1. The top 1% takes home 24% of the nation’s income, up from about 9% in 1976.
2. The top 1% of Americans own 40% of our country’s wealth while the bottom 80% owns only 7%.
3. In the last three years, 30 major corporations spent more on lobbying than they paid in taxes.
4. Since 1985, the federal tax rate for the 400 wealthiest Americans dropped from 29% to 18%.
5. The wealthiest 10% of all…

Economic Collapse writes: Most people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. The truth is that a cashless society is much closer than most people would ever dare to imagine. To a large degree, the transition to a cashless society is being done voluntarily. Today, only 7 percent of all transactions in the United States are done with cash, and most of those transactions involve very small amounts…

By Charles Hugh Smith (shortened & freely adapted by yours truly) can be viewed online with the above title.

Political and social revolutions occur when the productive classes realize the Status Quo no longer serves their self-interests. In other words, the revolution is first and foremost a personal internal process of recognition and enlightenment: all the propaganda issued by the Status Quo, which serves the best interests of the productive classes, is finally…

'Saakashvili readying for new war with Russia'

Published: 09 April, 2012, 13:23

President Mikhail Saakashvili is getting ready for a war with Russia, says Georgi Gugava, political secretary of the Georgian opposition Labor Party.

“The gang that is holding power is ready to continue the [August] 2008…

Pentagon plans for telepathic troops who can read each others' minds... and they could be in the field within five years

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 02:02 GMT, 9 April 2012 | UPDATED: 02:02…

Big European Brother

Posted by Richard Tuesday, April 03, 2012

http://eureferendum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/big-european-brother.html…

Every step you take, every move you make: The British government's new plans for mass surveillance

McGrath: “The Control Grid is Being Put Into Place to Handle What They Know Is Coming.”

Mac Slavo

April 6, 2012

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/mcgrath-the-control-grid-is-being-put-into-place-to-handle-what-they-know-is-coming_04062012

Charlie McGrath of…

Fear of Tyranny Is Now Treated As A Psychiatric Disorder In The West

Saman Mohammadi

http://www.infowars.com/fear-of-tyranny-is-now-treated-as-a-psychiatric-disorder-in-the-west/

April 8, 2012

The modern totalitarian state is the psychotherapist for the whole of society.…

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Confirmed: Terrorist Organization Trained on US Soil by US Military

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/04/confirmed-terrorist-organization.html…

Sheriffs Bushwhacked

April 08, 2012…

From the old Carlsberg brewery in Copenhagen.

Taking off the blindfold

Fantastic Voyage becomes reality: New 3mm 'robo-surgeon' swims inside your veins to hunt down disease - and destroy it

• 3mm chip can 'swim' through blood vessels
• Powered by electromagnetic waves from outside the body
• Reminiscent of tiny body-exploring craft from 'Fantastic Voyage' film…

Anonymous takes down Home Office website in attack against Government surveillance plans

By Pamela Owen

PUBLISHED: 00:50 GMT, 8 April 2012 | UPDATED: 00:51 GMT, 8 April 2012

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Council snoopers to read our emails as internet giants could be forced to hand over data

By Robert Verkaik, Mail On Sunday Security Editor

PUBLISHED: 22:09 GMT, 7 April 2012 |…

Police Can Arrest for Minor Offenses

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93495

By Anne Gearan

Police can arrest and handcuff people even for minor offenses punishable only by a fine, the Supreme Court said today in the case of a motorist arrested and…

A Black Man, The Progressive’s Perfect Trojan Horse

http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?p=1114…