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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 - VIDEOS: Food Choice, Jailing Kids for Profit, Automotive Police State, False Memories, High Tech Surveillance, Confronting Military Rape, Police Beatings, Exposing Corporations, Decade of Iraqi War, Media Sold the Iraq War, more.

It has come to my attention that some of the VIDEO digests don't show some of the videos in the mailings. These are accessible on the website. 

Sustainability and Food Choice

Jailing kids for profit

It's big business

The Automotive Police State

Interview with Eric Peters

When false memories prove true

Dr. Colin Ross MD

High tech surveillance Nazi style

The dark roots of information technology

If blocked, click here to watch on YouTube

Confronting military rape culture

Ever wondered how astronauts go to the bathroom? Space station commander films hilarious guide


Horrific video of ‘police beating prostitutes until they are nearly unconscious’ provokes outrage

Charged and Sent to Jail for Exposing a Corporate Mistake

Police using excessive force: help us bust these cops

Cop Tasers Guy Walking Away, Other Cop Hits Cameraman

"We’ve Lost Our Country": An Iraqi American Looks Back on a Decade of War That’s Devastated a Nation

Thirty children arrested in Hebron on their way to school

Michael Ratner: The New York Times and "Liberal Media" Helped Sell the Iraq War

The NYT and other "liberal" commentators led the way in selling the WMD myth and justified the Iraq war; their mea culpas ring hollow


Too Poor? Keep Giving Money To Pat Robertson And God Will Bless You With Riches


Clashes as Obama visits Israel, US flag burnt, Palestinians arrested

President Obama Deftly Responds To Hecklers During Israel Speech 

You Won’t Believe What Pat Robertson Thinks Is Bad

29.Jan.2013 - DOCUMENTARIES: Overview Effect, Secrets in Plain Sight, Gift for the Hackers, Flouridegate, Slab City, Secrets of Scientology, Facade of the American Dream, Frankensteer

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The Overview Effect

On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect.

The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.

‘Overview’ is a short film that explores this phenomenon through interviews with five astronauts who have experienced the Overview Effect. The film also features insights from commentators and thinkers on the wider implications and importance of this understanding for society, and our relationship to the environment.

Secrets in Plain Sight

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Secrets In Plain Sight is an awe inspiring exploration of great art, architecture, and urban design which skillfully unveils an unlikely intersection of geometry, politics, numerical philosophy, religious mysticism, new physics, music, astronomy, and history.

Exploring key monuments and their positions in Egypt, Stonehenge, Jerusalem, Rome, Paris, London, Edinburgh, Washington DC, New York, and San Francisco brings to light a secret obsession shared by pharaohs, philosophers and kings; Templars and Freemasons; great artists and architects; popes and presidents, spanning the whole of recorded history up to the present time.

As the series of videos reveals how profound ancient knowledge inherited from Egypt has been encoded in units of measurement, in famous works of art, in the design of major buildings, in the layout of city streets and public spaces, and in the precise placement of obelisks and other important monuments upon the Earth, the viewer is led to perceive an elegant harmonic system linking the human body with the architectural, urban, planetary, solar, and galactic scales.

Watch the full documentary now - 224 min

A Gift for the Hackers

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Increasingly devices like printers and scanners are being connected directly to the Internet. It’s all very convenient, bit is it safe?

Your mobile, your printer, your hard drive, everything is connected… but it’s like a Swiss cheese. Medical files, financial information, and trade secrets, they’re all there for the taking.

It’s shocking, it should not be allowed. It’s a design flaw. Is this vulnerability in tens of thousands of devices compromising your security and your privacy?

Computer security has become a big concern for companies and individuals. As a result it has also become a big business. The world’s number one producer of computers and printers, Hewlett – Packard (HP), has an annual turn over of 127 billion dollars.

Watch the full documentary now - 31 min

Fluoridegate

2013ConspiracyLeave a Comment

Fluoridegate is a new documentary film, made by By Dr. David Kennedy, that reveals the tragedy of how the United States government, industry, and trade associations protect and promote a policy known to cause harm to our country and especially small children, who suffer more than any other segment of the population.

While the basis of their motivation remains uncertain, the outcome is crystal clear: it is destroying our nation.

Dr. Kennedy is the Past President of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. His BA is in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology from the University of Kansas (1967) and his Doctorate of Dental Surgery is from the University of Missouri (1971).

He is a world lecturer to the dental profession on the safety of dental materials in the human body. His lectures include (among others) addresses to the World Health Organization, the American Dental Society of Europe, the German BGD, and Brazil Rio Eco-Odonto.

Watch the full documentary now - 65 min

Americana: Slab City

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VICE focused on all the crazy environmental issues going on in the Imperial Valley, from the air pollution, to drastic bee die-off, to the sewage-filled rivers, and everything in between.

But during the shoot, they also met a bevy of characters in Slab City, who are just as intriguing as all the eco-problems.

VICE thought it’d be fun to show you what a typical day is like in this bizarre stretch of area loaded with tweakers, eccentrics, army vets, hippies, and just plain old weirdos.

People have been living here for free since the late ’40s. And at one time in the early ’90s, the place was like a giant flea market. And believe or not, this land belongs to the State of California Teachers’ Union.

There is no California culture there at all. There are no strip malls, apartment buildings, dune buggies, off-road racing, crowded freeways, filthy beaches and arrogant politicians.

Watch the full documentary now - 21 min

The Secrets of Scientology

Education, Long (30+min), SocietyTags: BBC, Chruch of Scientology, Religion, Scientology

 

The Secrets of Scientology is a documentary follow up of John Sweeney’s 2007 investigation into the Church of Scientology and features interviews with former high-ranking members of the organization.

In 2007, while investigating the Church of Scientology for Panorama, reporter John Sweeney had a dramatic on-camera confrontation with a church spokesman named Tommy Davis. The church was accusing the reporter of bias and it attempted to stop the documentary from being broadcast – a campaign backed by Scientology A-lister John Travolta. Sweeney has returned to investigate the church again.

This time, one of those officials has turned whistleblower to help him reveal the dark secrets of the church, which boasts Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its devotees.

claimed by BBC

The Facade of the American Dream

The conditions and life of African Americans in the United States.

A cross section of people discuss the fraud of the American dream and how systemic racism keeps millions of people down while offering others hope and opportunity. Executive producer Dr. Randy Short, M.div. and senior director Marzieh Hashemi’s film gives voice to those who believe That African Americans are far from achieving the American Dream in health, education, welfare, and justice.

The documentary features commentary from Dr. Vernellia Randall, Dr. Wilmer Leon, Rev. Graylan Haigler, Dr. Mary Scott, Dr. Charles Norman, Dr. Joseph Richardson, Glen Ford, Atty. Efia Nwangaza, and  Dr. Mary Neal.

FRANKENSTEER

01/01/2013 - Your New Year Special Issue: Unemployment, Economy, Privacy, New Laws, Climate, Atheism, Whistleblowers, Palestine, and more!

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Made in the USA - By prisoner labor

Re-inventing the slave trade

Activists Dismayed at Renewal of Surveillance Bill

ivil rights campaigners voiced dismay on Friday over the US Senate's re-authorization of the government's warrantless surveillance program, and the defeat of two amendments that would have provided for basic oversight of the eavesdropping.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/335-156/15294-activists-dismayed-at-renewal-of-surveillance-bil

Bernie Sanders Slams Boehner and Right Wing House Extremists for Fiscal Cliff

US Senate reauthorizes FISA surveillance law 
The US Senate [official website] passed the Reauthorization Act of 2012 [text, pdf] on Friday in a 73-23 vote to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) [text, pdf] for five years. FISA grants the National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] the authority to conduct surveillance of Americans’ phone calls and emails in attempts to protect against terrorism and other foreign threats. 
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/12/us-senate-reauthorizes-fisa-surveillance-law.php

There Is Nothing Heroic About Torture

he critical acclaim for the new Kathryn Bigelow movie "Zero Dark Thirty" has renewed the debate on the efficacy of torture.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/287-124/15301-there-is-nothing-heroic-about-torture

The Foreclosure Cliff
e can thank Ben Bernanke for the phrase "fiscal cliff" -- a phrase many observers have tried to soften by pointing out they think it's more like falling down a slope, sliding down a curve, or even tripping over a curb. I can understand trying to find other metaphors to replace the nearly always fatal results of going off a cliff. But maybe those observers missed one effect that Bernanke knows drives the economy more than any else: housing.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/430-foreclosure/15302-the-foreclosure-cliff

The Financial Elite's War Against the US Economy

Today’s economic warfare is not the kind waged a century ago between labor and its industrial employers. Finance has moved to capture the economy at large, industry and mining, public infrastructure (via privatization) and now even the educational system. (At over $1 trillion, U.S. student loan debt came to exceed credit-card debt in 2012.) The weapon in this financial warfare is no larger military force. The tactic is to load economies (governments, companies and families) with debt, siphon off their income as debt service and then foreclose when debtors lack the means to pay. Indebting government gives creditors a lever to pry away land, public infrastructure and other property in the public domain. Indebting companies enables creditors to seize employee pension savings. And indebting labor means that it no longer is necessary to hire strikebreakers to attack union organizers and strikers.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-8

US War Machine Leaves Ugly Imprint in Afghanistan

If only in a microcosm, a dispatch from a remote outpost in Afghanistan reveals the damage and dysfunction created by years of US occupation and how little regard western military forces have for local communities when a final determination is made that an outpost should be abandoned.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/31

2012 In Review: A Year of Extreme Weather, Mass Shootings, Drone Wars and Dark Money in Politics

Amid "Cliff-Hanger" Antics, Senator Bernie Sanders Defends Middle Class

The Top 12 Political Fallacies of 2012

Our nation was gripped by so many fallacies and delusions in 2012 that the whole Mayan calendar end-of-the-world thing didn’t even make the list.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-1

A Wee Comparison of Civil Liberties in the United States of America
Compare and contrast. Here is how seriously we take civil liberties when the subject can be plausibly labeled terrorism
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33485.htm
8 Striking Parallels Between the U.S. and the Roman Empire
Lawrence Lessig’s Republic Lost documents the corrosive effect of money on our political process. Lessig persuasively makes the case that we are witnessing the loss of our republican form of government, as politicians increasingly represent those who fund their campaigns, rather than our citizens.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33489.htm

The GOP Has Taken America Hostage -- Is There a Downside for Them?

Republicans are taking a beating in the polls. But it does not seem to weaken their position.

http://www.alternet.org/gop-has-taken-america-hostage-there-downside-them

Will the Economy Slow With or Without the Fiscal Deal?

What is most likely to damage the economy?

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/will-economy-slow-or-without-fiscal-deal

Companies Do Not Have The Right To Impose Owners’ Religion Onto Employees, Says Americans United
Church-State Watchdog Group Says Firms Don’t Have A Religious Liberty Right To Deny Workers Access To Contraceptives
https://www.au.org/media/press-releases/companies-do-not-have-the-right-to-impose-owners-religion-onto-employees-says

US Whistleblowers on Being Targeted by the Secret Security State

Privacy by the Numbers: A New Approach to Safeguarding Data

A mathematical technique called “differential privacy” gives researchers access to vast repositories of personal data while meeting a high standard for privacy protection

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=privacy-by-the-numbers-a-new-approach-to-safeguarding-data&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20121231

Evolution and Atheism

I have been reading more about evolution and I am beginning to think that the radical clerics are right in a sense. A deep understanding of evolution may lead people away from god and religion, but not for the reasons that are commonly stated.

http://machineslikeus.com/news/evolution-and-atheism

Obama administration considering expansion of mortgage refinancing program

The US government is eyeing mortgage refinancing program expansion that will include borrowers whose mortgages aren’t backed by the government and who are liable to pay more than the worth of their homes.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13704925-obama-administration-considering-expanding-mortgage-refinancing-program

Israel To Displace 1000 Palestinians Next Wednesday

Head of the Wadi Al-Maleh area, in the northern plains of the occupied West Bank, Aref Daraghma, stated that the Israeli army intends to displace around 10000 Palestinian Bedouins in the area in order to conduct military training.

http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/alert-israel-to-displace-1000-palestinians-next-wednesday/

Marc Morano: Climate Change Misinformer Of The Year

15.Nov.2012 - SPECIAL ISRAEL+GAZA ISSUE: Costs and Benefits of Israel Striking Gaza, Palestine UN Bid Pushed Back by Israel, Operation PIllar of Cloud, Israel Most Militarized Nation, Pakistan Armed Drone Program, Wall Street's Front Group, Israel Assassinates Hamas Leader, Israeli Ground War, Gaza Timeline, Campaigns to Label GMO Foods Heating Up, Doctored Movie Trailer

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For Israel, costs and benefits of striking Gaza
Israel assassinated a senior Hamas militant Ahmed Jabari today. How much further will the Gaza strikes go?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/1114/For-Israel-costs-and-benefits-of-striking-Gaza

Israel pushes back on Palestinian bid for new UN status
The Palestinians are seeking a global mandate for statehood at the United Nations. Israel warns the move would nullify the Oslo Accords.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/1114/Israel-pushes-back-on-Palestinian-bid-for-new-UN-status

State petitions to secede from US: Are they just helping liberals?

Some on the right are concerned that the petitions to secede, posted on a White House website by angry voters, are setting conservatives up as easy targets for the mockery of liberals.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2012/1114/State-petitions-to-secede-from-US-Are-they-just-helping-liberals

'All Options on the Table' as Israel Launches 'Operation Pillar of Cloud'

Multiple airstrikes already started, ground invasion may follow
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/14-1

Obama's First Priority: Economy, Not Climate Change

During President Barack Obama's first press conference since his re-election, reporter Mark Landler of The New York Times asked Obama how he plans to tackle climate change -- an issue that was largely ignored during Obama's campaign. Though Obama used several key phrases that may keep climate change activists happy, he still made it clear that climate change was not his first priority.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/14-10

Israel Ranked World’s Most Militarized Nation

Israel tops the list of the world’s most militarised nations, according to the latest Global Militarisation Index released Tuesday by the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC).

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/14-0

Pakistan Announces Armed Drone Program

Pakistan, which is home to endless lethal drone strikes conducted by the US, has decided to carry armed drones of its own, according to officials in Islamabad.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/14-3

Wall Street Uses "Liberal" Front Group to Lead Its Assault on Social Security

Third Way, lobbyists for and from Wall Street who are leading the effort to enrich Wall Street by privatizing Social Security, was created by Wall Street to fool some of the people all of the time. I have written previously here and here to expose their fictional claims to be a moderate or liberal Democratic group.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/14-1

Cybersecurity Bill’s Outlook Still Bleak

When sweeping cybersecurity legislation failed to advance in the Senate in August, it went down with a barrage of finger-pointing and posturing. And aides from both parties say that nothing really has changed since it was filibustered.

http://www.nationaljournal.com//daily/senate-tees-up-cybersecurity-bill-with-no-agreement-in-sight-20121113

Congress expands whistleblower protections in bill

The Senate on Tuesday gave final congressional approval for a bill that would significantly expand protections for federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse and make it easier to punish supervisors who try to retaliate against the whistle-blowers.

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/521/3118344/Congress-expands-whistleblower-protections-in-bill

CIA able to keep its secrets on budgets, bad apples

IG documents reveal porn, fraud, other misconduct

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/13/cia-able-to-keep-its-secrets-on-budgets-bad-apples/

Fighting Crime, But At What Cost?

Police in Fall River, MA have a new surveillance tool, ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system. It consists of audio sensors installed on buildings and utility poles that are supposed to detect gunshots and alert police to their exact locations within minutes. ShotSpotter may or may not reduce crime, but it may also reduce privacy, by detecting and recording conversations that police have no right to hear.

http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2012/11/14/crime-fighting-at-what-cost

Drudge Goes All in With "Secession" Meme as the Republican War on the Constitution Escalates

There is no greater oxymoron in America's political discourse than the “Constitutional conservative.”

http://www.alternet.org/drudge-goes-all-secession-meme-republican-war-constitution-escalates

Gaza Under Attack: Israeli Military Assassinates Hamas Leader in First Salvo of Bombing Campaign
Israel has killed a senior Hamas leader for the first time in almost four years. More Hamas members continue to be targeted, while reports come in of civilians in Gaza being killed and injured.

http://www.alternet.org/world/gaza-under-attack-israeli-military-assassinates-hamas-leader-first-salvo-bombing-campaign

Israel Ignores Intl Law With Gaza Bombing, Enjoys US, UK Support
US President Barack Obama “reiterated US support for Israel's right to self-defense in light of rocket attacks from Gaza” in a phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33039.htm

Obama's Kill List Policy Compels US Support for Israeli Attacks on Gaza
Israel's escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this conflict. Overwhelming Israeli force slaughters innocent Palestinians, including children, which is preceded (and followed) by far more limited rocket attacks into Israel which kill a much smaller number, rocket attacks which are triggered by various forms of Israeli provocations -- all of which, most crucially, takes place in the context of Israel's 45-year-old brutal occupation of the Palestinians (and, despite a "withdrawal" of troops, that includes Gaza, over which Israel continues to exercise extensive dominion). The debates over these episodes then follow an equally familiar pattern, strictly adhering to a decades-old script that, by design at this point, goes nowhere.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33045.htm

Ground War? Israeli Forces Amass on Gaza Border

Assault on Palestinian territory continues as Netanyahu tells Israelis to expect further action and regional leaders condemn 'viciousness'

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/15

Death and Tragedy in Gaza: A Timeline

How Israel shattered Gaza truce leading to escalating violence

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/15-9

5 Ways the Right-Wing Is Taking Crazy to New Heights

Political madness is on full display, from the halls of power to the legions of frothing conservative foot soldiers.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/5-ways-right-wing-taking-crazy-new-heights

Obama Vows to Take Personal Charge of Climate Change in Second Term

President acknowledges first term made only limited progress on the contentious issue that has lit up since hurricane Sandy.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/obama-vows-take-personal-charge-climate-change-second-term

Look Out Monsanto: Campaigns to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Are Heating Up

Organizers in more than 30 states have begun building labeling campaigns, under the banner of the Coalition of States for Mandatory GMO labeling.

http://www.alternet.org/food/look-out-monsanto-campaigns-label-genetically-engineered-foods-are-heating
No Austerity for the American Empire: Obama Providing Massive Stimulus for His Base-Building Spree

A billion dollars from the federal government--that kind of money could go a long way toward our own infrastructure.

http://www.alternet.org/world/no-austerity-american-empire-obama-providing-massive-stimulus-his-base-building-spree

What does Israel hope to achieve by striking Gaza?

Israel says the goal is not to remove Hamas but to reassert Israel’s “deterrence” capability.

http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2012/11/what-does-israel-hope-achieve-striking-gaza

Doctored (movie trailer)

Who tells the doctor what to say?

The "Fiscal Cliff" Fiction

Netanyahu Speaks On Israeli Morality

 

Rolling Jubilee: Buying Up Distressed Debt, Occupy Offshoot Bails Out the People, Not the Banks

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"Chasing Ice": New Film Captures Melting of the Planet Through the Lens of Photographer James Balog

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Breaking Truce, Israeli Strikes Kill "Moderate" Hamas Military Chief, Palestinian Civilians in Gaza

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Naomi Klein: Sandy’s Devastation Opens Space for Action on Climate Change and Progressive Reform

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