The five-member Federal Communications Commission has voted three to two to repeal net neutrality regulations. The three men who cast their votes in favor of repeal were Republicans Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr, and Michael O’Rielly. You did not elect any of these men. Prior to today you might not have even known the names of two Read More…
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James Corbett Interview – “Why Big Oil Conquered The World”
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSMany have the false belief that much of the problems we face today as Americans, as a species, are somewhat new problems, or due in large part to modern industrialization. But what if I told you that most of the root Read More…
10 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know
“The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know.” ~Noam Chomsky 1.) It is nearly impossible to pay off the national debt: “Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.”~William Cobbett This is Read More…
How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World
The 20th century was the century of oil. From farm to fork, factory to freeway, there is no aspect of our modern life that has not been shaped by the oil industry. But as the “post-carbon” era of the 21st century comes into view, there are those who see this as the end of the Read More…
The Acceptance Of Media Bias And The Illusion Of Democracy
The mainstream media in the US has become a universal joke. Even those who regularly watch a given mainstream channel will openly admit that every channel has obvious bias, and then justify their viewing it by saying, “but that is why I watch both channels; to hear both sides.” This has become the common answer to Read More…
In An Oligarchy, Voting Is A Tool To Manufacture The Illusion Of Consent
If there’s one thing we’ve learned so far from election 2016 it’s that the American people do not understand their government. The perception is that we have a democracy, and that in this democracy we the people have vested power in our government which we exercise through the act of voting. ‘Throw the bastards out,’ has long since Read More…






