(DailyCaller) - Zaid Jilani, a former blogger with the left-wing think tank Center for American Progress, explained this week how the Obama administration frequently tries to censor the progressive organization’s content when it departs from the White House’s agenda. View this entry »

(WashTimes) – Sen. Rand Paul urged the thousands that turned out for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to imagine electing a “friend of liberty” to the White House who will defend the Constitution and push back against a federal government that is trampling over their individual rights. View this entry »

Update 2: ARMED ATTACKERS LEAVE UKRAINE MILITARY BASE IN SEVASTOPOL: TV5

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Update, and this time from Reuters:

• ARMED MEN ENTER UKRAINIAN MILITARY POST IN CRIMEA AND TAKE CONTROL, NO SHOTS FIRED — REUTERS REPORTER ON THE SCENE
• UKRAINIANS AND FORCES THOUGHT TO BE RUSSIANS HOLD NEGOTIATIONS AFTER MILITARY POST TAKEN, NO ARMS SEIZED — REUTERS REPORTER
  

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(ZeroHedge) – More lies, propaganda, or for once, the truth? Just out from Time’s Simon Shuster: View this entry »

(SHTFPlan) - Earlier this week we noted that an invasion of the Ukraine by Vladimir Putin would likely lead to a complete destruction of U.S. stock markets. It’s not so much the invasion force itself, but rather, the economic maneuvers that would come with it should Russia take this course of action. View this entry »

(FinancialTimes) - An aggressive cyber weapon called Snake has infected dozens of Ukrainian computer networks including government systems in one of the most sophisticated attacks of recent years. View this entry »

Updated with a new video below.

(Infowars) - Jon Bowne investigates the mass amnesia associated with the indisputable connection between the Ku Klux Klan and the Democratic Party as well as its long history of murder, torture and voting coercion: View this entry »

(TheOrganicPrepper) - The bells are tolling on the American economy.  Every day, another expert is warning us of the imminent demise of our way of life. If you’re paying attention, you can see it coming, like some huge storm system, bearing down on you. You don’t stand there and wait for it to hit you. View this entry »

(Dissenter) – In the past few days, the Russian state-funded media organization, RT, has had two of its staff members express some level of protest against the editorial line of the organization and how it is currently covering the Russia-Ukraine “crisis” that has been unfolding. View this entry »

(BreakingTheSet) – On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin remarks on the ongoing media craze surrounding her remarks on RT regarding the crisis in Ukraine and features a clip of her appearance on CNN where she took the opportunity to call out the corporate media. Abby then speaks with Alexis Baden-Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association, about a recent lawsuit filed against the EPA in an effort to disclose the ingredients found in pesticides, discussing the dangers and negative effects associated with these chemical sprays. View this entry »

Death as my constant companion,
Like grief is here to remind
That beneath the surface of everyday life,
My soul’s purpose I must find, in time.

(TomLescher) – Both grief and death bring us into our emotional bodies where we FEEL the difference between our highest goals and aspirations for ourselves and our life and where we actually, truly are. Sometimes the chasm between the ideal and the real can be devastating. We are in tense times now and are being pushed to BE and DO (masculine and feminine working together) View this entry »

(SLHS) – It’s time for another edition of ‘Good News’ – the episodes of SLHS where we focus on the stories that prove that the sky isn’t falling, that there is another tomorrow, and that things aren’t all bad! In this podcast, learn about a group of teenagers (yes, teenagers!) organizing a Valentine’s day surprise for an elderly woman; a comforting show of empathy from a healthy young boy to another with leukemia; and what happened when a Texas newscaster decided to stand up for the openly gay NFL prospect Michael Sam. As usual – enjoy, spread the word, and peace! View this entry »

(AmandaWarren) - Phoenix military-style police were in a stand-off with an armed robbery suspect who was in his home on Wednesday. They had blocked off the entire suburban road.

A little pup walked in the middle of the operation and decided to pick a fight, barking at the police to stand down. View this entry »

(NaturalBlaze) - Mark Baker of Baker’s Green Acres has always refused the offer to back down when it came to the state of Michigan and the DNR ordering fines of $700,000 and the destruction of his heritage pigs – because they looked different. View this entry »

(NoMoreFakeNews) - On one level, the struggle over Ukraine is a deadly US/EU/Russian game of territory, involving governments, intelligence agencies, corporations, and banks.

But at a higher level, as usual, sit the elite Globalist players. And their motives are different. They see every conflict as an opportunity to negotiate the aftermath. View this entry »

(BenSwann) - Ben Swann explains how the new coalition of EndPartisanship.org is working to break the 2 party hold on primary elections, which currently lock around 50% of voters out of the process. Plus, Ben details a lawsuit that has now been filed in the state of New Jersey to break that hold. View this entry »

(DollarVigilante) - As I write this, the European Union has just announced a possible $15b aid package to Ukraine (including 8 billion euros in fresh credit). Everybody has read the headlines about Europe: record unemployment, no end in sight, and so on.

So you might be wondering just where the European Union, and its constituent nations, scraped together the money to propose aid for Ukraine.

Well, wonder no more, because the following eight events might give you an idea of where governments go to get a little extra cash. View this entry »

City of Hamburg defends state’s attack on Second Amendment by attacking the First

(AdanSalazar) – A town in western New York state is pursuing charges against a man for refusing to remove a pro-Second Amendment sign from his property, an order the man and his lawyer are calling unconstitutional. View this entry »

(KurtNimmo) - The Russian newspaper Izvestia reports the Russian Duma is drafting amendments to the criminal code that will allow the Putin government to prosecute journalists as terrorists. View this entry »

(TenthAmendmentCenter) - Yesterday, the New Hampshire house passed a bill to thwart some of the actions of the growing surveillance state. House Bill 1533 (HB1533), which bans the use of any information obtained from a “portable electronic device” such as mobile phone in “a criminal, civil, administrative, or other proceeding,” passed by a voice vote and now moves on to the senate for further consideration. View this entry »

Cynical stunt coordinated with anti-Russian agitator

(PaulWatson) - Ex-RT host Liz Wahl is not “brave” or “courageous.” Her resignation reeks of hypocrisy.

In a follow up interview with Fox News, Wahl, who resigned in protest against state propaganda, says “yes” she would take a job with CNN. View this entry »

Cell phone footage mysteriously deleted in police custody

(MikaelThalen) - A man in Fall River, Mass. has been charged with unlawful wiretapping for recording a police officer shouting profanities in public. View this entry »

Newsweek writer asks if Satoshi Nakamoto is working on behalf of government

(PaulWatson) - Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged Bitcoin founder who was outed yesterday by Newsweek, did classified work for the U.S. military and major corporations, a fact that will sit uncomfortably with many Bitcoin proponents should it be confirmed that Nakamoto is indeed the father of the cryptocurrency. View this entry »

(TheYoungTurks) - *While two RT anchors spoke out against network editorial policy this week, one of them stayed at their jobs, and Abby Martin joined Piers Morgan Wednesday night after delivering an off-script commentary about Ukraine, and ended up going on several tangents about the “corporate media” complex and the self-censorship that exists at American networks “beholden to advertisers.” Martin told Morgan, “I knew going into that that I could put my job on the line, considering how the corporate media has fired multiple anchors for simply speaking out against the Iraq War.” She insisted that her bosses give her “complete editorial freedom,” and when Morgan asked about other parts of the programming, she shot back…* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Josh Feldman / Mediaite:http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rt%E2%80%9…

(AJC) - Alex and Dr. Edward Group break down the flaws of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM), and explore natural solutions for popular psychiatric medicines. View this entry »

(KurtNimmo) - Senator Ted Cruz told CPAC 2014 on Thursday the government needs abolish the IRS. There should be a flat tax, he said. Americans should be able to file their taxes on a postcard. View this entry »

How is the DHS obtaining private communications?

(PaulWatson) – A senior lecturer at Indiana University was confronted by Department of Homeland Security officials after the federal agency obtained copies of her emails and began quizzing her about the details of her sex life. View this entry »

(EconomicCollapse) - The U.S. government and the Russian government have both been forced into positions where neither one of them can afford to back down.  If Barack Obama backs down, he will be greatly criticized for being “weak” and for having been beaten by Vladimir Putin once again. View this entry »

Minor family dispute ends with children screaming as they watch mom and dad jackbooted to the ground

(SteveWatson) - Cops in Baytown Texas stormed a child’s birthday party after being called out following a minor family dispute, breaking out tasers and leaving frightened kids screaming as their parents writhed on the ground in agony. View this entry »

(NicholasWest) - In April of last year, Obama announced a $100 million brain-mapping project, which is being promoted as essential to unlocking the secrets behind degenerative brain conditions and kick starting job growth.

Despite a U.S. economy that is sliding ever faster toward complete implosion, Obama is doubling down on the initiative with another $100 million dollar commitment even as very little of the assertions about job growth have been proven.

In light of where the funding is coming from, it is worth re-examining the darker payoff potential. View this entry »

(KevinSamson) - Even as revelations continue to emerge about the full extent of government surveillance, and databases of every stripe seem to be on the rise, we cannot ignore some of the victories.

Little by little, we are beginning to see a roll-back of some of the surveillance state. View this entry »

(Youtube) – A property owner in Bridgeport, Michigan was addressing his grievances at the monthly township board meeting when he went over the 3 minutes allowed for public comment. The police went to remove him from the meeting and when he didn’t comply in a fast enough manner for them, it sounded like they said he was under arrest for disturbing the peace. View this entry »

(AmandaWarren) - In a post-9/11 world there is no room for humor or common sense among hyperactive law enforcement. But a man who makes a living by laugh-inducing pranks believes otherwise.

Columbus, Ohio police arrested pro-prankster Roman Atwood on Tuesday for “inducing panic and disorderly conduct.”

The question remains – what law was broken to force the man to appear in court next week? View this entry »

(NaturalNews) - A recent study conducted by Yale University’s School of Medicine proves that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process for testing new drugs is extremely inconsistent. The study, published on January 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, exposes the agency’s anxiousness to get new drugs onto the market, many without adequate testing. View this entry »

(StopTheDrugWar) - Washington, DC, is set to become the next entity to decriminalize small-time marijuana possession after the city council Tuesday gave final approval to a decriminalization bill. The bill must still be approved by Mayor Vincent Gray, who has signaled support for decriminalization.

But even after the mayor signs off, the measure will not become law until Congress has completed a required legislative review. That process could last into the summer. View this entry »

(SLHS) – Since February 12th, a dedicated group of Torontonians have held a permanent rotating citizens’ sit-in outside Rob Ford’s office at Toronto City Hall. With a round-the-clock presence and unbreakable will, they have vowed to not relent until the embattled Mayor is completely removed of his power. View this entry »