By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at

If I was to watch the world news every day I would be filled with a burning desire to build myself a hut in the hills, don my hazmat suit and wait for the impending collapse of humanity.

I met a guy who'd done pretty much that. He was Welsh and drunk most of the time. But once, in the local pub he'd decided to venture into after spending a year living in solitude, he confided in me that all the things that had driven him to his fearful state didn't seem all that important any longer.

Submitted by Robert Parry via ConsortiumNews.com,

A curious reality about Official Washington is that to have “credibility” you must accept the dominant “group thinks” whether they have any truth to them or not, a rule that applies to both the mainstream news media and the political world, even to people who deviate from the pack on other topics.

For those who enjoy truncating 24 hour blocks into 45 seconds or less, here are four time lapse videos of winter storm Jonas, a/k/a Snowmageddon, dumping near-record amounts of snow across the northeastern United States.

First here is a clip showing 24 hours of footage, from 12:30 pm on January 22 to 12:30 pm on January 23. It consists of nearly 3000 photos.

Three dead sperm whales washed up on a beach in Skegness, Lincolnshire on Sunday. They are thought to be from the same pod as the whale that died on the coast of Norfolk on Friday despite efforts to rescue it. Planet Rock reports: East Lindsey District Council has urged the public not to go near the whales and is arranging for them to be cordoned off. A statement said: “As is usual procedure when this type of event occurs, the council must make contact with the relevant authorities to check whether they wish to review the carcasses. “Once this is known the council can arrange removal.

Is "The Bear" back from the dead...

Source: Townhall.com

You decide... 

As the business cycle beats the centrally-planned committee's manipulation once again.