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Tuesday, 9 December 2014

3 Questions to Ask Before Putting Cameras on Cops

© Wochit Two weeks ago, many of us were sure that if only Darren Wilson had had a body camera, justice would have been more easily served in Ferguson, Missouri - that a video record would have cleared the confusion over Officer Wilson's fatal shooting of Michael Brown.Then, a week ago - only two days after President Obama proposed putting 50,000 more police body cameras into service - things didn't look so clear. Video taken by a passerby of Eric...

Bank related death? Slain MassMutual executive had access to sensitive data on Bank-Owned Life Insurance policies

According to the coroner's report, it was determined that Millan's death was attributable to a stab wound to the chest with an "edged weapon." Police ruled the death a homicide, a rarity for this town where residents feel safe enough to routinely jog by themselves on the same path used by Millan.Information has now emerged that Millan had access to highly sensitive data on bank profits resulting from the collection of life insurance proceeds from...

The game is rigged: Why Americans keep losing to the police state

"The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens." - Leo Tolstoy © Pinterest My 7-year-old granddaughter has suddenly developed a keen interest in card games: Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Blackjack, and War. We've fallen into a set pattern now: every time we play, she deals the cards, and I pretend not to see her stacking the deck in her favor. And of course, I always lose.I don't...

Pass the sick bag: Fox News analyst discussing torture report: 'The United States of America is awesome, we are awesome!'

Fox News host and authoritarian follower Andrea Tantaros Fox News analysts, hosts and reporters on Tuesday wasted no time in blasting Democrats after Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released a report condemning the CIA's use of torture and other enhanced interrogation techniques.Just moments after Feinstein announced on the floor of the Senate that the Intelligence Committee had made the long-delayed torture report...

SPLC writer slaughtered in racial hate crime murder

The SPLC and the “White Privilege” industry is totally silent about their murdered friend.Recently we wrote about another white male slaughtered in a random racial hate crime by black males in Oakland. We reported that he was an author. What we didn’t know was that he was a militant left-winger who has written article about “white privilege” since 1997. He has even written articles for the notorious SPLC.The SPLC publishes two free magazines. One...

U.S. Congress's insane and untrue Russophobic rantings

An apt metaphor, the U.S. government is literally being swept up, and threatens to be drowned by, its own insanity. December 09, 2014 "ICH" - Hopefully, Russians realize that our House of Representatives often passes thunderous resolutions to pander to special interests, which have no bearing on the thinking or actions of the U.S. government.Last week, the House passed such a resolution 411-10.As ex-Rep. Ron Paul writes, House Resolution 758 is...

Ten frightening facts you should know about the American Police State

Here are ten frightening facts about the police state that you need to know about:More than 500 American citizens have died after being tased, a device considered "non-lethal."The yearly cost of the War on Drugs to the American taxpayer is about $40 billion. The estimated cost to end hunger worldwide is $30 billion yearly.There are more than 80,000 military raids conducted by police every year in the United States.There are roughly 2.3 million...

Oligarchic, corporate elites have created a society of captives

© AP/John MinchilloProtesters conduct a “die-in” Dec. 6 at Grand Central Station in New York City as police watch. The demonstration opposed a grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner. Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans to launch a pilot program in New York City to place body cameras on police officers and conduct training seminars to help them reduce their adrenaline rushes and abusive language, along with the...

Outbreak of whooping cough at Massachusetts high school affected only those who were vaccinated

Unvaccinated children are supposedly the cause, according to state health officials, of a recent whooping cough outbreak that occurred in the posh Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. But as reported by CBS Boston, all of the children affected by the outbreak were already vaccinated, proving once again that vaccines don't really work.Some 15 children at Falmouth High School reportedly came down with the respiratory illness, which also goes by the name...

Chaos erupts during Eric Garner demonstrations in Berkeley

© unknownBerkeley police The decision to leave the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown unpunished has students and locals outraged in Berkeley, as they came together yesterday evening to protest what they view as an unjust court system.However, chaos erupted for the second night in a row, as demonstrators squared off against police and challenged looters that are taking advantage of the unrest. So far 5 police officers have suffered minor injuries,...

Highly toxic BPA linked to high blood pressure

© GETTY New research reported in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension, points to cans and bottles lined with Bisphenol A (BPA) as a precursor to raised blood pressure - but the problem goes beyond that.When the chemical used as an epoxy lining for cans and plastics entered the market it was deemed safe. Although there were claims that small amounts ingested from food and beverages wouldn't be harmful - low levels are indeed harmful....

Kentucky congressman exposes Obamacare architect as an economic eugenicist

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky laid into Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber at today's OGR Hearing in Congress, exposing him fully as an economic eugenicist.Massie referred to Gruber's economic paper on how giving free abortions to the poor would reduce the population burden for the better people, and how he endorses rationing end-of-life care for the poor for the same reason.He even got Gruber to agree that he was "condescending" to the American people, that he lied to the public for their own good like they were children. Incredible exchange.[embedded...

2011 Film: One Family in Gaza

© Jen Marlowe One Family in GazaJust months after the 2008/9 Israeli assault that killed 1,390 Palestinians, filmmaker Jen Marlowe visited Gaza. Among dozens of painful stories she heard, one family stood out. She spent several days with Kamal and Wafaa Awajah, playing with their children, sleeping in the tent they were living in, and filming their story.Wafaa described the execution of their son, Ibrahim. As she spoke, her children played on the...

10 things you didn't know about spiders

© Wikimedia Commons Just saying the word "spider" can elicit responses of fear or awe from people, but regardless of which side you fall on, there's a good chance that there is quite a bit you don't know about eight-legged arachnids. That's because, simply put, spiders are amazing creatures. There are 40,000 different species of spiders living on every continent except Antarctica, and nearly every one of those species is poisonous. Spiders can range...

Biochemist captures images of liquid, crystallized DNA

© bibliotecapleyadesLiquid crystal DNA These fascinating images, that on first inspection look like a Grateful Dead gatefold, are actually liquid DNA molecules crystallizing. They were captured by the artist and biochemist Linden Gledhill for a new project called MSSNG.MSSNG is an ambitious program launched by the advocacy organization Autism Speaks. As scientists sequence the DNA of 10,000 families affected by autism, all the data collected will...

Ukrainian SBU general: No Russian agents or officers detained in Ukraine

The only Russians capture by Kiev's SBU. Lies always come out (but sometimes when no one is listening.)I remember in the spring and summer the population of Ukraine was threatened with seemingly hundreds of FSB detainees. Dozens of officers of GRU. Turned out that the number of those and the others detained is ZERO (BIG ROUND ZERO):Kiev, December 8 ( , Victoria Litovchenko):The head of the main investigation department of the Security Service of...

Thanks to biotech-government ties: 81% of GMO crops approved without adequate safety studies

What's a recipe for environmental mayhem and the destruction of human health? The approval of genetically modified organisms by governments worldwide without any scientific safety studies. A new study published by the risk-assessment journal states that of the GM crops approved for planting and marketing globally, 81% were not studied for possible health and environmental safety risks.Nevertheless, the biotech industry keeps touting GMO 'benefits'...

Syria hopelessly demands UN sanctions against Israel over 'heinous' Damascus airstrikes

© Reuters / Amir Cohen Syrian officials demanded the UN impose sanctions on Israel after Tel Aviv conducted airstrikes near Damascus Airport. They say the attack was a heinous crime against their sovereignty by a country which doesn't hide its policy of supporting terrorism.Tel Aviv committed a heinous crime against Syria's sovereignty, said Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry in two identical letters to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and...

U.S. stooge NATO leading fascist charge towards attack on Russia

Times of LondonOnline (where the critical, analytical, readers increasingly are), it received even less, because that newspaper isn't online, except for its subscribers - people who are willing to pay for such poor journalism as the i.e, pay to read corporations' PR presented in the form of 'news reports.'The lengthiest excerpt from the article that's online is at NATO's own site, the PR delivered straight from the horses' mouth, which posting...

'A universe beneath our feet': Life in Beijing's underground

© Sim Chi Yin/VIITwenty-one-year-old Liu Jing sits in her apartment two stories underground in Beijing, China. Her laundry hangs above her head because there's nowhere else to put her clothes. In Beijing, even the tiniest apartment can cost a fortune - after all, with more than 21 million residents, space is limited and demand is high.But it is possible to find more affordable housing. You'll just have to join an estimated 1 million of the city's...
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