People who meditate are more aware of their unconscious brain
A twist on the famous Libet free will experiments suggests that people who meditate have more access to the unconscious brain
Monthly Archives: September 2016
https://www.inman.com/2016/06/16/10-reasons-you-should-never-buy-or-sell-without-an-agent/
10 reasons you should never buy or sell without an agent
Buying and selling real estate is no easy feat. Here are 10 reasons you should never buy or sell a home without a real estate agent.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/06/24/jag-officer-alleges-scra-mortgage-loan-violations-lawsuit/86341320/
JAG officer alleges SCRA mortgage loan violations in lawsuit
Attorneys seek class action status, estimating thousands of other service members may be affected.
https://www.rt.com/usa/348091-more-americans-half-salary-rent/
11.4 million Americans spend half their income on rent
The cost-burden for renters is at a historic high, a Harvard University housing report found. Over six years, the number of Americans paying half their salary on rent has grown from 2.1 million to 11.4 million. Median rent is now $1,381 per month.
https://www.rt.com/usa/348037-stone-snowden-government-surveillance/
‘Form of fascism’: Oliver Stone blasts US government for mass surveillance
While at a festival to promote his film based on Edward Snowden ordeal, film director Oliver Stone condemned the US government and major tech companies for instituting a “surveillance state.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/merrill-lynch-to-pay-415-million-to-settle-sec-accounts-probe-1466693817
http://www.wsj.com/articles/merrill-lynch-to-pay-415-million-to-settle-sec-accounts-probe-1466693817
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/06/federal-court-fourth-amendment-does-not-protect-your-home-computer
Federal Court: The Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Your Home Computer
In a dangerously flawed decision unsealed today, a federal district court in Virginia ruled that a criminal defendant has no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in his personal computer, located inside his home. According to the court, the federal government does not need a warrant to hack into an…
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/gop-lawmakers-administration-preparing-give-internet-away-foreign
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http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/is-america-still-a-nation-of-laws.html
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http://www.insidecounsel.com/2012/04/30/iqbal-and-twombly-transform-federal-litigation
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https://www.rt.com/usa/347047-wisconsin-drug-test-rich/
Liberty & drug tests for all: Lawmaker seeks to drug screen the rich
While some lawmakers want to require drug screening and testing for welfare and other assistance program applicants, this idea has inspired one US congresswoman to call for the rich to be drug tested if they wish to take advantage of tax deductions.
https://www.rt.com/usa/346883-us-orlando-massacre-homicide/
‘Ferguson effect’ to blame? DOJ study points to ‘unprecedented’ homicide rise
As the US comes to terms with the Orlando massacre, the Justice Department has revealed “a nearly unprecedented” spike in homicides. Yet, the worrisome surge was not due to mass shootings, but a “Ferguson effect,” the new DOJ study says.
http://www.actvism.org/en/headlines/prosecution-assange-criminally/
Prosecution tasked to investigate Assange are being criminally investigated themselves – acTVism
acTVism Munich plans to continue translating the event organized by the University of Arizona, ” A Conversation to Privacy ” that hosted Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky. acTVism Munich believes that privacy is a central ingredient to democracy and creating awareness on it on a global scale is of utmost important for the future of human freedom and liberty.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-countrywide-lawsuit-mozilo-idUSKCN0Z326X
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-countrywide-lawsuit-mozilo-idUSKCN0Z326X
https://www.rt.com/usa/346808-cia-torture-evidence-released/
CIA forced to release post-9/11 torture evidence, unclear if arrests will follow
Disturbing details of “illegal” torture techniques used by the US government after the 9/11 attacks were revealed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
https://www.rt.com/usa/346702-aclu-sues-cleveland-republican-convention/
Zoned out: ACLU sues Cleveland for fencing protesters out of Republican convention
The city of Cleveland has drawn a 3.3 square mile zone around the site of the Republican National Convention, banishing any public gatherings in that area. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued, calling the measure a violation of free speech rights.
https://www.rt.com/business/346600-libya-fund-damages-goldman/
Libya sues Goldman Sachs for lost $1.2bn, claims hookers & private jets used as bribes
Libya’s national investment fund is attempting to claw back $1.2 billion from nine trades it carried out with Goldman Sachs in 2008, which supposedly came about after the bank used prostitutes, private jets, and five star hotels to secure contracts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/bankofamerica-appraisals-idUSL1N19524T
http://www.reuters.com/article/bankofamerica-appraisals-idUSL1N19524T
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2016/06/we-must-understand-corporate-power-to-fight-it.html
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2016/06/we-must-understand-corporate-power-to-fight-it.html
https://www.rt.com/usa/346533-msnbcs-fracking-push-revealed/
MSNBC’s fracking push revealed in new documents
New documents reveal how the supposedly ‘liberal’ cable news network MSNBC pushed the polluting gas extraction method known as fracking to its audience, in a calculated example of the mainstream media shilling for its corporate interests.