Extinctions, Over-Population and the Profit Paradigm

By Rady Ananda
Human activities are blamed for what may be Earth’s greatest extinction spasm. Of the five categories of these activities, global elites address purported over-population, ignoring their own environmentally destructive actions from which they wrought their wealth.
“Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own [...]

Presidential Humor

Q: Why do modern US presidents oppose the Second Amendment?
A: It stands between them and the First.
Q: What do US presidents call lunch with a convicted felon?
A: A fund raiser.
Q: What’s the difference between a US president’s cabinet and a penitentiary?
A: One’s full of tax evaders, blackmailers and threats to society. The other is to [...]

New York Declares State of Emergency over exaggerated H1N1 Flu

The order is needed to suspend provisions of state law. The Associated Press reported that Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a “disaster” and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. The [...]

South Florida’s largest farmers market opens Sunday, Nov. 8

By Rady Ananda
The much-anticipated 100,000-square foot Yellow Green Farmers Market opens soon in Hollywood, Florida, promising fresh, local produce, meat and goods.

2008 RFK Jr Speech on CDC Cover-up of Vaccine-Autism Link (video and transcript)

June 2008 speech at the Green Our Vaccines rally
In front of the Sylvan Theatre on Washington Monument grounds, Washington, D.C.
Transcribed by Rady Ananda
On June 4, 2008, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr spoke before 8,500 activists from every state and from Mexico, Canada and the Philippines on the dangers of vaccines, and the government cover-up of the [...]

Chicago Police ‘Trophy’ Photo Kneeling Student at G-20 Summit

By Rady Ananda
Thugs with badges. Anarchy reigns. Might is right. Civilian dissent is brutally suppressed in the U.S. A culture of humiliating dominance, backed up by brute force and sonic weapons, pervades the group-think of armed bodies in uniform.

CAFOs to Seize Ohio thru Issue 2

By Rady Ananda
A radical reach for power, Issue 2 grants a politically appointed Livestock Care Standards Board autonomous authority over the Ohio Dept of Agriculture, the Ohio EPA, other state agencies and the state legislature. Ohioans are now voting on the Issue through Nov. 3rd.
Spending millions of ad dollars on bolstering support for Issue 2, [...]

Orwell 2009: USA Prez Wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Rady Ananda
United States President Barrack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, undoubtedly for one of the following:

Video: Brain-injured teen beaten by Illinois school cop

By Rady Ananda
Neither the Dolton Police Dept. nor the Academy for Learning will talk about the criminal brutality that occurred when an Illinois police officer punched Marshawn Pitts in the face several times, then slammed him onto the floor, crushing him beneath his weight. Marshawn suffered a broken nose and immediately transferred out of this [...]

JC vs Capitalism: Foreclosures, Unemployment & Wall Street Bailouts

By Rady Ananda
In Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore looks at the Wall Street bailouts – which the vast majority of citizens rejected (and Congress passed anyway) – and concludes that capitalism is a sin.
“We now have the highest unemployment rate since 1983. There’s a foreclosure filing once every 7.5 seconds. 14,000 people every day [...]

NBC video: Meet the Press Attacks the Internet, Bloggers & Free Speech

THOUGHT POLICE! I think they’re just jealous we’re cutting into their market share.

Kucinich Questions Health Insurance Execs. on Denied Claims

G20 Sound Cannons Can’t Stop the Public Voice

By Rady Ananda
This three-minute YouTube by Al Jazeera captures some of the concerns of those G20 protesters whom global elites brutalized with rubber bullets and sound cannons, despite our inalienable rights to assemble peacefully and state our piece.

One local Pittsburgh TV station also caught on film what some of our intelligent [...]

Georgia Supreme Court Rules that Unauditable Elections are A-OK

By Rady Ananda
Today [Sep. 28], the Georgia Supreme Court ruled [PDF] that unauditable voting in the state does not infringe upon the fundamental right to vote and to have that vote counted. In 2002, Georgia was among the first in the nation to implement Diebold touch-screen voting machines across the entire state.

7 Fire Dancers at Clearwater Beach Drum Circle

Shannon, a member of my drum culture, sent this 8-minute video out today… lemme tell ya, drumming on the open sand at night is way different from doing it inside a church – like I did in Columbus, Ohio. South Florida drummers are EVERYWHERE; circles can be found every day of the week – [...]

CIA Warns Obama Not to Investigate War Crimes of Previous Administration

By Rady Ananda
Seven former Central Intelligence Agency directors released a letter today warning President Obama to rein in Attorney General Eric Holder. The CIA does not want torture investigated, saying the case was already opened and shut by the previous attorney general. You know, the one who thinks the U.S. Constitution and Geneva Conventions are [...]

Truthers Grow in Number Each Year

By Rady Ananda
Despite a concerted top-down effort to silence, marginalize or ignore those who question the official 9/11 Commission Report, demands for a new, independent investigation grow louder each year. Russia Today posted this 3-minute news item:

Health Insurance Industry Wins: All Americans Must Buy Insurance under Obama Plan

By Rady Ananda
Tonight, President Obama unveiled before Congress and the public his health insurance plan. Congress gave him a 5-minute standing ovation.
He said he was determined to be the last president to take up the cause of healthcare, but his plan insulates the health insurance industry by requiring all citizens to buy health insurance.

Natural Insecticide: 6-inch banana spider

By Rady Ananda
This six-inch female weaved a web support line so strong that it impeded my opening the patio door – not by much, of course, but enough that I could feel it. The silk of Nephila clavipes surpasses the strength of Kevlar, a fiber used in bulletproof vests. And she layers it.

Obama’s Enviro Guru supports 9/11 Truth: Rethugs get him fired

By Rady Ananda
Oy, the long reach of 9/11 complicity… here we are, eight years later, and the man credited with colorizing the environmental movement with his Clean Energy Jobs Bill, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embraced, has resigned from the Obama Administration. Right wing neocons pushed for Van Jones’ dismissal citing his “coarse rhetoric” and [...]

The Graphic Cost of Gagging Dissent

By Rady Ananda
On May 24, 2009, the literary bloodbath at OpEdNews.com began. Over 30 popular writers and commenters, including this Senior Editor, were banned en masse over the next month. Anyone who identified as or agreed with COTO* suffered. Trusted author status was removed, articles were pulled off the front page, comments deleted, links jinxed.

Pfizer slapped with $2.3 billion fine for illegally dealing drugs

Dept of Justice Scores Largest “Health Care Fraud” Settlement in Its History
By Rady Ananda
Global drugmaker, Pfizer Inc., and its subsidiary, Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc., have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice, to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal [...]

Obama says WHO flu vaccine is NOT mandatory

By Rady Ananda
From the Rose Garden yesterday, President Barack Obama promised that the swine flu vaccine “will be completely voluntary.” He spoke for four minutes and took no questions. Top policymakers from the various alphabet agencies whose bailiwick includes the WHO flu (H1N1) flanked him.

The End of Camelot: A Liberal Lion Wakes No More

By Rady Ananda
Images and video from around the web.

John Pilger: Empire, Obama and America’s Last Taboo

Speech given July 5, 2009
At Socialism 2009, San Francisco
Haymarket Books, International Socialist Review, Socialist Worker
“Building a New Left for a New Era”
Sponsored by Center for Economic Research and Social Change.
Transcribed by Rady Ananda (with subtitles, links and graphics added)