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Here's Why America's Drug War Has Been An Epic Failure

Submitted by Alice Salles via TheAntiMedia.org,

The U.S. government’s efforts against illicit drugs have finally run their course. With over one trillion dollars wasted over the past several decades and nothing to show but failure, taxpayers are beginning to ask a simple yet pertinent question: Is it time to end the bottomless funding of this utterly ineffective anti-drug crusade?

NY Fed President Dudley Thinks A New Housing Bubble Is A Perfect Cure For Soft Retail Sales

NY Fed President Dudley Thinks A New Housing Bubble Is A Perfect Cure For Soft Retail Sales

In general, most people would agree that the housing collapse of 2008/2009 was a negative event in U.S. history.  A combination of misinformed regulations from Washington D.C., low interest rates, poor underwriting standards that allowed for, among other things, the idiotic "cash out" mortgage, and an insatiable demand for securitizations drove one of the biggest asset bubbles in history which almost brought down the entire global financial system.

Trump vs. the CIA — Paul Craig Roberts

Trump vs. the CIA

Paul Craig Roberts

When I read Trump’s defenders, such as Daniel Lazare, having to balance their defense with denunciations of Trump, I think the CIA’s propaganda is working. In his article, Lazare asks the rhetorical question, “Is a military coup in the works?” He then goes on to describe the CIA and presstitute coup against Trump unfolding before our eyes. https://consortiumnews.com/2017/01/14/the-scheme-to-take-down-trump/

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