By Michael Snyder: Did
you know that there are more than 102 million working age Americans
that do not have a job? Yes, I know that number sounds absolutely
crazy, but it is true. Right now, there are more than 11 million Americans that are considered to be "officially unemployed", and there are more than 91 million
Americans that are not employed and that are considered to be "not in
the labor force". When you add those two numbers together, the total is
more than 102 million. Overall, the number of working age Americans
that do not have a job has increased by about 27 million
since the year 2000. But aren't things getting better? After all, the
mainstream media is full of headlines about how "good" the jobs numbers
for October were. Sadly, the truth is that the mainstream media is not
being straight with the American people. As you will see below, we are
in the midst of a long-term unemployment crisis in America, and things
got even worse last month.
In this day and age, it is absolutely imperative that people start
thinking for themselves. Just because the media tells you that
something is true does not mean that it actually is. If unemployment
was actually going down, the percentage of the working age population that has a job should actually be going up.
As you are about to see, that is simply not the case.
Telling the truth has become a revolutionary act, so let us salute those who disclose the necessary facts.
11 Nov 2013
US/EU Deal Makes Genocide Legitimate Business Model - Max Keiser
William Hague Defends UK GCHQ Criminality On The British Brainwashing Corporation (BBC) + Parliament Defends Apartheid Israel
GET THE GOVERNMENT OFF MY DONUTS
Our Era’s Definitive Dynamic: Diminishing Returns - Doing more of what doesn't work
By Charles Hugh Smith: We all intuitively grasp the meaning of diminishing returns: Either
it takes more effort to maintain a project’s payoff, or the payoff
declines even though the effort invested remains constant. This graphic
illustrates the two types of diminishing returns:
The Offshore Outsourcing of American Jobs: A Greater Threat Than Terrorism
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: Is offshore outsourcing good or harmful for America? To convince
Americans of outsourcing’s benefits, corporate outsourcers sponsor
misleading one-sided “studies.”
Only a small handful of people have looked objectively at the issue.
These few and the large number of Americans whose careers have been
destroyed by outsourcing have a different view of outsourcing’s impact.
But so far there has been no debate, just a shouting down of skeptics as
“protectionists.”Now comes an important new book, Outsourcing America, published by the American Management Association. The authors, two brothers, Ron and Anil Hira, are experts on the subject. One is a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the other is professor at Simon Fraser University.
The authors note that despite the enormity of the stakes for all Americans, a state of denial exists among policymakers and outsourcing’s corporate champions about the adverse effects on the US. The Hira brothers succeed in their task of interjecting harsh reality where delusion has ruled.
The Ghosts Of War + Veteran’s Day: Another 22 Men Will Kill Themselves Today
Veteran’s Day:
Another 22 Men Will Kill Themselves Today
By Paul Elam: USA - Check
what time it is wherever you are. Then wait an hour. Chances are by the
time that hour has passed, another US military veteran will have taken
his life. Yes, his. The victims, checking out 22 times a day, one
every 65 minutes, are overwhelmingly male; just like the ones that die
in combat.Another 22 Men Will Kill Themselves Today
Why 'feminism' poisons EVERYTHING
Alvin Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism
By Madison Ruppert: If you’re a naturalist who holds to evolution, you probably think
your worldview is quite rational. Eminent philosopher Alvin Plantinga,
however, would say that your system of beliefs defeats itself and is
thus irrational.
Plantinga, who spent most of his career at the University of Notre
Dame and Calvin College, developed the “Evolutionary Argument Against
Naturalism” to show just how irrational it really is.
There are a few things that must be noted in order to understand Plantinga’s argument. First, this isn’t an argument against evolution. It also isn’t an argument against naturalism, per se. Instead, it just shows that it is irrational to hold naturalism and evolution together and continue to say that naturalism is, in fact, true.
Some definitions are also important. By evolution, he means natural selection acting on random mutation. He defines naturalism in the simplest way possible, essentially that there is no such person as God or anything like a god.
Plantinga points out that naturalism is a step beyond atheism. Not all atheists are naturalists, though all naturalists are atheists.
So what is his argument?
Well, it would be best summarized by Plantinga himself:
There are a few things that must be noted in order to understand Plantinga’s argument. First, this isn’t an argument against evolution. It also isn’t an argument against naturalism, per se. Instead, it just shows that it is irrational to hold naturalism and evolution together and continue to say that naturalism is, in fact, true.
Some definitions are also important. By evolution, he means natural selection acting on random mutation. He defines naturalism in the simplest way possible, essentially that there is no such person as God or anything like a god.
Plantinga points out that naturalism is a step beyond atheism. Not all atheists are naturalists, though all naturalists are atheists.
So what is his argument?
Well, it would be best summarized by Plantinga himself: