@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: $22 Minimum Wage, Iraq Debacle, Peace to Palestine, Dissent in Theory, NATO Cyber Warfare, Banking System, US Invasion a Crime, Warrantless GPS, Pentagon Drone Program, Israel a Racist State, Religion Destroying the World, Capitalism's Moral Blinders, 2.8 Billion People Face Water Shortage, more.

Elizabeth Warren: Fair Minimum Wage Would Be $22 An Hour
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/money/jobs-and-careers/elizabeth-warren-fair-minimum-wage-would-be-22-hour

1 Million Civilians Dead, 37,000 American Soldiers Dead or Injured -- And We've Learned Nothing from Iraq Debacle
http://www.alternet.org/1-million-civilians-dead-37000-american-soldiers-dead-or-injured-and-weve-learned-nothing-iraq

Obama won’t bring peace to Palestine
http://electronicintifada.net/content/obama-wont-bring-peace-palestine/12292

Dissent in Theory and Practice: Mass Democracy Works Against Dissent, Individuals
http://atheism.about.com/od/godlessliberals/a/FearConform.htm?nl=1

NATO Rules For Cyber Warfare Names Civilian Hacktivists “Legitimate Targets”
http://occupycorporatism.com/nato-rules-for-cyber-warfare-names-civilian-hacktivists-legitimate-targets/

Why The Banking System Would Make Lenin Proud
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/03/why-banking-system-would-make-lenin.html

The US Invasion of Iraq Was a Crime and Its Perpetrators Are Murderers
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/19-10

Obama administration believes no warrant is needed for authorities to use GPS tracking on vehicles
http://www.slashgear.com/obama-administration-believes-no-warrant-is-needed-for-authorities-to-use-gps-tracking-on-vehicles-19274560/

CIA Must Hand Over Drone Program to Pentagon: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
http://www.heavy.com/tech/2013/03/cia-drone-pentagon-dod-obama/

The laws that enshrine Israel as a racist state
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/the-laws-that-enshrine-israel-as-a-racist-state/

10 Years Later And I'm Still Protesting War
http://www.opednews.com/articles/10-Years-Later-And-I-m-Sti-by-Ann-Wright-130319-419.html

'Simply Unacceptable': US Gets D+ for Infrastructure
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/19-4

Guerrilla research exposes sponsors of Israeli apartheid
http://electronicintifada.net/content/guerrilla-research-exposes-sponsors-israeli-apartheid/12291

Religion- Helping the World or Destroying It?

http://new.exchristian.net/2013/03/religion-helping-world-or-destroying-it.html

The people who need to wake up the most in the US
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-people-who-need-to-wak-by-Rob-Kall-130321-507.html

'Forever'? Palestinians Decry 'Endless' US Support of Israel
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/20-3

Combating US Capitalism's Moral Blinders
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/20

Some Extremely Effective Grassroots Protest Methods and Exactly Why They Work
http://freethoughtblogs.com/crommunist/2013/03/20/some-extremely-effective-grassroots-protest-methods-exactly-why-they-work/

10th Anniversary Of US Iraq Invasion: 2.7 Million Iraqi Deaths
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya200313.htm

2.8 Billion People Face Water Shortage

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc200313A.htm

Sexual Violence Victims Say Military Justice System Is 'Broken'
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/21/174840895/sexual-violence-victims-say-military-justice-system-is-broken?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20130321

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@dustcirclenews HEADLINES: Obama's Presidential Failure, CYBERCOM vs. Hacktivists, Internet Cold War, CISPA, Defiled Constitution, NatSec Letters Unconstitutional, CIA Drone Secrecy, Immigration Settlement, Problems with SORNA, Catholic Church Riches, America's Financial Nazism, Orwellian America, Monsanto, America is Losing Religion, more.

The Failure of Barack Obama's Presidency

http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Bush-and-Obama-Got-the-by-Eric-Zuesse-130314-460.html

New CYBERCOM to Wage War on Hacktivists With Offensive Ops and Surveillance
http://occupycorporatism.com/new-cybercom-to-wage-war-on-hacktivists-with-offensive-ops-surveillance/

Are We Ready for an Internet Cold War?
http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/are-we-ready-for-an-internet-cold-war

Why CISPA Could Actually Lead To More Hacking Attacks
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/08093422297/why-cispa-could-actually-lead-to-more-hacking-attacks.shtml

6 Ways The US Supreme Court Has Defiled Our Constitution
http://www.countercurrents.org/corseri130313.htm

Praising the Troops for Defending Our “Rights” and “Freedoms”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34306.htm?utm_source=ICH%3A+Obama+to+Israel%3A+%60We+Got+Your+Back%27&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

Court Says National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Bans Them
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/14254522342/shocker-court-says-national-security-letters-are-unconstitutional-bans-them.shtml

Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Forcing Public Schools To Give Students Open Forum To Push Religious Views On Others
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/15/mississippi-governor-signs-bill-forcing-public-schools-to-give-students-open-forum-to-push-religious-views-on-others/

Court deals blow to CIA drone secrecy
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/court-deal-blow-to-cia-drone-secrecy-88918.html?hp=l1

Do countries lose religion as they gain wealth?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/05/f-religion-economic-growth.html

Judge Approves Landmark Settlement in Immigration Policy Case
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/15-2

Third Circuit panel discusses at length all the problems with SORNA
http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2013/03/third-circuit-panel-discusses-at-length-all-the-problems-with-sorna.html

How Rich Is the Catholic Church?
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/03/catholic_church_and_pope_francis_religious_institutions_are_exempted_from.html?wpisrc=newsletter_tis

Nowhere to Run or Hide from America’s 'Financial Nazism'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34324.htm?utm_source=ICH%3A+Paul+Craig+Roberts%3A+When+Truth+Is+Suppressed+Countries+Die&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

An Orwellian America
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34321.htm?utm_source=ICH%3A+Paul+Craig+Roberts%3A+When+Truth+Is+Suppressed+Countries+Die&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

Monsanto: Patenting Death
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/15-7

The New York Times defends drone murder
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/11/pers-m11.html

You Wouldn't Believe How Fast Americans Are Losing Their Religion -- But the Fundamentalists Have a Plan
http://www.alternet.org/belief/you-wouldnt-believe-how-fast-americans-are-losing-their-religion-fundamentalists-have-plan

With Inequality Spiraling Out of Control It's Insane to Consider Cutting Social Security

http://www.alternet.org/hard-times-usa/inequality-spiraling-out-control-its-insane-consider-cutting-social-security

Stop Freaking Out About the Debt! 5 Reasons There Is No Debt Crisis
http://www.alternet.org/stop-freaking-out-about-debt-5-reasons-there-no-debt-crisis

The “Dirty War” Pope
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/16/pers-m16.html

Boycotting Israel is the "way to go," says Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters
http://electronicintifada.net/content/boycotting-israel-way-go-says-pink-floyd-legend-roger-waters/12287

Elizabeth Warren Debunks GOP Talking Points on Minimum Wage
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/elizabeth_warren_debunks_gop_talking_points_on_minimum_wage_20130318/

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21.Feb.2013 - HEADLINES: Feds Buy 2-Billion Rounds of Ammo, Arrested for Your Politics, Civil Disobedience, America Not the Greatest, Exceptionalism, Human Misery Profiting, Homeless Shelter Abuses, Retail Apocalypse, Israeli Occupation Prisons, more.

Feds Buy 2 Billion Rounds of Ammunition

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/feds-buy-2-billion-rounds-of-ammunition_022013

Arrested for Your Politics in America? It's Already Happening
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/arrested-your-politics-america-its-already-happening

Civil Disobedience: The Only "Weapon" We Have Remaining?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Civil-Disobedience-The-On-by-Camillo-Mac-Bica-130217-620.html

How Can Anyone Still Believe That America Is the Greatest Country on Earth?
http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-how-can-anyone-still-believe-america-greatest-country-earth

The Premises And Purposes Of American Exceptionalism

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Premises-And-Purposes-by-Glenn-Greenwald-130218-15.html

Profiting From Human Misery

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/18

I Went Undercover at a Homeless Shelter -- You Wouldn't Believe the Shocking Abuses I Found There

http://www.alternet.org/i-went-undercover-homeless-shelter-you-wouldnt-believe-shocking-abuses-i-found-there

Retail Apocalypse: Why Are Major Retail Chains All Over America Collapsing?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34003.htm

Thousands Protest 'Israeli Occupation Prisons' as Hunger Strikers Press On

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/18-6

Large study links excessive TV in childhood to criminal behavior in adults
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/18/large-study-links-excessive-tv-in-childhood-to-criminal-behavior-in-adults/

Sounding the global warming alarm
http://socialistworker.org/2013/02/19/sounding-the-global-warming-alarm

Voting Rights Act In The Supreme Court’s Crosshairs
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-section-5.php

Minimum Wage: Who Decided That Hard-Working Americans Should Fall Behind?
http://www.alternet.org/economy/minimum-wage-who-decided-hard-working-americans-should-fall-behind

Are Atheists the New Campus Crusaders?
http://www.alternet.org/belief/are-atheists-new-campus-crusaders

Bad Arguments against Marriage Equality
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2013/02/bad-arguments-against-marriage-equality/

NDAA: Pre-emptive Prosecution Coming to a Town Near You
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34039.htm

Crowdfunding The Push For A Federal Anti-SLAPP Law To Protect Free Speech
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130220/02221522035/crowdfunding-push-federal-anti-slapp-law-to-protect-free-speech.shtml

Will Obama Confiscate Guns and Gold?
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/will-obama-confiscate-guns-and-gold_022013

A Free Falling Economy Makes Bartering Go Boom
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/a-free-falling-economy-makes-bartering-go-boom_022013

Mike Bloomberg Will Leave the Homeless Worse Off Than He Found Them
http://gawker.com/5985591/mike-bloomberg-will-leave-the-homeless-worse-off-than-he-found-them

18.Feb.2013 - HEADLINES: Minimum Wage, Climate Change Ultimatum, Immigrant Rights, Drone Assassinations, Police State, Drone Test Sites, Mainstream media, Obama War Criminal, Student Loans, Inequality, more.

Why Was the Biggest Protest in World History Ignored?

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/15-7

POTUS Proposes an Increase in the Minimum Wage

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/16004-potus-proposes-an-increase-in-the-minimum-wage

Obama Gives Congress a Climate Change Ultimatum

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/16003-obama-gives-congress-a-climate-change-ultimatum-

State of the Union 101: Nine Obama proposals that might create jobs
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/0213/State-of-the-Union-101-Nine-Obama-proposals-that-might-create-jobs

'Stop the Deportations': Protesters Call for Immigrant Rights at Senate Hearing
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/13-8

Nearly 50 Climate Activists Arrested Outside Obama's White House
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/13

Obama Defends Drone Assassinations In State Of The Union Address

http://www.countercurrents.org/grey130213.htm

Are We Living in a Police State?
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/are-we-living-police-state

Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/304-justice/16022-focus-gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail

How Conservatives Who Block Minimum Wage Hikes are Destroying the Economy
http://www.alternet.org/economy/how-conservatives-who-block-minimum-wage-hikes-are-destroying-economy

CISPA, the Privacy-Invading Cybersecurity Spying Bill, is Back in Congress
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/14-11

FAA to create 6 drone test sites in US
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/drones-home

Who Tells Us What To Think? Does The Mainstream Media = The Matrix?
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/who-tells-us-what-to-think-does-the-mainstream-media-the-matrix_022013

'Let Us Not Be Deceived': Cornel West Names Obama as 'War Criminal'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/15-4

Student Loan Programs in Crisis
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/business/student-loan-programs-in-crisis-347734.html

When God Is Not Enough: Religious States Have Highest Rates of Anti-Depressant Use
http://www.alternet.org/belief/when-god-not-enough-religious-states-have-highest-rates-anti-depressant-use

Inequality and American democracy
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/16/pers-f16.html

Obama defends drone assassinations in State of the Union address
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/13/sotu-f13.html

04.Jan.2013 - HS Students Rape Joke Leaked, Taxation is Theft, Minimum Wage Hikes, Culture and Resistance, Farmers Take on Monsanto, FBI Should Investigate Bankers, Israel to Cease to Exist, Money in Politics, Bible Misconceptions, Fixing the Economy, and Why Do Americans Have Less Vacation Time than Anyone Else? [plus a Free Documentary]

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS JOKE ABOUT RAPE IN A VIDEO LEAKED BY ANONYMOUS

Footage of the #OccupySteubenville Dec.29 event: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kjvLVLuY7Tc

Reclaim the Language: Taxation is Theft

Politically we know that at a good percentage of the 80 percent have been bought off with stolen money. But there’s still a large enough group that can make a difference in elections. We’re talking about a three- to five-percent swing. That’s the group we need to address.
http://godfatherpolitics.com/8798/reclaim-the-language-taxation-is-theft/

US House passes 'fiscal cliff' deal

New Year Brings Minimum Wage Hikes In 10 States
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/01/168348945/new-year-brings-minimum-wage-hikes-in-10-states

2012 Culture and Resistance with Alice Walker, Randy Weston, Walter Mosley, Gore Vidal and More

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Brazilian farmers fight back

Small farmers take on Monsanto

Lousy Deal on the Edge of the Cliff
Yes, the deal finally gets Republicans to accept a tax increase on the wealthy, but this is an inside-the-Beltway symbolic victory. If anyone believes this will make the GOP more amenable to future tax increases, they don’t know how rabidly extremist the GOP has become. The deal also extends unemployment insurance for more than 2 million long-term unemployed.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/15328-lousy-deal-on-the-edge-of-the-cliff

As Foreclosure Crisis Drags On, So Does Flawed Government Response

s the sixth year of the foreclosure crisis comes to an end, the percentage of loans in foreclosure remains a staggering eight times higher than it was in 2005. About 5.3 million homeowners - about 11 percent of all borrowers - are behind on their payments.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/427-foreclosure/15324-as-foreclosure-crisis-drags-on-so-does-flawed-government-response

FBI Should Investigate Bankers, Not Protesters

ecember 16th of 2012 marked the 239th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, when activists clad in Native American costumes protested a tax code that benefited a multinational corporation at the cost of taxpayers, and committed one of the biggest acts of property destruction in history by dumping the East India Tea Company's product into the Boston Harbor by the crateful. For nearly fifty years, the act was either shunned or ignored by the populace. But today, those activists' names are among the revered "founding fathers" of our country.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/15335-fbi-should-investigate-bankers-not-protesters

Stop Being a Dick, US Government!

Will 2013 be the Year American Jews Secede from Israel?

If American Jews think that what is being done in their name is self-destructive, oppressive, blockheaded and wrong, it stands to reason they would want it to stop.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33491.htm

Israel Will Cease to Exist Within the Decade, Adviser to Egyptian President Predicts

A senior Egyptian official who also serves as an adviser to President Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday expressed the opinion that Israel would not be around in 10 years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33490.htm

Pope hopes for 2013 of peace, slams unbridled capitalism

The 85-year-old pope rang in the new year with a mass for about 10,000 people in St Peter's Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks its World Day of Peace with initiatives around the world.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/01/us-pope-idUSBRE90004820130101

Best of 2012: Jesse Ventura on Money in Politics

Finding Noah’s Flood: A Misconception of Biblical Proportions
I hate to break it to you, but Noah’s Flood is not a real thing. As geologist David Montgomery wrote in his recent history,The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood, the religious idea that the Flood was real has been important to the actual history of geology as a science. But by now, however, science knows better. I can’t say as much for the media.
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/6728/finding_noah_s_flood__a_misconception_of_biblical_proportions_

Gilad Atzmon on Jewish Identity Politics

What's next for the economy?

Social mood and the markets

The Bottom Line: Healthcare

Fixing the Economy, A New Focus for Congress

The Perils of Pauline melodrama over the “fiscal cliff” will drag on as Washington heads toward another “debt ceiling” faceoff that will climax over the next eight weeks or so.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/02-8

4 Kinds of Movement Atheist (Secularist Atheists, Identity Atheists, Evangelical Atheists, and Constructive Atheists)

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/2012/12/4-kinds-of-movement-atheist-secularist-atheists-identity-atheists-evangelical-atheists-and-constructive-atheists

Why Do Americans Have Less Vacation Time than Anyone Else?

http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-do-americans-have-less-vacation-than-anyone-else

The Necessity of Criticizing (Your) Religion

I began reflecting on this after commenters on two previous posts—on taxing churches and Christian hunting—accused me of being anti-Christian. The ability to criticize a religious idea or practice, whether of your own faith or another, is a crucial component of personal and social growth. This has unfortunately been misconstrued due to two common themes:
http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/the-necessity-of-criticizing-your-religion

The Dawning of Domestic Drones

The unmanned aircraft that most people associate with hunting terrorists and striking targets in Pakistan are on the brink of evolving into a big domestic industry. It is not a question of whether drones will appear in the skies above the United States but how soon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/opinion/the-dawning-of-domestic-drones.html

FBI, Working With Banks, Chose Not To Inform Occupy Leadership Of Assassination Plot On Its Leaders

Whatever you thought of the so-called "Occupy" movement of the past year or so, it seems clear that there has been at least a bit of overreaction to them. I mean, treating these protests, which have, by and large, been peaceful, as terrorist groups is just silly. But, as you may have seen over the past few days, that's exactly what the FBI did (as uncovered by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF)), and they did it in a coordinated manner with both Homeland Security and privately held banking corporations. 

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130102/09481421547/fbi-working-with-banks-chose-not-to-inform-occupy-leadership-assassination-plot-its-leaders.shtml

The U.S. War Machine
Many supporters of Barack Obama are disappointed that he has not reversed the war policies of his predecessor. He did his best to continue the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The Afghanistan war rages far beyond what was seen under George W. Bush. Obama has also proved militaristic in operations in Libya, Yemen, and Pakistan, and in the sanctions against Iran. The attacks on civil liberties and human rights continue on the same path that Bush forged.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33502.htm

The Ryan Budget’s Pell Grant Cuts Put College Out of Reach for Low-Income Students

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) listens at left as Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, speaks about Rep. Ryan's budget plan. The proposal would cut more than $15 billion from the Pell Grant program, which helps low-income students pay for college.
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/higher-education/report/2012/08/28/34421/the-ryan-budgets-pell-grant-cuts-put-college-out-of-reach-for-low-income-students/

Everything We Tell Ourselves About America and the World Is Wrong
Every culture has a Story of the People to give meaning to the world. Part conscious and part unconscious, it consists of a matrix of agreements, narratives, and symbols that tell us why we are here, where we are headed, what is important, and even what is real. I think we are entering a new phase in the dissolution of our Story of the People, and therefore, with some lag time, of the edifice of civilization built on top of it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33513.htm

Obama signs NDAA 2013 without objecting to indefinite detention of Americans
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 on Wednesday, giving his stamp of approval to a Pentagon spending bill that will keep Guantanamo Bay open and make indefinite detention for US citizens as likely as ever.
http://therebel.org/politics/americas/126-united-states/394658-obama-signs-ndaa-2013-without-objecting-to-indefinite-detention-of-americans

White House, Congress extend police-state FISA law

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the bill in September, and the Obama administration and Senate Democratic leaders insisted on passing the identical legislation through the Senate, without any amendments, to ensure the bill would go to the White House for presidential signature before the end of the year.

http://wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/29/pers-d29.html

FISCAL CLIFF DEAL DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM
The last-minute deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff suffers from some of the worst ailments of Washington’s backroom deals. Primarily, it does not address the nation’s fiscal imbalance because it allows taxes to go up but fails to tackle the true driver of our economic woes: runaway government spending. Not surprisingly, President Obama has already stated that he wants to raise taxes again next year too.
http://americansforprosperity.org/legislativealerts/fiscal-cliff-deal-doesnt-fix-the-problem/

Israel preparing Cyber Iron Dome ShieldIsrael's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of cyberwarfare. The program named "Magshimim Le'umit", is to prepare them for their future role in the military and intelligence community.

http://thehackernews.com/2013/01/israel-preparing-cyber-iron-dome-shield.html

DOCUMENTARY OF THE DAY:

RAN OUT OF OIL

Our contemporary world is so dependent on technology fueled by oil, and yet oil will not last forever. How will the world change and how will people adapt as food disappears, electrical power fails? Witness the devastation in major cities as winter sets in. What will be more important to our survival; the technology to develop new sources of energy, or a change to a more sustainable way of life?

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23.Nov.2012 - Black Friday Has Dark Roots, Anonymous Activists Prosecution, Walmart Retaliates Against Activists, Global Strike & Consumer Boycott, Palestinians Dying to Live Free, DHS to Double Drones, Food Banks Drying Up, Dealing with Creationists, Fracking in America, Ceasefire in Israel-Gaza Crisis, Woodie Guthrie at 100

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10 Reasons the GOP Is Really Messed Up -- According to Republicans

It's too right-wing. Or not conservative enough. It could be the contempt for voters, or being the Party of Stupid. One thing's for sure: Everybody hates Karl Rove.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-reasons-gop-really-messed-according-republicans

Why 'Black Friday' Has Dark Roots
Older generations may still associate "Black Friday" with the stock market crash of 1929, which triggered the Great Depression. But the connotation of financial distress dates back even further, to the collapse of the U.S. gold market on Sept. 24, 1869.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/21/165662876/why-black-friday-has-dark-roots?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121123

Lobbyists pay UK authorities to buy support for Israeli regime

Pro-Israeli lobbyists inside the UK have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds since the last general election taking lawmakers on propaganda tours to the Israeli occupied Palestinian territories.

http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/lobbyists-pay-uk-authorities-to-buy-support-for-israeli-regime/

Prosecution of Anonymous Activists Highlights War for Internet Control

hatever one thinks of WikiLeaks, it is an indisputable fact that the group has never been charged by any government with any crime, let alone convicted of one. Despite that crucial fact, WikiLeaks has been crippled by a staggering array of extra-judicial punishment imposed either directly by the US and allied governments or with their clear acquiescence.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/298-185/14691-prosecution-of-anonymous-activists-highlights-war-for-internet

Walmart Retaliates Against Black Friday Activists

s Black Friday approached, the honchos at Walmart, the largest employer in the United States, found themselves at a loss to respond to a nationwide rebellion within the ranks of their near-captive workers - people who work for an average wage of $8.81 per hour, according to The National Memo, often in areas where Walmart is the only game in town for a job if you don't have a college degree (or even if you do). And so it seems they started making stuff up, and pulling strings - in at least two locations - to get local police to do their bidding.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/315-19/14690-walmart-retaliates-against-black-friday-activists

Taming the Walmart Bully
Nationwide walkout emboldens America's labor movement.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33134.htm

Wal-Mart: Always Low Wages

Employees are planning a walkout on Black Friday, and that's only the beginning.

https://prospect.org/article/wal-mart-always-low-wages

Occupy Strategy: Global Strike and Consumer Boycott Should Be on the Agenda

The Occupy movement is becoming viral, but its very own merit, which is to be a true grassroots movement without hierarchy or a defined leadership could be its Achilles heel. The global capitalist system, run by the very few people in control of mega corporate entities, will not cave in or even yield an inch just at the sight of camps, banners, and meaningful slogans. If the 99 percent want to have a real impact and effective results, without resorting to violence, they must focus on strategy and tactics. A new discourse must be defined, and this is far from the case at the moment.

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/11/23/occupy-strategy-global-strike-and-consumer-boycott-should-be-on-the-agenda/

Palestinians: Dying to Live Free

Occupied Palestine is the longest unresolved conflict of our time. After 64 years, Palestinians remain largely isolated on their own. Their suffering continues. Their rights don't matter. Western nations scorn them. Rhetorical support only is provided. It's insulting, demeaning and meaningless. 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Palestinians-Dying-to-Liv-by-Stephen-Lendman-121123-512.html

DHS to Double US Drone Fleet

espite renewed criticism from both parties in Congress that domestic drones pose a privacy danger to US citizens - and a report from its own Inspector General recommending to stop buying them - the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated it wants to more than double its fleet of Predator drones used to fly surveillance missions inside the United States.
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/335-156/14672-dhs-to-double-us-drone-fleet

Food Bank Stocks Dry Up in Wake of Great Drought

The insufferable drought of 2012 continues to wreak havoc as food banks across the country feel the pinch. As the season of feasting gets underway, soaring food prices have cut government donations to the banks and soup kitchens that provide an essential safety net to over 50 million Americans who struggle to eat.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/21-5

In Gaza, It’s the Occupation, Stupid

“The Palestinian people want to be free of the occupation,” award-winning Israeli journalist Gideon Levy summed up this week. It is that simple. This latest Israeli military assault on the people of Gaza is not an isolated event, but part of a 45-year occupation of the sliver of land wedged between Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, where 1.6 million people live under a brutal Israeli blockade that denies them most of the basic necessities of life. Without the unwavering bipartisan support of the United States for the Israeli military, the occupation of Palestine could not exist.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/21-9

Tips for Dealing with Creationists

I hang out with Creationists occasionally and have seen many of the arguments they make. I’d like to tell you what I've found. This isn't a rebuttal against Creationist arguments (perhaps in a future post). Rather, I’d like to sensitize you to general errors that they make. Consider this a list of cautions when evaluating a Creationist presentation.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2012/11/tips-for-dealing-with-creationists/

Fracking in America

Man Heckles Black Friday 'Zombies' In California

As Bus Bomb Hits Tel Aviv, Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Egypt’s Mediator Role and Gaza’s Ongoing Torment

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Debate: From Short-Term Ceasefire to Long-Term Peace, How to Resolve the Israel-Gaza Crisis?

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Wal-Mart Accused of Threatening Workers With Retaliation Ahead of Black Friday Walkouts, Protests

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Minimum wage: Walkouts show it's time for the federal government to boost rate

One Thing You Need To Remember This Black Friday: Support Wal-Mart Workers!

Woody Guthrie at 100: Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Will Kaufman Honor the "Dust Bowl Troubadour"

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