2011 July | American Pendulum

How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go?

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

When my book, The Looting of Social Security: How The Government is Draining America’s Retirement Account, was published by a New York publisher in 2004, I thought my long battle to expose the truth about the Social Security trust fund was almost won. But that book met with foul play, and was removed from the market before many people had the opportunity to read it.

Virginia Ironside on Child Suffering – 'I would be the first one to put a pillow over its face'

Posted by admin Featured Media Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Virginia Ironside the columnist and celebrated agony aunt of The Independent newspaper has caused outrage this morning by saying that she, like all “good mothers”, would put a pillow over the head of her baby if it was suffering from a disability and would have a poor quality of life.

The TRUTH About Who Really Owns All Of America's Debt

Posted by admin Economy Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Yes, China holds a lot, but they’re not dominant, and when you add it up, most debt is actually domestically held, just like in Japan.

The NSA Is Building An Artificial Intelligence System That Can Read Minds

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Business Insider – Whether it works or not, we know that it’s so intrusive that at least one researcher has quit over the idea of placing such a powerful system in the hands of the an agency with little to no accountability.

NYT Brooks Promotes Eugenics "Death Panels" Amid Budget Crisis

Posted by admin Special Reading, Top Stories Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Although medical costs certainly play a part, one might have more success in solving the crisis if one were to look at issues such as the Federal Reserve, dollar devaluation, bank bailouts, six illegal wars, the war on drugs, vaccination programs, and useless federal agencies like TSA, DHS, and the like. All of which DO directly burden American taxpayers and will negatively affect our community for generations to come.

New US software to end 'naked' airport scans

Posted by admin National News/Opinion, World Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) – In the face of an outcry over so-called “naked” body scans at airports, US authorities on Wednesday announced plans for a new scanning system that eliminates “passenger-specific images.”

Feds Indict Hacktivist For “Stealing” Public Domain Data

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

It should be noted that the Pentagon now says it will put a missile down the smokestack of anybody who messes with its networks and those of its corporate partners.

UN Security Council to Consider Climate Change Peacekeeping

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

There has been talk, meanwhile, of a new environmental peacekeeping force – green helmets – which could step into conflicts caused by shrinking resources.

George W Bush Should Be Prosecuted

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

By England’s Glory – marcusspaticus – President George Bush: He has publicly admitted that in two cases he approved the use of waterboarding. Bush also authorised the “illegal CIA secret detention and renditions programmes, under which detainees were held incommunicado and frequently transferred to countries such as Egypt and Syria where they were likely to be tortured”.

Sam Pizzigati: Deconstructing the "Federal Debt Crisis"

Posted by admin Economy Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Today, the rich and their corporations no longer bear anything close to their rightful share of the nation’s tax burden. The federal government, given this revenue shortfall, is having a harder and harder time funding initiatives that help average working families. The result: a “debt crisis.”