Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing

A defendant’s fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time.

NIA Documentary: ‘The Dollar Bubble’

The Dollar Bubble starring Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Marc Faber, Gerald Celente, Jim Rogers, and others. Prepare now for the U.S. dollar collapse. Presented by the National Inflation Association

Cern’s Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions

Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the very first time.

Medical Marijuana Saves Autistic Child’s Life

Hester-Perez’s 10-year-old son, Joey, was uninterested in food and was wasting away at 48 pounds. “Everyone that came to my home was watching me watch Joey die,” Hester-Perez told Kauffman. “He was deteriorating hourly.”

Leggo My Eggo!

Flooding and Equipment Failure Causes Eggo Waffle Food Shortage Across the Nation

The Truth Behind China’s Currency Peg

By Peter Schiff

During President Obama’s high profile visit to China this week, the most frequently discussed, yet least understood, topic was how currency valuations are affecting the economic relationship between the United States and China. The focal problem is the Chinese government’s policy of fixing the value of the renminbi against the U.S. dollar. While many correctly perceive that this ‘peg’ has contributed greatly to the current global imbalances, few fully comprehend the ramifications should that peg be discarded.

Thankful For Fading Freedoms

by Chuck Norris

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

But what if those who restrict our freedoms are the very people who are in charge of securing them?

Over just the last year, Washington has worked double-time to limit your liberties, despite such reductions being cloaked under the guise of governmental progress.

Texas Straight Talk: Audit the Fed Attached as an Amendment

By Ron Paul

I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill. As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this action, the Federal Reserve’s entire balance sheet will be opened up to a GAO audit. We will at last have a chance to find out what happened to the trillions of dollars the Fed has been giving out.

More Taxes Needed for Afghan War Cost….Only Rich People This Time

An “additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000” a year, could fund more troops…

State Dept. Official Resigns in Protest of Obama Afghanistan Decision

Matthew Hoh resigned from his position at the State Department to protest the Obama administrations seeming determination to send tens of thousands more American troops to a disastrous war in Afghanistan.

Rand Paul: The Emperor’s New Currency

By Rand Paul

We don’t collect enough taxes, so we have to borrow it. We are under a serious circumstance in our country and we have to do something serious to reform the system. Its not enough to just elect a different guy to go up there. You have to fundamentally change the rules of the system.

Its not that the Emperor has no clothes…it’s that the Emperor has NO money.