I know it’s tiresome to get pleas for money, but here is a need that, if not helped, will hurt us all. Many of us often link to informationclearinghouse and use the articles there as a basis for diaries. Here is Tom Feeley, the sole owner’s earnest plea for help: (he does not sell ads – contributions are the sole source of his website’s support)
Please Help?
Our Situation is Beyond Critical.
This has been the worst response ever to our appeal for financial help with operating expenses
Donations Are Down 35%
Of the more than 66 ,000 people who receive our newsletter each day and over one million people who visit our website each month, 223 people have provided assistance (Thank you)
We are a long way short of the 343 people we need in order to be able to ensure the continuation of this service.
If Information Clearing House is important to you, please use the link below to make a contribution using Paypal, your credit / debit card or check.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm
or if you prefer to send a check or money order, Information Clearing House, PO Box 365 Imperial Beach, CA 91933. USA.
Low income readers: DON’T send money, just encourage others to subscribe.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/subscribe.htm
To all who have assisted in the past. Thank you. Your help is greatly appreciated. Tom Feeley
[emphasis mine] Thanks, pups, good information is our vital tool.
Update, thanks to egregious:
Disclaimer: this is an independent request, not under the aegis of Firedoglake. Caveat donor.



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Disclaimer: this is an independent request, not under the aegis of Firedoglake. Caveat donor.
Thanks, egregious; please forgive my ignorance. I edited the diary to include your comment.
One of the few sites where one can get uncensored information. They deserve support for struggling to survive without corporate advertising or donations. To lose them would be a great loss for all of us who want the truth; not MSM disinformation. Uneducated as to FDL’s rules..not ignorance. I object to you using a word like that in any way shape or form to describe your good intentions..’g’.
Thanks for your objections, blue. (g). I fully agree with all your say.
hey guys, I am a great user of material from ICH. Always on the vanguard of the latest information msm is lightyears away from — if ever — noting. :)
Thanks, Libby. The small number of contributors in proportion to the subscribers/readers is pathetic. One reason may be that PayPal is involved. I tried to contribute online, but an old PP account battle prevented my even using my debit card – have to go snail mail and paper check. The list of complaints and lawsuits against PP is really long. IMO, Tom would do well to provide an online method to contribute that did not link back to PP.
Years ago I tried to subscribe to a genealogical website in Scotland @ $10.00. That website only dealt through PP who refused to pay the $10.00 due to their suspicion of the site. I got angry and told them to cancel my account, thinking that would end it. Not so, they simply “froze” my account and now cause this problem. I told Tom of my PP problem in an e-mail but he has yet to respond.
Too many people think of ‘news’ as being ‘free’; those outlets like ICH,Mediamatters,linktv, and so on are essential to our well being and deserve our wholehearted support.
Thanks, ubetchaiam. I rarely make pitches for contributions but we’ll all lose if Tom does.