Economists and analysts pounced on the misstatement, saying it demonstrated a lack of understanding about one of the key economic issues likely to face the next administration. Go to Full Article |via WRH

Hurricane Ike is scheduled to come a little too close for comfort to southern Miami. While most people are going to stay -- savvy people will be going through their hurricane checklist, though many people will do nothing (but hey, I'm sure FEMA will help them) -- I'm peacein' out, catching a...

Give props, people. Ron Paul on The Colbert Report. -- KM *** YouTube - Ron Paul on TCR 9/4/08 (High Res) via Campaign for Liberty

The Army says suicide among soldiers appears to be rising again this year, after setting a record in 2007. So far this year, there are 62 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers and Guard and Reserve troops called to active duty. Another 31 deaths appear to be suicides but are still being...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a “task that is from God.”In an address last June, the Republican vice presidential candidate also urged ministry students to pray for a plan to build a $30 billion...

Click on the link below to watch the video. -- KM *** As Amy Goodman notes at one minute, thirty seconds into this video, the anarchist RNC “Welcoming Committee” will be charged with acts committed by other anarchists, i.e., the agents provocateurs responsible for most of the violent...

According to a report by the Organic Consumers Association, a toxic chemical that is a byproduct of rocket fuel is rapidly poisoning the food and water supply in the United States. Known as perchlorate, this chemical has been found in 93% of the nation's milk and lettuce supply in a recent FDA...

Regulation does not work, especially when the regulators are criminals. The free market provides all the regulation needed. -- KM *** Google CEO Eric Schmidt says government regulation of Internet service providers (ISPs) is necessary. In fact, he said he thinks the entire concept of...

Earlier this week, Diana Olick wrote about the fact that despite continued increases in foreclosures, many analysts are describing the rate of increase as "moderating" (see story here). Unfortunately, this might just be another calm before the storm gets worse. With increased job losses and...

A man by the name of Stefan Nystrom invented a way to generate energy from ocean waves that he claims would cost 5% of what coal energy does. He set up a proto-type in Ghana and, initially, claims to have found many potential investors. However, suddenly problems started to...

Good videos in the link below. This is a good example of why we have no journalism here in the USA, and an example of the way authority behaves in a fascist society when government gets too big. -- KM *** As Amy Goodman and Sharif Abdel Kouddous of Democracy Now explain, the Secret...

Prosecutors in Ramsey County, Minn., have formally charged eight alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee — one of the groups organizing protests at the GOP convention in St. Paul — with terrorism-related charges, The Times’ P.J. Huffstutter reports. Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce...

Hahahahaha. Bin Laden is dead. The unquestioning naivete of the American people knows no bounds. It is deeply amusing at times, but ultimately quite tragic, as it enables a war state that kills people and robs us via price inflation. -- KM *** "President Clinton had opportunities to...

Article focuses on how the monetary policy of Obama and McCain is virtually identical, and how this monetary policy robs the people via inflation to finance wars. Price inflation transfers wealth from the lower and middle classes to the war profiteers who are given government contracts. This is...

A fantastic article on net neutrality, arguing that it is not any kind of solution. This article has pushed me over to the anti-net neutrality side. I would love to hear a rebuttal to the arguments presented in the link below. -- KM *** Tim Swanson on nerds and the State. Go to...