"
... the media in the United States effectively represents the
interests of corporate America, and ... the media elite are the
watchdogs of what constitutes acceptable ideological messages, the
parameters of news and information content, and the general use of
media resources. -- Peter Phillips, Project Censored, 1998
"It
is the function of the CIA to keep the world unstable, and to
propagandize and teach the American people to hate, so we will let the
Establishment spend any amount of money on arms."-- John Stockwell, former CIA official and author
"Many
Americans hunger for a different kind of society -- one based on
principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal
solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for
economic security."-- Michael Lerner, journalist
Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Meade
"This
is, in theory, still a free country, but our politically correct,
censorious times are such that many of us tremble to give vent to
perfectly acceptable views for fear of condemnation. Freedom of speech
is thereby imperiled, big questions go undebated, and great lies become
accepted, unequivocally as great truths." -- Simon Heffer Source: Daily Mail, 7 June 2000
"One
of the shrewdest ways for human predators to conquer their stronger
victims is to steadily convince them with propaganda that they're still
free." - N.A. Scott American author, intellectual, anti-totalitarian figure.
"Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it." --Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786.
s0
The Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade is one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world
*****************************************
GIANT virus found that's so unusual it may have come from Mars
Posted: 20 Jul 2013 09:48 PM PDT
20 July 2013
-
A never-before-seen GIANT virus has been found off the coast of Chile
and in Australia that's so unusual it may have come from Mars. Only six
per cent of its genes resemble those seen before on Earth.
The Pandoravirus is one
micrometre big - ten times the size of other viruses. It lacks the
regular shape normally associated with viruses, and its genetic code is
twice the size of the Megavirus, the biggest virus previously found. It
is found underwater but is not considered a threat to humans.
Posted: 20 Jul 2013 06:22 PM PDT
20 July 2013
-
A family in Alabama sent their six oldest home-schooled children to
college by the age of 12, and are also planning to send the remaining
four children, who are ten and under, to college early.
The Harding children insist they
are not geniuses. Instead, they credit their achievements to
home-schooling, as well as a concentrated focus on their passions, which
their parents taught them to hone in on from an early age.
What had been brewing for weeks following various hints and tips was finally confirmed last week when Monsanto announced it would cease the marketing of new genetically engineered seeds (GE) in the European Union.
The world's largest seed company had already sent signals in May that it would no longer lobby the EU to approve cultivation of its GE seeds, but we were waiting for an official confirmation before we could really believe it.
Monsanto and other biotech industries have tried for years to make us believe that GE crops are the answer to many of the world's problems, such as hunger and climate change. However, these GE seeds have been nothing more than empty promises giving us mainly crops that have further increased reliance on pesticides without any clear gains in the amount of food produced.
There is also growing resistance around the world against the use of GE products. A recent poll in the EU shows that 95% of EU citizens agree that "the right thing to do" is to use products that are respectful of the environment.
Sometimes
corporate media don't even pretend to hide what they're doing. "With a
Royal Baby Due, News Outlets Are on High Alert" was the headline of a
recent New York Times story about TV preparations for the birth of the
queen of England's great-grandchild.
Meanwhile,
the military trial of whistleblower and WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning
is underway, not far from Washington, D.C. And the same networks flying
reporters to London are skipping a historic, absolutely newsworthy
event.
This is the corporate media.
And we--you and FAIR--can do something about it.
Federal judge will decide fate of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing on Wednesday + more Emergency Manager news
***************
Photo Credit: Jason Patrick Ross / Shutterstock.com
July 22, 2013
|
What had been brewing for weeks following various hints and tips was finally confirmed last week when Monsanto announced it would cease the marketing of new genetically engineered seeds (GE) in the European Union.
The world's largest seed company had already sent signals in May that it would no longer lobby the EU to approve cultivation of its GE seeds, but we were waiting for an official confirmation before we could really believe it.
Monsanto and other biotech industries have tried for years to make us believe that GE crops are the answer to many of the world's problems, such as hunger and climate change. However, these GE seeds have been nothing more than empty promises giving us mainly crops that have further increased reliance on pesticides without any clear gains in the amount of food produced.
There is also growing resistance around the world against the use of GE products. A recent poll in the EU shows that 95% of EU citizens agree that "the right thing to do" is to use products that are respectful of the environment.
Posted on Jul 21, 2013
 |
| Illustration by Mr. Fish |
Noel Lyons, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1976 to 1981 and once one of the country’s top professional skiers, found herself in a Vail, Colo., hospital in the spring of 2010 after another round of binge drinking. “I had given up on myself,” she would say later. Her boyfriend and sister decided she needed rehabilitative help. Because their resources were limited, they turned to the free Total Freedom Program, a Florida ministry for women and men that identifies itself as Christian.
Cate Iannello, the wife of the leader of Total Freedom Program, “Pastor Guy,” met Lyons in July 2010 at the Orlando airport and drove her to what she called “the girls’ house,” a yellow ranch house in a nondescript neighborhood of nearby Ocoee. Lyons says she arrived “scared out of my mind” and holding a decorative pillow with the image of a buffalo on it. Because the pillow had “past associations” that could evoke demons, she was soon told to put it in the trash.<read more>
ACTIVIST POST FEATURED ARTICLES
Writing Contest: EXPOSE Agenda 21
Activist Post
$1,000 Fine for Flashing Headlights to Warn Motorists of Cops - Lawsuit Follows
Amanda Warren
Russian official accuses U.S. of Biological Weapons Violations
Janet C. Phelan
Mutiny in the Party?
Prominent Democratic Intellectual Calls Obama a “War Criminal”
Lily Dane
Share This Chart With Anyone Who Believes The Economy Is Not Going To Crash
25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head
Michael Snyder
Making Homelessness A Crime On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
Chris Carrington
Striking Back at Police State Amerika
Dave Hodges
What's Next for Syria?
Stephen Lendman
A speech from *2002* - April 24, to be precise, predicted EVERY crisis our nation, and the world, is facing today. Ron Paul's career in Congress defending individual liberty across the board inspired MILLIONS around the world to become active in politics. I'll let the video speak for itself.
New Must-See Videos
Mutiny in the Party?
Prominent Democratic Intellectual Calls Obama a “War Criminal”
Making Homelessness A Crime On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
$1,000 Fine for Flashing Headlights to Warn Motorists of Cops - Lawsuit Follows
What’s the Tipping Point?
Consumers' Guide to Surviving Television Advertisements
The Rise of Global Totalitarianism (with guest Janet Phelan)
Other Key Articles From Around the Web
No charges for deputies who choked man with Down’s Syndrome in theater
The Richest 300 People On Earth Have As Much Wealth As The Poorest 3 Billion
Let Fruit Be Your Medicine: Watermelon's Remarkable Health Benefits
Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan experience extreme weather –
Is geo-engineering the culprit?
Cancer- Could New T-Cell Research Develop A Cure?
Rise of the Warrior Cop
The Mind-Boggling Implications of a Bitcoin Economy
Make Your Own Natural Toothpaste
Cannabis-Derived Drug for Diabetes Enters Phase 2 After Successful Testing
Unearthed Mayan Tablet Tells of Power Struggle
CDC Study: Use of Firearms For Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent’
Huge Fire Reported in JPM Vault in NYC, Theft Suspected
NSA: genius spying eye or bumbling idiot?
Homeowner says police raid felt like home invasion
14 Steps to Cut Out Processed Food
Op-Ed Articles
The Road to Nowhere - Kerry Mideast Journey
By Eric Margolis
Israel
is "negotiating" with a PLO that has become a sock puppet for the US
and Israel after its former leader, Yasser Arafat, was very likely
assassinated to make way for the compliant Mahmoud Abbas. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35610.htm
Advocates of Iran Engagement Get Unexpected Boost
By Jim Lobe
"Public
support in Congress for engaging Iran at the negotiating table has
grown markedly since Rouhani's election," according to Dylan Williams,
director of government affairs for J Street, a "pro-Israel, pro-peace"
group.
NATO: Assad, Prevailing in Syria
By World Tribune
The
NATO assessment asserted that most of the Syrians involved in the
revolt - including those in the Free Syrian Army - were no longer
fighting the Assad regime. Instead, the bulk of combat has been assumed
by foreign fighters, most of them affiliated with Al Qaida.
Egyptian Coup Should Trigger Broad Re-examination of U.S. Militarization of Middle East
By Kevin Martin and Josh Ruebner
Not
only is the Obama administration clearly ignoring the law by keeping
open the spigot of weapons to Egypt in the aftermath of the military's
coup; it also turns a blind eye to the law by providing Israel $3.1
billion in military aid per year, despite the fact that Israel clearly
violates the Arms Export Control Act.
I'd Rather Kill Myself
11 Year Old Yemeni Girl on Forced Marriage
Video
Video
features a profound monologue by an 11 year-old Yemeni girl whose
family attempted to force her into an arranged marriage.
Journalist James Risen Ordered to Testify in CIA Leaker Trial
By Ed Pilkington
Appeals court rules that reporters have no first amendment protection that would safeguard confidentiality of their sources.
Bradley Manning 'Aiding the Enemy' Charge is a Threat to Journalism
By Yochai Benkler
Without an informed and free press, there cannot be an enlightened people. That's what this trial is really about.
This Is Your Future:
Ordering a Pizza In 2015, NSA Style
Video
It
will soon be possible for not just the government, but companies you
patronize on a daily basis to know your most intimate secrets.
The World is Aghast over Trayvon Martin. The US Needs to Look at Itself
By Deborah Orr
One
wonders how the US can have pretensions to being the world's
policeman, when it doesn't even police its own citizens with
impartiality.
Detroit, and the Bankruptcy of America's Social Contract
By Robert Reich
The
geo-political divide has become so palpable that being wealthy in
America today means not having to come across anyone who isn't.
Is Religion Good or Evil?
Video
Scientist and atheist Richard Dawkins is challenged on whether religion is a force for good or evil in the world.
Op-Ed Articles
EU Bows to US Pressure, Blacklists Military Wing of Hezbollah
By Al-Manar
European
Union Foreign Ministers announced on Monday their countries'
submission to the pressure exerted by the United States to put the
military wing of Hezbollah on the EU list of terrorist organizations.
If we are Going to Retreat, Must we Grovel so Shamefully as we Leave?
By Robert Fisk
We
hiss at those who humiliate us - Iran and now the disobedient,
ruthless regime in Damascus - and we purr, naturally, if the Israelis
are humiliating us.
Aafia Siddiqui: Victim of US Injustice
By Stephen Lendman
Post-9/11,
Washington declared war on Islam. It rages out-of-control. It goes on
at home and abroad. Many others are victims like Aafia. They're guilty
of being Muslims in America at the wrong time.
Gitmo Prisoner Force-Feeding Violates Medical Ethics
By Nuriel Moghavem, Marty Makary
The
cruel practice of forced nasograstic tube gagging of tied down persons
who have never had a trial is not an American value.
Snowden and Latin America Expose Washington's Impotence in a Changing World
By Finian Cunningham
US
political and economic power is no longer what it once was. The
country is undergoing a historic social meltdown that betrays the
moribund state of capitalism in the 21st century.
Gen. Hayden's Glass House
By Ray McGovern
His
barrage Friday against truth-teller Edward Snowden and London Guardian
journalist Glenn Greenwald invited a return rain of boulders for
Hayden committing the same violations of constitutional protections
that he is now excusing.
Obama's Escalating War on Freedom of the Press
By Norman Solomon
The administration's efforts to quash press freedom are in sync with its unrelenting persecution of whistleblowers.
Obama Is A Global Criminal: Dr. Cornel West
Must Watch - Video
"President Obama Has Very Little Moral Authority"
Trayvon and White Madness
By Glen Ford
Most
of African American history has been a struggle to mollify or tame the
racist beast, to find a way to coexist with white insanity, possibly
to cure it, or to make ourselves powerful and independent enough that
the madness cannot harm us too badly.
Chris Hedges: "America is a Tinderbox"
The Liberal Elite Has Betrayed the People They Claim to Defend
Real News Video
Chris
Hedges says The Democratic Party used to watch out for the interests
of labor and even for the poor. But that all changed under Bill
Clinton.
Democracy v. Demarchy
Are "Professional" Politicians the Problem?
By WashingtonsBlog
Do we really need politicians? - Professional politicians just pimp their services out to the highest bidder.
Noam Chomsky: The Corporatization of the University
Video
To
prevent increasing privatization, he said the United States should put
greater emphasis on funding higher education. He added that many other
countries, such as Germany and Mexico, offer free or heavily
subsidized access to higher education.
Why Is the United States So Sick?
By Laudan Aron
The
rate of premature births in the United States is the highest among the
comparison countries and more closely resembles those of sub-Saharan
Africa.
Mind Rape and the Christian Right
By Chris Hedges
The
trauma, emotional abuse and manipulation Lyons suffered at the hands
of Total Freedom Program were familiar to me because of the two years I
spent investigating the Christian right for my book "American
Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America."
| Hard News
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues:
65 people killed and 190 wounded in Iraq, worst violence since 2008:
A wave of bombings on Saturday night
in Baghdad province have killed 65 people and wounded 190, officials
said. Iraq has seen its worst violence since 2008; over 520 people have
died in July.
Former head of MI6 threatens to expose secrets of Iraq 'dodgy dossier':
Sir Richard, who provided
intelligence about Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
that was apparently 'sexed up' by Tony Blair's government, has revealed
that he could go public after the Chilcot Inquiry publishes its
findings.
War criminal released:
Marine ordered freed in Iraq war crime case:
Hutchins led an eight-man squad
accused of kidnapping an Iraqi man from his home in April 2006,
marching him to a ditch and shooting him to death in the village of
Hamdania. Hutchins has said he thought the man - who turned out to be a
retired policeman - was an insurgent leader.
Syria activists say family of 13 killed in Sunni village: Report:
Forces loyal to Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad killed at least 13 members of a family in the Sunni
Muslim village of Baida on Sunday, in what activists said was the
second massacre there.
Syria: FSA Spokesman: We Have Received New Weapons that Will Have Big Impact in 72 Hours:
Spokesperson for the "Free Syrian
Army" (FSA) Muhammad al-Fateh has made a statement that a recent
shipment of weapons will help the FSA decisively win ongoing fights in
Homs, Damascus, Daraa, and Syria's north.
Saudi Crown Prince Meets With Syrian National Coalition:
Saudi Arabia has became the
exclusive patron of the Syrian National Coalition [SNC]. Two weeks
after removing Qatar from the leadership of one of the most prominent
Syrian opposition formations and putting in place a leadership composed
of tribal, secular and Muslim Brotherhood types, Saudi Crown Prince
Salman bin Abdul Aziz received a SNC delegation headed by Ahmad
al-Jarba.
Foreign Fighters Flocking to Syria Stirs Terror Concerns:
The U.S. and European Union are
seeing an increasing number of radicalized young Muslims going to Syria
to fight, a development that raises the danger that they will return
to conduct terrorist attacks at home.
Aid workers 'targetted by jihadists in Syria':
British aid workers in Syria are being targeted by jihadists who are seeking to radicalise them, security sources have said.
Syria Kurds expel jihadists, seize weapons: NGO:
The advance comes just days after
Kurdish fighters loyal to the Democratic Union Party (PYD) expelled
jihadists allied to Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIS) from the strategic Kurdish town of Ras al-Ain.
Kurdish militants replace FSA flag with PYD's in Ras al-Ain:
A Syrian Kurdish party with links to
the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has replaced the flag of
the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) with their own after seizing
control of a Syrian town on the Turkish border following days of
clashes with fighters affiliated with the al-Nusra Front.
Syria Kurds plan temporary autonomous government:
We think that the crisis in Syria
will not end anytime soon, so we need to create democratic self-rule in
western Kurdistan," said Salih Muslim, head of Syria's Kurdish
Democratic Union Party (PYD).
Turkey warns Syrian PYD against seeking autonomy:
Syria's embattled President al-Bashar
Assad agreed at a meeting held last week with representatives of the
PYD to grant autonomy to Kurds in northern Syria, the Yeni Safak daily
maintained on Friday.
Dagan questions wisdom of PM's 'threats' to Assad:
Former Mossad chief responds to Netanyahu's Syria comments, saying now Assad has "legitimate claim" to retaliate.
Netanyahu: Palestinians must make concessions at 'tough talks':
Palestinians must make concessions to
Israel's national interests for the future Middle East peace talks to
bring fruit, says the Israeli prime minister
Israeli ministers oppose illegal settlement freeze:
Hardline ministers in Israel's
right-wing government came out swinging on Sunday against any possible
slowdown in Jewish settlement building as part of a deal to kickstart
peace talks.
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks' resumption put in doubt by both sides:
Hostility within Israel's government towards preliminary talks forged by US secretary state matched by Palestinian rebuttals
Iran Slams US Efforts to Revive Israeli-Palestinian "Peace" Talks:
Iran criticized the efforts made by
the US to resume the so-called "peace talks" between Israel and the
Palestinians, saying that the Zionist regime is a warmonger which is
not after peace.
Iran invites US, EU to inauguration:
Iran's Foreign Ministry has for the
first time invited representatives from the United States and the
European Union to attend the inauguration ceremony of its new
president, the ISNA news agency reported Sunday.
US, Israel launch joint aerial drill:
It's held at Uvda Base in the
southern Negev Desert, during which pilots will practice air-to- air
combat maneuvers, mid-air refueling, bombing runs and other missions.
30 "Taliban militants" killed in Afghan operations: gov't:
Thirty Taliban militants have been
killed and 22 others injured in separate Afghan provinces since
Saturday morning, the Interior Ministry said Sunday.
Afghan mayor, among 6 killed:
The mayor of Spera district in
Afghnistan's eastern province of Khost was killed today along five
other people, Xinhua reported.
Pakistan: 22 "militants", 6 soldiers killed in clashes:
At least 22 militants and six
soldiers were killed in clashes between security forces and Taliban
fighters in northwest Pakistan's restive Khyber tribal region,
officials said on Saturday.
Four killed in two Karachi blasts:
At least four persons, including a
police guard of Karachi's metropolitan commissioner, were killed and
four others injured in two separate bomb blasts within an hour at
different locations in the city on Saturday, police and hospital
sources said.
US conditions for release of Dr Aafia unacceptable: PTI:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
expressed concern on Sunday over the US government's prisoner swap
agreement with Pakistan, which called for a release of Shakil Afridi in
exchange for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
'Qaeda officials' killed in Algeria ambush: Report:
At least two of four "Islamists"
killed by security forces in a raid southeast of Algeria's capital were
members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), press reports said
on Sunday.
Three women killed in Egypt clashes :
Egyptians backing ousted president Mohamed Morsi say peaceful protesters were attacked on Friday, when three women died.
3 Policemen Shot to Death in Egypt's Sinai:
The official says the coordinated
attacks killed police guarding an administrative building, a TV station
and a police station in El-Arish, the main city in northern Sinai near
the border with Gaza and Israel.
'I saw people burning after drone attack':
"Some of the injured were crawling
away from the scene," he said. "The injuries were severe - the clothes
had fused to the survivors' skin and some bits of skin had burned off."
U.S. military drone surveillance is expanding to hot spots beyond declared combat zones:
The camera-equipped Predators hover
above the rugged border with Iraq and beam high-resolution imagery to
the Turkish armed forces, helping them pursue PKK rebels as they slip
back and forth across the mountains.
Australian outback station at forefront of US spying arsenal:
Pine Gap remains an enduring symbol
of the unshakeable bond between Australian and US intelligence
services. It's a piece of America. At least that's the vibe in the
large cafeteria at the top secret Joint Defence Facility at Pine Gap
near Alice Springs.
Judge Challenges White House Claims on Authority in Drone Killings:
Judge Collyer said she was
"troubled" by the government's assertion that it could kill American
citizens it designated as dangerous, with no role for courts to review
the decision.
Clashes between Colombia army, FARC kill 10:
The country's military said the
fighting took place on Saturday in the town of El Doncello, located in
the department of Caqueta, a stronghold of the southern bloc of FARC.
Colombia's FARC capture US soldier:
COLOMBIAN FARC guerrillas say they
captured a US soldier last month and are offering his release as a
"gesture" towards peace with Bogota.
Panama sent ex-CIA officer to US, not Italy:
U.S. efforts to help Seldon Lady
escape punishment in Italy opened the Obama administration to charges
of hypocrisy when they are considered in light of a U.S. push to bring
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden back to the U.S. for
trial.
Court renews NSA telephone surveillance program:
The secret Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court renewed the government's authority Friday to
continue the collection of millions of Americans' telephone records,
one of the classified counter-terrorism programs disclosed by former
National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Police need warrants to track cell-phone data, N.J. Supreme Court rules:
In a trailblazing decision that
expands electronic privacy rights in New Jersey, the state Supreme
Court ruled today that law enforcement agencies must get warrants if
they want to track crime suspects by tracing the signals from their
cell phones.
Bill requiring warrants for email searches nears Senate vote:
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee is pushing to fast-track legislation that would require
police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other private
online messages.
Bipartisan Backlash Grows Against Domestic Surveillance:
The Obama administration faced a
growing Congressional backlash against the National Security Agency's
domestic surveillance operations on Wednesday, as lawmakers from both
parties called for the vast collection of private data on millions of
Americans to be scaled back.
How CIA Black Ops Teams Are Hacking Into Computers Worldwide:
In a detailed account on Foreign
Policy, the Central intelligence Agency, in concert with the National
Security Agency, has been demonstrated to conduct what is referred to
as "black bag" operations, or the manual hacking of a target's computer
by uploading spyware onto anything ranging from personal laptops to
large-scale servers.
Greenwald: 'Explosive' NSA Spying Reports Are Imminent:
Glenn Greenwald said he expected
stories to appear in the coming days that would be even "more
explosive" in Germany than reports previously published about
cooperation between the National Security Agency and German
intelligence authorities.
German Intelligence Used NSA Spy Program:
This is evident in secret documents
from the US intelligence service that have been seen by SPIEGEL
journalists. The documents show that the Office for the Protection of
the Constitution was equipped with a program called XKeyScore intended
to "expand their ability to support NSA as we jointly prosecute CT
(counterterrorism) targets."
Bill requiring warrants for email searches nears Senate vote:
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee is pushing to fast-track legislation that would require
police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other private
online messages.
Appeals court restricts Dodd-Frank protection for whistle-blowers:
In 2010, the U.S. government joined a
whistleblower lawsuit alleging that employees in KBR's transportation
department accepted bribes in the form of meals, gifts and
entertainment, from companies seeking to secure subcontracts with KBR
to transport military goods around the globe.
Our treatment of Guantanamo detainees offends justice and diminishes us all : Op-Ed:
A quote worth recalling when it comes
to the U. S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is Nixon
Attorney General John Mitchell's: "Watch what we do, not what we say."
Frankie Boyle joins hunger strike in support of Guantánamo prisoner:
Scottish comedian tweets updates to fans while fasting to protest treatment of last British detainee Shaker Aamer
Ralph Nader: There Will Never Be Another Helen Thomas:
There will never be another Helen
Thomas. She shattered forever one anti-woman journalistic barrier after
another in the Washington press corps and rose to the top of her
profession's organizations.
Helen Thomas RIP: Helen Thomas Get's Tough with Bush : Video -
Helen Thomas doesn't hold back with Bus at press conference.
'Nobody understands' spills at Alberta oil sands operation:
Oil spills at an oil sands operation
in Cold Lake, Alberta have been going on for weeks with no end in
sight, according to a government scientist.
UK: Bloody clashes erupt at far-right march: Video -
Hundreds of far-right English Defense
League members marched through Birmingham on Saturday, with violence
flaring up between opposition group Unite Against Fascism after EDL
members reportedly broke through police barriers. At least 15 people
have been arrested.
Archbishop of York calls low pay in Britain a 'national scandal':
John Sentamu, who will chair a
commission on the feasibility of 'living wage', criticized the British
government for not taking enough measures to tackle low pay in the
country and said those in power have offered little more than a
"sticking plaster" solution to the crisis which affects people's lives.
Austerity Axe: More Greek jobs to be cut for intl lenders' sake: Video report:
The
Greek government is pressing ahead with austerity - having approved
more public-sector job cuts, struggling to please its international
lenders.
Detroit Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional, Must Be Withdrawn, Judge Orders:
Ingham
County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said that Detroit's bankruptcy
filing violates the Michigan Constitution, which bans any action that
threatens to cut the pension benefits of public employees, according to
the Detroit Free Press.
The big lie behind food stamps:
Congress
is currently busy arguing about cutting food stamps. The Paul Ryan
budget would cut $33 Billion over 10 years. The theory is that programs
like food stamps discourage work
Food stamps helped me serve my country. Don't cut them now:
Memories of growing up poor still bring a tingling flush of shame to my cheeks.
|
*** Security News ***
Apple pulls Dev Centre after intrusion attempt
Brooding silence bugs code-cutters
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/22/apple_pulls_dev_centre_after_intrusion_attempt/
Researcher cracks SIM crypto to own phones via SMS
Java fingered as part of problem that has ITU urging global action
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/21/researcher_cracks_sim_crypto_to_own_phones_via_sms/
Ubuntu forums breached, 1.8m passwords pinched
Credentials were salted and hashed but resets recommended
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/21/ubuntu_forums_breached_18_passwords_pinched/
Legal eagles pit Apple v. Samsung in thievery test
New York and San Francisco move on phonejacking
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/19/apple_against_samsung_in_theft_test/
The Grauniad corrects an error on its website
Login page XSS, though, not content. No commenter IDs compromised ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/19/guardian_xss_vuln/
Five bods wrongly cuffed thanks to bungled comms snooping in UK
Report: Web, phone data slurping cocked up nearly 1,000 times in a year
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/19/interception_communications_commissioner_report_2012/
ZUCK out all my BUGS: Facebook gobbles Brit glitch-hunter
God, anything to improve that mobile app
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/19/facebook_monoidics/
Former CIA and NSA head says Huawei spies for China
Only chap to head both spook agencies rates company 'unambiguous
national security threat'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/19/huawei_cia_boss_accuses_spying/
Sexbomb pop minstrel Taylor Swift PORN FIB used to lure fanbois
JavaScript ransomware demands $300 for your browser back
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/18/javascript_ransomware/
Hackers crippled HALF of world's financial exchanges - report
Repeated assaults leave bankers in quivering heaps
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/18/half_of_all_financial_exchanges_hit_by_cyber_attacks/
ACLU warns of mass tracking of US drivers by government spycams
Scanning system captures minimal amout of crooks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/18/aclu_license_plate_orwell/
Tumblr's iOS fix for clear-text password login howler was WEEKS LATE
Fanbois, stop snapping pics of your dinner and update
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/tumblr_ios_snafu_fixed/
Oracle releases July patch batch... with 27 fixes for remote exploits
EIGHTEEN third-party researchers reported vulns, says security bod
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/oracle_quarterly_patch_batch/
Psssst: If you wanna be rich, make the next privacy Robocop app
Anti-snoop software to hit the big time - thanks NSA!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/avg_privacy_story/
Sony coughs up £250K ICO fine after security fears
Says it's paying because it doesn't want to leak security secrets
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/sony_ico_fine_accepted/
D'OH! Use Tumblr on iPhone or iPad, give your password to the WORLD
World+Cat in this case. Should call it 'Spaffr'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/17/tumblr_ios_uncryption/
Microsoft DENIES it gives backdoor access to Outlook encryption
Tells Attorney General gagging orders hurt US Constitution
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/microsoft_denies_it_gives_backdoor_access_to_outlook_encryption/
From Russia with no love: Prez Putin dubs Ed Snowden 'unwanted gift'
Unless he shuts his trap, publicly, of course
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/from_russia_with_no_love_lost_edward_snowdens_time_running_out/
Malware-flingers do it back-to-front : scaM snaps, spans Macs
The mullet of nasty file extensions
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/backtofront_mac_malware/
Pwn all the Androids, part II: Flaw in Java, hidden Trojan
Google pushes update but when will it land?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/android_sig_vuln_analysis/
Yahoo! gets animated GIF commendation for defending user privacy
'If a company secretly fights a secret court, is it still PR?'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/yahoo_eff_commendation/
Femtocell flaw leaves Verizon subscribers' Wi-Fi and mobile wide open
Not just Verizon: Up to 30 carriers at risk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/femtocell_flaw_leaves_verizon_customers_wifi_and_mobile_wide_open/
Latest phish trawl: Your Twitter friend may not really be your friend
We know what you did last summer, or at some other time
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/threatening_twitter_phish_campaign/
Internet evildoers stitch together vile ransomware-survey scam chimaera
Used criminal brain stolen from brain depository
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/ransomware_survey_scam_hybrid/
Google study finds users ignore Chrome security warnings
Research tracks 25m browser warning messages, says Chrome users most
reckless
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/google_study_finds_chrome_is_leastsecure_browser/
Brooding silence bugs code-cutters
-
Java fingered as part of problem that has ITU urging global action
-
Credentials were salted and hashed but resets recommended
-
New York and San Francisco move on phonejacking
-
Login page XSS, though, not content. No commenter IDs compromised ...
-
Report: Web, phone data slurping cocked up nearly 1,000 times in a year
-
God, anything to improve that mobile app
Software News
Shop-pinpointing upstart drafted after crApp debacle
-
But 'major growth' from HANA, cloud, subs means revenues still up
Science News
Moonshot memento recovered from ocean floor
-
White knuckle ride in CHAV paper plane
*******************************************************
Bank of America's Recipe for Getting Away with Massive Fraud, Racketeering and Money Laundering
July 18, 2013
|
So why does this bank deserve such an “improved” reputation? Perhaps it's worth looking at a little of the bank’s record for some clarity.
During the first year of the global financial crisis, which the big banks helped to create and which they profited enormously from, the government stepped in to bail out Bank of America. They rewarded the bank $20 billion for its massive financial crimes, as well as a special guarantee for nearly $100 billion of potential losses on the balance sheets of Merrill Lynch, which Bank of America acquired during the crisis.
As it turns out, Bank of America and other big banks continue to get "backdoor bailouts" through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which acts as a legal guarantor and protector of the Wall Street chain gang of criminal conglomerates. The bank was recently added to a list, compiled by a corporate watchdog group, of the "dirty dozen" criminal financial institutions for its role deceiving investors, committing mortgage and foreclosure abuses and engaging in municipal bond rigging and illegal payments. <read more>
You cannot arrest an idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brandon Toy’s Act of Conscience
Sunday, 21 July 2013 09:57
Courage, like cowardice, often comes in individual, incremental pieces building toward something great and honorable, or small and dishonorable. The resignation of Brandon Toy from General Dynamics fits into the former category and is so honored by an organization of former intelligence officials.
We, the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII), salute Brandon Toy, who chose to walk away from his job with a U.S. defense contractor to protest the U.S. government’s violation of human and civil rights. Mr. Toy properly followed the dictates of his conscience. His very public renunciation (see below) of misdeeds by the U.S. military-industrial-surveillance complex is an act of protest that, we hope, will inspire others to hold their own governments to account.
Secrecy is a tool states use most commonly in order to mask unethical, unconstitutional, criminal and foolish behavior. Brandon Toy’s informed rejection of a system that is violating the basic rights of its own citizens depends on whistleblowers, who in turn rely on courageous, professional journalists to inform the public.
Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle.We note the words of former Republican Sen. Gordon Humphrey, who in a 15 July email to whistleblower Edward Snowden — confirmed as authentic by Sen. Humphrey in a separate message to Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald — praised Mr. Snowden for “exposing what I regard as a massive violation of the U.S. Constitution.”
SAAII is proud to have chosen Mr. Snowden as the 2013 recipient of the Sam Adams Award, which we announced on July 8. We look forward to presenting the award to Mr. Snowden in person, as is our custom, when circumstances permit.
We believe courageous public acts like that of Brandon Toy deserve the support of people everywhere. These actions are essential to making defense of the Constitution and basic human rights and freedoms a shared duty of every citizen, rather than the isolated act of a few.
The Sam Adams Award, named in honor of the late CIA intelligence analyst Sam Adams, has been given in previous years to truth-tellers Coleen Rowley of the FBI; Katharine Gun of British Intelligence; Sibel Edmonds of the FBI; Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan; Sam Provance; former U.S. Army Sergeant at Abu Ghraib; Maj. Frank Grevil of Danish Army Intelligence; Larry Wilkerson, Colonel, U.S. Army (ret.), former chief of staff to Colin Powell at State; Julian Assange of WikiLeaks; Thomas Drake, former senior NSA official; Jesselyn Radack, Director of National Security and Human Rights, Government Accountability Project; and Thomas Fingar, former Assistant Secretary of State and Director, National Intelligence Council. This year’s awardee is Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency.
Below is the full text of Mr. Toy’s statement as published by the CommonDreams.org website, which wrote that “Brandon Toy resigned his job working for US defense contractor General Dynamics as an Engineering Project Manager building Stryker armored fighting vehicles on July 16, 2013. Previously, Brandon served in the Michigan Army National Guard as a Multiple Launch Rocket System Fire Direction Specialist, Team Leader and Vehicle Commander. He was deployed as a military policeman to Baghdad, Iraq in 2004 – 2005.”
I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately
by Brandon Toy <read more>
Ian Anderson..............
Take a ride................allegory: The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
ἀλληγορία
No comments:
Post a Comment