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Sunday, September 29

9 Free Documentaries: Inside Smart Weapon Scopes, How Money is Made, Manufacturing Consent, How America Went Postal, Life At Any Price, Hunting the Internet Bullies, The Lord is Not on Trial Today, Contagion, Four Horsemen


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Long Shot: Inside the Scope of Smart Weapons
In spring of 2013, Texas-based start up TrackingPoint Solutions released the first ever precision-guided firearm, which is essentially a long-range, laser-guided robo rifle. Call it the gun of tomorrow: The technology is so advanced we’ve heard it can have beginners killing at extreme distances with single-shot accuracy in mere minutes.The PGF’s closed-loop system is based off jet fighter lock and launch technology, something TrackingPoint CEO Jason Schauble says not only marks the next great paradigm shift in the evolution of firearms—it helps users make ethical kill shots too. But critics of the PGF platform, no doubt part and parcel of a rising tide of intelligent killer apps, say the gun, or rather its proprietary scope, marks the dawn of “skill-free killing”.


How Money Is MadeHow Money is Made details the processes involved in printing money, primarily the US dollar. It also explores the world of counterfeiting and fraud that embodies the monetary world.


Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media
Noam Chomsky’s documentary “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media” from 1988. analyses mass media and the political ramifications and implications of the messages broadcasted in the United States, being its goal to direct public opinion while “numbing” the people and maiming their ability to educate themselves and effectively produce antagonical political criticism and judgement regarding the established officially broadcasted messages crafted by the powerful in conjunction with mass media outlets throughout the US!


Murder By Proxy: How America Went Postal
Murder By Proxy: How America Went Postal is a documentary film that examines the phenomenon of spree killing, particularly in a workplace, that became known in the United States as “going postal”. The film argues that the phenomenon originated in the United States Postal Service as a result of hostile work environment following the Postal Reorganization Act of 1971 and then spread to the rest of society.


Life At Any Price
Two-thirds of the world’s women live in countries where abortion can be obtained for a variety of social, economic or personal reasons. In other nations it is allowed only in cases of rape, foetal abnormality or when a woman’s life is at risk.


Hunting The Internet Bullies: When Social Networking Turns Bad
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have changed our way of communication. Despite the many advantages that come with this change, there are some serious problems that have occurred  One of them is cyber bullying. Pop star Cher Lloyd is a famous example for a victim of internet bullying. She shares her story and fears with BBC-reporter Declan Lawn.


The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today
The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary that tells the compelling personal story of the late Vashti McCollum, and how her efforts to protect her ten year-old son led to one of the most important and landmark First Amendment cases in U.S. Supreme Court history - the case that established the separation of church and state in public schools.


















ContagionIn India a deadly, mutant strain of tuberculosis is spreading across the country. In the shadows of India's capital, New Delhi, Anjou Kashab quietly battles her demons. Her frail body is being ravaged by tuberculosis. Both her lungs are infected and she's on a cocktail of pills and injections to stay alive. For 10 years Anjou has been fighting the illness, but the drugs haven't worked. She's seen more than a dozen doctors and swallowed thousands of prescription pills in the hope of a cure. Instead of the vibrant, young woman she once was, Anjou is now skin and bone, weighing just 29 kilos.


















Four Horsemen – Revealing the fundamental flaws in the economic system
As the global economy continues to veer from crisis to catastrophe – many more people are looking for wise counsel on how to reshape the Western Economy. Over the last three years 23 global thinkers – many of whom have been marginalized have come together to break their silence and explain how the world really works. Their views transcend mainstream media and short term political explanations to describe simple terms what needs to be addressed in our universities, governments and corporate structures. Ee will not be returning to “business as usual”.

Monday, August 26

@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: Reclaim the Power, NSA Decryption Technology, Climate Crisis, Economics a Science? Atheists Vote, Global Human Rights, Spying Household Items, Monsanto's Gravest Wrongdoings, Capitalism Cannot Be Reformed, Our Common Wealth, Corporate America, Gangster State, Palestinian Children Routinely Tortured, Gun Toting Evangelicals, more.


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Reclaim the power! A call to action against energy austerity

NSA Used Decryption Technology To Spy On The United Nations
http://www.countercurrents.org/gaist260813.htm

Climate Crisis To Harm All Forms Of Marine Life, Finds Study

Is Economics a Science?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/is-economics-a-science_b_3816471.html

Thirteen Things the Government is Trying to Keep Secret from You
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/23-1

Hey Candidates: Atheists Vote, Too -- So Stop Pandering to God!
http://www.alternet.org/belief/hey-candidates-atheists-vote-too-so-stop-pandering-god

Bringing global human rights into the surveillance debate
https://www.cdt.org/commentary/bringing-global-human-rights-surveillance-debate

9 Household Items That Could Be Spying on You
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-levin/9-household-items-that-co_b_3760938.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird%20News

NSA's Surveillance Programs Are The "Most Serious Attacks On Free Speech We’ve Ever Seen."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35960.htm

A Noxious History: 5 of Monsanto’s Gravest Wrongdoings
http://www.takepart.com/photos/noxious-history-5-monsantos-dastardly-deeds?cmpid=tpnews-eml-2013-08-24-water/unleashing-pcbs


Capitalism Cannot Be Reformed
http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz230813.htm

Our Common Wealth; The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Our-Common-Wealth-The-Hid-by-book-excerpt-130823-723.html

Corporate America: Rapidly Proceeding Down The Road To Its Eventual Demise
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Corporate-America-Rapidly-by-michael-payne-130822-502.html

Privacy, and open government: both under assault
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Privacy-and-open-governme-by-Stephen-Unger-130823-752.html

NSA admits: Our analysts ‘willfully violated’ rules of surveillance system
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/24/nsa-admits-our-analysts-willfully-violated-rules-of-surveillance-system/

Bradley Manning and the Gangster State
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bradley-Manning-and-the-Ga-by-Chris-Hedges-130822-376.html

Palestinian children routinely tortured, some threatened with rape: Israel rights group
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/palestinian-children-routinely-tortured-some-threatened-rape-israel-rights-group

Gun bible flagIn Defiance of Christ’s Teachings Right Wing Evangelicals Become Gun Toting Maniacs
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/23/defiance-christs-teachings-wing-evangelicals-gun-toting-maniacs.html

Creating Chilling Effects On Speech Is A Feature, Not A Bug, Of The Surveillance State
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130822/19270124286/creating-chilling-effects-speech-is-feature-not-bug-surveillance-state.shtml

Study Finds Wealth Gives Rise to a Sense of Entitlement and Narcissistic Behaviors
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35966.htm

Victims Of Forced Labor: 21 Million
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc250813B.htm

The UnAmerican Way
http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/The-UnAmerican-Way-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Congress_Corporate_Corporations-Agriculture_Fast-Track-130825-405.html

Sunday, June 23

@dustcirclenews - DOCUMENTARIES: The Truth 365, Seeds of Death, Land of Missing Children, Mutation, One Giant Leap, Book That Can't Be Read, Love Reality and Time of Transition, City of God Guns and Gangs, 10 Rules for Dealing with Police


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The Truth 365

In less than ten years social media has taken the world by storm. We can now communicate with almost anyone from anywhere effortlessly and instantly and the ways we use social media are endless: to stay in touch, for entertainment, to express ourselves, or to satisfy our curiosity about a planet millions of miles from earth.


















Seeds of Death

Every single independent study conducted on the impact of genetically modified food shows that it damages organs, it causes infertility, it causes immune system failure, it causes holes in the GI tract, and it causes multiple organ system failure.


















Land of Missing Children: The Rape Trade

Teenage girls are victims of one of the fastest growing industries in the world – sex traffic. India’s north east is famed for its tea estates and Himalayan views. It’s the ancient crossroad of trading routes between Bhutan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh, and the town of Siliguri has always been at the heart of international trade.


















Mutation: The Science of Survival

Monster mutants lurk in the myths of many cultures, and we’re fascinated yet fearful of nature’s mutants. But mutants are closer to home than we think. Often invisible, mutations are happening all around us, in every living thing. They’re crucial part of evolution. Now researchers are uncovering how mutations actually work and that may help us find cures for life threatening diseases. As we understand more about mutation we may discover more secrets of the history and future of life on this planet.


















One Giant Leap: What About Me?

Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman travelled for 7 months through all 5 continents, and recorded in over 50 locations to create the most inspiring film and album they could imagine. Their mission was not only to gather insights on the huge universal themes of life from the most inspiring and illuminating people they could find, but also to seek out the cream of the world’s musicians and compose immense multi-layered music with them.


















The Book That Can’t Be Read

Men have always tried to encode secrets, military communication, love letters, forbidden knowledge, and most secret text is eventually decoded, but among all of history’s cryptic writings one stands out. It’s the world’s most mysterious book written by an unknown author in an odd alphabet and brilliantly illustrated with puzzling images. For centuries, it defies all attempts to unveil its secrets. Now, for the first time, experts analyze the ink, pigments and parchments of the Voynich Manuscript.



















Love, Reality, and the Time of Transition

All we need is love, but do we really know what love is? Love is a word that is sung about in songs, written in poems, talked about a lot, and it’s something many people long for, one way or the other, mostly in the form of a partner. We hear it a lot these days: be heart centered, be loved, love is the answer, love always wins, send love and light, and so on. People use it casually in conversations in their everyday lives. It is seen as the solution to all the world problems. All you need is love.


















City of God, Guns and Gangs

It’s one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and also one of the most dangerous. In the slums of Rio de Janeiro violent drug gangs operate with impunity, with no regard for human life. Now after decades of chaos, Brazilian authorities are attempting to restore order. They’re using military-like force and a new approach to policing. This bold offensive is referred to as “pacification”, but will it work, and can it work in time?


















10 Rules for Dealing with Police

Billy Murphy talks about how to deal with the police. He’s been a judge, but he’s best known as a criminal defense lawyer. He knows how the law works and he knows that for many people the law sometimes doesn’t work. He’s going to show you how to make the law work for you. The choices you make can have a massive impact in the outcomes of your police encounters, even if, and especially if, you’ve done nothing wrong.


Saturday, March 23

@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

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

Monday, March 11

11.Mar.2013 - DOCUMENTARIES: Manchester's Homeless, Aliens of the Deep, Who Killed the Honey Bee? Man's World, Weight of Chains, Money as Debt, Cropsy, Under Our Skin.

Shelter: A Look at Manchester's Homeless
Manchester City Council state only 7 people sleep rough in the city. If they are sleeping in a bus shelter, that counts as a roof. With the number of people sleeping rough in the UK rising, this film take a look at the people that the council say don’t exist.


Aliens of the Deep
James Cameron journeys to some of the Earth’s deepest, most extreme and unknown environments in search of the strange and alien creatures that live there. Joining him is a team of young NASA scientists and marine biologists who consider how these life forms represent life we may one day find in outer space not only on distant planets orbiting distant stars, but also within our own solar system. Aliens of the Deep is the result of expeditions to several hydrothermal vent sites in the Atlantic and the Pacific. These are violent volcanic regions where new planet is literally being born and where the interaction between ocean and molten rock creates plumes of super-heated, chemically-charged water that serve as oases for animals unlike anything ever discovered. Six-foot tall worms with blood-red plumes and no stomach, blind white crabs, and a biomass of shrimp capable of “seeing” heat!


Who Killed the Honey Bee?
Bees are dying in their millions. It is an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill. Introduced by Martha Kearney, this documentary explores the reasons behind the decline of bee colonies across the globe, investigating what might be at the root of this devastation.


It's a Man's World
Gang rape hit the headlines last year after the brutal attack of a woman on a bus in India’s capital, Delhi. But new research suggests that gang rape is a wider problem across Asia – with some of the highest recorded levels of violence against women in the world to be found within the Asia-Pacific region.


The Weight of Chains
“The Weight of Chains” is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous European state – Yugoslavia. The film, bursting with rare stock footage never before seen by Western audiences, is a creative first-hand look at why the West intervened in the Yugoslav conflict, with an impressive roster of interviews with academics, diplomats, media personalities and ordinary citizens of the former Yugoslav republics.

Money as Debt
Money As Debt is a fast-paced & highly entertaining animated feature by artist & videographer, Paul Grignon. It explains today’s magically perverse DEBT-MONEY SYSTEM in terms that are easy to understand. This is a must see for anyone interested in the economy and how it works.


Cropsy
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. Cropsey is an investigative-crime horror-documentary film, written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio.













Under Our Skin
A real-life thriller, this shocking festival hit exposes the controversy surrounding chronic Lyme disease. Following the stories of individuals fighting for their lives, director Andy Abrahams Wilson reveals with beauty and horror a natural world out of balance and a human nature all too willing to put profits before patients.








Friday, February 22

22.Feb.2013 - VIDEOS: Bank Crimes, Finance Greed, Toilet Strike, Endless War, Vatican Scandal, Climate Change Rally, City Drone Bans, One Billion Rising, Rape in War, NASA Planet Search, Money Trap, Israeli Apartheid, Throwaways

Elizabeth Warren cuts to the chase
Banks commit major crimes with impunity while average citizens have their lives wrecked over trivia

How the Middle Class was destroyed by unchecked financial industry greed
The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke

The Great Toilet Strike of 2013

Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”


The Vatican: Don´t Bank on It
A multi-decade financial scandal factory

Thousands rally in Washington against climate change

On climate change, executive orders are needed 'to get around a hostile Congress'

US city bans use of drones

The dancing demonstrators of One Billion Rising


Rape As A Weapon Of War


NASA Continues Search For Planet Capable Of Supporting NASA


The Money Trap: How Banks Control the World Through Debt


Boycott Apartheid: Boycott Israeli - Palestinians Are Second Class Citizens In The State Of Israel

Throwaways: Recruited by Police and Thrown into Danger, Young Informants are Drug War’s Latest Victims



Friday, January 4

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


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.

As Foreclosure Crisis Drags On, So Does Flawed Government Response
About 5.3 million homeowners, about 11 percent of all borrowers are behind on their payments. (photo: AP)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.

FBI Should Investigate Bankers, Not Protesters
Arrest the bankers. (photo: DeviantArt.com)
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.


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.

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.

Pope hopes for 2013 of peace, slams unbridled capitalism

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves after leading a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 1, 2013. REUTERS-Giampiero Sposito
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.

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.


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


Why Do Americans Have Less Vacation Time 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.

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

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

Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Jeff Sessions discuss the Ryan budget proposalThe 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

US President Barack Obama (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowsky)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.


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 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.


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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