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Boyd Rice (right) and a man who only identified himself as “White” protesting for Charles Manson after he was denied parole – Public Domain Charles Manson was an archetypal American in a manner similar to Donald Trump. Both men convince(d) others to do things against their better sense, moral training and counter to their own interests. The particular charisma Manson and Trump project is one that is based in the amplification of people’s fears while creating an illusion of their difference. Charles Manson was considered above conventional morality and something of a demigod by his followers and supporters; Donald Trump…

In a special America 250 issue, Reason takes a look back at our country’s founding people and ideas. Read more here. Joanna Andreasson The American Revolution took place in Indian country. This is true in two senses. First, the physical landscape of the Revolution—the fields and forests through which troops marched and fought—was shaped by the continent’s original inhabitants. Second, and more important, the mental landscape of the Revolution, from its originating conflicts to its military tactics to the Founders’ ideas about freedom and the role of government, was also shaped by the continent’s original inhabitants. Before the arrival of…

Noise emitted by data centers can be heard and felt hundreds of feet away, and noise levels can reach up to 96 decibels — for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sound levels exceeding 85 decibels are considered dangerous and potentially damaging to human hearing, depending on the duration of the exposure. Residents living near artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are reporting symptoms — including dizziness, nausea, vertigo, insomnia, headaches and anxiety — that they believe are directly related to the centers’ noise pollution. According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, the noise emitted by data centers can be heard and felt…

Photo by Vedrana Filipović Has your family consumed its lump of coal today? In one of the most perverse Big Government moves ever, last year President Trump proclaimed an “energy emergency.” Since then he’s unilaterally ordered five electric utilities to re-open, or keep open, their old, coal-burning power plants. These coal plants are toxic bombs that continuously spew mercury, carbon dioxide, and a mix of other killer pollutants into our air, water, and bodies. Mercury emissions are especially vicious, causing early death in adults and permanent IQ damages to fetuses and children. Even the president’s own health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy…

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair For years, Congress and elected officials across the country have sidestepped one of the clearest economic problems facing working families: the minimum wage no longer keeps pace with the real cost of living. Today, even full-time work at the federal minimum wage doesn’t pay enough to rent a market-rate two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the country. And too often, politicians have intervened to keep it that way. For example, I live in Oklahoma, where the state minimum wage has been tied to the federal rate of $7.25 an hour since 2009. As a result, a full-time minimum-wage…

Date of sighting: Nov 23, 2020Dept of War, US Gov: https://www.war.gov/ufo/?releaseDate=Release+02#DOW-UAP-PR055-Spherical-UAP-over-AFG-in-and-out-of-clouds-23-Nov-2020Now this is very exciting. I found this video in the second release of the Trump UFO files and it’s just wow! A giant black sphere is seen moving and then enters and exits the clouds. This thing is huge, I’m talking 100 meters or more huge! And it’s seeding the clouds with smaller orbs that record data about Earth, including human activities, broadcasts, airwaves, and even human thoughts if it’s within a few miles of the person. This source is indisputable, the infrared video is undeniable and this UFO is 100% alien technology…

Photo by Taylor Nicole More than 15 years ago, the Supreme Court removed limits on corporate political spending in its notorious Citizens United decision, ushering in an era of unprecedented influence by moneyed interests. As a result, a small group of ultrawealthy donors have skewed the political system to their advantage — and today, social scientists link the growing gap between rich and poor to that seminal 2010 decision. Federal attempts to overturn the ruling by amending the U.S. Constitution or legislating against corporate spending have repeatedly failed. But now several states are experimenting with new ways to get this flood of corporate money out of politics. The state of Hawaii…

Flooding of the Pudding River, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo:Jeffrey St. Clair. A Moody’s white paper released last week highlights growing concerns about flood insurance protection gaps  — apprehensions amplified by a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) report proposing to make insurance even more unaffordable. The report points out that the number of homeowners who are inadequately covered is much larger than believed due to outdated FEMA flood maps and a reliance on past data to predict future risk. Moody’s looks at what would happen county-by-county in three simulated scenarios to determine the amount of uninsured damage: a “1-in-100-year” (1 percent…

Photo by Sean Ferigan “We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning.”— Donald Trump Donald Trump promised Americans they would get tired of winning. If this is what winning looks like, America can’t afford much more of it. We are losing ground economically. We are losing credibility abroad. We are losing tourists, workers, stability, trust, constitutional guardrails, and whatever remained of the illusion that the government answers to “we the people.” The tourism economy is taking a hit, with international visitors increasingly reluctant to come to the United States. Even migration—the lifeblood of America’s economic growth, innovation, labor…