"Tis
a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies;
other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For
where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the
People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other
ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the
Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it
presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or
many." -- John Locke - (1632-1704) English philosopher
and political theorist. Considered the ideological progenitor of the
American Revolution and who, by far, was the most often non-biblical
writer quoted by the Founding Fathers of the USA.
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"The
aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is
simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level,
to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to down dissent and
originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the
pretensions of politicians, pedagogues, and other such mountebanks, and
that is its aim everywhere else....Their purpose, in brief, is to make
docile and patriotic citizens, to pile up majorities, and to make John
Doe and Richard Doe as nearly alike, in their everyday reactions and
ways of thinking, as possible." - -- H. L. Mencken - (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,745icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,275
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Bradley Manning An "Ethical Giant"
Manning Speaks About His Conditions
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The Government's One-way Mirror
By Glenn Greenwald
One
of the hallmarks of an authoritarian government is its fixation on
hiding everything it does behind a wall of secrecy while simultaneously
monitoring, invading and collecting files on everything its citizenry
does. Based on the Francis Bacon aphorism that "knowledge is power,"
this is the extreme imbalance that renders the ruling class omnipotent
and citizens powerless.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27124.htm
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Avatar Story Was So True to Life
By Jonathan Glennie
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How Do We Shift Power to the People
and Away from Concentrated Corporate Power?
By Kevin Zeese
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35 Killed as Pakistan militants mount attacks on Afghan border:
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As US drone strikes have increased, so have assassinations, Pakistanis say:
As
often as seven times a week, tribesmen there say, corpses appear in
fields and on roadsides with dark warnings pinned to their tunics: All
American spies will meet the same fate.
http://wapo.st/fulImK
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Pakistan sells sovereignty:
US pays Pakistan more than $600m in "aid":
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2 Afghan civilians killed in US-led attack:
NATO
forces attacked a construction company. Two of the company's security
personnel were killed and two others were injured. NATO has claimed that
the attack was aimed at a suspicious militant base, but Afghan police
say no militants were in the area.
http://presstv.ir/detail/156909.html
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Seven killed in Iraqi violence:
Seven people were killed and eight injured Friday in two separate attacks in Iraq, according to police sources.
http://bit.ly/et3Qv5
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Top Shiite cleric says new Iraqi government is sub-standard:
Sheikh
Abdel-Mahdi al-Karbalaei, a confidant of influential Shiite spiritual
leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said that the new cabinet is 'below
the standards' Iraqi citizens had hoped for and suggested it could prove
to be weaker than the previous government.
http://bit.ly/hK8Am9
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US Congress approves $725bn defence spending:
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Military sexual abuse 'staggering':
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US Embassy Cables: : Israel destroyed Syria nuclear reactor:
WikiLeaks:
srael destroyed a Syrian nuclear reactor in an air raid just weeks
before it went online in 2007, said a US diplomatic cable released by
WikiLeaks and published on Friday in an Israeli daily.
http://bit.ly/emzgDl
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12 Israeli jets violate Lebanon airspace:
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Egyptian has 'revealed three Israeli spy cells':
The
confessions of an Egyptian accused of spying for Israel have led to
three espionage cells being dismantled in Lebanon and Syria, where an
agent was executed in November, Cairo newspapers said Friday.
http://bit.ly/giXMGV
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Turkey probes US nukes at airbase':
Turkish
parliamentarians are discussing a report revealing that the United
States has deployed 90 nuclear bombs at Turkey's Incirlik Air Force
base, a report says.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/156924.html
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The tyranny of the Israeli majority:
The
present political balance of power has created a Knesset that has
become an assembly line of legislation that is dragging Israel down to
the bottom of the list of civilized countries.
http://bit.ly/eehsRA
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It's not anti-Semitic to say that Hasidic Jews are intolerant of goyim :
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Cadets For Christ Solicits Letters to the Air Force Academy to Use as Ammo:
This
is the most recent development in an outrageous story that has been
developing over the better part of this year, so, for those who need to
be brought up to speed, here's what's going on in as small of a
nutshell as I can put it:
http://bit.ly/gfhchC
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C.I.A. Secrets Could Surface in Swiss Nuclear Case:
A
seven-year effort by the Central Intelligence Agency to hide its
relationship with a Swiss family who once acted as moles inside the
world's most successful atomic black market hit a turning point on
Thursday when a Swiss magistrate recommended charging the men with
trafficking in technology and information for making nuclear arms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/world/europe/24nukes.html?_r=1
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Cuba puts 'imperialist' US Wikileaks online:
Cuba
says it will publish on the internet more than 2,000 US diplomatic
cables released by the website Wikileaks. It says the documents prove
links between Cuba's "so-called internal dissidence" and the US
government.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12072664
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Assange says 'high chance' he would be killed in US jail:
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US Congress blocks Guantanamo closure:
US
lawmakers have effectively blocked President Barack Obama's efforts to
close the controversial terror prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by
approving a Pentagon budge that forbids spending money on the move.
http://bit.ly/hu4cYu
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Welcome to America:
Woman arrested at ABIA after refusing enhanced pat down:
"I told them, 'No, I'm not going to have my breasts felt,' and she said, 'Yes, you are,'" said Hirschkind.
http://bit.ly/gBUxFt
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ACLU placed on Tennessee terror map for letter to schools:
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More anti-war activists subpoenaed, attorney says:
More
federal grand jury subpoenas went out this week as part of an apparent
investigation into possible links between U.S. anti-war groups and
foreign terrorist organizations, according to an attorney for the
anti-war activists.
http://bit.ly/hr1yWl
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Irish developers still living the high life:
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Deutsche Bank pays half a billion to escape US tax probe:
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Some investors fear collapse of municipal bonds across nation:
Investors
have fled municipal bonds in recent weeks, leading to rising fears
about investments in state and local government debt and increasing the
potential for higher rates for when governments look to borrow money.
http://jacksonville.com/print/449935
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16 US Cities Facing Bankruptcy If They Don't Make Deep Cuts:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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