US Falls Behind Canada, Finland, And Hong Kong In Human Freedom Index

The plan is to beat this guy …

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… and the US is making great “progress”.


Study: US Falls Behind Canada, Finland And Hong Kong In Human Freedom Index (Anti Media, Aug 27, 2015):

The United States lags far behind other developed countries in terms of personal, civil and economic freedoms, according to a study released this month. Its neighbor to the north, for example, ranked 14 spots ahead of the so-called “Land of the Free.”

Three international think tanks — the U.S.-based Cato Institute, Canada’s Fraser Institute, and Germany’s Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom — released the Human Freedom Index earlier this month. In addition to major civil liberties, the study considers safety and rule of law, relative size of government and capitalist values like the soundness of money, property rights, and access to international trade. The authors used a total of 70 data sources ranging from 2008 to 2012, the most recent year for which all necessary data is currently available.

According to the report,

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Products that Use Aborted Fetal Tissue: Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle and More

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Products that Use Aborted Fetal Tissue: Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle and More

Update:

PepsiCo Says It Will Halt Use of Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Research (The New American)

Obama agency rules Pepsi’s use of aborted fetal cells in soft drinks constitutes ‘ordinary business operations’:

To be clear, the aborted fetal tissue used to make Pepsi’s flavor chemicals does not end up in the final product sold to customers, according to reports — it is used, instead, to evaluate how actual human taste receptors respond to these chemical flavorings. But the fact that Pepsi uses them at all when viable, non-human alternatives are available illustrates the company’s blatant disregard for ethical and moral concerns in the matter.

Obama Agency: Pepsi Using Aborted Fetal Cells is Ordinary Business (LifeNews.com)

Pepsi Shareholders Demand It Stop Using Aborted Fetal Cells (LifeNews.com)

Pepsi Ignores Criticism on Use of Aborted Cells in Research (LifeNews.com)

Confused about the Pepsi/fetal cell issue? Here are the facts (LifeSite)

Oklahoma lawmaker wants to stop Pepsi from using aborted fetus cells in soda flavoring research (Natural News)

Ukraine, Vacation in Russia and open your eyes!

Ukraine, Vacation in Russia and open your eyes!:

People’s Artist of Ukraine Nykolai Gnatiuk posted the following report on his facebook page:
 “Here I am finally back home from Russia, where I stayed with relatives for more than 40 days. I covered the territory from Bryansk to the coast of the Krasnodar region. What can I, as a Ukrainian, share with the Russians, and Ukrainians?
I liked the Krasnodar region, clean everywhere, with the roads no worse than in Europe, the fields well-maintained, shops full of local products, service at a high level, a lot of well-off people, not to mention the houses (I haven’t seen such beauty in a long time (my Sums region is about 200 years behind), and what cars! Most importantly, I have not seen the Russian troop movements, though I had to travel day and night, and nobody in Russia says anything about the war with Ukraine. On the way I met a lot of cars with Ukrainian plates, and there’s a Ukrainian license plate on my car, too, but neither the police at their posts nor the FSB ever stopped me.

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Planned Parenthood admits it manipulates rules on fetal organ sales to maximize profit

Planned Parenthood admits it manipulates rules on fetal organ sales to maximize profit

But she also said that “adjustments that facilitate fetal tissue donations rarely occur at our few clinics that offer women this service,” prompting David Daleiden of the pro-life Center for Medical Progress to declare that she had proved the point of his group’s investigation — that “adjustments occur.”

Several of the videos showed Planned Parenthood representatives haggling over prices — and in one case joking about wanting a Lamborghini — with people they thought represented biotech firm purchasers.

 

Joe Biden’s Son Blames “Russian Agents” For Ashley Madison Profile

Joe Biden’s Son Blames “Russian Agents” For Ashley Madison Profile (ZeroHedge, Aug 29, 2015):

Last night we heard the best ‘excuse’ yet if you are caught with an Ashley Madison account, from Dan Loeb“due diligence.” Today, not to be outdone by a married hedge fund manager, Vice-President Joe Biden’s son “Hunter” has unleashed his own set of excuses for member ship of the extramarital affairs website, as Breitbart reports  – Biden thinks international agents, possibly Russian, who objected to his board membership with a Ukrainian gas company set up a fake account to discredit him. However, IP mapping suggests otherwise…

 

Nassim Taleb’s Fund Made $1 Billion On Monday; This Is How The Other “Hedge” Funds Did

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And more is coming where that came from.


Nassim Taleb’s Fund Made $1 Billion On Monday; This Is How The Other “Hedge” Funds Did (ZeroHedge, Aug 28, 2015):

You can’t say Nassim Taleb didn’t warn you: the outspoken academic-philosopher, best known for his prediction that six sigma “fat tail”, or black swan, events happen much more frequently than they should statistically (perhaps a main reason why there is no longer a market but a centrally-planned cesspool of academic intervention) just had a black swan land smack in the middle of the Universa hedge fund founded by ardent Ron Paul supporter Mark Spitznagel, and affiliated with Nassim Taleb.

The result: a $1 billion payday, translating into a 20% YTD return, in a week when the VIX exploded from the teens to over 50, and which most other hedge funds would love to forget.

The WSJ reports:

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Police Claim Teen Ran After they Shot Him in the Back, But the Autopsy Shows that’s Impossible

Police Claim Teen Ran After they Shot Him in the Back, But the Autopsy Shows that’s Impossible (The Free Thought Project, Aug 28, 2015):

Original police reports made no mention of where Ball-Bey was hit when he was allegedly turning to shoot at officers.

Last week, however, when the autopsy report was released, it showed that Ball-Bey was shot in the back. The bullet entered his back and exited through his heart.

Immediately after this release of information, police Chief Sam Dotson made the following statement:

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California Droughtrage – LA County Supervisors Have Cars Washed 3 Times A Week

California Droughtrage – LA County Supervisors Have Cars Washed 3 Times A Week (ZeroHedge, Aug 28, 2015):

Great news – Californians have managed to reduce water usage by 31% in July, surpassing the mandated 25% reduction amid the worst drought in centuries. However, this dramatic reduction is in now way thanks to local government in Los Angeles, where, as Daily News reports, the majority of LA County supervisors have their take-home cars washed two or three times a week, service records show, and actually washed them more frequently than before Governor Brown’s orders. Once again – do as I say, not as I do!

 

We Are All Preppers Now: Former Advisor To British PM Gordon Brown Urges Britons To Get Hard Cash, Stockpile Food & Bottled Water – “We Were Close Enough In 2008 And What’s Coming Is On 20 Times That Scale”

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According to McBride,

We were close enough in 2008 and what’s coming is on 20 times that scale.


We Are All Preppers Now (ZeroHedge, Aug 28, 2015):

Via The Mises Institute,

Damian McBride is the former head of communications at the British treasury and former special adviser to Gordon Brown, erstwhile Prime Minister of the U.K. Yesterday he tweeted some surprising advice in response to the plunge in global equities markets.;

Advice on the looming crash, No. 1: get hard cash in a safe place now; don’t assume banks & cashpoints will be open, or bank cards will work.

Crash advice No. 2: do you have enough bottled water, tinned goods & other essentials at home to live a month indoors? If not, get shopping.

Crash advice No. 3: agree a rally point with your loved ones in case transport and communication gets cut off; somewhere you can all head to.

Evidently, McBride interprets the wipe-out of over $3 trillion in total global market cap during the three-day rout as a prelude to a much broader and deeper financial crash that will precipitate civil unrest.

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Fort Bragg Troops Train for Domestic Emergency: “This Exercise Is About the Home Front”

Fort Bragg Troops Train for Domestic Emergency: “This Exercise Is About the Home Front” (SHFTplan, Aug 26, 2015):

Ostensibly, and on the surface, they are trained to “help out” with things like natural disasters, floods and hurricanes.

They are “ready” too for chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear hazards.

Slightly below the surface, these Fort Bragg Army engineers are also training — this time in Florida — to assist local authorities in the event of domestic disorder and potential chaos — prepared to quell civil unrest, riots, mass unrest or even the aftermath of terrorist attacks.

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