FEATURED STORIES
Steve Watson | Obama deals in “typical Washington political gamesmanship that has gotten us exactly nowhere”.
Steve Watson | Drills “designed to ensure the military’s ability to operate in urban environments”.
Business Insider | We know that speechwriters look at past State Of the Union speeches before they draft a new one. But do they really use the cut and paste function?
Eric Blair | Why is it when the rich super class speaks about class warfare, the downtrodden applaud?
Bloomberg | Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk wants to talk about income inequality. So does Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien and Indian billionaire Vikas Oberoi.
Paul Craig Roberts | The US government is so full of self-righteousness that it has become a caricature of hypocrisy.
Prisonplanet.com | Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act.
CNN | “There is something I know. The Republicans, if they choose to nominate him that’s their prerogative. I don’t even think that’s going to happen.”
Aaron Dykes | Mission Creep: DHS Agency Abandons Fighting Terrorism, Shifts to Hiring Police, Taking Over America.
Prisonplanet.com | Alex talks to legendary native american activist, actor Russell Means about the decline of the american culture and the rise of global imperialism.
WORLD NEWS
Patrick Henningsen | Why would US send its rusting 50 year floating museum into the line of fire in the Persian Gulf
Washington’s Blog | Even If Iran Were Trying to Build a Bomb, An Attack Would Only Accelerate the Process.
DEBKAfile | Terror cell was about to launch a series of attacks on the Israeli embassy.
Stephen Lendman | On December 26, Arab League observers began monitoring Syrian cities. They’ll remain another month, despite calls to remove them.
The Economic Collapse | Over the past couple of weeks, George Soros, the IMF and the World Bank have all issued incredibly chilling warnings about the possibility of an impending economic collapse.
MONEY WATCH
Bob Chapman | We announced our belief a few weeks ago that the Fed loan to the ECB could with fractional banking be $10 trillion.
The American Dream | If you are an American under the age of 30, you have probably figured out by now that the entire economic system is stacked against you.
Greg Hunter | I was watching the FOX Business channel, and who did I see again–Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase.
Daily Bell | OK, stocks are cheaper than they’ve been in 20 years. But cheaper than what?
PRISON PLANET
New Yorker | In truth, there are more black men in the grip of the criminal-justice system—in prison, on probation, or on parole—than were in slavery.
Shauna Myers | MegaBox was going to be an alternative music store that was entirely cloud-based and offered artists a better money-making opportunity than they would get with any record label.
cryptogon.com | In other words, Google now admits doing things that Cryptogon readers have known it has been doing for about a decade: Tracking everything.
UK Daily Mail | Mayor Michael Bloomberg has blasted the use of a controversial movie portraying American Muslims as extremists to help train New York police officers.
COMMENTARY
Prisonplanet.com | Alex explores the shady past of billionaire George Soros.
Saman Mohammadi | Washington’s back is against the wall.
Prisonplanet.com | Alex runs down the news, including the trend toward the destruction of the middle class.
Prisonplanet.com | Alex Rants about the demonic control feaks that run our planet.
MULTIMEDIA
Prisonplanet.com | Alex runs down the important issues of the day.
Prisonplanet.com | Former fellow of George Soros’ Open Society and current Stanford University scholar Evgeny Morozov has called on Google and other search engines to become thought crime enforcers.
Steve Watson | Congressman was afforded less than six minutes speaking time and asked when he was going to drop out.
U.S. NEWS
AFP | A US Marine accused over the killing of 24 Iraqis in 2005 was demoted but will serve no time behind bars.
New American | More than half a dozen new spending handout proposals in a speech that also praised bailouts.
Prisonplanet.com | Following President Obama’s annual State of the Union address, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., delivered his own response.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Prisonplanet.com | Infowars Reporter Darrin McBreen goes to the street to ask people if they think they should be forced vaccinated.
KRMG | An Oklahoma lawmaker files a bill to ban the making and selling of food or products that use aborted human fetuses.
Mike Barrett | On December 9th a group of internet hackers who go by the name Anonymous shut down biotech giant Monsanto’s public relations firm.