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Monday, 20 October 2014

Newspeak: NY Times jargon what 'democracy' really means in US

Bolivia’s popular president, Evo Morales, overwhelmingly won a third term on Sunday. One of the most accidentally revealing media accounts highlighting the real meaning of "democracy" in US discourse is a still-remarkable 2002 Editorial on the US-backed military coup in Venezuela, which temporarily removed that country's democratically elected (and very popular) president, Hugo Chávez. Rather than describe that coup as what it was - a direct attack...

MK Zoabi: Israeli combat pilots are no better than Islamic State beheaders

© Knesset ChannelBalad MK Haneen Zoabi in the Knesset. 'MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad) equated fighters of Islamic State with Israeli soldiers on Sunday. "They [IS] kill one person at a time with a knife and the IDF at the press of a button [kills] dozens of Palestinians," Zoabi told Channel 2 Online in an interview. Zoabi added that an Israeli pilot "is no less a terrorist than a person who takes a knife and commits a beheading." Zoabi said she believes...

U.S. corporations are doing better than ever; taxes are not "crushing"

While middle-class and low-income Americansstruggle to get by, corporate profits are soaring. In 2013, corporate after-tax profits consumed a record-breaking 11.2 percent of total national income. Between 1946 and 2010, after-tax corporate profits always remained below 10 percent of national income, but 2013 was the fourth consecutive year in which corporate profits exceeded 10 percent of national income. Meanwhile, corporate income taxes only...

French oil CEO dies in plane crash at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport

© Aradianoilandgas.com The CEO of France's oil and gas giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, was reportedly among five people killed in a business jet crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow after the aircraft hit a snowplow on take-off.Total's chairman and CEO was the only passenger in the Falcon 50 business jet besides three crewmembers, LifeNews cited a source as saying. Another source confirmed to TASS that de Margerie was the only passenger who checked...

3-year old killed in crossfire of Facebook argument

© Handout photosAmiracle Williams Amiracle Williams was just 3 years old when she was shot and killed this week due to a Facebook argument. Some teenagers from the local high school were in a dispute that stemmed from Facebook and escalated in front of the Williams home.A group of young women were locked in a physical fight with Amiracle's older sister, 17. Amiracle's father, 47, "felt his daughters may have been in some sort of danger and responded...

Videos of UFO experiences past two months of 2014

E-mails sent to Sott.net become the property of Quantum Future Group, Inc and may be published without notice.Reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views of the volunteers, editors, and directors of SOTT.net or the Quantum Future Group.Remember, we need your help to collect information on what is going on in your part of the world! Send your article suggestions to: Some icons appearing on this site were created by: Afterglow, Aha-Soft,...

ATF scared off Annual Gathering of Juggalos by event organizers with cameras

© Copblock Date of Incident: July 2014Outfit: ATFThis year the 15th Annual Gathering Of The Juggalos took place from July 23rd-26th, 2014 at Legend Valley Campground in Ohio. Police were inside the grounds this year, which is a drastic change from the last several Gatherings where no police were allowed inside due to the grounds being private property. The police within the grounds made no attempt to stop any of the partying that was going on within...

Facebook slams DEA for creating fake profile, violating its terms of use

© UnknownDEA uses confiscated pictures on woman's cellphone to create fake facebook account for drug trafficking investigation Facebook's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, in a letter to the DEA and their Administrator, Michele Leonhart, has stated that the same rules apply to law enforcement agencies about being truthful and not lying about identity as civilians."Facebook has long made clear that law enforcement authorities are subject to these...

Huge blast rocks chemical plant in Donetsk, claims of tactical missile

© © Screenshot from youtube (L) and screenshot from Ruptly Video A huge blast has rocked a chemical factory in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the city council says on its website. The blast wave reportedly shattered windows in houses in a radius of several kilometers.The explosion reportedly took place at 12:10pm local time.#UKRAINE: Blast rocks chemical plant in #Donetsk, militia claims Kiev fired tactical missile http://t.co/4OCCdwf4zb http://ift.tt/1x22wo7...

How yoga heals the diseased heart

What if the simple act of doing yoga could heal your diseased heart?A new study titled, "Effects of Yoga in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis," reveals that this ancient practice, ever-increasing in popularity in the West, has profound benefits to those who are suffering from cardiovascular disease.Previous to this study, the idea that yoga could heal a diseased heart was considered strictly theoretical, which is what motivated...

BEST OF THE WEB: Shocking! Mainstream Media Publishes the Truth: Vote all you want. The secret government won't change

The people we elect aren't the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University's Michael GlennonThe voters who put Barack Obama in office expected some big changes. From the NSA's warrantless wiretapping to Guantanamo Bay to the Patriot Act, candidate Obama was a defender of civil liberties and privacy, promising a dramatically different approach from his predecessor. But six years into his administration, the Obama version of national security looks...

Dr. Huber's brave crusade against Biotech

Dr. Don Huber was hit by a car last night. He is a whistle blower in the food world and someone I have had the honor of knowing.Dr. Huber is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, a land grant institution, and has been studying plants for 55 years. He has received various awards for his scientific accomplishments and contributions to government.He was Cereal Pathologist at the University of Idaho for 8 years before joining...

UK prison whistle blowers being threatened with dismissal

© Brighton Argus/Solent NewsKim Lennon. a prison officer at HMP Lewes, is fighting for her job after speaking to her local newspaper about her concerns over safety. Whistleblowers in the Prison Service are being threatened with dismissal for raising serious concerns about their ability to keep inmates safe and their fears over soaring levels of violence.The attempts to silence staff have been condemned by a Conservative member of parliament, who...

Propaganda, Achtung! Germany's intel agency sez MH17 downed by Ukraine rebels (Putin)

© Reuters / Michaela RehlePresident of the German Federal Intelligence Agency (BND) Gerhard Schindler, whose "close colleague"' was arrested as a US spy in July this year. Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency says a local militia shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in July, reports. The BND is said to possess "ample evidence," though none of it has been made public.The statement was made on October 8, when Bundesnachrichtendienst...

British scientists warn only 100 harvests left in farm soil

Modern society's dependence on grains is destroying both the soil and human and animal health Intense over-farming means there are only 100 harvests left in the soil of the UK's countryside, a study has found.With a growing population and the declining standard of British farmland, scientists warned that we are on course for an "agricultural crisis" unless dramatic action is taken.Despite the traditional perception that there is a green and pleasant...

Less freedom to protest in London's Parliament Square than in Hong Kong!!

© Nina Tailor / @ninatailor2The Occupy Democracy rally in London's Parliament Square. Donnachadh McCarthy went to Parliament Square yesterday to address a peaceful rally about the failings of British democracy. The intimidatory, violent and inflammatory police reaction only confirmed everything he had to say - as did the dignified restraint of the Occupy Democracy protestors.Yesterday I was invited to speak about 'The Prostitute State - How Britain's...

Guess who will profit 7 billion dollars rebuilding Gaza?

Just when you think you've heard it all about Israel's murderous bombardment of Gaza, you discover there is much more to the tragedy. Yes, there was a massive loss of innocent life and the utter destruction of tens of thousands of homes, schools and public buildings, but it now transpires Israel will profit handsomely from the $7 billion or more it will take to rebuild Gaza over the next 20 years. The scandalous fact is Israel will continue to...

Chris Hedges: 'The Imperative of Revolt'

© AP/Seth WenigProtesters chant as they are arrested at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street in New York on Sept. 22. The protesters, many of whom were affiliated with Occupy Wall Street, were pointing to the connection between capitalism and environmental destruction. Toronto - I met with Sheldon S. Wolin in Salem, Ore., and John Ralston Saul in Toronto and asked the two political philosophers the same question. If, as Saul has written,...
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