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America has changed a lot since Super Bowl 1 in 1967 but, as the cost of tickets, airfare, commercials, and beer have soared, real median incomes have risen just 9%... is it any wonder the 'people' are revolting.. towards Bernie and The Donald? However, the economics of Super Bowl 50 are every bit as cloudy as the general American economy... which looks set to be re-named "The Unicorn Bowl."

Distraction - Nearly 1 in 4 are watching just for the commercials...

Security at this years annual Super Bowl games around the Levi Stadium in California will resemble a war zone.  Patrolling F-15 warplanes, tanker planes, police sharpshooters, bomb-sniffing dogs, metal detectors, helicopters, and a no-fly zone imposed in San Fransisco are just a handful of measures authorities are taking to prevent a terrorist attack from taking place.

Chicago Goon Thugs Retire With $100,000 annually.

https://www.rt.com/usa/331454-chicago-police-retire-punishment/

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The departure of Rand from the presidential race has left the hawks gloating. Non-interventionism is dead, the Ron Paul Movement is over, we’re all neocons now, they crow. Let’s just see about that!

Angela Merkel has delivered President Vladimir Putin an extraordinary, strongly worded warning: ‘You are making a big mistake going rogue from the New World Order – come into the fold before it’s too late.’ Merkel is getting ‘more and more exasperated’ with the ‘reckless behaviour’ of President Putin, to the point where she felt it necessary to instruct Rudiger von Fritsch, the German Ambassador to the Russian Federation, to pass on her strongly worded threat. It is understood Putin prefers not to take direct personal telephone calls from Merkel, hence her use of von Fritsch as messenger.