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Video - Guilty of Telling The Truth: Obama's War on Whistleblowers
Wed Jan 4, 2012 12:25 PM EST
Originally Posted in Naked Capitalism This is a chilling little speech by Jesselyn Radick, a Bush administration whistleblower who was harassed aggressively by the Department of Justice, on how matters have gotten much worse for government whistleblowers under Obama, both in …
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Ecuador court upholds $9.5 billion ruling against Chevron for environmental damage
Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 11:50 AM EST (Raw Story)
QUITO — A court in Ecuador upheld a 2011 ruling requiring US oil giant Chevron to pay $9.5 billion for environmental damage in the Amazon rainforest. The landmark ruling for environment management costs was in the suit that dates back to 1993 against Texaco, a firm later …
Pipeline Inspector-Turned Whistleblower Calls Keystone XL a Potential Calamity
Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 9:05 AM EST (Think Progress)
As an inspector, my job was to monitor the construction of the first Keystone pipeline. I oversaw construction at the pump stations that have been such a problem on that line, which has already spilled more than a dozen times.
'Lost' Thin Lizzy tapes resurface 26 years after Phil Lynott's death
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 1:41 PM EST (Belfast Telegraph)
A treasure trove of tapes stashed away by Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott will be released as a boxed set later this year. Twenty six years after the Dublin rocker's death at the age of 36, more of his lost music will be heard by the public for the first time in June. Shortly …
Psyops Against Our Own? American People
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 1:31 PM EST (outsidethebeltway)
Must read book The Exception to the Rulers by Amy Goodman Isbn:13:978-1-4013-0799-8 page 14 "Psyops is the military way of winning the hearts and minds of a population. According to the Department of Defense, psyops is intended to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and …
Decided by a nose? Court ponders drug dog's sniff
Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:15 AM EST
Franky the drug dog's super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9's sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search?
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ObamaCare Is Winning the Fight on Fraud and Abuse
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:57 AM EST (The Boston Globe)
Members of Congress of both parties often complain about fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid (M&M), usually charging that the President is not doing enough to keep bad guys from stealing money from these vital programs. Guess what? Thanks to provisions in the Affordab …
Occupy Iowa caucus protesters storm Democrats' war room
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:48 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
A newly-opened Democrat "war room" in Iowa found itself under siege on Sunday night, when a group of Occupy Iowa caucus protesters infiltrated the premises and demanded to meet senior Democrat officials.
A "Smoking Clathrate Gun"? New Arctic Images Show Dramatic Rise In Atmospheric Methane
Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:06 AM EST
Just-released analysis of atmospheric methane above the Arctic. Top photo: November 2010. Bottom photo: November 2011. For those who have been following the studies focused on methane release in the Arctic, these pictures may be sobering - but hardly surp …
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Ohio Earthquake Linked To Fracking Injection Wells
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:10 AM EST (Think Progress)
| On New Year’s Eve, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck northeastern Ohio, the second quake to strike the region in a week.
With Over 500K Signatures Already Collected, Recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Appears Inevitable
Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:14 PM EST (Think Progress)
A recall of controversial Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker now appear inevitable. In just 28 days, activists collected 507,533 signatures. Organizers have until January 17 to collect 540,208 signatures, which is equal to 25% of the state’s 2010 general election turnout.
Occupy The Rose Parade prepares Greedy Corporate Octopus float; Thousands of protesters expected Monday (Video)
Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:41 PM EST
From the Occupy The Rose Parade web site:
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Video - You, Yes You! - You Are Being Exterminated As Is Your Family - Here's The Poof - Wake Up This Is Urgent!
Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:45 PM EST
Slow Kill Holocaust: Proof the Government is Poisoning You Food Is a Weapon, and Humanity is Under Siege by Globalists’ Chemical Cocktail Aaron Dykes & Alex Jones Infowars.com December 29, 2011 Proof that the government is poisoning the population.
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In attempt to skirt state's open primary law, Virginia GOP to require 'loyalty oaths' from prospective Republican voters
Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:07 PM EST (Daily Kos)
How very Soviet! The [Virginia] Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary. Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for pres …
News Corpse » Fox News Ratings Fall Off A Cliff In 2011:
Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:31 PM EST ()
In another example of the declining fortunes of the right-wing extremism propagated by conservative media and displayed so prominently by the GOP family of clowns competing for the Republican nomination for president, Nielsen has reported that the ratings for Fox News h …
Finland impounds shipment of Patriot missiles, explosives in ship destined for Shanghai
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:44 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Finnish customs found 69 Patriot surface to air missiles on the British flagged ship, destined for the Chinese port of Shanghai from Germany. Police and customs officials are investigating whether the shipment broke Finnish laws on weapons trading.
Indefinite Detention And Torture Act Arrives At White House
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:50 AM EST (RT.com)
Legislation that will let President Obama and future leaders of America detain and torture Americans indefinitely has made it to the White House, where it is expected to be soon signed into law by the commander-in-chief. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2 …
A New Turn for Occupy Wall Street - The International Movement
Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:36 AM EST
Occupy Wall Street originated in Zuccotti Park NYC. Once the protest got media coverage it started gaining satellites all over the US; first in large urban areas and moved to smaller cities.
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The Republicans are inflicted with Obama Derangement Syndrome
Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:30 AM EST
On Wednesday morning Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe commented on the current state of the GOP and their hatred for President Obama. To summarize, he stated that many of the democrats throughout the previous presidency had bush derangement syndrome.
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Memo confirms: Occupy movement has banks on edge
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:07 PM EST (Articles » peoplesworld)
In case anyone was wondering, Bank of America has confirmed that the "Occupy Our Homes" movement is having an impact on the foreclosure industry. The bank, of course, didn't mean to do this publicly. Instead, they meant to discuss the occupations privately through an inter …
Al Franken: Why I Voted Against the National Defense Authorization Act
Seeded on Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:43 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
Yesterday, the Senate passed a bill that includes provisions on detention that I found simply unacceptable. These provisions are inconsistent with the liberties and freedoms that are at the core of the system our Founders established.
SOPA: The New American Censorship? - Forbes
Seeded on Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:08 PM EST (Forbes)
The internet as we know is being undermined by corporate interest.
New documentary EXPOSES the real events that led to NATO intervention in Libya
Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:05 PM EST
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In less than 24 hours Congress could vote to change the Internet forever - Lieberman Says U.S. Needs Chinese Style Internet (Video)
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:50 PM EST
This article first appeared at End the Lie Tomorrow the House Judiciary Committee is going to vote on H.R.3261, the Stop Online Piracy (Privacy) Act, or SOPA for short.
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US Government Cancels The 5th Amendment
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:59 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Indefinite detention of US citizens without trial or appeal. Military to usurp police powers at will. No habeas corpus, no posse comitatus, no nothing.
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Video - Guilty of Telling The Truth: Obama's War on Whistleblowers
Originally Posted in Naked Capitalism This is a chilling little speech by Jesselyn Radick, a Bush administration whistleblower who was harassed aggressively by the Department of Justice, on how matters have gotten much worse for government whistleblowers under Obama, both in …
Ecuador court upholds $9.5 billion ruling against Chevron for environmental damageQUITO — A court in Ecuador upheld a 2011 ruling requiring US oil giant Chevron to pay $9.5 billion for environmental damage in the Amazon rainforest. The landmark ruling for environment management costs was in the suit that dates back to 1993 against Texaco, a firm later …
Is GOD 0 For 3 or were these candidates lying or just mistaken when they said GOD told them he wanted them to be the President of the United States?
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