Prisons are built with stones of law, brothels with bricks of religion.
Here
are the highlights from the FAIR Blog this week--including the new
episode of FAIR TV. Take a look, leave a comment and share with your
friends on Facebook and Twitter.
--Obama: 'Starkly Liberal' or Centrist?
--Why Do Poor People Living in an Abandoned Skyscraper So Outrage the New Yorker?
--Why Do Poor People Living in an Abandoned Skyscraper So Outrage the New Yorker?
The Librarian of Congress determined in October of last year
that certain actions involving mobile phones were illegal under the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The rules were revised to state that
while it is legal to jailbreak smartphones, it is illegal to jailbreak
tablets and illegal to unlock phones without permission from your
wireless provider. A 90-day window was put in place that allowed
consumers to purchase a phone and unlock it, however that window closes
on January 26th, TechNewsDaily noted.
Most carriers lock their phones to prevent them from running on
competitors’ networks. Starting next week, U.S. consumers will no longer
legally be allowed to unlock their carrier-locked devices without
permission, though some smartphones such as Verizon’s iPhone 5 and the Nexus 4 are unlocked to begin with.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Goldman Sachs Made 400 Million Betting On Food Prices In 2012 While Hundreds Of Millions Starved
Activist Post
Why does it seem like wherever there is human suffering, some giant bank is making money off of it? According to a new report from the World Development Movement, Goldman Sachs made about 400 million dollars betting on food prices last year.
Overall, 2012 was quite a banner year for Goldman Sachs. As I reported in a previous article, revenues for Goldman increased by about 30 percent in 2012 and the price of Goldman stock has risen by more than 40 percent
over the past 12 months. It is estimated that the average banker at
Goldman brought in a pay and bonus package of approximately $396,500 for 2012. So without a doubt, Goldman Sachs is swimming in money right now.
But what is the price for all of this "success"? Many claim that
the rampant speculation on food prices by the big banks has dramatically
increased the global price of food and has caused the suffering of
hundreds of millions of poor families around the planet to become much
worse. At this point, global food prices are more than twice as high
as they were back in 2003. Approximately 2 billion people on the
planet spend at least half of their incomes on food, and close to a
billion people regularly do not have enough food to eat. Is it moral
for Goldman Sachs and other big banks such as Barclays and Morgan
Stanley to make hundreds of millions of dollars betting on the price of
food if that is going to drive up global food prices and make it harder
for poor families all over the world to feed themselves?
Bill Gates Says Global Vaccination Program is "God's Work"
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Activist Post
In a recent interview with the London Telegraph, Bill Gates has now claimed that his Foundation’s massive push for vaccination is not just an exercise in philanthropy but that it is, in fact, “God’s work.”
Gates, who, according to the Telegraph, is worth an estimated $65 billion, is now dedicating his life to the “eradication of poliomyelitis,” or, at least he is dedicating himself to the vaccination program allegedly aimed at achieving these ends.
As reported by the Telegraph,
“My wife and I had a long dialogue about how we were going to take the wealth that we’re lucky enough to have and give it back in a way that’s most impactful to the world,” he says. “Both of us worked at Microsoft and saw that if you take innovation and smart people, the ability to measure what’s working, that you can pull together some pretty dramatic things.
“We’re focused on the help of the poorest in the world, which really drives you into vaccination. You can actually take a disease and get rid of it altogether, like we are doing with polio.”
Constant Surveillance of Entire Cities Now Possible with Latest Drone Tech
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Activist Post
Apparently many of the civilian deaths by drones in Afghanistan are not attributed to the U.S. military being there on false pretenses, but rather to limitations in surveillance technology. The video below opens with this assertion in its coverage of DARPA's latest mega-surveillance package known as ARGUS - Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System.
The new sensor system can instantly see an area roughly the "size of a small city" with an "all-seeing"eye according to retired Lieutenant, David A. Deptula. The next generation of surveillance tech sees the landscape through a 1.8 billion pixels camera, the highest resolution yet created.
Other Key Articles From Around the Web
Scanned without consent: NYPD places full body scanners on the streets
Geoengineering, And Our Warming Planet, (No, It’s Not Getting Colder)Appeals court panel rules Obama recess appointments to labor board are unconstitutional
DHS Napolitano: Cyber 9/11 "Imminent"
Fed’s Holdings of U.S. Gov’t Debt Hit Record - Up 257% Under Obama
ACTION ALERT: Raw Milk Farmers in S.C. Need Your Help
Finnish Activists May Force Parliament To Vote On Crowdsourced New Copyright Law
Unlocking your smartphone will be illegal starting next week
Rock as a Clock: Physicists use matter waves to measure time
CDC Admits Flu Vaccine Has Been Ineffective
States consider a law that says reporting abuse at factory farms is terrorism
The Systematic Decimation of Planet Earth
What Does Freedom Mean to You?
World Gold Council Says China Will Back Yuan with Gold
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