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Fantastic Didactic Weekend Flick Pick (May 26-28, 2017): Four Horsemen (2012) [director: Ross Ashcroft] (VIDEO)

May 26, 2017 staff 0

‘Four Horsemen’ is an award-winning, critically acclaimed British documentary feature film directed by Ross Ashcroft, released in the UK on March 14, 2012. The film criticizes the system of fractional reserve banking, debt-based economy and political lobbying by “too big to fail” banks, which it regards as a serious threat not only to liberal, Western-style democracy, but to the entire Western civilization itself.

Saudi Man Condemned To Death By Public Beheading For “Crime” of Atheism

May 2, 2017 staff 0

A man in his early 20’s has been sentenced to death by public beheading on charges of apostasy, after an Appeals Court rejected his insanity plea for being “drunk and high.” He was arrested in 2014 after uploading a video in which he renounced Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Obama Dropped 26,171 Bombs in 2016

April 30, 2017 staff 0

In 2016, President Obama’s last year in office, the United States dropped 26,171 bombs in seven countries, the vast majority (24,287) targeting Syria and Iraq. That amounts to 72 bombs per day – three bombs per hour – every day for the entire year.

The Brain Has Its Own “Autofill” Function For Speech

April 29, 2017 staff 0

The neural version of a texting app anticipates what comes next when we hear speech.

Sarin Gaslighting: On Eve of Brussels Peace Talks, Syrian Government Framed For Chemical Weapons Attack (Again)

April 25, 2017 staff 0

Less than 24 hours after the highly dubious and conspicuously timed chemical attack — reported to be sarin gas and chlorine gas — in Khan Sheikhoun in the rebel-held Idlib province of Syria, Read More…

Bernie Sanders Has A New TV Show! (…And The Media Didn’t Tell Anyone About It) [VIDEO]

April 6, 2017 staff 0

With little fanfare or publicity, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has launched his own Facebook Live TV show, simply called “The Bernie Sanders Show,” continuing the messaging of his groundbreaking 2016 presidential campaign and expanding his ever-growing support base.

Tens of Thousands of ICE Detainees Allegedly Forced Into Labor, A Violation of Anti-Slavery Laws

March 28, 2017 staff 0

A 2014 lawsuit filed against GEO Group, one of the largest private prison contractors, alleges that as many as 60,000 immigrants detained by ICE were forced to work for $1 a day or no money at all, under threat of solitary confinement — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws. In March, the lawsuit reached a historic class action status.

Private Prisons and Modern American Slavery Set to Thrive Under Trump Presidency

March 27, 2017 staff 0

With Trump’s plan to expand the use of private federal prisons, and his executive order to increase the number of immigration officers and escalate deportation enforcement raids nationwide, those private prisons are guaranteed a constant, plentiful supply of ICE detainees to occupy their cells — and even more so, to profit immensely from their barely paid, compulsory labor.

Chris Hedges: The Dance of Death

March 24, 2017 staff 0

The ruling corporate elites no longer seek to build. They seek to destroy. They are agents of death. They crave the unimpeded power to cannibalize the country and pollute and Read More…

57% of Americans Can’t Name a Single US Supreme Court Justice

March 22, 2017 staff 0

Despite agreeing that Supreme Court decisions have an effect on their everyday lives as citizens, 57% of likely American voters could not name a single U.S. Supreme Court Justice, a new C-SPAN/PSB poll found.

Since 1776, The United States Has Been at War 91% of the Time Since Its Founding — 220 out of 241 Years

March 18, 2017 staff 0

Since the United States was founded in 1776, the country has been at war during 220 out of its 241 calendar years of existence. In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. has spent at peace, without waging or joining any wars.