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Monday, February 25

25.Feb.2013 - VIDEOS: School Crime, War on Kids, We the People Amendment, Against Iraq War, Anti-Israel Storm, Climate Reality, Tar Sands Blockade, Guantanamo Torture, US Worst Place to Live, more.

The real public school crime wave
Principals, administrators, board members

The UN tells Haiti: "Tough luck"


The Purpose Of Schooling
To dumb down the population



The War on Kids
It's even worse than you think



We The People Amendment Introduced In Congress



Michael Moore On Speaking Out Against Iraq War



What will power our world in the future?



George Galloway in Anti-Israel "Storm"


Forward on Climate Rally



Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade



Torture at Guantánamo: Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner



"The Terror Courts": An Inside Look at Rough Justice, Torture at Guantánamo Bay



US Worst Place To Live?


Wednesday, December 19

18.Dec.2012 - Israeli Apartheid, American Killing Machine, Pro-Capitalist Extremists, 4600 Palestinians Imprisoned by Israel, NYPD for Hire, 2012 Crime Report, Permanent War, Class Struggle Unionism, 7 Crazy U.S. Gun Laws, Press Foundation Fund, Gaza Occupied

Palestine's "Land Day" and "Israel Apartheid Week"
Israel and its apologists react in fury when anyone likens the oppression of Palestinians to South Africa’s white supremacist system of apartheid toward blacks, but the comparison is growing harder and harder to dispute, a disturbing reality.

The Great American Killing Machine
First class brainwashing (Go to 7:20)


Pro-Capitalist, Anti-Government Extremists

A new breed of investment consultant mixes dubious financial advice with anti-government propaganda.

4600 Palestinians, Including 182 Children, Imprisoned By Israel

Former Political Prisoner, Palestinian Researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel is currently holding captive 4600 Palestinians, including 182 children and 11 women, in addition to 1200 detainees who are ill, including 20 who are continuously held at prison clinic.

NYPD for Hire
Portrait, author and activist Naomi Wolf, 10/19/11. (photo: Guardian UK)I was surprised two weeks ago to walk into my local TD Bank, on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, New York to find that the security officer who was usually standing by, on alert, had been replaced by a uniformed, armed, radio-carrying New York Police Department officer, Officer Battle. I confirmed from him that he was, in fact, an NYPD officer - and was working part-time for TD bank.

Israel presses on with plans for 6,000 new settler homes

Israeli officials said they would press on with plans this week to build 6,000 homes for settlers on Palestinian land, defying criticism from Western powers who fear the move will hit already faint hopes for a peace accord.

The Crime Report lists "Ten Most Significant Criminal Justice Stories of 2012"


Permanent war: Chomsky on torture and US empire



The return of class struggle unionism
Two faces of the U.S. labor movement were on display in 2012. On the one hand, teachers in Chicago showed unionists everywhere that the strike weapon could succeed in turning back the employers' attacks, and workers at Wal-Mart took a stand for dignity at the world's largest private employer. On the other, organized labor endured historic defeats with the passage of anti-union "right-to-work" legislation in Indiana and Michigan--with labor failing to mobilize more than token opposition, even in Michigan, its one-time greatest stronghold.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/12/18/class-struggle-unionism-returns

7 Craziest Gun Laws in America

Guns in daycare, churches and even gun free zones?

Freedom Of The Press Foundation Sets Up Shop To Help Fund Journalism Disruptors Like Wikileaks

An absolutely awesome group of folks have set up a project called the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which is raising money to donate to various online projects that (you guessed it) help create a more free and open press. 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121217/01214521401/freedom-press-foundation-sets-up-shop-to-help-fund-journalism-disruptors-like-wikileaks.shtml

Gaza Is No Longer Occupied. Really?


Working hard and still hungry
Elizabeth Schulte reports on Republican attempts to put food stamps on the chopping block.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/12/18/working-hard-and-still-hungry

Obama Vows Action: We Can't Tolerate This Anymore


Obama Hypocrisy: Outrage Over Children Killed

What it means when you disarm law abiding people

Big Banks, Big Criminals?



"Americans Kill People": Michael Moore on Newtown, Mass Shootings, and the U.S. Culture of Violence

Wednesday, December 5

05.Dec.2012 - Demilitarize the C.I.A., Ashley Judd for Senate, T.S.A. Skips Termination Hearing, Americans Abandoned, Best Response to Disaster, Rise of Skynet, Cops Need Text Logs, Prison Slavery Business, UN Calls for Israel to Disclose Nuclear Arsenal, How Racism Lives On, Whistle-blower Treatment by US, Gaza Thwarts Israeli Propaganda, Citizen Reporting, more.


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New York Times
Demilitarize the C.I.A.
Although the departure of General Petraeus is a significant loss for the intelligence community, it is also an opportunity to better balance intelligence support for military and diplomatic operations.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/03/a-new-director-or-a-new-direction-for-the-cia/demilitarize-the-cia


Bradley Manning: it’s make-or-break time




Ashley Judd for Senate: Could she win? 




T.S.A. Skips a Hearing on Terminating the T.S.A.

The director of the Transportation Security Administration, John S. Pistole, had declined to testify before this particular subcommittee on two previous occasions, despite angry criticism from some members who are longtime agency critics.


Americans abandoned
No power, no heat, no food, destroyed homes


The best response to disaster: Go on the offensive

We’re usually inclined to fight power when it is being carried out, but that’s often too late to stop it. Similarly, we’re inclined to fight power where it is most felt — in our communities, in the poor neighborhoods and communities of color around the city, in the ghettos that separate the many from the few who profit from their exploitation. That, too, is a mistake, because the powerful make decisions far, far away from there.


Israel Asked Jordan’s Approval To Strike Alleged Syrian WMD Facilities

The issue was revealed in a report by Jeffery Goldberg of The Atlantic, who also reported that Jordan has, so far, rejected any Israeli request to strike Syria.



Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans’ text messages

State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years -- in case they're needed for future criminal investigations.

The prison biz: The new slavery


UN Resolution Calls for Israel to Disclose Nuclear Arsenal

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to approve a resolution calling on Israel to open up its nuclear weapons program to international inspectors and to end its refusal to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treary, or NPT.


Is Popular Religion Derived from Egotism?

Walter Lippman on Scientific vs. Religious Attitudes Towards the Universe



Street Artist Charged with 56 Counts for Punking NYPD with Drone Poster



How racism lives on in a "color-blind" society
How does racism operate in a supposedly "post-racial" society? Where does institutionalized discrimination against African Americans and other people of color fit into the other structures of capitalism? Brian Jones, a teacher, actor and activist in New York City, provided answers in a talk given at a conference for socialists and activists held in early November.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/12/04/racism-in-a-color-blind-society

How does the US treat its whistleblowers?

A NEW WHISTLEBLOWER LAW


Play
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http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/nov/30/new-whistleblower-law/

5 Reasons to Be Terrified That Computers Can Now Read Faces

http://www.cracked.com/article_20135_5-reasons-to-be-terrified-that-computers-can-now-read-faces.html#ixzz2E701lsSG


Terrorist Attacks More Than Quadrupled In Decade Since Sept. 11, 2001, Study Finds

The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected.

Gaza thwarts Israeli propaganda with Twitter

Youths spray-paint Twitter hashtags on a wallSpirits were high in Gaza City’s Shalehat resort the Saturday afternoon after a ceasefire ended eight days of escalated Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Eighty activists had gathered to discuss their use of social media during the aggression and plan their next steps.

Could Citizen Reporting Be the Sweet Spot for Local Engagement?

Mainstream news organizations have had mixed results with citizen news reporting. While crowd-sourcing efforts such as CNN'iReport and Help Me Investigate have yielded valuable information, many other efforts have foundered, often on journalists' expectation that citizen-created news must look like what the professionals produce to have value.

FASCIST THEOCRACY: 
FRANK ZAPPA ON CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM, THE GOP AND TEE-VEE EVANGELISTS, 1988

NASA Voyager 1 Hits New Region At Solar System’s End

We knew this day would come: NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, today still traveling away from Earth at a rate of 35,700 miles-per-hour, has entered into a new region of space at the end of the solar system, NASA announced on Monday.

What the American Media Won't Tell You About Israel
Portrait, Noam Chomsky, 06/15/09. (photo: Sam Lahoz)

n old man in Gaza held a placard that read: "You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all, but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back."


Walmart's Exploitation Is Nothing New, So What Made Workers Finally Fight Back?

The nation's largest employer has long been the Holy Grail for labor organizers, seemingly impossible to organize -- until now.

Occupy Cooks for Sandy Victims

FEMA Abandons the ROCKAWAYS

Bill Maher: Michael Moore Vs David Frum

Social media analyst: Internet censorship grave concern


The ITU could put the Internet behind closed doors.




In Doha, Lead U.S. Negotiator Plays Down Expectations of Climate Action in Obama’s Second Term



Former Irish President Mary Robinson: Climate Change the Biggest Human Rights Issue of Our Time



Study: Wealthy Nations’ Fossil Fuel Subsidies 5 Times Greater Than Climate Aid to Countries in Need



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Saturday, November 3

03.Nov.2012 - Avoiding Disaster Capitalism, Dark Money Rises, Worst Civil Liberties President, Right to Own, Warrantless Wiretapping Allowed, NSA Claims 'Privilege,' Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson, Debt Collectors to be Policed, Creationism Pushed in Public Schools, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Mormons Elusive About Teachings, Profile of a Police State, Vote for Prop. 37, Syrian War Puppets, GMOs Poison Farmers, Romney Speech Interrupted, Stupid Ohio Voters, Climate Change Debate, Bloomberg Endorses Obama

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How Hurricane Sandy Will Impact the Election

Thanks to a wave of new voting restrictions passed by Republicans, the 2012 election was already shaping up to be pretty chaotic before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which left 8.2 million households without power in 15 states and the District of Columbia.

Avoiding Post-Sandy Disaster Capitalism: On Rebuilding the Right Way

All around America, we've watched the devastation of Hurricane Sandy with a sense of shock and heartbreak. For millions of people who suffered from the storm, some of the hardest questions seem to be about the simplest things. When will the power be back? How do I get to work? When will I be able to send my kids to school?

Dark Money Rises

About a week before election day, a young girl, maybe 10 years old, confronted Colorado House candidate Sal Pace in a pew at his Pueblo church. "She said, 'Is it true that you want to cut my grandmother's Medicare?'" Pace remembers.

The Universe Unraveling
The Southeast Asian country of Laos in the late 1950s and early 60s was a complex and confusing patchwork of civil conflicts, changes of government and switching loyalties. The CIA and the State Department alone could take credit for engineering coups at least once in each of the years 1958, 1959 and 1960. 
Barack Obama and George Bush at the White House
Who is the worst civil liberties president in US history?
Where do the abuses of the last decade from Bush and Obama rank when compared to prior assaults in the name of war?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/02/obama-civil-liberties-history

Defense attorneys ask Panetta to televise 9/11 trial from Guantánamo

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/01/3078362/guantanamo-defense-attorneys-ask.html#storylink=cpy
Lawyers for the five alleged Sept. 11 conspirators wrote Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Thursday, asking him to order the Pentagon to offer national TV broadcasts of their death-penalty tribunals at Guantánamo.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/01/3078362/guantanamo-defense-attorneys-ask.html#storylink=cpy
Lawyers for the five alleged Sept. 11 conspirators wrote Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Thursday, asking him to order the Pentagon to offer national TV broadcasts of their death-penalty tribunals at Guantánamo.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/01/3078362/guantanamo-defense-attorneys-ask.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/01/3078362/guantanamo-defense-attorneys-ask.html


EFF Demands Answers About Predator Drone Flights in the U.S.
Government Shares Drones with Law Enforcement Agencies Across the Country
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-demands-answers-about-predator-drone-flights-us

Your Right to Own, Under Threat
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today in a case called Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, and their final decision could help shape the future of "first sale," a legal doctrine that underpins the right to sell, lend, or give away the things you buy, even if those things contain copyrighted elements.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/your-right-own-under-threat

How the FISA Amendments Act Allows for Warrantless Wiretapping, As Described By Supreme Court Justices
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Clapper v. Amnesty, an important case that will decide if the ACLU’s challenge to the FISA Amendments Act—the law passed in the wake of the NSA warrantless wiretapping scandal—can go forward. The Court will essentially determine whether any court, short of a government admission, can rule on whether the NSA’s targeted warrantless surveillance of Americans' international communications violates the Constitution.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/how-fisa-amendments-act-allows-warrantless-wiretapping-described-supreme-court

NSA claims 'privilege' 62 times in 1 court document to EFF!
Giant gavel of justice, Supreme Court to decide on NSAAs the old adage goes, trust is earned. It’s not a privilege freely given. The EFF has been battling Jewel v. NSA since 2008 over the mass-slurping up of emails, calls and other electronic communications. When “trust” is used in same sentence as the NSA regarding its Terrorist Surveillance Program, especially when applied to warrantless ‘dragnet’ surveillance of innocent Americans, some brains might not compute and stumble over such a combination. Sadly, it’s no surprise the agency once again claimed that supplying evidence would compromise national security and wanted the case dismissed.

Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Have Their Say

This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: There’s an election Tuesday, and we invite the two main alternative candidates to make a case for why we should take a chance on them in an election that is already too close to call. Also: Mo Rocca and Robert Scheer.
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/jill_stein_and_rocky_anderson_have_their_say_20121102/

Three Reasons Progressives Should Care About the Courts 

Like Hamlet on the battlements, the progressive left is haunted by a question: to vote for Barack Obama with all his faults or, by boycotting the elections or casting ballots for a third party, risk the inauguration of Mitt Romney? To some on the left, disaffected by Obama’s statist posture on national security, his kowtowing to Wall Street and timidity on climate change, there is no appreciable difference between the two major candidates. So why not stay true to genuine progressive values and turn away from Obama, even in the swing states?

UAW Files Charges Against Romney for Auto Bail-Out Profiteering
Mitt Romney addresses supporters during a campaign rally, 04/24/12. (photo: Getty Images)At a press conference in Toledo, Bob King, President of the United Automobile Workers, will announce that his union and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) have filed a formal complaint with the US Office of Government Ethics in Washington stating that Gov. Romney improperly hid a profit of $15.3 million to $115.0 million in Ann Romney's so-called "blind" trust.

Debt Collectors Will be Policed by the Feds
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a new rule that will allow the federal agency to oversee and regulate the largest debt collection agencies.
Now those who hound you over unpaid debts will be hounded themselves by the feds.

At The Ohio Supreme Court, A Teacher Claims An "Academic Freedom" Right to Push Creationism in Public School
The investigation revealed that Freshwater had put religious posters in his classroom, asked students questions about their religious beliefs and the depth of their commitment and even offered “healing” services at meetings of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He had also distributed “work sheets” to students that undermined evolution (but, interestingly, hadn’t let students take the materials home where parents might see them).

5 Delusional Right-Wingers Certain That Mitt Romney's Headed for a Landslide Win

Mitt Romney can win, but he has an uphill battle. That's not the way these folks see it.

Republicans Try to Hide Study That Shows Tax Cuts for the Rich Spur Inequality
How Republicans in Congress almost killed a non-partisan study refuting GOP talking points.

"Please Don't Leave Us!" NYers Desperate for Help -- Latest Sandy Updates, What You Can Do

Staten Island, Breezy Point, Red Hook and Long Beach are in danger of a real a disaster.

Why are Mormons Vague or Elusive About Controversial Mormon Teachings?

Why don't Mormons talk more about some of their more controversial beliefs? Why aren't Mormons more up-front about some of the more controversial doctrines of the LDS Church? The answer is simple: they are taught to be circumspect about many Mormon teachings and to avoid getting into too much detail with outsiders — especially prospective converts

American Religion. The Faith of Politics.
Those of you who read my posts on a regular basis are familiar with a recurring theme: Politics is the American religion. To be honest I had been using it as a semi-derogatory short hand, a way to encapsulate the inability of most people to even contemplate alternatives to the corrupt system we currently have. My consistent stance has been that the never ending debate about which candidate or party is superior does nothing to address the larger question of the system itself, which is only perpetuated every four years, with minor differences in action and policy.

Profile of a Police State
Homeland repression is policy. Police state laws target resisters. Elections are farcical, rigged, and illegitimate. People have no say. Corporate controlled electronic voting machines decide for them. 

Will Monsanto Rule Our Lives? Vote for Prop. 37
Vandana Shiva on Prop 37, GMOs and food sovereignty. (photo: uprisingradio.org)
 new poll conducted by the University of Southern California and the LA Times has found that Proposition 37, the GMO labeling initiative has slipped a whopping 17 points since the last poll in September. The proposition continues to lead but only by 2 percentage points with less than a week before the election. Thirteen percent of likely voters are still undecided on whether to require mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms in foods.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/14313-will-monsanto-rule-our-lives-vote-for-prop-37


Superstorm Puts Politics In Perspective
Flooded subways. Over eight million people without power. Around 80 dead in North America – plus another 70 or so in the Caribbean. Fifteen thousand flights cancelled. Atlantic City’s famed Boardwalk washed away. Grand Central Station echoing empty.

Washington Seeks New Syrian Puppets In War For Regime-Change
Speaking in Zagreb, Croatia on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that Washington is reorganizing the front representing the so-called “rebels” in Syria. The shakeup, which includes the withdrawal of US support from the Syrian National Council, is evidently part of the preparations for a more direct US intervention once next Tuesday’s presidential election is over.

Growing popular anger as Hurricane Sandy death toll rises to 90

There is growing popular anger in New York, New Jersey and throughout the US Northeast, amidst widespread power outages and gasoline shortages in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The US death toll rose Thursday to at least 90 people in the US and two in Canada. The storm earlier claimed at least 67 lives in the Caribbean.

A convenient "tie"

A tie that isn't quite what it seems, and a US election sideshow: pundit gut v nerd calculator. 

Free Syrian Army Kills Prisoners
(WARNING: Graphic Violence)




How GMOs poison farmers in the developing world


A visit to "Murder City"
Brought to you by the Drug Wars



Watch Mitt Romney Explain How Jesus Will Reign for 1,000 Years When He Returns, in Jerusalem... and Missouri



Climate Protester Interrupts Romney Sandy Speech



The Stupidity Of Romney Voters In Ohio – Exposed




The Presidential Debate We Never Had: Climate Change



Michael Moore, Please Drop Your Support For Obama



Flooded by Sandy, Residents of Brooklyn Community Red Hook Organize Local Effort for Urgent Relief



"It’s Global Warming, Stupid": As Bloomberg Backs Obama, News Media Ends Silence on Climate Change



Bloomberg Endorses Obama for White House Despite Misgivings About President’s Effort on Gun Control



Residents of NYC’s Chinatown Turn to Community Group for Relief as Elderly, Immigrants Isolated by Storm

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