"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Committee to Protect Journalists issues scathing report on Obama administration
Obama's anti-press measures 'are the most aggressive I've seen since the Nixon administration'
“Disobedience, in the
eyes of anyone who has read history, is
humanity’s original virtue. It is
through disobedience that progress has
been made, through disobedience and
through rebellion.” - Oscar Wilde,
1854-1900, from the Irish writer-poet’s
1891 essay, “The Soul of Man Under
Socialism
The news beneath the news...
By Russ Baker on Oct 9, 2013
What
possible connection could there have been between George H.W. Bush
and the assassination of John F. Kennedy? Or between the C.I.A. and
the assassination? Or between Bush and the C.I.A.? For some people,
apparently, making such connections was as dangerous as letting one live
wire touch another. Here, in anticipation of the 50th anniversary
of the JFK assassination in November, is the first part of a ten-part
series of excerpts from WhoWhatWhy editor Russ Baker's bestseller,
Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government and
the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years. In this installment, we
examine Barbara Bush's memoirs and how they attempt fill in the record
for her husband's memory gaps regarding his whereabouts during the
Kennedy assassination.
By Sharon Guynup on Oct 7, 2013
As
the Obama administration weighs approval of TransCanada Corporation's
contentious Keystone XL pipeline project, the impacts of huge tar sands
oil spills in Michigan and Arkansas raise questions about the true
cost to human health and the environment-and the high cost and
difficulty of cleanup. Part of 1 of a 2-part Series.
By James Huang on Oct 10, 2013
Headlines
- Lose 89 percent on futures trades. Brit Spy Chiefs Slash Lefty
Guardian on Snowden. Republicans who used to like raising debt ceiling.
Younger generation will never read the news. Plus a wonder mushroom.
Paying tribute to Bill Eppridge, who captured the RFK shooting aftermath on film. Warning: graphic photos....
SOME NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...
By Wei Tung on Oct 4, 2013
Syria, banking
derivatives, a novelist with access to Snowden's trove, DHS privacy czar
called a "terrorist" by colleagues, and more.Patriot Act author prepares bill to put NSA bulk collection 'out of business'
Exclusive: Bipartisan bill pulls together existing efforts to dramatically reform the NSA in the wake of Snowden disclosures
While this video is satire, there are real-world
examples of this tactic working. Former Republican Congressman Bob
Inglis attributed his transformation on climate change to encouragement
from his son. Retired Republican Senator John Warner said that his
late-career commitment to climate change was in part due to concern for
his children and grandchildren. Our voices can make a difference so
please share this to help us expose these deniers and make them change!
I have to tell you, it makes me furious when I think about how more
than 100 people are allowed to serve as members of Congress even though
they don’t accept that human activity is causing climate change. And it makes my blood boil
to know that Congress could take action to address climate change if
these Big Oil-backed legislators weren’t standing in the way.
But
I’ve come to realize that getting mad just isn’t going to be enough if
we really want to see congressional action to curb global warming. We
have to make these deniers change.
Luckily, we have found a secret weapon to use against these climate change deniers: their kids!
And with the help of longtime environmentalist and actor Adrian
Grenier, we now have a video showing how it works. Check it out:
(If you can’t see the image above, just go here to watch the video: http://www.lcv.org/ScienceFairNightmare )
Climate
change-denying members of Congress are an embarrassment to all of us.
But if we expose how extreme and out of touch they are with their
constituents and their own children, they can change. So I hope you’ll watch and share this funny video today!
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US, Iran Make Major
Progress Toward Nuke Deal
By Times of Israel
Nascent secret agreement aims to keep Tehran ‘two to three years’ from nuclear weapons capability; report comes one day after Netanyahu warned against ‘bad deal’ Continue
By Times of Israel
Nascent secret agreement aims to keep Tehran ‘two to three years’ from nuclear weapons capability; report comes one day after Netanyahu warned against ‘bad deal’ Continue
Neoconservatives
Despair Over U.S.-Iran Diplomacy
By Jim Lobe
"The Israelis find themselves in a far worse position now than they have been for several years," concluded Elliott Abrams, a leading neo-conservative. Continue
By Jim Lobe
"The Israelis find themselves in a far worse position now than they have been for several years," concluded Elliott Abrams, a leading neo-conservative. Continue
USA's Cowboy
Democracy is Terrorism Dressed in Noble
Clothes
By Sergei Vasilenkov
The Americans have decided that they are God's chosen people, that they are exceptional. Continue
By Sergei Vasilenkov
The Americans have decided that they are God's chosen people, that they are exceptional. Continue
Shootout at the APEC
Free-trade Corral
By Pepe Escobar
Chinese President Xi Jinping leads a "Happy Birthday" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono on acoustic guitar. Continue
By Pepe Escobar
Chinese President Xi Jinping leads a "Happy Birthday" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono on acoustic guitar. Continue
A Caesar In Our
Future?
By Paul Craig Roberts
What Happens If The Shutdown Causes The Treasury To Run Out Of Money. Continue
By Paul Craig Roberts
What Happens If The Shutdown Causes The Treasury To Run Out Of Money. Continue
The Supreme Court May
Turn America into an Oligarchy: Sen. Bernie
Sanders
By Stephen C. Webster
“We are living in a society where a handful of people with incredible sums of money, folks like the Koch brothers and others, are undermining what this democracy is supposed to be about.” Continue
By Stephen C. Webster
“We are living in a society where a handful of people with incredible sums of money, folks like the Koch brothers and others, are undermining what this democracy is supposed to be about.” Continue
Capitalism and Empire
Michael Parenti and Philip Giraldi
Audio
Michael Parenti and Philip Giraldi on Capitalism and Empire. Continue
Michael Parenti and Philip Giraldi
Audio
Michael Parenti and Philip Giraldi on Capitalism and Empire. Continue
Waterboarding Is A
Big Joke At Cheney Roast
By Ben Smith
Senator Joe Lieberman “said something to the effect that it’s nice that we’re all here at the Plaza instead of in cages after some war crimes trial,” Continue
By Ben Smith
Senator Joe Lieberman “said something to the effect that it’s nice that we’re all here at the Plaza instead of in cages after some war crimes trial,” Continue
'Gestapo' Tactics
Meet Senior Citizens at Yellowstone
By John Macone
She said it was sad to see “fear, guns and control” turned on citizens in her own country. Continue
By John Macone
She said it was sad to see “fear, guns and control” turned on citizens in her own country. Continue
Afghanistan: 20
Insurgents Killed, 18 Injured in Nangarhar
Operation:
Military officials in eastern Nangarhar
province announced on Wednesday that 20
insurgents were killed and 18 others injured
during an operation in the Shirzad district
of the province.
Afghanistan risks
becoming 'narco-state':
U.N. official: Afghanistan risks becoming a
"full-fledged narco-state" without
international support to help create
alternative jobs for its people, a senior
United Nations official said on Wednesday.
Pakistan Taliban 'open to talks': Video
- In an exclusive interview, Pakistani
Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud tells the
BBC he is open to talks but insists US drone
strikes must end.
Pakistan's Pervez
Musharraf bailed over Bugti murder:
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
has been granted bail on a murder charge,
raising chances of his release from months
of house arrest. The country's Supreme Court
granted him bail of 1m rupees ($9,400;
£5,800) in the murder case of a rebel
leader.
Iraq: Twelve people
killed in attacks
- At least 12 people were killed by roadside
bombs and shootings across Iraq on Wednesday
and a government convoy came under attack,
prompting a senior politician to accuse
security services of negligence
Fact or
fiction?
Syria massacre:
Government 'has cut off water supplies' -
video -
Having been prevented from getting food,
Syrian activists in a besieged suburb of
Damascus say regime forces have now attacked
their water supply, in a desperate
situation.
IDF strikes Syrian
target in response to shelling:
Tammuz missile attack ordered after two
Israeli soldiers suffered light injuries by
mortars fired from Syria
Syria : Chemical
weapons watchdog OPCW urges truce:
"If some temporary ceasefires can be
established, I think those targets could be
reached," said Mr Uzumcu, head of the
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW).
No proof for
anti-Iran nuclear claims: Lavrov';
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has
rejected the unfounded allegation that Iran
is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its
nuclear energy program, stressing that there
is no evidence backing up the claim.
Iran Readies Offer to
Limit Its Nuclear Program:
Tehran will request that the U.S. and
European Union begin scaling back sanctions
that have left it largely frozen out of the
international financial system and isolated
its oil industry, the officials said.
US,
Iran make major progress toward nuke deal,
Israel TV claims:
Nascent secret agreement aims to keep Tehran
‘two to three years’ from nuclear weapons
capability; report comes one day after
Netanyahu warned against ‘bad deal’
Running
scared:
Israeli Defense
minister: Iran sanctions must not be eased:
“Any easing of sanctions would cause a
collapse” in the efforts to stop Iran,
Ya’alon said.
Israel condemns
Iran’s selection to U.N. arms committee:
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor said in
a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
circulated Tuesday that “it is
inconceivable” that a country under U.N.
sanctions over its suspect nuclear program
would be allowed to hold the position of
rapporteur. The rapporteur reports on the
committee’s proceedings.
Ashkenazi Jews May Be Converts, Study Finds:
About 80 percent of Ashkenazi maternal
ancestry comes from Europe, not the Near
East, according to a study that suggests a
mass conversion of women to Judaism may have
occurred in Europe more than 2,000 years
ago. The Ashkenazi are the most common
Jewish ethnic division. Only 8 percent of
the mitochondrial DNA shows signs of being
from the Near East.
Lavrov on US op in
Libya: Countries fighting terrorism should
stay within intl law:
Recent US commando raids in Libya and
Somalia as part of the War on Terror were
not conducted in the way global terrorism
should be fought, as they apparently
violated international law, Lavrov stressed.
Fact or
fiction?
U.S. Officials Say
Libya Approved Commando Raids:
The Libyan government in recent weeks
tacitly approved two American commando
operations in its country, according to
senior American officials, one to capture a
senior militant from Al Qaeda and another to
seize a militia leader suspected of carrying
out the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the
United States diplomatic mission in
Benghazi.
Egypt's president
Mohammed Morsi to stand trial in November on
charges of inciting murder and violence:
The charges relate to the deaths of at least
seven people during clashes between
opposition protesters and Muslim Brotherhood
supporters outside a presidential palace in
Cairo last year.
US to
cut military and economic aid to Egypt in
shift of policy after 'coup':
Obama administration set to suspend military
and economic assistance to Egyptian
government in protest at Morsi ousting
White
House denies rumors of cutting Egypt aid:
"The reports that we are halting all
military assistance to Egypt are false,"
National Security Council spokeswoman
Caitlin Hayden said. "We will announce the
future of our assistance relationship with
Egypt in the coming days
Egypt's Sisi does not
rule out presidential bid:
- Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
left the door open to a presidential run in
elections next year, telling a paper
published on Wednesday it was up to "God's
will".
North Korea puts army
on alert and warns US of 'horrible
disaster':
The bellicose warning was issued following
the arrival of a US nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier alongside South Korean and Japanese
vessels in waters surrounding the Korean
Peninsula.
Report: 110 People
Own 35 Pct of Russia's Wealth:A
staggering 35 percent of household wealth in
Russia is owned by just 110 people, the
highest level of inequality in the world
barring a few small Caribbean islands, a
report by a major investment bank says.
Venezuela's President
Maduro seeks to govern by decree:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has
asked parliament to give him special powers
to fight corruption and what he called
economic sabotage.
Indonesian president sings to Putin:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has
celebrated turning 61 by quaffing vodka,
wolfing down cake and being serenaded by
some of the world's most powerful men.
Canada spied on
Brazil’s government as part of global
commercial espionage campaign:
Documents leaked by whistle-blower and
former US National Security Agency (NSA)
contractor Edward Snowden show that the
NSA’s Canadian partner, the Communications
Security Establishment Canada (CSEC),
routinely spied on Brazil’s Ministry of
Mines and Energy.
Report: U.S. government keeps data of
innocent Americans for up to 75 years:
According to a new report by the Brennan
Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the
phone and Internet data collected on
millions of innocent Americans as part of
the U.S. government’s counter-terrorism
program can be retained “for up to 75 years
or more.”
US data collection
opens doors to abuse: report:
The report found that data collection and
storage on Americans, often with no
connection to terrorist threats, create
"opportunities for abuse and clogging
government databases."
Glenn
Greenwald interview with CBC News : Video
- Journalists reported details of alleged
Canadian spying activity in Brazil
How The NSA Deploys
Malware: An In-Depth Look at the New
Revelations:
The template for attacking people with
malware used by the NSA is in widespread use
by criminals and fraudsters, as well as
foreign intelligence agencies, so it's
important to understand and defend against
this threat to avoid being a victim to the
plethora of attackers out there.
Chelsea Manning :
'Statement: 'I don't consider myself
anti-war or a conscientious objector':
In first public remarks since August guilty
verdict, WikiLeaks source expresses intense
unhappiness at public presentation of her as
a pacifist
Soon, drones may be
able to make lethal decisions on their own:
Eventually, drones may have the technical
ability to make even lethal decisions
autonomously: to respond to a programmed set
of inputs, select a target and fire their
weapons without a human reviewing or
checking the result.
Use of drones is
immoral: Drone strikes are immoral. Op-Ed:
They destroy the rule of law as well as kill
people because no matter how confident the
intelligence services are that the person
targeted has done wrong, according to our
Constitution and our values, that person
deserves a trial.
Top 5 Mind Blowing
Weapons US Police Use on Protestors: Video
-Abby Martin and Manuel Rapalo highlight a
few of the most disturbing crowd control
gadgets used by militarized police on
protestors across the country.
Police officers spied
Moral Monday protesters:
The Raleigh Police Department conducted
undercover surveillance at meetings held by
the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP to
organize this year's mass protests of the
Republican-led state legislature.
8 lawmakers arrested
at immigration rally:
In an attempt to ramp up the heat on their
colleagues, eight members of Congress joined
advocacy leaders and were arrested in a show
of civil disobedience designed to send a
message to act on immigration reform – an
issue that has so far stalled on Capitol
Hill
Obamacare Marketplace: Personal Data Can Be
Used For ‘Law Enforcement and Audit
Activities’:
"[W]e may share information provided in your
application with the appropriate authorities
for law enforcement and audit activities."
Here is the entire paragraph from the policy
the includes the exception [emphasis added]:
Dear WWII Vets,
Forget About the Monument, They Are Gunning
for Your Social Security:
It is increasingly clear that the fight over
"Obamacare" is merely an opening salvo. The
real goal of the hostage takers is a "Grand
Bargain" on the budget that would include
cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Congress less popular than dog poop:
Those are the findings of the latest survey
from Public Policy Polling, which also found
that Congress’s approval rating is a dismal
8%, with a whopping 86% of Americans
disapproving of their work.
If we want a
civilised society, charities can't fill the
void left by government: Op-Ed:
I gave to a local food bank because women
with infants are going hungry thanks to the
shutdown. But it fills me with fury
Water
scarcity by 2030: True for every second
person on earth, UN says:
About a half of the global population could
be facing water shortages by 2030 when
demand would exceed water supply by 40
percent, says United Nations Secretary
General Ban Ki-Moon.
US adults score below
international average on global workplace
skills test:
It’s long been known that America’s school
kids haven’t measured well compared with
international peers. Now, there’s a new
twist: Adults don’t either.
[WeAreChangeOklahoma] 2016 3rd Party Debate Plan
Free and Equal Elections Foundation hosted the 2012 “3rd Party” Presidential debates that were moderated by Larry King and Thom Hartmann and viewed by an estimated 20 million people. I’ve left Free & Equal, but I have even bigger plans moving forward. I believe that with laying the groundwork down now, we can create debates that are viewed by far more than 20 million people and really compete on a national stage.
http://ivn.us/
http://www.saveamericafoundation.com
http://www.freetalklive.com/
http://www.bluerepublican.org/
- some of the coalition that is already aboard, feel very free to pass this along! I really think we can shake things up!
In Liberty, Zak Carter
zakcarter@benswann.com
206-551-8704
The prez is in the middle of his 2nd term, Mr. Speaker you have had six years to have a chat....why are you so urgent to talk now?....Just gift wrap the gavel and hand the hammer back to Nancy....that's o-key..... we will do [that] for you, go take a powder, you dudes have lost your fucking minds!! That alternate reality of double-speak is no longer useful. We, the people, are coalescing into into a mighty wall of resistance. Your party will not escape the wrath of a restless nation whose leaders no longer listen to the will of humanity. We wont be fooled again............. kosmicdebris
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Outsider Artist Judith Scott |
| What is art? Can something be called art if it is made by someone do does not consider herself an artist? Judith Scott was born deaf and with Downs Syndrome and institutionalized at the age of 7. "Rescued" after 35 years by her sister, she spent the rest of her life consumed in the making of the objects you see in this video. Her "art" became her means of expression; her language. |
Video from KarmaTube
Being Kind: The Music Video That Circled The World |
| The 21-Day Kindness Challenge launched on September 11th. 98 countries. 6000 people. And a collective tidal wave of good that inspired many -- including young rapper-activist "Nimo" Patel at the Gandhi Ashram in India. Nimo wasted no time channeling that inspiration into an infectious music video. "Being Kind" was created on super short notice by an intercontinental crew of volunteers working out of their living rooms. It features footage from all over the world and heart-melting appearances by the children Nimo works with in the slums. Watch, listen, and prepare to smile big at this lyrical reminder that kindness really is "all we can leave behind." |
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