"A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but doesn't have an air force"
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Riot police have been violently dispersing peaceful protests in
Kyiv, in violation of the right to freedom of assembly © GENYA
SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images
"We
are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot
culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling
beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture
itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse
are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal." - Carl Bernstein, U.S. Journalist. Guardian (London, June 3, 1992)
"The
most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think
things out for himself without regard to the prevailing superstitions
and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the
government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so,
if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not
romantic personally he is apt to spread discontent among those who are."
- H.L. Mencken
"In
America, the criminally insane rule and the rest of us, or the vast
majority of the rest of us, either do not care, do not know, or are
distracted and properly brainwashed into acquiescence." - Kurt Nimmo
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FEAR OF A BLACK BLOC PLANET from the stimulator on Vimeo.
Ukrainians have been peacefully protesting an abandoned EU deal in
their capital for a week. The government responded by sending riot
police to clear camped protesters brutally in the early of hours of
Saturday.
Global Voices brings you unique coverage from a local perspective.
Global Voices brings you unique coverage from a local perspective.
Hundreds of riot police have been deployed in capital city Kiev to push back thousands of Ukrainian protesters who have been gathering at Independence Square, ever since their President pulled away from long-planned deal to move closer to the European Union.
Russian threats to impose high tariffs and boycotts of the Ukrainian market are the immediate driver. The protests have been global, as members of the Ukrainian diaspora in various countries take to the streets in support.
FOLLOW the protests on Twitter through #euromaidan. "Maidan" means square in Ukrainian.
READ this succinct summary of the origin of the protests, by Tetyana Bohdanova.
EXPLORE an interactive map of Ukrainian diaspora support for the protests, by Bogdan Tsap.
LEARN how Ukrainians feel about the protests and the Russian connection, and how hackers have responded to the government intervention.
UNDERSTAND the link between these protests and Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution.
WATCH (warning) graphic videos of clashes between protesters and police.
Photo credit: Protests reach eighth day at Independence Square in Kiev By 29 November 2013 by Anatolii Stepanov. Copyright Demotix.
what russia sez? trying to minimize the issue, sweep Ukraine under the rug and cut off all trade...the us does the same thing.
Ukraine: Amnesty response
“The situation in Ukraine is grave.
“Eye witnesses have told Amnesty that protestors used metal chains and stones against riot police and were met with tear gas and police batons.
“Amnesty has seen video footage showing riot police beating protestors on Bankovaya Street, who were sitting or lying on the ground and showing no resistance.
“Each and every allegation of use of force by law enforcement officers must be promptly, independently and effectively investigated.
“Amnesty calls on the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that law enforcement officers show restraint in their use of force and only use it proportionately. read more>>>>>
"The real war is not a "war on terror." The real war is a war against constitutional government, personal liberty, and national sovereignty. It is a war against the fundamental principles of America's Founding Fathers, that America should be a friend and trader with all, but engaged in entangling alliances with none. It is a war against the Bill of Rights. It is a war against the very heart and soul of everything this country has stood for ever since our patriot forebears stood on Lexington Green and Concord Bridge. And this war is not being waged from Baghdad or Tehran. It is being waged from Washington, D.C." - Chuck Baldwin, Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida and Constitution Party Nominee
"For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life." - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. - (1888-1965)
Refineries and Resistance in Texas
The following blog is cross-posted from our friends with Platform London. Platform’s current campaigns focus on the social, economic and environmental impacts of the global oil industry. You can also find them on Facebook.By James Marriott
Over September and October, three Platform staff traveled across North America to promote The Oil Road as well as learn from colleagues and friends there. This is the most recent blog by James Marriott from that trip, but you can also read how James travelled across the ocean by container ship and studied the history of mining and struggle in Virginia; how Anna was inspired by the stories of Richmond, California standing up to Chevron’s power; both of them appeared on Democracy Now! to talk pipelines, money and democracy.
Manchester, Houston, Texas
What a vision. The highway rising before us, grey concrete heading into the night, a continuous band of colour running out before us and stopping abruptly in space. On it cars, like our own, rushing skywards. A constant stream of red tail lights like a swarm of fire flies, roaring towards the crest of the Sidney Sherman Bridge as it crosses the Houston Ship Channel. To our right, spreading out as far as I can see, a galaxy of industrial lights – the brightest pin-points of white, sweep of sodium yellow and blur of deep orange. Towers of lights in all directions like a city of skyscrapers. Above the bedazzling array billow plumes of steam in the sky, blown on the strong south westerly. Like the words of the Futurist Manifesto: ‘Factories hung on clouds by the crooked lines of their smoke.’
At the apex of the bridge, a hundred feet above the Channel, I can see to the east Valero’s refinery at Manchester, LyondellBassell Polymers Plant at Pasadena, Shell’s refinery at Deer Park, and far off the flares of ExxonMobil’s Baytown Refinery. On and on it rolls, this city of burning. We are driving at speed, Bryan Parras at the wheel, the sound system blaring out the voice of Beth Gibbons. The exquisite industrial melancholy of the music of ‘Portishead’ and the lyrics; “Why should I forgive you after all that I’ve seen?” read more>>>
in case you missed: Snowden confermed the war crimes
Trans-Atlantic Free Trade US Pushes for Deal Despite NSA Scandal
When Men Become Truly Free
There comes a time in the lives of menWhen the ruthless and the criminally insane
Who rule the masses for their own gain
Make the fatal mistake of enjoying too much
Their psychopathic entertainment
They lose control in their lust for blood
And take too far their need to tread men down
By destroying any sense of a secure life
And taking away each and every freedom
Stealing the last piece of wealth they possess
So they cannot even care for their own
Stifling their voice with laws and corruption
Beating them down with rule by force
Where no justice exists for those being played
And there is no direction left for men to turn
When this insane game is taken this far
Comes the time when men have nothing left to lose
This is the time when the minds of men are freed
It is a time when man loses his fear of death
This is the time when a man becomes invincible
He becomes free to do whatever he must do
Without fear for his life or for his future
He will take control of the destiny of the world
Away from the bloodied hands of the soulless
Any action he takes he will take with a surety
That he must do something for he has no future
So the act he chooses will be all the greater
For when faced with oblivion and with no way out
He will take down as many of his oppressors with him
Gladly die in a selfless act to change the world’s future
This day is coming soon as it always does
The perverse minds of evil always self destruct
As their addiction to our suffering can never be sated
Exerting control for their paranoia and fear of men
For every good man will take down these brutes
Every free man will give up himself for his brothers
For a man with nothing left becomes fully empowered
And he is the most unassailable weapon against evil
©Copyrighted by Colin Ryan (2010)
Source: Colin Ryan Poetry
The thaw sets in - Serge Halimi
Could an agreement opposed by Binyamin Netanyahu, the pro-Israel lobby
which bends the US Congress to its will, Iran's ultra-conservatives and
Saudi Arabia be a bad thing? Is Israel really in the best position to
give the Iranian regime lessons when it has the bomb, has never signed
the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and has violated more UN
resolutions than any other country?
Under the interim six-month agreement concluded on 24 November, Iran will not enrich uranium over 5%, in return (...)
Under the interim six-month agreement concluded on 24 November, Iran will not enrich uranium over 5%, in return (...)
By Finian Cunningham
In
the imperialist, megalomaniac mindset of Washington, the "threat" to
the US economy and indebted way of life is perceived as a tacit act of
war.
Obama's Ludicrous Afghanistan Declarations
By Glen Ford
"Since when has the U.S. voluntarily left anyplace it has forcibly occupied?"
Iran Gets Short End of the Geneva Deal
By Eric Margolis
We have
been watching the ugly spectacle of Congressmen and Senators backing
the harsh criticism of their president by Israel's Netanyahu.
Masters Of War
By Dr. Cesar Chelala
The deal
with Iran agreed by the U.S. and its P5+1 partners (Britain, France,
Russia, China and Germany) has been sharply criticized by some
Democrats and many Republicans who are strong supporters of Israel.
George Galloway Talks to Syrian Nun, Mother Agnes
Video
She has been demonized by her detractors as a 'pro regime stooge.
Selling Secrets?
Attacking Journalists, Whistleblowers and Other Messengers
By Glenn Grenwald
There are
dozens of examples, one of whom is the author of a post this week at
Pando.com which accuses me and Laura Poitras of having "promptly sold
[the Snowden] secrets to a billionaire"
Lies and Dirty Politics
Canadian MP Smears Greenwald/CBC
Video
"Greenwald
is a Brazilian based former porn industry executive, now assisting
Edward Snowden leak national security information."
Iceland Defies Banks:
Advance $1.2 Billion Debt Relief Plan
By RT
Iceland's government has announced that it will be writing off up to 24,000 euros ($32,600) of every household's mortgage.
Consumption and Modern-Day Slavery
By Timothy Alexander Guzman
"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt" -Henrik Ibsen.
One More Time
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
Video and Lyrics
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black Joe's still pickin cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows.
Hard News
North Yemen fighting kills more than 120:
Amin
al-Hemyari, head of government observers monitoring a ceasefire
reached last month, said the death toll among Salafis in the town of
Damaj had risen to more than 120, with dozens wounded, the
government-run al-Thawra newspaper said.
Gunmen Kill Yemeni Colonel and Son in Eastern Yemen - Official:
Gunmen
shot dead a Yemeni army colonel and his son on Sunday when he stopped
his car at a roundabout in his hometown, a local official said,
extending a string of assassinations of top armed forces figures by
suspected Islamist militants.
Yemen bans motorbikes in capital to halt spate of shootings:
Yemen
began enforcing a temporary ban on motorbikes in the capital yesterday
to prevent "shoot and scoot" attacks as Al-Qaeda suspects on a bike
elsewhere killed an army officer.
Syrian aircraft pound rebel town in north, kill 50: Pro-rebel Activists say: :
Syrian
government helicopters dropped barrels full of high explosives on a
rebel-held town near the northern city of Aleppo, killing 50 people in
two separate attacks over the weekend, activists said Sunday.
Rebels, Government force dig in their heels in battle over Aleppo: Video report: -
Rebel
forces target government positions in Aleppo as Assad's forces attack
rebel-held towns around the city. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
Turkey deports 1,100 European fighters to countries of origin:
Turkey
has sent a report to European countries saying that it has deported
1,100 European citizens who came to Turkey to join al-Qaeda-linked
groups fighting in Syria back to their own countries amid increasing
allegations that Ankara is turning a blind eye to terrorists using its
territory to cross into Syria, according to the Habertürk daily.
U.S.: American fighters in Syria a security risk:
Federal
officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria,
raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaeda-linked
militant groups and return to the U.S. as battle-hardened security
risks.
Lebanon: Tripoli death toll rises to 12 as clashes persist:
Fighting
in Tripoli between opponents and supporters of Syria's government rages
overnight as the death toll rises to twelve with dozens more wounded.
Syrian chemical arms 'to be destroyed on US Navy ship':
The
body charged with overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical
weapons has confirmed some will be "neutralised" aboard a US Navy ship.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said
the US was contributing technology and financing. The chemicals will be
diluted to safer levels using a process called "hydrolysis".
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As 28 killed in Iraq :
Attacks
in Iraq including a suicide bomb at a funeral killed 28 people Sunday
as figures showed nearly 950 died last month in spiralling violence
despite ramped up security measures.
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As Iraq violence killed nearly 950 in November: data:
Attacks in Iraq last month killed nearly 950 people, the vast majority of them civilians,
Nine Iraqi police officers have been awarded £800,000 in compensation after British 'SAS beat them':
Up
to 40 soldiers are under investigation for alleged brutality - Secret
payout was arranged by Ministry of Defence and Iraqis' solicitors
Turkey agrees Iraqi oil exports need Baghdad's approval:
Baghdad
and Ankara have agreed that oil exports from anywhere in Iraq need the
central government's approval, Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy
said, after a bi-lateral meeting aimed at diffusing a row over Kurdish
energy resources.
Israeli spies reportedly looking for 'smoking gun' on Iran deal:
Netanyahu
has ordered intel agencies to find evidence that Iran is violating
nuclear agreement as Obama tries to sell Geneva deal, according to the
Sunday Times.
US Calls Netanyahu 'Desperate and Weak':
Senior
officials in the White House have said that Israel Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu "is desperate and weak," in reaction to Netanyahu's
remonstrations against the deal struck with Iran over its nuclear
weapons program.
Olmert: We've Declared War on Obama Gov't:
Former
prime minister Ehud Olmert criticized Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu's handling of current disagreements with the United States,
regarding the deal the US negotiated with Iran over its nuclear weapons
program.
Ehud Olmert: Netanyahu tried to interfere in U.S. elections:
Former
prime minister criticizes his successor's public wrangle with Obama
over Iran, claims Netanyahu tried to drive wedge between Congress and
U.S. president.
CNN's Parade of Iran Hawks: The debate over Iran in elite politics is extremely limited;
Democrats
are some of the most enthusiastic supporters of increasing sanctions,
for instance. And that means you're bound to see very little debate on
your TV screen.
Former CIA head: U.S. has 'accepted Iranian uranium enrichment':
Hayden, a
former director of the CIA who served in both the George W. Bush and
Obama administrations, expressed a less critical view of the deal than
most Republican national security hawks, saying he's willing to let
this agreement "run."
'Day of rage': Police, protesters clash in Israel at plans to evict 40,000 Bedouins:
Hundreds
gathered in Israel on Saturday to rally against the government's plans
to resettle some 40,000 Bedouins. The proposal has triggered
accusations of "discrimination" and "ethnic cleansing" from activist
groups, also sparking a protest in the UK.
Egyptian forces shoot dead 3 militants in North Sinai: --
Three
militants affiliated with the "al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad" Wahhabi militant
group were killed Saturday evening in clashes with Egyptian forces in
Sheikh Zuweid city in North Sinai district.
Egypt police fire tear gas at pro-Morsi students in Tahrir:
Police
fired tear gas as more than two thousand students backing ousted
Islamist president Mohamed Morsi entered Cairo's Tahrir Square to
demonstrate against July's military "coup."
Islamist says Egypt on precipice as constitution takes shape:
A
hardline Islamist leader said the army had driven Egypt to the "edge of
a precipice", as a new constitution likely to ban Islamic political
parties was set to be approved on Sunday by the panel that drafted it.
Libya's army tells militias, protesters to free up oil ports:
Libya's
army told former militia fighters and protesters to end their
occupations of oilfields and ports and allow crude exports to restart,
saying the OPEC country risked sliding into lawlessness.
Scores of inmates escape Libya prison:
Official says at least 40 escaped after a jail in the southern city of Sabha came under attack from unknown gunmen.
15 "Taliban militants" killed in joint Afghan operations:
According
to a statement released by the interior ministry media office, the
militants were killed during the past 24 hours in Kunduz, Wardak,
Logare, Ghazni, Helmand and Nimroz provinces of Afghanistan.
Three security men killed near Pak-Afghan border:
Assailants
opened fire on a convoy of Frontier Constabulary soldiers as they were
transporting food to their check post in the Baizai division.
Pakistan: Altaf urges Imran to order shooting down of US drones:
Muttahida
Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said if Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan was brave enough, he should
order shooting down US drones, instead of creating troubles for people
by blocking Nato supplies.
Thailand: Regime Deploys Black-Clad Militants:
Several already murdered in Bangkok as regime militants confront protesters.
Bangkok protesters make 'final push' to topple Yingluck Shinawatra:
Week of demonstrations against government turn violent, with two people killed during mass rally at university sports stadium
India mission to Mars leaves orbit:
Leaving China in its dust, the spacecraft from Delhi is scheduled to orbit Mars by Sept. 2014.
China launches its first moon rover: state TV:
China
launched its first moon rover mission early Monday, state TV showed,
the latest step in an ambitious space programme seen as a symbol of its
rising global stature.
Video: Clashes outside Ukraine presidential HQ, police disperse crowds with batons: Video -
Thousands
of Ukrainians protesting the suspension of talks on EU integration
filled the iconic Maidan in Kiev despite the ban, and the violent
ejection of the rally earlier.
'Revolution!' Clashes as tens of thousands of pro-EU protesters rally in Kiev: Video -
Thousands
of Ukrainians protesting the suspension of talks on EU integration
filled the iconic Maidan in Kiev despite the ban, and the violent
ejection of the rally earlier.
Ukraine protesters storm Kiev city council:
Protesters
want the resignation of the government and new elections. President
Viktor Yanukovych says Russian pressure was behind his decision not to
sign.
Ukraine aligns with Moscow as EU summit fails:
Angela Merkel tells President Viktor Yanukovych 'we expected more' after he refuses to sign pact at summit in Lithuania
Pro-EU protesters chase police from central Kiev:
Chants of
'revolution' resound across Independence Square in reaction to
President Yanukovych's refusal to sign EU free trade deal
Dutch intelligence agency AIVD hacks internet forums:
The Dutch
intelligence service - AIVD - hacks internet web forums to collect the
data of all users. The majority of these people are unknown to the
intelligence services and are not specified as targets when the hacking
and data-collection process starts
Annie Machon: : BBC World interview re UK spy accountability: Video:
BBC interview on UK Parlaimentary hearings on NSA/Snowden affair
Who Is Watching the Watch Lists?:
The
federal government's main terrorist watch list has grown to at least
700,000 people, with little scrutiny over how the determinations are
made or the impact on those marked with the terrorist label.
Leaked paper reveals UN split over war on drugs:
Latin American nations call for treatment strategy, claiming UN's prohibition stance plays into hands of paramilitary groups
Fact or fiction?
Nicaraguan President Ortega's Power Grab: Video James Henry:
Daniel Ortega accumulating power, giving tax breaks to the rich instead of addressing inequality
Haitian migrants risk Dominican deportation:
Thousands of descendants face expulsion from adopted homeland following court ruling.
Cayman Islands and Costa Rica agree to share bank account details with US:
The alleged tax havens have signed agreements with the United States to tell the IRS about funds held offshore by Americans
2013: CNN's Worst Year Ever: Video report -
Their
ratings have dropped 48 percent since November of last year. And for
the important demographic of viewers aged 25 to 54, these ratings have
decreased 59 percent. Taking a look at their competitors, MSNBC's
rating have dropped 45 percent since November 2012
Faber: 'We Are In a Massive Speculative Bubble':
Faber
said the markets, which have reached record highs, could still rise
before the bubble bursts, if stimulus programs such as the Federal
Reserve's massive monthly bond purchases and super-low interest rates
continue.
Washington Post Poll: Fear of Job Loss at Record Levels:
Six
in 10 workers in a Washington Post-Miller Center survey said they
worry about losing their jobs to the economy. This level of concern
surpasses the anxiety reported in more than a dozen surveys since the
1970s, says the Post.
Black Friday Shopping Chaos Video:
Fights,
stampedes, riots and utter chaos, this latest super cut compilation
shows that Black Friday is an out of control American tradition that
has a way of bringing out the worst in people
America 'Dead Last' In Education : Video report:
Extensive skills study from the OECD finds young Americans are 'dead last'
New low for Congress: Just 6 percent approve, finally lower than car salespeople:
The
public's approval rating for Congress has finally hit rock bottom: For
the first time, America has a higher opinion of car salespeople.
security news:
Blighty's top moneymen: Hackers are SLURPING CASH direct from banks
Bank of England warns financial institutions to take cyber-crime threat seriously
Fancy knocking off early? Just run our fake computer crash 'virus', say admen
Bosses worldwide explode in rage at bogus bork campaign
'Neverquest' bank-robber 'ware throws the whole Trick Book at victims
Carberp? ZeuS? Get into the fridge, grandad
Think unpatched Win XP hole's not a big deal? Hope you trust your local users
Vulnerability used to breathe life into Adobe Reader exploit, Microsoft warns
You have a Skype voicemail. PSYCHE! It's just some fiendish Trojan-flinging spam
UK plod warn punters NOT to unzip those files
Weird PHP-poking Linux worm slithers into home routers, Internet of Things
Targets x86 but ARM, MIPS, PPC mutants lurking, we're told
Google: YouTube fights off HUGE ASCII PHALLUS MENACE
Pr0ntastic commenters are having their way with Google
THOUSANDS of Ruby on Rails sites leave logins lying around
Unexpired session cookies can be stolen, re-used
Microsoft, HURTING after NSA backdooring, vows to now harden its pipe
Snooping on private messages 'breach of the 4th Amendment'
GCHQ was called in to crack password in Watkins child abuse case
Not just battling terrorists, it hunts down online predators too
NSA spied on 'radicalisers' porn surfing so as to discredit them, reveals Snowden
Ninety per cent of people surf porn, ten per cent are liars
Euro computer emergency teams need better support – ENISA
'We're here to help'
Eurocrats recommend right to sue American companies over snooping
Citizens need protection against the NSA
These lucky people get paid to play CYBER WAR GAMES
NATO cybersecurity bods to fly to Estonia for infosec Cluedo
Angela Merkel's phone was being listened in on by FIVE foreign powers
If your spooks aren't tapping Merkel, you should fire them really
science news:
Solar enthusiasts rays idea of 'leccy farms on MOON, drones
And yes there will be LOTS OF LASERS to bring the power down to earth
NASA pic: DOOMED ice Comet ISON literally had snowball's chance in hell
Photo Close encounters of the burned kind
'Schrödinger's Comet' ISON LIVES (or DOESN'T) after Thanksgiving solar roast
But soft, what light through yonder telescope breaks?
Swollen Reg reader recounts FALSE WIDOW spider HORROR
Four days on a drip following foot fang-sinking
Boffins release 44-MEEELLION-star Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Longitudinal sky survey finds 250,000 objects have changed over 60 years
RIP Comet ISON: ???-2013. We hardly knew ye
European Space Agency calls it: space rock is pining for the fjords
WATCH LIVE: Comet ISON DESTROYED by Sun, NASA brains fear
Live video Drop that turkey - THIS doesn't happen every year!
COMPLETE, FIFTY-FOOT DINOSAUR sold to MYSTERIOUS, reclusive bidder for £480k
'Will be available for public viewing' - like Jurassic Park
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the bearer to walk away from the warm embrace of comradeship and denounce the myth of war as a fraud, to name it as an enterprise of death and immorality, to condemn himself, and those around him, as killers. It requires the bearer to become an outcast. There are times when taking a moral stance, perhaps the highest form of patriotism, means facing down the community, even the
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