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Commonsense Money

Those who propose we reform central banking miss the point. Why reform it when, by design, it can gradually be displaced?

(TEMPE, Az.) - Since 1913, debt has been the only way that we in the U.S. have known to create money. Choking on debt yet short on money, Americans are reeling from too much monetary theory and too little commonsense.

Kamala D. Harris Takes Oath as California Attorney General

Harris is the first woman, and the first African American and the first South Asian American, to hold the office of Attorney General in the history of California.

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - Kamala D. Harris was sworn in as California Attorney General this afternoon in Sacramento, vowing in her remarks to ensure that state law is on the side of the people.

"I am deeply humbled by the trust you have placed in me and I will never forget it is you, the People of California, whom I serve," Harris said.

OxyContin Crisis in Ohio, Maine and Vermont

Maine and Vermont top on Painkiller Addiction List in the Country!

(MYRTLE BEACH S.C.) - A new federal study says Maine and Vermont top the national list for treatment rates for painkiller addiction.

A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says Vermont ranks behind only Maine in terms of admission rates per capita for those seeking help kicking addictions to prescription opiates such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. Oxycodone is known by the brand name OxyContin.

Four Polygamous Families with Congenital Birth Defects from Fallujah, Iraq

Many known war contaminants have the potential to interfere with normal embryonic and fetal development.

(GENOA, Italy) - Since 2003, congenital malformations have increased to account for 15% of all births in Fallujah, Iraq.

A True Story: The Cry of the Bigfoot

The Bigfoot legend's close proximity to Salem, Oregon.

(SALEM, Ore.) - My wife and I hiked the path toward the creek. We noticed several trees that had been inexplicably snapped off about eight feet above the ground.

Suddenly an otherworldly cry filled the forest around us. It emanated from higher up the Rock Creek canyon, piercing with a strange timbre that was bestial and somehow human...

Fatal Traffic Crash - Highway 97 Near Chemult

(KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.) - Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation into Sunday morning's two vehicle fatal traffic crash on Highway 97 about six miles south of the Klamath / Deschutes County line.

The crash resulted in the death of a 65-year old Chico, California woman and injuries to two Klamath Falls residents.

Two Sisters, Two Planets

A hardy shout away from Ciudad Juarez, El Paso experienced a dramatically different reality in 2010

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Hugging a common land and embracing a sisterly river, El Paso and Ciudad Juarez are linked in a zillion ways. But in 2010, the twin cities might as well have been on different planets.

Depending on the press or law enforcement source, anywhere between 3075 and 3156 people were murdered in the Mexican city and the adjacent Juarez Valley. Of the victims, 304 or 306 were women, again depending on the source.

Phony UFO Scare Wikileak`s `Coup de Grace`

“…it is worth noting that in yet-to-be-published parts of the cablegate archive there are indeed references to UFOs.”

(CINCINNATI ) - When CFR Director, Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the most feared power brokers in Washington or anywhere else, openly attacked Wikileaks as an intelligence operation, siding so many others of the independent alternative media, Wikileak’s days were numbered.

The failed UFO scare, whatever it was supposed to do, has backfired, putting a bullet in the heart of Wikileaks.

Waiting Room

Rome wasn’t built or destroyed in a day...

(CLEVELAND) - Where is God in all of this mess I’m going through? Probably the same place He was when Moses was in the wilderness or while David was on the run first from Saul, then his own son.

How about where was God when John was beheaded or while Christ was nailed to the Cross? We always question where is God in the tough times but never in the good ones.

Israeli Demonstrators `Return` Tear Gas Canisters to US Ambassador`s Home

This is the first protest where empty tear gas canisters have been returned to an ambassador’s home.

(TEL AVIV) - Israeli activists protesting the killing of Bil’in’s Jawaher Abu Rahmah ‘returned’ spent tear gas canisters to the residence of the American ambassador to Israel late Saturday evening.

Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital on Friday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in, and died of poisoning Saturday morning.