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Blogs
National
And So It Begins: New York Sending Out Gun Confiscation Notices
LibertyCrier New York’s SAFE Act is a bad, bad thing. It requires people to register, sell or transfer (out of state) “assault rifles” and “high capacity” magazines. Many Empire State gun and standard capacity ammunition magazine owners have complied. Many have not. So, at some point, the State’s gonna go get ‘em. People on both…
International
Why American baby boomers are retiring in Latin America
Christian Science Monitor After 20 years in the US military, James Cummiskey was divorced and looking for a change. Relenting to his buddy’s request, he flew to Medellín, Colombia, for a visit. He looked, he saw, and, by dinner time, he decided to stay. Permanently. “After four to five hours, I was immediately captured by…
Solutions
Back to the Garden: Awakening to the Shamanic Paradigm
Reality Sandwich Evolver.org Regional Co-ordinator Magenta Imagination Healer interviews author, filmmaker and new-wave entheogenic explorer Rak Razam on the western ayahuasca movement and the re-emergence of global shamanism. Here they talk about Razam’s recently re-released book, Aya Awakenings: A Shamanic Odyssey and the film adaption due out Jan 2014, and what the reclamation of entheogenic…
Police State
Valedictorian and honors student shot dead by cop during routine traffic stop
By Michelle Mondo (MySanAntonio.com) SAN ANTONIO — Just before University of the Incarnate Word senior Robert Cameron Redus was fatally shot in a struggle with a UIW police officer Friday morning, a neighbor overheard what may have been his last words. “I heard (a man) say, ‘Oh, you’re gonna shoot me?’ like sarcastic almost,” said…
9/11
More 9/11 ‘truther’ ads to hit Ottawa buses
MetroNews Ottawa residents can expect to see more 9/11 ‘truther’ ads splashed across the sides of OC Transpo buses, as the group behind the ReThink 9/11 campaign announced Wednesday that a second round of advertising will hit Ottawa buses starting this December. The city’s Transit Commission is currently reviewing its advertising campaign policies after ads…
TSA
Government Report Finds TSA Behavior Profiling “No Better Than Chance”
The Liberty Beat By: Derrick Broze The Government Accountability Office released a report Wednesday detailing the massive financial failures of the Transportation Security Administration’s behavior screening program. According to the report, the program, known as Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, works “no better than chance” and has not proven effective even at a cost…
Economy
Bitcoin Tumbles After China Central Bank Bans Financial Companies From Using Digital Currency
Zero Hedge As we said back in March, when Bitcoin’s parabolic rise first started, it was only a matter of time before first one, then all central banks take on Bitcoin for the simple fact that it present too great a threat to the fiat system. Sure enough, on the chart below of BTC China…
Technology
Self-Driven Vehicles to Eliminate Countless Jobs
Eric Blair Activist Post Automation has already been responsible for the loss of countless jobs in America and around the world. You can see brilliant accounting for this here and here. Well, you’ve got less than ten years warning that millions more will go unemployed due to self-driven cars. Two fresh reports outline where this…
GMO's
GMO Ban For Hawaii’s Big Island
The Liberty Beat By: Brian Hagen A second Hawaii County says no to GMOs. The Saint Louis Post Dispatch reports that the Hawaii County Council Tuesday voted 6-3 to approve a bill restricting the planting of genetically modified crops. Farmers who already grow GMO crops would be exempted. GMO crops could still be grown inside…
Drug War
Healing Trauma in Veterans with MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
Reality Sandwich Remarkable results have come from studies on the effect of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Government-approved research, organized and funded by MAPS, shows that this approach can be an effective treatment for people who do not respond to traditional therapies for PTSD. MAPS’ ongoing study of U.S. military veterans,…
Environment
Scientists Publish Paper discussing the dangers of Geo-Engineering Programs
The Liberty Beat By: Derrick Broze A team of scientists from Japan, North America, and Europe has published a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmospheres discussing the dangers of Geoengineering programs, namely Solar Radiation Management (SRM) which involves seeding the sky with reflective aluminum or sulfate particles to reflect the sun’s light in hopes…
Globalization
A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand
Western hypocrisy on full display as it backs pro-EU protesters in Ukraine, condemn Thai protests against US-backed regime in Thailand. Tony Cartalucci Activist Post When is a protest good, just, progressive, and defensible? One might think there was a single answer to this question based on an objective set of metrics. But in reality, according…