Secrets, lies and Snowden’s email: why I was forced to shut down LavabitMy legal saga started last summer with a knock at the door, behind which stood two federal agents ready to to serve me with a court order requiring the installation of surveillance equipment on my company’s network.
North Carolina law would make discussing fracking chemicals illegalAFP Photo / David Mcnew North Carolina legislators are considering a bill that would make it a crime to publicly disclose toxic chemicals that energy companies use in the hydraulic fracturing process, with offenders on the hook for fines or even jail time.
Philly judges face corruption charges for getting politicians off the hookA number of Philadelphia city judges will stand trial in the coming weeks after being accused of organizing a ticket-fixing scheme that benefited politically-connected members of the city, an issue that compelled officials to ban traffic court altogether. After a delay, Monday opening statements in the corruption trial were scheduled to begin next week.
Everyone should know just how much the government lied to defend the NSAIf you blinked this week, you might have missed the news: two Senators accused the Justice Department of lying about NSA warrantless surveillance to the US supreme court last year, and those falsehoods all but ensured that mass spying on Americans would continue.
Low-cost production will mean the end of jobsContinue reading page |1| 2 The internet and low production costs will free us from work and want, says social theorist Jeremy Rifkin – but what will we do then? Stephen Jay Gould called an early book of his “a cleverly constructed tract of anti-intellectual propaganda masquerading as scholarship”.
War and Peace (of Mind): Mindfulness training for military could help them deal with stressMindfulness training — a combination of meditation and body awareness exercises — can help U.S. Marine Corps personnel prepare for and recover from stressful combat situations. The study suggests that incorporating meditative practices into pre-deployment training might be a way to help the U.S.
This is your brain on meditation: Brain processes more thoughts, feelings during meditation, study showsMeditation is more than just a way to calm our thoughts and lower stress levels: our brain processes more thoughts and feelings during meditation than when you are simply relaxing, a coalition of researchers has found. “The study indicates that nondirective meditation allows for more room to process memories and emotions than during concentrated meditation,” says a co-author of the study.
Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Corporate Media is “Neutered, Impotent and Obsolete”In the final part of our extended interview, Glenn Greenwald reflects on the Pulitzer Prize, adversarial journalism and the corporate media’s response to his reporting on Edward Snowden’s leaked National Security Agency documents. “We knew that once we started publishing not one or two stories, but dozens of stories …
Mexican citizen sues ICE for beatings, 5 months in solitaryReuters / Mike Blake A Mexican citizen is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for beating him, denying him medical treatment and keeping him in solitary confinement for five months after a traffic violation. Local police arrested Fernando Figueroa-Barajas at a roadblock near his Mississippi home in August 2013 for driving without a license.
Obama and Holder’s ‘Assault on Freedom of the Press’Nearly 50,000 people have signed a petition in recent days urging President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to end legal moves against New York Times reporter James Risen.
Early Tap of 401(k) Replaces Homes as American Piggy BankPremature withdrawals from retirement accounts have become America’s new piggy bank, cracked open in record amounts during lean times by people like Cindy Cromie, who needed the money to rent a U-Haul and start a new life. Her employer, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, had outsourced Cromie’s medical transcription work.
Chris Hedges | Capitalism, Not Government Is the ProblemOur corporate masters have set in place laws that, when we rise up, will permit the state to herd us like sheep into military detention camps. Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act is but one piece of the legal tyranny now in place to ensure total corporate control.
Washington pot grower sues state over taxing federal crimeAFP Photo / Miguel Rojo A Washington man is suing representatives of that state for taxing his marijuana crop, saying the state can’t tax him because he’s being federally prosecuted for that very crop, and that paying the tax would be a violation of his 5th Amendment rights. Martin Nickerson Jr.
Brain Zaps Can Trigger Lucid DreamsLucid dreams, in which people are aware of and can control their dreams, are rare. But now scientists have found they can induce this weird state of mind in people by zapping their brains with a specific frequency of electricity.
Does New Boston Bombing Report Hint at Hidden Global Intrigue?By Russ Baker on Apr 14, 2014 The US government’s latest report on the Boston Marathon bombing is so full of revealing information buried in plain sight, it seems as if an insider is imploring someone-anyone-to dig deeper. It reads like the work of an unhappy participant in a cover-up.
SOMETHING HUGE JUST HAPPENED AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS IGNORING ITYou may be aware of Mark Levin's book “The Liberty Amendments” released last year which called for a “Convention of the States”. Article 5 of the Constitution gives the several states the ability to convene a convention in which the Constitution may be amended, changed, or even scrapped.
Hiding The Global Currency in False East/West Paradigm – A Cover Event Must Be CreatedDespite popular belief, very few things in our world are exactly what they seem. That which is painted as righteous is often evil. That which is painted as kind is often malicious. That which is painted as simple is often complex. That which is painted as complex often ends up being disturbingly two dimensional.
Robert Reich: Four Big Conservative Lies About InequalityEven though French economist Thomas Piketty has made an air-tight case that we’re heading toward levels of inequality not seen since the days of the 19th century robber barons, right-wing conservatives haven’t stopped lying about what’s happening and what to do about it. Herewith, the four biggest right-wing lies about inequality, followed by the truth.