Greetings all, "The authors of this historically important study are Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, and their article is titled "Testing Theories of American Politics." The authors clarify that the data available are probably under-representing the actual extent of control of the U.S. by the super-rich:" Have this to say: ""Despite the seemingly strong empirical support in previous studies for theories of majoritarian democracy, our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government...

Looks like they LIED! I can't confirm ,so I don't know how true it is...but if it is...OMG!

Thankfully, things have settled down with regards to the Bundy ranch. Remains to be seen what will happen, but for now, a potentially volatile situation has been averted. Not sure how many of you have seen this video, but it was recorded before...

What a "lucky guy" the NASA Rover that rumble and graze on Mars. After this one: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1006540/pg1, Now This ONE: Two different places, in two different Sols and two different sources of light...

A nice and clear vision of a UFO in Maasluis, near the ocean. Taped on 11 april 2014, The object was blue, didnt make a sound and just hang there for some time. Could this be a drone?

Just heard live report from the area that BLM leaders said the op is over and they are pulling out. Due to danger to agents and public. No link as it was tv but it appears the people do still have some power. The reporter did say it would take a couple days, so always the chance for the "errant"shot fired to re escalate this. Not sure...

I'm singling out ATS, but it seems that people who believe in conspiracy theories in general tend to have a patriotic fervor that I can't understand. I can't understand it because of the tendency that conspiracy theorists tend to have of distrusting the government.  My idea is that this tends to be the case here...

I keep seeing people going on about how the British have no guns. This is incorrect. There are currently 1.8 million firearms in the UK. You don't need to own land, and the majority of the adult population would be eligible to own one. As long as you are not a kid, suicidal,...

Did the Medieval Catholic church intentionally hide widely held truths about alien visitation and involvement in the life and times of Jesus? It seems some pieces of art raise questions regarding a shift in the attitude of the early Church and its knowledge of extraterrestrial beings....

In his work the New Atlantis Francis Bacon laid out his premise for a Utopian Cabalistic Society in the Americas taking the ideal state of Bensalem as it's premise, the Son of Salem or New Jerusalem. The state was run by a Rosicrucian Order considered to have preserved Ante-Diluvian knowledge, survivors of Atlantis as it were, these were...

How dare I say such a thing...I know, it’s insidious, but I cannot deny it any longer. All the time, “Science tells us this” and “Science tells us that”—we hear this often enough. It needs to be said. This “science” you always speak of, this strange phenomenon now on the lips of everyone these days, is entirely tedious. Even the way they...

When I was walking downtown today I saw a woman beggar about 15 feet in front of talking to a bypasser that seemed to ignore her. Two people crossed my view of her, then when I came to where she stood, *POOF*, she was gone! I looked around but she was nowhere to be seen - it was just like she vanished from my plane of existence. Anyone else experience people...

Israeli Institute Prepares Priests for Jerusalem's Third Temple I have been watching and waiting for something significant to come out of the blood moon events. In his latest book, Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change, Hagee lays out...

In the evolution of our human race, development of religion was an inevitable process. Religion has been an inevitable and important step in our endeavour to understand our universe and ourselves, life, death, and every other event. You can't invent the automobile if you don't first invent the wheel. Religion has served its purpose : for example, if there...

First, now that the BLM has backed down and the cattle have been released, I want to praise and thank every single American patriot who stood up, dawned their weapons, and either headed, or were headed to Nevada to stop this madness. I think if the circumstances are just right, and the cause is just enough,...

My cousin was telling me about this website she came across, so I got online and checked it out. WOW! She was right! This site does have some breath-taking photos! I wanted to share a few here, but due to their size, you will have to click on the...

Dear ATS members, a while ago I still had some very interesting conversations and posts on a lot of topics over here on ATS. The last couple of months my posts has dwindeled somehwhat, or some of my posts were totally incomprehensible. The problem is that I have a large tumor in my brain, making it very hard to follow and concentrate on threads here on ATS, and sometimes, even when...

Rules: Post a pic of some obscure item that you have and know what it is, to try and stump your fellow ATS members.. And/or try and guess or correctly answer, "what is it?!!" Please try not to post items that you do not know definitively what the item you're posting actually is. Let the first person who get's the...

Well it finally happened ,I didn't think it would happen. Is Obama next???? " After five hours of debate, the House Oversight Committee has voted along party lines 21-12 to hold former IRS Director of Tax Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner...

I had a good chuckle when I read this today... I think you will too! ;)

Say what you want about Clive Bundy, some think he is a tax evader who only shields himself with the Constitution to skirt lawful federal fines and penalties. Some believe him to be a national hero who stood up to blatant federal overreach and helped...

As the title states, I have just finished watching the film, 'Idiocracy', for the first time, and I have to say, sadly, it has got to be the most potentially prophetic film that I have ever viewed. Seriously, I'm a little depressed over this; not surprised, mind you, but just a little depressed. I had...