Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders joined about 100 Iowa-area workers on a picket line outside on Friday night, putting action behind the pro-working class talking points he delivers on the campaign trail...
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Thursday, July 17, 2014
The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control
William Binney is one of the highest-level whistleblowers to ever emerge from the NSA. He was a leading code-breaker against the Soviet Union during the Cold War but resigned soon after September 11, disgusted by Washington’s move towards mass surveillance.
On 5 July he spoke at a conference in London organised by the Centre for Investigative Journalism and revealed the extent of the surveillance programs unleashed by the Bush and Obama administrations.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Cullman officially has drones.. Love the way they skate over the possible use for surveillance by saying the policy for use hasnt been devoloped yet.. We'll see....
CULLMAN – Drones are becoming the scourge of the nation. Whether they’re used for destructive purposes like the ones in the Middle East, or like the ones used for real estate purposes in the Midwest, one thing is the same: most do not like them.
However, should that be the case?
Saturday, July 12, 2014
General Smedley Butler
The most decorated marine in US history, a man who blew the whistle on an attempted coup by corporations against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. This is from his book "War is a racket"
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Controversial Cybersecurity Bill Known As CISA Advances Out Of Senate Committee
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted Tuesday to approve a controversial cybersecurity bill known as the Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA). The bill is intended to help companies and the government thwart hackers and other cyber-intrusions. The bill passed by a 12-3 vote, moving it one step closer to a floor debate.
Lawmakers have been struggling for years to move cybersecurity legislation. Civil liberties advocates have opposed CISA, arguing that it fails to adequately shield Americans’ privacy. Proponents of the bill say it will help stop attacks by encouraging data-sharing between businesses and the government. The bill achieves data-sharing by protecting businesses from lawsuits if they voluntarily disclose cyberthreat details for the purpose of assisting government or industry partners.
Alabama introduces marijuana legalization bill
Alabama seeks to join Colorado and Washington in becoming the third state to fully legalize marijuana and regulate it for retail sale under the same rules as alcohol.
Rep. Patricia Todd (D) of Birmingham introduced a bill this week called the Alabama Cannabis and Hemp Reform Act of 2013 that will legalize up to an ounce of marijuana for anyone over 21. The bill would also allow for the cultivation of up to 12 marijuana plants at home.
As many as 478 civilians have been killed and 1,392 more injured in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.
Ukraine Luhansk - A resident looks at a hole on July 9, 2014 in the ceiling of his apartment, in a building damaged the day before by Ukrainian forces' mortar fire, in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Inside Story Americas - Bradley Manning trial: What is at stake?
Bradley Manning, a United States Army soldier, has gone on trial, charged with the largest leak of classified documents in US history.
In an hour-long opening statement at Manning's court martial hearing, Captain Joe Morrow, the lawyer for the US government has accused Private Manning of leaking secrets into the "lap of the enemy" claiming Manning had been motivated by a desire to gain 'notoriety' that had led him to disregard his training in order to 'aid our adversaries'.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, is facing 21 counts of leaking classified information, more than 700,000 documents, including intelligence reports, videos, and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.
They included years of sensitive information relating to US foreign policy, Guantanamo Bay, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In an hour-long opening statement at Manning's court martial hearing, Captain Joe Morrow, the lawyer for the US government has accused Private Manning of leaking secrets into the "lap of the enemy" claiming Manning had been motivated by a desire to gain 'notoriety' that had led him to disregard his training in order to 'aid our adversaries'.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, is facing 21 counts of leaking classified information, more than 700,000 documents, including intelligence reports, videos, and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.
They included years of sensitive information relating to US foreign policy, Guantanamo Bay, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
NYPD lied under oath to prosecute Occupy activist
An Occupy Wall Street activist was acquitted of assaulting a police officer and other charges on Thursday after jurors were presented with video evidence that directly contradicted the NYPD’s story.
Read the full story here...
Friday, January 25, 2013
Shock claim: Obama removing all military leaders from command if they will not fire on U.S. citizens
It is not a claim being made by some obscure personality who hosts a late-night "radio show" on shortwave, or by a known far-out lunatic seeking his latest 15 minutes of fame, but by none other than a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
Reports surfaced Jan. 22 that Dr. Jim Garrow, nominated for the prize in 2009, made a shocking claim on his Facebook page in recent days that he was informed by a top military vet that the Obama administration's "litmus test" for new military leaders is whether or not they will follow orders to fire on American citizens if need be.
From his Facebook post:
I have just been informed by a former senior military leader that Obama is using a new "litmus test" in determining who will stay and who must go in his military leaders. Get ready to explode folks. The new litmus test of leadership in the military is if they will fire on US citizens or not. Those who will not are being removed.
Read the full story here...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Bernie Sanders: “The Truth is Wall Street Regulates Congress”
Bernie Sanders admitted that whilst a lot of people might like to think that congress regulates wall street “the truth is Wall Street regulates congress”.
He wants the large financial institutions to start investing in the real economy and for Wall Street to lend money to businesses rather then have them continue invest in risky bets that threaten the entire economy.
He’s also pushing for the return of the glass-steagall act – a law that was into place in 1933 that imposed heavey banking reforms on the banks but was repealed in 1999 by President Bill Clinton.
You can check out the full interview with Bernie Sanders by watching the video below:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Untouchables: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions
PBS' Frontline program on Tuesday night broadcast a new one-hour report on one of the greatest and most shameful failings of the Obama administration: the lack of even a single arrest or prosecution of any senior Wall Street banker for the systemic fraud that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis: a crisis from which millions of people around the world are still suffering. What this program particularly demonstrated was that the Obama justice department, in particular the Chief of its Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer, never even tried to hold the high-level criminals accountable.
What Obama justice officials did instead is exactly what they did in the face of high-level Bush era crimes of torture and warrantless eavesdropping: namely, acted to protect the most powerful factions in the society in the face of overwhelming evidence of serious criminality. Indeed, financial elites were not only vested with impunity for their fraud, but thrived as a result of it, even as ordinary Americans continue to suffer the effects of that crisis.
Read the full story here...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The U.N. and the Internet: What to expect, what to fear (FAQ)
The U.S., Canada, and European allies are squaring off against Russia and China at a U.N. Internet summit. At stake: the future of how the Internet will be run.
The inner workings of United Nations telecommunications agencies aren't usually headline news. But then again, most U.N. confabs don't grapple with topics as slippery as Internet censorship, taxation, and privacy.
A U.N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union has kicked off what has become a highly controversial summit this week in Dubai, capping over a year of closed-door negotiations over an international communications treaty that could have a direct impact on the Internet. The summit continues through the end of next week.
It's true, of course, that U.N. meetings often yield more rhetoric than substance. During a summit in Tunisia in 2005, for instance, Iran and African governments proclaimed that the Internet permits too much free speech, with Cuba's delegate announcing that Fidel Castro believed the time had come to create a new organization "which administers this network of networks."
The difference here is that this meeting actually matters: the ITU event is aimed at rewriting a multilateral treaty that governs international communications traffic. It was last updated back in 1988, when home computers used dial-up modems, the Internet was primarily a university network, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was a mere 4 years old.
Read the full story here...
SECRET GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS REVEAL VACCINES TO BE A TOTAL HOAX
If you have children, you are more than likely already aware of the official U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “Immunization Schedules,” which today recommend an astounding 29 vaccines be given between birth and six years of age, including yearly flu shots, as well as another five to 16 vaccines between ages seven and 18 (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/). But a recent investigative report compiled by Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic, Ph.D., uncovers more than 30 years of hidden government documents exposing these vaccine schedules as a complete hoax, not to mention the fraud of the vaccines themselves to provide any real protection against disease.
Though her paper focuses primarily on the British health system’s elaborate cover-up of the dirty truth about its own national vaccination program, the tenets of the study’s findings still apply to vaccination schedules in general, which are typically designed for the purpose of serving corporate interests rather than public health. Government authorities, it turns out, in an ongoing bid to satisfy the private goals of the vaccine industry, have deliberately covered up pertinent information about the dangers and ineffectiveness of vaccines from parents in order to maintain a high rate of vaccination compliance. And in the process, they have put countless millions of children at risk of serious side effects and death.
New US poll reveals 85% of Americans distrust congressmen
A new US poll once again highlights the extreme unpopularity of American lawmakers among their constituents but marks a record low in public trust of the nation’s legislative branch with only nine percent voicing a favorable view.
A whopping 85 percent of 830 Americans taking part in the Public Policy Polling survey conducted over the past week and released on Tuesday said they were distrustful of their legislators in the US Congress.
Read the full story here...
Yemenis condemn presence of US Marines in Sana’a
Yemeni citizens, rights groups and lawmakers have vehemently condemned the presence of US Marine troops on Yemeni soil and the transformation of a five-star hotel in the capital, Sana’a, into a US military base.
In interviews with Press TV, the legislators and human rights activists harshly criticized the conversion of the capital’s Sheraton Hotel into a military building and said they considered the presence of American forces as an occupation of their country.
The Yemenis argued that the US move to bring in the Marines for the protection of its diplomatic mission is merely a pretext for US domination on the ground.
“American Marines entered the country before the revolution and their numbers have increased… it’s similar to what happened when Britain occupied southern Yemen decades ago. The presence of Marine forces in the large number can only be described as an occupation,” political activist Abdu Ahmed said.
‘Syrian Girl’ reveals truth behind Syria crisis
The truth about Syria is being revealed by activist and blogger ‘Syrian Girl’ (Mimi Al-Laham) who spells out what others fear to think, let alone say. For example, everybody realizes that the Americans are arming al-Qaeda but few know that the Rothschild national banks are behind the attacks on Libya and Syria.
Read the full story here...
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