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Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:37 PM PST
21 November, 2013
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I’d been expecting them to find a way of blocking legitimate sites for a while.
I’d been expecting them to find a way of blocking legitimate sites for a while.
A couple of weeks ago I had
the task to clean up a drive-by hack at earth-heal.com. These attacks
are exploits of forms on a site and simply add code to certain pages
that cause a redirect to a blacklisted, malware url of no significance
other than to tag any site that links there as infected.
I’d spent some time finding
and analysing the added code and did a thorough clean of earth-heal. It
was now squeaky clean, and in fact was never really “infected”. It was
simply hacked to cause a browser to redirect to a blacklisted site.
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 09:07 AM PST
21 November 2013
- Since ancient times and
across multiple civilizations, Sirius, the dog star, has been surrounded
with a mysterious lore. Esoteric teachings of all ages have invariably
attributed to Sirius a special status and the star’s importance in
occult symbolism is an attestation of that fact. What makes Sirius so
special? Is it simply due to the fact that it is the brightest star in
the sky? Or is it also because humanity has an ancient, mysterious
connection with it?
Sirius is located in the
constellation Canis Major – also known as the Big Dog – and is therefore
known as the “dog star”. It is over twenty times brighter than our sun
and is twice as massive. At night time, Sirius is the brightest star in
the sky and its blue-white glare never failed to amaze star gazers since
the dawn of time. No wonder Sirius has been revered by practically all
civilizations. But is there more to Sirius than meets the eye?
Undercover British Soldiers 'Killed Unarmed Civilians in Belfast'
By BBC
Speaking
publicly for the first time, the ex-members of the Military Reaction
Force (MRF), which was disbanded in 1973, said they had been tasked
with "hunting down" IRA members in Belfast.
The US Military and the Philippines
By Bill Van Auken
There is perhaps no more egregious example of the US military overstaying its welcome than in the Philippines.
Iran Nuclear Negotiations 4 Dummies
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Obama's
vision is as limited as his knowledge of Iranians. During the
Iran-Iraq war, - Iran repelled not only Iraq's attacks, but all its
backers including America, European and Arab states.
In the Real Tally of Violence, Palestinians Have it Much Worse
By Amira Hass
There
is no Palestinian without a personal and familial history of injustice
that was caused by, and is still caused by Israel.
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
United States Can Spy on Britons Despite Pact, N.S.A. Memo Says
By James Glanz
The
National Security Agency is authorized to spy on the citizens of
America's closest allies, including Britain, even though those
English-speaking countries have long had an official non-spying pact.
Inside America's Plan to Kill Online Privacy Rights Everywhere
By Colum Lynch
The
United States and its key intelligence allies are quietly working
behind the scenes to kneecap a mounting movement in the United Nations
to promote a universal human right to online privacy.
Noam Chomsky - Media Control and Indoctrination in the United States
By Noam Chomsky
The United States is a very frightened country. And there are all kinds of things concocted for you to be frightened about.
Linkin Park - "Waiting For The Light That Never Comes"
A Call for Non-Violent Revolution
Video
Reform is the light that never comes. Tyranny reigns. Revolution is all we have left...
Hard News
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As
Truck Bomb, Attacks Kill at Least 48 in Iraq:
A truck
bomb tore through an outdoor vegetable market in northeastern Iraq, the
deadliest of a series of attacks Thursday that killed at least 48
people, officials said.
Fighting for Aleppo base kills 15 Syria militia: NGO:
"Fifteen
members of the National Defence Forces were killed in fighting against
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Al-Nusra Front and Islamist
groups in the east of Aleppo province and near Base 80," the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
Difficult differences remain in Iran nuclear negotiations:
Each
side appeared to be dampening down anticipation of an imminent
breakthrough after the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain
and Germany came close to winning concessions from Tehran in the last
round of negotiations two weeks ago.
Netanyahu's estimate for Iran nuclear breakout "Sheer Nonsense":
In
an interview with a German newspaper published Tuesday, Netanyahu
said, "The Iranians already have five bombs' worth of low-enriched
uranium," which they could build within a matter of weeks after making
the decision to rush for a nuclear weapon.
UN official: Gaza is quickly becoming uninhabitable:
The
Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, has warned that "the plight of
Palestinians and Palestinian refugees under Israeli occupation in Gaza
and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continues to worsen."
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/8422-un-official-gaza-is-quickly-becoming-uninhabitable
Saudi Arabia man arrested for giving out free hugs:
Members
of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
arrested the two men in Riyadh for violating local laws and engaging in
"exotic practices", Al Hayat newspaper said.
US Murders 8 People In Pakistan: :
At
least eight persons, including three alledged Haqqani network
commanders, were killed on Thursday in a rare US drone strike outside
Pakistan's tribal belt, just a day after a top official said the US had
agreed to halt such attacks during negotiations with militants.
Yeah right!
No more drone strikes during Taliban talks, US assures Pakistan:
The
United States has promised that it will not carry out any drone strikes
in Pakistan during any peace talks with Taliban militants in the
future, the Prime Minister's Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj
Aziz said Wednesday.
Yeah right!
US will respect 'Afghan sovereignty,' says Obama:
President
Barack Obama, in a letter to President Hamid Karzai, said the United
States will continue to respect "Afghan sovereignty" under a new
security agreement. Obama also said the U.S. military will not conduct
raids on Afghan homes except under "extraordinary circumstances"
involving urgent risks to U.S. nationals. The raids have been a
particularly sensitive issue to the Afghans.
I can't imagine why - LOL
Afghan President Hamid Karzai:
I
don't trust the US: Afghan President Hamid Karzai told tribal leaders
Thursday that he did not trust the United States, hours after Secretary
of State John Kerry said a final draft deal on troop levels had been
reached.
US, Afghan security deal at risk as Karzai calls for delay in signing:
President
Hamid Karzai told a gathering of elders that the signing should be put
off until after next year's Afghan presidential election -- and signed
only if it is approved by the council and the parliament.
The Arrogance of American Exceptionalism :
UN representative Samantha Power: U.S. has 'nothing to apologize' to Afghanistan for:
Washington's
UN representative Samantha Power said Thursday Afghanistan is owed no
apology for US actions in the country since the overthrow of the
Taliban 12 years ago.
We don't need no stinking badges! -
Video - Humor
Three killed in bombing at restaurant in Kandahar:
Kandahar's
Regional Health Department Director said the city's main hospital
received more than 20 wounded victims and three dead bodies. He said
all the victims are civilian including a six-year-old boy.
Egyptian police officer killed in Ismailia:
An
Egyptian police officer died of his injury on Thursday after he was
shot by two unidentified attackers in Ismailia governorate, east of
Cairo, official news agency MENA reported.
Egypt panel approves 'conditional military trials of civilians':
Egypt's
50-member constitution committee has approved an article allowing
civilians to be tried by military courts. At Wednesday's session, 30
members voted in favour of the article, seven against, with two
abstentions. The remaining 11 were absent.
Government Gave U.S. Permission To Spy On Ordinary British Citizens :
BBC video report
Australia sites hacked amid spying row with Indonesia:
The
leaked documents showed that Australian spy agencies named Indonesian
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the first lady, the vice-president
and other senior ministers as targets for telephone monitoring,
Australian media said.
French farmers blockade Paris roads over EU agriculture reforms: Video report -
The
French government has called on farmers to lift road blockades
"immediately" after two accidents which killed a fireman and left six
police officers injured.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro gets special powers:
Under the
measures Mr Maduro will be able to govern without consulting Congress
for 12 months. After signing the bill, he promised to keep prices down
and conduct a "ground-shaking" anti-corruption offensive.
Venezuela acuses US of interference in its affairs:
Venezuela
accused the United States of "interference" in its internal affairs
Thursday after Washington expressed concern that President Nicolas
Maduro had been granted powers to rule by decree.
Hang the bankers:
JPMorgan agrees to $13 billion mortgage settlement (Bribe) - Video report -
"Not A Single Elite Banker Whose Frauds Drove The Financial Crisis In The U.S. Has Been Prosecuted"
Bigger than Libor? Forex probe hangs over banks:
Yet
another dark cloud is looming over global banks as officials examine
their behavior in the massive foreign exchange market, threatening to
deal a new blow to earnings and reputations.
Geithner moves from US Treasury to Wall Street:
Geithner
joins the legions of bank regulators and officials who have leveraged
their insider status while in government to land positions in private
finance paying millions in salaries and bonuses.
Senate goes for 'nuclear option':
The
Senate approved a historic rules change on Thursday by eliminating the
use of the filibuster on all presidential nominees except those to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
"Second American Revolution" Rally Falls 999,870 People Short Of A Million:
World
Net Daily (WND) columnist Larry Klayman sent out the call for
revolution. Declaring to the world that his Tea Party-powered "second
American Revolution" would gather near the White House in Lafayette
Square on November 19 and sweep President Obama from office.
Geithner moves from US Treasury to Wall Street:
Geithner
joins the legions of bank regulators and officials who have leveraged
their insider status while in government to land positions in private
finance paying millions in salaries and bonuses.
Teen spends 3 years in infamous New York jail without ever being convicted:
A
young Bronx teenager spent three years in the infamously violent
Rikers Island prison complex without ever being convicted of a crime.
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Activism Update
CNN Doubles Down on Pro-Nuclear Bias
Answers petitions, critics, with more slanted commentary
Answers petitions, critics, with more slanted commentary
November 21, 2013
CNN aired the pro-nuclear power film Pandora's Promise on November 7. The film was little more than propaganda (FAIR Action Alert, 10/25/13),
brooking virtually no dissent from the views of the film's seven
principal "stars"--one-time anti-nuclear environmentalists who now say
the planet can only be saved from the ravages of fossil fuels by a
rapid, large-scale investment in new, supposedly fail-safe "fast
reactors."
In advance of the airing, FAIR and RootsAction presented CNN with
a petition signed by over 27,000 activists, demanding the news network
present a more balanced discussion of the issue. How did CNN respond? By compounding the bias with a post-show roundtable, Nuclear Power: The Fallout From Fear, that featured a panel just as slanted as its title.
Moderated by CNN's
Anderson Cooper, the panel was stacked three to one in favor of the
film's premise. Dale Bryk of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the
lone anti-nuclear voice, was outnumbered by the film's director, Robert
Stone, climate scientist James Hansen and former nuclear plant operator
Michael Friedlander. During the panel, Bryk had her remarks ridiculed as
"silly" by Hansen and "delusional" by Stone, with no objection from
Cooper, who seemed at times to play the role of a fourth pro-nuclear
panelist. At one point he confronted Bryk on the role of renewables by
parroting the film's line that "alternative solutions like solar,
wind...will never be a real solution."
At
another point, Cooper asked the filmmaker a leading question that
suggested nuclear power has been remarkably safe: "Can you point to how
many people have died from--I mean, Three Mile Island, nobody died.
Emergency procedures there worked, correct?"
Cooper's
language could have come straight from any number of past corporate
media whitewashings of nuclear power dangers. For instance, NBC's 1993 broadcast What Happened?
(3/16/93) concluded that "the system worked" at Three Mile Island--that
aside from some "communications" issues, people near the Pennsylvania
plant were happily living their lives years after the 1979 partial
meltdown there (Extra!, 7/1/93).
Three
Mile Island had resulted in only a "a minor release" of radiation,
agreed Stone, adding that, in the US, "not a single death has occurred
from commercial nuclear power in the entire 50-year history."
Later,
Stone said of the Fukushima accident: "Nobody has died, nobody has
gotten sick, and according to the best science in the World Health
Organization, nobody ever will." What WHO (2/28/13)
actually says is that "the estimated risk for specific cancers in
certain subsets of the population in Fukushima Prefecture has
increased," and that one-third of the emergency workers at the plant
have an increased cancer risk.
When
FAIR asked epidemiologist Steven Wing of the University of North
Carolina's School of Public Health to comment on Stone's claims, he
acknowledged that no deaths had resulted immediately from acute
radiation poisoning at Three Mile Island or Fukushima, but that
longer-term cancers caused by radiation were a different story:
The
cancers from the TMI accident were measured through a survey of
hospital records which showed that leukemia incidence was 6.9 times
higher during 1981-85 in the area most affected by radioactive plumes
compared to the least affected areas. In Fukushima, the cancers will
occur in the future and can be estimated based on people's radiation
doses and the knowledge that there is no threshold below which radiation
doesn't cause cancer. This is the same way we estimate cancers from
smoking, asbestos or other carcinogens.
Wing added that even nuclear power plants running under normal conditions are not necessarily safe:
For routinely operating
reactors, excess childhood cancer has been demonstrated in several
European studies, although no comparable study has been conducted in the
USA.
The role
of renewables in planning a cleaner and safer energy future was
disparaged by everyone on the panel except NRDC's Bryk. The same was
true of virtually everyone who appeared in the film for more than a few
moments. (The few dissenting voices heard in the film--e.g., Helen
Caldicott, Ralph Nader--were little more than props, providing brief
soundbites stating supposed myths, which were then ridiculed at length
by the film's principal players.)
Such a position can only be sustained by
excluding leading authorities on renewables, like electrical and nuclear
engineer Arjun Makhijani, the president of the Institute for Energy
and Environmental Research, who says:
A
zero-CO2 US economy can be achieved within the next 30 to 50 years
without the use of nuclear power. The US renewable energy resource base
is vast and practically untapped. Available wind energy resources in 12
Midwestern and Rocky Mountain states equal about 2.5 times the entire
electricity production of the United States. Given that we can satisfy
our electricity needs by harnessing only 40 percent of the wind energy
resources in these 12 states, it is extremely likely that we will be
able to do away with CO2.
Edwin Lyman, a physicist and senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, says that the kind of reactor touted in Pandora's Promise
isn't the fail-safe technology flogged in the film, and isn't fully
designed or ready for commercial use. No one like Lyman appears in the
film, and CNN didn't include him in the panel either; they did permit him a column on CNN.com (11/7/13), where he charges Stone with promoting "numerous half-truths and less-than-half-truths":
Like
the story of Pandora itself, the tale of the integral fast reactor
(IFR)--or at least the version presented in the movie--is more myth than
reality. In the final assessment, the concept's drawbacks greatly
outweighed its advantages. The government had sound reasons to stanch
the flow of taxpayer dollars to a costly, flawed project that also was
undermining US efforts to reduce the risks of nuclear terrorism and
proliferation around the world.
Lyman
pointed out that the fast reactor, even when fully developed, would
produce more nuclear waste, not less, as claimed in the film. "Stone did
not include anyone in the film who could have provided a more balanced
and realistic assessment" of the fast reactor, Lyman said--which could
be said of CNN's discussion of nuclear power in general.
Considering the bias of CNN's
documentary, it's unsurprising to find that two of its chief funders
are billionaire boosters of nuclear energy. Virgin's Richard Branson,
who with US nuclear industry officials proposed a meeting with President
Obama and then-Energy Secretary Steven Chu to lobby for IFR nuclear
technology, is listed as the film's executive producer. Branson claimed
at the time not to have any direct financial interest in nuclear power.
The
film's other billionaire funder, Microsoft founder Paul Allen, is an
investor in "advanced nuclear technologies," according to the website of
his venture capital firm, Vulcan Inc.
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