Articles from NaturalNews In-House Writers:
Real US federal budget deficit is in the trillions; Congress still playing numbers gamesBy Mike Adams, August 4 2006
(NewsTarget) The federal government declared a $318 billion budget deficit last year, but in reality it was over $3 trillion, according to government accountants.
"We've been hiding the bottom line from the American people," says Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., "It's not fair to them, and it's delusional on our part."
Congress uses "cash accounting" -- an accounting practice that would be illegal for any U.S. corporation -- in order to report a lower deficit publicly. This method is comparable...
 The coming financial collapse of the U.S. government: Fed papers reveal what's in store for AmericansBy Mike Adams, July 17 2006
The bankruptcy of the United States government has been talked about for years by independent observers. If you've read the book, "Empire of Debt," then you know where the U.S. is headed financially. But most people have no idea about the ultimate financial consequences of decades of borrowing and spending by Washington, and they remain irrationally convinced that the status quo will remain intact for eternity. No one in any position of authority, you see, has yet admitted that the U.S. government...
 Pentagon hit by flying grilled cheese sandwich, video frames showBy Mike Adams, May 18 2006
The Pentagon wasn't hit by a Boeing 757 jetliner. It was hit by a flying grilled cheese sandwich. How do I know? I clearly saw it in the video frames released by the FBI, there on the right. Not everybody sees the grilled cheese sandwich, I admit. Some people see a Boeing 757 jet out of the same blur that I'm pretty sure is a grilled cheese sandwich.
It's astonishing, really. According to almost every reporter in the mainstream media, a Boeing 757 jet, when photographed, looks exactly like an...
 Uncontrolled federal spending, encouraged by voters, to drive U.S. government into bankruptcyBy Mike Adams, May 17 2006
If you have children, you may have wondered what would happen if all children were given voting rights to control the spending decisions of the household. What if that were true across the board? What if all children in all households were given the right to vote on what kinds of things their parents spent money on? I'm sure you can imagine some of the obvious results.
Children would vote themselves an endless supply of candy, sugary breakfast cereal, video games, fashionable clothing, swimming...
 The Wal-Mart Freedom Action Plan: How to escape from Wal-Mart, even when you haven't stolen anythingBy Mike Adams, May 11 2006
Have you ever wondered if you're a mind slave of the police-state society we have in the United States these days? There's a very simple test you can do to find out. Here's the test: Go shopping at Wal-Mart repeatedly until you eventually end up walking out with an object that has an embedded RFID anti-theft chip that hasn't been deactivated. Wal-Mart's inventory control system will sound a tone and some retired, elderly person will get after you, or even tap you on the shoulder, in an effort to...
 Rebates and warranty cards: Marketing gimmicks galoreBy Mike Adams, April 18 2006
Did you ever wonder why so many products are sold with rebates? Whether you're buying computer equipment, monitors (LCD or otherwise), hard drives or just regular office equipment, it seems like everybody has this lower price advertised, but you have to apply for this rebate. You might wonder, "Well, why is this going on? Why is everything sold with a rebate? If the manufacturer is going to give me this $10 back or $20 back, why don't they just lower the price?"
Here's the answer, and this tells...
 Discount warehouse retailers: Costco vs. Sam's ClubBy Mike Adams, March 28 2006
This is a review of members-only discount warehouse retailers. In particular, I'm going to compare Sam's Club with Costco, because I've been a member of both. I've been checking them both out, so I can bring you this unbiased, unsolicited review. So, what's the bottom line on these two discount retailers? Let me tell you first what I'm looking for in retailers. A lot of people only care about the price, but I'm not really that interested in the price of products, as both warehouses are very competitive...
 Eye-opening documentary "The Corporation" reveals the true evils behind some Big Business companiesBy Mike Adams, March 22 2006
One of the most important videos you will ever see is The Corporation, a documentary by Zeitgeist Video. The film includes interviews with people like Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky -- two individuals you wouldn't normally see in the same film -- and there are also interviews with many other CEOs, whistleblowers, business brokers and even a corporate spy. This video will open your eyes -- even if you think your eyes are already open -- to the evils that are being caused by corporations around the...
 The truth about Enron that most Americans don't want to hearBy Mike Adams, February 2 2006
Mainstream America loves to dream. But those dreams turned to financial nightmares when the massive house of fraud known as Enron collapsed a few years ago. Later, nightmares turned to anger as Americans harmed by the collapse (investors, employees and energy customers) pointed their collective fingers at Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, proclaiming, "THEY are to blame for all this!"
Are they really? Anyone familiar with the details of the Enron story knows that Ken Lay was the cheerleader of the fraud...
 Warning signs of the housing bubble crash (part two)By Mike Adams, January 1 2006
This is Mike Adams talking about the looming housing bubble burst in the U.S. real estate market. It's coming. As I said before, I predicted the dot-com bust, but I was three years early. It's impossible to predict the exact timing on these things, but when the signs are there, you know it's coming. Eventually, it will go so far and people will get sane, and then things will start to unwind. It will accelerate towards a price collapse because there is a cascading effect. Once the housing prices collapse...
 Don't get caught in the housing bubble crash (part one)By Mike Adams, December 29 2005
Hello everyone, this is Mike Adams with a commentary on personal finance. This is being written in December 2005, and I'm seeing some major warning signs out there about the housing bubble. I'd like to share these with you and give you a brief history of my financial predictions.
In 1998, I began loudly warning people about the approaching dot-com bust. I had analyzed the situation and knew the bubble was going to burst. There was no doubt in my mind, because I looked at the fundamentals of these...
 Website offers up to $500 for school teachers caught on tapeBy Mike Adams, May 29 2005
All over the country, public schoolteachers are becoming increasingly concerned about students' use of recording devices in classrooms. We've recently seen some interesting cases where outraged teachers were recorded on cell phone video cameras and audio recording devices, and then those videos or audio files were posted on the internet for the whole world to see.
And what the world is seeing is rather ugly: School teachers engaging in bizarre and certainly unacceptable behavior to try and get...
 Why corporate America should drop its dress code and exchange business suits for comfortable clothingBy Mike Adams, May 28 2005
Did you ever wonder about the business suit? It is the uniform of the business community, and if you're wearing one, it's supposed to imply that you know what you're talking about. I've worn business suits in the past, but I despise doing so, for a number of reasons.
Business suits take away the humanity of real people: the suit covers up everything except the head and hands. The hands are used for shaking hands with others, making contact or establishing trust. And the head and face are designed...
 Home loan tips to avoid being conned by home mortgage companiesBy Mike Adams, March 15 2005
When you get a home loan, you're number one goal should be to pay off that loan as quickly as possible. Obviously, you don't have any real equity in the house as long as you're just paying interest. And the way these loans are set up, you're paying little more than interest for the first several years. In other words, if you get a 30-year loan, you can make three or four years of payments and end up only having a few hundred dollars worth of equity in your house. That's the way the loans are designed...
 Don't be a sucker: how to get the most value for your dollar on car insuranceBy Mike Adams, February 23 2005
Most consumers don't understand how to intelligently shop for car insurance. And this is well demonstrated by the fact that there are still low deductibles available in the industry. Some people buy car insurance with a $50 deductible or a $100 deductible; and this is a terrible financial decision on the part of the consumer. If I had a choice, I would buy car insurance with a $5,000 deductible or higher, but unfortunately no such deductible amounts are even offered by the insurance industry.
What's...
 Seeds of life on Earth may have come from Mars or other planetsBy Mike Adams, February 15 2005
Some interesting new warnings are surfacing about the possibility of life on Earth contaminating the study of life on Mars and, simultaneously, the possibility that life on Mars could contaminate life on Earth when probes someday bring samples of material back from Mars. When we talk about life here we're referring to microbial life, not large organisms like animals or flying creatures.
Is this threat of cross-contamination of microbial life a legitimate one? Are these scientists right to be concerned...
Book review: Rome Wasn't Burnt In A Day by Joe ScarboroughBy Mike Adams, December 29 2004
Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough is one of those people who likes to tell the truth. That's probably why he's no longer a Congressman. Telling the truth doesn't get you very far in Washington, but playing ball with the big boys does, and playing ball means spending away America's future in order to bring home pork barrel victories to voters in your state.
In his book "Rome Wasn't Burnt In A Day," Joe Scarborough reveals the dirty inside politics of out-of-control deficit spending...
 Orwellian new Copyright Bill HR2391 would criminalize skipping commercials, destroy Fair UseBy Mike Adams, November 16 2004
The United States Senate is about to pass a new copyright bill that would turn everyday Americans into criminals. This report is not a joke: it's about HR2391, the intellectual property protection act. Keep reading to learn how your consumer rights are under intense attack, and then forward this to your friends to help spread the word. Because if this bill isn't stopped, you could technically be thrown in prison for burning an audio CD and copying the files to your favorite MP3 player.
This...
 National Retail Sales Tax proposal gains momentum for real tax reformBy Mike Adams, November 11 2004
If there's one thing to like about the Republicans, it's the fact that they support tax reform. In theory, at least. The party hasn't produced any meaningful tax reform in decades, but now there's talk of a revolutionary overhaul that could end taxes on the poor, eliminate the IRS, and greatly simplify taxes for all Americans. It would free up billions of dollars in productivity that are now wasted on filling out tax paperwork, crunching numbers, and arguing with the IRS over how much you already...
 U.S. Army tests battlefield robot armed with pump action shotgun; bring on the Terminators!By Mike Adams, August 19 2004
The same company that makes those cute little household vacuuming robots now has a military robot that is equipped with a pump action shotgun capable of firing shotgun rounds and presumably killing enemy combatants (or anyone who happens to be standing in front of the 'bot). The robot is called the Pacbot, and it has already seen action in Iraq. The Pacbot weighs about 40 pounds, and is propelled by heavy-duty tracks. It also has chemical sensors that detect nuclear, biological, and chemical contaminants...
Bush Administration Censors Scientists In Order to Promote A Distorted, Politically Motivated Scientific ViewBy Mike Adams, August 7 2004
The Bush administration has gone to great lengths to influence the voice of the scientific community. In a clear case of politics attempting to direct science, the U.S. government has now imposed limits on which scientists can speak to the World Health Organization. The new rules require scientists to get permission from the Health and Human Services Department before they can speak to the WHO. Of this scientific censorship effort, Congressman Henry Waxman has said, "This is a raw attempt to exert...
More Researchers See Evidence of Plant Life on MarsBy Mike Adams, August 6 2004
When it comes to examining the possibility of life on Mars, opinions vary widely and emotions run high. For many years, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who is one of the best-known writers in the world as well as being the inventor of the modern satellite, has insisted that photographs from NASA show seasonal changes in vegetation on Mars. The pictures look like massive forests of banyan trees, says Clarke. I've seen the pictures myself, and certainly agree with this characterization. Although...
Top SETI astronomer says we'll detect alien civilizations within 20 years thanks to advances in computingBy Mike Adams, July 25 2004
The only reason we haven't yet detected communication signals from alien civilizations is because we don't have the computing power required to scan the universe for weak radio transmission signals that would indicate intelligent life. But within twenty years, advances in computing power -- if Moore's Law holds -- should give human civilization the computing muscle it needs to scan every star in our galaxy in a search for intelligent signals. This is the news from a top SETI astronomer who says...
Automobile black boxes nail speeders and dangerous drivers by recording speeds and driving habitsBy Mike Adams, July 22 2004
Although I remain a strong supporter of personal privacy, I believe that black box technology in automobiles is an excellent idea that should be used in the United States, too. Why? Because there are far too many dangerous drivers who know they can get away with unsafe driving habits simply because no one's watching. Furthermore, public roadways are not a "private" venue in my book. Public awareness of automobile black boxes surged recently when a Canadian teenager driver who collided with another...
Are book publishers going to make it illegal to buy used books and outlaw public libraries?By Mike Adams, July 13 2004
Book publishers can't stand the fact that people can buy and sell used books online at places like Amazon.com. In fact, they're downright frustrated with it, because sales of old books are starting to cut into their new book sales. So they've started comparing used book sales to Napster and the illegal sharing of music files. Huh? Yep, that's right: they're trying to brand the purchasing of used books an "immoral" activity. As if it's somehow bad that you're picking up a book at a garage sale price...
Many seeds need smoke in order to sprout; forest fires are necessaryBy Mike Adams, July 12 2004
New research is revealing how plant seeds depend on smoke and even heat from fires to get them to sprout. It's a smart strategy for the seed, of course: smoke comes from fires, and fires mean that the soil is probably fertile with new ash. Plus, if weeds and grass have been burned to the ground, a new seed will have little competition. This is yet more evidence supporting the view I've long held on forest fires: let them burn, folks. Extinguishing forest fires is a bad strategy for preventing them...
Extremophiles flourish on Earth, hint at life on MarsBy Mike Adams, July 12 2004
Despite what you may have heard, there's living, breathing life on Mars right now. NASA hasn't announced it yet, but I suspect they already know it. The evidence is overwhelming: Mars has sunlight, frozen water, an atmosphere and temperatures that can support life. Even more, gases recorded in the Mars atmosphere point to respirating organisms, and rocks and meterorites from the red planet provide further fossil clues that life once existed there.
For decades, the popular scientific belief has...
Earth isn't the only water planet in the solar system: Mars was once
awash with oceansBy Mike Adams, May 13 2004
The discovery of evidence showing Mars was once awash with oceans of
water is of tremendous importance, says NASA. Until now, it was believed
that Earth was the only planet harboring vast oceans, but now it is
known that Mars once did as well. This is yet further evidence that we
are not alone in the universe, for wherever there is water and sunlight,
we always find life. Mars will be no exception. Expect an announcement
of the discovery of "life on Mars" in the near future.
Credit card debt rises yet again, personal bankruptcy matches pattern of federal spendingBy Mike Adams, January 9 2004
Once again, credit card delinquencies have reached another peak. U.S.
families are finding themselves deeper and deeper in personal debt, and
yet they are encouraged to keep on spending to "help the economy." It's
faulty logic: spiraling debt ultimately helps no one, but don't look to
Washington for any wisdom on the subject: federal spending, too, is out
of control. So what's to blame? A culture of spending, mostly, but
part of the equation also rests on the messages from the media...
Some debt counseling non-profits are just looking to make a buckBy Mike Adams, November 9 2003
Helping people with bad credit is a booming business. There's a lot of money to be made helping people get out of debt. And where there's profit to be had, con artists are inevitably going to get involved and try to tap into the stream of cash flowing from consumers to companies.
As this story shows, there are good credit counseling companies and there are bad ones. By "bad," they mean there are companies that are primarily in the business of taking your money rather than negotiating with your...
Telemarketing still hitting consumers who opted outBy Mike Adams, October 27 2003
At one time, telemarketers were buying or collecting phone numbers as targets for sales calls. Today, telemarketers are purchasing many of the same numbers in order to avoid calling them. The implementation of the national "Do-Not-Call" registry has resulted in over 50 million households registering their phone numbers. This list helps prevent unwanted phone calls reaching those who do not wish to be disturbed.
Numerous complaints have been made by consumers against telemarketers who have continued...
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Articles from Citizen Journalism Writers:
National security whistleblower posts tell-all video on YouTubeBy NewsTarget, August 31 2006
(NewsTarget) Former Lockheed Martin project manager and engineer Michael DeKort has stirred up a hornets' nest with his 10-minute video on YouTube.com. During the video, he charges his former company of shoddy workmanship on security upgrades for Coast Guard vessels.
"What I am going to tell you is going to seem preposterous," DeKort begins on his video, going on to say there are critical blind spots in the security cameras of some Coast Guard ships, that the systems for classified communications...
Evolution study no longer approved under federal education grantsBy NewsTarget, August 24 2006
(NewsTarget) There is a big hole in the National Smart Grant list where evolutionary biology used to be. While spokespersons for the Department of Education say that it was a clerical error, some members of the scientific community fear that pressure from religious groups may have been the real cause for the omission of low-income educational grants for study on the subject.
Department of Education spokesperson Katherine McLane insists the field of study was not left off the list on purpose, and...
First impressions decided in one-tenth of a secondBy NewsTarget, August 24 2006
(NewsTarget) A new study by researchers at Princeton University has found that people take just a tenth of a second to make character judgments about the people they meet.
The researchers showed 200 study participants photographs of people's faces, and asked them to rate the photos on attractiveness, likeability, trustworthiness, competence and aggression. The participants made up their minds about the people in the photos in 100 milliseconds -- one-tenth of a second -- and when given longer glances...
Federal judge strikes down warrantless surveillance, dealing blow to Bush police state tacticsBy NewsTarget, August 18 2006
(NewsTarget) Arguably the most controversial of the post-Sept. 11 antiterrorist measures was President Bush's NSA-run "Terrorist Surveillance Program," which has been under fire as "warrantless surveillance" ever since its December 2005 exposure by the New York Times. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor Thursday ordered an immediate halt to the program.
The Detroit judge is the first to shut down the program that involves secretly recording conversations between people in the United States and...
Housing bubble peaks as 28 states see decline in home salesBy NewsTarget, August 16 2006
(NewsTarget) For the past five years, the U.S. housing market enjoyed a record economic boom as the lowest mortgage rates in more than 40 years drew a multitude of buyers, but experts say the bubble may be set to burst as sales dropped in 28 states and the District of Columbia this spring.
The National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday that sales of existing homes were at a record 7.193 million units in the spring of 2005, but that number plummeted by 7.5 percent to 6.693 million units...
AOL search data reveals disturbing details about usersBy NewsTarget, August 9 2006
(NewsTarget) According to a report by CNET news, internet giant AOL recently published the search histories of more than 650,000 of its users, exposing the lives of regular -- and not so regular -- people to public scrutiny.
While AOL apologized, and the data do not identify the searchers by name, the document was removed from the AOL web site too late to keep it from being replicated across the internet.
This release of this information means anyone can look up three months of AOL search history...
9/11 rescuers found to suffer from severe lung damageBy NewsTarget, August 2 2006
(NewsTarget) Dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center has caused the type of lung problems in emergency crews that would have taken 12 years to occur under normal circumstances, reports a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
The results of the tests on firefighters were unique because researchers were able to look at their respiratory function tests from as far back as 1997. Routine lung tests had been carried out on the workers as part of...
House and Senate finally call for investigation into Depleted Uranium (DU) poisoning of troopsBy NewsTarget, July 31 2006
(NewsTarget) Veterans' appeals for government assistance in post-service health problems have finally resulted in the U.S. House and Senate calling for immediate research on radioactive metals used in armor and weapons.
Published research shows uranium binds to DNA and causes cell mutation, leading to an increase in cancer and birth deformities in soldiers and Middle Eastern civilians who were exposed to the substance, which is used in tanks and munitions.
A Gulf War veteran who handled uranium...
Homeland Security can now search your laptop computer: Man gets 25 years for deleted image filesBy NewsTarget, July 27 2006
(NewsTarget) Three judges have ruled that border police can seize laptops and run forensic tests without warrants or probable cause.
Due to his criminal background, Stuart Romm was denied access by Canadian authorities into British Columbia. When he returned to the Seattle-Tacoma airport, he allowed Homeland Security to search his laptop using forensic software. The tests revealed deleted files of child pornography left on the laptop's cache.
The judge in Romm's case refused his attorney's...
Top web companies violating human rights, charges Amnesty InternationalBy NewsTarget, July 21 2006
(NewsTarget) Amnesty International has publicly criticized Internet companies Microsoft, Google and Yahoo for their censorship agreements with Chinese authorities.
"The Internet should promote free speech, not restrict it. We have to guard against
the creation of two Internets -- one for expression and one for represssion," stated Larry Cox, Amnesty's United States executive director. Amnesty claims the Internet companies "have violated their stated corporate values and policies" in order...
Feds selectively attack online gambling while horse racing, lotteries remain legalBy NewsTarget, July 19 2006
(NewsTarget) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week cracking down on illegal internet gambling, but critics of the bill say the federal government is being selective in attacking online gambling, while lotteries and horse racing remain legal.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Act passed the House on July 11 and strengthens the existing law -- the Federal Wire Act of 1961 -- that was used to argue that online gambling is illegal by preventing banks and credit card companies from...
Wikipedia founder launches political site Campaigns WikiaBy NewsTarget, July 6 2006
(NewsTarget) Political buffs and armchair pundits have a new resource as of this week: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Tuesday a wiki devoted to heavily debated political topics, called Campaigns Wikia.
Wales announced his latest wiki foray in an "open letter to the political biosphere," in which he gave notice that he was targeting activists with every political stance who have based themselves in the internet. Web-based politics have taken off since such high-profile events as Howard...
AT&T's new privacy policy declares the end of privacy for phone recordsBy NewsTarget, June 22 2006
(NewsTarget) In the wake of a number lawsuits leveled at phone companies over their alleged involvement with a U.S. government domestic spying program, AT&T has revised its privacy policy to make it clear to customers exactly who owns their phone records.
The company's original policy stated that it could share private customer information to "respond to subpoenas, court orders or other legal process, to the extent required and/or permitted by law," and "to establish or exercise" its legal rights...
American Capitalism And The Moral Poverty Of NationsBy Jason Miller, May 31 2006
Rolling through virtually any reasonably populous city or town in America, one encounters a surreal landscape blighted by grotesque temples to America's twin gods of Capitalism and Consumerism. As an increasing number of individual proprietors are driven to extinction, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, and hundreds more leviathan corporations continue their rapid construction of more houses of worship to serve their zealous congregation. Once inside, many Americans gleefully sacrifice an abundance of their greenbacks...
 Official U.S. history of atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is more fiction than factBy Dani Veracity, February 28 2006
"The experiment has been an overwhelming success," President Harry S. Truman reportedly told his shipmates upon learning that the U.S. military had dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. When considering the bomb's immediate and generational aftereffects on human life, President Truman's statements evoke horrific images of Dr. Frankenstein standing over his own distortion of humanity. Like Frankenstein's monster, the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrate what...
 New research shows adults -- not just kids -- are capable of learning new languagesBy Dani Veracity, February 12 2006
The Americanization and Anglicization of the world has enabled many Americans to become overconfident in English as the world's langua franca. In contrast to other countries, where foreign languages like English are taught in elementary school, Americans often don't begin foreign language instruction until high school. By this time, it's often difficult for a student to learn all the nuances of a foreign language, especially individual sounds.
For example, many Americans are surprised at how easily...
 Gore warns Americans over Bush lawlessness, tyrannyBy Guest, January 19 2006
The following is the full text of a speech given by Al Gore at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 16, 2006. We feature it here due to its importance in explaining exactly why recent actions by President Bush are a grave threat to freedom. Bush's actions can only be described as a "war on freedom," for in fighting the so-called terrorists, Bush has single-handedly turned the executive branch of the U.S. government into a Police State tyranny. If this transgression is not challenged...
 80 percent of U.S. businesses are overcharged on their phone bills while telecom companies reap profits from "accidental" billing errorsBy Ben Kage, December 11 2005
When Alexander Graham Bell placed the first phone call to Thomas Watson, it is doubtful he was considering whether he would be overcharged for the call. Many American businesses have the same attitude, and it's just easier for them to trust that the phone company is charging the correct amount than scrutinize each item on the bill.
Even though most companies would list the phone bill as one of their top expenses, few take the time to have someone look over the bill for errors. Those that do usually...
 Free speech under attack: FedEx fights furniture maker with DMCA invocation, censorshipBy Ben Kage, August 11 2005
Jose Avila has always been a FedEx fan. He uses Fedex for all his shipping needs because he considers the packaging to be a high-quality, sturdy product, and the shipping service to be superior to competitors. So, when financial hardship inspired Avila to build furniture from FedEx packing materials and post photos of his antics on his FedexFurniture.com website, he never expected FedEx's legal department to come after him. "From day one I wanted to be pro-FedEx and give some support to FedEx while...
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