By Ellen Brown Global Research, September 17, 2014 Scottish voters will go to the polls on September 18th to decide whether Scotland should become an independent country. As video blogger Ian R. Crane colorfully puts the issues and possibilities: [T]he People of Scotland have an opportunity to extricate themselves from the socio-psychopathic global corporatists…
David Fisher | NZ Herald | 19 Sept 2014 A former high-ranking Customs lawyer says he resigned from his job after allegedly being told to bury information that could embarrass the Government. Curtis Gregorash said he was told by senior Customs executives to refuse Official Information Act and Privacy Act requests, which he believed was…
David Runciman | The Guardian | 10 Sept 2014 The idea of an “establishment” was first popularised in the mid 1950s by the journalist Henry Fairlie, who coined the term to describe how the elite networks at the top of British society closed ranks to protect their own. The particular instance he had in mind…
Malcolm Ritter | AP | 17 Sept 2014 Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar, suggests a preliminary study done mostly in mice. The authors said they are not recommending any changes in how people use artificial sweeteners based on their study,…
by Jefferey Jaxen | Prevent Disease | September 17, 2014 Do not be intimidated into staying silent by your hospital directors or managers The tipping point is here. Clear laws have been broken, damage can be proven, and an industry hangs in the balance. Looking back at this moment, history will show where trust, common…
by Connecticut resident with Jim Fetzer | Veterans Today | 16 Sept 2014 Threats and Bribes used to suppress information about Sandy Hook as gun control moves forward The Militarization of Police is underway via the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission”–Connecticut Resident The Sandy Hook Commission met on 12 September 2014 and has developed a plan…
John Keesey | Republican Herald | 16 Sept 2014 To the Editor: The four councilmen of Schuylkill Haven who voted for the reintroduction of the poison fluoride to their water supply apparently hadn’t heard what Dr. Robert Carton, a scientist who spent 20 years studying the issue for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said in…
by Patrick Goodenough | CNS News | September 17, 2014 Russia on Tuesday accused the West of ignoring its warnings about the growing terrorist threat in Syria Russia on Tuesday accused the West of ignoring its warnings about the growing terrorist threat in Syria, and claimed that the moderate rebel front – the one the…
by Paul Joseph Watson | September 17, 2014 “I know major Arab allies who fund them” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA39iVSo7XE?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] During his testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, America’s top military official General Martin E. Dempsey admitted that the United States’ Arab allies in the middle east are funding ISIS. Dempsey, the Chairman of…