tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83698952942915658662012-02-16T10:31:18.798-08:00News Feeds. Commentary. Opinion. Debate. Free Thought. Always Uncensored.Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-51579996774748223822012-01-14T17:02:00.000-08:002012-01-14T17:06:30.396-08:00

Stephen Colbert -- host of "The Colbert Report" and unabashed right wing radical -- is now considering running for President of the United States of America. Simply put: Colbert must be stopped! He is an existential threat to our way of life and to the exceptional nature of our nation. I know some will dismiss the threat posed by Colbert -- these apologists will defend him as "harmless

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Exit polling is often quite accurate, so much so that news organizations will often project a winner based on 5%-10% of the vote coupled with what voters are saying when leaving the polling stations. If you were watching it live, you would have noticed that this particular graphic was pulled off the screen as fast it was put up. Quite curious that, considering the overwhelming nature of

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Scientists at the University of California-Berkeley have taken the first step in attempting to decipher signals they believe could have been sent by aliens. New research from the university's Kepler team, a division of the Mountain View, Calif.-based Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project, suggests that certain radio signals picked up by the project's telescope may have

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Scientists at the Institute of Historical Research have finally released their findings after five years of dedicated research. The scientists headed by Doctor Julius Sanreso, welcomed the research findings and said that it would be in the interests of those who believe in such nonsense as organised religion or creationism to accept the fact that religious books were written by men as a

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Inspired by last month’s similar vote by the Los Angeles City Council, today the New York City Council approved a resolution calling for a Constitutional amendment to establish that only living persons -- not corporations -- are endowed with constitutional rights and to overturn the Supreme Court created doctrine that campaign spending is equivalent to free speech. “We believe that

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Ahead of the New Hampshire primary next week, three of the State’s newspapers have endorsed Ron Paul for president. The Littleton Courier, Berlin Reporter, and Coos County Democrat all announced today their support for Paul, citing Paul’s consistentcy and legitimacy on major issues. “Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been in the lead for months,” wrote the editors, “but voters

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The article enumerated the forces and weapons that Iran could employ in such a military operation, including fast attack craft carrying anti-ship missiles; submarines; battleships; cruise and ballistic missiles; bombers carrying laser-, radar- and optically-guided missiles; helicopters; armed drones; hovercraft; and artillery. It stated that despite Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's

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The notion that the Arab League was going to stand up for human rights in Syria was always somewhat farcical. This is, after all, a group that has numbered among its members some of the worst tyrants in the world and which has supported terrorist groups so long as their targets were Jews and not Arab oligarchs. Nevertheless the world applauded when the League turned on Bashar Assad’s

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I posted a commentary on Newsvine earlier this year regarding a banned episode of Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory television show.It was about the controversial but very relevant topic of the federal government's plan to use FEMA under an induced martial law scenario (i.e. economic collapse emergency legislation) to subjugate and militarily control the American population. The commentary

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Legislation that will let President Obama and future leaders of America detain and torture Americans indefinitely has made it to the White House, where it is expected to be soon signed into law by the commander-in-chief. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, of NDAA FY2012, was overwhelmingly approved by the House and Senate earlier this month. While the legislation

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What if someone from the future popped up in our timeline and started answering questions from people on internet message boards? That's exactly what John Titor did in the late 1990s. Claiming he was sent from the future on a mission to retrieve an antique computer, he talked with thousands of people online and told stories of futuristic life in 2036. Many of his tales warned of imminent

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-48099120785452981552011-12-21T19:59:00.000-08:002011-12-21T19:59:05.727-08:00

You're over the hill and — along with everything else — your memory is slipping. Your doctor gives you a pill and, suddenly, you can remember your high school locker combination. Science fiction? Maybe not. New research out of the U.S. holds out the hope of a superhuman assist for failing memories — and a badly-needed new therapy for Alzheimer's patients. The study by researchers at

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I guess it was only a matter of time before someone equipped Google Street View navigators with a gun. Pool Worldwide, a Dutch advertising company, did just that. The M4A1 pointed menacingly at blurry-faced people, cars and buildings. It even made shooting sound effects so you could take out unsuspecting pedestrians on your lunch break. The website was more of a self-promotion gimmick than

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Please Note: This story is three years old, but it's still hilarious, relevant in my opinion, and is simply another chronicle in life and times of this man who would one day dare to utter the phrase, "When I'm President..." This week, Allison Vivas of Pink Visual received a fax from Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF) group, informing her that she’s been 

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An amazing study authored by professors D. Mark Anderson (University of Montana) and Daniel Rees (University of Colorado) shows that traffic deaths have been reduced in states where medical marijuana is legalized. According to their findings, the use of medical marijuana has caused traffic related fatalities to fall by nearly nine percent in states that have legalized medical marijuana (

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Suddenly, Ron Paul is in contention to win the Iowa caucuses and do well in the New Hampshire primary two weeks before the first votes are cast, reflecting the fluidity of the Republican presidential race as well as the inability of the party's social conservative, tea party and establishment wings to coalesce behind a favored candidate. Yet, while the libertarian-leaning Texas

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Impact Seen As Roughly Comparable to Radiation-Related Deaths After Chernobyl; Infants Are Hardest Hit, With Continuing Research Showing Even Higher Possible Death Count. An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition of

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Italian government scientists have claimed to have discovered evidence that a supernatural event formed the image on the Turin Shroud, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. After years of work trying to replicate the coloring on the shroud, a similar image has been created by the scientists. However, they only managed the effect by scorching equivalent linen material

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US researchers said Monday they have discovered how to keep tumor cells alive in a lab, generating buzz in the scientific community about a potential breakthrough that could transform cancer treatment. Until now, scientists have been unable to make cancer cells thrive for very long, or in a condition that resembles the way they act in the body. Doctors diagnose and recommend treatment

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Even as the world changed around him, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained firmly in control, ruling absolutely at home and keeping the rest of the world on edge through a nuclear weapons program. Inheriting power from his father in 1994, he led his nation through a devastating famine while frustrating the U.S. and other global powers with an on-again, off-again approach to talks

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-72193980944212266692011-12-17T14:50:00.000-08:002011-12-19T07:26:36.813-08:00

Even though most Americans have become very frustrated with this economy, the reality is that the vast majority of them still have no idea just how bad our economic decline has been or how much trouble we are going to be in if we don't make dramatic changes immediately. If we do not educate the American people about how deathly ill the U.S. economy has become, then they will just keep

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-42432957752192438302011-12-17T14:17:00.000-08:002011-12-19T07:27:04.623-08:00

Could it all be a bad dream or a nightmare? Is it my imagination or have we lost our minds? It's surreal, it's just not believable. A grand absurdity, a great deception, a delusion of momentous proportions based on preposterous notions and on ideas whose time should never have come. Simplicity, grossly distorted and complicated. Insanity, cast off as logic. Grandiose schemes built

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-44085352729200389002011-12-17T13:23:00.000-08:002011-12-19T07:27:51.741-08:00

Elite media -- self-admittedly corrupt and criminally negligent. It is undeniable proof of what we have been accusing the Times and all big media of. How the left is destroying America. NYT Consultant and NYU Journalism professors of the self-identified media "elite" discuss strategy to legitimize Obama, help Occupy Wall Street, NPR tax loophole, defeating Perry and Bachmann. Jay

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The nine-year-old Iraq war came to an official end on Thursday, but paying for it will continue for decades until U.S. taxpayers have shelled out an estimated $4 trillion. Over a 50-year period, that comes to $80 billion annually. Although that only represents about 1% of nation’s gross domestic product, it’s more than half of the national budget deficit. It’s also roughly equal to what

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-58541620968350476032011-12-16T19:01:00.000-08:002011-12-16T19:04:04.750-08:00

How many times have you heard the mainstream media dismiss certain points of view as “conspiracy theories”? It seems as though one of the easiest ways to brush something off is to label it as something that only “conspiracy theorists” would believe. Well, you know what? A whole lot of the time the “conspiracy theorists” are right and the mainstream media is wrong. In fact, we owe a great

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-12156628676891383662011-12-14T14:43:00.000-08:002011-12-14T14:50:06.408-08:00

With the 2012 United States presidential election approaching, the reality of cold fusion must be spreading through corridors of power in Washington, DC. With the US military purchasing thirteen E-Cat plants, how will politicians react to a game changing source of energy? The election season in the United States is accelerating, and the Republican primaries are almost upon us. Before too

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This is clearly a move to HIDE misconduct and prevent any Judicial action to protect the rights of protesters. Any judge worth his oath should immediately issue a restraining order/injunction forcing the Police to work in what is called the "Light Of Day". Anytime a Government can act in secret to arrest and detain ANY individual in secret clearly indicates a Fascist Act to abuse

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-80726310259570944722011-12-12T17:33:00.000-08:002011-12-12T18:34:15.217-08:00

An online piracy bill in the House would “criminalize linking and the fundamental structure of the Internet itself,” according to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt said the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would punish Web firms, including search engines, that link to foreign websites dedicated to online piracy. He said implementing the bill as written would

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-28771552237182929192011-12-12T13:48:00.000-08:002011-12-12T18:34:25.211-08:00

I noted in February that John Kenneth Galbraith and Marriner Eccles explained 50 years ago that inequality causes crashes, and that many modern economists agree. I just found a slightly older statement saying the same thing. Specifically, the well-known Greek historian Plutarch – who died in 120 A.D. – said: An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of

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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is the latest not-Romney to capture the attention of GOP primary voters. With a solid lead in three early primary states, he’s giving the erstwhile front-runner a serious run for his money. While Newt may be the flavor of the moment, the Iowa caucuses are just three weeks away, so while he's behind in fund-raising and has had trouble organizing

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-40134517663562890162011-12-09T18:41:00.001-08:002011-12-12T18:35:24.943-08:00

It's certainly been a year of change for me and, as the coined phrase goes, so much has happened. On the other hand, some other things have been put on the back burner - like this blog. Quite honestly, when I realized that, before yesterday, my last manual post to this blog happened back in January I was taken back especially considering it's now December. An entire year has passed and,

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In a far cry from his ragtag 2008 effort, Ron Paul is looking beyond the traditional early state contests and gearing up for a long primary slog that lasts at least through Super Tuesday. It’s a strategy that could make Paul a player at the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla. The Texas congressman’s long-haul approach is designed to take advantage of new GOP proportional allocation

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-28756347739492286532011-07-22T16:05:00.000-07:002011-12-21T07:35:43.123-08:00

I came across this video recently and found it to be quite intriguing. Apparently, the Inuit people, indigenous to the land and nature, believe that the Sun and Stars are no longer in their proper celestial positions. They believe that the land, sky, and environment have all changed and are no longer reliable when it comes to referencing one's position and travel. Why is are these

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-14854585448585318202011-07-20T15:10:00.000-07:002011-12-21T07:40:15.039-08:00

"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it." ~Frank Lloyd Wright As we approach, yet, another major election cycle (well, that cycle has already left the station months ago, such is politics in this very polarized, but still great

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-80977343562807096132011-05-09T17:38:00.000-07:002011-12-21T07:03:07.512-08:00

This white powder sold by the kilo, is the meat industry's dirty little secret. It's called "meat glue." It makes pieces of beef, lamb, chicken or fish that would normally be thrown out stick together so closely that it looks like a solid piece of meat. Restaurants and butchers  can now sell their scraps as premium meat. Good way to use them up – and charge premium prices for them

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-64499685782157292492011-04-27T14:31:00.000-07:002011-12-21T07:16:57.613-08:00

While Canada's federal election is looming and only days away, this video surfaced that, in my view, speaks volumes about the nation's incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He comes off as out of touch and incoherent on issues and "sound bites" that he should already have down having been in office for over three long years. He also appears to have more trouble speaking than

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-62861978131752187432011-04-14T22:45:00.000-07:002011-12-21T07:23:55.391-08:00

According to international investigative journalist Daniel Estulin, the following quote came directly from a high-placed member of the infamous Bilderberg group during their 2009 annual conference held, that year, in Greece. Accordingly, this sentiment was said to represent a broad consensus of those who attended the conference. Estulin's sources, which have been proven accurate in the past,

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-52590449403292115702011-04-07T15:52:00.000-07:002011-12-21T07:29:52.263-08:00

I ran across this video today and it completely disgusted me, almost thought it was a joke. It wasn't. It's common knowledge that population growth along with human-driven environmental stress factors, rising costs of raw materials, labor, transportation and food, and the massive quantity food production (and inherent waste of food) will one day result in global food shortages.

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-15935599820771689422011-03-01T11:23:00.000-08:002011-12-21T06:10:19.460-08:00

Thermal depolymerization (TDP) is a depolymerization process using hydrous pyrolysis for the reduction of complex organic materials (usually waste products of various sorts, often biomass and plastic) into light crude oil. It mimics the natural geological processes thought to be involved in the production of fossil fuels. Under pressure and heat, long chain polymers of hydrogen, oxygen, and

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-87063960995666200012011-02-08T13:08:00.000-08:002011-12-21T06:18:13.010-08:00

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman Every so often I come across other people's work that, for one reason or another, really strikes a chord with me and, sometimes, I feel that certain works deserve a bit more of spotlight. One person that I find to have a really

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-12100656236213527742011-01-29T14:12:00.000-08:002011-12-12T18:36:13.711-08:00

As we get closer to 2012 and approach the end of the infamous Mayan calendar, our global society is being inundated with warnings and innuendo from all directions about what might happen on December 21, 2012. Researchers have come forward, movies have been made, and prominent people like Jesse Ventura are making documentaries on the subject. But folks, it's always important to keep things in

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-54091068753317221962010-10-23T21:53:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:36:34.586-08:00

George Clarke, a rising Irish film maker, discovered a piece of behind the scenes footage from Charlie Chaplin's film 'The Circus'. The footage was apparently taken in 1928 outside of Mann's Chinese Theater at the Hollywood, California, premier of Chaplin's 'Circus'. The scene shows a large woman dressed in black with a hat hiding most of her face holding [to her ear] what can only be

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-87815231506925063852010-07-11T13:31:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:39:29.026-08:00

Back in January Lindsey Williams' insider sources told him the dollar will be devalued within a year. In response, oil and food prices will rise significantly and the elite and banksters will move assets into gold and silver. Read the full article at my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a site

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-32166208021328607552010-06-27T08:53:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:39:35.626-08:00

Reporters covering the G20 summit in Toronto say they were the target of police violence overnight, as riots blamed on anarchist groups left four police cars burning in the financial district and resulted in the arrests of some 150 people. Read the full article at my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-80606804098251367462010-06-23T11:04:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:39:43.088-08:00

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to tighten the blockade against Gaza, the castrated corporate media in the U.S. is reporting that Israeli restrictions are being eased. Read the full article at my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a site account so that, when warranted, you

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-31152458846203796962010-06-23T04:55:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:39:52.672-08:00

As the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis enters a third month, the economic impact of this environmental nightmare is starting to become clearer. The truth is that the "oil volcano" spewing massive amounts of oil into the Gulf has absolutely decimated the seafood, tourism and real estate industries along the Gulf coast. Not only that, but energy industry insiders are now warning that the

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-84534906338299685402010-06-21T10:50:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:40:12.892-08:00

On the streets of Grand Isle, La., Maryal Mewherter hands out hope. Louisiana Governor Jindal frustrated over decision-making red tape. Mewherter, who works with the Catholic Charities Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, has been giving out $100 food vouchers for use at the local Sureway grocery store. The vouchers are from BP; they are for struggling families whose income was shut off or stunted

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-5635592653655100352010-06-19T13:09:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:39:18.953-08:00

Raise your hand if you've ever heard the argument "If you want a virus-free computer, get a Mac." Read the full article at my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a site account so that, when warranted, you can vote for my stories and, when the mood strikes, make the occasional comment!

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-23940590084339935302010-06-17T21:39:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:41:16.466-08:00

BP was aware of cracks appearing in the Macondo well as far back as February, right around the time Goldman Sachs and BP Chairman Tony Hayward were busy dumping their stocks in the company on the eve of the explosion that led to the oil spill, according to information uncovered by congressional investigators. Read the full article at my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-63321161935417495642010-06-08T21:45:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:41:26.779-08:00

A single dose of radiation during breast cancer surgery is as effective as three to six weeks of daily post-operative radiation for many women with early stage breast cancer, according to the first results from an ongoing study of more than 2,000 women. Read the full article at my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-50557168834600408672010-06-08T10:00:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:41:40.430-08:00

Police say a Colorado woman accused of killing her 6-month-old son did it because the boy showed signs of autism and she thought his condition would "ruin" her life. Read the article here through my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a site account so that, when warranted, you can vote for my stories and, when

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-50184594140800834642010-06-06T14:26:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:42:05.957-08:00

"The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice." -- Aristotle While researching documents for a new story [about what may very well be considered the "bigger picture" to this particular report], it

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-2924905297682867022010-06-04T10:56:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:42:19.728-08:00

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro believes if United States President Barack Obama orders a nuclear strike of Iran, he will win a second term. He also believes the U.S. could attack North Korea soon. Read the article here through my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a site account so that, when warranted, you

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-92131722418492684142010-06-03T10:55:00.000-07:002011-12-12T18:42:38.234-08:00

Ron Paul on the House floor noting that the just like the U.S. created Bin Laden, Israel created Hamas. Read the article here through my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please create a site account so that, when warranted, you can vote for my stories and, when the mood strikes, make the occasional comment!

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The next time you consider voicing opposition to the illegal bombardment of Pakistan with drone delivered U.S. missiles, consider this – the drones are effective. So effective, in fact, that they can kill terrorists who have already previously been killed. Read the article here through my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using Newsvine please

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-37117982905960584692010-01-29T10:26:00.000-08:002011-12-12T18:46:42.148-08:00

The peace between the U.S. and Russia has been nothing but smoke and mirrors since Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush took over the reigns of their respective countries. I've written about the coming storm between the two nations and this article really reinforces that hypothesis. Read the article here through my Newsvine column. And, just a reminder that if this is your first time using

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-53039599289421127982010-01-27T11:42:00.000-08:002011-12-12T18:44:29.359-08:00

I just wanted to leave a quick note about my new column on Newsvine.com.  I have been an author on Newsvine for almost four years, but recently due to a difference in views between the news site and myself they decided to rescind my original, more established account. As I result, I've had to start from scratch again with my column. On that note, since Newsvine reaches so many people

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-33259177344294333742008-04-29T08:00:00.000-07:002011-12-12T19:04:33.973-08:00

An innovative U.S. green technology company, with its main office located in Vancouver, Canada, has developed and owns the world-wide patents to, including Canada, United States, and Taiwan, a sophisticated new automotive muffler system that looks like a regular muffler, has no additional material or automobile-related installation costs, reduces vehicle emissions by an incredible 97% and

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-84506666014700487522007-09-12T12:27:00.001-07:002011-12-12T19:03:04.064-08:00

Interestingly enough, although I'm quite interested in numerous issues and topics including this particular subject, the idea to write this article came while researching my next major editorial series on Jean Keating's Prison Treatise and certificated monetary birth rights inherent to people all over the world, especially those in North America and Europe. Aside from being touted as one of

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-91323146588329890292007-08-28T13:47:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:01:09.457-08:00

I just watched the dishonorable Sen. Larry Craig's news conference, or statement more specifically, on television and one thing that's clear is that this lawmaker's career is all but over and it's completely and utterly his fault. Even Mitt Romney said, in a statement through his surrogates, that this Senator's behavior is "disgusting". On August 8, Sen. Craig plead guilty to a crime committed

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-83869815747967025052007-08-26T15:18:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:01:18.718-08:00

They say you can feel when change is in the air or read when there’s writing on the wall… Folks, the times are certainly changing and you definitely don’t need a wall to see what’s happening in these tumultuous times, times of government collusion, concocted enemies, and a mainstream media that's owned by the same people that own the governments' of the western world (not to mention they're

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-7205038598855964092007-08-24T23:35:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:01:33.623-08:00

This story originated on Canada's NDP political party's website.OTTAWA – NDP MPs Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster) and Libby Davies (Vancouver East) are calling on the federal government to hold a public inquiry into the allegations that agent provocateurs were used during Monday’s protest in Montebello, Quebec.A letter to the Minister of Public Safety, Stockwell Day was issued earlier

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-81777088707629638472007-08-24T21:58:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:01:48.201-08:00

To prove a point, based on my recent story about the summit that took place earlier this week between the leaders of North America, I found an article today by Reuters that demonstrates that world leaders, or Russian President Vladimir Putin to be specific at least in this particular case, feel the same way as what I described in my article - George W. Bush (and his sheep-like counterparts in

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-56161157690530754642007-08-23T20:13:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:02:04.881-08:00

Biometrics is a subject that, in a modern contemporary sense from the perspective of the New World Order, is and will be integral to their plans for a twisted new world society. Biometrics will allow the government, especially in the future when their agenda unfolds more significantly, to keep track of its citizens, to implement eugenic research and implementation, track our every movement, and

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-16430171937062033202007-08-23T00:55:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:02:11.621-08:00

This is just a short note, but it's pretty important in my mind. In my most recent editorial, I made numerous assertions about the agenda of today's leaders in comparison to the agenda of Nazi Germany, and that's pretty serious stuff. But please do explore the links provided in the article itself as well as exclusive links I've provided on this site concerning this particular subject in general

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-80319421282640085572007-08-20T16:35:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:02:20.890-08:00

Finally, and quite eagerly, I have an opportunity to sit in front of my computer and write about something that's been on a lot of people's minds for quite a while and especially over the past few weeks. Once again, the fire's been ignited in recent times since the leaders of North America announced, several weeks ago, a meeting that actually took place this week, on August 20th and 21st

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-23894114219629369532007-08-17T10:13:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:02:35.364-08:00

It's come to my attention lately that there are actually people at large, even some of them government representatives, that would undermine free speech in North America if given half a chance. If you speak out against the government or the system, watch it. Now, I looked through both the Canadian Charter of Rights and U.S. Constitution and, strangely enough, I can't find anything that remotely

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-27266837035130329892007-08-11T14:36:00.000-07:002011-12-09T08:02:46.575-08:00

Since a lot of what I have to talk about focuses on current events, especially content from interviews or other reputable news sources, there may be many instances when I choose to distribute certain entries to news-wires, other blogs, or any electronic forums for that matter. To avoid any issues related to copyright infringement on their part, Wikinews specifically has requested that I post

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-62690780601983139152007-08-11T10:43:00.000-07:002011-12-12T19:08:21.690-08:00

"Just like they told us that our bridges were safe, they also want us to swallow that our power grid is in no danger of a system-wide, no-power-for-weeks crash", said tenured power grid expert Donald McCormick, a senior contractor with Hydro One, an Ontario, Canada based electricity provider. Mr. McCormick indicated that in reality though, there’s no question that the system of grids that

Joe Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03230548433606303710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369895294291565866.post-92160790414439218472007-07-31T10:09:00.000-07:002011-12-12T19:10:55.415-08:00

June 25, 2006 I’m not usually at a loss for words especially when it comes to the truth, but a new acquaintance of mine recently asked me during a telephone interview why anyone should believe corruption happens in Canada. He went on to say that, in his opinion, he thinks that most of the world holds this northern nation in the highest regard. This was said in the context of a conversation

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