Source – rutherford.org – “You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.”—They Live We’re living in two worlds, you and I. There’s the world we see (or are made to see) and then…
Source – theguardian.com – It 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…
Source – waldenlabs.com – Sometimes you just get lucky. I was in Amsterdam when the Snowden story broke. CNN was non-stop asking politicians and pundits, “Is Edward Snowden a traitor?” Those who said he betrayed America also said something else: Mass surveillance is only an issue if you’re a criminal. If you’ve got nothing to…
Source – counterpunch.org – “Mock invasions, mock terrorist manhunts, shootouts, and roundups are not jokes…the last shreds of democracy are at stake”: – Anti-militarism activists are shaking their heads in amazement. We have been working for years to push back against the massive military expansion underway both in the US and around the world, fighting back one…
Source – AntiMedia.org, By Carey Wedler – Leaked emails from an Italian-based hacking company reveal that government agencies engage in surveillance more invasive than previously thought, spending millions of dollars on spyware and malware software to accomplish their questionable goals. Tellingly, their use of the product places them squarely in the same category as other…
Source – zerohedge.com Between Greece’s tragic, Berlin-mandated descent into the Third World and the epic meltdown in China’s equity markets, it would be easy to forget that the US government is (re)annexing Texas next week. For those unaware (or for anyone who might have lost track of the US Spec Ops schedule), the military is…
Source – investmentwatchblog.com – The multistate training operation Jade Helm15 will begin next month, and plenty of Texans still seem to think that this is all an elaborate ruse and the federal government is about to take over Texas — a state that is already part of a larger country that the federal government oversees.…
Source – themindunleashed.org – Is nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest addition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD. Defined as an “ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior,” symptoms include…
Source – disinfo.com – “The United States government can’t simply run an anonymity system for everybody and then use it themselves only. Because then every time a connection came from it people would say, “Oh, it’s another CIA agent.” If those are the only people using the network.” —Roger Dingledine, co-founder of the Tor Network,…
Source – blacklistednews.com – nternal memo from secretive British spy unit exposes how GCHQ and NSA used human psychological research to create sophisticated online propaganda tools “Among other things,” The Intercept reports, “the document lays out the tactics the agency uses to manipulate public opinion, its scientific and psychological research into how human thinking and…
Source – naturalnews.com – In recent days, the mainstream media has focused on some rather inane things – events or occurrences that, given rising dangers in the world and the important issues facing our country, have virtually no impact or meaning whatsoever. Take the Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner “story.” For weeks, Americans have had to endure how…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com – In an ominous report out of the AP we are now learning that the FBI has been operating a small airforce inside the United States. The operation sends low-flying planes across the country. Inside these planes are methods to collect video and cellphone surveillance technology. The entire operation is carried out behind the facade…
Source – presstv.ir – “More than 20 fake phone poles, which are said to be tools to spy on public communications, have been found in the United Kingdom, according to a new investigation”: The investigation was conducted by the UK-based Sky News, and its findings were released on Wednesday. The poles, which were found in…
Souvce – therealnews.com – On behalf of the Real News network Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges interviews Truthdig’s editor in chief Robert Scheer about his latest book “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy”. Click here to watch more of Hedges’ interviews with Scheers. http://therealnews.com/t2/
Source – washingtonsblog.com – Hundreds of tech companies and digital rights groups – including Imgur, DreamHost, Namecheap, AVG, Mediafire, Internet Archive, BoingBoing, Piwik, Private Internet Access, and more than 200 others signed a letter to Congress today stating: Criminalizing Journalism and Whistleblowing: TPP’s trade secrets provisions could make it a crime for people to reveal…
Source – zengardner.com – “If you or I had a pot full of money and set out to help a community become more prosperous and self-sufficient, we could find a way. When big government steps in with its money, the objective is different—it’s to appear to help, while actually demeaning and reducing everything in sight… “Ever…
Source – libertyblitzkrieg.com – It’s not just those domestic extremists and crazy “conspiracy theory” kooks who took serious issue with UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent overtly fascist language when it comes to freedom of expression in Great Britain. For example, in a post published today, the UK Independent describes the quote below as “the creepiest…
Source – medium.com – What happens when a dynamic company, started by a couple of idealistic friends in grad school, succeeds so wildly that it becomes a mega-corporation that pervades the lives of hundreds of millions? In imperial America, it would seem, it eventually becomes corrupted, even captured. Tragically, that seems to be the unfolding…
Source – tomdispatch.com – “Novel forms of wave warfare are currently under development by the Pentagon’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program. One such innovation, known as “Active Denial Technology,” works much like a microwave oven — with the waves directed at the skin of a target to produce an “intolerable heating sensation” – Last week, as…
Source – journal-neo.org – America’s military and foreign policy failures are countless and stacking up every day. There is little question anymore that excessive dependence on private contractors, the influence of the Israel and other powerful lobbies and a bifurcated command structure with rogue elements running private “ops” has left America defenseless. We see it…
Source – washingtonsblog.com – Bill Binney is the high-level NSA executive who created the agency’s mass surveillance program for digital information. A 32-year NSA veteran widely regarded as a “legend” within the agency, Binney was the senior technical director within the agency and managed thousands of NSA employees. Binney spent decades studying – and trying…
Source – nytimes.com – The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. Bush to bolster a legal and ethical justification for the torture of prisoners swept up in the post-Sept. 11 war on terror, according to a new report by a group of dissident health professionals and human rights activists.…
Source – endoftheamericandream.com – Have you noticed that we are starting to be bombarded with images of troops in the streets? Have you noticed that the term “martial law” is coming up a lot in movies, news broadcasts and even in television commercials? In recent years, it seems like the solution to almost every major…
Source – rutherford.org – In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com – Don’t use the word “rage” on social media, or you may have an anti-police mentality. At least that’s the case according to Chief Dyer of the Fresno Police Department and their new social media scanning software called “Beware.” http://abc30.com/video/embed/?pid=525999 The Orwellian software, which we have previously reported on, is designed to assess…
Source – inquisitr.com – Ex-intel running for the hills. In December of 2012, I reported that several retired officials from FEMA were relocating to the rolling hill areas in North Carolina. Their enclaves contained the same resources involving air, water, food and guns. These enclaves also included underground structures which are sensibly self-contained and can serve to…
Source – pontiactribune.com – A bill introduced in March by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) would not only completely terminate the USA PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, but would also dramatcially downsize the NSA’s domestic spying practices. A bill introduced in March by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and…
Source – naturalnews.com – Natural light from the sun is very important to the general health and well-being of humans. Recent research has reinforced this; humans need to have regular and prolonged exposure to this natural light so they can experience optimal health. According to one research team, however, not all the news is good.…
Source – veteranstoday.com – The three most powerful nations all operate prison systems that are places of sadism, sickness, and madness unfit for human habitation, much less human reformation. They also lead the world with astonishing rates of imprisonment far higher than in other industrialized nations. “The U.S. incarceration rate of 737 per 100,000 people…
Source – truthandshadows.wordpress.com – The sight of police in camouflage uniforms with assault rifles, grenade launchers, and mine-resistant armored vehicles advancing on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri has shocked a lot of people. But it shouldn’t have. Those paying attention know that law enforcement across America has been undergoing a transformation over the past two decades…
Source – canadassecretbigbrother.com – In 2004, a Canadian I.T. company known as CGI merged with American Management Systems, also known as AMS, a high technology and management consulting firm founded by five former U.S. Defense Department “Whiz kids” that specialized in lucrative U.S. defense contracts. This company then became CGI-AMS for a short time, and then CGI – continuing to present…
Source – /rabble.ca – This is the speech Chris Hedges would have delivered at the Toronto protest against Bill C-51 on Saturday, if he had made it to the city in time. Weather delayed his plane, but rabble.ca was able to obtain the text of his address and present it here. Hedges has spent much…
Source – openculture.com – In 1949, George Orwell received a curious letter from his former high school French teacher. Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews from just about every corner of the English-speaking world. His French teacher, as it happens, was none other than Aldous Huxley who taught…
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