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November 15, 2013

"When we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst"

Jeremy Hammond was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for hacking into computers of Stratfor, a private intelligence firm whose clients include governments, corporations, military and contractors. After Chris Hedges, Truthdig, met with Hammond earlier this week, he sat down with Paul Jay of The Real News to provide his perspective on Hammond, his work as a hacktivist and the valuable information the Stratfor leaks provided to an uninformed society –

Here’s a snippet from Hammond’s Statement to the Court posted by the sparrow project –

Good morning. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Jeremy Hammond and I’m here to be sentenced for hacking activities carried out during my involvement with Anonymous. [Read more…]

November 14, 2013

Alabama: Long-time Political/Legal Blogger Beaten and Locked Up

(UPDATE: The Shuler’s have established a Legal Defense Fund to help Roger Shuler secure donations to help pay for legal costs. Please consider making a donation now to ensure his and your First Amendment rights remain protected – http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2013/11/paypal-donations-support-continuing.html)

October 14, 2013

by Wayne Madsen
Wayne Madsen Report dot com

The Kafka courts of Alabama

Secret courts and trials, star chambers, and illegal detention may be the stuff of a Franz Kafka trial but in Alabama the court proceedings against an investigative journalist have reached and surpassed Kafkaesque dimensions. [Read more…]

November 6, 2013

Karen Hudes – U.S. Has to Come Around to the Rule of Law

Hunter Hudes interview

There is so much discussed in the 30-minute interview below with former Senior Counsel to the World Bank, Karen Hudes, who although reappointed, has since been barred from serving. Hudes, working within the US political system, is determined to protect American’s from the inevitable financial fallout America’s political class created and continues to enable. [Read more…]

Who is the USA in Debt to? (II)

November 2, 2013

by Valentin Katasonov
Strategic-Culture dot org

Foreign holders of American debt

As has already been noted, in recent years the share of non-American holders of US Treasury securities has been wavering around the 50 percent mark. However, there has also been a visible trend to reduce the share of non-residents (from 52.9 percent at the end of 2008 to 47.9 percent in the middle of 2013). [Read more…]

Apartheid Propaganda: Netanyahu Likens Palestinians to Nazis | Interview with Max Blumenthal

The more one learns about the extreme policies of the Netanyahu government the more one gains the sense that Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs and Refugees alike are victims of unrelenting physical, mental and emotional torture intentionally perpetrated to break the very souls of these people –

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Dear Ms. Lerner, sharing confidential IRS info with the FEC is a felony

Ruh roh, it’s looking like Ms. Lerner knowingly crossed a legal red line, but what’s glaring in her emails with the FEC is it appears, at least for her, the FEC’s request was standard operating procedure I dare say for both her and the FEC. Which leaves one wondering what other agencies or individuals she shared confidential IRS information with.

Reading Judicial Watch’s Weekly Update on the matter leaves one asking more questions. Click ‘full story’ to read their update which provides a link to the the Lerner emails. [Read more…]

In his own words NOT the APs ~ Edward Snowden's Letter to German Officials

When someone writes a letter that someone else chooses to report on the least the journalist can do is link the reader to the original letter. I don’t think this is asking too much. Then again, I am talking about the [Read more…]

Goliath v David ~ Everything You Need to Know About GMO Laws

Below the fold is an awesome  infographic detailing the Goliath vs David fight in labeling all foods with “Genetically Modified Organisms’ aka GMOs. California lost round one of its ballot initiative by a mere 3% last year while Vermont and Massachusetts state legislatures have bills pending but are under threat of lawsuits if passed. Washington state’s ballot initiative will be decided by voters next week. Check this graphic out and please consider forwarding it onto your lists – [Read more…]

October 31, 2013

UPDATE: Google's 'Floaters'

See UPDATE below. Anonymous sources aka Google employees tell San Francisco’s KPIX channel 5 what these Google ‘Floaters’ are about.

This structure, seen on a barge in Portland, Maine, could well be a Google floating data center. A very similar structure is under construction in San Francisco Bay.
(Credit: John Ewing/Portland Press Herald)

First, a four-story structure made out of ship containers was seen floating on a barge in San Francisco Bay, and now a second one has been spotted in Portland Maine. How many more are there and what is the owner, Google, up to?

Hhhmmm. Maybe Jon Stewart of the Daily Show can shed some light on these ‘Floaters’ – [Read more…]

October 30, 2013

Datagate, Panorama: "Intercepted conversations even the Pope"

TRANSLATED from Panorama –Datagate, Panorama: «Intercettate anche le conversazioni del Papa»

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 30, 2013
Spiato Papa Bergoglio

The National Security Agency has cut even the Pope was revealed by the issue of Panorama on newsstands . In the 46 million calls tracked by the U.S. in Italy , between 10 December 2012 and 8 January , 2013, there would be those to and from the Vatican. [Read more…]

October 29, 2013

Benghazi: "You are gonna get attacked. You are gonna get attacked in Benghazi. It's gonna happen. You need to change your security profile."

October 29, 2013

by Helen Tansey
The T-Room.us

14 months and a presidential election later, 60 Minutes finally reported what so many have testified to, investigated and written about – the truth behind the September 11, 2011 attack on the Benghazi compound which killed four Americans. Once again, just like every other terrorist attack that has occurred the CIA, NSA, State Department and every other US and British intelligence agency knew an attack in Libya on American assets was imminent –

 Green Beret Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Andy Wood, was one of the top American security officials in Libya. Based in Tripoli, he met with Amb. Stevens every day.

The last time he went to Benghazi was in June, just three months before the attack. While he was there, al Qaeda tried to assassinate the British ambassador. Wood says, to him, it came as no surprise because al Qaeda — using a familiar tactic — had stated their intent in an online posting, [Read more…]

October 27, 2013

NO WOMAN, No Drive Campaign Bob Marley Style

This is from the ‘what friggin century are we living in’ department –

As a woman who grew up in the United States, there is no part of me that can fathom not driving. As a kid I used to race my brothers in suped-up go carts and I’ve been behind the wheel since my foot could reach the pedal of my parents car. [Read more…]

October 25, 2013

Military Contractors Open the Revolving Door for Former Pentagon Officials

October 24, 2013
by Crew Staff
citizensforethics dot org

The Pentagon’s revolving door is still spinning, according to information from a Department of Defense (DoD) database released to CREW in the wake of a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The database includes [Read more…]

October 24, 2013

Mother of Two Fired for Answering Questions About Obamacare

How sad. Sean Hannity called the 1-800 number for the Affordable Care Act earlier this week to ask questions specific to signing up in the exchange. What’s sad is the gal that answered the phone who answered Hannity’s questions was fired the following day simply for talking to him. How pathetic is that? [Read more…]

Israel's "cat who ate the canary" hypocrisy over Iranian nuclear program

October 22, 2013

by Wayne Madsen
Wayne Madsen Report dot com

Being disingenuous, like the storied cat who ate the canary, comes natural to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, especially in light of his current propaganda blitz designed to convince the world that Iranian centrist President Hasan Rouhani is not to be believed. [Read more…]

Butter is bad – a myth we've been fed by the 'healthy eating' industry

Medics are saying saturated fat may not be the devil incarnate. Just don’t expect an apology from low-fat food purveyors

by Joanna Blythman
theguardian dot com

Toast and butter

The anti-sat-fat message has been used effectively by food manufacturers to woo us away from whole, natural foods, such as butter, which is only minimally processed, on to their products, which are entirely the opposite, such as margarine.’ Photograph: Jupiterimages/Getty Images/Comstock Images

Government and health charities have been doling out duff healthy eating advice for decades, but when are they going to admit it? That’s the question raised by the remarks of cardiologist Aseem Malhotra, who writing in the BMJ has challenged the orthodoxy that [Read more…]