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Protect Yourself From Economic Crisis »
Not once in the 30 years that I have been researching the markets have I witnessed the troubles that the world now faces: a stock market slide, falling gross domestic product, rising unemployment and waning confidence. More »

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America's No. 1 Export »
America is arguably the world's No. 1 exporter of terrorism. According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, between 2004 and 2012 the United States used unmanned drones to strike between 364 and 436 times. More »

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Drones: Big Brother's Eye In The Sky »
Be they targeted assassinations with unavoidable collateral damage or crashes, U.S. drone missions have been responsible for a number of deaths that remains largely unknown by speculators and top U.S. officials alike. More »

Is Mitt The Sh*t With Young Voters? »
Urban Outfitters has released a lighthearted T-shirt that may help the GOP appear less stuffy to young voters who shun some of the social aspects of modern conservatism while embracing the fiscal and small government ideals of the right. More »

Barack Obama: The American Idol? »
Tom Willis of WJXT in Jacksonville, Fla., recently suggested that President Barack Obama should try his hand at another occupation once his Presidency expires. "I was just wondering if you would give any thought to being on 'American Idol' or 'America's Got Talent'?" the reporter asked. More »

Police Are Called After TSA Agent Touches Woman's Breast »
A woman at Sky Harbor International Airport had police called after a Transportation Security Administration official allegedly touched her breast. The woman began yelling that she had been molested. The ordeal was posted online in May 2011 but is just now receiving national recognition. More »

2nd Amendment Under Fire

Bills Introduced To Ensure Gun Rights

Companion bills have been introduced in the U.S. House and Senate to prohibit funding to negotiate a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that restricts 2nd Amendment rights of Americans. S2205 was introduced by Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) and HR5846 was introduced by Representative Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.). They are both titled the Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012. More »

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The Most Powerful Office In The World Is NOT The President of the United States!

Now wait a minute. Isn't the President of the United States the leader of the Western World, the man with his hand on the nuclear trigger, the head of a ten-trillion dollar nation?
The President is, indeed, the most powerful man in the world - but the presidency is not the most powerful office in the world.

Another office is more powerful because it chooses whose names will appear on the ballot for elective office and what will be the policies of the political parties that provide the major support for those candidates. To understand why this office is so powerful, you must understand the Seven Steps of government.

To change things, you have to change the law.
Are there things about our country you want to change? Taxes? Deficits? Schools? Crime? Abortion? Gay rights? Government funding of anti-social projects? Government over-regulation of business? Are you satisfied with the way the present Congress is raising our taxes, spending our money, and reducing our liberties?
Our Constitution makes Congress the most powerful branch of government. It can pass laws, impose taxes, and spend our money. State Legislatures are powerful, too, especially over public schools.
So, if you don't like the present policies, what are you going to do about it? Our Constitution gives us a way to remedy laws, policies, and taxes — members of the House of Representatives in Congress and the lower house of each State Legislature must run for office every two years.
To change the laws, you have to change the people who make them.
Congress and the State Legislatures pass thousands of laws every year. No citizen or group can possibly read them all, research them to find out their effect in advance, or alert their friends to go into action with letter-writing and phone-calling. Congressmen and State Legislators who have been elected by liberal and anti-family groups will not be receptive to your messages anyway. If you want to change the laws or taxes, you must elect representatives you can reliably count on to vote conservative and pro-family all the time.
To be elected, your candidate must be on the ballot.
How often have you voted for "the lesser of two evils" when you didn't like either of the two candidates running for an important office? Have you ever wondered why, despite the rhetoric, both candidates seem to back the same anti-conservative, liberal and anti-family agenda? How many times is a good conservative, pro-family candidate not even on the ballot?
To get on the ballot in a general election, you have to be nominated for an office in a Party Primary Election or Convention.
The winners in the Party Primary or Convention will be the candidates who appear on the ballot in November. Except in very rare cases, all candidates must first win a Party Primary or Convention. Write-in campaigns are theoretically possible, but they rarely succeed. Third-party candidates are theoretically possible, but unless a candidate has as much money as Ross Perot, running as a third-party candidate probably won't be successful and the votes may not even be counted or reported.
Candidates endorsed by the Party usually win the Primary Election.
Most voters don't investigate the Primary candidates, or even find out who they are. Sometimes, many candidates run in the Primary for nomination to the same office and the voters are confused. Only a small minority of Americans vote in Primary elections. One of the reasons for the small turnout in Primary elections (in addition to voter apathy) is that you usually must declare yourself a member of one Party or another in order to vote in the Primary. Primary Election rules vary from state to state, but in most states, in order to vote in a Primary you either have to pre-register as a Republican or a Democrat OR ask for a Republican or a Democratic Party ballot on Primary Election day. Most Americans don't want to do that. The result is that persons nominated to be the "Republican candidates" on the ballot in the general election are chosen by those who are willing to declare themselves "Republican" in the Primary or Convention that selects the nominees.
Sometimes the Party organization actually "endorses" candidates in the Primary Election. Many voters who don't know much about the candidates vote for the "endorsed" candidate just because they are disposed to support that Party's candidate.
Primary endorsements are often made by the Party's "County Committee" (or Township Committee, etc.), which is elected by the Precinct Committeemen of the Party.
Each political party has national state, county, township, and (in the big cities) ward organizations (usually called committees or central committees). The county and township committees frequently endorse candidates in the Primary, and that endorsement is often the key to a Primary victory. The county chairman and the county central committee (or executive committee) are elected every two years (usually) by the Precinct Committeemen (sometimes called Precinct Chairmen) who, in turn, are elected in their individual precincts. Thus, the Chairman of the Madison County Republican Central Committee is elected at a county convention of the more than 200 Madison County Republican Precinct Committeemen who were themselves elected on the ballot in the previous Primary Election.
It's not necessary to have a majority of Precinct Committeemen to influence the endorsement process. In a typical county, some will be liberals and some conservatives, but the majority will be Party Regulars who are interested in patronage and power, not issues. They can be influenced to support your candidate if you can persuasively show that he has a good chance to win. For Party Regulars, winning is the name of the game.
It's easy to be elected a Precinct Committeeman.
The way you get elected a Precinct Committeeman is usually very simple. In a typical state, you can call your county clerk and get the necessary forms, get ten of your friends to sign a Petition requesting that you be on the ballot in the Primary as a candidate for Precinct Committeeman, and file the Petition by the required date. Then you walk around your precinct, knock on one door after another, and say, "I would appreciate it if you would vote for me for Precinct Committeeman. You will find me on the Republican ballot in the Primary election on Tuesday, _______________." If you win you are the elected Precinct Committeeman for your precinct. Of course, if your precinct already has a good Precinct Committeeman who is doing his job, he may not take kindly to you as an upstart and he may defeat you. You should find out the situation before making your decision.
However, a typical county may have dozens of precincts without any Precinct Committeeman because no one has bothered to run. It is sometimes easy to be appointed to one of these positions by calling your Party Chairman. Many precincts have do-nothing Committeemen who can easily be defeated because they don't do their job.
- To change things, we must change the laws.
- To change the laws, we must change the people who make them.
- To get elected, your candidate must be on the ballot.
- To get on the November ballot you must win the Primary.
- To win the Primary, you must get the support of people who make endorsements in the Primary, who reliably vote in the Primary, and who get out the vote of others in the Primary. Those people are the Precinct Committeemen.
Therefore, Precinct Committeeman is the most powerful office in the world because Precinct Committeemen determine who gets the chance to be elected to office at every level of government. Remember, if your candidate is not on the ballot, he will not be elected.

Party rules and titles vary widely from state to state, but usually the two parties in a given state use the same system. Where "Republican" is used, "Democratic" can be substituted. The term "Committeeman" is an office, not a person, so it can be a he or a she.

Duties of the Precinct Committeeman
The Precinct Committeeman is the person who is legally charged with getting out the vote on election day. If he does his job well, he will ring the doorbell of every household in the precinct and ask polite questions to find out the Party and other political views of every voter. (That's called canvassing.) Then, before each election, the Precinct Committeeman will personally deliver campaign literature (such as a marked sample ballot) to every voter who is expected to vote for your Party or candidate. Then the Precinct Committeeman makes sure that all his voters get to the polls on election day. This is the way elections are won.

Powers of the Precinct Committeeman

Friendly access to neighbors. Most people are eager to know more about their government and the people who run it. When you introduce yourself as their "Republican Precinct Committeeman," they assume you have something to say. You can provide them with information on candidates and issues. Of course, you don't waste your time on those who would rather get their information from the Precinct Committeeman of the other Party.
Respect from elected officials. Since a Precinct Committeeman represents, on average, 500 voters, and has the power to vote for other Party officials and to make endorsements of candidates, any call or letter from a Precinct Committeeman gets the attention of elected officials.
Launching pad for other offices. You would be amazed at how many of our Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, and state and local officials started as Precinct Committeemen, and still serve as Precinct Committeemen even though they hold a higher elected office. That's because they know the power of a Precinct Committeeman.
Direct influence over Party Platform, policies, and selection of candidates. At state, district, county, and township caucuses and conventions, the Precinct Committeeman is an active player. He can have a tremendous influence on the adoption of the Party Platform and policies, support of or opposition to issues, and selection of candidates.

Vatican and Israel to Sign Economic Agreement

Times of India

JERUSALEM: The Vatican is about to “indirectly recognize” Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem, seen by many Palestinians as the future capital of their independent state, a media report today on Monday.
This would be done if the draft of an economic agreement between the Jewish state and the Holy See, containing no distinction between sovereign Israel and the territories occupied by it in 1967, is approved by the two sides, Ha’aretz online reported.
The lack of a preamble containing such a distinction is at the center of heightened tension between Palestinian Christian denominations and the Palestine Liberation Organisation ( PLO) and the Vatican, it said.
Palestinian sources told the Israeli daily that the agreement would mean “indirect recognition” of Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem and of the imposition of Israeli law in part of the West Bank.
France, which has special standing as custodian of holy Christian sites and Christian communities, is also said to be concerned at the apparent latent recognition of the annexation and the economic implications for the communities, and particularly its Christian institutions in the country and the people who are part of them, the report said.
Contrary to the Palestinian concern, a “well informed source” is quoted as saying that “there is nothing in the agreement to harm the rights of the Palestinians,” and that the agreement was made with the sovereign State of Israel in its internationally recognized identity, and therefore there was no need for a clarifying preamble.
The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel is to meet in Rome today and tomorrow to continue with talks held in Jerusalem last week, addressing matters of disagreement.
Refreshing News continues:
Negotiations toward an agreement on the fiscal status of Catholic institutions in Israel have been underway for 13 years, 11 more than the original two years allocated in what is known as the “fundamental agreement”.
The signing of that accord by Israel and the Vatican on December 30, 1993 had led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Israel.
Over the past few months, NGOs and members of various Christian denominations in Israel have begun to receive details about the draft agreement, which has been presented to them as a lapse and a failure by the Vatican, the daily said.
The people who informed Palestinian Christians and NGOs of their concerns preferred not to approach the Palestinian Authority (PA) immediately because they did not believe that PA could act on its own in this diplomatic and legal realm.
Members of the Christian community in Jerusalem and the West Bank have held a number of emergency meetings recently and have contacted the Vatican to make clear that the agreement under discussion is not merely a fiscal and a technical agreement, and that a lack of distinction between occupied territory and Israeli territory could have severe implications, Ha’aretz said.
The legal agreement, known as the ‘Legal Personality Agreement’ was signed on November 10, 1997, but never ratified by Israel, it said.
Meetings on fiscal issues, which relate to property rights, actions involving property by church bodies, and Issues of taxation and tax exemption, began in 1999 and have still not been concluded.
The parties decided to exclude a list, known as “Schedule 1″, of institutions on both sides of the Green Line from the text of that agreement, with regard to which they felt they would not be able to resolve differences soon.
Among the sites and institutions on the list are those in which ownership and possession are in dispute, such as properties that Israel has expropriated or whose owners were declared absentees and the Church wants to take possession of again, or sites that Israel has declared open to the public and the Church believes should remain in the private sphere.
A draft of the agreement, dated January 25, 2012, which Ha’aretz has said to have obtained, appears to address Israeli law in a general way, without relating to or alluding to Israel’s status as an occupying power according to international law, the report said.
The same is the case with regard to sites in East Jerusalem.
A Palestinian lawyer, who reflects the position of the Palestinian Christian denominations with regard to the agreement now being formulated, told Ha’aretz that in bilateral agreements with Israel there is a clause defining what is meant by “Israel” from which a distinction clearly emerges between the two sides of the Green Line.
The term “Israeli law” without any kind of codicil or restriction, is a dangerous precedent and implies recognition of the annexation of East Jerusalem and Israeli civil rule over areas of the West Bank (where a number of the sites on Schedule 1 are located), the lawyer was quoted as saying.
A well informed source quoted by the daily rejected the interpretation saying that the agreement contains no geographical reference to any institution it mentions and there are no negotiations underway over the status of institutions in East Jerusalem.
He said that the agreement recognises that “the Vatican has some obligations but [also] some immunities because of the special character of the Church and religion”.
A Foreign Ministry official, not familiar with the draft, said that the Vatican’s position is clear and is known to the ministry and has not changed – “The Vatican does not recognise Israeli sovereignty beyond the Green Line”.
The secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Ekemeleddin Ihsanoglu, is said to have written a letter to Archbishop Dominque Mamberti, who is the secretary for relations with states of the Holy See.
The archbishop reportedly answered in early May that “the eventual agreement will not represent a change in the position of the Holy See”.
“The Church, with particular attention to fiscal questions, is asking the State of Israel to treat her institutions in a fair manner, wherever the State of Israel exercised its authority de facto without taking into consideration or determining whether it does so as a sovereign state or as an occupying state, thus without entering into the political aspect of the question,” Mamberti wrote.
He said that the Church remains “extraneous to all merely temporal or political conflicts…Unless the contending parties or the international institutions make concordant appeal to its mission of peace”.
The response has only increased the concerns of local Christians denominations over what they see as erosion of the Church’s position.
A number of Palestinian Christians have complained that the Church and the spiritual authority of the Vatican should have taken into consideration the special situation of Christians under Israeli occupation, and it has not done so, the report said.
As a state the Vatican is obligated to international law, and it did not take this into account in formulating the accord with Israel, they said.
The draft to be discussed over the next few days has undergone changes since January 2012, but Palestinian sources believe that these changes are not dramatic.

Reason Why Socialism Is Not And Will Not Work

by Blaine Bosserman

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, left, listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports Monday at the Treasury Department in Washington. The trustees updated forecast said that the Social Security fund would run out in 2033 and the Medicare fund in 2024.

Susan Walsh/AP

Socialism is not, and will not work because the Liberals have been killing off all their Bread Winners, ever since the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973.

They have been aborting the very generation that would take care of their old ass when they are to decrepit to work any longer.

This is why our economy is in a shambles, and why Social Security is running out of money; Social Security Disability is projected to run out of funds in 2016.

The trust funds that support Social Security will run dry in 2035 — three years earlier than previously projected.

Social Security is split into two funds — one for retirement and survivor benefits and one for disability. The retirement fund is projected to run out of money in 2035 while the disability fund is projected to run dry in 2016. Combined, the two funds will last until 2033.

Over 50 Million babies have been aborted since 1973 in this Country. There is currently 320 million people alive here now. They have killed over 1/6 of the potential income earners in this Country! The population is getting older and no longer able to work because of age or disability, with no one to take their place. Wake Up People!

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DHS LEAK: Dillion Corp Deals Death Illegally

ILLEGAL ARMS DEALS - LEAKED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SURVEILLANCE - WHY ????? HAS DILLION AERO NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE - WE ARE CALLING ON THOSE TO PUT THESE BEFORE A TRIAL. DILLION AERO ARE DONATORS TO US, SENATOR, ARIZONA, JOHN MCCAIN.

An Australian government worker was sacked four days into his job after his employer said he failed to disclose he had been given information suspected of being leaked from the United States Department of Homeland Security.

A termination letter dated March 9 from the employer - the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy - said the employee, Tim Byrnes, was sacked immediately.

''Your association with this matter raised serious reputation and security issues and is inconsistent with the role you were engaged to undertake,'' said the letter obtained by the Sunday Canberra Times.

According to the letter, the information Mr Byrnes had received related to ''Russia or Georgia''.

Mr Byrnes, who was given one week's pay in lieu of notice, said he had been employed in the department's media section in Canberra. The information he had related to a documentary he had been personally researching about illegal arms deals. ''I am shocked more than anything,'' Mr Byrnes said.

''My security clearance was a simple entry level 'protected'. I was a media officer and had no access to sensitive information.

''I declared that I had been working in this area and had lived and worked as a journalist in Russia and South Ossetia.''

He said the matter required a more thorough investigation and an opportunity to defend himself.

''And then if I was still classed as a threat, I would have walked.

''I have contacted Fair Work Australia and I am unable to seek an unfair dismissal claim because I was working at the department for less than the qualifying time, as stated under the legislation.''

A department spokesperson who confirmed the termination letter and reasons for sacking were legitimate said Mr Byrnes had received the allegedly sensitive US government information before his employment.

''The department met all its obligations under the Fair Work Act 2009,'' the spokesperson said.

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Politicians Respond to Election Fraud Remedy and Lawyers for Ron Paul Civil Suit

by Hamlinian News Network Staff

Today, the organizations Election Fraud Remedy and Lawyers for Ron Paul filed a civil suit against multiple state Republican Party organizations and the Republican National Committee in the United States. They are suing over widespread election fraud, claiming the GOP’s (Republican Party) tactics have “Devolved to those of an organized criminal enterprise with utter and blatant disregard for any rule of law”, after laws were found making the binding of delegates illegal, and the thug-like tactics used by the GOP throughout the US. Casey Hamlin, President of the Hamlinian Republic, member of the Libertarian Party, and a known Ron Paul activist has responded to the suit, along with Social Liberal Nominee for President, for which he is the current front-runner in the race, Nik Hart, who is also a known critic of American foreign and domestic policy.
Casey Hamlin’s Response
I am extremely pleased to hear about the grassroots effort by Election Fraud Remedy and Lawyers for Ron Paul to take legal action against the Republican Nation Committee for repeated offences committed during the 2012 Republican Primary season. The binding of delegates is illegal under 42 USC § 1971 – Voting Rights and 11 CFR 100.2 – Election (2 U.S.C. 431(1)), and the GOP must be held accountable and unbind the bound delegates as per the law. The GOP must be held accountable for the countless injuries, illegal procedures and threats that happened and are happening at state conventions across America, and the violence should be resolved before the national convention, or I’m afraid that the GOP will fail to peacefully elect a nominee, which may end up re-electing Obama, who is one of the most tyrannical Presidents the United States has ever seen.
I very much hope that the lawsuit is successful and that the American people are given back their basic liberty of their right to vote. I believe that the law is on the plaintiff’s side, and I hope that it will be successful, allowing freedom to come back into the process. Godspeed to all involved, whether it is the lawyers, delegates, or disenfranchised voters. I will of course be watching this very closely, and I do hope for the best.

Casey Hamlin

President of the Hamlinian Republic

Nik Hart’s Response

“Good evening, Hamlinians!

As you may know by now, the Hamlinian news has released damning evidence concerning the electoral landscape of the American political system. This electoral system is one of many reasons that I, myself, have advocated against the US policy. I will admit, I do not distance myself from American politics. How can you when it is all around you all the time? But this evidence that has surfaced is certainly a huge controversy and could seriously change the course of American electoral process, the Republican nomination, and hopefully fix the America’s terribly broken system and fractured democracy.

However, my opposition to America only goes so far. I do want what’s best for it. After all, I am not just a Hamlinian, a Sonoran, I am an American. I did not choose to be an American. I was born an American. And while I oppose the corporatocracy that America has become, I do not hate America. Quite the contrary, I love America. I would just rather see it have massive changes. It is also no secret where I stand on the issues of America and politics in general and I wish to reiterate them. I have held relatively moderate beliefs in the past. But as I matured and educated myself, my opinions have changed. I have grown more to the left over time. I am a social democrat. I am a social liberal. I am a progressive. I am a constitutionalist. I am also a candidate and a person who is not afraid to say what’s on his mind. And that is what I think every micronation and macronation need, a politician that is truthful and tries his best to deliver on his promises.

I think, of course, by now, many of you are wondering where I stand on the candidates. Let me start by addressing Ron Paul.

I personally have no problem with Ron Paul. He seems like a great alternative for President. He is a constitutionalist. Wishes to leave issues such as abortion, gay rights and marijuana legalization, up to the states.Restoring states rights and constitutionalism is what America desperately needs to do. Along with ending these costly wars that we are fighting. In addition, he voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, a legislation that I myself despise and wish it to be repealed when it is up for re-authorization in 2015. I do not wish to sway opinion. I beg of all of you to vote your own way. I speak for nobody but myself when I say that Ron Paul is a fine Presidential candidate. However, would he be my choice for President? I’m not really sure.

On Mitt Romney, I think it is obvious that I do not support Mitt Romney given his elitist, corporate background and conservative views. He is a fine man. Great charisma. But I do not care for his politics.

On Obama, I was only 17 when the 2008 elections came about. So I was unable to vote for Obama, but I did support support him. I thought he was a great man and would bring change after a failed government before him. However, over the last year, Obama has bowed to Republican pressure and corporate moguls. He has also signed legislation infringing on Americans rights such as the National Defense Authorization Act and National Defense Resources Preparedness Act. The NDAA is already being ruled unconstitutional by some American courts but the damage has been done. And while Obama has promised to stand up for Internet rights, the government still continues to push censorship bills such as the Stop Online Piracy Act/Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act and the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act. Obama is still a likable candidate, but he is also a controversial candidate. And then there are the Greens that speak more for my persuasion.
I will not say who I intend to vote for as my mind is still undecided and will most likely remain that way until the November US General Election. All I will say is that the United States — its democracy, its government, its very foundation — is fractured. And this lawsuit only helps to expose the cracks of corruption that is rampant throughout its system. I only hope that what is right is put right and that it puts forward changes and solutions to create a more free and fair democratic process.
I leave with now with a quote by late-former US President John F. Kennedy, “A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

Thank you! God bless you! May God bless America and Long Live the Hamlinian Republic!”

Rand Paul: I Have a Great Deal of Respect for John McCain

Dead Sardines Washing up in Japan’s Fishing Port of Ohara

Tons of dead sardines just washed ashore on a Japanese beach, creating a bloody, hellish landscape. Sadly it’s not unusual.

Starting June 3, massive amounts of dead sardines began clogging a fishing port called Ohara, located near Isumi City on the western side of Japan. A blogger named Kay for the Asian news site RocketNews24.com reported on Tuesday that the port was closed due to the emergency. Locals trucked tons of fish to landfills, according to the Daily Mail’s Leon Watson.

There are now so many dead fish that locals in the town in Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, are having to truck the rotting remains to landfills. And yet still more dead sardines keep washing up on shore.

Reports suggested that locals are not only finding the sight disturbing, but the huge amount of dead fish has created a smell that’s becoming unbearable.

No one knows exactly why this is happening, but other communities know the horror firsthand.

Please read our article on Dolphins Mysteriously Dying Around the World

In March 2011, millions of sardines suddenly died in King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, Calif. The cleanup cost more than $100,000 and required a crew of 200 workers frantically using a variety of methods to collect the silvery fish.

At the time, the Los Angeles Times reported that scientists and wildlife officials believed windy conditions or possibly an oxygen-poor water column in the ocean caused the sardines to sweep into the harbor with a storm the day before. As a result, the oxygen levels in the area may have dipped too low and killed the fish.

In May 2011, the largest fish-kill in Georgia’s history occurred in the Ogeechee River. More than 38,000 dead fish were found near an outfall pipe for King America Finishing, a textile processor, the Augusta Chronicle reported. The state’s environmental protection division said the fish died from a bacterial disease caused by environmental factors and it fined the company $1 million for discharging fire retardant through an unauthorized line.

Other areas have experienced massive fish kills from algae blooms, red tides, toxins, changes in water temperature, and diseases. Commonly a lack of oxygen is at the root of the problem since fish need to absorb dissolved oxygen to live.

In Japan, Twitter user Yumi Hareyama shared a photo of the dead sardines with a caption that read in part, “Try to clean the sea with everyone.”

Source: Discovery News

Ron Paul: Help Me Audit the Fed this July

After nearly 30 years of fighting for liberty in Washington, my time in Congress is rapidly coming to an end. But what a way to go out! I am so pleased to tell you about what could be the crowning achievement of my legislative efforts – passing our Audit the Fed bill!

I know a lot has been asked of you this year, but I’m writing today to make sure you understand that in the coming days, my biggest priority will be passing my Audit the Fed bill through Congress.

The good news is, the House leadership has promised a vote on Audit the Fed this July, so I must ask EVERY SINGLE PATRIOT to help Campaign for Liberty in this vital effort today.

You can help me make history – and help change the course of the country - by passing Audit the Fed through Congress.

Please take a look at the email below from Campaign for Liberty for more details. They have been on the frontlines of this battle for the past few years and are ready to win it, so I am personally asking you to help them finish this fight with an incredible victory.

For Liberty,

Congressman Ron Paul

Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill will be voted on in the U.S. House very soon.

So it’s vital you take action today.

As Dr. Paul noted in his letter, we can make history by passing this legislation!

You and I have a chance to take a MAJOR step toward putting our nation’s finances back on sound footing and ending the Fed’s outrageous rein of destruction over our economy.

The actions you are willing to take now may well determine the outcome of this fight.

So please complete our petition to your representative immediately.

This historic opportunity did not come up by accident. One thing the presidential race taught us this year is that our issues are moving front and center in the national debate.

They are being embraced more and more as the message of Liberty is spread around the country.

And no topic has caught fire more than that of the Federal Reserve.

In fact, all of your hard work has produced this historic moment in our battle against the Fed. We stand on the verge of upcoming votes in both houses of Congress on the Audit the Fed bill.

The House vote will come this July, so it’s vital you sign our petition to your representative right away.

Thanks to your efforts so far, Audit the Fed stands at 241 cosponsors in the House.

Even though the Senate is a tougher road, we have 20 cosponsors, and Senator Rand Paul has pledged to force a vote after the bill passes the House.

And the House WILL act. This is a fight that you and I can, and simply must, win.

You and I have seen the damage the out-of-control Fed can cause, especially during a time of crisis.

As you know, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury Department, and their cronies on Wall Street have for nearly 4 years been engaged in the worst plundering of a country’s wealth in the history of civilization.

It began with the bailouts. Then it moved on to QE 1 and 2, with who knows how many more on the horizon.

Our dollar is being devalued. The cost of food, gas, and other goods is being inflated, while you and I are left holding the bag.

The budget deficit grows. Our debt grows - now almost 16 trillion dollars.

And don’t be fooled by the charade of imaginary spending cuts the politicians want you to believe they have passed.

Nothing has changed. In fact, the debt ceiling increase ensures we will add at least TEN TRILLION dollars in new debt over the next ten years.

The statists and banksters are clearly out of control. And only you and I, together with millions of freedom-loving Americans, can demand Congress finally put a stop to it all.
Your signed petition and your help today will enable Campaign for Liberty to fight back by taking the battle straight to the heart of the problem - the Federal Reserve itself.

You and I know the Fed must be held accountable. But that’s not enough. I need to spread the word to MILLIONS more Americans.

As the American people find themselves under a mountain of debt, the Fed continues to print more money - backed by nothing but the whims of Ben Bernanke and international bankers.

If you and I don’t put a stop to it all, it will clearly be the ruin of our entire way of life.

The 2010 elections showed us what can be done by outraged citizens. The 2012 positions of the candidates showed they understand the political reality – freedom is popular, and so is Auditing the Fed.

Now, you and I must capitalize on these results to push forward in our battle to Audit – and then END – the Fed.

That’s why it’s vital you agree to sign our petition in support of Congressman Paul’s bill.

More Americans than ever are focused on our out-of-control fiscal policy after the recent debt ceiling fight!

Now is the time to make sure your representative feels the heat to support the Audit the Fed bill!

If you and I don’t act today, I’m afraid this crisis will end with the economic ruin of every man, woman and child in America.

Whether it’s seeing a phony “stimulus” package get rammed into law, watching Congress pass a $700 BILLION bank “bailout” under threat of martial law, or witnessing a fake “DEFAULT” crisis being used to lock in the Obama spending increases, the American people are agitated and increasingly angry.

It’s time to make sure they show it in fighting the Fed!

Now is the perfect time to unleash the pressure of MILLIONS of outraged Americans on the out-of-control Fed!

So please fill out our petition urging your representative to support the Audit the Fed bill when it comes to the House floor in the coming days!

And please consider making a contribution to Campaign for Liberty today.

As I know you’re aware, the Federal Reserve is shrouded in secrecy. Its meetings are off-limits to the public. Its inner workings are off-limits to the public.

And the Fed shows no sign of learning its lessons.

Even now, the Fed still refuses to release the full story on how it acted during the crisis!

Well, why do you think it keeps stalling?

Fed leaders know that coming clean with Congress and the American people on what they’ve done with our money would result in an anti-Fed firestorm. So can you imagine the impact of a full-scale audit?

You and I will finally be able to show the American people that the Federal Reserve System leads to:

***  Constant economic crises - the housing crisis and                      the resulting chaos is just one
example of an economic bubble created by centrally planned interest rates and money manipulation;

***  The destruction of the middle class
 - as
fuel, food,                      housing, medical care, and education 
costs soar, everyone who is NOT on the government dole is forced to make
 do with
less                      as the value of their money slowly decreases;

***  Currency destruction
 - history shows us that riots,                    
 violence, and full-scale police states can result when people finally 
realize our money isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on and REFUSE
to accept it.

And unless you and I end the madness in Washington, D.C., we may be closer than we’d like to think to learning that history lesson firsthand - right here in our own streets.

That’s why your commitment to helping pass the Audit the Fed bill - and helping Campaign for Liberty fight this battle - is so vital.

Audit the Fed is both a bill we CAN pass and one that is vital to exposing the massive corruption and dollar manipulation at the Federal Reserve.

Now, we just need to show Congress the American people demand action on the Audit the Fed bill. Here’s how we plan to do that.

First, we’re already busy contacting up to five million activists nationwide through mail, phones, and email to generate petitions to the U.S. House demanding action on the Audit the Fed bill.

But that’s just the beginning. We’ll work the talk radio stations and grant local media interviews to further turn up the pressure on the House.

And a few days before the vote, if we have the resources, we’d also like to run hard-hitting targeted radio, TV, and newspaper ads.

This entire program is designed to send this one, CLEAR message to our representatives: Any politician who votes against the Federal Reserve audit should look for another job.

But such a massive effort won’t be easy without the necessary resources. That’s why I’m counting on you to chip in a contribution of $10 today.

The big government, Fed-loving statists in Congress will stop at nothing to snatch victory out of our hands and derail our efforts to Audit the Fed.

This is our best chance EVER to WIN this fight and turn Audit the Fed into the law of the land. But that can’t happen without you.

I hope you’ll join C4L in this battle today by completing your petition and chipping in a contribution of $10.

Thank you for your support.

In Liberty,

Campaign for Liberty

Matt Hawes
Vice President

P.S. The U.S. House is set to vote this July on Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill. Time is short, so it is vital your representative hear from you today.

Please, fill out the petition to your representative today. Also, please chip in a contribution of $10 to help Campaign for Liberty see Audit the Fed turned into the law of the land!

Ventura: Abolish Both Political Parties

Slams mainstream media as “hired guns to push an agenda”

Steve Watson

[Editor's Note: Jesse's latest book is currently available in the Infowars Shop.]
Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura called for the abolition of the Democratic and Republican parties in an appearance last night on CNN, saying they are worse than violent warring street gangs.
In an interview with Piers Morgan, Ventura did not hold back, urging that “We need to abolish the political parties,” and “Make them political action committees.”
As he does in his new book, the former Navy Seal compared the current two party US political system to the infamous Los Angeles street gangs the Bloods and Crips.
“They call the blue states Democrats, well that is also the colors of the Crips,” he explained. “Naturally, the Bloods’ color is red and the Republican states are called red states.”
“They’re worse,” Ventura continued. “Let me explain why they’re worse: The Crips and the Bloods, the street gangs, while they can be devastating to a certain small part of the population, the Democrips and the Rep-bloodicans, they affect everybody in this country.”
Ventura elaborated by explaining that the system has been corrupted by big money and both parties are bought and paid for, leaving no room for a third party to have any success.
Ventura suggested that presidential candidates should be “required to wear a NASCAR racing suit” to “show who owns them”.
The former Governor also had some choice words for the corporate media, for not scrutinizing the political system and instead concentrating on pap.
“I think it’s awful. It’s terrible. You know, the news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision. All these shows are nothing but opinion moderators. They’re hired guns to push an agenda. I think it’s horrible.” Ventura said.
“When our forefathers created this country, the media was supposed to be the fourth branch of government, the unwritten branch.” Ventura added.
“Their job was to keep track of what the other three were doing and report it to the American people so the American people could judge it accordingly. What you have now is nothing but a media with opinion and a media that I remember the death of Anna Nicole Smith. It was the headline for a month — a month. And yet the meat and potatoes of running our country gets cast aside because why? The media today is not in to reporting the news, they’re in to creating it, and that is very, very dangerous.”
“Because the light went on with “60 Minutes”. They found out the news could make money. So the bean counters came in. Now the news is nothing but entertainment. It’s done to get ratings.” Ventura urged.
“Where in the old days of Walter Cronkite, the news took a loss and they accepted that and they made up for it in their entertainment division. Not today. Today, the news is expected to get ratings and expected to generate money and that is horrible.” he added.
Ventura also revealed that he believes he has been banned from appearing on FOX News and MSNBC, and that Don Imus would not interview him because he had requested the radio host play a Rage Against the Machine song during the appearance.
Watch a portion of the interview here:

In a further appearance on CNN this morning, Ventura repeated some of these key points, adding that voters would be encouraged to educate themselves more about candidates if party names, which are used in much the same way as gang symbols, were removed from ballots.
“The one simple reform would be on every ballot, don’t list the gang names or the gang symbols.” Ventura stated.
“They make it far too easy. If you’re conservative, you don’t have to know the candidate’s name. You walk in and look for Republican. If you’re a liberal, you don’t need to know the candidate’s name. You look for Democrat. How about removing all of that and just print the candidates’ names? Then, it becomes to the voter. The voter must then educate themselves. What does John Smith stand for? Make the parties like political action committees. They can still endorse the same as the teachers union, the police union, fire, whoever. They can endorse candidates. But let’s remove the party names from the ballots.”
Watch a portion of the interview below:

Ventura will appear on the Alex Jones Show for a full hour today to discuss these issues in more detail, as well as his ongoing lawsuit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle over Kyle’s claims that he punched Ventura in a bar for insulting a dead U.S. soldier.
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Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.