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UN launches new attempt to control the Internet

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Only weeks after a meeting of the International Telecommunication Union in Dubai sparked worldwide outrage, the UN’s telecom branch remains adamant about re-writing the rules of the Web.

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“If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” -Malcolm X

Mainstream Media Corruption EXPOSED!

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Six media companies control 90% of what we read, watch, and listen to - including news, radio, and movies: GE, News Corporation, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner and CBS.

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Yeah, what we have today is just 'right' and 'more right', and without serious election reform that is all we are ever going to have.

There is no left and right....wake up already.....

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► www.knowledgeoftoday.org/2012/02/end-new-world-order-with-global-non.html — “Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.” -Albert Einstein

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Rights Commission Condemns Reported Abductions And Rapes by Military in Abuja | Sahara Reporters

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The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) is demanding an internal investigation into reports that soldiers acting with impunity, abducted and raped women in Abuja who they later claimed were prostitutes.

Bridge the Gulf

The True Story Behind the Set of Beasts of the Southern Wild...

"Today Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe au Chien, a part of Terrebonne Parish locals call “The Bathtub,” are threatened by costal erosion and political red tape. Coastal erosion is a major threat along much of the Louisiana shoreline. The levees that girdle the Lower Mississippi River have robbed the delta of the silt deposits necessary to keep the low-lying land from disappearing under the constant pressure of the tides."

The True Story Behind the Set of “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

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A year after the indie movie Beasts of the Southern Wild took the Sundance Film Festival by storm, it is now one of the surprise hit nominees of the 2013 Academy Awards. The film got four Oscar nominations, including Best Movie, Best Director (Benh Zeitlin), Best Adapted Screen Play, and Best Actres...

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EPA changed course after oil company protested

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WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun "bubbling" like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: An oil company may have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas.

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Now a confidential report obtained by The Associated Press and interviews with company representatives show that the EPA had scientific evidence against the driller, Range Resources, but changed course after the company threatened not to cooperate with a national study into a common form of drilling called hydraulic fracturing. Regulators set aside an analysis that concluded the drilling could have been to blame for the contamination. For Steve Lipsky, the EPA decision seemed to ignore the dangers to his family. His water supply contains so much methane that the gas in water flowing from a pipe connected to the well can be ignited.

Truthout

Sometimes ya gotta break the rules... By Tom Tomorrow. http://truth-out.org/art/item/13948-debating-the-coin

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With three big telecom companies controlling 92% of the Canadian mobile market, Canadians have been dissatisfied long enough for a separate group, the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services, to have been created a few years ago.

This lack of choice is unacceptable and harmful for users. Demand more choice, better prices, and more opportunities at http://cellphonehorrorstory.ca/

Fighting for survival in the mobile space wars

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With Canada's three major telecoms owning 92% of the wireless space, industry newcomers say Ottawa must help them compete to increase marketplace options

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If you suffer from poor digestion, you are not alone, and you do not have to hobble your way through life taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs for temporary symptom relief. Here are some helpful tips for naturally addressing the root causes of your digestion issues without the need for drugs. http://www.naturalnews.com/038697_digestion_prescription_drugs_probiotics.html

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“It’s bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.” - Meryl Streep, American actress

'We are on the threshold of 'currency wars'

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In an effort to keep domestic currencies artificially low and competitive in global markets the world economies can end up with another wave of currency wars, warns the First Deputy Head of the Central Bank of Russia Alexey Uluykaev.

Bridge the Gulf

‎"The indictment stated Wright knowingly and willfully took part in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Government, stole federal funds, laundered money, and then retaliated against a person who provided law enforcement with such information."

Wright was indicted for stealing from a housing development built for Hurricane Katrina survivors. For Bridge the Gulf coverage of the Wright indictment and Safe Harbor residents efforts to fight evictions, click on http://www.bridgethegulfproject.org/node/530 and http://bridgethegulfproject.com/node/677.

Trial Date Set For Bayou La Batre Mayor

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News 5 has learned a trial date has been set for Stan Wright in federal court.

Real Coastal Warriors

Ken Salazar's Secret Shame - You know about the Gulf oil spill. But in the past four years, the Interior Department has also presided over a ruinous wild horse program. The Denver Post reported first this morning that Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, will soon resign and leave his federal post in March. It's not an easy job. There are inherent tensions between nurturing industry and protecting the environment, between the pull to serve as a steward for public lands and the push to use that land for commerce or recreation. But by many measures, excluding his often laudable work on Native American issues, the Salazar era at the Interior Department has been a grim one, from the Gulf oil spill on down. Read more here: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/ken-salazar-s-secret-shame-20130116

This Is What Democracy Looks Like via Occupy the EPA

Great idea! Why should we wreck our land and water for a bunch of other countries that should be looking for cleaner alternatives? Especially when it comes to natural gas, which we could be making much more naturally from human and animal waste by the very clean process of anaerobic digestion.

Deadline Jan. 24 - Tell the Obama administration: Do not export fracked gas

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The Department of Energy recently released a flawed study touting the benefits of exporting fracked gas. If President

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Hurricane-calming technology? Bill Gates has a plan - USATODAY.com

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has turned his attention to controlling the weather. Five U.S. Patent and Trade Office patent applications, made public on July 9, propose slowing

 

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PODEX Experiment to reshape future of Atmospheric Science by getting a handle on aerosols and clouds

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Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX) in Southern

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Real Coastal Warriors

Enbridge Inc. wants to build two 1,100 km pipelines to Kitimat, B.C, where the oil would be loaded onto 225 tankers each year. These mega ships would then have to make their way through the narrow channels and fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest. Kinder Morgan wants to expand its pipeline from the oilsands to Burrard Inlet. If their plan went ahead, every day an oil tanker would sail past Vancouver, Victoria and the Gulf Islands. CN Rail wants to load oil onto trains to Vancouver or Prince Rupert. Tankers would sail through either B.C.'s north or south coast on their way to Asia.

BC's Huge Gamble - No Tankers BC

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560 full time jobs VS potential ecological devastation

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By contrast the boom in shale gas in the US was likely to make it a net exporter of gas by 2017, the oil major forecast in its World Energy Outlook 2030. Advocates of shale gas, which is extracted by the controversial process of ‘fracking’, hope it can transform the UK energy landscape, heralding a new era of cheap energy as it has in the US. Chancellor George Osborne has said Britain should not “be left behind as gas prices tumble on the other side of the Atlantic”.

BP: Shale Gas is Not a Game-Changer for the UK - Energy Tribune

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By contrast the boom in shale gas in the US was likely to make it a net exporter of gas by 2017, the oil major forecast in its World Energy Outlook 2030. Advocates of shale gas, which is extracted by the controversial process of 'fracking’, hope it can transform the

Real Coastal Warriors

“This proposed settlement would not deter future crime. As the other oil giants have resources similar to BP's, this proposed settlement would give a green light for more reckless behavior in environments across the globe. Shell will now be eager to return to the Arctic Ocean in 2013, knowing that its inevitable oil spills will be met with similar slaps on the wrist.

Is BP Getting Away with Murder?

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November 15, 2012 - According to various news reports, BP Plc has reached a deal with the Department of Justice and agreed to pay a record U.S. criminal penalty totalling billions of dollars in addition to pleading guilty to gross misconduct in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon gulf oil disaster.

 

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Mysterious dolphin deaths continue in Gulf of Mexico - January 16, 2013 - Mysterious dolphin deaths continue in Gulf of Mexico. PENSACOLA, Fla. — An unusually high number of dolphin deaths that began three years ago in the northern Gulf of Mexico is continuing though the number of deaths in Florida peaked in 2011. Read more here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/16/gulf-of-mexico-dolphin-deaths/1566394/

 

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NEW ORLEANS — U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier has declined to reconsider his order granting summary judgment to an Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) subsidiary whose chemical dispersant was alleged to have injured responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

HarrisMartin - Article - Deepwater Horizon Judge Reaffirms Summary Judgment for Maker of Chemical Di

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NEW ORLEANS — U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier has declined to reconsider his order granting summary judgment to an Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) subsidiary

Real Coastal Warriors

The federal judge overseeing the massive litigation over the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ordered Wednesday those who opted-out of BP's economic and property damage settlement be offered a chance to get back in. The judge also ordered the court-appointed claims administrator to remind registered oyster leaseholders who did not opt-out of the settlement that the deadline to file a claim is approaching.

Gulf oil spill victims get more time to rejoin BP class action suit

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Judge also ordered reminder to registered oyster leaseholders who did not opt-out of the settlement that the

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Robichaux, a former Louisiana state senator and LSU football star, has also written the attorneys general of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. He wants them to look at his opinion – from a medical perspective – that the settlement process has been “corrupted” because it ignores matters he sees of clear medical importance. Robichaux’s letter questions the manner in which claims of illness are being handled in the settlement. While court papers refer to various ailments related to exposure of people to crude oil and other chemicals, Robichaux says there is in no way enough emphasis on long-term effects. Chronic conditions that may still be developing as well as various cancers, in Robichaux’s opinion, are not being taken seriously. Failing to clearly state illnesses that he is convinced show signs of manifesting now, Robichaux maintains, could result in difficulty should people now involved in the settlement press claims of chronic illness later, even though there is some protection against that built into the settlement.

Local doc presses BP claims

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In the weeks, months and years following the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, Dr. Mike Robichaux drew international attention as he cared for people he maintains were

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The Sun Herald has requested records related to DMR's disaster relief and artificial reef accounts. Records given to the Sun Herald by sources show a $115,000 check that was supposed to go to DMR for maintenance of an artificial reef instead went to a foundation Walker manages.

The Sun Herald also has reported, again based on records independently obtained, that more than $1.4 million in public money from the Rigs to Reefs program went to upgrade and maintain two boats the private foundation leased to DMR.

Sun Herald sues DMR for records | DMR | The Sun Herald

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BILOXI -- The Sun Herald today filed a Chancery Court lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Marine

Real Coastal Warriors

‎"The plain and simple fact here is BP killed my son in their efforts to speed up operations, to save time and money not only at the expense of my son's life, but also the lives of ten of his crew members" -- Billy Fred Anderson. father of Jason Anderson, killed on the Deepwater Horizon Read More Here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/blast-victims-relatives-weigh-bp-plea-deal-18228717

Real Coastal Warriors

At least five family members of workers killed in the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and one injured worker have filed victim statements in response to BP's proposed $4.5 billion settlement of criminal charges stemming from the accident. Some are calling the settlement "incomprehensible," and questioning why no top officials of the company have been charged with criminal acts. http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/01/family_members_of_bp_deepwater.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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OSEI Corporation -- In the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice’s settlement with Transocean and the looming civil trial on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster set to begin on February 25th in New Orleans, OSEI Corporation will be featured on 21st Century Business TV Series on CNBC premiering Jan 16th bringing to light a unique non-toxic, cost effective oil spill cleanup solution for the Gulf of Mexico and any future spills.

OSEI Says "Shame on the EPA Their 'Science' Endorses Toxic Oil Spill Response"; CEO Will Discuss Non

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OSEI Says

 Kevin Costner's Oil Spill Cleanup Machine Now At Work In The Gulf (PHOTOS)
Kevin Costner's Oil Spill Cleanup Machine Now At Work In The Gulf (PHOTOS) ... was retrofitted to receive oil and water from the skimmer, separate the oil and ...
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Real Coastal Warriors

Now 1,000 days after the start of the crisis, the oil spill is a living disaster with lasting economic, environmental and community impacts. The people, wildlife and ecosystems of our vibrant but struggling region deserve justice to the fullest extent the law warrants. Unprecedented disasters deserved unprecedented levels of restoration funding. We anticipate continued rigor on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice in holding BP and other parties, like Transocean, accountable for damages in the Gulf.

BP oil spill has a lasting impact: Letter

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Re: "A promise of money for our coast," Our Opinions, Jan. 11. On behalf of the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign, thank you for illuminating the importance of

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BP’s chief economist has dismissed the prospect of the world avoiding 2°C of warming. BP also refuted claims that the world was running out of oil, predicted a more diverse energy mix globally and an energy efficiency improvement by 2030 of 31%.

BP: Everyone knows we are going to miss the 2°C target | RTCC - Responding to Climate Change

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Emissions growth slowing and renewables could still avoid the “nuclear ceiling” and continue as the fastest growing

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► www.social-consciousness.com/2013/01/mind-over-matter-secrets-of-human-aura.html — “Instead of wondering where your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from.” -Seth Godin

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Did you know that the harmfulness of a drug can be rated with at least 16 different criteria? Read the details in "Ranking 20 Drugs and Alcohol by Overall

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When Privatization Works, and Why It Doesn’t Always

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A new book on privatization finds that without clear-cut goals and close monitoring, private efforts can veer in unintended directions.

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Few corporate sagas capture the virtues and vices of state-owned companies and private enterprise better than the drama of BP’s roller-coaster ride between failure and success. British Petroleum paid too little attention to profitability, constrained by its need to please elected officials who often cared more about keeping energy cheap and employment high. But in private hands, it may have cared about profits far too much, at the expense of other objectives. “BP veered from being a company that made sure nothing blew up to one focusing on cost-cutting at all costs,” Professor Fisman said.

Disinformation

Scientific American shows its biases in an article about the psychological basis for biased thinking, cognitive dissonance, and mental compartmentalization. The article also includes some handy tips on how to bring people around to your way of seeing things.

If you have pondered how intelligent and educated people can, in the face of overwhelming contradictory evidence, believe that evolution is a myth, that global warming is a hoax, that vaccines cause autism and asthma, that 9/11 was orchestrated by the Bush administration, conjecture no more. The explanation is in what I call logic-tight compartments—modules in the brain analogous to watertight compartments in a ship...

The Mind’s Compartments Create Conflicting Beliefs | Disinformation

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Scientific American shows its biases in an article about the psychological basis for biased thinking, cognitive dissonance, and mental compartmentalization.

• John Farnham I'm reminded of a comment attributed to Russians years ago. At least we KNOW our government lies to us. 'Conspiracy Theory' is a lovely slide by accurate representation that illustrates how words are twisted. A theory is the best explanation that fits the facts. And a conspiracy is done in secret. Fly that one by the Department of War. I collected some links a while back. Nothing has changed. http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2009/07/perception-alteration.html

  

  Opit's LinkFest!: Perception Alteration

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The Daily Show on the death of investigative journalism

freethoughtblogs.comAnyone paying any attention knows that news reporting on TV is being steadily replaced by groups of talking heads discussing events. It costs a lot less to invite a few people  

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In the words of Gomer Pyle, “Surprise, surprise, surprise.” His NDAA-ship, The Predator King, has issued 23 Executive Actions aimed at firearm control. Funny how quick the presidential pen can move when it wants to: Marijuana is still illegal, gay marriage still a federal no-no, and the world continues to burn with a thousand US-connected brushfire wars, bit the pen doesn’t move an inch until domestic firearm control wanders into its line of sight...

 

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If Barrack Obama says one thing he usually means another except in the rare case it is to take our individual Liberties. That is exactly is what he is doing. Biden said that "No one can predict how or when crime will happen" However insure us this will lower crime. We all know the FBI statistics. This puts us more in danger and allows the government to do what ever they want. This means we lose all rights to over throw a tyrannical government. So my question to the people will Barrack Obama and other liberals readily give up their armed security, arms and make government buildings gun free. More invasion of privacy to come....One executive action will be that affordable care act does not prevent doctors from asking if you have guns in the home.

So we have to look at if Barry is genuine. We will first look at the Fast & Furious Scandal as reported by ABC News which has all been swept under the rug. You also have to ask will America stop providing the world with 55% of automatic weapons used by bad people? I think we all know the answer for that. So why do they not want the people to have guns? In my opinion, so they can raise taxes and be even more corrupt with no accountability by the people. But again more so about the U.N. Gun Treaty and Agenda 21.
Full article here: http://www.cudahynow.com/blogs/communityblogs/187143041.html

 

Obama Signs 23 Executive Actions Pertaining to Firearms | Disinformation

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In the words of Gomer Pyle, Surprise, surprise, surprise. His NDAA-ship, The Predator King, has issued 23 Executive Actions aimed at firearm control. Funny

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NDAA 2013 (ft. David Seaman)

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Congressional candidate David Seaman breaks down the 2013 version of the National Defense Authorization Act. Indefinite Detention is back &

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Health care warning: Today's executive orders from Obama have now ordered America's doctors to function as government snitches. Doctors will now start asking patients about their guns, and doctor-patient confidentiality is HISTORY. All information gathered in this way gets reported to the government. Welcome to the total Obamacare police state. Are you awake yet? http://www.naturalnews.com/038707_executive_orders_doctors_health_care_spies.html

Obama turns doctors into police state spy network of gun control snitches

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Obama turns doctors into police state spy network of gun control snitches

 

 

Truthout

“I’m teaching by example,” one teacher at a Seattle high school said after refusing to administer a mandatory test.

Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle

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Signs abound that teachers around the nation are ready to stand up, too.

International Rivers

I just found and wanted to share with you all these beautiful photos by photographer Tomas Muñita of the Ashaninka people in Peru who have successfully stopped the Pakitzapango Dam on the Ene River. Their campaign is a great sign of the strength of the movement for healthy rivers and human rights in Latin America.

Ene River

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The waters of the Ene River and its rich sediments, the dense forests and abundant animals have given life to the Ashaninka people for thousands of years. But construction of the Pakitzapango Dam threatens this rich landscape and the future of the Ashaninka. Slated to be built by Brazilian

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