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NYPD Officer That Pepper Sprayed Peaceful Corralled Women Identified
Posted on | September 26, 2011 | 12 Comments Up close shot of Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna's badge Newer Fresher Update: Pepper Spray happy NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna Is punished…not really Update: Correction he’s not a Captain he’s Deputy Inspector...
Supreme Court OKs warrantless searches
By Tribune Washington bureau and The New York Times Other rulings "Extraordinary rendition":The court refused to revive a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons. The case involved five terrorism...
Michigan Police Search Drivers’ Cell Phones During Traffic Stops
By VC | April 20th, 2011 | CelleBrite Michigan state police (or should we say police state?) have been using a handheld mobile forensics device to steal information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The high-tech device...
Line Noise: Electronic Device Search and Seizure
EFF activist Eva Galperin interviews EFF criminal defense attorney, Hanni Fakhoury, on the newest edition of Line Noise, the EFF podcast. Whether law enforcement wants to search your home computer, tries to browse through your smart phone at a traffic stop, or seeks...
Limousine liberals? Number of government-owned limos has soared under Obama
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exits a limousine. AP State Department dominates the limo count, says purchases reflect need to protect diplomats and foreign visitors in a dangerous world By Joe Eaton 2:00 am, May 31, 2011 Updated: 1:03 pm, August 29, 2011...
The Think Tanks and Corporate Networks That Shape Western Foreign Policy
The Organizations Behind Global Policy Coordination Behind the elected officials and party politics that dominate public attention, a network of policy organizations, think tanks, and corporate-funded institutions has long exerted outsized influence over Western...
The Bilderberg Group: Media Silence and the Debate Over Secret Power
The Debate Over Bilderberg Coverage In June 2008, journalist Jack Shafer published an article in Slate arguing that claims of a media blackout surrounding the Bilderberg Group's annual meetings were overblown. Shafer contended that mainstream outlets did cover the...
Joe Rogan & Duncan Trussell on the National Defense Authorization Act
Fukushima Investigation: Unanswered Questions About the 2011 Nuclear Disaster
The Official Account of the Fukushima Disaster On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami that overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The event was rated a magnitude 9.0 by the...
CIA Psychologist’s Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush’s Torture Program
Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye truth-out.org Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:43 CDT Dr. Bruce Jessen's handwritten notes describe some of the torture techniques that were used to "exploit" "war on terror" detainees in custody of the CIA and Department of Defense. Bush...
HYPOCRICY: ‘Free the internet’, says Hillary Clinton
By Shane Richmond Internet Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has called for greater freedom of speech online and said that internet companies, such as Google, should refuse to support "politically-motivated censorship". Of course, it was never likely that...
Domestic surveillance court approved 100% of 2010 warrant requests
By David Kravets, wired.com | Published 8 months ago The secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved all 1,506 government requests to electronically monitor suspected “agents” of a foreign power or terrorists on US soil last year, according to a Justice...
Do we really have to Prepare for the Fourth Box.
Do We Really Have To Prepare For The Fourth Box? 132 +1,430 Reflections Reflections As I watch the legislative abominations named SOPA, PIPA, and NDAA follow the lead of the DMCA and the Patriot Act in the United States, I realize that the worst possible scenario for...
IMF chief a ‘honey trap’ victim? Conspiracy theories swirl
The weekend arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn sent shockwaves through the financial world and upended French presidential politics, but it also quickly gave rise to theories about whether the International Monetary Fund chief had been set up by rivals. Related...
Company Who Lobbied NDAA Indefinite Detention Bill Gets 23 Million Dollar Contract for Night Raid Equipment
The Intel Hub December 20, 2011 According to reports from the Daily Kos and Russia Today, a company specializing in night raid equipment was awarded a 23 million dollar contract from the Department of Defense and subsequently went on to lobby for the NDAA which has...
Bombshell: U.S. government questioned Obama citizenship
Said it lacked documents to determine birth country Published: 05/09/2011 at 7:59 PM Editor’s note: Jerome Corsi’s “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible to Be President” is available today for immediate shipping, autographed by the...
Virginia Roberts Details Jeffrey Epstein Connections to Bill Clinton, Political Elite, and Hollywood
Virginia Roberts' Account of Jeffrey Epstein's Elite Connections and Her Encounters with Bill Clinton One of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts (now Virginia Giuffre), has provided a detailed account of the convicted sex offender's deep ties...
“Banned” Commercial: Ron Paul 2012 (Unofficial)
Independent Thinking vs. Conformity: The Psychology Behind Institutional Skepticism
What Does It Mean to Think Independently? In an era of information overload, distinguishing between independent critical thinking and passive acceptance of mainstream narratives has become a central concern for many people. The concept of "sheeple" — a portmanteau of...
Alan Grayson (High Quality Version): Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?
Indiana Court Ruling Enabled Warrantless Home Searches by Police
Indiana Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to Warrantless Entry In May 2011, a controversial Indiana Supreme Court ruling in Barnes vs. State of Indiana sent shockwaves through civil liberties communities across the country. The 3-2 decision effectively held that...
The Secret Farm Bill and the Congressional Supercommittee Controversy
The Congressional Supercommittee and Agricultural Legislation In late 2011, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, commonly known as the "supercommittee," became a focal point of controversy over legislative process and concentrated power. The 12-member...
Gingrich Called for Bypassing the Fourth Amendment in the Name of Security
Gingrich on Expanding FBI Powers Against Suspected Terrorists During a C-SPAN appearance at a book event in Huntington, New York, then-GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich laid out a vision of executive power that alarmed civil libertarians across the political spectrum. In...
Tar Sand Activists Dance on Governor’s Table
HELENA, Montana—Check out this new short film from the Earth First! occupation of the Montana capitol against the Tar Sands and other industrial energy infrastructure in the Northern Rockies, following the 2011 Round River Rendezvous. Five people locked down,...
One Universal Mind – Gerald O’Donnell – Out Of The Matrix Report (Part 1)
Let’s make everything FREE! An introduction to The Free World Charter.
Lucid Dreaming Explained: Techniques, Science and How to Control Your Dreams
What Is Lucid Dreaming and Why Does It Matter? Lucid dreaming is the experience of becoming consciously aware that you are inside a dream while it is still happening. Unlike ordinary dreams that fade from memory within moments of waking, a lucid dream places you in a...
When It Comes to Photosynthesis, Plants Perform Quantum Computation
The wavelike motion of energetic particles through photosynthetic systems enables plants to efficiently capture the sun's energy GREEN COMPUTING: Photosynthetic plants appear to employ quantum computing to efficiently capture the energy of the sun. Image: ©...
Near-Death Experiences: What Survivors Report Seeing After Clinical Death
What happens after we die? It is one of the most fundamental questions humanity has ever asked, and it remains unanswered in any definitive scientific sense. However, an increasing number of people who have been clinically dead or on the edge of death are sharing...
Helping the Helpless – Humanity Needs More of This
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