History

President John Quincy Adams on Freemasonry

“The second manifestation of the force of the Masonic obligation was made visible in the courts of justice… The sheriffs, whose duty it was under the laws of New York to select and summon the grand juries, were, in all the counties in which the deeds of violence against Morgan had been committed, Freemasons. Several of them had themselves been parties to the crime. They did not hesitate to make use of their power as officers of justice to screen the criminals from conviction. The jurors whom they summoned were most of them Masons, some of them participators in the offenses into which it became their civil duty to inquire.” […]

Independent Press

20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USA

Did you know….
1. 80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S.
2. There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the U.S. voting machine industry.
3. The vice-president of Diebold and the president of ES&S are brothers. […]

Independent Press

This is Your Brain on Cell Phones

“The studies and survey conducted by Australian Health Research Institute indicates that due to billions of times more in volume electromagnetic radiation emitted by billions of mobile phones, internet, intranet and wireless communication data transmission will make almost 1/3 rd of world population (about 2 billions) patient of ear, eye and brain cancer beside other major body disorders like heart ailments, impotency, migraine, epilepsy etc. […]

History

Aboard a Slave Ship

In creating Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy”, Buchanan allied with, and personified the Klan fronts like the White Citizens Councils which battled tooth and nail to deny blacks their basic civil rights. This is solid fact, easily confirmed history. Buchanan was a segregationist and did use white supremacist organizations to rile white voters and canvass for voters. If it were even true that slavery brought freedom and prosperity, the first slaves had some 350 years to wait for it. […]

Entertainment

The Literary Bucket List: Ghosts/Aliens

On “Ghosts/Aliens”: “THE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME! (EVEN BETTER THAN THE BIBLE!).” So writes one soldier from Baghdad, Iraq in his customer review. Although I wouldn’t go so far, it got me thinking. With all the death and horrors of war around me, if I were in his place, it would take a freakishly exceptional writer to keep me in stitches. And if any book could do it, it would be this one. In a new feature we’ll call The Literary Bucket List, we’ll review books you should read before you die, particularly if your death is imminent and you want to die laughing, informed, happy, comforted, or all of the above. The first book to fall under this heading is… […]

Hillary Clinton

RFK Eulogy by Ted Kennedy, 1968

At a time when Sen. Ted Kennedy had just been diagnosed with brain cancer, and Hillary's attempt to win his endorsement failed, she brings up the memory of the Robert F. Kennedy assassination in June of 1968. She is implying, in a thinly veiled threat, that she should stay in the race because Obama might be assassinated as well. […]

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Didn’t Lie About Tuzla!

With new evidence supporting her assertions of bravery under sniper fire, we humbly retract the last story regarding Hillary’s Tuzla adventures. We remain forever shamed that we ever questioned Hillary’s heroism, and offer our most sincere apologies to the Clinton camp. […]

Independent Press

Please Don’t View Donnie Hoyle’s Secret Thu–

Why doesn’t anybody listen? The last time he told people not to download his pants pal Ronnie they did, and cruelly defaced him by placing him in disgusting and compromising positions. Seriously. Please don’t look at his secret thumb drive. Dot com. Don’t be an asshole and look at it, ok? […]