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"In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers of people, whereas too often violent uprisings are the product of a small group. If enough people are organized, violence can be minimized in bringing about social change." Howard Zinn, American historian, political scientist, playwright and social activist.
"A person could piss against a tree, he could piss on his mother, he could piss on his own breeches, and get off, but he must not piss against the wall -- that would be going quite too far. The origin of the divine prejudice against this humble crime is not stated; but we know that the prejudice was very strong -- so strong that nothing but a wholesale massacre of the people inhabiting the region where the wall was defiled could satisfy the Deity."
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Policy News
Because nothing spurs creative thinking like 11 hours in a flying tube
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Some images of infants as young as six months
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Well if someone has to censor the interwebs...
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Crack 99 mastermind sold biz software worth $100 MEEELION
Security News
Spy chief defends data slurping
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They may take our information but they cannot take our REFINED AESTHETICS
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Platform Exchange Grid to IETF in 2014
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You know who you are, but we don't
Software News
New release arrives with GlassFish, NetBeans support
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'Talk about a waste'
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Peak Apple Hey Ive, Ive... add more unicorns, willya?
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Sick of 404s on mobiles? So's Mountain View
Science News
One stormy flight could give lifetime radiation dose
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International Linear Collider ready to rock and roll
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Electrodes planted inside epileptics' brains
Western Emperors Have No Clothes
By Finian Cunningham
The Western powers, the would-be emperors of Syria, stand naked in their failed criminal conspiracy to destroy that country.
We Can't Just Say 'Arm Syrian Rebels' - We Must Be Clear What This Means
By Frank Ledwidge
The
real objective of the anti-Assad forces is full-scale western military
intervention. We need to understand that once we start down the road
marked "arming the rebels", we are on a journey that will take us to
"no-fly zones", and beyond.
Colombia Worries as Troops Join Arab Mercenary Force
By UPI
Colombia's
defense ministry is alarmed about an exodus of top soldiers to the
United Arab Emirates to join a highly paid U.S.-led mercenary force
organized by Erik Prince, billionaire founder of the security firm
Blackwater.
What Bradley Manning Showed The World About Israel/Palestine
By Alex Kane
WikiLeaks showed Benjamin Netanyahu's vision for a Palestinian state.
ADL Spies
The Strange History of the Anti-Defamation League
By Jeffrey Blankfort
This year
marks the 20th anniversary of the exposure of a nation-wide spying
operation run by the ADL that went back at least five decades.
In Case You missed It
Israel Is Spying In And On The U.S.?
Video
"evidence
linking these Israelis to 9-11 is classified. I cannot tell you about
evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information."
US Hacking The World
Edward Snowden: US Government Has Been Hacking Hong Kong and China for Years
By Lana Lam
Snowden
said he was releasing the information to demonstrate "the hypocrisy of
the US government when it claims that it does not target civilian
infrastructure, unlike its adversaries".
Whistle-blower Edward Snowden: 'Let Hong Kong People Decide My Fate'
By Lana Lam
"I am not here to hide from justice; I am here to reveal criminality," Snowden said.
Bin Laden Predicted Obama's War on the 4th Amendment
By Michael Scheurer
If Americans are surprised by Obama's deliberate attack on the Constitution, they have only themselves to blame.
Ron Paul Warns US Government May Assassinate NSA Leaker Snowden
By Jonathan Easley
"I'm worried about somebody in our government might kill him with a cruise missile or a drone missile," Paul said.
Why Americans Don't Fear the NSA
Majority Say NSA Tracking of Phone Records "Acceptable"
By John Dickerson
According
to a Washington Post-Pew Research poll, 56 percent of Americans
consider the NSA accessing telephone records of millions of Americans
"acceptable,"
Why You Should Worry About The NSA
By Richard A. Clarke
The just-revealed surveillance stretches the law to its breaking point and opens the door to future potential abuses.
US Tyranny Coming Home To Roost
A Call To The Invisible Army For The Restoration Of Liberty
Video - By Lt. Col. Roy Potter
"Now is the time for every good man and woman to come to the aid of this republic"
Thank NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
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Sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The Yellow Press And Assange's Political Ambition
Video - Julian Assange Lateline Interview
In
Australia a full 40 per cent of people under the age of 30 say that
they intend to vote for WikiLeaks, between 25 and 28 per cent
nationwide in Australia.
Indulging in Fallacies
By Paul Balles
When
commentators substitute ad hominem attacks for both facts and logical
argument, they apparently don't realise that they indulge in fallacies.
Hard News
Blasts kill 8 Afghan soldiers, 4 civilians:
Roadside
bomb attacks have killed eight Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and
four civilians in various provinces, officials said on Wednesday.
8 "insurgents" killed in E. Afghan operations: ISAF:
Eight
insurgents had been killed and 14 detained in military operations
since early Tuesday, the NATO- led International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) said on Wednesday morning.
Officials reach Islamabad to handcuff Musharraf:
A
team from Quetta Crime Branch on Wednesday reached Islamabad to arrest
former president Pervez Musharraf in the Akbar Bugti murder case.
Reports of 'massacre' by "rebels"in eastern Syria:
The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 60
people were killed in the village of Hatla in the oil-rich province of
Deir al-Zour, bordering Iraq.
William Hague Says World Must 'Do More' For Syria After Talks With John Kerry :
"We agreed today that we cannot turn away from Syria and its people," he added.
U.S. approves waivers to aid opposition-controlled areas of Syria:
The
Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it is taking several
"significant steps" to ease U.S. economic sanctions, enable additional
relief and reconstruction activities in opposition-controlled areas of
Syria, and support the Syrian opposition and the people of Syria.
Lebanon warns Syria over helicopter raid:
Army vows to respond to any further cross-border attacks after Syrian helicopter gunship fires on Lebanese border town.
Syria: Consult Commons on arms sales Miliband urges PM:
Ed Miliband has urged David Cameron to guarantee a Commons vote before any arms are sent to the Syrian opposition.
Iran support for Syria is more politics than religion -video -
Iran's
support of Syria in its civil war is not about the common Shia
religious belief, but more about politics - with Iranians blaming the
west for backing the rebel "terrorists" fighting Assad.
Why Washington Fears Iran:
According
to results of a Gallup poll in February, 85 percent of Iranians claim
sanctions have hurt their livelihood either "a great deal" or
"somewhat." But 70 percent of those polled blame external parties (the
US, western European countries, Israel, and the UN) for this suffering;
remarkably, only 10 percent blame their government and their leaders.
US Makes Payoff:
Jordan receives $200m in additional US grant:
Annual US aid to Jordan is around $400 million. The $200 million is additonal assistance.
Israel losing America: Op-Ed:
If the forms of ties between Washington and Jerusalem are ever revealed, the world will be flabbergasted
American Jews fund $2.2 million gym for Israel's Mossad:
The
Mossad's annual budget is in the billions of shekels, but the spy
agency apparently saw nothing wrong this year with seeking donations
from Diaspora Jews. To be able to train in a modern gym, Israel's spies
have turned to American Jewry.
'Arrest Obama when he visits':"
The
Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg wants US President Barack
Obama arrested and tried for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa
on June 29.
Erdogan's chilling warning: 'these protests will be over in 24 hours':
'We have not responded to punches with punches. From now on security forces will respond differently,' Turkish PM says
Resist Istanbul:
Or how I got teargassed again and started losing hope that this government will ever stop the violence
Greece: Abusive Police Crackdown on Migrants:
Athens
police are conducting abusive stops and searches and have detained
tens of thousands of people in a crackdown on irregular migration,
Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Killing the Messenger: Greek Government Shuts Down the State Broadcaster:
In
the name of transparency and cutting costs, the government has closed,
by fiat and at great expense, the country's only public
broadcaster-the only broadcaster (for all its flaws) that isn't pushing
the agendas of the oligarchs.
NSA surveillance played little role in foiling terror plots, experts say:
Obama administration says NSA data helped make arrests in two important cases - but critics say that simply isn't true
Russia may grant asylum for CIA whistleblower:
Russia
may grant political asylum to a former CIA whistleblower who has
revealed Washington's highly classified global surveillance programs,
the Kremlin said Tuesday.
27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine:
"I
can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy,
internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with
this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building."
Should the Director of National Intelligence Be Impeached for Lying to Congress :
Wyden's
question to Clapper was quite explicit: he asked, does the NSA collect
"any type of data." And Clapper said no. If the reports in the
Washington Post and the Guardian on PRISM and the Verizon phone records
program are accurate, then this statement appears to be a lie.
Flashback: Biden Agrees Access to Metadata Is 'Very, Very Intrusive' (VIDEO):
Here's
then-Senator Joe Biden, in a clip featured on The Daily Show Monday
night, criticizing a similar call record-collection program revealed in
2006 under the Bush administration, and explaining how studying your
call habits can be "very, very intrusive":
Rep. Peter King: "Legal Action" Should Be Taken Against Glenn Greenwald: Video -
"[Glenn]
Greenwald, not only did he disclose this information, he has said he
has names of CIA agents and assets around the world and they're
threatening to disclose that. The last time that was done, we saw a CIA
station chief murdered in Greece," Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said on FOX
News this afternoon. "No right is absolute," King declared.
Thomas Drake: Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution: Op-Ed:
So
we refused to be part of the NSA's dark blanket. That is why
whistleblowers pay the price for being the backstop of democracy.
Edward Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and China for years:
Former CIA operative makes more explosive claims and says Washington is 'bullying' Hong Kong to extradite him.
E.U. Official Pushes U.S. to Explain Its Surveillance:
The
European Union's top justice official has demanded in unusually sharp
terms that the United States reveal what its intelligence is doing with
personal information of Europeans gathered under the Prism
surveillance program revealed last week.
India says U.S. spying on internet data of its citizens unacceptable:
India
is the fifth most tracked country by American intelligence agencies
which used a secret data-mining program to keep a tab on the worldwide
internet data, according to media reports.
Law & Order More: NSA Surveillance Spying:
During
the trial his defense team argued that Nacchio, 63, believed Qwest was
about to win secret government contracts that would keep it in the
black.
FBI sharply increases use of Patriot Act provision to collect US citizens' records:
The
FBI has dramatically increased its use of a controversial provision of
the Patriot Act to secretly obtain a vast store of business records of
U.S. citizens under President Barack Obama, according to recent
Justice Department reports to Congress.
House committee looks into IRS seizure of 60 million medical records:
The
IRS, in the course of executing a search warrant at a California
health care provider's corporate headquarters improperly seized the
personal medical records of millions of American citizens in possible
violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution,"
FBI Visits Oregon Man at Home, Inquiring why he Photographed Dam:
An
Oregon man who enjoys taking pictures of wildlife around a local dam
received a visit today from an FBI agent and a police officer,
inquiring what he intends to do with his photographs.
7-Year-Old Killed During Police Raid : Grandmother Testifies:
The
50-year-old Mertilla Jones said that the police "came to kill" and
that when they shot Aiyana Stanley-Jones she saw "the light leave out
of her eyes and the blood started gushing out her mouth and she was
dead,"
The U.S. job market is still worse than at any point during the last downturn:
Right
now, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, there's approximately
one job opening for every 3.1 unemployed persons who are looking for
work.
US Senate bill cuts $4 billion from food stamp program:
The
Democratic-controlled US Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm
bill on Monday that would cut $4 billion over a decade from food
stamps, known today as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP).
Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican:
Pope
Francis is quoted as saying that while there were many holy people in
the Vatican, there was also a current of corruption. "The 'gay lobby'
is mentioned, and it is true, it is there ... We need to see what we
can do ..."
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