Owl: One Big Lie Many Small Lies … Boston Narrative Continues to Unravel

In light of this blog post, it is evident the official versions of this event is losing more and more and more credibility. If they are lying about how the older brother died, what else are they lying about? This blogger poses some pointed questions that imply the police account of the death of the …

Owl: Best Alternative Analysis of Boston Bombing — and Its Opposite

Libertarian pundit Justin Raimondo has written a splendid analysis of the Boston bomber’s overseas and other connections in his column today. The bad news is he makes a convincing case they did indeed have not only Islamic extremist connections but also connections to the Chechen mafia – a very bad mix of especially vile people. …

SchwartzReport: Tom Engelhardt — No Longer in Search of Enemies — We Have Created Them and Turned the World Against the USA

Here is a brilliant essay on the endless wars that enrich the few, and destroy the lives of many, and drain our treasury of the money we should be using to prepare our society for the world that is coming. We are destroying ourselves because we cannot mount the political will to demand life affirming …

Daniel Ellsberg: On Secrecy & Whistleblowing with Comment by Robert Steele

Secrecy and National Security Whistleblowing Daniel Ellsberg on January 8, 2013 [Originally published in Social Research] I) Reflections on Secret-keeping and Identity In the “national security” area of the government–the White House, the departments of state and defense, the armed services and the “intelligence community,” along with their contractors–there is less whistleblowing than in other …

Berto Jongman: “Little People” Give Up 130,000 Tax Cheats – Kudos to International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Offshore Leaks: Vast Web of Tax Evasion Exposed An international network of journalists has obtained some 2.5 million records from tax havens detailing shell companies, offshore accounts and dubious financial deals. The unprecedented leaks include the names of 130,000 people who at one time or other moved their money offshore. Oligarchs and dictators’ daughters apparently …

Dolphin: 5 Lawmakers in Mississippi Die — and 10 Related to BP Oil Spill Dead….

Some of these seem a stretch, but obviously the FBI is choosing not to notice the larger pattern. 5 Mississippi Lawmakers Die In Months; Pro-Agenda 21 Legislator Jessica Upshaw Found Dead Of Gunshot Wound The Baker’s Dozen of BP Whistle-Blowing Victims 5 Mississippi state lawmakers have died within the past few months, including the recent …

21 Graphic Depictions of US Health Costs Compared to Other Nations + Health Fraud RECAP

21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous Every year, the International Federation of Health Plans — a global insurance trade association that includes more than 100 insurers in 25 countries — releases survey data showing the prices that insurers are actually paying for different drugs, devices, and medical services in different countries. And every …