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Relay 29.03.2012 20:09
Canada's Commercial Seal Slaughter Explained
What you should know about the largest annual slaughter of marine mammals on earth.

 http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/seal_hunt/infographic.html

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Dan Roberts 29.03.2012 17:12
The Shortwave Report 03/30/12 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. The Voice of Russia, Spanish National Radio, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle.

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Greg Bacon (repost) 29.03.2012 12:47
9/11 Oddities that the 'Official' Story Can't Explain Away
3 short video clips

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dm 28.03.2012 20:53
Young Mobile Users Risk Mental Illness
Both cell phone use and heavy computer use can result in mental illness for those under 20. That should be a no brainer.

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fb 28.03.2012 16:06
Fukushima : APPEAL OF HASHIZUME BUN, A-BOMB SURVIVOR OF HIROSHIMA
appeal of hashizume bun, a-bomb survivor of hiroshima,
to the people of japan and the people of the world

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Labor Party - Philippines 27.03.2012 22:15
Philippine Labor party calls for removal of VAT on oil to reduce prices
One day after the transport protest against the unabated increases in oil prices, the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) called on the administration of President Benigno Aquino III to remove the VAT on oil products as an immediate measure to reduce prices.

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William M. Esposo 27.03.2012 03:24
Philippines: Annoying P-Noy
Because the Reds have time and again failed to sell to the majority of Filipinos their offered prescriptions to our national problems, they've resorted to all sorts of gimmicks in order to get our attention.

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Co-op member 26.03.2012 21:34
Park Slope Food Co-Op sparks debate around Israeli products
Where does your co-op stand on Israeli products?

I would like to know where all the co-ops in Oregon stand on this issue.

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Hartwell & Sosbee 26.03.2012 11:15
MUST PROSECUTE FBI/CIA ASSASSINS FOR CLANDESTINE MURDERS
See recent report on the need to stop the global crime spree by fbi/cia assassins.

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Hartwell & Sosbee 26.03.2012 10:54
fbi operative J. Robert Upton Continues Harassment Of Sosbee/Hartwell Online
See background data on fbi operative assigned to haras Hartwell & Sosbee on line.

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indyradio.nu 26.03.2012 10:51
Schedule for This Is Hell on IndyRadio March 24, 2012
3 weeks of 'Hell stream continuously from IndyRadio, featuring yesterday's interview with renowned economist Richard Wolff, author of "Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It," , who is also preparing the release of "Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism," with David Barsamian (City Lights Books), "Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian," with Stephen Resnick (MIT University Press), and "Democracy at Work" (Haymarket Books). This is the same Richard Wolff who holds forth weekly on New York's WBAI. His book tour hits Chicago on Tuesday. We'll also hear again from Andy Thayer and others discussing the runup to the upcoming NATO protest this May in Chicago - recorded before G8 was moved to Camp David.

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Jeffrey Winters 26.03.2012 10:27
Oligarchy and Democracy
Jeffrey A. Winters is professor of political science at Northwestern University and author of Oligarchy, published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.

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indyradio.nu 25.03.2012 17:17
Schedule for This Is Hell on IndyRadio March 24, 2012
3 weeks of 'Hell stream continuously from IndyRadio, featuring yesterday's interview with renowned economist Richard Wolff, author of "Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It," , who is also preparing the release of "Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism," with David Barsamian (City Lights Books), "Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian," with Stephen Resnick (MIT University Press), and "Democracy at Work" (Haymarket Books). This is the same Richard Wolff who holds forth weekly on New York's WBAI. His book tour hits Chicago on Tuesday. We'll also hear again from Andy Thayer and others discussing the runup to the upcoming NATO protest this May in Chicago - recorded before G8 was moved to Camp David.

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Barbara Ehrenreich 25.03.2012 12:25
The poor: always with us, necessarily not us
The poor are just people without enough money. But a 'culture of poverty' gives the affluent a reason to blame them for it

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blues 25.03.2012 03:12
You Are Being Replaced
You are not being informed. They just don't care. Watch:

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Emily Manuel 24.03.2012 12:05
Why does the media still refer to “Bradley”? The Curious Silence Around a Trans Hero
One of the most persistent threads throughout the two years of imprisonment of accused Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning has been the rumour that he is in fact, she-a transgender woman. Manning faces thirty charges, one of which "aiding the enemy" potentially carries the death penalty (though life in prison is more likely) for leaking hundreds of thousands of documents via the website Wikileaks including the shocking "Collateral Murder" video. Dismissed by many as a smear or simply irrelevant to the case, this transgender story has nevertheless refused to die.
In June 2010, Wired published excerpted chat logs between Manning and hacker Adrian Lamo that suggested that Manning considered herself female. Manning states quite clearly:

" I wouldn't mind going to prison for the rest of my life, or being executed so much, if it wasn't for the possibility of having pictures of me... plastered all over the world press... as boy... "

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Dan Roberts 22.03.2012 18:57
The Shortwave Report 03/23/12 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, NHK World Radio Japan, China Radio International, and the Voice of Russia.

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Rebecca Boyle 22.03.2012 16:54
Can plants think?
In a new study, scientists have found a cabbage relative capable of remembering and responding to information

 link to www.popsci.com

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Denise Ryan 22.03.2012 10:40
City (Vancouver BC) announces rent bank for vulnerable residents
to read Barbara Ehrenreich's "The poor alwaysw with us, necessarily not us" published in: The Guardian, March 15, 2012, click on
 link to www.guardian.co.uk

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indyradio.nu 21.03.2012 14:07
Can we talk about US genocide in Yemen?
Abdul Ilah Shayi was granted a pardon by the Yemeni government, but remains in prison thanks to a request from US President. Peter Hart follows up on recent reports for FAIR.org

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repost 21.03.2012 02:33
are you ready for your trip to the federal detention center?
New Executive Order Seizes U.S. Infrastructure and Citizens for Military Preparedness

see the text of the document, from whitehouse.gov

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International Ahimsa Coalition 20.03.2012 11:04
Myriad Reasons To Avoid The Toxins Of Putrefying Animal And Fish Flesh
Today March 20th for many years has been Meatout Day, when millions are urged
to kick the meat habit.

There are ethical, health, environmental, food yield,
energy, aesthetic, economic and spiritual reasons to avoid animal flesh.
Whether you reduce or eliminate the consumption of meat, fish, dairy products..
Here are some reasons to take the first step

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repost 19.03.2012 18:08
goodbye internet, hello mandatory surveillance technolgy
at the age of 36, i undertook the self-directed effort to learn html coding so that i could make the transition into the digital realm. i've always felt the urge to be involved in "people's" media - community radio like kboo, and occasional bursts of zine publishing.

i felt compelled to get into it because i knew it was only a matter of time before the openness of the internet was taken away from us. i knew that the main obstacle to internet access was economic - it was a little pricey for people who did not have an "entertainment" budget. but i knew it would only be a matter of time before technological innovation removed that obstacle for most working people.

the internet was way too powerful a vehicle for widespread communication to left in the hands of the public, and would eventually be seized and tightly controlled.

it was great while it lasted. i'd be surprised that it took so long , but if they hadn't left it open for as long as they have, they wouldn't have years of incriminating information against hundreds of million people with enough access to resources to challenge the power of the institutions - government, business and banking - to who've been running things for us for so long.

try to use it as much and as wisely as you can in the coming months, cuz it's going bye-bye.

what could have been the development of technology to enable undreamed-of advances in education and science will soon become an omniscient - perhaps mandatory - method of oppression.

i love the web, and think it's the greatest innovation since libraries. future generations will curse its existence for every second of their miserable, sad lives.

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Recent convert 19.03.2012 14:14
GO VEGAN! Uplifting videos
Making vegan choices is one of the best things you can do to save the planet! Take it from someone who loves food ... you'll be amazed how good a vegan diet can taste!

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Pete Dolack 19.03.2012 04:01
The market is a god that has failed
The economy should be a part of life, not a steamroller crushing creativity and se;f-determination. The economy should serve humankind; humanity should not serve the market. Once speculation was 90% productive; now investment is 90% speculative. Wages are not only a cost factor; wages are also demand and purchasing power. Can politics and policy reverse speculative investment?

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Relay 17.03.2012 15:17
Julian Assange Australia Senate Run Announced
CANBERRA, Australia -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due next year despite being under virtual house arrest in England and facing sex crime allegations in Sweden, the group said Saturday.

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Parasol Climate Collective 16.03.2012 10:55
A Victory for Portland!
Parasol Climate Collective, which initiated a clown picket for the scheduled March 19th Republican Debate to be held in Portland, claimed victory when the debate was cancelled on the morning of March 15th.

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Dan Roberts 15.03.2012 16:58
The Shortwave Report 03/16/12 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China Radio International, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.

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Grape Juice 15.03.2012 16:26
Alcohol And War, Disease, Violence
24 toxic effects of the alcohol industry and alcohol

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consuelo palacios 15.03.2012 10:08
Acerca de los organizadores del Festival de Derechos Humanos realizado en St Pete – Florid
Diversos Grupos Humanitarios apoyaron la iniciativa de luchar en favor de los Derechos Humanos y difundirlos, para que lso DERECHOS HUMANOS SEAN UNA REEALIDAD Y NO UN SUEÑO IDEALISTA.

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Tomasz Konicz 15.03.2012 09:47
The Systemic Causes of the Crisis
In summary, the crisis is 30 years old, not 4 years old. The causes of the crisis can be found in the real goods-producing economy, not in the financial markets. The wildly proliferating financial markets did not drag the goods-producing industry to the abyss. Rather these financial markets kept the industry alive through credit-financed demand until 2008.

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cps 15.03.2012 09:32
Los efectos de la cocaina. Parte 2. La cocaína destruye vidas.
La cocaína destruye vidas.

Otros efectos a largo plazo de cocaína incluyen:
Adicción,
Paranoia,
Irritabilidad,
Inquietud,
Alucinaciones auditivas, visuales y táctiles,
Trastornos del estado de ánimo.

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Tony Ryals 14.03.2012 22:26
Leyva Zetas,Israel and U.S.Government Drug And Arms Terrorism
Agents of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) worked with an informant and with Mexican enforcement agents in 2007 to launder millions of dollars for Mexico's Beltrán Leyva cartel, according to reports in the New York Times and the Mexican magazine emeequis.....

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Looking for Day of Justice 14.03.2012 20:07
Assad and Obama: Two War Criminals Who Torture and Kill Children and Adults
Compare Syrian leader's war crimes with Obama's drones and mercenaries in Afganistan.

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consuelo 14.03.2012 14:46
Como los padres pueden ayudar a sus hijos, hablarles sobre la drogadicción y sean escuchad
¿Cómo puedes hablar con tus hijos acerca de la drogadicción sin necesidad de usar tácticas de intimidación o sentirte como si estuvieras "echando un sermón"?

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Julian Rose (Activist Post) 14.03.2012 14:12
7 Steps to Dissolve the Matrix and Stop World War Three
Shall We Put an End to the Human Race or Shall Mankind Renounce War? -- Bertrand Russell

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youtube repost 14.03.2012 12:26
EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY! / MacQueen NYFD 9/11 witnesses
The New York City Fire Department, under the direction of Fire Commissioner Tom Von Essen, collected the testimony of 503 first-responder EMTs, Port Authority police, and firefighters. It came to 12,000 pages. The 9/11 Commission, run by White House appointee and insider, Philip Zelikow, rejected the testimony, just ignored it, not germane to the foregone conclusion. Also, somewhat explosive.

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Gabriel Sawma, Esq. 14.03.2012 12:08
Recognition of UAE divorce in the United States
In 2005, the UAE enacted Federal Law No. 28 to govern matrimonial issues. The provisions of the Law apply to all emirates and cover rules over marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintenance and inheritance. This article addresses recognition by U.S Court of divorce decrees obtained in the UAE.

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www.therealnews.com 14.03.2012 10:21
Video: Is Obama Still on the Austerity Train?
James Crotty: Obama's budget is a "less savage" attack on social programs, but still assumes we are "living above our means"

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youtube repost 14.03.2012 09:46
9/11 Hijackers Passports were issued by the CIA - US Consulate Whistleblower
Mike Springman- The former head of the American visa bureau in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia blows the whistle on the 9/11 hijackers.

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dm 13.03.2012 00:19
Times of India: "CHILDREN & TEENS MORE VULNERABLE TO RADIATION FROM WI FI AND CELL PHONES
Lap top exposure is causing sperm and ovary damage. Wi Fi in schools is causing devastating harm to our children. Does PPS have liability insurance for the tsunami of law suits that will be coming? This article in the current Times of India tells what the Oregonian hides. The telecom industry has the media by the throat in the U.S.

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blues 12.03.2012 19:11
Kony 2012! — A Great New Campaign For Oil, Resources, And More War
The Kony 2012 thing is getting stranger, not clearer. They have an unbelievable lineup of characters on their website!

Just open it and scroll down to see their supporters, including George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Mitt Romney, Oprah Winfrey, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Ellen Degeneres, Stephen Colbert, and on and on! Now Joseph Kony is the new Bin Laden! So we need to send in more troops to save the little children from this monster! It's at:

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Frei Betto 12.03.2012 06:28
Economic Dictatorship
In the crisis, there was a paradigm based on the belief in unlimited economic growth on a planet with infinite resources. This paradigm identifies happiness with wealth, well-being with accumulation of material goods and progress with consumerism. The logic of accumulation is more authoritarian than all dictatorial systems in history.

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cascadia public broascasting 11.03.2012 23:26
c p b | rally against nuclear power in osaka japan
 c p b | cascadia public broadcasting dot org James Corbett Report video | CascadiaPublicBroadcasting.org

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Unity Statement, March 8, 2012 11.03.2012 23:01
Filipino Women March against US Military Expansion in the Philippines and the Pacific
On the occasion of the International Women's Day 2012, we, Filipino women declare in strongest terms possible, our opposition not only to increased presence but to U.S. military presence per se on Philippine soil.

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Roy Batty 10.03.2012 19:58
Why Blade Runner? Your Thoughts and Memories Are Not Your Own
While we may not have been directly implanted with Eldon Tyrell's niece's memories, our DNA reeks of Horatio Alger and our own bootstraps.

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Yvette Maranowski 10.03.2012 16:59
MOTHER = LIFE
Moms are so invisible politically, we are like the ground or the air. When the frick will humanity start recognizing that everyone's proper and eminent good wishes for the planet are more directly dependent upon the well-being/POWER of our own moms, to continue, WITHOUT IMPINGEMENT, making societies which support life..........than it is to any other force? When, when will we decide this?

When we decide we want to live.

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blues 10.03.2012 01:02
Don't You Just Love The Smell Of Doomdrops In The Morning!
Here's some all-out doomer stuff I've been watching today. Serious top-level financial players like Jim Sinclair just predicted an Apocalyptic Greek default by March 20. NOW the ISDA (the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, which is empowered to declare default events) has just declared a Greek default credit event. This will trigger a requirement that all banks that have sold CDS derivative (insurance) policies must pay off the losing Greek bond holders. This will probably involve more than 10 times the value of the bonds themselves! It will almost certainly unravel the market for ALL CDS derivative policies covering sovereign bonds, wiping out the entire international financial system. An "auction" will be held on March 19, but there will likely be no value left by then to auction off. Oh well hey.

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Attac Austria 09.03.2012 08:59
What is the Origin of Wealth?
"Europe faces the choice of falling apart in the crisis or taking steps to another economic model," 50 scholars from the advisory board of Attac Germany declared. They make the connection between the chaos of the financial markets and the scandalous distribution of wealth in Europe. The will to force different rules on capitalism could be the foundation.

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geral 09.03.2012 07:22
To All Armed Forces of The United States Of America From Geral Sosbee
Summary of my service to USA and the personal cost to me.

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Dan Roberts 08.03.2012 17:19
The Shortwave Report 03/09/12 Listen Globally
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China Radio International, Spanish National Radio, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.

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reposted 06.03.2012 13:43
all your lulzsec are belong to us - fbi
the fbi claims to have arrested most of the internet hacking crew known as lulzsec, after one of them agreed to become a punk-ass informant, who will hopefully die a snitch's death in nyc soon.

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Barbara Supp and Ingo Schulze 06.03.2012 06:21
Merciless Samaritans and 10 Causes of the Crisis
"There is no society. There are only individual men and women," said the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, had a great share in that crisis in which Europe, capitalism and democracy find themselves. Democracy conforming to the market is the problem. The market conforming to democracy is the solution.

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Mark Engler and Gary Young 05.03.2012 06:43
Obama's Broken Resolutions and Occupy White HOuse
Generalized security requires a social net, not lies and trillions to the banks. There has been a 30-year war in which the voice of business became louder. The financial sector must be shriveled. Private losses cammot become public losses. The revenue and war spending crises can be reversed. 14 million jobs can be created as Harry Hopkins and FDR created 4 million jobs.

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Andrew Revkin 04.03.2012 15:52
Naomi Klein's Inconvenient Climate Conclusions
"Getting comfortable with that reality means getting comfortable with differing views, and with a picture of the path forward that is utterly human — meaning variegated, imperfect, the result of pushing, nudging and pulling, of activism and resistance, invention and inertia, argument and, hopefully occasionally, common purpose."

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PIMC (via Opednews) 03.03.2012 09:45
It's not Greece. It's Capitalism, stupid!
The crisis in Greece - a systemic crisis of Capitalism - provides the best evidence that the Capitalist model of governance has utterly failed and must be overthrown.

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Ben Waiting [EFF repost] 02.03.2012 11:28
cell phone tracking interactive map from Malte Spitz
Tell-all telephone

Green party politician Malte Spitz sued to have German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom hand over six months of his phone data that he then made available to ZEIT ONLINE. We combined this geolocation data with information relating to his life as a politician, such as Twitter feeds, blog entries and websites, all of which is all freely available on the internet.

By pushing the play button, you will set off on a trip through Malte Spitz's life. The speed controller allows you to adjust how fast you travel, the pause button will let you stop at interesting points.

In addition, a calendar at the bottom shows when he was in a particular location and can be used to jump to a specific time period. Each column corresponds to one day.

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geral 02.03.2012 07:03
Free Speech violated by fbi at NCN
See my report supported by my colleague Barbara Hartwell regarding NCN's abrupt violation of my free speech at the direction of the fbi assassins.

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Dan Roberts 01.03.2012 17:11
The Shortwave Report 03/02/12 Listen Globally
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, NHK World Radio Japan, and the Voice of Russia.

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Jim Lockhart 01.03.2012 12:53
Video: Community Forum on the Transpacific Free Trade Agreement
A community forum exploring the local impacts of past Free Trade Agreements, what the massive new Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement means for your community, and how you can help prevent this "NAFTA of the Pacific."

Community Forum on the Transpacific Free Trade Agreement

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GW (repost) 01.03.2012 12:49
Iran’s Head Religious Leader: Threatened Use of Nuclear Weapons Is a “Great Sin”
More evidence we're being suckered into a totally uncalled for "preemptive strive" on a peaceful nation

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blues 01.03.2012 12:29
9-11 Killer Bird-Flu Blueprint Released!
They are about to kill us all.

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the solutions journal 01.03.2012 10:27
Naomi Klein on Climate Change and Ideology
I don't think climate change necessitates a social revolution. This idea is coming from the right-wing think tanks and not scientific organizations. They're ideological organizations. Their core reason for being is to defend what they call free-market ideology. They feel that any government intervention leads us to serfdom and brings about a socialist world, so that's what they have to fight off: a socialist world. Increase the power of the private sector and decrease the public sphere is their ideology.

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bushstole04.com (repost) 01.03.2012 08:41
9-11 Videos
page with lots of 9-11 truth videos on it

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GERAL 29.02.2012 15:43
NEW CIVILIZATION NETWORK DE FACTO BANS ME AFTER A DECADE OF WORK
After a decade of work on New Civilization Network, I am de facto banned from all posts there.

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IDOM posted by Cort Greene 29.02.2012 13:42
Venezuela: worker-president of ALCASA removed
Workers control,socialism and a coup against the revolution

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Staughton Lynd 29.02.2012 11:41
A Letter to Other Occupiers: What is to be Done Next?
Greetings. I write from Niles, Ohio, near Youngstown. I take part in Occupy Youngstown (OY). I was asked to make some "keynote" remarks on the occasion of OY's first public meeting on October 15, 2011. I am a member of the legal team that filed suit after our tent and burn barrel were confiscated on November 10-11. I am helping to create the OY Free University where working groups explore a variety of future projects.

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Heiner Flassbeck 29.02.2012 11:17
Video: On the Brink: Fiscal Austerity Threatens a Global Recession
Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD: European austerity policies past the point of no return, driving global economy towards deep and lengthy recession

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Systemic Disorder 29.02.2012 10:57
Chinese exploitation and multi-national corporate profits
Multi-national corporations encourage China's low wages

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geral 29.02.2012 10:46
fbi cyber crimes, etc
See evidence that the fbi is nervous over my reports of their high tech crimes, including kidney stone attacks.

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Odette Bazil 28.02.2012 17:18
Open Letter to Suzanne Khardalian, Filmmaker of “Grandma’s Tattoos”
Photo caption: Grandma Khanum, the subject of the documentary film, The whole world, not just Armenians, is asking Turkey, "Why?"

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Relay 28.02.2012 16:05
Organic Meat: Hell On Earth
An undercover investigator was able to officially make filming in a showcase "organic slaughterhouse" in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. What his camera revealed are shocking images and sounds from the last hours of the life of millions pigs and cows. It is truly a hell on earth.

 http://www.politube.org/show/3389

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repost with commentary 28.02.2012 09:33
Pentagon: Despite Riots, Afghan Occupation Strategy ‘Remains Sound’
Does that "reassuring" headline make sense to *you?*

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Christian Siedenbiedel, Wolfgang Storz and Albrecht Mueller 28.02.2012 06:29
Creation of Money
To give a cr3edit to a customer, a bank doesn't need to take the savings of another customer from its vaults. It creates the money out of nothing. In a countermove, the bank must deposit money with the central bank for the credit-the so-called minimum reserve. There is a debate in the discipline whether the creation of money can be left to the banks.

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Armenian Weekly Staff 27.02.2012 11:12
ANCA Condemns Anti-Armenian Protests in Turkey
Turkish placards read “You are all Armenians. You are all bastards.” Calls on U.S. Ambassador Ricciardone to Denounce Government-Sanctioned Rallies Aimed at Inciting Violence

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Thomas Trares, Mathias Binswanger and Robert Kurz 27.02.2012 06:34
The Autism of Economists
Analogous to a mechanical system, neoclassicists understood the economy as a perpetual cycle of production and consumption kept in balance by the price mechanism. Neoclassical theory becomes problematic when market laws are declared universally applicable and when mono-cultures are cultivated that narrow the focus to one school.










y the price mechanism. Neoclassical theory becomes problematic

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wl 26.02.2012 18:40
WikiLeaks begins publishing 5 million emails from STRATFOR
Today (27 Feb) WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files -- more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor.

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it's a simple question 26.02.2012 13:34
Question for anarchists: why embrace-endorse the official explanation for 9/11/01 events?
please answer it

thanks

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blues 26.02.2012 13:23
Is This What The War Demands Over Syria Are Really About?
(Cookie glitch?) When the web of lies for the propaganda platform of pubic support for the invasion of Iraq was being spun, I was out protesting that impending fiasco. At one point, I attended a small lecture by former chief U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who campaigned tirelessly against the oncoming attack. (Former US Marine Intelligence officer Ritter has since been convicted of soliciting sex with a female police officer who pretended to be 15 years old; but the case looks dubious on close inspection.) I asked him directly "Why are we doing this?" He instantly replied that the impending war was simply a distraction to cover up unpopular changes in domestic policy. Period. I have been turning this over in my mental compost bin for years.

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq obviously served that purpose extremely well. But after about a decade, these distractions have gone completely stale, so we are withdrawing from those adventures with almost nothing, in many ways, far less than nothing, to show for our efforts, other than the cover they provided for the extremely unpopular domestic changes. So here is my theory:

These wars were never intended to be won. Ever before the selection of George W. Bush, the power elite understood that the U.S., and the rest of the Western Empire, was about to experience a series of devastating economic crashes that would not ordinarily be tolerated by the 99%, so powerful distractions were urgently needed, and these are what the wars provided very effectively.

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blues 26.02.2012 12:24
Is This What The War Demands Over Syria Are Really About?
When the web of lies for the propaganda platform of pubic support for the invasion of Iraq was being spun, I was out protesting that impending fiasco. At one point, I attended a small lecture by former chief U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who campaigned tirelessly against the oncoming attack. (Former US Marine Intelligence officer Ritter has since been convicted of soliciting sex with a female police officer who pretended to be 15 years old; but the case looks dubious on close inspection.) I asked him directly "Why are we doing this?" He instantly replied that the impending war was simply a distraction to cover up unpopular changes in domestic policy. Period. I have been turning this over in my mental compost bin for years.

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq obviously served that purpose extremely well. But after about a decade, these distractions have gone completely stale, so we are withdrawing from those adventures with almost nothing, in many ways, far less than nothing, to show for our efforts, other than the cover they provided for the extremely unpopular domestic changes. So here is my theory:

These wars were never intended to be won. Ever before the selection of George W. Bush, the power elite understood that the U.S., and the rest of the Western Empire, was about to experience a series of devastating economic crashes that would not ordinarily be tolerated by the 99%, so powerful distractions were urgently needed, and these are what the wars provided very effectively.

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