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ACLU Graphic Looks At Surveillance And Terrorism
Just keep in mind that these graphics only deal with two of the myriad of ways your government may be spying on you, and is looking at partial data. This is just the FBI and it’s use of National Security…
Chicago Mom Convicted In Son’s Death Now Free
After 8 years in prison Nicole Smith, who was released in February, will not be re-tried in the 2005 death of her 4 year old son according to Cook County prosecutors. The only evidence in the case was the…
Standing Man In Turkey Starts Protest Wave
In a tribute to the power of social media, in just a day, the “standing man” in Turkey has become the impetus for a national “standing rally” on Tuesday. “Standing Man” is an artist who began silently standing in Turkeys…
Snowdon Promises More, But Does He Have It?
Edward Snowdon promised to reveal more details of how the NSA has “direct access” to tech companies servers. But we have seen this movie before. Julianne Assange promised many a bombshell that never arrived after the initial Wiki Leaks data…
Iran Sending Troops To Syria
Supposedly Iran has pledged to send 4,000 combat troops to Syria to aid Assad in his fight against the Syrian “rebels”. In the US everyone from Lindsay Graham to Bill Clinton is pushing Obama to arm Syria. So far Obama’s…
Obama Phone Outrage; Once Again UK Has The Story First
James O’Keefe conservative muckraker and video producer who has been a thorn in the side of government waste and fraud has a new under cover video. This time O’Keefe has exposed the “Obama Phone” give aways, by the government, for…
Gallup – Who Americans Trust
In new Gallup polling, the Military tops the list of institutions that Americans trust (good PR job guys). Some interesting results include a trust of small business and a dismal lack of faith in News media and Congress. More…
IRS Peddles “Mix -Up” Story As Washington’s Role Revealed
After initially stating that the IRS harassment of Conservative groups only came out of low level employees in Cincinnati a deputy supervisor of tax exempt institutional cases now admits she had a hand in the scandal. Holly Paz is saying…
Snowdon Q&A
Whistleblower Edward Snowdon engaged in an informative Q&A today over at the Guardian. He answered question about whether he has compromised security and whether he is league with China. I aam sure much of aht he says will be ignored…
“No One Is Listening To Your Phone Calls” -Whoops
Well never mind, people are actually listening to your domestic phone calls, and at low levels without a warrant. So you can pretty much throw the presidents assertion in the garbage. You can pretty much throw any assertion by the…
HHS Will Have Your Health Records In Obamacare
Lets see, The Department of Health and Human Services is going to have access to your private health records to assure that Obamacare is being implemented properly. And the IRS is going to help HHS with enforcement of Obamacare regulations.…
Same Sex Marriage And Media
An interesting research piece from Pew shows that the pro-gay marriage message is being carried in the media, in stories and opinion pieces, at a rate of 5-1 over stories that expressed opposition to same sex marriage. This is not…
Bill Clinton Calls Obama A “Wuss” On Syria
Former president Bill Clinton said last week that President Obama risks looking like a fool and a wuss if he doesn’t follow through with some action on Syria. Where are we behind the gym at recess. No doubt that Obama…
“Innocence Networks” Catching on Worldwide
The pro bono work done by students , lawyers, and professors, in the interest of justice for those who may have been wrongfully convicted, is a growing model worldwide. Just take a look at the wrongful Convictions blog which features…
FBI Head Doesn’t Know Who is Leading FBI’s IRS Investigation
in an exchange before congress FBI director Mueller had no who is heading his departments investigation of the IRS. “Welcome to fundamental transformation — where progressive politicians run wild, loot the treasury, spy on citizens and target them for retribution.…
The Paranoid Right Again, Taibbi On Currency Price Fixing
Tin foil hats are becoming quite fashionable these days as the paranoid conspiracies of the day continue to be revealed as operational realities. Matt Taibbi one of the few journalists who has followed the financial screwing of the 99% over…
More Likely To Die form Falling Furniture Than Terrorism In The US
The Bush and Obama white houses would look at this headline and say “See the 800 Billion we spend annually on security and the military is working”. Well lets take the most recent example of the Boston bombing. We had…
60% In Favor Of Medical Marijuana
A new poll shows a very high percentage of Americans thinking that people should have access to marijuana as medicine. Maybe the Federal Government should take a hint and stop persecuting state level medical marijuana operations. MOre…
Surprise, Surprise, Benghazi Reporter Hacked
The suspicions of award winning CBS journalist Sharyl Attkisson, that her computer had been hacked, has now been confirmed by CBS news. CBS authorized a technology firm to look into Ms. Attkisson’s allegations and their verdict was that she had…
US Spies Get Data From Thousands Of Firms
You thought it was just the big 8 including Google and Microsoft thatwere feeding the spooks all your data? Think again. There are literally thousands of companies that conspire with the security state to capture all data. Its easy when…
