Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged its Way into 56th Anniversary

Run away public debts, fundamental rights trampled, governments looting the savings of their citizens, and states forgetting their place as servants of the people.. time to go Galt



October 10, 2013 is the 56th anniversary of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. 

That the anniversary falls in the middle of a US Government shut down with anger mounting and protests increasing about misrule, is more than appropriate.



Atlas Shrugged, the movie: Part One [Blu-ray]     Atlas Shrugged, the movie: part II The Strike

Americans Take Charge of their Country: FixUpDC

Americans are fed up with their Government. Not just with the Chicago morality of the Obama regime, but also with both parties, which are in fact a One Party Elite



Glenn Beck today in Washington, DC at the #FixUpDC event. Following this speech, Beck and others picked up trash around the National Mall.


~ Be sure to check back, as this post will be updated throughout the day ~

Glenn Beck Warns of a Coup in the Republican Party

A war is going on in the GOP for the heart of the Republican Party. The old 'progressive' guard is battling it out with Libertarian minded upstarts like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee

Glenn Beck on Tuesday theorized as to why the "old guard" of the Republican Party are hell bent on destroying the young Turks.

Glenn Beck shared a story with viewers on Wednesday that he’s been keeping close to the vest since before the 2012 election, explaining that he's been waiting for the right time to say what exactly happened, and what it means for the country. (...) 

"There was a coup during the election, and it was powerful (...) They were trying to get rid of the libertarian, Tea Party-minded power players, and first and foremost on that hit list was Matt Kibbe and his allies. They didn’t like the fact that FreedomWorks was cleaning house in the GOP…that they were targeting people like Orrin Hatch. It didn’t sit well with the Karl Roves of the GOP world…"

Beck spoke about the ramifications of the 'coup' for the 2012 election, remarking: "So don’t tell me, GOP and John Cornyn and everybody else, about how FreedomWorks hurt the election. You tied their hands during the last election."

And now, Beck said, "the exact same thing – the same people really – are doing this" within the Republican Party at large — particularly in the United States Senate. 

"Anyone in Congress or the Senate who associates with FreedomWorks, the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Tea Party, anybody, anybody is being targeted by the same class of establishment Republican progressives (...) They do not like it when you organize. They do not like it when you choose the candidates that you actually want." 

Beck added that it’s the same reason lawmakers are not truly pursuing the IRS' targeting of small government groups, because progressives on both sides "want that tool in place…to come after people like you."

Read it all (source includes complimentary footage)

IMF Suggests Ten Percent Capital Levy on Savings

RT @IMFLive: Taxing Times seminar now underway, join the discussion with @Lagarde and global leaders via #taxingtimes http://t.co/ggjugXRiBn
— IMF (@IMFNews) October 9, 2013

It has come! The NWO by means of one of its main mouth pieces, the IMF is preparing the ground for a less subtle form of legalized plunder than convert inflation. The Fed as well as the European Central Bank (ECB) seem to be done for now with QEs and LTROs. The consequences of monetary expansion initially remained restricted to the banking sector, but are finally trickling down into the actual economy. 

US Forces Catch Al Qaeda Chief in Libya

After the 21.640th terror attack since 9/11 it's about time to demand from our media and Muslim compatriots  to publicly condemn the onslaughts like we saw in Westgate, Nairobi

After Westgate even Bob Beckel has had enough. This is Beckel in another life.

UPDATE: Today more has become clear what went on in the early hours of Saturday morning:

US forces have struck two militant targets in Africa snatching a top al-Qaeda suspect from the streets of Tripoli and launching a predawn raid against an al Shabaab leader's home in Somalia. In Libya, US forces seized a militant known as Abu Anas al-Libi, a long-sought al-Qaeda operative indicted in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (Background)

A separate raid in the southern Somali port of Barawe failed to capture the senior militant and it was unclear whether he had been killed, but a US official said several al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab members had been killed. It was reportedly "prompted" by the deadly militant siege on a Nairobi shopping mall last month. The operation in Libya however appeared to be a success. (Source)

Oct. 5, 2013

US Navy SEALS Raid Somali Terror Village

Early Saturday, US Navy SEALS carried out a pre-dawn strike against fighters in the same southern Somali village. The strike in Barawe took place in the hours before morning prayers against what one official said were “high-profile” targets. (Source)

What Does a Moral Code Mean for Society?

Altruism or Capitalism: Which Moral Code Should We Adopt?



Fritz Thomas of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín talks to Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute.

Order Yaron Brook's latest work from Amazon.com



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ARTQUIZ: pomo Art or work of Toddlers?

In 2005 ABCNews asked artists and an art historian to distinguish between modern art* and work by 4-year-olds. They didn’t do too well.

Give it a try!

* What's is usually refered to as modern art, is actually postmodern art.

H/t @AndreVanDelft

Muslim Brotherhood's New Symbol For the Caliphate

The Muslim Brotherhood have a new symbol. Erdogan was the first to promote the R4BIA hand sign on August 17 when he saluted crowds with the four-finger sign

The hand gesture quickly evolved into an image of the hand commonly depicted in black on a bright yellow background. 

The design of the symbol has characteristics sacred in Islam: the color yellow in the background signifies the golden Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the hand depicted in the color black denotes the black cloth that covers the Kaaba.

Super Cute Alert! Baby Elephants at the Beach

Baby elephants first time at the beach



Baby elephant discovers the ocean for the first time. H/t @CuteEmergency

Greek Military Reservists Demand Regime Change

A group called the Special Forces Reserve Union (KEED) wants the Greek government to resign, the suspension of agreements with the troika (EU, ECB, IMF) and the expulsion of illegal immigrants

Reservists from Greece's special forces (KEED) protest the visit to Greece by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 9 October 2012 (Source)

A prosecutor in Athens has ordered an investigation into a blog post that appeared on a special forces reservists' website demanding the government and president resign and an interim government be appointed under the "guarantee" of the armed forces. In a statement posted on its website (screengrab archived), the Hellenic Special Forces Reserve Union (KEED) says it will assemble on Saturday September 28 at 4pm at Syntagma Square in order to demand “the immediate resignation of the government” because it has failed in its duty to provide “health, education, justice and security” that it says it is obliged to do under article 22 of the Constitution.