Whether you're religious or not, seeing flames coming out of your kitchen faucet would be enough to make you fall to your knees, fearing that a cosmic force of incomprehensible evil is loose on our land. In more and more areas across America, families are discovering to their astonishment that their "water" has turned combustible.
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National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. [Read more]
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Our rights versus authoritarian wrong
One of the juiciest ironies of Tampa’s newly-minted law to suppress protest at the upcoming Republican National Convention is that it bans the carrying of water pistols by protesters. However, thanks to Florida’s nutty right-wing governor,... [read more]
Insider tips profit biggest hedge funds
The high-rollers who run Wall Street's top hedge funds essentially gamble with other people's money, betting billions of dollars on such stuff as whether XYZ Corporation's third-quarter profits will be one point lower than forecast. Doing... [read more]
Protecting political insiders from our First Amendment
Ah, it’s August – time for the presidential nominating conventions!
This grand testimonial of our citizens’ rights and liberties will begin with the Republicans in Tampa. Flags are being mounted, majestic music is... [read more]
America's incredibly meek media
Bizarrely, the CEOs of America's highly-conglomerated news sources keep trying to jack up profits by shedding the editors and reporters who actually create their product.
Not to worry, though, for a new breed... [read more]
How greedy can global bankers get?
I, for one, am tired of hearing complaints that our giant, bailed-out banks have simply taken the money and run, giving nothing back to society.
That's why I'm so pleased that... [read more]
Warning: A new intrusive swarm coming our way!
Get ready, America, for here comes "the next latest and greatest thing in aviation." Wow, what could it be? Maybe the airlines are going to drop all of their ridiculous ripoff fees. That'd be great!
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