JonRappoport | There are hundreds of ways to turn humans into android-like creatures. Humans will do it to themselves without any outside help. They’ll induce their own trance at the drop of a hat…while still remaining quite active, quite normal, quite average.

Encuentrocinco | Ross Caputi, an ex-Marine and an Iraq war veteran involved in the siege of Fallujah, now a co-founder of the Justice for Fallujah Project, speaks about his motivation to join the Marines and his experiences in the war.

HarryBrowne.org | Once upon a time, before the 1960s, a person who needed help got it by appealing to a local charity (such as the Salvation Army) or to the town government. The downtrodden individual had to explain how he got into trouble and how he intended to work his way out of it. He was monitored closely to assure that he was telling the truth and that he stuck to his plan to get back on his feet. And he knew that the money he received came from the pockets of his neighbors. Federal welfare, however, requires nothing more ambitious, energetic, or embarrassing than filling out a form.