Wednesday, August 6, 2014

... In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile — and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely...

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The Holy Thing is here again
Among us, brother, fast thou too and pray,
And tell thy brother knights to fast and pray,
That so perchance the vision may be seen
By thee and those, and all the world be healed.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  Idylls of the King 




“Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others…”


― Timothy Leary



Sebal loves turkey and so do I,  we will make a difference together!! kosmicdebris







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Instagram co-tag graph, highlighting three distinct topical communities: 1) pro-Israeli (Orange), 2) pro-Palestinian (Yellow), and 3) Religious (Muslim)
Instagram co-tag graph, highlighting three distinct topical communities: 1) pro-Israeli (Orange), 2) pro-Palestinian (Yellow), and 3) Muslim (Pink). Visualization created from Gephi.
If you’re rooting for Israel, you might have seen videos of rocket launches by Hamas adjacent to Shifa Hospital. Alternatively, if you’re pro-Palestinian, you might have seen the following report on an alleged IDF sniper who admitted on Instagram to murdering 13 Gazan children.
While war rages on the ground in Gaza and across Israeli skies, there’s an all-out information war unraveling in social networked spaces.


Israelis and their proponents are likely to see IDF videos such as this one detailing arms and tunnels found within mosques passed around in their social media feeds, while Palestinian groups are likely to pass around images displaying the sheer destruction caused by IDF forces to Gazan mosques. One side sees videos of rockets intercepted in the Tel-Aviv skies, and other sees the lethal aftermath of a missile attack on a Gazan neighborhood.

 
The better we get at modeling user preferences, the more accurately we construct recommendation engines that fully capture user attention. In a way, we are building personalized propaganda engines that feeds users content which makes them feel good and throws away the uncomfortable bits.
 
We used to be able to hold media accountable for misinforming the public. Now we only have ourselves to blame.

Personalizing propaganda

Not only is there much more media produced, but it is coming at us at a faster pace, from many more sources. As we construct our online profiles based on what we already know, what we’re interested in, and what we’re recommended, social networks are perfectly designed to reinforce our existing beliefs. Personalized spaces, optimized for engagement, prioritize content that is likely to generate more traffic; the more we click, share, like, the higher engagement tracked on the service.

Content that makes us uncomfortable, is filtered out.

The founder of Avaaz.org and Chief Executive of Upworthy Eli Pariser warned in his TED talk about the Filter Bubble:
In a broadcast society, there were gatekeepers, the editors, and they controlled the flows of information. Along came the Internet and it swept them out of the way, and it allowed all of us to connect together, and it was awesome. But that’s not actually what’s happening right now. read more

Posted: 07 Aug 2014 01:51 AM PDT
6 August 2014
 - The treatment for Ebola, along with accompanying MOA (Method Of Action) has been sent to Jim Stone's web site by an anonymous doctor who has worked with Ebola.

 Consider this: The elite would never release a plague without an easy cure, and along with this Ebola outbreak, an American bio-warfare firm has been working in Sierra Leon for the last five years. Sierra Leon has actually identified them as the perpetrators of this outbreak and kicked them out of the country. There is absolutely no doubt this outbreak was intentionally caused by the U.S. war department.

 And if it is intentional, a cure is known. There would simply be no other way to do business.

 Here is the treatment, complete with MOA. This is a treatment and not a cure. The immune system wipes out the virus, and the treatment gives the immune system time to do it. Here is what Ebola does that is fatal: It causes the complete removal of all vitamin C from the body. read


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Our massive day of climate action on September 21 can show a groundswell of demand to the world’s most powerful leaders. If we can make our passion infectious. Help create a viral video tool that can motivate hundreds of thousands into the streets.


JOIN IN
We're 46 days away from the largest climate mobilisation the world has ever seen. Our massive climate day of action already has 350,000 Avaazers committed to taking part. This is huge, but it's not yet enough. We need more buzz and more people to ensure world leaders see that the demand for climate action has hit a tipping point. And we have just the plan to make that happen. 
  
We can make our passion infectious, to motivate people with what’s worth saving from climate change and worth getting out in the streets to stand up for. There's an all star video crew standing by to turn this powerful story about all the things worth saving from the impacts of climate change into an amazing viral video that we can use as an organizing tool to get even more people inspired to join us in this historic day of climate action. 
 
All we need is all of us. This powerful video requires real, inspiring moments from people around the world. And there’s no group better to provide footage for this than us. We’re spread across every corner of the globe, and we demonstrate every day that there is beauty and hope even as we work to create the more just world we want. So take a few minutes to think about what you feel is #worthsaving from climate change and why you are called to stand up in this global day of action. Then click the link below and share your short clip to be included in the #worthsaving climate video: 

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/worthsaving2l/?binitdb&v=43537

Here are the basic steps to share your video clip:

1. Find an old video clip that you love or shoot a new one. You don’t have to film anything new if you already have something. You don't need to edit, narrate, or add any fancy visuals (though if you want to you should!). We’re looking for real moments that show the beauty and power of humanity. A moment that moves you will move others.   2. Upload your video to YouTube (info here on how to do this) 3. Email worthsaving@avaaz.org with the YouTube link to your video  

Recently, President Obama told the New York Times that when it comes to climate change: “‘With public opinion there’s nothing I cannot do, and without public opinion there’s nothing I can get done.” Our political representatives across the globe are not yet convinced that  enough people are concerned about climate change. This massive day of climate action on September 21 is one of our best opportunities to show the world’s most powerful leaders that the public stands with them for ambitious climate action. For that, we need the climate movement to have a growth spurt. We need more people than ever before to demonstrate the rising tide of demand for action. 
 
Polls show that most people believe climate change is a serious threat, but our politicians have yet to feel the heat from a people’s movement that will force them to act. This video will be a central part of a global media strategy including massive subway ads, online ads, celebrity engagement and media partnerships to help inspire everyone to march on September 21st and begin the momentum for major shifts in how our leaders protect our planet. 

 
Help show people what this fight is really about and take some time to submit a short video clip about what in your life is #worthsaving from climate change. All the information to get started is in the link below:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/worthsaving2l/?binitdb&v=43537

Avaaz was started on the belief that people are the superpower that makes change possible. Ordinary people sharing their dreams, their fury, their bold acts is what has always moved others to action. Together, we can make something that touches and inspires others to do more than they ever have before.

With hope,

Nell, Joseph, Iain, Nataliya, Ricken and the whole Avaaz team

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Earlier this year, you responded to a MoveOn member survey identifying yourself as an active duty servicemember or a veteran. As such, you bring valuable insights to the public debate on matters of war and peace—including the possibility of further U.S. military escalation in Iraq.

The troubling reality is that more than 800 American military personnel have already been deployed to Iraq, increasing the chance of our country getting dragged into a new war.1 With violence raging in the Middle East and around the world, we can't risk further U.S. military entanglement in Iraq.

But with enough constituents speaking up, this steady drip of military escalation can be stopped—and Congress is listening. Right before August, with an overwhelming, bipartisan 370-40 vote, the House passed a resolution sending a strong message against another Iraq war.2


To keep this powerful momentum going, will you write to your local newspaper opposing U.S. military involvement in Iraq? 


This letter-writing effort is the latest in the campaign to stop another Iraq war: we'll flood local newspapers in communities across America with letters-to-the-editor and opinion pieces featuring the voices of servicemembers, veterans, and their families. It's especially important for MoveOn members like to you to weigh in with local newspapers now while Congressional lawmakers are back home for the August recess—and before the situation in Iraq explodes back onto the front page headlines. 

Here's how to participate:


This summer alone, MoveOn members like you have already made more than 15,000 phone calls to members of Congress, opposing military escalation in Iraq. Nearly 80,000 MoveOn members have already added their signature opposing war in Iraq to the petition started by MoveOn member and Iraq veteran Matthew Hoh.   

Now we want to make sure Congressional lawmakers see that real people are behind the outpouring of opposition—the constituents they're supposed to represent.

Thanks for all you do.

–Anna, Jo, Justin, Manny, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "U.S. Increases Surveillance, Military Advisers in Iraq," Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2014 
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300086&id=&t=3&id=99496-23675519-pzYqOEx&t=3
2. "House to Obama: No Troops to Iraq Without Our OK," ABC News, July 25, 2014
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300232&id=99496-23675519-pzYqOEx&t=4










The Nation's Capital Might Legalize Marijuana in November

A pot legalization initiative in D.C. gathered twice the number of required signatures.


August 6, 2014  |  
Despite Congress’ wishes, the residents of the nation’s capital already decriminalized marijuana, treating small amounts of possession similar to a parking violation with a fine. Now the District may be about to follow Colorado and Washington state and legalize it altogether. 
 
More than 57,000  DC voters, organized by the lobby group DC Cannabis, signed a petition to get a pot legalization initiative (Initiative 71) onto the upcoming ballot. That’s more than double the number of signatures required, so today the DC Board of Elections ruled that the initiative is valid and will appear on the November ballot. 
 
It has a good chance of passing, since polls show more than 60 percent of DC voters in favor of legalization.  
 
As with alcohol, the new law would allow adults 21 and over to use marijuana. It would also allow those adults to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and cultivate a maximum of six marijuana plants—though only three of those plants can be fully mature. 
 
Unlike alcohol (and unlike pot in WA and CO), the current initiative fails to address how DC would tax and regulate the newly legal substance. So, the DC Council is considering a second bill that would tax and regulate the sale of marijuana.read


Jon Letman, Truthout: Seven decades after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, the United States has long-term plans to "modernize" its nuclear weapons - at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars.
Rory Fanning, Truthout: Israeli conscientious objectors - who stand up to the pressures of their society and face jail for refusing to serve in the Israel Defense Forces - deserve recognition and backing from US anti-imperialists.
Michelle Chen, The Nation: Whenever the issue of immigration comes up in Congress, lawmakers point to "the line." Just get in line and wait your turn! This magical, invisible line encapsulates an enduring myth of immigration policy.
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: After facing a series of legal challenges from environmental groups, the US Fish and Wildlife Service will phase out the use of genetically modified crops and controversial neonicotinoid pesticides at farming projects on national wildlife refuges.
A.W. Gaffney, Truthout: While Obamacare is expanding Medicaid, it is making it "more Republican," too. Various states are privatizing Medicaid, increasing the costs and decreasing the benefits to the poor under the ideological cover of teaching them how to "consume" health care.
Kristin Moe, Yes! Magazine: Long years of drought in South Dakota have made it difficult for the soil to absorb water. A group led by indigenous women is working to change that through an ambitious dam-building project.
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The fact that Google acted essentially as an arm of law enforcement in a recent Houston, Texas case is disturbing. It raises some big questions about privacy and security in a world where nearly everyone communicates on some sort of digital platform.
L. Michael Hager, Truthout: Israel's PR campaign rivals the IDF military campaign in its relentless use of disinformation and repeated untruths - which the US media too regularly echoes without question. Sadly, but not surprisingly, a majority of Americans endorse the Israeli war campaign in Gaza.
Truthout Staff, Left Forum: This panel discussion probes our assumptions around danger, safety, gender and the measures used to maintain "security" in a society pervaded by prisons. Speakers include Leslie Thatcher, Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law and Glenn E. Martin.
Dennis J. Bernstein, Truthout: As of this writing, the death toll for Gazans has exceeded 1,660. On August 2, Gaza's Health Ministry stopped publishing statistics, as the numbers of the dead and wounded continued to grow and all Gaza hospitals had reached the bursting point.
Allegra Kirkland, AlterNet: Adolescents at the New York City jail are routinely subjected to physical abuse at the hands of guards and other incarcerated people.
Robert Naiman, Truthout: Rep. Keith Ellison stands alone among members of Congress in calling for the economic blockade on civilians in Gaza to end. There is a vacuum of pragmatic, reformist leadership to try to limit the powerful Israel lobby's destructive influence on US policy toward Israel-Palestine.
In today's On the News segment: Americans are drowning in debt; government surveillance is threatening our entire democracy; McDonald's workers just scored a major victory in their fight to form a union; and more.

If the government can round up someone and never be required to explain why, then it's no longer the United States of America as you and I always understood it.

Our enemies have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They have made us become like them.         
  --Garrison Keillor





..........that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate ; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Tom Jefferson

 this apathy is the thing that is killing us all wholesale....ignore and this will pass, just turn your head and you do not have to deal with fatal flaw in our society...if the evening new did not cover it then it did not happen or waz insignificant and unworthy or note; artifical environments sow true madness, unable to cope with reality withouth use of a hand held device?  wtf
If nature thought you needed a camera phone instead of eyes........nature would have made sure we had one to survive with, any mechanical device, electronic device, artificial stimuli?
the earth is the organism and humans are the parasite eager to devour it's host...............all dressed up and no place to go but gone













The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance;
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to complacency;
from complaceny to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
from dependency back again into bondage.
Sir Alex Fraser Tyler: (1742-1813) Scottish jurist and historian







Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As
Small Religious Sect Is Being Butchered In Iraq And Now Faces Total Disaster

By Colin Campbell

"As we speak there is genocide taking place against the Yazidis," - "My people are being slaughtered!"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39346.htm 


 Isis Consolidates

By Patrick Cockburn

The frontiers of the new Caliphate declared by Isis on 29 June are expanding by the day and now cover an area larger than Great Britain and inhabited by at least six million people.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39356.htm 


 Never Ask Me About Peace Again

By Asmaa al-Ghoul

A first-hand account of the aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed nine members of the author's family.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39350.htm 


 What if the Children Dying in Gaza were Jews?

By Robert Bonomo

Let's do a thought experiment and imagine that the Arabs had gotten the better of the Israelis in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and after years of conflict, all that was left of Israel was the Gaza strip.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39348.htm 


 What Led Israel to Stop the Assault?

Norman Finkelstein



 Hamas Needs to Be Recognised

By Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson

Unity between Fatah and Hamas is currently stronger than it has been for many years. As Elders, we believe this is one of the most encouraging developments in recent years and welcome it warmly.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39352.htm 


 Israel Flagged as Top Spy Threat to U.S. - Snowden/NSA Document

By Jeff Stein

Israel was identified by the NSA as a security threat in several areas, including "the threat of development of weapons of mass destruction" and "delivery methods"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39342.htm 


 The Second Aircraft
Was Malaysia Flight 17 Shot Down?

By Mike Whitney

Where are the photos, Obama? Where is the satellite imagery? We KNOW you have them, so pony up!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39343.htm 


 Will Putin Realize That Russia Holds The Cards?

By Paul Craig Roberts

The longer Putin waits, the longer Europe has to prepare against Russia's best weapon that can be used to peacefully resolve the conflict that Washington has orchestrated.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39349.htm 


 Obama's War Against Russia Backfire

By Eric Zuesse

President Barack Obama's war against Russia is - causing Russian President Vladimir Putin's job-approval rating in Russia to soar.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39351.htm 


 Sick Of This Market-driven World? You Should Be

By George Monbiot

To be at peace with a troubled world: this is not a reasonable aim.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39355.htm 


 Postcard from the End of America: Portland

By Linh Dinh

Per capita, Portlanders ingest more anti-depressants than residents of any other American city.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39354.htm 


 How Can We Destroy Love?

By Robert J. Burrowes

Love is a serious problem in our world. There is too much of it. So I want to explain how we can destroy it systematically.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39353.htm








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