Russia Today | Local currencies are popping up to help local communities while states look into alternatives to the dollar as a hedge to falling dollar value and mounting government debt. Are these "domestic terrorists" who could tear apart the country, or are Federal government policies affecting the economy terrorizing them?

Prison Planet.com | Congressman Ron Paul re-emphasized his opposition to the new Super Congress that has been created by the debt deal during an appearance on Lou Dobbs’ Fox Business show last night, labeling the committee a “monstrous creature” that will be used by the Obama administration to advance its regulatory agenda.

The Blaze | On Tuesday, passengers at Boston’s Logan International Airport will be subjected to behavior-detection procedures, during which officials will ask a number of questions intended to increase airport and flight security.

Infowars.com | Congressman Ron Paul warns that the all-powerful new “Super Congress” created by the vote on the debt ceiling will be used to fast-track tax increases while concentrating more power over the nation’s purse strings in the hands of the Washington elite.

Wired.com | Ground the U.S. drone war in Pakistan. Rethink the idea of spending billions of dollars to pursue al-Qaida. Forget chasing terrorists in Yemen and Somalia, unless the local governments are willing to join in the hunt.

Global Economic Analysis Blog | A gold standard will not cure every social ill in the world, nor will it stop all senseless wars. Nothing will. However, by now it should be clear to everyone that the current fiat system is good only for bankers, brokers, politicians, war mongers, and the already wealthy. Everyone else loses as inflation eventually eats away at what's left of the rapidly shrinking "middle class".

Yahoo News | Putting pressure on an already lousy job market, the mass layoff is making a comeback. In the past week, Cisco, Lockheed Martin and Borders announced a combined 23,000 in job cuts. (See: Another Retailer Bites the Dust: Borders Doomed by Amazon Deal, Davidowitz Says) Those announcements follow 41,432 in planned cuts in June, up 11.6% from May and 5.3% vs. a year earlier, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Meanwhile, state and local governments have cut 142,000 jobs this year, The WSJ reports, and Wall Street is braced for another round of cutbacks. This week, Goldman Sachs announced plans to let go 1000 fixed-income traders.

AlexanderHiggins.com | As the size of government across the nation continues to spiral out of control countries and states across the nation are finding it increasingly difficult to pay their builds Central Falls, Rhode Island has been forced into giving their retirees a dreaded ultimatum

Infowars.com | Small government is increasingly taking a leaf out of the book of big government throughout the US with fresh reports of another city council railing against free speech and the right to assembly. As Fox 16 news reports, in Gould, Arkansas, the City Council has moved to ban all gatherings and groups, no matter how small from discussing city matters without prior permission from the authorities.

YouTube | Free Energy Home Generator profiled on Sky News in Australia.

Infowars | Alex Jones returns with major news from former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura’s 60th Birthday party in L.A., co-hosted with actor Harry Dean Stanton, celebrating his 85th Birthday. Ventura shared several big announcements with Alex, including news that there will be a 3rd season of Conspiracy Theory. Controversy over many of the previous episodes led to doubt about its renewal, complicated by the fact that Ventura refuses to fly on commercial aircraft so long as TSA groping policies stand.

TheStreet.com | Congressman Ron Paul's commitment to the gold standard was on display today as he challenged Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on whether the precious metal is considered a form of currency. During his testimony to the House Financial Services Committee, Bernanke was hardly allowed to speak as Paul grilled the head of the Fed.

YouTube.com | The Growing Threat Genetically Engineered Trees - Award winning documentary film explores the growing global threat of genetically engineered trees to our environment and to human health. The film features David Suzuki, who explores the unknown and possibly disastrous consequences of improperly tested GE methods. Producer: tankerenemy. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

HuffingtonPost.com | The federal government ruled on Friday that marijuana has no accepted medical use and should remain in the same class of drugs as heroin. The decision comes nearly nine years after marijuana supporters asked the government to reclassify the drug to take into account the growing body of research conducted across the globe that proves it's effective in treating certain diseases, reports The Los Angeles Times.

Nbcdfw.com | The Arlington Police Department is in the first part of its experiment in using unmanned aircraft to assist in law enforcement. The department has been testing and evaluating two battery-operated, remote-controlled aircraft over a small, restricted airspace near Lake Arlington Dam, away from populated areas.