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Thursday, April 25

@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: #CISPA, Mess Oil Made, America #1 Terrorism Sponsor, Boston Bomber Case, Armenian Genocide, Obama vs. Whistleblower Protections, US Inequality Continues, Confront Corporate Personhood, Renounce the War on Terror, Game of Drones, Walmart Workers Won't Rest, Factory Farm Cruelty, America #1 in Fear and Depression, Low IQ and Right-Wingers, Why Brainwash Kids? more.

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CISPA - Corporations Buy Politicians and Your Privacy

http://therealnews.com/t2/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/76046

The 'mess' that oil made
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2013/04/20134247553691966.html

America: The World’s Number One Sponsor Of Terrorism
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34710.htm

Balancing the State and Federal Roles in Boston Bomber Case
http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2013/04/balancing-the-state-and-federal-roles-in-boston-bomber-case.html

Israel: The Politics Behind The Armenian Genocide
http://axisofjustice.net/israel-the-politics-behind-the-armenian-genocide/

Obama Poised to Deliver Another Blow to Whistleblower Protections
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/obama-whistleblower-case-national-security-sensitive

Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Surge in US Inequality Continues
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/24-3

Confront Corporate Personhood: Take Back our Planet
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Confront-Corporate-Personh-by-Kaitlin-Sopoci-Bel-130424-769.html

The White House's Flawed Korea Policies
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-White-House-s-Flawed-K-by-Conn-Hallinan-130425-255.html

Time to Renounce the "War on Terror"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Time-to-Renounce-the-War-by-Norman-Solomon-130424-739.html

Obama and the game of drones

http://socialistworker.org/2013/04/24/obama-and-the-game-of-drones

Wal-Mart workers won't rest
http://socialistworker.org/2013/04/24/walmart-workers-wont-rest

Why It's Literally Sickening to Ban Whistleblowers from Exposing Cruelty at Factory Farms
http://www.alternet.org/food/why-its-literally-sickening-ban-whistleblowers-exposing-cruelty-factory-farms

'Terrorism' and the Perpetual Emotion War Machine
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/24

Why hackers love Twitter
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14470131-why-hackers-love-twitter

America: #1 In Fear, Stress, Anger, Divorce, Obesity, Anti-Depressants, Etc.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/america-1-in-fear-stress-anger-divorce-obesity-anti-depressants-etc_042013

Every Time a Bomb Goes Off, The Surveillance State Grows Stronger
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34725.htm

10 facts about enemy combatants
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/what-is-an-enemy-combatant-90436.html

When Israeli Denial of Palestinian Existence Becomes Genocidal
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34720.htm

IRS Says It Will Change Its Policy On Looking At Emails Without A Warrant... At Some Point
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130421/23062122797/irs-says-it-will-change-its-policy-looking-emails-without-warrant-some-point.shtml

Yet Another Study Shows Low IQ And Right-Wing Ideology Go Hand-In-Hand
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/24/yet-another-study-shows-low-iq-and-right-wing-ideology-go-hand-in-hand/

Why Brainwash Kids?
http://new.exchristian.net/2013/04/why-brainwash-kids.html

Godless Morality and Ethics: Being Good Without Gods or Religion is Possible
http://atheism.about.com/od/ethicsandculture/p/GodlessMorals.htm?nl=1

Friday, April 12

@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: WikiLeaks Strikes Again, Monsanto Targets Democracy, Hijacked Human Rights, 300,000 American "Terrorists," Margaret Thatcher's Dark Side, Science vs. Conservatism, New Guantanamo Construction, Farmers vs. Monsanto, Cyber Attack on Israel, War on Whistleblowers, Who Drones Kill, Grocery Store Blacklist, 2014 Presidential Budget, Socialists' Elections, Minimum Wage Increase, Zionist Lunacy, 5 Corporate Tax Breaks, IRS Investigators, Atheist Discrimination, School Surveillance State, Animal Abuse Activist Undercover, more.

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WikiLeaks Strikes Again: Website Publishes 1.7 Million Documents on U.S. Foreign Policy

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/wikileaks-strikes-again-website-publishes-17-million-documents-us-foreign-policy

Friday, March 1

01.Mar.2013 - VIDEOS: Torture Inc, Fool the Brain, War on Terror, Climate Scientists Muzzled, Warrantless Spying, Idle No More, Bradley Manning, Economists So Wrong, Bowman vs. Monsanto, Traffic Pollution, Police Above the Law, more.

Torture Inc. - Americas Brutal Prisons

Yep, we can fool the brain.

Is The War On Terror Worth The Price?

Canadian Climate Scientists Muzzled Again

Warrantless Spying Without Proof of Surveillance

Panel Discussion: Idle No More

Bradley Manning Vs Bob Woodward

You Should THANK Every Apathetic Person You Meet

Why economists get things so wrong

Bowman v. Monsanto: Indiana Farmer's Supreme Court Challenge to Corporate Control of Food Supply

EU Commissioner to sing and dance about traffic pollution

Are US police above the law?

Obama’s Chilling Secrecy, from Denying Drone Program’s Existence to Stonewalling on Legal Memos

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Selling the White House? Obama-Linked Group Promises Top Donors Access to President

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ACLU Blasts Supreme Court Rejection of Challenge to Warrantless Spying Without Proof of Surveillance

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The Invention of Israel With Shlomo Sand

Sunday, December 30

30.Dec.2012 - Threat to Occupiers, Warrantless Wiretapping, Environmental Justice, West Unleashing Terrorism Against Syria, Millennial Delusions, Anti-Government Propaganda, Times Erases Israel's Crimes, Vitamin Water Deception, War Made Easy, US Became an Orwellian State, Important Bills Blocked by GOP, Social Costs of Austerity, China Prison Labor, more.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: THIS IS NO TIME “FOR A POLITICALLY SELF-INFLICTED WOUND TO OUR ECONOMY”

FBI Ignored Deadly Threat to Occupiers: US Intelligence Machine Instead Plotted with Bankers to Attack Protest Movement

New documents obtained from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security by the Partnership for Civil Justice and released this past week show that the FBI and other intelligence and law enforcement agencies began a campaign of monitoring, spying and disrupting the Occupy Movement at least two months before the first occupation actions began in late September 2011.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/FBI-Ignored-Deadly-Threat-by-Dave-Lindorff-121227-423.html

Senate Reauthorizes Warrantless Wiretapping

After Defeating Moderate Reforms, Senate Extends Unchecked Surveillance Powers for Five Years

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/12/28-0

Deprogramming Progressives

little bit of economics can be a truly terrible thing, for the introductory classes in micro and macro-economics are the most dogmatic and myth-filled part of the neoliberal curriculum. Dogmas that have been falsified for 75 years (such as austerity) are taught as revealed truth. The poor indoctrinated student is then launched into the world "knowing" that austerity is the answer and that mass unemployment and prolonged recessions are small prices to be paid (by others) to achieve the holy grail of a balanced budget. Students are taught that national budgets are really just like household budgets.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15270-focus-deprogramming-progressives

Matt Damon laments U.S. politics: ‘We’re genuinely f*cked’ on long-term issues

Hollywood star Matt Damon recently told Playboy he has little hope that Washington can address long-term environmental issues like using hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/28/matt-damon-laments-u-s-politics-were-genuinely-fcked-on-long-term-issues/

Idle No More: Indigenous-Led Protests Sweep Canada for Native Sovereignty and Environmental Justice

America's "Founding Fathers" Detested the Paradise of Delightful Debauchery and Freedom That Was 18th Century America

There was a lot of fun to be had in early America, before the prudish patrician types did everything they could to stamp it out.

http://www.alternet.org/books/americas-founding-fathers-detested-paradise-delightful-debauchery-and-freedom-was-18th-century

West unleashing terrorism against Syria: Mark Glenn

2012 Apocalypse, the Rapture and Other Millennial Delusions

I once had a noted New Age peace activist tell me that, because all spiritual practice has ripple effects outward, “my cat is a contemplative contributor to the universe.”

http://www.alternet.org/belief/2012-apocalypse-rapture-and-other-millennial-delusions

FBI Violated Constitution by Branding Occupy a Terrorist Threat

Power of Anti-Government Propaganda

Exclusive: By many standards, President Obama has done a remarkable job, steering the U.S. and the world away from a global depression and enacting reforms to benefit millions of Americans. But he has fought against a powerful dynamic of modern U.S. politics, a hatred of the federal government, says Robert Parry.

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/11/06/power-of-anti-government-propaganda/

How The New York Times erases Israel’s crimes

According to The New York Times, there is no siege of Gaza, no occupation of the West Bank, and never was there a Nakba (the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine). Three recent articles erase these key Israeli crimes from the historical record.

http://electronicintifada.net/content/how-new-york-times-erases-israels-crimes/12042

The Vitamin Water Deception

17 Solutions for a Better America in 2013

Ralph Nader being interviewed during his 2008 presidential campaign, 08/01/08. (photo: Scrape TV)

Don't most Americans believe and want strong law enforcement against corporate crime and fraud and abuses against consumers, taxpayers, the environment and workers? The first step is telling your member of Congress to toughen the weak laws and beef up the law enforcement budgets which will pay for themselves many, many times over in deterrence, damage prevention to innocent people, and fines.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15286-focus-17-solutions-for-a-better-america-in-2013

War Made Easy

Oliver Stone: 'US Has Become An Orwellian State'

How the FBI Coordinated the Crackdown on Occupy

Portrait, author and activist Naomi Wolf, 10/19/11. (photo: Guardian UK)

t was more sophisticated than we had imagined: new documents show that the violent crackdown on Occupy last fall - so mystifying at the time - was not just coordinated at the level of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and local police. The crackdown, which involved, as you may recall, violent arrests, group disruption, canister missiles to the skulls of protesters, people held in handcuffs so tight they were injured, people held in bondage till they were forced to wet or soil themselves -was coordinated with the big banks themselves.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/15285-focus-how-the-fbi-coordinated-the-crackdown-on-occupy

What Could Have Been: The Most Important Bills Blocked by Republicans in 2012

The bills we could have passed if it wasn't for GOP obstructionism -- from a minimum wage increase to the Buffett Rule.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/what-could-have-been-most-important-bills-blocked-republicans-2012

Renewing Warrantless Eavesdropping

To this day, many people identify mid-2008 as the time they realized what type of politician Barack Obama actually is. Six months before, when seeking the Democratic nomination, then-Sen. Obamaunambiguously vowed that he would filibuster "any bill" that retroactively immunized the telecom industry for having participated in the illegal Bush NSA warrantless eavesdropping program.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15275-renewing-warrantless-eavesdropping

The Social Costs of the Austerity Agenda

Pierce: 'The social costs of an austerity agenda - and, certainly, all the available evidence from those European countries wherein one was imposed - are profound.' (photo: TPM Muckraker)

s we begin what appears to be the final long, slooooowwww roll down the Gentle Fiscal Incline, it is becoming clear that, among our governing elites, and among the courtier press that serves their interests, it is taken as a given that some sort of austerity agenda, which will not materially affect any of their lives, is going to be dropped on the rest of us, probably for our own good, as that good is defined from some tony little bistro in Georgetown, or from the parlor at Ben and Sally's.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/15274-the-social-costs-of-the-austerity-agenda

Made in China - By prison labor

"A State Secret"

Congress Extends Surveillance Power

Surveillance cameras are only one part of the growing collection of surveillance technology being implemented in the US. (photo: Kodda/Shutterstock)

ongress approved a measure Friday that would renew expansive U.S. surveillance authority for five more years, rejecting objections from senators who are concerned the legislation does not adequately protect Americans' privacy.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/311-15/15289-congress-extends-surveillance-power

DOCUMENTARY OF THE DAY:

The Ka-Ching Dynasty

Saturday, December 22

22.Dec.2012 - Stories of Resistance, $633B War Spending, Corrupt Politicians, Stop Drones Strikes, Protesters Foil NRA Conference, Drug Dollars, Westboro Blitz Continues, Discrimination Against Nonbelievers, Cyber-security Executive Order, Palestine Won't Surrender to Israel, FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill, Emergency Unemployment Benefits, Expanding Voting Rights, Changing Climate Dangers, US Homelessness Rising, more.

In a Year of Politicians and Bad News, Surprising Stories of Resistance
Unions once again dropped a lot of cash and burned a lot of shoe leather defending against the greater evils of a Romney administration and a Republican Senate. But winning meant holding the line, at best, and a hard pivot after Election Day to defend what too many Democrats won’t: Social Security and Medicare.

http://labornotes.org/2012/12/year-politicians-and-bad-news-surprising-stories-resistance

House Approves Bill Authorizing $633 Billion in War Spending
The Republican-controlled House approved the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 315-107. The measure must still be approved by the Senate before it can go to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33406.htm

Crooked banks and corrupt politicians

US Military Needs to Leave Afghanistan and Stop Widening Drone Strikes

There is perhaps no time in American history when our leaders have fought a war with so little support. More than 60 percent of Americans want out of Afghanistan. Even at the peak of the anti-Vietnam-war movement, after a majority had turned against the war, there were still a large number of citizens who believed in the war and its official justifications. Today, as my colleague Robert Naiman of Just Foreign Policy notes, “Western leaders have largely given up trying to explain or justify why Western troops are still in Afghanistan and why they are still killing and being killed.”

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/21-7

Protesters Foil NRA Televised Press Conference: 'NRA Killing Our Kids'

US will not support UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements: official

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters on Tuesday that Washington would not support a proposal for a Security Council resolution being discussed in preliminary talks in response to the plan for new Israeli settlements.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/12/19/278850/us-wont-censure-israeli-settlements-at-un/

Drug dollars prop up the banking system

Hackers' Westboro Baptist Church Blitz Continues: UG Nazi, Jester, Anonymous Take Down Twitter Accounts, Sites
The online offensive against the Westboro Baptist Church continues to gain momentum. The Twitter accounts of two prominent members of the hate-mongering group were apparently infiltrated this week by members of the infamous hacker collective UG Nazi. On Monday, Wired.com confirmed that 15-year-old whiz kid "Cosmo the God," a prolific member of the UG Nazi "hacktivist" group, had successfully carried out a takeover of @DearShirley, the Twitter account opened by WBC spokeswoman Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/hackers-westboro-baptist-church_n_2339135.html

Bill Moyers Essay: Remember The Victims, Reject the Violence

6 Outrageous Incidents of Discrimination Against Nonbelievers

Atheists are often seen as crying wolf when they speak about bigotry. But discrimination against atheists around the world is real.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/6-outrageous-incidents-discrimination-against-nonbelievers

Sexual assault reports jump at military academies, Pentagon finds

Despite the Pentagon's sexual assault awareness programs, reports at military academies rose by nearly a quarter in 2010-2011. Officials say women could be feeling more secure reporting the crimes.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2012/1221/Sexual-assault-reports-jump-at-military-academies-Pentagon-finds

Don't Trust the Research Saying Video Games Cause Real-World Aggression

In a press conference this morning, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre addressed the Sandy Hook school shootings by suggesting that, rather than ban assault weapons, we put armed guards in every American school. LaPierre also blamed America’s “culture of violence” on violent movies and video games. The armed guards thing is being addressed elsewhere on this site, but suffice it to say it’s a weird and implausibly expensive idea that will never, ever happen. The video game point, however, merits a little more scrutiny.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/21/wayne_lapierre_don_t_listen_to_the_nra_the_research_saying_video_games_cause.html

HSBC launders drug money - and gets away with it

Obama likely to issue executive order on cybersecurity as early as January

The long-awaited executive action is unlikely to be taken before the end of the year, given the delicate negotiations over the “fiscal cliff.” Republican lawmakers have made it known that they strongly oppose an executive order on cybersecurity.

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/274175-cybersecurity-order-likely-in-january-observers-say

Palestine won’t surrender to Israel

FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Poised For Renewal Despite Unanswered Questions

With Senate poised to act as early as Thursday night to renew the foreign surveillance bill that authorized the Bush administration's secret warrantless wiretapping program, civil liberties advocates are getting deja vu.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/fisa-reauthorization_n_2341951.html

Congress Should Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits Now

President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner

As President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) work to resolve the fiscal showdown, lawmakers should at least agree that extending emergency unemployment insurance is the right thing to do in order to protect workers and encourage economic growth.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2012/12/17/48290/congress-should-extend-emergency-unemployment-benefits-now/

Strengthening Our Democracy by Expanding Voting Rights

The past two years were not kind to those who hold dear one of our most cherished rights—the right to vote. After the Republican wave of 2010, which saw conservative majorities swept into governors’ mansions and state legislatures, more than a dozen states—including Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas—passed legislation making it more difficult for voters to cast a ballot. The conservative cause celebre became legislation enacting voter ID, shortening early voting, and requiring citizens to show a birth certificate or passport in order to register to vote.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/civil-liberties/report/2012/12/18/48396/strengthening-our-democracy-by-expanding-voting-rights/

5 Reasons Our Changing Climate Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Our failure to give a crap is more frightening than flesh-eating fungi.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/5-reasons-our-changing-climate-more-dangerous-you-think

Hunger and Homelessness Rise in US Cities
Adrianne and her family depend on a summer food program to make ends meet. (photo: Share Our Strength)

Adrianne and her family depend on a summer food program to make ends meet. (photo: Share Our Strength)

cross the United States, the number of hungry and homeless people is growing, and budget fights at the federal level are threatening the aid many need to survive, the U.S. Conference of Mayors said on Thursday.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/15146-hunger-and-homelessness-rise-in-us-cities

UN not serious when it comes to Israel

"End of the World": Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change

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New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, as Pakistan Faces Fallout from U.S.-Led Vaccination Plot

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Thursday, April 25

Friday, April 12

WikiLeaks Strikes Again: Website Publishes 1.7 Million Documents on U.S. Foreign Policy

Friday, March 1

01.Mar.2013 - VIDEOS: Torture Inc, Fool the Brain, War on Terror, Climate Scientists Muzzled, Warrantless Spying, Idle No More, Bradley Manning, Economists So Wrong, Bowman vs. Monsanto, Traffic Pollution, Police Above the Law, more.

Canadian Climate Scientists Muzzled Again

Warrantless Spying Without Proof of Surveillance

Panel Discussion: Idle No More

Bradley Manning Vs Bob Woodward

You Should THANK Every Apathetic Person You Meet

Why economists get things so wrong

Bowman v. Monsanto: Indiana Farmer's Supreme Court Challenge to Corporate Control of Food Supply

EU Commissioner to sing and dance about traffic pollution

Are US police above the law?

Obama’s Chilling Secrecy, from Denying Drone Program’s Existence to Stonewalling on Legal Memos

Selling the White House? Obama-Linked Group Promises Top Donors Access to President

ACLU Blasts Supreme Court Rejection of Challenge to Warrantless Spying Without Proof of Surveillance

Sunday, December 30

Senate Reauthorizes Warrantless Wiretapping

After Defeating Moderate Reforms, Senate Extends Unchecked Surveillance Powers for Five Years

Idle No More: Indigenous-Led Protests Sweep Canada for Native Sovereignty and Environmental Justice

America's "Founding Fathers" Detested the Paradise of Delightful Debauchery and Freedom That Was 18th Century America

2012 Apocalypse, the Rapture and Other Millennial Delusions

Power of Anti-Government Propaganda

How The New York Times erases Israel’s crimes

What Could Have Been: The Most Important Bills Blocked by Republicans in 2012

The Ka-Ching Dynasty

Saturday, December 22

US Military Needs to Leave Afghanistan and Stop Widening Drone Strikes

Protesters Foil NRA Televised Press Conference: 'NRA Killing Our Kids'

Bill Moyers Essay: Remember The Victims, Reject the Violence

6 Outrageous Incidents of Discrimination Against Nonbelievers

Don't Trust the Research Saying Video Games Cause Real-World Aggression

Obama likely to issue executive order on cybersecurity as early as January

Palestine won’t surrender to Israel

FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Poised For Renewal Despite Unanswered Questions

Congress Should Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits Now

Strengthening Our Democracy by Expanding Voting Rights

5 Reasons Our Changing Climate Is More Dangerous Than You Think

UN not serious when it comes to Israel

"End of the World": Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change

New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, as Pakistan Faces Fallout from U.S.-Led Vaccination Plot