Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority of Americans predict a future worse than today.
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Facebook has been named in a class-action suit over allegations the social media site takes users’ private messages and scans them for potential advertising purposes.
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A rejuvenated al-Qaeda-affiliated force asserted control over the western Iraqi city of Fallujah on Friday, raising its flag over government buildings and declaring an Islamic state in one of the most crucial areas that U.S. troops fought to pacify before withdrawing from Iraq two years ago.
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Congress is just like everyone else. That’s the message the National Security Agency has for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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“The makers of our Constitution…conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.” ~ Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a military convoy belonging to the NATO-led ISAF security force in Kabul on Saturday, striking at the heart of the capital but without causing any casualties.
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Just this week we had dozens of Global Warming-believing scientists, who specialize in researching ice melt in Antarctica, run into a helluva lot more Antarctic ice than their research told them would be there.
As combined student loan debts balloon to over $1 trillion, one economist believes enough is enough — the “tremendously explosive” student loan programs offered by the federal government need to go.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-05 00:32:512014-01-05 00:32:51Economist Richard Vedder: Federal Student Loans ‘Fuel Academic Arms Race’
The often stale British political system is being rocked by its very own Tea Party.
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The lobbyists that make up Washington’s permanent political class in the country’s “Boomtown” are banking on comprehensive immigration reform in 2014 to pad their profit margins even during a time when the country is revolting against them.
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Boujemaa Razgui, a famed Moroccan flutist who regularly performs in Boston, was passing through New York’s John F. Kennedy airport on his way elsewhere packing eleven of his handmade Berber flutes he uses to perform. Mistaking them for bamboo, US Customs destroyed them.
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The Obama administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibited veterans from hearing Christmas carols or receiving gifts wrapped in Christmas-themed wrapping paper, prompting outrage from a congressional committee.
Roscoe Bartlett spent 20 years on Capitol Hill. Now he lives in a remote cabin in the woods, prepping for doomsday.
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Are the GOP Socialists and Karl Rove deliberately destroying the Republican Party?
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-04 00:45:092014-01-04 00:45:09Establishment GOP and Karl Rove Declare War on Reaganite Conservative Base of Party in 2014
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is suing the Obama administration over the National Security Agency’s spying practices in an effort to “protect the Fourth Amendment,” he told host Eric Bolling Friday on “Hannity.”
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The Obama administration on Friday proposed two new executive actions to make it easier for states to provide mental health information to the national background check system, wading back into the gun control debate after a months-long hiatus.
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In what you can interpret as either an act of corporate altruism, corporate lobbying, or a mix of both, two giant retailers — Walmart and Walgreens — have agreed to save the Obama Administration from who knows how many horror-story anecdotes by agreeing to fill 30 days of free prescriptions for ObamaCare enrollees.
Uncle Sam—AKA the federal government—went on a New Year’s Eve binge, adding a net of $125,202,709,546.99 to its total debt in just the one day of Dec. 31, 2013, according to the U.S. Treasury.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-01-04 00:17:102014-01-04 00:17:10Uncle Sam’s New Year’s Eve Borrowing Binge: $1,088 Per Household in 1 Day
As much of the country digs out from a powerful winter storm that buried parts of the Northeast, forecasters are predicting an arctic-air blast over the northern tier of the country that will likely deliver the coldest air of the year.
Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey say that the melting of the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf in Antarctica has suddenly slowed right down in the last few years, confirming earlier research which suggested that the shelf’s melt does not result from human-driven global warming.
Egypt’s crackdown on support for the Muslim Brotherhood turned surreal this week as prosecutors agreed to investigate the allegation that a puppet that babbles nonsensically in an advertisement for a multinational phone company was in fact sending coded instructions to Islamist terrorists.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fed his once-powerful uncle to 120 hungry dogs, according to a detailed report in a newspaper with close ties to China’s ruling Communist Party and reported by the Straits Times.
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Ask People to Imagine American Life in 2050, You’ll Get Some Dreary Visions
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Associated PressWhether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority of Americans predict a future worse than today.
Facebook Charged with Mining, Selling User Data in Class-Action Suit
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Cheryl K. ChumleyFacebook has been named in a class-action suit over allegations the social media site takes users’ private messages and scans them for potential advertising purposes.
Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Force Captures Fallujah Amid Rise in Violence in Iraq
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorA rejuvenated al-Qaeda-affiliated force asserted control over the western Iraqi city of Fallujah on Friday, raising its flag over government buildings and declaring an Islamic state in one of the most crucial areas that U.S. troops fought to pacify before withdrawing from Iraq two years ago.
NSA Won’t Say Whether it Spies On Congress
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by CNN's Conor FinneganCongress is just like everyone else. That’s the message the National Security Agency has for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Linder Letter: The Right to be Left Alone
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by John Linder“The makers of our Constitution…conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.” ~ Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Israel Successfully Tests Arrow III Missile Shield
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Gili Cohen and ReutersU.S. sees integrated shield as damper to Mideast escalation; Hezbollah builds up missile arsenal amid Syrian civil war.
Afghan Taliban Claim Attack on NATO Convoy in Kabul
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by ReutersThe Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a military convoy belonging to the NATO-led ISAF security force in Kabul on Saturday, striking at the heart of the capital but without causing any casualties.
Global Warming Believers are Today’s Climate Deniers
/3 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by John NolteJust this week we had dozens of Global Warming-believing scientists, who specialize in researching ice melt in Antarctica, run into a helluva lot more Antarctic ice than their research told them would be there.
Economist Richard Vedder: Federal Student Loans ‘Fuel Academic Arms Race’
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Katie McHughAs combined student loan debts balloon to over $1 trillion, one economist believes enough is enough — the “tremendously explosive” student loan programs offered by the federal government need to go.
Britain’s Version of Tea Party Rocks Political System Across the Pond
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Adam ShawThe often stale British political system is being rocked by its very own Tea Party.
‘Boomtown’ Lobbyists Want Amnesty in 2014 to Pad Profit Margins
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tony LeeThe lobbyists that make up Washington’s permanent political class in the country’s “Boomtown” are banking on comprehensive immigration reform in 2014 to pad their profit margins even during a time when the country is revolting against them.
Famed Moroccan Flutist Gets Rare Musical Instruments Destroyed by US Customs for Being ‘Ecological Threat’
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Frances MartelBoujemaa Razgui, a famed Moroccan flutist who regularly performs in Boston, was passing through New York’s John F. Kennedy airport on his way elsewhere packing eleven of his handmade Berber flutes he uses to perform. Mistaking them for bamboo, US Customs destroyed them.
Obama Administration Prohibited Veterans from Hearing Christmas Carols, Receiving Gifts
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Patrick HowleyThe Obama administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibited veterans from hearing Christmas carols or receiving gifts wrapped in Christmas-themed wrapping paper, prompting outrage from a congressional committee.
The Congressman Who Went Off the Grid
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by Ason KoeblerRoscoe Bartlett spent 20 years on Capitol Hill. Now he lives in a remote cabin in the woods, prepping for doomsday.
Establishment GOP and Karl Rove Declare War on Reaganite Conservative Base of Party in 2014
/14 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jeffrey LordAre the GOP Socialists and Karl Rove deliberately destroying the Republican Party?
Sen. Rand Paul Filing Class Action Lawsuit Against NSA
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is suing the Obama administration over the National Security Agency’s spying practices in an effort to “protect the Fourth Amendment,” he told host Eric Bolling Friday on “Hannity.”
Detroit Police Chief: Concealed Weapons Permits Save Lives
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by George HunterDetroit— If more citizens were armed, criminals would think twice about attacking them, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday.
Obama Gun Control Efforts Start Again: New Executive Actions on Gun Background Checks Proposed
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsThe Obama administration on Friday proposed two new executive actions to make it easier for states to provide mental health information to the national background check system, wading back into the gun control debate after a months-long hiatus.
Two Giant Retailers Offer Free Prescription Drugs for ObamaCare Enrollees
/10 Comments/in Featured, Video /by John NolteIn what you can interpret as either an act of corporate altruism, corporate lobbying, or a mix of both, two giant retailers — Walmart and Walgreens — have agreed to save the Obama Administration from who knows how many horror-story anecdotes by agreeing to fill 30 days of free prescriptions for ObamaCare enrollees.
Uncle Sam’s New Year’s Eve Borrowing Binge: $1,088 Per Household in 1 Day
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Terence P. JeffreyUncle Sam—AKA the federal government—went on a New Year’s Eve binge, adding a net of $125,202,709,546.99 to its total debt in just the one day of Dec. 31, 2013, according to the U.S. Treasury.
Midwest, Northeast Braces for ‘Life Threatening’ Arctic Blast
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsAs much of the country digs out from a powerful winter storm that buried parts of the Northeast, forecasters are predicting an arctic-air blast over the northern tier of the country that will likely deliver the coldest air of the year.
Global Warming Theory Foiled Again: Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt ‘lowest EVER recorded’
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Lewis PageScientists at the British Antarctic Survey say that the melting of the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf in Antarctica has suddenly slowed right down in the last few years, confirming earlier research which suggested that the shelf’s melt does not result from human-driven global warming.
It Begins: Colorado Toddler Tests Positive for Marijuana (+video)
/8 Comments/in Featured, Video /by CBS4Police in Longmont are trying to figure out how a toddler got her hands on marijuana that made her sick.
Egyptian Puppet Allegedly Sending Coded Instructions to Islamist Terrorists (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Robert Mackey and Liam StackEgypt’s crackdown on support for the Muslim Brotherhood turned surreal this week as prosecutors agreed to investigate the allegation that a puppet that babbles nonsensically in an advertisement for a multinational phone company was in fact sending coded instructions to Islamist terrorists.
China: North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un Fed His Uncle to a Pack of 120 Hungry Dogs
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un fed his once-powerful uncle to 120 hungry dogs, according to a detailed report in a newspaper with close ties to China’s ruling Communist Party and reported by the Straits Times.