John Maguire: An Evolving Systems Analysis of Sandy Hook

An Evolving Systems Analysis of Sandy Hook Sandy Hook in a New Light: Lately I find myself attempting to fit both personal experience and global events into a General Systems framework. General Systems Theory is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry pioneered by biologist Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy. It seeks to expound principles that are applicable to …

Mini-Me: State Nullification — Canary in the Coal Mine

Huh? Fear of Feds Leads to Nullification Fever in SC EXTRACT Nullification is a loaded word in South Carolina. While various states considered it in this country’s first few decades, the state was the first to push the federal government to the brink. In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson threatened to send the entire U.S. …

SchwartzReport: McDonald’s McRib — Toxic to the Non-Bone

Brings new meaning to counter-intelligence. McDonald’s McRib Sandwich a Franken Creation of GMOs, Toxic Ingredients, Banned Ingredients Anthony Gucciardi Natural Society, 8 January 2013 It’s ‘McRib season’, and thousands across the nation are scrambling to use online websites like the ‘McRib locator‘ to stuff the McDonald’s McRib sandwich down their throats. A sandwich that is …

SchwartzReport: Catholic Church Has One Foot in Hell

SchwartzReport: Three versions of the same story — the Catholic Church is the primary supply, demand, and permissive/dismissive force in pedophelia world-wide. German Catholic Church Cancels Inquiry An independent inquiry into sex abuse in the German Catholic Church was supposed to restore faith in the embattled institution. But now the Church has called it off, …

Eagle: 50 States File Secession Petitions

UPDATE: White House ‘secede’ petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation States whose active petitions have not yet reached the 25,000 signature threshold include Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North …

Chuck Spinney: Romney-Ryan Travesty, Obama the Enabler Carries On

A Retired Defense Reformer’s Take on the Ramifications of Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan Get Ready for the Slaughter by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY. Counterpunch WEEKEND EDITION AUGUST 12-14, 2012 Gaeta, Italy. Romney’s choice of the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Paul Ryan, as his running mate mirrors John McCain’s disastrous choice of Sarah …