Glenn Greenwald: With General Alexander calling for NSA reporting to be halted, US and UK credibility as guardians of press freedom is crushed. The most under-discussed aspect of the NSA story has long been its international scope. That all changed this week as both Germany and France exploded with anger over new revelations about pervasive NSA surveillance on their population and democratically e [...]

GOP now known for "pettiness and bigotry." A Republican Judge from San Antonio, Texas, has announced he is quitting the GOP and will seek re-election as a Democrat, saying that he can no longer be part of political party whose identity is based on hate, bigotry and destroying people’s lives. [...]

Russell Brand's Newsnight interview about the need for a fundamentally different type of politics, particularly relevant for Ireland as the sham budget debate rolls on.... Russell Brand - 2012-04-24 - Committee on Addiction /* */ Russell Brand BBC Documentary 'I Took Drugs Every Day' /* */ Russell Brand & Alex Jones: The Spiritual [...]

In a year that has brought us national conversations about working women, leaning in and whether or not the patriarchy is in fact "dead," you might expect that all this talk signaled a real improvement for gender equality in the United States. According to the 2013 Global Gender Gap report released on Oct. 24 by the World Economic Forum [...]

Army's litmus tests gauges whether soldiers will fire on American citizens or engage in gun confiscation. Alex Jones highlights three instances and numerous articles in the last year and a half where soldiers have contacted his radio show to warn of the Army’s litmus tests, which gauge whether they will fire on American citizens or engage in gun confiscation. [...]

Crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers building the Obama administration's showcase health insurance website were growing increasingly stressed. Some worked past 10 p.m., energy drinks in hand. Others rewrote computer code over and over to meet what they considered last-minute requests for changes from the government or other contractors. [...]

Human Microchipping, Verichip, Positive ID, Police State Conspiracy or Mark of the Beast, 666? This video was produced by Psychetruth This video was produced by Psychetruth http://www.youtube.com/psychetruth http://www.myspace.com/psychtruth [...]

Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly globalized U.S. economy, the widening gap between rich and poor and loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs as reasons for the trend [...]

Predictive Programming and the Human Microchipping Agenda from John Smith on Vimeo. Predictive Programming and the Human Microchipping Agenda confirms the reality of the microchip agenda, and shows that the weapon of propaganda has been used against the public for decades in order to familiarize us with the idea of being chipped. [...]

If you have a fatty liver or just want to detox, you should try eating the following liver cleanse foods. Modern society is a sad state that produces many over-processed livers. When we overeat or eat processed or fried foods, and, anytime we are exposed to environmental pollutants or stress, the liver becomes overworked and overloaded. [...]

Ron Paul is America's leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, sound money, and a pro-America foreign policy. This video is not-for-profit clip that is uploaded for the purpose of education, teaching, and research. [...]

"What Has America Become" was the title of a letter to the editor written by Ken Huber of Tawas City, Michigan. It contains a series of comparisons and contrasts which causes one to think about the double-standards and conditions under which we now live here in America. Sadly America is in decline. [...]

As the US government went back to work for its first fully operational day in over two weeks, President Barack Obama addressed the nation Thursday morning from the White House, chastising Republican lawmakers who led the country so close to default. Hours after authorizing a deal that allowed the US government to open back up for business, [...]

Abby Martin calls out the corporate media for its coverage of 16 year old Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai, highlighting her heroism promoting education against the Taliban, but omitting her important message to Obama about ending US drone strikes in her home country. [...]

Serenoa repens, better known as Saw Palmetto, is a plant native to North America. Native Americans have used it for centuries as a tonic, topical cleanser against germs, and to remedy urinary and reproductive disorders in men. [1] European and American settlers used saw palmetto for a wide range of ailments. [...]

Lawmakers in the Senate are weighing a bipartisan bill that is expected to re-open the United States government and save the country from default. During an early afternoon hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) acknowledged, “The eyes of the world have been on Washington all this week, and that is a gross understatement. [...]

Abby Martin breaks through the bogus history taught in American schools regarding Christopher Columbus. [...]

Coconut oil is a popular cooking oil and thought to be a healthy alternative to unhealthy oils. Here we take a look at a few of its lesser known qualities. Everything from the coconut water, to the leaves, to the kernel hull have characteristics that are beneficial to human health. [...]

In a 1967 interview, "What I Believe," John Lennon opened up to the world about how he discovered God. "You don't have to have a great faith or anything. The whole thing is so simple -- as though it's too marvelous to be true," Lennon said of discovering Transcendental Meditation in India with guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, during the interview with The Daily Sketch. [...]

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) has a suggestion for any of the hundreds of thousands of furloughed government workers worried about being able to pay their bills: take out a loan! In a post on his personal Facebook page that was later deleted, Pearce urged government workers to call their banks and take out a short-term loan if money is tight. [...]

Late in the evening on September 30, 2013, the House Rules Committee Republicans changed the Rules of the House so that the ONLY Member allowed to call up the Senate's clean CR for a vote was Majority Leader Eric Cantor or his designee -- all but guaranteeing the government would shut down a few hours later and would stay shut down. Previously, any Member would have had the right to bring the CR u [...]

According to the U.S. Senate, the individual right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment is debatable. A Senate.gov guide to the Constitution contains an “explanation” next to every section and amendment of America’s founding document. The Second Amendment guarantees, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and [...]