The latest incident to be blown out of proportion (literally) comes to us from San Jose, California, where police mounted a full scale response when alert citizens at the local post office reported that a man in unusual gear was fidgeting with a package.

Things may look good on the surface, especially when the government’s cheerleaders step up the intensity like they have today and the hopium pushers dish out more mainline optimism to unsuspecting consumption addicts the country over. In reality, however, not much has changed. The unemployment numbers remain abysmal and our economy teeters on the edge of complete collapse.

Local social services groups have reportedly attempted to provide her with assistance, but Adams tells a different story, claiming that once her fiance was arrested, everything went downhill, leaving her with no way to pay for food or shelter.

There’s a war on. A second Iranian nuclear site has exploded. Iran’s government is in full denial mode. U.S. media is silent. China says they are in it to protect their political interests.

Let us finally be honest with ourselves and say it out loud; our government is not Constitutional! It has become a mutation. A monstrosity. A malformed creature given birth by the oozing genetic material of mad social scientists hell bent on dominating the building blocks of our political life. It is a thing to be abhorred, not admired, and certainly not to be trusted.

Area police say the recent rash of metal thefts likely is a reflection of the sluggish economy and are warning homeowners and residents to take steps to protect their property.

Any American who still thinks there is nothing wrong with our economy and the direction we’re headed need only look to this latest example for evidence that things are not at all as pleasant as they may seem.

Today’s move by central banks changes nothing except the ticks on the Dow Jones. The debt is still there. The people are still broke. The system is still collapsing.

Senator Joe Lieberman, who in the 2000 election was a heartbeat away from being a heartbeat away from the Presidency as Al Gore’s running mate, sent an alarming email to Google executives last week calling for the search and applications behemoth, used by hundreds of millions of web users globally, to introduce a flagging system for terrorist content across all of its user-based platforms.

For those whose timetable for an economic collapse lies at some arbitrary time in the future, take a serious look at what’s happening around you. The collapse is here. It’s staring us in the face. It can’t be ignored. And it’s not even close to being over.

European gas prices are already in the $10 per gallon range, three times more than what we pay in the U.S. Imagine for a moment what happens to an already economically strained U.S populace if similar prices happen here.

This is happening right now – IN AMERICA! A law that is designed to specifically bypass Constitutional protections and one that will undoubtedly be used against the American people to further advance and expand the national police state.

With 100 million Americans living a life of poverty, 48 million on food assistance, 25 million out of work, and a nation teetering on the edge of complete economic collapse, some may argue that shopping is the only way to get us back on track. We must consume, not save, and that’s what Black Friday is all about.

The Patriot Act has certainly expanded the powers of police surveillance and enabled militarization and weaponization of domestic law enforcement agencies in the name of fighting terror. While there undoubtedly exists a threat against the American people, is further expansion of the Patriot Act necessary, and more importantly, is it justifiable to sacrifice even a few liberties (such as those that give us the right bear arms or be secure in our homes and persons) for the purported security and safety it would provide?

The Federal Reserve has officially committed to maintaining inflation at a rate of around 2%. The result of this policy is yet another mega-fail by the best and the brightest…

If you’re wondering why military troops are being trained for domestic policing and why local police forces are being weaponized and militarized, then you need only consider the law of parsimony (Occam’s Razor).

Government safety nets can only handle a finite amount of stress and weight before they experience complete failure.

This latest example of the cyber vulnerabilities in critical nationwide infrastructure systems should be enough to convince anyone that preparing a reserve supply of clean water, food and other supplies is a necessity in today’s world.