Many libertarians regard Social Security and Medicare as welfare handouts and as Ponzi schemes, when in fact these programs are a form of private property. People pay for these programs all their working lives, just as they pay premiums for private medical policies and make their deposits into private pension plans. Libertarians are great defenders of private property, so why don’t they defend the elderly’s private property rights in Social Security and Medicare benefits? Social Security and…

As the corporate octopus ensures certain tales either never get told or never get traction, Ingredients for Insanity is my attempt to salvage these stories from the collective memory hole of western culture.

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As the corporate octopus ensures certain tales either never get told or never get traction, Ingredients for Insanity is my attempt to salvage these stories from the collective memory hole of western culture.

Many thanks go out to all who take time out of your day to share these links with me. This task would be impossible without all of you! And for those of you who donate….all I can say is thanks, all…

Goldman Sachs: Sex trafficker?

Published: 02 April, 2012, 19:48

Edited: 03 April, 2012, 10:50

Global investment, securities and sex. Goldman Sachs has long been a big name on Wall Street, but an investigation tying the banking giants to a website linked with sex trafficking has left the firm scrambling to…

'Al Qaeda: Coming soon again in New York': Mock movie poster warning of new terror plot sparks FBI investigation after it's discovered online

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 00:11 GMT, 3 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:18 GMT,…

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It's begun.

The Moment. The letter that will change the world. Pass it on. 3 pm, 7th October, 2012

Most of us are ordinary people. We number 7 billion and each of us is unique. This uniqueness makes our species wonderful. Our diversity is our strength and our beauty.

There are things that unite us despite these differences. The desire…

Knifeman who went on random stabbing rampage after 'losing face' over a row on Facebook is jailed

• Devout Catholic forgives her attacker after she was repeatedly stabbed

By Leon Watson…

Written by: Palestine Chronicle

April 2, 2012

By Stuart Littlewood

If you are as puzzled as I am how a true Christian could possibly be taken in by Zionism, a short paper on the phenomenon is available from Sadaka:

“The destiny of the Jewish people is to…

How Israeli Big Brother became a hotbed of thoughtful debate

A Palestinian sympathiser has become the unlikely star of the reality TV show and brought leftwing views to prime time

Mia de Graaf   Monday 2 April 2012 19.00 BST

In the UK, Big Brother is known for turning…

Truth behind 9/11 will annihilate Israel

“I have had long conversations over the past two weeks with contacts at the Army War College, at the Headquarters Marine Corps, and I have made…

Infowars.com

April 2, 2012

The “Reaper” drone.

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The next generation of surveillance drones will be nuclear powered. Instead of flying for hours, the new drones will be able to stay in the air for months. The development represents a bonanza for the national security state and its military-industrial complex…

Blowback

by Paul Balles

Call it revenge. Call it retribution. Describe it as “chickens coming home to roost.” Don’t call it terrorism. Call it Blowback – the unintended consequences of our foreign policy.

Among the…

Arizona law would censor the Internet

State of…

Terrorism is a state tool to demonize or dehumanize a group of people to gain the support of the root populous to kill on a grand scale. Terrorism is a means for one group (Christians) to kill another group or groups (Islam and Muslims). Terrorism is a warping of our moral fabric of what it means to be a free, just, and honorable society and at the same time it limits our own freedom and liberty in the name of self protection. Fighting terrorism is likened to a modern crusade where the goal…

The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government. Because men are not angels, some government is necessary to secure our God-given rights. Because government officials are men, the powers of government must be strictly limited and constantly held in check.

The U.S. Constitution limits the powers of the federal government. Nonetheless, much that the federal government does today is unconstitutional. We have allowed this abuse of authority to occur because we have forgotten…