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The Conspirosphere has been buzzing about FEMA camps - mass incarceration/relocation centers - for some years now.
Edward
Snowden's heroic action has made it clear that the ability of
government to obtain information about individuals has been greatly
expanded, and that it is becoming increasingly difficult for individuals
to obtain information about their government. Individual privacy is
being eroded, while government secrecy is growing.
By Franklin Lamb
Fear Spreads through Palestinian Camps in Syria As of morning on 8/23/13, many of the remaining Palestinians in Yarmouk are seeking somewhere to flee to, visibly afraid that chemical weapons will be used in Yarmouk in the coming days.
Chief
counsel Comar wrote on the War Is a Crime website explaining that, "The
DoJ claims that in planning and waging the Iraq War, ex-President Bush
and key members of his Administration were acting within the legitimate
scope of their employment and are thus immune from suit."
The
review of US surveillance programs which Barack Obama promised would be
conducted by an "independent" and "outside" panel of experts looks set
to consist of four Washington insiders with close ties to the security
establishment. In addition to Morell, who was deputy director of the CIA
until just three months ago, the panel is believed to consist of former
White House officials Richard Clarke, Cass Sunstein and Peter Swire.
Why do we focus on the ridiculous and ignore the substantive issues we face in the country today?
A
new tactic has been added to the US democracy promotion arsenal, where
"color revolutions' are too difficult, and "postmodern coups' fail.
This
is the first time the Independent has published any revelations
purportedly from the NSA documents, and it's the type of disclosure
which journalists working directly with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
have thus far avoided. That leads to the obvious question: who is the
source for this disclosure? Snowden this morning said he wants it to be
clear that he was not the source for the Independent.
By Julian Gresser, Esq.
FUKUSHIMA: A Blueprint for Action by Julian Gresser Esq. The escalating danger of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima requires bold innovation. The author offers a method of quickly assembling the best minds in the world to solve its many problems.
The
answer to "Who am I?" at the dawn of the age of smart machines is that,
for the time being, we ourselves are the best model-building machines
extant.
Perhaps
one of the most defining features of humanity is our capacity for
empathy -- the ability to put ourselves in others' shoes. A new study
strongly suggests that we are hardwired to empathize because we closely
associate people who are close to us -- friends, spouses, lovers -- with
our very selves.
Full Show: America's Gilded Capital
a must watch
Most
people think that money is safe in the big banks because the FDIC will
protect the deposits. This assumption is not based on the facts. This
video will show official government documents that describe the plans
for confiscating deposits when, (not if) a big bank fails. Individual,
as well as public funds from municipal, university, county deposits are
at serious risk. YOUR taxpayer money will disappear in the next crisis!
my first day checking it out, with more info from wikipedia on the new Aljazeera America
This
is my second column discussing Federal Reserve (Fed) regulation in the
context of the question of who President Obama should appoint to be Ben
Bernanke's successor. This column focuses on the sudden discovery by
economists (and, purportedly, Obama) that the Fed Chair's most important
function is to regulate. (If that sounds like common sense to you, (1)
you are not an orthodox economist and (2) you do not understand the
Fed's culture.) This column begins the process of explaining why most
of the economists and finance scholars (Robert Prasch is the exception)
writing to urge that the new Fed Chair be chosen based on their
regulatory skills demonstrate that they lack any understanding of the
fundamentals of financial crises and supervision (and aiding
prosecutions). This column begins my response to Amar Bhide's op ed
entitled "Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed."
Were the Sixties just on "pause" for a few years?
In Paper War, Flood of Liens Is the Weapon - NYTimes.com
Citizens can bring liens as sovereign citizens, and a movement has arisen as ordinary people found their homes taken and their bank accounts emptied as the government did nothing... despite evidence that the ways in which they were defrauded was illegal. Frustrated at being unable to get justice at the top, they started a 'bottom-up' movement to make those at the bottom who went along with the illegal injustices experience the destruction that was wrought on them.
It's time to talk about suicide.
Syrian
activists, supported by the British government, believe Assad's forces
launched a nerve and chemical gas attack in Jobar and other suburbs
before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 500 people and possibly more
than 1,000. Assad's government has dismissed the accusation and its
major ally Russia has suggested rebel fighters may have launched the
attack themselves to provoke international action.
Mayor
Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous
pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations brought by at least
17 women eroded his support after just nine months on the job. Filner
was regretful and defiant during a City Council meeting as he explained
the "the toughest decision of my life." He apologized to his accusers
but insisted he was innocent of sexual harassment and said he was the
victim of a "lynch mob."
While
there is still no conclusive evidence, senior U.S. officials told NBC
News on Friday that they believe the Syrian military did attack
civilians with chemical weapons this week, prompting the Obama
administration to consider how and when the U.S. military might respond.
U.S. officials said no decisions were made at a White House meeting
among Obama's top advisers Thursday, which they described as the "most
intense" discussion of possible military operations so far. Another
meeting was scheduled for Saturday at the White House.
Obama's
proposals are designed not to change Obama's program but solely to
deflect demands for such change by winning the PR offensive, which
turns--as do all Obama's similar deceptions--on Mencken 's famous
gambling tip that "no one" has ever lost money by underestimating the
intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.
The
potential impeachment of President Obama has been a topic at a number
of home-state meetings held by GOP lawmakers this month. Sen. Tom Coburn
is the latest to discuss the possibility. On Wednesday, Senator Coburn
told a meeting of 300 constituents in Muskogee, Okla., that the Obama
administration is "lawless" and that Mr. Obama himself is "getting
perilously close" to the constitutional standard for impeachment.
With
our alleged higher human reasoning, it's humans alone who have
concocted this theory of fairness. A big guy jumps on a little guy and
we declare it as not fair. This empathy of ours is wrestling with the
Yang of our predatory nature. So who's to be the final arbiter of
fairness in this life? How can we reconcile all in the world that is
fair, and all that is not? Why that could only be the providence of the
almighty God.
Since
the late 1970s, almost all the gains from growth have gone to the top.
But as the upper-middle class and the rich began shifting to private
institutions, they withdrew political support for public ones. In
consequence, their marginal tax rates dropped -- setting off a vicious
cycle of diminishing revenues and deteriorating quality, spurring more
flight from public institutions.
A
health care system designed to make a profit from pain and sickness is a
health care system designed by psychopaths. You know the propaganda has
taken hold when FOX viewers, who would be bankrupted by a medical
catastrophe, parrot the FOX mouthpieces and decry the evils of a
single-payer health care system.
Texas
Gov. Rick Perry and other neo-Confederate politicians are citing the
Tenth Amendment in claiming the federal government has no authority to
protect minority voting rights. But they're wrong both in their
constitutional analysis and their ignorance of the Fifteenth Amendment.
The
Arab Spring so promising in Egypt almost 3 yrs. ago has ended w/ the
military releasing Hosni Mubarak from prison. This has to bring disgust
to the protesters who put their lives on the line & were the
catalysts behind the military removing him from power. It's a
contemptuous spitting in the face of the Egyptian people by Gen'l al
Sisi who had Mubarak's released & a sure sign the military is the
preeminent power in Egypt.
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An article about the lies and the ;iars that tell them, a thought or two on Fukushima, how it can unite people, how it must.
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Koch
Industries confirmed it will not be buying the Tribune Company's eight
newspapers, which include the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times.
Progressive activists have heavily opposed the business and political
activities of Koch Industries' leadership, organizing a number of
protests against the takeover.
Staff
Sgt. Robert Bales, who pleaded guilty to slaughtering 16 Afghan
civilians inside their homes, will spend the rest of his life in prison,
a military jury decided on Friday. In pressing for mercy, Sergeant
Bales' defense team said he had been a good soldier, a loving father and
a stand-up friend before snapping after four combat deployments to Iraq
and Afghanistan. But prosecutors said he was a man frustrated with his
career and family, easy to anger, whose rage erupted at the end of his
M-4 rifle.
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