@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: America Discredited, Rules of War, Palestinian Genocide, Facial-Scanning System, Affordable Care Act, Poverty Reduces Brainpower, NSA Email Collection, Israel's Siege of Gaza, Moral Obscenities in Syria, Whistle-blowers Good for Democracy, more.

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America Totally Discredited
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36036.htm

Facebook report reveals governments' requests for user data
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15325489-facebook-reveals-government-request-for-user-data-in-new-report

Our Democracy?
http://www.countercurrents.org/jensen300813.htm

What Are the Rules of War?
http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/rules-of-war-130830.htm#mkcpgn=emnws1

The Palestinian Genocide By Israel
http://www.countercurrents.org/boyle300813.htm

Facial-scanning system for crowds shows improvement in tests by Homeland Security
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/facial_scanning_system_for_crowds_shows_improvement_in_tests_by_homeland_se/

Is the Affordable Care Act Actually Affordable? For Millennials, Maybe Not
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/affordable-care-act-actually-affordable-millennials-maybe-not

Poverty reduces brainpower 
http://machineslikeus.com/news/poverty-reduces-brainpower

NSA Email Collection Violated 4th Amendment: FISA Court
http://blogs.findlaw.com/decided/2013/08/nsa-email-collection-violated-4th-amendment-fisa-court.html?DCMP=NWL-pro_downloadthis

Why America Cannot Live without Wars
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/29-4

New Snowden revelation details vast US intelligence “black budget”
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/31/nsas-a31.html

BBC editor urged colleagues to downplay Israel’s siege of Gaza
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/amena-saleem/bbc-editor-urged-colleagues-downplay-israels-siege-gaza

What To Expect During The Next Stage Of Collapse

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/what-to-expect-during-the-next-stage-of-collapse_082013

Moral Obscenities in Syria
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/27-7

People of the World are Fighting Back

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36052.htm

Whistle-Blowers Are Good for Democracy
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/daniel_ellsberg_whistle-blowers_are_good_for_democracy_20130829/

Fool Me Twice, Shame on US

"It's shocking to me that in this day and age, after what this world has been through, that there can be any argument that what the United States plans to do is legal. For the United States to go in there, you need two sets of laws to be complied with. One is international law, UN law, and the other is our own domestic Constitution of the United States. Since the Second World War, there's only two ways that you can make war on another nation. One is in self-defense. So if you're being attacked by a missile or a rocket from that country, etc., you can use self-defense against that country to try and stop it. And the second one was under the authority of United Nations, the Security Council."—Michael Ratner

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@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: Bradley Manning, Government Secrecy, Israel and Egypt, Snowden Leaks, NSA Spying, more.

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HISTORY WILL PARDON MANNING, EVEN IF OBAMA DOESN'T
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/08/history-will-pardon-manning-even-if-obama-doesnt.html?mbid=nl_Daily%20(309)

United States of Paranoia: How the FBI Spied and Lied So Conspiracy Theorists Would Sound Crazy
http://www.alternet.org/books/fbi-spied-new-left-and-lied-about-it-so-conspiracy-theorists-would-sound-crazy

13 Things the Government Is Trying to Hide from You

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/13-things-government-trying-hide-you

The sentencing of Bradley Manning
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/22/pers-a22.html

When the State Attacks Journalism
http://www.opednews.com/articles/When-the-State-Attacks-Jou-by-Peter-Hart-130820-581.html

Reclaim the power! A call to action against energy austerityhttp://www.redpepper.org.uk/reclaim-the-power-a-call-to-action-against-energy-austerity/

Amid Mideast Arms Race Israel Demands More US Weaponry
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/16-4

Dissent, Disappointment and Draconian Rule: Bradley Manning's Plea and the Fight to Be Human
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35878.htm

Right Before Snowden Leaks, President Obama Fired Nearly All Members On Key Intelligence Advisory Board
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130815/16155224194/right-before-snowden-leaks-came-out-president-obama-fired-nearly-all-key-intelligence-advisory-board.shtml

The “Bankization” of America

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/16

Humanity is getting verrrrrrry close to extinction

http://machineslikeus.com/news/humanity-getting-verrrrrrry-close-extinction

SNOWDEN’S LEGACY: A PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT ONLINE PRIVACY
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/08/snowdens-legacy-public-debate-about-online-privacy.html?mbid=nl_Daily%20(3)

Citing ‘Terrorism’ to Justify Terror
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/08/18/citing-terrorism-to-justify-terror/

How school privatization hawks Teach For America promote Israel
http://electronicintifada.net/content/how-school-privatization-hawks-teach-america-promote-israel/12700

To Be A Palestinian, Especially In Gaza
http://www.countercurrents.org/bartlett210813.htm

NSA Spying: The Three Pillars of Government Trust Have Fallen
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/16-2

'Jaw-Dropping' Record of Violations Reveals Perils of NSA Self-Policing
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/16

Bradley Manning's Sentence: 35 Years for Exposing Us to the Truth
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/21-5

NSA-Corporate Collusion Built Network to Reach 75% of Internet Traffic
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/21

New ID rules would threaten citizens' rights
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/opinion/sobel-id-immigration

Creationism Advocate Admits That Science Proves Evolution, But Says We Should Believe The Bible Anyway

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/08/17/creationism-advocate-admits-that-science-proves-evolution-but-says-we-should-believe-the-bible-anyway-video/

5 Famous Americans You Never Knew Were Atheists
http://www.policymic.com/articles/57067/5-famous-american-atheists

A Co-op Story: Green Worker Co-op Academy

@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: April 22nd Anonymous #CISPAblackout, When Fear Threatens Freedom, Fight Wage Theft, American Right-Wingers Are Extremists, Belief in God = Bad Mental Health, Israel Army Attacks WB Palestinians, Profiling American Muslims, Israel Genocidal, UN Inaction Condemned, Boston Bombing Suspect Captured, International Cyberwar Imminent? more.

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Anonymous: CISPA Internet Blackout April 22nd | #CISPABlackout

When Fear Threatens Freedom
http://prospect.org/article/when-fear-threatens-freedom

Fight Wage Theft with Direct Action
http://www.labornotes.org/2013/04/fight-wage-theft-direct-action

Government Should Stop Its Own Violence First
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34680.htm

American Right-Wingers Are No Longer Conservative — They're Extremists

http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/american-right-wingers-are-no-longer-conservative-theyre-extremists

Study Shows That Belief In An Angry God Is Bad For Mental Health
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/20/study-shows-that-belief-in-an-angry-god-is-bad-for-mental-health/

Israel army attacks Palestinians in West Bank
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/video-israel-army-attacks-palestinians-in-west-bank/

What America's Leaving Behind in Afghanistan: Trained Militias Accused of Rape and Murder
http://www.alternet.org/world/what-americas-leaving-behind-afghanistan-trained-militias-accused-rape-and-murder

Republican Religious Freedom Hypocrites Call For Profiling American Muslims
http://www.politicususa.com/republican-religious-freedom-hypocrites-call-profiling-american-muslims.html

When Israeli denial of Palestinian existence becomes genocidal
http://electronicintifada.net/content/when-israeli-denial-palestinian-existence-becomes-genocidal/12388

US Admits 16 Guantanamo Detainees Being Force-Fed
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/21-1

European study condemns UN inaction regarding condition of Palestinians in Syria
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/european-study-condemns-un-inaction-regarding-condition-of-palestinians-in-syria/

Bombing suspect captured after military-police lockdown of Boston
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/20/bost-a20.html

Is an International Cyberwar Imminent?
http://www.alternet.org/media/international-cyberwar-imminent

Surveillance Society: Met Police Spying On 57,000 People A Year
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Surveillance-Society-Met-by-Mick-Meaney-130419-852.html

Hamas MP warns of new Israeli war on Gaza with American blessing
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/hamas-mp-warns-of-new-israeli-war-on-gaza-with-american-blessing/

13.Feb.2013 - HEADLINES: Empire of Panic, Torture Network, Breaking Up Banks, Aaron Swartz, Gun Fetish, NDAA Fight, Postal Service, GMOs Battle, Capitalism Disease, Food Scarcity, Targeted Killing, more

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FBI 'Stops' Yet Another Of Its Own Terrorist Threats

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130208/12264121921/fbi-stops-yet-another-its-own-terrorist-threats.shtml

Empire Of Panic And Ephemera: Applying Rigorous Imagination To America's Paranoid Style
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33888.htm

America’s Global Torture Network

http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/72-72/15938-americas-global-torture-network

Obama Gives Himself Permission To Kill
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/obama-gives-himself-permission-to-kill_022013

Time to Break Up the Big Banks
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/15945-focus-time-to-break-up-the-big-banks

The Life and Afterlife of Aaron Swartz
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/298-185/15946-focus-the-life-and-afterlife-of-aaron-swartz

US Officials Confess To Targeting Iran’s Civilian Population
http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb090213.htm

Beyond Control: America's Unrivaled Fetish For Guns
http://www.countercurrents.org/smith090213.htm

Manning/Assange/Hammond/Brown: Is combined legal offensive the next step?
http://darkernet.in/manningassangehammondbrown-is-combined-legal-offensive-the-next-step/

NDAA - Fighting for Everything that Defines America
http://www.opednews.com/articles/NDAA--Fighting-for-Everyt-by-Marianne-Hoynes-130208-184.html

The US drone assassination program and the threat of dictatorship
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/09/pers-f09.html

Congress - Not Email - Destroyed the Postal Service
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15941-congress-not-email-destroyed-the-postal-service

States Take On GMOs in Battle Over Labeling
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/08-2

US Media Yet Again Conceals Newsworthy Government Secrets
http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-Media-Yet-Again-Conceal-by-Glenn-Greenwald-130208-318.html

Humanity’s Economic Disease: Capitalism
http://www.countercurrents.org/scott080213.htm

The police state implications of Obama's assassination program
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/07/pers-f07.html

America Is Far from #1
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/america-far-1

Busting the Myth That Christians Are More Generous Than Non-Believers
http://www.alternet.org/belief/busting-myth-christians-are-more-generous-non-believers

New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations

http://www.countercurrents.org/brown080213.htm

Why Americans Pay So Much for Health Care: Friends in High Places (Just Not Your Friends)
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Americans-Pay-So-Much-by-Wendell-Potter-130207-998.html

Why Immigration Reform Won’t Increase Government Spending
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/02/06/1549801/why-immigration-reform-wont-increase-government-spending/

Targeted Killing and Drone Warfare
http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/targeted-killing-and-drone-warfare

What is Freedom From Religion?
http://atheism.about.com/od/churchstate/a/FreedomFrom.htm?nl=1

The Veil of Secrecy is Lifting on Drones. Here's What You Need to Know
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/the-war-on-drones

What It's Going to Take to Claw Back Middle Class Wealth from the 1%
http://www.alternet.org/economy/what-its-going-take-claw-back-middle-class-wealth-1

The Real Debate Over American Citizenship
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15906-the-real-debate-over-american-citizenship

Big Coal's Big Problems
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/15948-big-coals-big-problems

Being American Is Bad for Your Health
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/being-american-bad-your-health

Conservative Folly: How the Right's War on Renewable Energy Could Doom Red States
http://www.alternet.org/environment/conservative-folly-how-rights-war-renewable-energy-could-doom-red-states

Homeland Security: Not Searching Your Laptop Doesn't Benefit Your Civil Liberties, So We Can Do It
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130208/17415621927/homeland-security-not-searching-your-laptop-doesnt-benefit-your-civil-liberties-so-we-can-do-it.shtml

Defying surveillance, Gaza farmers demand boycott of Israel
http://electronicintifada.net/content/defying-surveillance-gaza-farmers-demand-boycott-israel/12185

20.Jan.2013 - The Documentary Issue: Death in Gaza, Inside the DEA, American Drug War, Commit the Perfect Murder, Narcissists

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Death In Gaza

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In spring 2003, filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, following the success of their Peabody-winning films Unholy War and Beneath the Veil, set out to take a first-hand look at the culture of hate that permeates the Middle East.

They captured the lives of three Palestinian children growing up in the bullet-riddled streets of Gaza, indoctrinated in the creed of Jihad, and had planned to show the Israeli side next. But on May 2, in the midst of filming, Miller was shot to death by an Israeli tank, falling victim to the conflict he covered. The America Undercover special Death In Gaza tells this tragic, eye-opening story.

Death In Gaza begins in Nablas, where Miller and Shah witness an explosion that kills several Palestinians suspected of being suicide bombers. “We’re trying to understand how people learn to hate so deeply that they’re prepared to die in order to kill,” says Shah.

“So we’re looking for the next generation, the children who will make either peace or war.” In Nablas, that generation is playing dangerous games with the Israelis, as children shower the tanks that patrol their street with rocks, taunting the soldiers inside.

Watch the full documentary now

Inside the DEA

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Explorer reveals the inner workings of a sting operation designed to bring down one of the world’s most prolific and untouchable criminals.

With unprecedented and exclusive access to the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA), and the global narco-terrorism agents, enter the shadowy world of illegal arms trafficking.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has been around since 1973, and performs an important law enforcement mission across America and in more than 50 countries around the globe.

From Colombia to Afghanistan and from Los Angeles to New York, DEA agents, investigators, analysts, chemists, lawyers, and support staff all work together to make sure drug traffickers are brought to justice.

Watch the full documentary now - 46 min

American Drug War: The Last White Hope

Crime38 Comments

35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from “legal drugs” Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making, the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA.

American Drug War shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some ‘pro-drug’ stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.

After 4 years of production including several sold out test screenings in New York, Austin & Los Angeles, the final version of American Drug War: The Last White Hope is locked and loaded. (Excerpt from americandrugwar.com)

Watch the full documentary now

How to Commit the Perfect Murder

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Modern forensic science should make it impossible to commit murder and get away with it. But how easy would it be to outfox the detectives? With the help of top forensic scientists, and real-life murder investigations, we explore whether it’s possible to commit a perfect murder.

The body is the most important piece of evidence in any murder. Pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd reveals the crucial clues that give away the secrets of a suspicious death. Dr Lee Goff can work out a time of death from just a few maggots on a corpse. To really understand the way a human decomposes he relies on experiments – and dead pigs make ideal human models.

And what is the perfect murder weapon? Probably Agatha Christie’s favourite – poison. It leaves no marks on the body, and the victim may not even realise what has happened until it’s too late. But there still might not be a perfect murder. The world’s most notorious poisoner – Harold Shipman – was eventually caught. (Excerpt from bbc.co.uk)

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NARCISSISTS

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Turn off the lights

January 18th, 2013

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Documentary about Narcissists/Narcissism. Featuring the world’s leading expert on the subject Sam Vaknin.

Narcissists, 8.0 out of 10 based on 2 ratings

08.Jan.2013 - Anonymous' Project Mayhem Has Begun, Obama's Drone War, Thousands Rally in Gaza, Obama Signs NDAA 2013, Detoxing GMO Crops, US Government Not Protecting Liberties, Jobs Must Be Our Goal, Debt Limit Held Hostage, "Supporting the Troops" Must Stop, Missing History of the CIA, more.

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Anonymous - The Singularity Project 2013 - (Project Mayhem Has Begun)

The secrecy veiling Obama’s drone war

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/01/04/the-secrecy-veiling-obamas-drone-war/

In Show of Unity, Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Gaza

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/04-2

Obama Signs NDAA 2013 Without Objecting to Indefinite Detention of Americans

5 Steps for Avoiding and Detoxing the Bt-Toxin Found in GMO Crops http://therebel.org/opinion/health/417017-5-steps-for-avoiding-and-detoxing-the-bt-toxin-found-in-gmo-crops ‘US government is not protecting its citizens' civil liberties'

Washington’s support to Israel a permit to kill Palestinians http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/washingtons-support-to-israel-a-permit-to-kill-palestinians/ Why Jobs Must Be Our Goal Now http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15382-focus-why-jobs-must-be-our-goal-now- Blowing the whistle on Obama's America Holding the Debt Limit Hostage is Unconstitutional, So Why Not Get Around it by Minting a Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin? http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/holding-debt-limit-hostage-unconstitutional-so-why-not-get-around-it-minting-trillion 10 Ways the Drug War Is Causing Massive Collateral Damage to Our Society http://www.alternet.org/10-ways-drug-war-causing-massive-collateral-damage-our-society Those Who Say "I Support the Troops" Should Just Stop http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/282-98/15380-those-who-say-qi-support-the-troopsq-should-just-stop The Untold Story: How America Became a Dangerous Empire http://www.alternet.org/untold-story-how-america-became-dangerous-empire Guess Which State Has a Really Surprising Number of Whistleblowers? http://www.cnbc.com/id/100351715 The missing history of the CIA "The Secret Team" by L. Fletcher Prouty There's A Secret Reason Why The Government Has To Keep It Secret How Many Americans It's Spying On Without A Warrant The Financial Elite's War Against the US Economy http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-8 Is the Constitution Still Relevant? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-the-Constitution-Still-by-Robert-Parry-130105-646.html 100 richest people: Meet the 10 richest Americans http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0104/100-richest-people-Meet-the-10-richest-Americans/Sheldon-Adelson THE UNITED STATES OWES MOST OF ITS $16 TRILLION DEBT TO ITSELF http://www.classwarfareexists.com/the-united-states-owes-most-of-its-16-trillion-debt-to-itself/ Non-Believers On the Rise in Congress http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/15410-non-believers-on-the-rise-in-congress Backyard farmers by necessity 11 Years Later, Gitmo Injustice Continues http://www.countercurrents.org/shaw060113.htm Living without religion Constitution? What Constitution? Paul Ryan Refuses to Provide for the General Welfare http://www.opednews.com/articles/Constitution-What-Constit-by-John-Nichols-130105-515.html War Addiction Default: America’s Political Dysfunction at Root is an Unwillingness to Cut War Spending http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33534.htm Jeremy Hammond Faces Life Term For WikiLeaks and Hacked Stratfor Emails Does spying on Americans protect the US? Chris Christie Criticises Sandy Relief Legislation

Propaganda - Full North-Korean Documentary

23.Dec.2012 - Giving Up Christmas, Climate is an Economic Problem, Preventing Caucasus Disaster, Drugs and Money Laundering, Democrats Slam NRA, Unemployment Down, America is More Unequal Than Most, All-American Torture Nightmare, Bible Makes Violent Americans? and much more.

How I Gave Up Christmas and Found Serenity

Give Christmas the heave ho-ho!

http://www.alternet.org/belief/how-i-gave-christmas-and-found-serenity

Climate Change Is Not Just an Environmental Problem -- It's an Economic One

The world's economy revolves around carbon-spewing technologies. And until those controlling the resources figure out how to make money in changing, there will be no serious change.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/climate-change-not-just-environmental-problem-its-economic-one

2013 Could Be One Of The Warmest Years
How will by the days and nights of 2013? Scientists have an answer. The year will be one of the warmest years on record. In its annual forecast for the coming year, the Met Office predicts that globally, 2013 will be 0.57C above long-term average.
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc221212B.htm

Preventing The Coming U.S. Disaster In The Caucasus
The United States is risking a disastrous renewal of war in the Caucasus between Armenians and Azeris over the breakaway Armenian-populated Republic of Mountainous Karabagh (RMK, or Artsakh in ancient Armenian).
http://www.countercurrents.org/boyajian221212.htm

Guns, drugs, and money laundering

Former U.S. Attorney for Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas (Mena)

Democrats Slam NRA's Response To School Shooting
The nation's largest gun owners group had said little in the immediate aftermath of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. But the National Rifle Association's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, broke that silence Friday with a call to place armed guards at all of the nation's schools.

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/22/167833089/democrats-slam-nras-response-to-school-shooting

NRA’s LaPierre suggests a solution for 1% of gun deaths

LaPierre starting talking about 20 minutes after the announced starting time. The media was informed that any Q & A would have to wait until Monday at the earliest. Here’s an often-paraphrased, compressed version of what was said. The NRA joined the nation in the horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the fatalities in Newtown. LaPierre said that “Some have tried to exploit the tragedy for political gain.” That’s an apparent reference to those who have introduced responsible gun control legislation.

http://www.politicususa.com/nras-lapierre-suggest-solution-1-gun-deaths.html

The search for water in our solar system and beyond

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a long-term, stable supply of liquid water – essential for the formation and evolution of all organic life. But this doesn’t mean there aren’t other pockets of water elsewhere in our solar system (and around other stars).http://machineslikeus.com/news/search-water-our-solar-system-and-beyond

Unemployment down: which states are doing better than others
Unemployment rates fell in 45 states in November, but the strength of the job market varies widely by region, according to US data. Local resources and housing markets are among the reasons.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/1221/Unemployment-down-which-states-are-doing-better-than-others

Tired Of The Games? Tell Congress To Get Its Priorities Straight

With a little more than a week to go before the country reaches the fiscal cliff, House GOP leadership brought forward an ill-conceived, unbalanced and partisan plan this week only to watch even it fall apart Thursday night.  The so-called “Plan B” would have caused taxes to increase on the middle class and lower income families, placing more of the burden for deficit reduction on those who can least afford it, while giving more special tax breaks (like the estate tax) to the wealthiest households.  Prior to that, House Republicans narrowly passed an NEA-opposed bill that would cut more spending for education and other essential programs and slash critical services for those most in need, including preventing as many as 280,000 low-income children from receiving school meals.  Read NEA’s letter opposing both bills and NEA President Dennis Van Roekel’s response to the House action. 

http://thepoliticsofjamiesanderson.blogspot.com/2012/12/tired-of-games-tell-congress-to-get-its.html

Why America Is More Unequal Than Most

merica has a higher degree of income inequality than almost any other developed country. Only three of the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development rank higher - Chile, Mexico and Turkey.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/15154-why-america-is-more-unequal-than-most

Israeli Parliament Bans Arab MP From Running for Reelection
Today’s only successful ban came against Arab MP Haneen Zoabi, who was on the Mavi Marmara aid ship the Israeli Navy attacked. The right-wing MPs on the committee argued that this amounted to “supporting terrorism” with Likud MP Danny Danon arguing that “Democracy must have its limits” and Zoabi’s place is prison.
http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/israeli-parliament-bans-arab-mp-from-running-for-reelection/

Torture: An All-American Nightmare

There's one particular nightmare that Americans need to face: in the first decade of the 21st century we tortured people as national policy. One day, we're going to have to confront the reality of what that meant, of what effect it had on its victims and on us, too, we who condoned, supported, or at least allowed it to happen, either passively or with guilty (or guiltless) gusto.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15156-torture-an-all-american-nightmare

Politicians Decry Fake Torture, Cover Up Real Torture

Even if a lifetime of exposure to the continuous hypocrisy of politicians has turned many of us into jaded, cynical shells of human beings reduced to selecting "None of the Above" when voting, every so often something comes along that breaks through our hardened shells... and carves another slice off our dwindling faith in humanity. This is one of those moments.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121220/15133521458/politicians-decry-fake-torture-cover-up-real-torture.shtml

NRA: To Protect The 2nd Amendment, We Must Trample The 1st and 4th Amendments

As predicted, one element of the NRA's "big announcement" today was to lash out andblame media, music and movies for violence. Most news stories are focusing on the wacky idea of putting armed guards in every school (and to do so in the next few weeks as well) and creating a database of the mentally ill, but the lashing out at video games and movies, despite no evidence that they actually lead to violence, seems equally ridiculous. 

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121221/10123121471/nra-to-protect-2nd-amendment-we-must-trample-1st-4th-amendments.shtml

Does the Bible Make Americans More Violent?

Americans can be notoriously prudish about sex, yet our entertainments are stuffed with violent acts. Could this go all the way back to the Bible?

http://www.alternet.org/does-bible-make-americans-more-violent

Survivors of Israeli offensive on Gaza give heartbreaking testimonies in new video