14 April 2014 by Rachael Jolley Politicians in the US and Canada are undermining scientific freedom through cuts, shutdowns and media policies ON 1 October last year, the US federal government shut its doors after Congress failed to agree a… Read More ›
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USA gives up control of Internet
Friday, 14 March 2014 U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of… Read More ›
Government Told to Explain Need for Secrecy “But says it’s a Secret “
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – The U.S. government must explain why a Feb. 19 order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court cannot be released to the public, even in a redacted form, a FISC judge ruled. In September 2013, Judge… Read More ›
Obama’s new climate council to regulate economy ( Executive Order Nov 1st. )
Posted By Neil Munro On 12:20 PM 11/01/2013 President Barack Obama has given the nation a new “Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience” that expands government bureaucrats’ role in how Americans use their lands, energy, waters and property…. Read More ›
Blank check: The U.S. government borrowed $328billion on the first day after a debt deal without a debt ceiling was agreed upon
The new debt deal has no debt ceiling, giving the federal government a blank check until February The previous one day borrowing record was $238billion By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 23:27 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 23:27 EST, 18 October… Read More ›
Seven stupid things the gov’t spent money on during the shutdown
Posted By Michael Bastasch On 9:23 PM 10/02/2013 In Daily Caller News Foundation The government is shut down and thousands of government workers have been sent home. But will it save any money? The shutdown in during the Clinton Presidency… Read More ›
And you thought $16.7trillion was bad… Leading economist says U.S. national debt is actually $86.8TRILLION
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 15:27 EST, 29 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:56 EST, 29 July 2013 The U.S. government’s books are in the red by more than $86.8trillion, according to an influential University of California San Diego… Read More ›
Monsanto’s unapproved GMO wheat, which made its way onto an Oregon field and is feared to have contaminated US wheat supplies, was stored at a US government-controlled facility until at least late 2011.
Monsanto unapproved GMO wheat govt-stored up to 2011 Published time: June 30, 2013 10:40 AFP Photo / Jean-Francois Monier Monsanto’s unapproved GMO wheat, which made its way onto an Oregon field and is feared to have contaminated US… Read More ›
DoD Calls Out China On Cyber Spying
Jun. 19, 2013 – 09:50AM | By Staff report | Filed Under C4ISR Journal The Pentagon for the first time is making direct allegations that China’s government and military are behind widespread cyber spying. Previously, the U.S. had tried to… Read More ›
June 7 memorandum from the DoD warning employees not to read information on any leaks
DoD Warns Employees of Classified Info in Public Domain Categories: Leaks, Secrecy As a new wave of classified documents published by news organizations appeared online over the past week, the Department of Defense instructed employees and contractors that they must… Read More ›
U.S. sues Novartis over kickbacks, 2nd case this week : The $10,000 Dinner for 3
Source: Reuters – Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:44 PM Author: Reuters * Second civil fraud lawsuit by U.S. in four days * U.S. says Novartis sought to boost sales of drugs * Dinners held at pricey Chicago, D.C. restaurants *… Read More ›
‘Disgusting’ Facebook group called ‘Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent’ gathers steam and attracts more than 11,000 ‘unbelievable idiots’ worldwide
EEV: Interesting that this was placed as a News article and not an editorial. Its worth a good read, especially those familiar with history. There are more professional ways of expressing concern over differing views, regardless of how extreme they… Read More ›
Ron Paul slams American government in his sprawling farewell speech [VIDEO]
Watch retiring Rep. Ron Paul’s 48-minute-long farewell address to Congress, in which he declares that the U.S. Constitution “failed” the American people. . . Published: Nov. 15, 2012 at 12:04 PM By KATE STANTON, UPI.com . Who says you have… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 