Friday, June 7, 2013

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"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither." -  Benjamin Franklin

"Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You can have a free society or you can have a stable society. You can't have both. Take your choice. As for me, I'll choose a free, organic society over a rigid, artificial society any day."  - Tom Robbins 

"The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances." - Harry Browne  

"If citizens cannot trust that laws will be enforced in an evenhanded and honest fashion, they cannot be said to live under the rule of law. Instead, they live under the rule of men corrupted by the law." - Dale Carpenter, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas 

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -   Theodore Roosevelt  





































It just became official: the Kochs are trying to buy up the biggest local newspapers in the United States, like the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, and dozens of others.1
If they succeed, it could be lights out for an independent press free from corporate influence in the United States.
Luckily, we have another option, and it's one that national media reform allies like Free Press have endorsed: we can crowdfund the papers ourselves using crowdsourcing platform Indiegogo.2
The best part? All donations get refunded once we reach our deadline in 9 days, so long as we don't raise a virtually impossible $660 Million.
So if you can do without $50, $100, $500 or more for 9 days, you can make a major contribution. And a major political statement.
This campaign has the full protection of Indiegogo's money back guarantee for Fixed Funding campaigns. So please go BIG and help us confront the Koch takeover of our media.
Thank you for all you do to make this movement real.
Sincerely,
John Sellers, The Other 98%
P.S. We just had a brand-new piece on our Free The Press campaign posted on Huffington Post: Check it out!
1. "Koch Confirms Interest in Acquiring Newspapers," The Wall Street Journal.
2. "The Other 98% Makes a Play for the Tribune's Papers," Free Press.  










US Threatens Iran, Hezbollah For Backing Syria
By Chris Marsden
The White House issued its most threatening statement yet yesterday, denouncing Iran and the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah as "partners in tyranny" for their support of the Assad regime in Syria.
US Zionist Lobby Reels From Resistance al-Qusayr Victory
By Franklin Lamb
According to a growing number of US and European officials and Middle East analysts, as well as ever more public opinion polls, it is solely a matter of time until, like al-Qusayr, Palestine is returned to her rightful inhabitants.
Syria - Israel Is Losing the Battle
By Gilad Atzmon
The Syrian army is winning on all fronts. Israel's military and geo-political calculations are proved to be wrong.
Syria's Fake Sectarian War
By Shamus Cooke
Pro-Jihad religious leaders of Qatar and Saudi Arabia are taking a giant gamble in their recent anti-Hezbollah proclamations, and risk triggering political instability in their own already-shaky regimes.
Outside Agitators
By Patrick J. Buchanan
People who pride themselves on bringing about revolutions should not whine when targeted regimes treat them like troublemakers. And who directs these "pro-democracy" groups?
Why Did You Kill My U.S.-Born Son, Grandson in Drone Strikes?
Video
Nasser al-Awkali speaks out for the first time since the Obama administration confirmed drones had killed four U.S. citizens, including his son.
Top Secret Document Discloses Depth Of Survailance By US Government
NSA Taps In To User Data of Facebook, Google and Others
By Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill
Top secret PRISM program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple * Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007
Clapper Admits Secret Surveillance Program
US Spy Chief Calls NSA Surveillance Program Diclosure 'Reprehensible'
Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackerman in Washington and Tania Branigan in Beijing
The US has admitted using a secret system to mine the systems of the biggest technology companies to spy on millions of people's online activity, overshadowing attempts by Barack Obama to force China to abandon its cyber-espionage program.
Whistleblower Was 'Horrified' That Government Could 'Literally Watch Your Ideas Form As You Type Them'
By Brett LoGiurato
A government whistleblower provided the information to the Post because of the chilling capabilities of U.S. government surveillance.
Report: NSA Targets Credit Card Transactions
By DAVE CLARKE
Credit card transactions are among the activities that have been monitored by the National Security Agency as part of its effort to target possible terrorists, the Wall Street Journal reported.
"A Massive Surveillance State":
Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails
Video 
"They want to make sure that every single time human beings interact with one another ... that they can watch it, and they can store it, and they can access it at any time."
In Case You Missed It
"We Do Not Live in a Free Country"
Video
National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance.
An Open Letter to Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
By Norman Solomon
Let's be candid about the most clear and present danger to our country's democratic values. The poisonous danger is spewing from arrogance of power in the highest places.
"Obama Is BIG BROTHER And He's A LIAR!"
Video
"Big brother is coming and he is coming for you!"Cenk Uygur - The Young Turks.
Obedience is Extremely Dangerous.
Three Things Young People Should Know to Save the World
By David Swanson
We should think about how not to put ourselves in positions in which we are expected to blindly obey. And we should prepare ourselves to refuse immoral instructions whenever we receive them.
Washington and the Breakdown of the Colombia-Venezuela -FARC Peace Process
By James Petras
Washington has devised a dual strategy toward Latin America .  This involves a new set of ambitious imperial initiatives designed to undermine the principal anti-imperialist governments ( Venezuela ), social movements and armed insurgency.
The US Remains Guilty in Guatemala
By Noam Chomsky
In 1986, the World Court, in Nicaragua v. United States, condemned the U.S. for "unlawful use of force" in Nicaragua and ordered the payment of reparations.
The Obama Tar Sands Pipeline? :
Video
Discover the facts about the Keystone XL pipeline. Former Obama administration greens jobs advisor Van Jones cuts through the myths and explains what is really going on.


Hard News  
   

55 "militants" killed in Afghan raids:
"Afghan security forces and the NATO-led coalition troops conducted seven cleanup operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Zabul and Logar province, killing 55 armed insurgents over the past 24 hours," the ministry said in a statement.
7 Georgian occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan suicide blast:
A Taliban suicide bomber blew up a truck loaded with explosives at a base in Afghanistan, killing seven Georgian soldiers and injuring nine, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Thursday attack in a text message sent to journalists, The New York Times reported.
US Kills 3 Civilians In Afghanistan:
According to local authorities in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, at least three civilians were killed following a drone strike in this province.
US Kills 7 People In Pakistan:
Intelligence sources told media that the unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a compound in Mangroati village in Shawal Tehsil of the North Waziristan Agency situated on Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Classified documents reveal CIA drone strikes often killed unknown people:
A review of classified US intelligence records has revealed that the CIA could not confirm the identity of about a quarter of the people killed by drone strikes in Pakistan during a period spanning from 2010 to 2011.
Roadside bomb kills 3 policemen in Pakistan:
Senior police officer Shafiullah Khan says the dead and injured officers were guarding a key road on the outskirts of Peshawar city when the bomb hit them Thursday evening.
16 Iranian pilgrims killed in Baquba bomb attack:
The incident occurred on Friday morning when an explosive-laden vehicle detonated in Muqdadiyah, which is located about 90 kilometers north of Baghdad.
Nine security forces killed in Iraqi armed attack:
At least nine security forces were killed and 18 others were injured at an armed attack in Iraq's Taji province of northern Baghdad. Security sources said that several unidentified assailants staged a bomb attack on a military car which was patrolling near a Taji police station.
Syria: state forces advance towards Homs:
Following the capture of strategic town Qsair, Syrian Forces continue to push the Free Rebel Army east towards Homs and capital Damascus.
Syrian troops capture central villages:
Syrian troops, backed by Hezbollah fighters, pressed on with their offensive Friday in the country's opposition heartland, taking two small villages near a strategic town that was captured by the government this week.
Israel-firster:
Sen. McCain Urges U.S. To Do More For Syrian Rebels:
In a speech to the Brookings Institution, McCain said the U.S. needs to tip the balance in favor of the rebels and he's suggesting setting up a safe zone in Syria protected by Patriot missiles where the opposition can organize a provisional government.
Is Israel arming "rebels"? :
 Hebrew-inscribed flare found in al-Qusair:
Hezbollah TV channel shows alleged IDF weapons found in town recently retaken by Assad's forces;
Al-Qaida leader calls on Sunnis to fight in Syria:
Al-Qaida's leader has urged Sunni Muslims to spare no effort to join the battle in Syria, overthrow President Bashar Assad and set up Islamic rule in the country.
France: More than 600 EU citizens fighting in Syria:
 More than 600 European nationals, including 120 from France, are fighting in Syria, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls told Al Arabiya on Friday.
Lebanese army slams 'plot' to embroil country in Syria war:
The Lebanese army warned on Friday that a plot was afoot to embroil the country in the 26-month conflict in neighboring Syria, as deadly clashes between Damascus supporters and opponents inside Lebanon multiply.
Russia refutes US reports on Syria power handover agreement:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called a US State Department report that Russia, the US and UN agreed that Syrian authorities should pass their power to a transitional government as a "strong distortion of information".
Russia can replace Austria in UN Golan peacekeeping force, says Putin:
 "Considering the difficult situation that is developing today in the Golan Heights, we could replace the departing Austrian contingent in this region separating Israeli forces from the Syrian army," Russian news agencies quoted Putin as saying.
UN says can't accept Russia's offer of Golan troops:
The United Nations on Friday thanked Russia for offering to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights but said an agreement between Israel and Syria bars all permanent members of the Security Council from the U.N. observer mission there.
Putin Endorses Permanent Russian Navy Presence in Mediterranean:
Russia's Mediterranean fleet of 16 ships will visit ports in Syria, which hosts the country's only military base outside the former Soviet Union, during a mission that will include missile practise, commander Yuri Zemskoy told Putin via video link during a news conference in Moscow today
Pentagon official: Russian warships may be carrying weapons to Syria:
CNN has learned that U.S. intelligence agencies have identified three Russian amphibious warships in the eastern Mediterranean that are believed to be carrying weapons shipments that might be used to resupply the Syrian regime, according to a Pentagon official.
US Preparing For Attack On Iran?
Bunker Busters: Pentagon destroys replica of underground nuclear facility:
Pentagon uses advanced bunker buster bombs to destroy replica of underground facility as part of experiment whose results were relayed to friendly nations
One killed in fresh Egypt clashes:
At least one person has been killed and more than 20 others injured in clashes between supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and anti-government protesters in the northern town of Damanhour.
Stop now, Prime Minister Erdogan tells Turkish protesters:
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan demanded on Friday an immediate end to a week of anti-government unrest, saying the protests which erupted over the redevelopment of an Istanbul park had been founded on a "campaign of lies".
A glance at some of Erdogan's supporters:
To his pious and conservative base, the three-term prime minister deserves respect for raising Turkey's international profile, improving their standard of living, cleaning up hospitals and providing better services. They adore him for curbing the powers of Turkey's secular military and for standing up to Israel when they felt Palestinians were oppressed.
Guantánamo Bay hunger strike: quarter of inmates now being force-fed:
Forty-one detainees being force-fed out of prisoner population of 166 as hunger strike shows little sign of ending
Obama on NSA: 'Nobody is listening to your telephone calls':
"I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience," the president told the crowd while delivering several minutes of unscripted remarks about the NSA.
Anger swells after NSA phone records court order revelations:
The scale of America's surveillance state was laid bare on Thursday as senior politicians revealed that the US counter-terrorism effort had swept up swaths of personal data from the phone calls of millions of citizens for years.
James Clapper Admits Secret Surveillance Program:
US Spy Chief Calls NSA Surveillance Program Diclosure 'Reprehensible': The US has admitted using a secret system to mine the systems of the biggest technology companies to spy on millions of people's online activity, overshadowing attempts by Barack Obama to force China to abandon its cyber-espionage program.
Back Door Access? Tech Giants Deny Knowledge of PRISM Spy Operation:
Does the government have backdoor access so secret that not even their targets are aware? Are the tech companies lying? Or are they forbidden-as Verizon allegedly is with its NSA arrangement-from acknowledging its existence to an absurd extent?
Apple to Yahoo Deny Providing Direct Access to Spy Agency:
NSA and FBI Tapping Into Servers: The National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation access the central servers of nine U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs,
The National Security Agency: surveillance giant with eyes on America -
The NSA is the best hidden of all the US intelligence services - and its secrecy has deepened as its reach has expanded
UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation: Exclusive:
 UK security agency GCHQ gaining information from world's biggest internet firms through US-run Prism programme
How Congress unknowingly legalized PRISM in 2007:
On Sept. 11, 2007, the National Security Agency signed up Microsoft as its first partner for PRISM, a massive domestic surveillance program . That's barely a month after Congress passed, and President George W. Bush signed, the Protect America Act.
By the numbers: The NSA's super-secret spy program, PRISM:
To put that debate in perspective, here's how PRISM stacks up by the numbers based on what we've learned today:
NSA tracked phone records of millions of Americans: Video -
Secret court orders authorized the National Security Agency to track phone records in an effort to thwart suspected terror plots. A majority of Democrats and Republicans did not object. Major Garrett reports.
Jonathan Turley: Obama's Verizon surveillance reveals massive erosion of US civil liberties - Op-Ed: -
Thanks to a secret court and compliant politicians, this administration is running an ever-expanding security state
US surveillance revelations deepen European fears:
"The U.S. government must provide clarity regarding these monstrous allegations of total monitoring of various telecommunications and Internet services," said Peter Schaar, German data protection and freedom of information commissioner  








IN OTHER NEWS
By Kevin Drum
Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the tax revolt in America. On June 6, 1978, two-thirds of Californians voted to pass Proposition 13, which cut and capped property taxes and mandated a two-thirds vote for any future tax increases. Howard Jarvis ended up on the cover of Time and the tax revolt was officially started.
Here's why it matters. [READ MORE]








Another Phony Jobs Report From A Government That Lies About Everything –Paul Craig Roberts
2013-06-07 19:35:11-04


June 7, 2013. The payroll jobs report for May released today continues the fantasy. Goods producing jobs declined, with manufacturing losing another 4,000 jobs, but the New Economy produced 179,000 service jobs. Are these jobs the high-powered, high-wage “innovation jobs” that economists promised would be our reward from Globalism. I’m afraid not. According to the…

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Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of Kingdom and pope

Like good Christians some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands, to court the wild
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And till the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end

While we bullied, stole and bought a homeland We began the slaughter of the red man  





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