And it looks far from over. Source: Greece’s depression worse Great Depression Continue reading Greece’s depression worse than the Great Depression

“Slim by Chocolate!” the headlines blared. A team of German researchers had found that people on a low-carb diet lost weight 10 percent faster if they ate a chocolate bar every day. … Continue reading Journalist’s Fake Story Shows How Lazy Journalists Are

Critics of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership are unlikely to be silenced by an analysis of the flood of money it took to push the pact over its latest hurdle Source: Here’s how … Continue reading Here’s how much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill

The intelligence agency quietly has shut down a program that provided climate researchers with data from spy satellites and other sources. → Why is this?  Is it that the info doesn’t coincide … Continue reading CIA Stops Sharing Climate Change Info With Scientists

Enough is enough. We demand more empathy, more accountability, more economic opportunity, more compassion, more dignity, more power and more opportunity for… Source: FEATURE: #ManifestJustice art exhibit in Los Angeles – AFROPUNK Continue reading Since 1980 CA Built 22 Prisons & 1 University

It looks like Obama’s responses are not quite what he was anticipating! They are almost universally bad, and for good reason! https://twitter.com/11messiah/status/598608046143709184 @BarackObama : we might agree if we could read it. … Continue reading Responses to Obama’s tweet asking for support in TPP hilarious

Where are we living? Let’s face it, this is not about have an “advertisement” on the side of his house, it’s prosecution for the underlying message. Source: Man with mural of David … Continue reading Man with mural of David Cameron strangling a nurse is facing legal action

Burglaries in Paradise Valley, Arizona, fell from 195 in 2011 to 55 in 2014. At a cost of $20,000 per license plate reader, 15 going up to start, and 55 total burglaries… … Continue reading Arizona town’s new license plate readers aim to reduce already-rare burglaries

“The money is presumed to be guilty,” an agent explained. Disturbing trend.. If you have some cash on you it MUST be drug money. “We’ll take that, thank you” Source: How the … Continue reading How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without a charge

But if Galbraith stood out on the panel, it was because of his offbeat message. Most viewed the budget surplus as opportune: a chance to pay down the national debt, cut taxes, … Continue reading Modern Monetary Theory is an unconventional take on economic strategy

Verizon is buying AOL. I wonder if they’ll still charge old people $22/mo for their forgotten dial-up accounts – which account for pretty much all of AOL’s revenue. Source: AOL still has … Continue reading Verizon buys AOL with 80% of its revenue from forgotten dialup accounts

When the courts ruled NSA domestic spying illegal last week, it was the plain fact of that surveillance that was most important. But it also means that whistleblower Ed Snowden, cast as … Continue reading Snowden vindicated – Can come home now! (Not)