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RAP NEWS 15: Big Brother is WWWatching You
Welcome back, netizens, to this newest edition in Juice media's series of Rap News journalism with me, Robert Foster: this evening we're actively delving in depth to facts which affect all of us who dwell on this internet and we’ve got to give a special welcome to all the ladies and a-gents, from the NSA, ASIO, MI5: glad you’re listening in; Because today's show is all about surveillance and how it’s spreading from the streets into our modems As we speak, laws are being tacitly written in to implement ways of controlling the expanse of this internet, to keep us safe, we’re told; but from whom? And will this place ever be the same if these plans go through? To find out, we connect with our first guest to comment on the matter we’re live at the Pentopticon with General Baxter, General – Son! – Good to have you back again with us explain why the State is spying on us? – My Fellow Oceanians, As you know, we’ve always been at war with Eurasia... or is it Eastasia? Either way, it’s war ‘n we need division to wage it! but now the proles are connecting online bypassing these illusory divisions of race, religion and nationality… – Sounds grand to me... – It’s a catastrophe! Centuries of hard work are being undone, profits are vanishing And it’s due to the internet, it’s empowering humanity we need to get this SNAFU under control; rapidly. – How? – Behold the latest weapon in the War of Terror our greatest invention since nine eleven guaranteed to keep us free and safe forever i give you The Surveillance State, ladies and generals. Our secret wires log your key style monitor every single number on your speed dial rewind straight to your position with facial recognition, and pinpoint you within point oh-three of a mile! we’ve put eyes everywhere without consulting you, keeping you safe, whether or not you want us to. Soon there’ll be no freedoms left for threatening. Then we’ll have won the war! Take that Terrorism! – Brilliant, thank you General, we now interview Our resident guru, Terence Moonseed, for a different view – Greetings. – How does this situation look? – I have one word for you, Robert: doubleplusungood! The world populace of seven point four billion are all heading in the direction of Orwellian totalitarian oblivion My voice is hoarse yelling about Stellar Winds cold chilling em And TrapWire weaving through the world wide web we all dwelling in Face it: the all-seeing eye's in all of our Facebooks like a virus and in these Eye-phones, with Siri, or should I say “Iris”. And next in line is RFID devices and mind chips triggered by Chemtrails the planes spray the sky with. This time it’s too far: check out the base they’re building in Utah where they’ll be storing all ya data for over a century; it's Fubar! And under the outback is an entire tunnel of wires, an ECHELON base called Pine Gap, to hijack our Mother Gaia. – Hey, maybe your mother’s gayer! – Boo hoo! Why don't you just kill yourself like most of your troops do! – That’s it, now you’re on the Cast Iron list – Hang on, General, why weren’t we informed about this? – Sorry we didn’t tell you about our grand plan before, it was meant to be a surprise, under wraps and in store. But some spoilsports had to go and ruin it for all by blowin’ whistles, in spite of the damn law. – Bill Binney and Thomas Drake are Trailblazers for leaking these tactics... – Hey, civil-liberty fagtivists... err, activists: this is all legal: anything we do now actually is! – How did... – You can’t question my authorit-ah, thanks to this. – And that shit’s global, people! in Australia it’s now legal for the government to store all SMS’s, searches and emails... Australians, it’s taking place under your nose unless you wake up, all your data are belong to ASIO. – Come on! everyone knows: you can trust the government now If you've got nothing to hide, you got nothing to worry about – That might be the case with things that are happening now, because most people agree with most of the laws that are being handed down. But once the Illuminati reveal their agenda for you this surveillance will enforce laws you no longer consent to, but by then it'll be too late to protest tooand anything you've ever said, typed or browsed can and will be used against you. – I’m confused, so what should we do then? – What should we do? Nothing! this is all an illusion, It's just a ride, a delusion, the matrix, the Maya deceiving us. – Ah, you hippies really make our job so much easier... – Sorry to interrupt but we’re picking up a signal from beyond the space-time continuum Quick, switch on the Juice Channelling Portal..... ….............Wait....... is that...... George Orwell?! – Good day to you – Wow ...what do we owe this honour to? – I tried to warn you noobs, but I see you are actually fools or else you thought this was an instruction manual. – Yes, ahem... so can you advise us? What would you have us do? – An open and universal internet is the most effective tool you have to address the issues that afflict the world at hand therefore, protecting it is the most essential task that stands before your generation – I think I understand... – hush, man You must not lose the internet. Heed this mantra: ‘who controls the Internet, controls the data and who controls the data, controls the future’ – We’re losing you – I leave you with a tool to use... – An onion? – Don't be simple, Robert, this is but a simile It stands for ‘Tor’ – Tor? – Google it! It’s for anonimity: this onion router open network helps considerably against tyrranny But its abilities only work if all you f***kers use it consistently and even if you don’t use it, run it so its force swells. – Thanks, Mr. Orwell – From now on call me: George Torwell if we’d had such tools when I wrote this, well It would’ve been so much simpler to tell Big Brother to go f**k himself, the motherf***king, c***-sucking piece of sh[...] – Thanks, George Torwell, for manifesting direct from this memory hole of history, to impress on us these messages. We’re told we need safety; which is precious, yes, but can a society that can enforce all its laws ever progress? Hindsight shows that many figures guilty of “thought-crime” turned out to be luminaries and heroes, before their time. But if a surveillance state had reigned then in this form and design Just think of all the progress we may’ve all been denied:Could lobbies for women’s or gay rights have appeared and thrived Would revolutionary ideals have materialised Would science have pioneered or even survived, If every word had been monitored by thought police and spies? Big Brother brings chilling effects, freezing our collective hopes he doesn't protect our safety, but protects the status quo, and threatens this internet, the one channel yet uncontrolled whose openness we are now called upon to effect and uphold. Written by Giordano Nanni & Hugo Farrant
Iran resumes shipping equipment to Syria - World - The Boston Globe
Iran resumes shipping equipment to Syria - World - The Boston Globe:
'via Blog this'
WASHINGTON — Iran has resumed shipping military equipment to Syria over Iraqi airspace in a new effort to bolster the embattled government of President Bashar Assad of Syria, according to senior US officials.
The Obama administration pressed Iraq to shut down the air corridor that Iran had been using earlier this year, raising the issue with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq. But as Syrian rebels have gained ground and Assad’s government was rocked by a bombing that killed several high officials, Iran doubled down in supporting the Syrian leader. The flights started up again in July, and to the frustration of US officials have continued ever since.
Military specialists say the flights have enabled Iran to provide supplies to the Syrian government despite the efforts Syrian rebels have made to seize several border crossings where Iranian aid has been trucked in.
“The Iranians have no problems in the air and the Syrian regime still controls the airport,’’ said a retired Lebanese Army general, Hisham Jaber, who heads the Middle East Center for Studies....
http://bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/09/04/iran-resumes-shipping-equipment-syria/U3YZkyAJ0whu2Y0L4oroJM/story.html
'via Blog this'
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Investigation Takes Closer Look at GOP Donor Adelson's Billions
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CNN and Fox News weren’t the only ones to get the initial story wrong about the Supreme Court’s ruling on health care reform. Lame-duck Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) heard the “news” that the individual mandate was struck down – and was very thrilled to hear about it.
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What happens when Republicans in power (in the past) vote for unfair legislative rules and then lose power
"Bost said his frustration was a long time coming. The tipping point came as lawmakers prepared to vote on a contentious plan to overhaul the state's overburdened pension system, and Democrats used a 1995 rule to block debate or amendments. Bost, from Murphysboro in southern Illinois, erupted."
"He acknowledged voting in 1995 in favor of the rule used to block debate, which was sponsored by Republicans. Bost now says he didn't fully understand it and called his vote a mistake."
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Jennifer Granholm Takes Mitt Romney to Task for Claim of Saving Detroit
Current TV's Jennifer Granholm went after Mitt Romney with a bit of fact checking after he had the audacity to claim that he "deserved credit" for saving the auto industry. Granholm was in the middle of this disaster as governor of her state, so the indignation here is all to real and her disdain for Romney is deserved, because if it was up to him, he'd have allowed Michigan, along with every industry and state that relies on the auto industry and their workers, to just crash and burn. Consequences to what that would have done to the nation's economy be damned.
Dear Mitt: You Did Nothing to Save Detroit:
Dear Mitt Romney:
There are politics, there are lies, and then there's you. You take it to a whole 'nother level.
OK, I admit that I have a particular animus toward you, as a guy that knifed us in the back when Michigan was on its knees, but you simply cannot be our president. It cannot happen.
As you know, Mitt, I was governor of Michigan during that horrible time, when the financial industry was melting down and the auto industry was in free fall. And you were running for president. You saw the polls about the unpopularity of bailouts and you lumped the auto industry in with the bank industry -- the auto industry, where your father and so many of your family members had worked.
You raised your finger into the air, saw which way the wind was blowing, and followed it. Way to lead, Mitt.
You weren't looking into the eyes of autoworkers getting laid off as factory after factory closed.
In the six month period surrounding the president's inauguration, more than 1,018 Michigan companies had announced mass layoffs in response to the crash.
Our unemployment office was receiving more than 800,000 calls per day from people desperate for help. The auto industry was heading over the cliff, we were begging for help, and you were coolly standing behind us giving your home state a shove over the ledge. And now you have the nerve to claim credit for the auto industry's rebound? It's a joke, right?
Steve Rattner, who headed the president's auto task force said it succinctly today when he said, "Mitt Romney is nuts." If only that's all it was.
So Mitt, here's my request: Just stop it. Stop denying that you were pandering to a national audience when you wrote that Detroit should "go bankrupt" and then stop taking credit for the success of the Obama administration's intervention to save the auto industry and more than a million jobs that went with it.
The Obama team wasn't taking advice from you. So just. Stop. Talking. Just stop.
You can read the rest of Granholm's well deserved rant of Romney's dishonesty at the link above. It's a shame we don't have more in our corporate media calling him out for his lies as sternly as Granholm did here. Sadly he's not going to quit lying until they do, which I'm not holding my breath in anticipation of.
They're actually debating on a daily basis in the rest of our cable "news" what "conversation" his campaign wants to be having in what state, as though people in different states don't have access to and can't just watch what he said on the campaign trail in another state. Forget all about the existence of You Tube, the nightly news or the national media and what's on line, as though voters never take a look at any of those things and just follow their local media alone. And they're debating about whether his time as a "businessman" a.k.a. vulture fund manager who loved to bust unions, gut pension funds and make a lot of money for his investors while they ran companies into debt is going to be his "strong point" during the election or not, because Romney wants to keep the conversation about the economy.
Just shoot me now. I thought I lived through some surreal times during the Bush years. Romney is giving me a bad case of flashbacks in too many ways than one.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Wife witnesses her husband die via Skype April 29th (reported May 4th)
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Same news source states....During the Skype conversation on April 30th 2012, there was no sign that CPT Clark was in any discomfort, nor did he indicate any alarm. Then CPT Clark was suddenly knocked forward. The closet behind him had a bullet hole in it. The other individuals, including a member of the military, who rushed to the home of CPT Clark’s wife also saw the hole and agreed it was a bullet hole.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
AND...On Tuesday, May 1st 2012, we learned that our loved one, Captain Bruce Kevin Clark, a model father, husband, family member, U.S. Army Chief Nurse, and American citizen, died while serving our country in Afghanistan.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................If you witness a person dying via streaming video do you not "learn" that that person died?
If not did you "witness it on Sunday April 29th or Monday April 30th?" or Simply "learn about it" Tuesday May 1st?....I truly do not follow.
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Patrick Lanzo, Georgia Bar Owner, Calls Obama 'N!@@&r' On Road Sign
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Rachel Maddow: Don't count out Ron Paul
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MK Occupy Minnesota: Drugs & the DRE Program at Peavey Plaza
Video documentation by local activists and independent media shows that police officers and county deputies from across Minnesota have been picking up young people near Peavey Plaza for a training program to recognize drug-impaired drivers. Multiple participants say officers gave them illicit drugs and provided other incentives to take the drugs. The Occupy movement, present at Peavey Plaza since April 7th, appears to be targeted as impaired people are dropped off at the Plaza, and others say they've been rewarded for offering to snitch on the movement.
Local independent media activists and members of Communities United Against Police Brutality began investigating police conduct around the Plaza after witnessing police dropping off impaired people at the plaza and hearing rumors that they were offering people drugs. We videotaped police conduct and interviewed participants, learning some very disturbing information about the DRE program.
Officers stated on record the DRE program, run by the Minnesota State Patrol, has no Institutional Review Board or independent oversight. They agreed no ambulances or EMTs were on site at the Richfield MnDOT facility near the airport where most subjects were taken. Multiple times, participants left Peavey Plaza sober, returned intoxicated, and said they'd been given free drugs by law enforcement. We documented on more than one occasion, someone being told they were sober by one officer, and then picked up by a different officer, and returning intoxicated.
Given the dangers of impaired driving, there is value in training law enforcement officers to distinguish between the effects of various drugs and several common medical conditions. However, we have captured video footage of instances in which DRE trainees recruited subjects who are not already impaired, and those participants say they were given drugs by the officers.
Although program documents indicate that participants must sign a waiver, https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/msp/forms-reports/Documents/SFSTSponsorResponsib... there was no indication from any of the participants interviewed that a waiver was offered or obtained. Further, video footage seems to validate the recollections of participants that no medical personnel or ambulance were on site during the observation and testing in Richfield. A DRE officer told one of our investigators that no Institutional Review Board assessment of the program has been made, a requirement of all experiments involving human subjects. Since it's unethical to encourage people to take drugs--whether by giving them drugs directly or enticing them with food, cigarettes, or other rewards (which participants say they were given)--it is unlikely such a program would pass IRB review as it endangers the test subjects.
According to the WCCO article from May 2011, officer trainees in the past have worked with various non-profit organizations to recruit drug users. It would appear now that they are no longer relying solely on this tactic, instead recruiting users directly and, participants say, providing them with drugs. After the sessions, these individuals are then dropped off in public areas without supportive care, creating a public safety hazard. In an example at Peavey Plaza caught on film, an individual who said he's been smoking courtesy of the police for an hour, crossed a line of Minneapolis police barricades, climbed to the top of a large sign and sat 15 feet above the sidewalk swinging his arms and legs in front of a police camera.
Our investigation points to particular efforts to target and recruit youth. Further, law enforcement officers have been taped recruiting people from the Peavey Plaza area of Nicollet Mall and have dropped off a number of impaired individuals at Peavey Plaza. In some instances, Minneapolis police squad cars were present while DRE trainees recruited people at Peavey Plaza. After receiving drugs, some subjects were asked to snitch on the Occupy movement or asked about various people and activities of Occupy, they said. Given efforts by the Minneapolis city council to pass an ordinance designed to restrict access to Peavey Plaza by the Occupy movement, the conduct of DRE trainees points to the possibility that they are working hand-in-glove with Minneapolis police to discredit and disrupt the Occupy movement.
"I think most people would be very surprised to have our tax dollars used to get people high," states Michelle Gross, president of Communities United Against Police Brutality. "These activities call into question the methods and motives of this DRE training."
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Crossing the line at the border
Watch Crossing the line at the border on PBS. See more from Need To Know.
Joan Walsh talks 9/11 double standards
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Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said in a statement on Monday they were "deeply troubled" by Rodriguez's statements that the CIA"s "so-called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' used many years ago were a central component of our success," in finding the al Qaeda leader, killed by U.S. commandos in a raid in Pakistan a year ago Tuesday.
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Hume: "[W]e regret the error" in report of Jerusalem Post story about Obama's half brother
On Special Report, Brit Hume issued a correction following his false claim that Sen. Barack Obama's half brother had told The Jerusalem Post that Obama had a "Muslim background." But while Hume suggested that his only "error" was in repeating a flawed report in the Post, he did not acknowledge that he had falsely claimed Malik Obama had spoken with The Jerusalem Post. The Post did not claim that Malik Obama spoke to the newspaper; the article indicated that Malik Obama gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio, not the Post.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Deputy Beats Handcuffed Man In Jail
A New York jail official in Tioga County was caught on surveillance savagely beating an inmate in a video released on Tuesday. As a result, a settlement of $62,500 and the cop's resignation was awarded to the inmate David Coffey. Lt. David Monell allegedly said: "You're going to regret this day," and then threw at least six haymakers at inmate Coffey before he appeared to choke the man for about 10 seconds. Coffey had been pepper-sprayed moments before the video begins
because of "uncooperative behavior," sheriff's deputies said when the incident occurred in September of 2010. Coffey suffered a gouged eye and an infection that went untreated for months in jail, abrasions on his face and neck and a swollen jaw. Coffey's attorney, William Friedlander, filed a federal lawsuit against the sheriff's office and Monell on the inmate's behalf saying, "You wouldn't treat a dog like that." The lawsuit resulted in a $62,500 settlement in January, $50,000 of which is being paid by Tioga County taxpayers.
It's unclear why Monell attacked Coffey in the first place, though he alleged that the inmate spit at him at one point during the incident. Either way, it’s no excuse for beating a man so viciously.
Chicago Police: "Your First Amendment Right Can Be Terminated"
Chicago police took two members of the media into custody Saturday, including an NBC Chicago photographer.
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