddenly at odds with the agency. There are lots of people wondering just what got into Dianne Feinstein that has her suddenly all hot and bothered over the NSA revelations (which, up until now, she's defended to the hilt.) [...]
The victims of a drone strike alleged to be launched last year by the United States spoke to members of Congress on Tuesday and urged the US government to stop killing civilians with weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles. Rafiq ur Rehman, a primary school teacher from North Waziristan, Pakistan, spoke through an interpreter on Capitol Hill [...]
The US government spending crisis has caused visible pain for research and innovation in America. Already this year, billions of dollars in federal cuts due to sequestration has affected federal grants for scientific research. But this problem is only the tip of a much bigger problem facing the redundant superpower. [...]
The White House says the controversial intelligence gathering procedures that have attracted international scrutiny in recent months may require "additional constraints." Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, made the remark during a scheduled Monday afternoon briefing on the heels of the latest revelations made possible through the unauthorized [...]
Condemnation by Latin American panel comes as US fields worsening outrage from Spain and Germany over surveillance. The international surveillance crisis deepened as representatives from a Latin American human rights panel told US diplomats that oversight of the programs was "illusory". [...]
Despite the departure of all his neighbors and the unexplained deaths of some of his stock, Tokue Hosokawa refuses to budge. Until March 2011, Tokue Hosokawa had only to peer through the window of his home in Iitate village to confirm that all was well with his 100-year-old family business. [...]
Twenty-one countries, including US allies France and Mexico, have now joined talks to hammer out a UN resolution that would condemn "indiscriminate" and "extra-territorial" surveillance, and ensure "independent oversight" of electronic monitoring. [...]
Learn the facts on aspartame & health straight from the experts. Have you ever wondered what exactly Coca Cola is? After 10 minutes: Ten tea spoons of sugar contained in a glass of Cola, cause devastating “strike” on the organism and the only cause, by reason of not vomiting, is the phosphoric acid which inhibits the action of sugar. [...]
Abby Martin takes a look at humanity's dependence on technology, the toxic ideal of consumption equating to happiness, and highlighting the need to reflect on the dilemma of conscious simplicity. [...]
The German Chancellor's mobile phone has been on an NSA target list since 2002 and was code-named "GE Chancellor Merkel", according to Der Spiegel. The paper also reports that President Obama assured Merkel that he did not know her phone was tapped. The monitoring operation was still in force even a few weeks before Obama's visit to Berlin in June 2013. [...]
Yet another nation has joined against the planting of Monsanto’s genetically modified creations, with a Mexican judge launching a complete ban on the growth of GMO corn field trials that were planned to move forward. Specifically, the judge cited numerous environmental risks regarding the implementation of GMO corn into the food supply of the nation, [...]
"What a disgrace. The U.S. government, cheered on by much of the media, launches an international manhunt to capture a young American whose crime is that he dared challenge the excess of state power. Read the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and tell me that Edward Snowden is not a hero in the mold of those who founded this republic. Check out the Nuremberg war crime trials and ponder our [...]
Michael Ruppert let's fly with both barrels as he speaks on Peak Oil, who the media are serving, and the truth behind Pat Tilman and Christopher Dorner. Ruppert's candor is so strong that it is clear to see why he has been persecuted for his journalism, and he also shows why he is resilient enough to keep on speaking his truth.
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President JFK (R.I.P.) revealed the presence of a certain "ruthless monolithic secret society" with a worldwide presence. Unfortunately, for this truth, he paid with his life, and until today is still widely considered by the mass public as a "conspiracy theory." Thanks to mainstream media manipulation and predictive programming.
SOLDIERS Expose Martial Law Agenda Plans 2013
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Abby Martin takes with a look at the 50 year long practice of water fluoridation in America, outlining adverse health effects and breaking the myth that it helps prevent tooth decay. [...]
The White House is at a loss as it not only depended on espionage in formulating its policies, but also nobody can trust its word anymore, former US Senate foreign policy analyst James Petras told RT. The latest news on monitoring of phone calls in France, and probably German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own cellphone, brought anger from the French and German governments this week. [...]
Abby Martin takes a look at the real reason why hemp is illegal in the US, the truth might surprise you.
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Germany told Israel to expect "severe diplomatic damage" should it fail to attend a periodic human rights review Tuesday, Haaretz reports.
Israel severed ties with the UNHRC in March 2012 after it expressed concern over Israeli settlements. “On Friday, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle sent a personal letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that Israel's failure t [...]
Twelve years after Americans were stripped of their rights in the name of fighting terrorism, thousands have gathered in Washington DC to protest unconstitutional NSA spying programs revealed by Edward Snowden, and call for repeal of the Patriot Act. [...]