By Ellen Brown Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states are not far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities; but there are solutions. The Federal Reserve could do a round of “QE for Munis.” Or the state could turn its sizable pension fund into a self-sustaining public bank. […]
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Is this really the future of healthcare in America? The Press25 Jul 2017NICK ALLEN PHOTOS: REUTERS People wait to receive medical and dental care at the Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise, Virginia. “This organisation was designed to parachute into the most God-awful places. I expected to see stuff like […]
By: theantimedia.org | Japan — More than three-quarters of a million tons of radioactive water is about to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean if the chairmen of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) have their way, Japanese media reported over the weekend. All they require now is […]
Exclusive: As a backdrop to the Russia-gate hysteria and the heightened fear of China is a budget war over how much U.S. taxpayer money to pour into space warfare, explains Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall There’s a civil war being fought on our nation’s soil, right in our capital. […]
ESSENTIAL VIEWING! Fascinating new presentation From Chomsky. What kind of world are we leaving for our children? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4J0T7pQkQ
The Australian government plans to crack down on the ‘black economy’ by implanting $100 and $50 notes with hi-tech nano-chips so they can be surveilled. No this isn’t a futuristic Hollywood movie, this is Australia in 2017. With around 300 million $100 notes in circulation carrying out such a task seems […]
Donald Trump has mocked Kim Jong-un after North Korea has launched a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast ahead of the G20 summit later this week. The missile was launched at around 9.10am local time from an airfield in Panghyon, about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQoX03uYeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQoX03uYeY Published on Jun 29, 2017 June 29, 2017: **Millions of acres are at risk it is so incredibly dry** Nationally, 30 large fires have burned nearly 180,000 acres. Twenty new large fires were reported in nine states. More than 8,000 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires […]
Sovereign Debt Jubilee, Japanese-Style Thursday, June 29, 2017 By Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog | News Analysis Let’s face it. There is no way the US government is ever going to pay back a $20 trillion federal debt. The taxpayers will just continue to pay interest on it, […]