All Entries in the "Other News" Category
Collapse at Hand – Paul Craig Roberts
by Paul Craig Roberts, June 19, 2012 Ever since the beginning of the financial crisis and quantitative easing, the question has been before us: How can the Federal Reserve maintain zero interest rates for banks and negative real interest rates for savers and bond holders when the US government is adding $1.5 trillion to the [...]
Clashes in Oakland: Police use tear gas and batons against protesters (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Oakland police used tear gas against protesters marching on the streets of the city on May 1. According to witnesses police arrested at least two protesters and used tasers against them. Police ordered protesters out of the street after firing the tear gas and flash-bang grenades. San Francisco Gate news outlet quotes a police spokeswoman [...]
1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young collegegraduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge. Young adults with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage jobs — waiter or [...]
UAE Signs Deal to Integrate National IDs Into Mobile Phones
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, April 15th 2012 The United Arab Emirates signed a deal with telecommunications company, Etisalat, to embed citizens’ national ID information into mobile phones. They will now be exploring a system that would utilize an NFC or Near Field Communication application, which allows cell phones to communicate data via radio frequency within very close [...]
Federal Court Recognizes Chalking Freedom in Orlando
Posted on April 15, 2012 from http://www.copblock.org Tim Osmar arrested for chalking, Dec 15 2011 After a cost of eighteen days in a cage and a few months of legal threats, there is good news to report on chalking freedom out of Orlando, Florida. The ABA Journal published yesterday that Timothy Osmar, who was twice arrested for chalking [...]
Even worse than SOPA: New CISPA cybersecurity bill will censor the Web
Protesters demonstrate against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) outside the offices of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on January 18, 2012 in New York City (AFP Photo / Mario Tama) An onrush of condemnation and criticism kept the SOPA and PIPA acts [...]
Ron Paul’s caucus strategy is authentic republicanism
Monday, March 19, 2012 - Reawakening Liberty by Thomas Mullen TAMPA, March 19, 2012 – Give yourself a test. Without doing a web search or whipping out that pocket U.S. Constitution that a wild-eyed Tea Partier handed you, fill in the blank in the following sentence: The U.S. Constitution guarantees to every state in the union a _____form of [...]
Witch Medicine in Mexico
Americans tend to think that medical care in Mexico is primitive, probably involving chanting and the burning of feathers, and suffers from filth, ignorance, and reuse of needles. The following is a list of medical experiences of which I am personally aware, that is, of my family and friends. It is not cherry-picked: There are [...]
Goodbye, First Amendment: Obama’s ‘Trespass Bill’ Makes Protesting Illegal!!!!
Only days after clearing Congress, US President Barack Obama signed his name to H.R. 347 on Thursday, officially making it a federal offense to cause a disturbance at certain political events — essentially criminalizing protest in the States. RT broke the news last month that H.R. 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of [...]
WORDS TO GET YOUR WEBSITE ON A GOVERNMENT WATCH LIST – SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING FTW
PUBLISHED MARCH 2, 2012 BY SUSSEX COUNTY ANGEL The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for ‘sensitive’ words – and tracking people who use them. Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s ‘watch’ list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to [...]
