Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform

Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (.pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/immigration-reform-dossiers/

UN Impose Treaties On States Legalizing Marijuana

United Nations Moves to Impose International Treaties On States Legalizing Marijuana

The United Nations has declared Colorado and Washington in violation of international treaties following ballot initiatives that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana.

The President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, has voiced “grave concern about the outcome of recent referenda in the United States of America that would allow the non-medical use of cannabis by adults [...]

UNBELIEVEABLE: 36%+ of able bodied adult AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED

(CNSNews.com) – The number of Americans whom the U.S. Department of Labor counted as “not in the civilian labor force” in August hit a record high of 88,921,000.

The Labor Department counts a person as not in the civilian labor force if they are at least 16 years old, are not in the military or an institution such as a prison, mental hospital or nursing home, and have not actively looked for [...]

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans ages 25 to 34 live with their parents, survey found.

To Rep. Paul Ryan, college students forced to move back in with Mom and Dad are the poster children for the bad economy. But from a personal finance perspective, experts say returning home can be a triumph.

“College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life,” [...]

Losing Sleep Isn’t Doing Your Wallet Or Your Boss Any Favors

by Rachel Koning Beals

When it comes to sleeping peacefully at night, it’s not so much about the money under the mattress as the money invested in the mattress—and in white noise machines, blackout shades, and medicinal sleep aids.

The long list of sleep-time accoutrement is eye-opening and potentially pricey. But missing sleep is costly for an individual’s health and wallet. And there are costs for the greater population—compromised workplace productivity and auto accident risk among them.

[See 10 Ways [...]