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WikiLeaks Documents Expose Insidious Relations Between Strong US Ally and ISIS Oil Trade
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Recent documents released by Wikileaks have revealed evidence of cooperation between the government of Turkey and the Islamic State to profit from oil fields controlled by the terrorist group in…

Big Alcohol Watching Profits Plummet in States Where they Legally Compete with Cannabis
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. A new analysis shows big alcohol producers and “premium domestic” beers are doing significantly worse in 3 states with legal cannabis. Back in August, we learned through the Wikileaks email…

‘It Is Like A Nuclear Bomb Went Off In The Prepping Community’
Is the prepper movement in the United States dying? At one time it was estimated that there were 3 million preppers in the United States, but in late 2016 interest in prepping has hit a multi-year low. The…

How the “Truth” Is Measured on a Sliding Scale
Whether you’re talking about science or journalism, the “truth” can be a subjective thing. Let’s take scientific research, as an example. The world of “scientific studies” can be a minefield of misinformation. I’ve said for ages that you can…

Timelapse Reveals Eerie Build Up At Top Secret Area 51 Site “Constructed for the Shadow Government”
Few subjects boggle the mind more than the secrecy of the government. And no place, among those which are known to exist, is more secretive than Area 51. I’ve had friends and acquaintances tell me first hand about…

Obama: “No foreign terrorist organization” has attacked in US during my tenure
There he goes again, channeling Baghdad Bob. Too bad the dead can’t speak. “Over last eight years, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland.” Obama’s denial is breathtaking. But the enemedia’s…

Sanctuary Cities Showcase Leftist Desperation
Among the more noteworthy (if not newsworthy) events taking place since the Nov. 8 election have included the political left telegraphing its intention to push back against President-Elect Donald Trump’s policies based on issues that were central to…








