Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards." - Aldous Huxley




"The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising." - I.F. Stone
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"History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history--while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance--might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth." - Howard Zinn






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 Spoiled Brat Disease, Drone King Crashes Wedding, 60 Minutes' NSA Infomercial






  WeAreChange Weekly News Break Down w/ Don't Tase Me Bro


The Hunger Games Are Real: We Are The Districts


Santa Cancels Christmas Because The North Pole Is Melting 




How to see what government agency is spying on your phone 
 
Feinstein: NSA phone surveillance 'important' but not 'indispensable'





Spy chiefs should not be accountable to parliament, says ex-GCHQ chief

Sir David Omand expresses view in debate on surveillance featuring Guardian editor and Wikipedia founder

Merkel compared NSA to Stasi in heated encounter with Obama

German chancellor furious after revelations US intelligence agency listened in on her personal mobile phone





I'm an Internet Company, I'm the Government



Real Journalist Calls Out Conservative Presstitue For His LOVE Of The NSA Shreading The Constitution




Sign of the Times - Andres Serrano
Zeitgeist

We Are Global Voices! from Global Voices on Vimeo.


Ukrainians Protest Oligarchic Rule that has Stripped the Country of its Wealth







Fewer deaths than year before, but abductions increase
 
Turkey, Iran and China named as worst jailers of journalists



The Plight of Germany's Afghan Staff

Berlin is under pressure following the murder of a former Afghan interpreter who worked for the German army. The Taliban had threatened him for working with foreign troops. But only a small number of Afghan staff are getting German residence permits.   and the west wonders about blue on green attacks? this IS why
TV News and Extreme Weather: Don't Mention Climate Change
12/18/13
Dramatic weather-related disasters are ready made for TV news. But what's not on the screen? The human-made climate change that is affecting, and in some cases exacerbating, that extreme weather.


A new FAIR survey of the national network newscasts (CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News) finds that extreme weather is big news. In the first nine months of 2013,  there were 450 segments of 200 words or more that covered extreme weather: flooding, forest fires, tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes and heat waves.
But of that total, just a tiny fraction--16 segments, or 4 percent of the total--so much as mentioned the words "climate change," "global warming" or "greenhouse gases."
So in what was an unusually active weather year in the United States--a massive tornado in Oklahoma, deadly flooding in Colorado, massive wildfires across several Western states and bouts of unseasonable temperatures across the country--96 percent of extreme weather stories never discussed the human impact on the climate that is contributing to these outcomes.

It's almost as if the altered climate and the weather were happening on two different planets.



End Big Oil Handouts. Take Action.
Collectively, the big five oil companies, like ExxonMobil and BP, made $118 billion in profits in 2012.
Meanwhile Americans across the country continue to struggle with high prices at the pump.
And do you know the worst part? While the Big Oil companies rake in obscene profits, they’re also getting billions in taxpayer-funded handouts. I don't know about you, but I find that kind of corporate welfare absolutely disgusting.
The good news is our friends at the League of Conservation Voters are hard at work putting an end to these subsidies.
Why are we subsidizing one of the most profitable industries? Why does ExxonMobil get a tax break while we get stuck paying higher gas prices?
In recent years, President Obama has proposed a budget that would eliminate billions in these ridiculous tax breaks for oil giants. Not surprisingly, the oil industry has been fighting back the only way they know how: spending money on lobbyists, campaign contributions, and shadowy outside groups to influence elections.
But Big Oil's party needs to end now.
Momentum is building for action. Polls consistently show that there is strong public support for cutting Big Oil's special tax breaks. And our progressive champions in Congress are ready to put an end to this unfair practice once and for all. But they need to hear from you if they're going to make it happen.




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Does Opposing Western Intervention in Syria Make the Anti-war Movement "Assad Apologists"?
By Lindsey German
The accusation is that by opposing western intervention the anti-war movement is giving tacit support to dictators or despots: but is it?
The Sycophantic Palestinian Solidarity Movement
By Gilad Atzmon
In our little progressive ghetto, we love celebrities - but not when speak their minds or tell the truth.
An Open Letter to the People of Brazil
The Greatest Human Rights Challenge Of Our Time
By Edward Snowden
These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.
60 Minutes Gift Wrapped a Puff Piece for the NSA
By Joe Coscarelli
Last night's episode of 60 Minutes on CBS included what basically amounted to an uncritical commercial for the embattled National Security Agency, led by a journalist who used to be a government colleague.
Awards They Couldn't Accept:
The Tragic Irony of Greenwald, Poitras and Snowden
By Jesselyn Radack
When I was honored as a top global thinker last week, 3 of my co-recipients didn't come. The reason why is chilling.
How are Americans Endangered?
By Feed Fred
should we expect the Pentagon to win wars? It has nothing to gain by winning, and everything to lose.
Did The Saudi Government Fund The 9/11 Attacks?
Video
The CIA in one memo reportedly found "incontrovertible evidence" that Saudi government officials - not just wealthy Saudi hardliners, but high-level diplomats and intelligence officers employed by the kingdom - helped the hijackers both financially and logistically.
The End of Childhood in the Era of the Emerging American Police State
By John W. Whitehead
Call it the end of innocence, call it the end of imagination. What it will eventually amount to is the termination of freedom in the United States.
7 Rip-Offs Corporations and the Wealthy Don't Want You to Know About
By Paul Buchheit
There's no limit to corporations' ability to draw profit while screwing over Americans.

Hard News  
At least 66 troops dead in South Sudan fighting:
"So far we have lost seven soldiers who died while they were waiting for medical attention and a further 59 who were killed outside," doctor Ajak Bullen said on Miraya FM radio, adding the men would be given a mass burial.
What You Need To Know About South Sudan's Murky, Uncertain 'Coup Attempt':
The clashes were between soldiers housed in two sets of barracks in Juba, one of which is home to the Presidential Guard. Portions of the Guard remain loyal to Machar, whose Nuer tribe have fought previously against the Dinka tribe to which President Kiir belongs.
Background On Sudan: Fight for the soul of the North: Documentary -
The real tragedy of South Sudan is that it is, potentially, one of the richest countries in Africa and even beyond, but for a whole myriad of reasons it is unlikely to ever reach that goal.
Libya rejects UN guard force plan: UN official:
Libya rejected the UN Security Council plan to send a 235-strong guard force for protecting UN mission in the Libyan capital city of Tripoli, UN Special Representative in Libya and head of UN Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL) Tarek Mitri announced on Tuesday.
Activists: Syrian aircraft hit Aleppo, killing 18: Activists say:
Two children were among at least 18 people killed in new airstrikes on a rebel-held district of Syria's main northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, activists said.
'Slaughtered like sheep': Eyewitnesses recount massacre in Adra, Syria:
 New details of atrocities carried out by Islamist rebel fighters in the town of Adra, 20 kilometers north of Damascus, continue to pour in from survivors of the massacre there, in which reportedly at least 80 people lost their lives.
West signals to Syrian opposition Assad may stay:
Western nations have indicated to the Syrian opposition that peace next month talks may not lead to the removal of President Bashar al-Assad and that his Alawite minority will remain key in any transitional administration, opposition sources said.
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As - Militant attacks kill 10 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq:
In the deadlier of the two attacks, a suicide bomber set off his explosive belt among a group of pilgrims south of Baghdad, near the town of Mahmoudiya.
Sources: Hamas agrees to join unity government ahead of elections: -
 Hamas has officially notified Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the movement's decision to join a national unity government which will prepare for upcoming presidential and parliamentarian elections, sources told Ma'an on Tuesday.
Report: Jordan closes its doors to Hamas leaders in solidarity with Egypt:
According to the report, "a lot of doors of Arab capitals are closed to Hamas to show solidarity and support for the new Egyptian regime."
US Hails EU Package Offer For Israeli-Palestinian Final Status Peace Deal:
EU Foreign Affairs Council announced on Monday that in the event of a final peace agreement, the European Union will offer Israel and the future state of Palestine a Special Privileged Partnership including increased access to the European markets, closer cultural and scientific link
Bedouin relocation plan moves ahead despite freeze order:
Prawer Plan, canceled by PM last week due to stiff opposition from both left and right, makes mysterious reappearance in Knesset committee
Iran official: Final nuclear deal is possible:
Velayati is the foreign adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all matters in Iran, including the country's nuclear policies.
Iran nabbed CIA asset Levinson, says witness (+video):
Dawud Salahuddin, an American fugitive who lives in Iran, saw Iranian police detain Robert Levinson in 2007, despite official Iranian denials. Levinson was trying to recruit Salahuddin as a source.
Six US occupation force soldiers killed in Afghan air crash:
According to NATO the crash is not suspected to be a military strike.
6 Americans killed in Afghanistan:
Blackhawk helicopter makes hard landing, then is attacked
Insider attack by Afghan soldier kills 2 :
According local authorities in western Herat province, an Afghan soldier has killed his 2 comrades in latest insider attack.
Afghan army hands over check posts to Taliban in Helmand:
A member of the provincial council for Helmand province who has requested not to be named, has said that the Afghan soldiers have handed over three security check posts in Sangin district. The source further added that the security check posts were handed over following an agreement between the two sides.
3 killed, 13 injured as suicide blast hits Rawalpindi, Pakistan: -
At least three people were killed and 13 others injured when a blast went off near a Shiite mosque in Rawalpindi, a sister city of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on Tuesday night, according to local media.
Pakistan stung by Iran pipeline blow:
Iran has not only canceled a US$500 million loan promised to Pakistan last year to help fund its construction of pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran; it has also said it will demand compensation if Islamabad fails to build its side of the pipeline by the end of next year.
India-US row escalates over diplomat's arrest:
Indian leaders boycott US congressional delegation and initiate retaliatory steps over arrest of diplomat in New York.
Ukrainian president seeks cash from Kremlin:
The country needs to cover an external funding gap of $17bn next year. It is also seeking a lower gas price to better cope with its financial burdens.
Putin: Russia to buy $15 billion in Ukraine bonds:
Putin also announced a sharp cut in the price that Ukraine must pay for Russian natural gas supplies. The Russian moves are intended to keep the struggling Ukrainian economy afloat.
Revealed: Norway widely spies on Russia for NSA - new Snowden leak : Video report:
The latest leak from Edward Snowden has exposed Norway's role in America's global spying operations. The Nordic country has been sharing intelligence with the U.S. on Russia's political elite, as well as oil and gas companies and ordinary civilians
Merkel compared NSA to Stasi in heated encounter with Obama:
German chancellor furious after revelations US intelligence agency listend in on her personal mobile phone
Snowden Says N.S.A.'s Spying Culture Is 'Collapsing':
Several members of Brazil's congress have called for Snowden to receive asylum, so that he could assist lawmakers' investigation into NSA activity in Brazil.
Sunday's NSA report confirms it: 60 Minutes is now in the spin business:
The special NSA report was a promotional. It follows a string of spectacularly biased 'news' shows and shoddy reporting
How DC police use citizens as spies:
"The notion that we should report to the police people taking photographs and notes or 'acting suspicious' runs contrary to every democratic value this nation claims to defend.
I Will Die Here, Unless President Obama Helps:
I joined a drug ring when I was 17 years old and, for just over a year, sold crack and powder cocaine in Rockford, Ill. I was arrested when I was 19 years old.
China bans American shellfish over high levels of arsenic:
 Chinese officials ordered the ban on December 3 against exports from the states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska and the northern chunk of California, effectively putting a hold on a multi-million dollar West Coast industry that is now scrambling to make sure their shellfish is safe.




Last Week on Jadaliyya (December 9-15)

Jadaliyya Editors

This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes a list of the most read articles and roundups. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last Week on Jadaliyya" series.
All Posts Last Week on Jadaliyya
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* Where the Tigris Flows: Water Security in Post-War Iraq and Turkey
* Watch, See, Feel: Kasim Abid’s Whispers of the Cities
* Emel Mathlouthi at Cairo's Qasr El Nil Theatre
* Fragments from the Breach: On Anti-Racism, American Studies, and the Question of Palestine
* Tadween Roundup: News and Analysis from the Publishing/Academic World
* What Do You Miss Most? Syrian Refugees Respond
* Remembering Graham Usher
* Israel-Palestine: Two State Stress Test
* J Street: Israel's Loyal Opposition
* DARS Media Roundup (December 11)
* تأملات فلسطينية في الأيديولوجيا السياسية الأمريكية
* New Texts Out Now: Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976
* Jil Oslo: Palestinian Hip Hop, Youth Culture, and the Youth Movement
* الأبارتهايد ونقاشات منع التجوّل
* Critical Currents in Islam Media Roundup (December 10)
* Last Week on Jadaliyya (December 2-8)
* Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 10)
* International Human Rights Day: Palestinian People’s Suffering Continues
* O.I.L. Media Roundup (10 December)
* Syria Media Roundup (December 10)
* Turkey Media Roundup (December 10)
* Egypt Media Roundup (December 9)
* Drug Trafficking in Northwest Africa: The Moroccan Gateway
* Maghreb Media Roundup (December 9)
* Israel Wins in Mexico
* The Whispers of WhatsApp: Beyond Facebook and Twitter in the Middle East
* Beirut Art Center's Exposure 2013



The big bank attitude seems to be "Big Bonus for me - the rest of you can go Scrooge Yourselves." Well, we're not going to take it this holiday season.
The big banks - the ones we bailed out and continue to shield from legal consequences - are about to give themselves $91.44 Billion in holiday bonuses. This Christmas we're going to present one simple demand, signed by thousands of Americans: give that obscene holiday bonus to the families you made homeless.
How brazen is their greed? Off the charts. The Financial Times publishes an entire magazine called “How To Spend It,” for Wall Street megabanksters stressed out about what to do with their fat bonus checks.
Are they serious? At a time when record numbers of Americans are dealing with joblessness created by their financial crash, and homelessness created by their illegal foreclosures?
Thank you for making this movement real.







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