jueves, 3 de octubre de 2013
Russia: Winter games Olympic torch throws light on human rights violations | Amnesty International
Russia: Winter games Olympic torch throws light on human rights violations | Amnesty International
Turkey accused of gross human rights violations in Gezi Park protests | Amnesty International
Turkey accused of gross human rights violations in Gezi Park protests | Amnesty International:
Turkish authorities committed human rights violations on a massive scale in the government’s attempts to crush the Gezi Park protests this summer said Amnesty International.
In a report published today the organization details the worst excesses of police violence, during the protests, the failure to bring these abuses to justice and the subsequent prosecution and harassment of those that took part.
“The attempt to smash the Gezi Park protest movement involved a string of human rights violations on a huge scale. They include the wholesale denial of the right to peaceful assembly and violations of the rights to life, liberty and the freedom from torture and ill-treatment,” said Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International’s expert on Turkey.
A “democratization package” announced by the Prime Minister on Monday fails to address these violations or to take any serious steps to ensure that they will not occur in the future.
SPAIN -- Exaltació franquista i nazi en un col·legi públic de la comunitat de Madrid - VilaWeb
Exaltació franquista i nazi en un col·legi públic de la comunitat de Madrid - VilaWeb
Speaking to the same newspaper, the first deputy mayor, Jose Luis Perez Maroto (PP), said: 'It's a military exhibition, like the IFEMA [Fair of Madrid], to be held in late October but fifty times smaller. If this is illegal, the IFEMA, too. '
Franco Nazi glorification in a public school in the community of Madrid
The mayor of Quijorna (PP) participated in an act of homage 'to the fallen for God and Spain'
The public school early in the municipality of Asturias Quijorna in the Madrid region, ruled by the PP, the place was Saturday elected the council to make an exhibition of military equipment. It exhibited all symbols of Franco and the Nazis, such as Franco posters, paintings with a portrait of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, the swastika banners and patches with the emblem of the SS. According to the newspaper El País , had twelve stops and a banner that said: ¡salute to Frank! ¡Arriba España! '
Speaking to the same newspaper, the first deputy mayor, Jose Luis Perez Maroto (PP), said: 'It's a military exhibition, like the IFEMA [Fair of Madrid], to be held in late October but fifty times smaller. If this is illegal, the IFEMA, too. '
The entrance to the sports school was free and, according to some witnesses, even a minor took a gift from Jose Antonio schedule.
They organize regular council and the Brotherhood of Ceuta, with the name ''s First Exhibition of Working Days, Defense and Military Culture'. The purpose of the event is recognized by the council, was to increase the love of Spain and its indivisible unity "and" zoom and enhance awareness among civilian and military. " According to the council, it is not excitement at all.
A councilor Perez Maroto, a few surprising statements in the Country. When you ask for all merchandising Franco said: 'I can not say whether it was good or bad. [...] It was an exhibition of history. Or do we give up the battle of Bailen? '
Many more. The day after the exhibition, the mayor, Mercedes Garcia, was a tribute to a monument for 'fallen for God and Spain in defense of Quijorna from 6 to 8 July 1937', in the words plate there is this monument.
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- Pilar Rahola: “A mi m’han amenaçat de mort”
Pilar Rahola: “A mi m’han amenaçat de mort”
Pilar Rahola: "I threatened to kill me"
"It's the banality of evil," said Rahola. And he asked: "Do I have scandalized by this woman who trivializes the regime?" "I threatened to kill me," he said referring to Rahola attacks received by individuals fascists.
CATALONIA -- El món ho ha de saber - YouTube
El món ho ha de saber - YouTube:
The world has to know
The video of the second phase of'' The world has to know ', an action SÀPIENS magazine to present the world Catalonia www.elmonhohadesaber.cat
BESANCON > Victor Hugo > Maison natale de Victor Hugo
BESANCON > Victor Hugo > Maison natale de Victor Hugo:
La maison natale de Victor Hugo est située au 140 Grande Rue, sur la place où sont nés Charles Nodier et les frères Lumière, et où vécut Gustave Courbet.
La maison est un lieu de mémoire consacré à l'homme engagé dans son siècle et pour l'avenir. Elle est divisée en plusieurs espaces aux vocations différentes.
Spirit of revolt drifts South as anti-austerity protests rock Sudan | ROAR Magazine
Spirit of revolt drifts South as anti-austerity protests rock Sudan | ROAR Magazine:
After years of neoliberal reform, authoritarian rule and increasing misery, further austerity measures drive the people of Sudan back into the street.
As protests rock Sudan and the violent state crackdown mirrors the governments' reactions to popular indignation we have already seen across the Arab world, the question arises whether this is the moment Africa rises up and if the Sudanese people will lead the way in a new wave of liberation movements across the continent.
Live Chat: The Latest Mars Rover Finds | Science/AAAS | News
Live Chat: The Latest Mars Rover Finds | Science/AAAS | News:
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has made some exciting discoveries since it arrived on the surface of the Red Planet in August last year. In the first 100 martian days after landing, Curiosity investigated a loose rock, named Jake_M, sitting on the plains of Gale crater, and an accumulation of windblown sand, silt, and dust known as Rocknest. Jake_M is unlike any other martian rock we knew about and is similar to uncommon terrestrial rocks found on ocean islands and in rift zones. Its composition provides clues to the nature of the martian mantle. Rocknest contains water bound to amorphous materials and several simple organic compounds. Chemical analysis of this deposit indicates that basaltic martian soils may be locally sourced yet globally similar in composition. Five articles presented in the 27 September edition of Science describe the results from these initial investigations.
Israel levantará un nuevo asentamiento ilegal al sur de Cisjordania — teleSUR
Israel levantará un nuevo asentamiento ilegal al sur de Cisjordania — teleSUR
Israel set up a new settlement south of the West Bank illegal
sraeli authorities plan to build new illegal settlements in the Palestinian city of Hebron in the southern West Bank, according to reports from the Israeli NGO Peace Now peace (Peace Now).
According to the report of the movement, the settlements will be built in a four thousand square meters in the center of the city and the decision fell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the death of a soldier in Hebron on 22 September.
On that occasion Netanyahu warned of "devastating consequences" for the Palestinian people living in the area. "Peace Now" ad explains that this "hinders the process of Israeli-Palestinian peace," for cause their suspension "for months or even years."
Currently, the project expects the approval of the Israeli High Court of Justice in relation to the possession of the land. However, according to "Peace Now", it is likely that the court enter judgment in favor of Israeli settlers.
Since the resumption of peace talks calls in July of this year, the Israeli regime has announced plans to build more than three thousand houses in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the West Bank.
Indeed, colonization is the main obstacle in the peace process are attempting to undertake the Israeli regime and the state of Palestine, which requires total freeze settlement construction and that the Tel Aviv regime to withdraw to the 1967 borders, when it occupied the West Bank, Gaza and Al-Quds.
On Monday, Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinian citizens on the border with the Gaza Strip, killing one of them. The victim, 36, was taken to hospital in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
Vietnam: The Real War | Buy Photos | AP Images | Collections
Vietnam: The Real War | Buy Photos | AP Images | Collections:
To cover the Vietnam War, The Associated Press assembled an extraordinary group of photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the greatest photographic legacies of the 20th century. Collected in “Vietnam: The Real War” (Abrams 2013) are images that tell the story of a divisive war that has left a deep and lasting impression on American life. From Malcolm Browne’s photograph of the burning monk and Nick Ut’s picture of a 9-year-old running from a napalm attack to Eddie Adams’ photograph of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, “Vietnam: The Real War” contains images that both recorded and changed history.
Dos semanas del bloqueo a la planta de Monsanto, día por día | La Voz del Interior
Dos semanas del bloqueo a la planta de Monsanto, día por día | La Voz del Interior
Without a view of a solution in sight, environmentalists blocking continues, the construction is paralyzed and there is a climate of permanent tension on the picket line.
Two weeks of the blockade to the Monsanto plant, day by day
Without a view of a solution in sight, environmentalists blocking continues, the construction is paralyzed and there is a climate of permanent tension on the picket line.
The protest that began on September 18, against the estate of Monsanto , met on Wednesday two weeks.
Environmentalists, assembly members Malvinas Struggle for Life, members of leftist political organizations participating in the picket.
The A-88 route linking Monte Cristo with Cordova is partially cut, while at the site are two camps outside the gates of income and a heavy police presence, with fencing included.
“La sostenibilidad supone quebrar la continuidad del poder económico” | La Marea
“La sostenibilidad supone quebrar la continuidad del poder económico” | La Marea
"Sustainability means breaking the continuity of economic power"
"It is paradoxical to see how she grows global sustainability crisis also increases the use of this word. The companies use to confuse and to clean up their image. It is impossible for a company is defined as "sustainable" when engaged in making cars or plastic containers. " Thus began his presentation this morning Erik Assadourian, senior partner Worldwatch Institute in the report State of the World 2013, whose Spanish edition Ecosocial and Icaria coeditan FUHEM.
According to the U.S. sustainable means "to give people welfare without harming the ecological systems on which we depend." Defining this concept is the first step to see if it is possible to move towards a sustainable society. And the key to change the socio-economic model in which we are living in generating global movement similar to nineteenth-century abolitionist. Assadourian has ensured that, for this movement possible, it requires a complete cultural change, so as to create a "way of life, an ecological culture to change the idea that the contaminant or construction growth equals progress."
Obamacare's Websites Are Still Broken | Motherboard
Obamacare's Websites Are Still Broken | Motherboard:
Now one day deep into the launch-of-Obamacare-government-shutdown debacle, signing up for a health plan under the Affordable Care Act is no less challenging than it was yesterday.
While plenty of people have been able to get through to their state's site via healthcare.gov's portal, and some have been able to setup up accounts to begin the e-shopping process (myself included), many have hit a wall of internal server errors.
A friend of mine in Seattle, Joshua Powell, who is unemployed and sick in bed, told me he has already spent 10 hours trying to make it through the process. I saw his status in my Facebook newsfeed last night containing a thorough testimonial of his affair with Washington State's health plan finder website, where he's made little headway beyond retrieving his login and trying to place things in an online shopping cart. When I asked him to elaborate on his experience, he wrote:
NSA chief admits govt collected cellphone location data — RT USA
NSA chief admits govt collected cellphone location data — RT USA:
The director of the National Security Agency admitted this week that the NSA tested a program that collected cellphone location data from American citizens starting in 2010, but suspended it shortly after.
Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of both the NSA and the United States Cyber Command, told lawmakers in Washington early Wednesday that the secretive pilot program was taken offline in 2011, but that the intelligence community may someday in the future make plans to routinely collect location data about US citizens.
Alexander briefly discussed the program during a Senate hearing on the Hill early Wednesday that focused on the data provided to the government through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, including programs that were exposed earlier this year by unauthorized disclosures attributed to contractor-turned-leaker Edward Snowden.
Only days earlier, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) asked Alexander during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing if the NSA was collecting location data on American citizens.
Vaccine Excipient & Media Summary Excipients Included in U.S. Vaccines, by Vaccine
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/B/excipient-table-2.pdf
Vaccine Excipient & Media Summary
Vaccine Excipient & Media Summary
Excipients Included in U.S. Vaccines, by Vaccine
This table includes not only vaccine ingredients (e.g., adjuvants and preservatives),
but also substances used during the manufacturing process, including vaccine-production media,
that are removed from the final product and present only in trace quantities.
In addition to the substances listed, most vaccines contain Sodium Chloride (table salt).
Last Updated February 2012
All reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, but manufacturers may change product contents before that information is reflected here. If in doubt, check the manufacturer’s package insert.
Aluminum In Vaccines, What Are We Not Being Told? | The Liberty Beacon
Aluminum In Vaccines, What Are We Not Being Told? | The Liberty Beacon: Greetings from Lori (TLB Contributor)
Before I get into the article, I want everyone to click on this link & read down thru the various vaccines & their list of ingredients.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/B/excipient-table-2.pdf
Ok, how many of those vaccines have aluminum in them? I counted 24.
Vaccines in shock failure: Whooping cough vaccine stops working very quickly, warn scientists
Vaccines in shock failure: Whooping cough vaccine stops working very quickly, warn scientists:
NaturalNews) Health experts are warning that new vaccines for whooping cough are needed quickly and that additional booster shots for children are likely to be required as well for the disease after a new study found that the effectiveness of the current vaccine fades sharply over a period of time.
Results of the study, published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, explains, in part anyway, a resurgence of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, which has infected in excess of 26,000 people this year, marking the largest outbreak in more than five decades, reports said.
The current vaccine, which was introduced in the 1990s, fails to protect people as long as once believed. In fact, the study's authors note, the vaccine loses nearly half its effectiveness with each passing year.
But was it ever really "effective" in the first place? Mounting evidence suggests that pertussis vaccines have never really worked.
» Gov’t Shut Down: Pentagon Spends Over $5 Billion on Military and Spy Equipment Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
» Gov’t Shut Down: Pentagon Spends Over $5 Billion on Military and Spy Equipment Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
- $48,600,000: Operation support for spy satellites
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded 94 contracts worth over $5 billion, including purchases for spy satellites, body armor and drones, on Sept. 30, the day before the government shutdown and at the end of the federal fiscal year.
A MQ-9 Reaper drone spies on the population below. (Photo: Public domain)
The contracts include an extreme range of weapon, infrastructure and equipment to various military branches including (with prices in front):
- $48,600,000: Operation support for spy satellites
- $49,813,377: MQ-9 Reaper drones for France
- $40,000,000: scalable hand grenades which allows users to choose the level of the blast “needed for the situation.”
- $25,693,160: Construction of a Weapons Surveillance and Test Laboratory
- $18,132,000: Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System
The Air Force contracts in particular focused on sophisticated surveillance tech, including the aforementioned drones, spy satellite support, and logistics for a fleet of spy planes.
One Army contract, worth $246,699,217, procured “Interceptor Body Armor Outer Tactical Vests for various foreign military sales customers.”
Edward Snowden's E-Mail Provider Defied FBI Demands to Turn Over Crypto Keys, Documents Show | Threat Level | Wired.com
Edward Snowden's E-Mail Provider Defied FBI Demands to Turn Over Crypto Keys, Documents Show | Threat Level | Wired.com:
The U.S. government obtained a secret court order demanding that Edward Snowden’s e-mail provider, Lavabit, turn over its private SSL key, which would have allowed the FBI to wiretap the service’s users.
The July 16 order came after Texas-based Lavabit refused to circumvent its own security systems to comply with earlier orders intended to trace the Internet IP address of a particular Lavabit user.
The filings show that Lavabit was served on June 28 with a so-called “pen register” order requiring it to record, and provide the government with, the connection information on one of its users every time that user logged in to check his e-mail. The name of the target is redacted from the unsealed records, but the offenses under investigation are listed as violations of the Espionage Act, leaving little doubt that NSA Edward Snowden was the target.
miércoles, 2 de octubre de 2013
Israel’s Secret Nuclear Biological and Chemical Weapons (NBC) | Global Research
Israel’s Secret Nuclear Biological and Chemical Weapons (NBC) | Global Research:
For years, Syria and Egypt refused to abandon their chemical weapons facing a threatening neighbor, Israel, which develops very sophisticated ones, in addition to biological and nuclear weapons. However, while Syria has joined the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons , we are taking a look at Israeli activities.
The UN inspectors who monitor chemical weapons in Syria would have much to do if they were sent to monitor the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons (NBC) of Israel.
But according to the rules of “international law”, they cannot do so. Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, nor the Convention Banning Biological Weapons , and has signed but not ratified the Convention Banning Chemical Weapons.
Cold War Redux: Washington Turbo-Militarizes China’s Backyard | Global Research
Cold War Redux: Washington Turbo-Militarizes China’s Backyard | Global Research:
While the Middle East teeters on the brink of another prolonged conflict that would engender some form of US involvement, the Obama’s administration’s shift away from the region and toward East Asia is easier said than done. Though the “Pivot to Asia” policy of the Obama administration may not be stealing all the headlines, US military presence around the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca is quietly building up, giving rise to increased American muscle in Southeast Asia. Obama announced the pivot policy during a visit to Australia in 2011, declaring a fully equipped 2,500-strong Marine task force operating from Darwin by 2016. The pivot to Asia is anything but an empty catchphrase, as the US Air Force is beginning to bolster its presence in bases in Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines, with plans to move 60 percent of US warships to the region by 2020. It’s no secret that these developments are the Pentagon’s response to China’s ever-increasing military and economic clout, and Uncle Sam is boldly sending the message that he’s coming to town.
Worldwide protests demand stop to Brazil's assault on indigenous rights - Survival International
Worldwide protests demand stop to Brazil's assault on indigenous rights - Survival International
Supporters of human rights organization Survival International held a vocal protest outside the Brazilian embassy in London today in support of thousands of indigenous demonstrators in Brazil rallying against the onslaught of their hard-won land rights.
Nixiwaka Yawanawá, an Amazon Indian from Brazil, led the London protest wearing his tribe’s headdress and facial decorations. He was joined by dozens of supporters wearing tribal face paint and carrying placards.
Nixiwaka said, ’We’re here to support our indigenous brothers and sisters in Brazil who are facing the worst assault on their rights in decades. We, Brazil’s indigenous peoples, have lived on our lands for as long as we can remember, and we cannot live without them. These new laws would mean the end of our rights to our lands and must not be passed!’
Protests are being held across Brazil and the world this week against attempts by the Brazilian government to water down indigenous peoples’ constitutional rights in the name of the country’s push for industrialization and ‘development’.
Protecting rights of migrant workers more crucial than ever – UN Committee -- DisplayNews
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GENEVA (2 October 2013) – Migrants are too often regarded as commodities or economic and political problems instead of human beings, a UN Committee has said in an appeal to all countries to join an international treaty that protects the rights of migrant workers.
GENEVA (2 October 2013) – Migrants are too often regarded as commodities or economic and political problems instead of human beings, a UN Committee has said in an appeal to all countries to join an international treaty that protects the rights of migrant workers.
“The International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families (ICRMW) is one of the core international human rights treaties,” said Chairperson Abdelhamid El Jamri on behalf of the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers (CMW).
“Ratifying this treaty does not commit States to giving migrant workers special treatment. It does not create new rights nor establish additional rights specifically for migrant workers. What it does do is give specific form to standards that protect all human beings so that they are meaningful within the context of migration,” said Mr. El Jamri.
Changing patterns of migration and the exploitation and discrimination faced by migrant workers in sectors such as construction and agriculture have made protecting their rights more crucial than ever, he stressed.
The Convention, in force for 10 years, has been ratified by 47 States. However, no major destination countries, among them the US, EU member States and Gulf countries, have ratified it, even though it reflects the rights set out in other core human rights treaties to which many States are already party.
The Committee’s call for wider ratification of the Convention comes ahead of high-level talks at the United Nations in New York on 3 and 4 October on migration and development, which are seen as an important opportunity to promote recognition of the fundamental human rights of all migrants.
More than 200 million people worldwide are international migrants; of these some 30 million are estimated to be irregular migrants.
Save the Nobel Peace Prize from Itself | Global Research
Save the Nobel Peace Prize from Itself | Global Research:
On October 11, we’ll learn whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee is interested in reviving the Nobel Peace Prize or putting another nail in its coffin.
Alfred Nobel’s vision for the Nobel Peace Prize created in his will was a good one and, one might have thought, a legally binding one as well.
The peace prize is not supposed to be awarded to proponents of war, such as Barack Obama or the European Union.
It is not supposed to be awarded to good humanitarians whose work has little or nothing to do with peace, such as most other recent recipients. As with the Carnegie Endowment for Peace which works for almost anything but, in violation of its creator’s will, and as with many a “peace and justice” group focused on all sorts of good causes that aren’t the elimination of militarism, the Nobel has become a “peace” prize, rather than a peace prize.
Secret safety studies undermine EFSA's transparency claims | Corporate Europe Observatory
Secret safety studies undermine EFSA's transparency claims | Corporate Europe Observatory:
Europe's public food safety watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is still not up to its responsibilities when it comes to transparency, claims a coalition of civil society groups in an open letter. The signatories denounce the secrecy around safety studies, ahead of EFSA’s conference on transparency that will take place tomorrow (3 October 2013) in Parma as part of its transparency initiative.
MSF Response to Launch of the “Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis: Towards Zero Deaths” | Doctors Without Borders
MSF Response to Launch of the “Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis: Towards Zero Deaths” | Doctors Without Borders:
On October 1, 2013, the World Health Organization, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, the Stop TB Partnership, and other partners launched the Childhood TB Roadmap, a guiding document that seeks to outline the activities needed to accelerate progress toward the elimination of childhood TB.
“MSF welcomes the efforts of the Childhood TB Roadmap to reverse years of neglect and to urgently challenge today’s untenable status quo, which sees hundreds of children dying unnecessarily each day from a preventable and curable disease.
MSF
Noam Chomsky Exclusive: A Conversation on the Waning of American Power
Noam Chomsky Exclusive: A Conversation on the Waning of American Power:
Noam Chomsky's voice is a soft lament as he talks of the land of his birth, a land at odds with itself. "American imperial influence has diminished," he tells me, "but we should remember that American power has been on the wane since 1945. The peak of US power was immediately after the Second World War and it has been declining steadily since then."
It's a statement borne out by the current stand-off in Syria, which, I suggest, is the foreign soil upon which the US and Russia are fighting each other. "There's a sense that they are, but I don't think it's real," is Chomsky's refined judgment. "Certainly, the US and Russia have different interests, so there's a conflict."
But there is also the sense the US continues to influence international events to obtain some semblance of its once vaulted status, with foreign policy failures evidence of diminishing global power, and as Chomsky colours his words with a logician's certitude, he leaves little room for argument.
But one would argue with him, if he let you. He lays it on the line. "Since the late 1940s, power has been diversified. In 1949, China became independent, which was a serious blow to the US imperial system based on the idea of controlling Asia via the control of China. Since then, Latin America has also escaped US control.
As Gov. "Shuts Down" Pentagon Spends $5 Billion on Weapons - | Intellihub News
As Gov. "Shuts Down" Pentagon Spends $5 Billion on Weapons - | Intellihub News:
It has been over a day since the infamous “government shutdown” went into effect, and as expected the world continued to turn. In fact as Reason.com pointed out about 4.1 million people who work for the federal government, about 80% will still be expected to show up for work.[1]
Another thing that people forget, and that the mainstream media fails to mention is that this same government shutdown scenario has happened 18 times since 1976.[2]
March Against the Mainstream Media: Nationwide Protest - | Intellihub News
March Against the Mainstream Media: Nationwide Protest - | Intellihub News:
In an age of lies and manipulation, a new era of media reporting has emerged, peeling back the fabric of and exposing the lies of the mainstream media. Citizen journalists, the alternative media, independent media, grassroots organizations and even social media networker’s have been engaged in giving real information to the public like never before.
November 16th, is a date that alternative media, truth-seekers, and people worldwide should take note of as the epic March Against Mainstream Media[1] is set to take place. Planners of the event are expecting to see an enormous number of individuals march together in protest, culminating at the doorstep of major media moguls television, radio and internet across America. It is expected that the five major outlets – ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and FOX – will respond in one of two ways:
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- Preparant un altre cop d'estat - Editorial - VilaWeb
Preparant un altre cop d'estat - Editorial - VilaWeb
Preparing another coup
The atmosphere was heating up by the minute. And yesterday a senior socialist leader, those of the GAL when they were armed, joined the complaint had been leading members of the PP and UPyD: if the Catalans to insist that the consultation would Spanish government dissolved or suppressed Catalan autonomy. The man also did not step was to make a comparison with which, as such, could understand equating ETA and the PSC, which is already said.
Interestingly, we now have circulated this thing suppress autonomy, but are unable to explain how to do this. At most, Rosa Díez and Vidal Quadras agreed to invoke Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution and BELLOCH I assume that is the gentleman who talked, thought also, because he referred to the Senate.
But what does this famous article 155? He says he can override the autonomy? Well, no. The whole copie: 'If an autonomous community does not fulfill the obligations that the Constitution and other laws that impose or acts in a way that is seriously prejudicial to the general interests of Spain, the Government, after the request to the Chairman of the Independent Community and, if not attend with the approval of the Senate majority, may adopt the necessary measures to compel the compliance of such obligations or forced to protect the public interest mentioned . '
And in the second paragraph says: 'For the implementation of the measures provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Government may issue instructions to all the authorities of the autonomous communities.'
Where you read this uninstalling, you? I nowhere. I do not see the text instead tell the state can eliminate another part of the state - which, whether we like it or not, autonomous current state are also -. Even is interesting to observe that the second part says that the government understood that Spanish can give instructions to 'all the authorities of the autonomous communities'. Hey! If you can give instructions to the authorities must be because the authorities have not disappeared, I guess ...
So how is it that with so much joy as each other and agree to threaten us to dissolve the Government? Because at the end of the law in Spain, the letter of the law, even a temporary accident. Unfortunately. They have decided that they will disband, or at least try it, stretching like a chewing gum an article in the constitution that says you can not do. Just ensure that we expel the European Union without being able to tell us what article of which treaty based.
They really strong these people. The problem is that Europe is the resistance of the legislation and lawmakers know that law is something that has to be treated carefully. It is clear that the constitutional because Spain will say that article obviously meant what they say it says, but do not tell. The coup as they do with the sentence of the statute. Now it's all repeat it ...
Two notes aside, if you're interested in the subject read this article detailing Peter Cardús Spain has legal avenues to end the independence process. And although no debate Interesse you may want to know that the end of Yugoslavia came through a similar gesture. When Serbia was decided that the rules of the federal presidency no longer made sense and try to impose on others their, without any irrefutable legal argument in favor.
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The Man Who Changed Iceland – A Message For The US and Greece » Banoosh
The Man Who Changed Iceland – A Message For The US and Greece » Banoosh:
The man who forced the government of Iceland to resign, and removed the IMF representatives from his country, Hörður Torfason, is now teaching meta-modern democracy throughout Europe. The rest of the world would benefit from following the example set by Iceland: Arresting the corrupt bankers who are responsible for the current economic turmoil.
Syria: One year on, fears abound over health of disappeared human rights lawyer | Amnesty International
Syria: One year on, fears abound over health of disappeared human rights lawyer | Amnesty International:
It’s been a year since Khalil Ma’touq disappeared. The eminent human rights lawyer and his colleague Mohammed Thatha were reportedly arrested at a security checkpoint while on the way to their office in Damascus.
And now there are growing fears for his health. Khalil Ma’touq suffers from advanced lung disease and has severe breathing difficulties.
Les frontières de dix-sept pays ouvertes aux réfugiés syriens
Les frontières de dix-sept pays ouvertes aux réfugiés syriens:
M. Antonio Guterres, Haut-commissaire aux réfugiés des Nations unies a annoncé lors d’une réunion à Genève où des représentants de 135 pays, de 7 organisations intergouvernementales, de la Banque Mondiale, de 9 agences de l'ONU et de 29 ONG ont pris part, que dix-sept pays ont accepté d'ouvrir leurs frontières à plus de 10 000 réfugiés syriens désireux de s'y installer. Ils sont le Canada, l'Australie, l'Autriche, la Finlande, l'Allemagne, la Hongrie, le Luxembourg, les Pays-Bas, la Nouvelle-Zélande, la Norvège, l'Espagne, la Suède, la Suisse, le Danemark, la France, les États-Unis et le Mexique.
Le conflit syrien a chassé des millions de personnes de chez eux depuis 2011. A présent environ 4,25 millions de Syriens ont perdu leurs foyers et 2,12 millions ont quitté le pays.
SPAIN vs GIBRALTAR THE SAME SPAIN vs CATALONIA -- Nació Digital: Gibraltar exigeix a Rajoy que es disculpi ja pel vídeo sobre la invasió
Nació Digital: Gibraltar exigeix a Rajoy que es disculpi ja pel vídeo sobre la invasió
Gibraltar requires that Rajoy apologize for the video because of the invasion
We framed in a "climate of hate" that has been created in Spain, and has no doubt "that the Spanish government is responsible" The calls for "condemned it immediately and publicly"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EllArqCoHko#t=0
Spain: The State must assume a leadership role and engage more actively to respond to the demands of the relatives of the disappeared -- DisplayNews
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Madrid (September 30, 2013) – “The State must assume a leadership role and engage more actively to respond to the demands of thousands of families searching for the fate or whereabouts of their loved ones who disappeared during the Civil War and the dictatorship”, said the experts of the Working Group of the United Nations on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* at the end of their visit to Spain.
Madrid (September 30, 2013) – “The State must assume a leadership role and engage more actively to respond to the demands of thousands of families searching for the fate or whereabouts of their loved ones who disappeared during the Civil War and the dictatorship”, said the experts of the Working Group of the United Nations on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* at the end of their visit to Spain.
“Since the return of democracy, Spain has taken limited steps to ensure truth, justice, reparation and memory for the cases of enforced disappearances committed during the Civil War and the dictatorship,” the experts noted. “These progresses have been achieved through initiatives, many of which have been led or carried out mainly or exclusively by the relatives of the victims, or by civil society and some State institutions, mainly in certain Autonomous Communities. The State should assume its responsibility to ensure that these initiatives are part of a comprehensive, consistent and permanent State policy”.
“In all places visited during this week, the Working Group has met with hundreds of relatives. Virtually everybody has expressed deep frustration towards the administrative obstacles and difficulties they face in accessing the information needed to clarify the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones. Given the passing of time and the old age of many of the witnesses and relatives it is urgent that the State respond to their claim as an immediate priority”, the experts added.
“It is regrettable the situation of impunity for cases of enforced disappearances that occurred during the Civil War and the dictatorship. There is no ongoing effective criminal investigation nor any person convicted” they added. In this regard, the experts noted that procedural rights to an investigation, to truth and to justice are central to victims’ perceptions of reparation.
Other important challenges in Spain are the limited scope of the Law of Historical Memory and the lack of budget for its implementation, the fact that the Amnesty Law remains in force, the absence of an autonomous crime of enforced disappearance, the lack of a law on access to information, the difficulties in accessing archives and the lack of a national plan for the search of disappeared persons, among others,” they said.
Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur and Mr. Ariel Dulitzky, two of the five members of the group, visited Spain from 23 to 30 September. During their visit, the Working Group visited Madrid, Catalonia, the Basque Country and Andalusia. The experts met with several authorities, relatives and different civil society actors.
The Working Group would like to thank the Government of Spain for having extended an invitation to visit the country, for its broad and positive cooperation before and during the visit as well as for the openness to dialogue. It also welcomes the information provided during the visit. The Working Group would also like to extend its gratitude to the authorities of the three Autonomous Communities it visited.
The analysis of the information received during and before the visit will be considered in preparing the report to be submitted to the Human Rights Council in 2014.
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PsyWar: The Real Battlefield is the Mind (2010) | Watch Documentary Free Online
PsyWar: The Real Battlefield is the Mind (2010) | Watch Documentary Free Online:
This film explores the evolution of propaganda and public relations in the United States, with an emphasis on the "elitist theory of democracy" and the relationship between war, propaganda and class.
Syria’s collapsed health-care system urgently needs world’s help, MSF warns - The Globe and Mail
Syria’s collapsed health-care system urgently needs world’s help, MSF warns - The Globe and Mail:
One of the world’s most dogged medical charities says the health-care system in Syria has collapsed, unable to keep pace with not only military and civilian casualties of the civil war but also everyday conditions like pregnancies and chronic illnesses.
In an open letter last week to the global community, the group Médecins sans frontières (Doctors Without Borders) implored the U.S. and Russian governments to apply the same level of diplomatic energy to addressing an increasingly unstable humanitarian situation in Syria that they did to secure a deal on the control of chemical weapons.
UN report urges end to torture in Libya through transfer of detainees to effective State control --- DisplayNews
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GENEVA (1 October 2013) – The United Nations on Tuesday issued a report about the torture and ill-treatment of detainees in Libya, recommending swift action to transfer detainees held by armed brigades to effective State control and renewed efforts to build the capacity of the criminal justice system.
The report states that the violations continued despite the Government’s efforts. It adds that prolonged detention and interrogation at the hands of armed brigades without experience or training in the handling of detainees or conducting criminal investigations, as well as the lack of effective judicial oversight, create an environment conducive to torture or other ill-treatment. On the other hand, when detention facilities have been handed over to trained officers of the Judicial Police, there have been marked improvements in the condition and treatment of detainees.
The report records 27 cases of death in custody, where significant information suggests that torture was the cause of death, since late 2011. The UN also received information on several other such cases during this period but was not able to fully document them. Eleven (11) deaths in custody detailed in the report took place in 2013 in detention centres that are under the nominal authority of the Government but, in effect, are run by armed brigades which emerged during the 2011 revolution. In some cases, members of the armed brigades freely admitted, and even tried to justify, the physical abuse of detainees.
GENEVA (1 October 2013) – The United Nations on Tuesday issued a report about the torture and ill-treatment of detainees in Libya, recommending swift action to transfer detainees held by armed brigades to effective State control and renewed efforts to build the capacity of the criminal justice system.
The report is issued jointly by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in implementation of UNSMIL’s mandate of assisting Libyans in promoting human rights. This includes supporting Libyan efforts against arbitrary detention and torture, by monitoring abuses in detention centres, advocating for remedial action, advising on judicial reform and building the capacity of Libya’s corrections system. The report is based on information gathered first-hand during UNSMIL’s visits to nearly 30 detention centres over two years, including information from detainees, family members, officials and civil society, as well as documentation such as medical reports.
The report states that the violations continued despite the Government’s efforts. It adds that prolonged detention and interrogation at the hands of armed brigades without experience or training in the handling of detainees or conducting criminal investigations, as well as the lack of effective judicial oversight, create an environment conducive to torture or other ill-treatment. On the other hand, when detention facilities have been handed over to trained officers of the Judicial Police, there have been marked improvements in the condition and treatment of detainees.
The report indicates that torture is widespread and most frequent immediately after arrest and during the first days of interrogation to extract confessions and other information. Detainees are usually held without access to lawyers and with only occasional, if any, access to families. The vast majority of the estimated 8,000 conflict-related detainees are also being held without due process.
The report records 27 cases of death in custody, where significant information suggests that torture was the cause of death, since late 2011. The UN also received information on several other such cases during this period but was not able to fully document them. Eleven (11) deaths in custody detailed in the report took place in 2013 in detention centres that are under the nominal authority of the Government but, in effect, are run by armed brigades which emerged during the 2011 revolution. In some cases, members of the armed brigades freely admitted, and even tried to justify, the physical abuse of detainees.
Shhh ... the NSA's new data center may be open already - The Denver Post
Shhh ... the NSA's new data center may be open already - The Denver Post:
WASHINGTON — Don't look for balloons or a big "Grand Opening" sign outside the National Security Agency's new Utah Data Center.
The facility is expected this fall to quietly begin sucking in massive amounts of information for the intelligence community and storing it in the cavernous buildings in Bluffdale, Utah, according to NSA officials — and it could be open now even as the agency faces scrutiny over efforts to collect data on Americans domestically.
NSA officials declined to say whether the center is already online, but the secret agency isn't known for celebrating the opening of classified buildings.
"We turn each machine on as it is installed, and the facility is ready for that installation to begin," NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said recently in an interview.
» Government ‘Shut Down’ Doesn’t Prevent Opening of $2 Billion NSA Spy Center Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
» Government ‘Shut Down’ Doesn’t Prevent Opening of $2 Billion NSA Spy Center Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!:
Image: NSA Spy Center, Utah.
The so-called “government shut down” and the furloughing of thousands of non-essential federal employees has not prevented the opening of a $2 billion dollar NSA spy center in Utah which will snoop on Americans’ private emails, Google searches and phone calls.
Image: NSA Spy Center, Utah.
As we highlighted yesterday, the shut down will only affect the tiny amount of services government provides that Americans actually like.
Rest assured, TSA grope downs, VIPR checkpoints, drone attacks, SWAT team raids, tax collection, torturing terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, arming jihadists in Syria and running guns to Mexican drug dealers will all continue unimpeded – as will NSA domestic spying.
Although the NSA itself refuses to confirm it, to all intents and purposes the agency’s mammoth new spy center in Bluffdale, Utah “may be open already,” according to the Denver Post.
UK banking 'tragedy' plays out for Somalis - Features - Al Jazeera English
UK banking 'tragedy' plays out for Somalis - Features - Al Jazeera English:
London, UK - It is afternoon rush hour and a shop on High Steet in Finsbury Park has customers patiently queuing outside for their turn to be served.
This isn't your typical North London store but a place where immigrants, mainly Somalis, come to send money to families back home.
These establishments are a crucial lifeline for people in impoverished Somalia and elsewhere. The estimated 1.5 million Somalis living abroad send about $1.3bn a year to the country, with those living in the United Kingdom transferring more than $100m.
The informal money transfer system, known as Hawal, is used throughout the world mostly by South Asian, African, and Middle Eastern expatriates to get much-needed cash to relatives in their native lands.
CATALONIA -- 'El nacionalisme serbi tenia la mateixa retòrica que Madrid', diu un ex-ministre de Macedònia - VilaWeb
'El nacionalisme serbi tenia la mateixa retòrica que Madrid', diu un ex-ministre de Macedònia - VilaWeb
The Serbian nationalism had the same rhetoric that Madrid ', says ex-minister of Macedonia
Emil says Kirjas Catalans: 'Do not be afraid, you will not be alone'
Former Foreign Minister of Macedonia, Emil Kirjas, who held the position between 2004 and 2006, criticized the government's attitude towards the Spanish Catalan process. Speaking collected by the newspaper now Kirjas said: 'I can not believe that twenty years after [the Balkan war] heard the same rhetoric from Madrid did Serbian nationalism'. The Macedonian politician today visited the Cultural Center Born during the presentation of the campaign to publicize the process Sapiens Catalan world. The former Minister of Macedonia, is secretary general of the Liberal International also said it has been demonstrated that Europe is very Renu to promote policies that advance and therefore always react afterwards. 'Do not be afraid, you will not be alone,' he said addressing the Catalans. He added that the process of disintegration of Yugoslavia has nothing to do with the Catalan process from the point of view of history and experience.
Employment gap between rich and poor highest on record
Employment gap between rich and poor highest on record
The gap in employment rates between America's highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press.
Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families—those earning less than $20,000—have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s Great Depression.
Say No to Internet Censorship | OpenMedia.org
Say No to Internet Censorship | OpenMedia.org:
For the first time, actual Presidents and Prime Ministers of 12 powerful countries will meet behind closed doors to seal an extreme Internet censorship plan called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).1
We know from leaked drafts2 that the TPP will make the Internet more expensive, censored, and policed. Experts say, “kids could be sent to jail for downloading” and whole families could be kicked off the Internet.3
This final meeting is happening in a few days -- Send decision-makers these three demands by filling out the form on this page before it's too late.
SPANISH ECONOMIC SIEGE AGAINST CATALONIA -- Nació Digital: CiU veu una relació entre el procés i el «càstig» dels pressupostos
Nació Digital: CiU veu una relació entre el procés i el «càstig» dels pressupostos
CiU see a relationship between the process and the "punishment" of the budget
"One can understand that many people think that there is a decision beyond the budget," warns Macias
Spokesmen attachments CiU in Congress, Pedro Macias and Jose Sanchez Llibre, has hinted that this afternoon there is a link between "punishment" in Spanish Catalonia in the budget process and sovereignty. "One can understand that many people think that there is a decision beyond the budget and that has more to do with the debate in Catalonia," said Macias, who has resisted cuts global investment of 8% with 25 in Catalonia.
"Even the most ardent defenders of the unity of Spain will want to question everyone equally and not about punishing want to express a contrary opinion", clinched with some ironic deputy Olot.
Macias acknowledged that finds no explanation "rational" to the fact that Catalonia suffered a fall "stratospheric" of state investments above average when it comes to the "locomotive" of Spain, and even when it is 'has emerged from the crisis. "If we let the engine run out of fuel, we do not follow anyone," he warned.
In the same vein, Josep Sanchez Llibre said that these accounts are "typical PP" because they are "centralizing, give much room the central government and communities leads to austerity." This means that social spending is "great victim, the great punishment." Has also questioned the prospects for economic growth that draws the Spanish government, basing everything on export growth.
SPANISH ECONOMIC SIEGE AGAINST CATALONIA -- Nació Digital: L'Estat pressuposta un 25% menys d'inversions a Catalunya
Nació Digital: L'Estat pressuposta un 25% menys d'inversions a Catalunya
The state budgeted 25% less investment in Catalonia
The Spanish government estimates for 2014 predict a fall of about 25% of investment in Catalonia. Specifically, a series of planned investments in Catalonia regionalitzables worth 944.42 million, 9.6% of the total, behind regions like Andalusia (1697.74 million and 17.3% of total) , Castile and Leon (1399.47 million and 14.3% of the total) and Galicia (1353.82 and 13.8% of the total). Asked about this, the Spanish Minister of Finance and Public Administration, Cristobal Montoro, has tried to remain there importance and said that now "no touch" about this type of game, but one should think in terms of discourse "growth and job creation."
Nació Digital: L'ONU reclama a Espanya que investigui els crims del franquisme
Nació Digital: L'ONU reclama a Espanya que investigui els crims del franquisme
UN calls on Spain to investigate the crimes of Francoism Rajoy formally asks UN to repeal the Amnesty Law of 1977
The scandal has led to the historic veil on the dark side of the regime could be completed soon. The United Nations has formally asked the government of Mariano Rajoy to repeal the amnesty law in 1977 to investigate "urgency" of disappearances and crimes committed during the Franco regime. The UN sent a commission of experts to learn how they were investigating the deaths and disappearances during the long repression after the Civil War. UN sees' regrettable impunity in cases of enforced disappearances committed during the fascist dictatorship. " In this sense, the organization admits that no capo "effective ongoing criminal investigation or any convicted person," says the lawsuit.
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2012 | I'm a Man! I'm 41!
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2012 | I'm a Man! I'm 41!:
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2012 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
Activist Post: The Launch of The Conscious Resistance
Activist Post: The Launch of The Conscious Resistance:
Have you noticed that even among those who are "awake", or aware there is a tendency to focus on the negative, fear based aspects of the information war? Have you found yourself wondering, "Well, I know the problems, What can I do about it?"
If so, then take a moment to consider investing in the launch of a new media platform.
BBC News - Cardiff-Peking universities: Chinese medicine cancer treatment hope
BBC News - Cardiff-Peking universities: Chinese medicine cancer treatment hope:
Combining traditional forms of Chinese and Western medicine could offer new hope for developing new treatments for some cancers, say experts from universities in Cardiff and Peking.
Prof Wen Jiang from Cardiff University said they have discovered how a formula of traditional Chinese medicine works to stop cancer spreading.
The universities have been collaborating for two years.
Prof Jiang described the breakthrough as "ancient medicine, modern thinking".
Experts from the Cardiff School of Medicine joined forces with Peking University in 2012 to test the health benefits of the Chinese herbal medicine called Yangzheng Xiaoji.
CATALONIA --- El vice-president de Baden-Württemberg, a favor de l'autodeterminació de Catalunya - VilaWeb
El vice-president de Baden-Württemberg, a favor de l'autodeterminació de Catalunya - VilaWeb
Vice-President of Baden-Württemberg, in favor of self-determination for Catalonia
'Corresponds to the Catalans speak out and decide,' says Nils Schmid
Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of 'land' German Baden-Württemberg, Nils Schmid states that 'corresponds to the Catalans decide whether they feel better within Spain or alone, they should themselves decide ¡. In an interview with ACN, also the leader of the Social Democrats in this 'land' says German companies based in the Principality 'not worried', but warns that 'hate uncertainty' and that they need to invest a splendid stable and clear. "
Schmid also remember that Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria suffer a deficit unfair ', but admits to Catalonia' is a different story and also a question of culture and language. "
N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens - NYTimes.com
N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens - NYTimes.com:
WASHINGTON — Since 2010, the National Security Agency has been exploiting its huge collections of data to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections that can identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with officials.
NSA spying on Americans' Facebook profiles
NSA spying on Americans' Facebook profiles:
The US National Security Agency has been spying on the social media profiles of an unknown number of users, including US citizens, since 2010 in what it calls an effort to "discover and track" connections between Americans and suspected terrorists.
The New York Times reported Sunday that the latest revelation of NSA spying on Americans comes via documents provided to the paper by former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the United States on espionage charges and is currently living in exile in Russia.
Scientists discover 'black holes' in Earth's oceans » Banoosh
Scientists discover 'black holes' in Earth's oceans » Banoosh:
Some of the largest ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically equivalent to the black holes of space, and our oceans are littered with them.
Black holes don’t only exist in the cold distance of deep space, they also exist right here on Earth, swirling in the oceans. Scientists from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami have discovered that many large ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically equivalent to the black holes of space, meaning nothing trapped by them can escape, according to Phys.org.
Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid "One Big Lie"
Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid "One Big Lie":
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says that the raid which killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 is "one big lie" and that "not one word" of the Obama administration's narrative on what happened is true.
In a wide-ranging interview published today by the Guardian, Hersh savages the US media for failing to challenge the White House on a whole host of issues, from NSA spying, to drone attacks, to aggression against Syria.
On the subject of the Navy Seal raid that supposedly resulted in the death of the Al-Qaeda terror leader, Hersh remarked, "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true."
Hersh added that the Obama administration habitually lies but they continue to do so because the press allows them to get away with it.
"It's pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama]," Hersh told the Guardian.
Obama lied about Bin Laden murder » Banoosh
Obama lied about Bin Laden murder » Banoosh:
Pulitzer Prize winner Jewish investigative journalist and author Seymour Hersh in a recent interview with British daily Guardian said that Barack Obama lied about the death of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. He said Obama’s claim was “one big lie” and that “not one word” of the Obama administration’s narrative on what happened is true.
On May 2, 2011, I debunked Obama’s claim that a group of US Navy SEALS Team Six raided Osama Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad (Pakistan) and buried his body at Sea near Karachi Port. Read my post here.
On August 6, 2011, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant- Secretary under Nixon administration, published an English translation of a Pakistani TV interview with the ‘Abbottabad compound’ neighbor, Muhammad Bashir. In Bashir’s account, every member of the landing party and anyone brought from the house died when the helicopter exploded on lift-off.
Spy-tool sellers Palantir secure $200 million in funding amid surveillance scandal | End the Lie – Independent News
Spy-tool sellers Palantir secure $200 million in funding amid surveillance scandal | End the Lie – Independent News:
Selling spy products has never been easier: Palantir, a software company that has sold surveillance tools to the Central Intelligence Agency and other United States government offices, has raised almost $200 million in funds in under a month.
A Security and Exchange Commission filing dated last Friday revealed that Silicon Valley spy firm Palantir pulled in $196,500,204 from investors over what looks like a span of only a few weeks.
Forbes magazine profiled Palantir in an August 2013 cover story in which it was revealed that the company collected around $500 million through fundraising, according to CEO Alex Karp. Now less than a month later, the SEC filing dated Sept. 27 shows that an additional wave of investigating has increased the amount raised to almost three-quarters of a billion dollars.
In "A Copyright Masquerade," Corporate Lobbying Takes the Spotlight | Electronic Frontier Foundation
In "A Copyright Masquerade," Corporate Lobbying Takes the Spotlight | Electronic Frontier Foundation:
It's no secret that the copyright lobby exerts an undue influence in shaping Internet policy. But the mechanisms by which that happens—which can include not just the legislative bodies of dozens of countries, but also backroom, off the record dealings—can be confusing and opaque, even to people following it closely.
In a new book out this month, A Copyright Masquerade, veteran journalist Dr. Monica Horten goes deep into those details to detail how the entertainment industries gain political sway, and how policymakers respond to the industry's advances.
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Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli | Global Research
Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli | Global Research:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that on August 21 the Assad government slaughtered 1,429 people, including 426 children, in a sarin chemical attack in Ghouta, a Damascus suburb. (Doctors Without Borders put the total at about 300.)
Secretary Kerry insisted that now the United States had no choice but to launch U.S. bombing attacks against President Bashar al-Assad, devolving into another of America’s “humanitarian wars.”
John McAfee Announces Plans to Make Internet "Impossible to Hack" Even for NSA - | Intellihub News
John McAfee Announces Plans to Make Internet "Impossible to Hack" Even for NSA - | Intellihub News:
Internet software pioneer John McAfee has announced that he will be launching a new company that will make the internet “impossible to hack” and says that he will be releasing a device that will prevent the NSA from Spying on you.
“My new technology is going to provide a new type of Internet, a decentralized, floating and moving Internet that is impossible to hack, impossible to penetrate and vastly superior in terms of its facility and neutrality. It solves all of our security concerns,” McAfee said in a recent interview.[1]
It Sure Sounds Like the NSA Is Tracking Our Locations | American Civil Liberties Union
It Sure Sounds Like the NSA Is Tracking Our Locations | American Civil Liberties Union:
The drumbeat of “non-denial denials” is getting louder as the NSA continues to refuse to directly state whether it is using cell phone information to track Americans’ whereabouts. When NSA Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander was asked again about the NSA’s cell phone location tracking on Thursday — at a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — this is how the exchange went:
A CEO who resisted NSA spying is out of prison. And he feels ‘vindicated’ by Snowden leaks.
A CEO who resisted NSA spying is out of prison. And he feels ‘vindicated’ by Snowden leaks.:
Just one major telecommunications company refused to participate in a legally dubious NSA surveillance program in 2001. A few years later, its CEO was indicted by federal prosecutors. He was convicted, served four and a half years of his sentence and was released this month.
NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show | World news | theguardian.com
NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show | World news | theguardian.com:
The National Security Agency is storing the online metadata of millions of internet users for up to a year, regardless of whether or not they are persons of interest to the agency, top secret documents reveal.
Metadata provides a record of almost anything a user does online, from browsing history – such as map searches and websites visited – to account details, email activity, and even some account passwords. This can be used to build a detailed picture of an individual's life.
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