So much for Fox News's smear attempt, Kelly Clarkson is now #2 (from #41) on Amazon's best sellers list thanks to Paul supporters buying her album in droves.
Check out the comments on the album page!:
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Allie Scott is a junior at Osceola High School. The 16 year old says it all started in the school parking lot last month when she parked her brother's car in another girl's spot. She was asked to move it, and when she did at the end of the day, the car had been scratched up with a key. ... (more)
Nintendo, Sony and EA Quietly Withdraw Support for SOPA
posted 12/31/2011, 6:49 AM (Gameranx) [Category: Big Brother/Orwellian] Nintendo, Sony, and EA, the three largest gaming companies who came out in favor of the Stop Online Piracy Act, have removed their names from a list of supporters. As you can see from the recently updated list, Nintendo and EA's names are nowhere to be found. Sony's electronics division is absent as well, though the company's music publishing divisions remain.
Foreigners Dump Record Amount Of US Treasurys In Past Month
posted 12/31/2011, 6:49 AM (ZeroHedge) [Category: Economy] With year end fund flows making absolutely no sense for the most part, thank you global central planning, as the euro plunges and the market refuses to follow, with risk assets rising on speculation the ECB (and/or Fed) are about to restart printing yet gold collapsing (on one or two hedge funds liquidating, yet econ PhDs already rewriting their theses on why the "gold bubble has popped"), and finally with Treasurys soaring to near all time highs (10 Year under 1.9% yesterday even as stocks surg... (more)
Do Black Friday Shoppers Care About Starving Children?
posted 12/31/2011, 6:48 AM (Karen De Coster) [Category: Economy] I can't help but pay attention to all of the sound bites and visual propaganda that are passed 'round the Internet without a thought, especially on Facebook. The latest "visual" that has stirred the senses of the "give me a sound bite I don't have to think about" crowd is a new take on a very old theme – "Define Necessity." Here's version #976, for those who think this image is a new discovery:
30 Statistics That Show That The Middle Class Is Dying Right In Front Of Our Eyes As We Enter 2012
posted 12/31/2011, 6:48 AM (The Economic Collapse) [Category: Economy] Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most vibrant middle class that the world has ever seen. Unfortunately, that is rapidly changing. The statistics that you are about to read prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the U.S. middle class is dying right in front of our eyes as we enter 2012. The decline of the middle class is not something that has happened all of a sudden. Rather, there has been a relentless grinding down of the middle class over the last several decades. Mi... (more)
The Republican presidential candidate laced into Obama for authorizing the CIA-led drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an Al Qaeda leader, in Yemen this September. He reiterated his previously stated position that al-Awlaki’s American citizenship entitled him to due process.
Justin Raimondo: The Paul-haters won’t succeed
posted 12/31/2011, 6:46 AM (Antiwar.com) [Category: Commentary] It’s the thrill of a lifetime to see the neocons in such a frothy-mouthed lather: they are calling Paul a hater, but they are the ones exuding hate from every pore. And the people can smell it as it stinks up the political atmosphere, poisoning the election and obscuring the issues they care about.
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In this one-hour, ground-breaking travel special, you'll discover the splendid monuments of Iran's rich and glorious past, learn more about the 20th-century story of this perplexing nation, and experience Iranian life today in its historic capital and in a countryside village. Mo... (more)
Derrick Curtis Saunders was arrested on June 17, 2010, for his high-speed run caught by a Colorado State trooper in Arapahoe County. As if doing eighty-eight over the limit (at night, in a friend's car,... (more)