HEADLINES: The 72 Who Rule the World, Human Rights Council Annual Report, Surveillance in Developing Countries, Taxpayers Abandoning the U.S., American Christianity Selfishness, Losers from Lost Wars, Dark Side of Data, more.

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The 72 Who Rule The World

Our annual snapshot of the politicians and financiers, entrepreneurs and CEOs, and billionaire philanthropists who matter most.

http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/

The Time Has Come For $15 Minimum Wage
http://www.countercurrents.org/vorpahl101113.htm

The 10 Giant Corporations That Have Taken Over Much of Our Economy
http://www.alternet.org/10-giant-corporations-have-taken-over-much-our-economy

UN Human Rights Council presents annual report
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/11/un-human-rights-council-presents-annual-report.php

100 Ways To Undermine The Machine
http://www.opednews.com/articles/100-Ways-To-Undermine-The-by-Keith-Farnish-Disruption_The-Machine_Undermining-131113-915.html

Development and humanitarian aid initiatives enable surveillance in developing countries
https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/development-and-humanitarian-aid-initiatives-enable-surveillance-in-developing-countries

More Taxpayers Are Abandoning the U.S.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-taxpayers-abandoning-u-181500097.html

Russell Brand: We Deserve More From Our Democratic System
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36798.htm

The Gospel of Selfishness in American Christianity
http://www.alternet.org/belief/gospel-selfishness-american-christianity

Can you change the world from your living room?http://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/jacob-z-hess-joan-blades/can-you-change-world-from-your-living-room

How Evil Can the CIA and NSA Get? How to Restrain US Intelligence Agencies
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Evil-Can-the-CIA-and-by-Rob-Kall-Assassination_Diane-Feinstein_FOIA_General-Keith-Alexander-131110-138.html

Democracy Trampled as Big Money Overwhelms Grassroots Campaigns
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/06-4

America's Rampage Through the Middle East
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36863.htm

Ever Purchase a Book on Lying? You Might Be on a Govt Watch List
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/14-1

Are Politicians who Cut Food Stamps and Deny Health Access Truly 'Pro-Life'?http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/are-politicians-who-cut-food-stamps-and-deny-health-access-truly-pro-life

6 Things You Buy That Help Support Israeli Brutality
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36791.htm

How the Super-Rich Are Abandoning America

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/04-1

U.S. Is a State Sponsor of Terrorism
http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Is-a-State-Sponsor-of-by-William-Boardman-America_Bombing_Children_Children-131108-967.html

The Great Austerity Shell Game: Here's How the Capitalist Scam Works
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/04-3

George W. Bush to Raise Money for Group That Converts Jews to Bring About Second Coming of Christ
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36790.htm

Silent Soldiers, The Losers From Our Lost Wars
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/07-5

Secret Persuasion: How Big Campaign Donors Stay Anonymous
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/06/243022966/secret-persuasion-how-big-campaign-donors-stay-anonymous

Top 10 Survival Tips Every Hiker Should Know
http://news.discovery.com/adventure/survival/top-10-survival-tips-every-hiker-should-know-131107.htm#mkcpgn=emnws1

The dark side of data (11 talks)

Data can be used for good, harnessed for the betterment of society, but it can also be abused. Find out about some hidden not-so-sunny uses of Big Data.

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  Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching

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  Mikko Hypponen: How the NSA betrayed the world's trust -- time to act

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  Heather Brooke: My battle to expose government corruption

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  Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

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  Alessandro Acquisti: Why privacy matters

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  Hasan Elahi: FBI, here I am!

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  Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack

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  Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world

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  Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked

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  Todd Humphreys: How to fool a GPS

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  Christopher "moot" Poole": The case for anonymity online

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 http://www.ted.com/playlists/130/the_dark_side_of_data.html

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Nowhere to Hide: The Government's Massive Intrusion Into Our Lives
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/nowhere-hide-governments-massive-intrusion-our-lives

NSA leaker Eric Snowden nominated for EU prize
http://www.mynews4.com/news/story/NSA-leaker-Eric-Snowden-nominated-for-EU-prize/7d1QywXWj0ivY28pbfKvxQ.cspx

Israel's History Of Chemical Weapons Use

http://www.countercurrents.org/akleh170913.htm

Fractured DHS congressional oversight has real world consequences, says report
http://www.fiercehomelandsecurity.com/story/fractured-dhs-congressional-oversight-has-real-world-consequences-says-repo/2013-09-16?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

'Unleashed and Unaccountable': FBI's Post-9/11 Abuse of Power
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/17-7

For-Profit Corporation Is Not A Person With Ability To Exercise Religious Freedom Rights, Federal Court Says
https://www.au.org/media/press-releases/for-profit-corporation-is-not-a-person-with-ability-to-exercise-religious

Median Family Income Is Lower Today Than in 1989
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/09/18/median_family_income_since_1989_is_the_stagnation_real.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

Why American Exceptionalism Is a Dangerous Sham
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/why-american-exceptionalism-dangerous-sham

The Perfect Alternative to Wall Street Banks
http://admin.alternet.org/economy/perfect-alternative-wall-street-banks

We Live Under a Total Surveillance State in America -- Can We Prevent It from Evolving into a Full-Blown Police State?
http://admin.alternet.org/activism/we-live-under-total-surveillance-state-america-can-we-prevent-it-evolving-full-blown-police

Christian Right v Godless Liberalism: Why Do Christians Attack Godless Liberals?

http://atheism.about.com/od/godlessamericaamericans/p/GodlessRight.htm?nl=1

US House passes federal funding bill proposing to defund Affordable Care Act
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/09/us-house-passes-federal-funding-bill-proposing-to-defund-affordable-care-act.php

How For-Profit Colleges Stay In Business Despite Terrible Track Record

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/for-profit-college-accreditation_n_3937079.html

The Proxy 'Civil War' In Syria Is About Gas, Oil And Pipelines
http://www.countercurrents.org/venturini240913.pdf

Will Obama the Bomber protect Israel’s WMD?
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/will-obama-the-bomber-protect-israels-wmd/

10 Ways Religious Groups Suck on the Public Purse

http://www.alternet.org/belief/holy-freeloading-10-ways-religious-groups-suck-public-purse

DOJ Puts Another Leaker In Jail: The War On Whistleblowers Rolls On
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130923/16454624627/doj-puts-another-leaker-jail-war-whistleblowers-rolls.shtml

Israel’s killing of five young Palestinians exposes "peace" talks as charade
http://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-killing-five-young-palestinians-exposes-peace-talks-charade/12797

Clicking ‘like’ is protected by First Amendment, 4th Circuit says
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/clicking_like_is_protected_by_first_amendment_in_case_of_sheriffs_employee_/

NSA Stories Around The World
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36322.htm

NSA Apologist Says The NSA's Actions Are Fine Because 'Privacy Is Dead'
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130916/17520324540/nsa-apologist-says-nsas-actions-are-fine-because-privacy-is-dead.shtml

World Citizen Asks United Nations to Disarm America: “The World Cannot Stand Idly By”
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/world-citizen-asks-united-nations-to-disarm-america-the-world-cannot-stand-idly-by_092013

Atheism will be ‘the new gay marriage’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/24/bill-maher-atheism-will-be-the-new-gay-marriage/

Zionist Apartheid: A Crime Against Humanity
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36331.htm

The NSA Isn’t the Only Government Agency Destroying Your Right to Privacy
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/nsa-government-right-to-privacy

Michael Mann: Global Warming: An Uncontrolled Experiment

In recognition of climate week, Thom talks with renowned climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann about the dangers of global warming. Dr. Mann in concerned we may be running out of time to rein in global temperatures.

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America's Surveillance Net

There is a revolution afoot—one that is being carried out by the government against the fundamental law of the land.
http://www.thenation.com/article/174889/americas-surveillance-net#

Hands off Edward Snowden!
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/09/pers-j09.html

How We Ignore Poverty and Blame Poor Peoplehttp://everydayfeminism.com/2013/07/how-we-ignore-poverty-and-blame-poor-people/?upw

DRONES: WHY YOU SHOULD FEAR THEM
http://www.trutv.com/conspiracy/government/drone-strikes-america-obama-terrorism-innocent-wedding-civilians/photos.html


Shocker: Only 1% of So Called Terrorists Nabbed by the FBI Were Real

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/fbis-terror-scam

A new blow to Native sovereignty

http://socialistworker.org/2013/07/09/new-blow-to-native-sovereignty

Call to Action: We Indict the US Government for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35485.htm

The infrastructure of a police state emerges in Europe
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/10/pers-j10.html

How cryptography is a key weapon in the fight against empire stateshttp://www.opednews.com/articles/How-cryptography-is-a-key-by-Julian-Assange-130709-681.html

Whistleblowers are heroes: The story everyone should hear
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/good-guys-1/whistleblowers-are-heroes.html

Rights group challenges NSA surveillance in Supreme Court
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/rights-group-challenges-nsa-surveillance-in-supreme-court.php

11 Shocking Things Snowden Has Taught Us (So Far)http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/11-disturbing-things-snowden-has-taught-us-so-far

DOJ Says Public Has No Right To Know About The Secret Laws The Feds Use To Spy On Us
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130708/01055723732/doj-says-public-has-no-right-to-know-about-secret-laws-feds-use-to-spy-us.shtml

Weaponized Drones Coming to America?
http://www.alternet.org/weaponized-drones-coming-america

In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/in-secret-court-vastly-broadens-powers-of-nsa.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

4 Shocking Facts About Corporate Tax Dodging
http://www.alternet.org/4-shocking-facts-about-corporate-tax-dodging

10 Most Shocking Things the FBI Has Done Since 9/11
http://www.alternet.org/10-most-shocking-things-fbi-has-done-911

DATA, SECRETS, AND THE SURVEILLANCE STATE
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/07/nsa-snowden-poitras-appelbaum-moma-ps1-panel.html

Bounty Hunters Search for Tony Blair After Latest Sightings of UK's Most Wanted War Criminal
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35494.htm

Federal judge allows NSA surveillance suit to continue
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/federal-judge-allows-nsa-surveillance-suit-to-continue.php

Do We Need Religion?: Part II

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Do-We-Need-Religion--Part-by-Robert-De-Filippis-130708-66.html

U.S. Allies Violate Int. Law Pursuing Snowden
Forced landing of Bolivia president's plane and other tactics show that Snowden needs to speak directly to the public to get political asylum

NSA Recruiters Get Smacked Down By University Of Wisconsin Students

Edward Snowden: 'The US government will say I aided our enemies' – video interview

@dustcirclenews - 11 Free DOCUMENTARIES: Crash Course in Ecology, Solar Mamas, Unending War, Deconversion, Bipolar Living, DPRK, The Phase, Crossroads, Land Rush, Permaculture Design Introduction, American Juggalo

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Crash Course: Ecology
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than they are in another. How is that in any way useful to anyone ever?

Solar Mamas
An inspiring film about one woman’s attempt to light up her world. Rafea is an uneducated Bedouin mother from the Jordanian desert.

The Unending War
The US invasions and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan after the September 11th incidents, under the name of war against terrorism, were the most costly wars in the history of the US which took a heavy tool of human lives and properties for the US, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Deconversion, Belief, and the Power of Silence
The author’s hope in making this documentary is that he can be, for one person, the person he never had in his life through the years of losing everything he believed in. It is OK to not be a Christian.

Up/Down: Bipolar Living
In short, Up/Down is a personal analysis of bipolar disorder from those living with it. Bipolar disorder is just one of many mental illnesses that is still highly stigmatized in our culture today, and Up/Down could certainly be instrumental in changing that fact.

DPRK: The Land of Whispers

North Korea lies somewhere between a 1930′s Soviet Union frozen in time and a dark, futuristic vision of society… as imagined back in the 70′s. Land of Whispers invites you to visit arguably the most unique and isolated travel destination in the world – not to criticize, but to observe and listen.

The Phase
It’s an astounding coincidence: in the absolute majority of accounts of the supernatural, be they biblical miracles, UFOs or paranormal phenomena, the protagonist had been falling asleep or waking up at the crucial moment.

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview
Humanity has reached a crossroad. Our species, the species of human beings is coming to a place where we are deciding about ourselves. We are making a huge decision about “Who are we?” and “Who do we really choose to be?”

Land Rush
In 2008, the world’s food system began to fall apart. However, threatened with hunger, rich countries have started buying up and leasing fertile tracts of the developing world.

Introduction to Permaculture Design

Permaculture is a system for sustainable living on Earth that benefits all creatures and supplies all the needs of humanity. Present systems are failing miserably: resource depletion, water storage, degraded landscape, food shortage, climate change.

American Juggalo
American Juggalo is a look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans who meet once a year for four days at The Gathering of the Juggalos.

21.Dec.2012 - Gun Violence, Secret Detentions, Violations of Minorities, Global Religious Landscape, NYSE Being Bought, Vaccine Fraud, Gun Sales Spike, Israel Lobby, US Drone Strikes, Ecosystems in Upheaval, Gun Trade Profit, Targeting of Journalists, more

President Obama establishes plan to curb gun violence
In a Dec. 19 press conference, the president announced a federal task force, headed by Vice President Joe Biden, in response to the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary and said Congress should vote on measures banning the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as passing a measure to require background checks for any gun sale. 

http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/president-obama-establishes-plan-curb-gun-violence/2012-12-19

Call To Release Report On CIA’s Secret Detention And Interrogation
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc201212A.htm

Human Rights Violations Of Minorities: Effects And Repercussions
Human rights is a concept which is founded on the democratic norms. Last many decades, after the coming into being of United Nations in particular, the concept of human rights has been picking up in a strong way. The global community through UN has tried to evolve the norms for these rights for all the people of the world.
http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani201212.htm

The Global Religious Landscape
A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Major Religious Groups as of 2010http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape-exec.aspx

NYSE Being Bought For $8.2B By Atlanta-Based IntercontinentalExchange
In matching press releases, they say the sale "combines two leading exchange groups to create a premier global exchange operator diversified across markets including agricultural and energy commodities, credit derivatives, equities and equity derivatives, foreign exchange and interest rates."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/20/167694219/nyse-being-bought-for-8-2b-by-atlanta-based-intercontinentalexchange 

The Great Vaccine Fraud

Gun Sales Spike After Newtown Tragedy

The Paranoid Style of the Israel Lobby
The anti-Hagel campaign reveals the psychopathology of radical Zionism
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/12/18/the-paranoid-style-of-the-israel-lobby/

Obama Versus the Israel Lobby?

Jim Lobe reports that senior White House officials have leaked information that Chuck Hagel “was likely” to be the Obama Administration’s nominee for Secretary of Defense when Leon Panetta leaves. What’s not surprising is that the neocons have gone into full-on attack mode, including charges of anti-Semitism. Writing in the Wall StreetJournal, Bret Stephens complains because Hagel once said “the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people [in Congress].”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33390.htm

What If All the World’s Debt Just Went Away

How would the world be different?  What would become possible for you personally in your life?  How would nations and corporations invest our newfound wealth differently if we all started from a clean slate?  Problems like global warming and extreme poverty would instantly become financial drops in the bucket—easily tackled with fair contracts and forward-looking investments.  The structural debts of entrenched subsidies, invested capital, tax havens, and trade agreements that keep them from being addressed would simply no longer exist.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/20-1

US Drone Strike Has Revealed A Disturbing Trend

Known as the "double tap," the tactic involves bombing a target multiple times in relatively quick succession, meaning that the second strike often hits first responders. 

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33394.htm

Fight for GMO Labeling Goes On in New Mexico

The fight for mandatory labeling of GMO's in California may have suffered a difficult blow in California this November, but the fight goes on across the country, particularly this week in New Mexico, where one senator just filed an amendment that would require the labeling of all genetically engineered food and feed in the state.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/20-2

Report: Ecosystems in Upheaval, Biodiversity in Collapse

The report (pdf), led by the US Geological Survey, the National Wildlife Federation and Arizona State University, foresees a global loss of biodiversity and major shifts in ecosystems.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/20

Sen. Bernie Sanders: 'Mr. President, I am Disappointed'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gave a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday slamming President Obama for going back on repeated assurances that Social Security would not be part of deficit reduction talks.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/20-3

Who's really profiting from America's gun trade?

Israeli 'Surgical Targeting' of Journalists, Civilians a War Crime: Report

Israeli bombings of media outlets during the recent eight day siege on Gaza broke several international "laws of war," including the targeting of civilians, Human Rights Watch reports Thursday.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/20-0

To Turn the Tide Against the NRA, Leadership Needed at the Top

You know you are not going to be seeing the brightest bulbs on TV defending America's loose gun laws the weekend after the mass slaughter of children. Even the NRA had gone dark, taking down its Facebook and Twitter accounts and refusing to respond to reporters.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/20-7

Water Is Invaluable

A range of private players in the water arena, including water service companies like American Water, are part of a relatively new corporate effort to coordinate public outreach about the “Value of Water.”

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/20-5

How Congress Blocked Research on Gun Violence

The ugly campaign by the NRA to shut down studies at the CDC.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/12/gun_violence_research_nra_and_congress_blocked_gun_control_studies_at_cdc.html

Confessions of an economic hit woman

The latest in a long line of economic hit men—and women—is Condoleeza Rice [ht: sm]:
http://anticap.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/confessions-of-an-economic-hit-woman/

The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Bribe Its Way Through Expansion in Mexico

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Domestic Abuse Survivor Goldie Taylor on Giving Up Her Gun & the Unseen Plague of National Violence

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