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NA-321-2011-07-14 Credits
  Internet in a Suitcase
  Executive Producers: Joe Travis, Dwayne Melacon, Sir Lawrence Roik, Mark Lay, Sir Cecil Norris
  Executive Producers and 321 Club members: A.J. Rystad, Dwayne Melacon, Lawrence Roik, Mark Lay,
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    doucheometer.com
      In the morning Crackpot & Buzzkill!
      http://www.doucheometer.com now redirects to http://www.noagendashow.com/
      Love the podcast!
      --
      Regards,
      Christopher Brocious
    shamnewsnetwork.com
      shamnewsnetwork now forwards to http://www.noagendashow.com/
      Kelly Spongberg
    nopaycheck.com
      Hey man, love the show.
      I had a few domains sitting unused and decided to forward it to help
      propagate the message.
      nopaycheck.com (I found that one suitable :-)
      backupcash.com
      sweetrevenges.com
      Keep up the good fight.
      -RZ
    neilbush.com
      Adam,
      I decided to forward my domain name neilbush.com to NoAgendaShow.com.
      I had plans to create a site for it, but haven't had the time. I'm not
      sure if you've covered the Reagan assassination attempt on your show
      (I've only been listening for about 6 months). The story always
      interested me since it happened when I was 7 years old. I can't
      believe how the story of the Bush family connection was swept under
      the rug. John Hinckley Sr. was one of George's biggest campaign
      contributors when he was running against Reagan in the primaries.
      According to the Interwebs, the Bushs and Hinckleys were neighbors at
      one point. Neil Bush was supposed to have lunch with the brother of
      John Hinckley Jr. the day after Regan was shot. When asked about
      this, Neil's only response was that he wasn't sure if he ever met John
      Jr and said: "I don't recognize any pictures of him. I just wish I
      could see a better picture of him." I planned on creating a site with
      a few pictures of John Jr to see if I could jar his memory. Well,
      hopefully this forward will be more productive. I just set it to
      forward through Godaddy tonight, and will check to see if it actually
      works in the morning.
      Thanks for the great show,
      -Paul
    onthefacebooks.com
      onthefacebooks.com, onthegoogles.com and ontheinternets.net all pointing to onthetweeter.com
      Just thought you may want to expand that onthetweeter stuff a bit.
      If you credit me for these domains, just say AJ in One Tree Hill ­ Gitmo Nation Carbon Tax
    noajingle.com
      Hey guys,
      Just wanted to let you know I registered noajingle.com and am forwarding it to noagendashow.com.
      Thanks,
      - Brian Farris
      North Carolina
    prozaccausesautism.com
      ITM Adam:
      I'm writing to you with another website forward that I did. It's the second one I've registered.
      John's gonna like this one: ProzacCausesAutism.com
      About me:
      I'm a Web Dev/Sys Admin in Charlotte, NC. I just got my job recently. I've only had a couple of paychecks, and plan on working towards a knighthood, but as i'm recently married and my wife is still unemployed, it's hard to find the money. It's easy, however, to register a couple of sites. As long as i'm helping that cause somehow, or at least I tell myself that so I don't feel guilty for being a boner.
      Note: I just registered the site, so if it brings you to a godaddy parked page just keep refreshing, it'll get set soon.
      Sean Lambert
    obama2012.me
      I forwarded the following domains to noagendashow.com
      obama2012.me -cant believe this was still available!
      gitmojewelry.com
      mofotweeter.com
      thisweekinbitcoin.com
      wiideas.com
      radioactivegrass.com
      David Hollis
    theovalorifice.com
      Shut-up Slave!
      I would like to get more info on contributing to the NANN.
      Also, I am donating some of my blood errr... treasure?
      www.theovalorifice is now forwarding to noagendashow.com
      -> Bamm!
      Also, what are the steps to getting a podcast/show on the stream?
      Cheers
      Bob Brunner
    changinglanguage.com
      Adam,
      I hope this note finds you well. I've recently become a big fan of No Agenda thanks to my husband who's been a fan for a long time. I wanted to let you know that we have forwarded the link http://changinglanguage.com to http://noangendashow.com. Can't thank you enough for all that you and John do to shed the light.
      Also: forwarded a note to Micky about having an Upstate NY meet up.
      Peace,
      Alana
    itsbullcrap.com
      Hey guys in honor of John's favorite exasperated utterance, I registered itsbullcrap.com and am forwarding it to noagendashow.com (I just did it so it may take a little bit for the forward to work).
      Thanks,
      Sean Pendergast
    forsakringskassan.com
      I just changed the domain forsakringskassan.com to forward to noagendashow.com. It might take a day or two for the name server change to go through everywhere though.
      Now for the history behind the domain name. Försäkringskassan is the Swedish government agency that deals with social security and pensions. In the Gitmo East (the UK) the corresponding name would be DWP, Department for Work and Pensions.
      Försäkringskassan used to have the domain name fk.se, but then changed it to forsakringskassan.se. I've had forsakringskassan.com far longer than they've had forsakringskassan.se though. As the domain is not making me any money and they don't seem to want to buy it despite it having a fair number of visitors each month (no doubt people who meant to type forsakringskassan.se but instead typed the .com variety), I thought I should put it to far better use by forwarding it to noagendashow.com. With some luck, a few of the people who was looking to claim some social security money will decide to spend some on proper knighthoods instead.
    thatsnotinthescript.com
      Thatsnotinthescript.com
      Wildgoosecase.com (ie casey anthony)
    buzzkilling.com crackpotting.com
      Hi Simon,
      Here's another two domains both redirected to noagendashow.com:
      - buzkilling.com
      - crackpotting.com
      Cheers!
      Sir Peet
    The tally
      itm adam,
      To celebrate Show 321 I now count 501 domains related to the show - 62 of them links that rock and the rest directing to the show page... thats one crazy list :-)
      Keep up the good work, and I hope the hotpockets tour goes well. If you manage a meeting in NYC it would be great to meet you,
      Cheers,
      Simon
    -LoneSQRL320- - [VIDEO]
      No Agenda Show 320
      In the Morning JCD and Adam,
      I would like to offer the following value for value.
      Any supporter who contributes $70 + episode number, will have the episode of their choice remixed, and uploaded to my youtube channel.
      The mp3 will also be uploaded to the NANN.
      Here is a remix of No Agenda 320.
      http://tinyurl.com/LoneSQRL
      In the example above, a donation of $73.20 to dvorak.org/na would suffice, however, the first one is free =)
      I will do my best to keep up with the requests, and add bonus production value at the request of a No Agenda Dame or Knight.
      (more background music transitions and samples)
      If you feel this initiative has legs, I will do my best to provide value for value, in support of the entertainment No Agenda provides me.
      Sincerely,
      The LoneSQRL
      LoneSQRL Rant and Rave version
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    Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo hoo!)
      Rail linking Europe to open up China's West
        Just last mouth, a rail route connecting Chongqing and a port in the southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen went into operation.
        The transcontinental track will also boost trade between southeast Asia and the Europe, as railways have already linked Chongqing with the southwestern border province of Yunnan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said Cai Jin, vice president of the China Logistics and Purchasing Association.
    Biodiversitée
      clocks
        Hey John & Adam,
        I am a couple shows behind, but with regards to the electric-grid cycle 'experiment'... I have noticed my microwave clock (my only plug-in clock) is running 10 minutes fast, and even after adjusting, will again be 10 minutes off within a day. We are located in central Illinois, and my fiance went to a hotel in Chicago, and her plug-in alarm clock was also 10 minutes fast. To top things off, our area has many MANY recently built wind farms, which send their power locally, but also to Chicago. Coincidence? I think not!
        Cory Allen
      The Science is in by robotmangreg on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
        Julia Gillard says 'The Science is in' at the end of the clip, reminded me of the No Agenda show.
      Huge Underwater Volcanoes Discovered Near Antarctica | Southern Ocean Underwater & Subsea Volcanoes, Active Volcanoes | LiveScience
        "That's a big volcano. That's a very big volcano. If that was on land it would be quite remarkable," said Philip Leat, a vulcanologist with the British Antarctic Survey who led a seafloor mapping expedition to the region in 2007 and 2010.
    Bank$ters
      Moodys
        Moody's Places US Aaa Government Bond Rating and Related Ratings on Review for Possible Downgrade
        Raymond W. McDaniel Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          In December, 2010, Mr. McDaniel's terms of employment with Moody's were changed. "According to a Dec. 20 regulatory filing, Moody's said that it amended its "change in control" plan so that in the event of a sale, Mr. McDaniel would get a lump-sum payment equal to three times his base salary and "target bonus." Based on his pay for 2009, the most recent year available, the change would make Mr. McDaniel eligible for a payment of $6.9 million, which is about seven times as much as he would have received under the former arrangement."[10] This information was not publicly disclosed prior to its announcement, and no statement explaining the action was released by the Moody's Board of Directors.
        Diana Bruce and Bart Oosterveld - New York Times
          Mr. Oosterveld, 27, is a senior associate at Moody's Investors Service, the bond rating agency in New York. His parents, Consuelo and Jan P. Oosterveld-Egas, live in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where his father is the senior director for corporate strategy at Philips Electronics. The bridegroom's mother is a Dutch-Spanish translator.
        Stephen H. Hess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          Stephen H. Hess (born April 20, 1933 in New York City) is a senior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the Brookings Institution.
          Hess earned a B.A. in political science at Johns Hopkins University in 1953. Under United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hess was a Special Assistant in the White House Office from February 20, 1959 until January 1961.[1] As a Special Assistant in the White House Office, Hess' principal duty was to draft speeches for the President and other spokesman for the Administration--inside Government and out. Other responsibilities assumed by Hess during his tenure in the White House included: acting as an advisor to the Republican National Committee's "Committee on Programs and Progress", helping to gather materials from various governmental departments and agencies for possible inclusion in the 1960 GOP platform, preparing bi-weekly reports concerning congressional action on the budget for legislative leaders' meetings and sitting in on Republican congressional meetings about the 1959 Federal Airport Act.
          Hess also served in the Nixon administration and advised Presidents Ford and Carter.
      Putin says U.S. monetary policy "hooliganism"
        "We, thankfully or not, cannot print a reserve currency. But what are they (the Americans) doing? They simply spit nails, turn on the printing press and throw money to the world, in order to resolve their urgent problems," Putin told members of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow.
      Greeks drain banks and seek new home for stashed cash | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 13.07.2011
        "There are even people out in the countryside, who are burying their money in their own gardens, like in old times," he said. "A lot of people are being forced to dip into their savings to get by, because that's all the money they've got. This run on the banks is continuing."
      ekathimerini.com | Hired guns sought to catch tax cheats
        However, this should still leave 10,000 tax dodgers to be investigated, the ministry said. In a break from past practice, the government will hire help from the private sector. This will include lawyers, accountants and inspectors, who will be hired "swiftly," the ministry said.
    Gitmo Nation
      Young Driver Insurance | Car insurance for young drivers | The Co-operative Insurance
        Smartbox can do this because it uses 'Pay-How-You-Drive' technology to measure how well the car is driven. So when it's fitted into your car it uses GPS to send information to us on how those on the policy are driving - and we use that to review your insurance premium every 90 days.
      CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA | World news | The Guardian
        The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader's family, a Guardian investigation has found.
      A new U.S. law-enforcement tool: Facebook searches | Reuters
        U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge.
      The CIA's Secret Sites in Somalia | The Nation
        As part of its expanding counterterrorism program in Somalia, the CIA also uses a secret prison buried in the basement of Somalia's National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters, where prisoners suspected of being Shabab members or of having links to the group are held. Some of the prisoners have been snatched off the streets of Kenya and rendered by plane to Mogadishu. While the underground prison is officially run by the Somali NSA, US intelligence personnel pay the salaries of intelligence agents and also directly interrogate prisoners.
      Major ISPs, recording industry unveil six-strike anti-piracy system - TechSpot News
        Although this model is similar to France's three-strike system, it's not quite as harsh. France's HADOPI law requires ISPs to give alleged infringers two warnings about their conduct. The third time, they're blacklisted from all Internet providers, fined and face up to two years in prison. American ISPs will issue up to five alerts and the sixth step won't necessarily lead to the termination of your account or any legal repercussions.
    Anti Constitution
      McConnell: Tot mom shows difficulty of terrorist trials in court - The Hill's Floor Action
        "These are not American citizens," McConnell said, referring to accused terrorists. "We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult it is to get a conviction in a U.S. court."
      Why Juries Will Be Replaced by Computers - David DiSalvo - Neuropsyched - Forbes
        Frightening as it may sound, the day is coming when these realizations will overpower our unwillingness to break with tradition and we'll look for something better.- In my opinion, the alternative will be a future incarnation of a computer many times more advanced than IBM's Watson.- I don't think this system will or should entirely replace humans in the legal process, but it will supplement decision-making and help limit the handicaps that routinely lead to horrible outcomes.
        Until then, we should resign ourselves to accept the results of jury decisions the same way we swallow refereeing in basketball. Half the time it doesn't make sense, but-unfortunately-that's-just the way the game is played.
    Haiti
      Clinton group checks Haiti shelters amid criticism
        Former President Bill Clinton's foundation says it will send experts to Haiti to check storm shelters it donated that reportedly have developed leaks and mold.
    2TTH
      The Assassination of Afghan Kingpin Karzai: A Case of Langley Liabilities Exceeding Its Asset?
        There is no point in wasting too many words and space rehashing what every media outlet has been reporting and recounting on the assassination of Afghan Heroin Kingpin Ahmed Wali Karzai. The US media began reporting on the Kingpin, his heroin network and operations, his shady deals and even shadier connections over two years ago. This is how it always goes when the relationship between Kingpins like Karzai starts souring with their masters in Langley:
    Ministry of Truth
      Murdoch NOTW moves
        Sun on SundayThe websites TheSunOnSunday.co.uk and SunOnSunday.co.uk, which were registered last week, have now been transferred to News International, internet domain name records show
        Dr. Bee Batt
    Arab Spring
      -Ambassador Rice Delivers Remarks at South Sudan Independence Ceremony- - [VIDEO]
      Lucifer & Beelzabub
        July 11, 2011: Secretary Clinton gives remarks with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.
      Arab League tells US to stop interfering in Syria
        There were conflicting details about the fire late Tuesday in Deir el-Zour province, near the border with Iraq. Witnesses said they heard an explosion, raising concerns that there had been an attack. But Syria's Oil Ministry denied any explosion and said a fire erupted on a pipeline that was under maintenance.
      Rights group: Libyan rebels loot seized towns
        Libyan rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi have looted shops and clinics and torched the homes of suspected regime supporters in some of the towns they seized in the country's western mountains, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
    Techno Experts
      Board of Directors | NewAmerica.net
    Ministry of Truth
      Murdoch NOTW moves
        Sun on SundayThe websites TheSunOnSunday.co.uk and SunOnSunday.co.uk, which were registered last week, have now been transferred to News International, internet domain name records show
        Dr. Bee Batt
      Nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11 don't show up as dead in Social Security records >> Naples Daily News
        "While nearly 3,000 individuals were killed on Sept. 11th, the list does not show an increase in numbers from the typical DMF daily average," Maloney said. "A sampling of those names did not yield any matches in the DMF and confirms their apparent absence."
    Shut Up Slaves
      Horrible Bosses memefest
        Oh, and I forgot to mention the worse thing about the movie: It promotes the idea that you'll be totally screwed if you leave your job, no matter how good your qualifications are.
        ITM!
        I saw the movie Horrible Bosses yesterday with my brother, and it was full of memes. Here are some that stood out:
        At one point, a character's car is disabled remotely by an OnStar-like service which also informs the police of his location.
        One character spent 10 years in jail for bringing a camcorder into a theater.
        A hit on Toyota. At first I thought nothing of it, but then one of the jokes is that Jason Batemen becomes frustrated at not being able to get his seatbelt on then mutters "Toyota".
        BTW, the movie kinda sucks.
        Khalid
      'Emergency' declared in AZ town over allegations - Yahoo! News
        Foster was elected in May 2010 on a campaign promise to investigate corruption allegations in the town.
        Quartzsite, Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          In July 2011 a video was posted on YouTube showing Quartzsite resident Jennifer Jones being arrested, manhandled, and removed from a city council meeting after accusing the city council of violating open-meeting laws. After the video received widespread public comment and media attention, the city council, in an emergency, closed-door session, removed the mayor and declared a state of emergency. The mayor, Ed Foster, has accused the city council members of embezzling money from the town's public coffers. The city council has denied Foster's allegations.[6]
        [VIDEO] Jennifer Jones Arrested For Exposing Corruption At Arizona Council Meeting
        He said since being in office, he has discovered that every pay period, eight to 10 paychecks go to unnamed people and that he has been denied access to financial records to find out where the money goes at every turn.
        He said that's been happening since 1991 and amounts to $250,000 every year. "That's literally millions of dollars," he said.
        He said he's gone to Gov. Jan Brewer's office, the Attorney General's Office and the FBI with his allegations and pleas for an investigation, and that he's been ignored. He said he was contacting the FBI on Monday with information about Sunday's meeting declaring an emergency, which he said was illegal because it was closed to the public and in violation of open-meetings laws.
      DOJ: We can force you to decrypt that laptop | Privacy Inc. - CNET News
        Because Fricosu has opposed the proposal, this could turn into a precedent-setting case. No U.S. appeals court appears to have ruled on whether such an order would be le
      Woman Arrested For Being Verbally Abusive To TSA Agents While Refusing To Let Daughter Be Screened Or Patted Down - The Consumerist
        "(She) told me in a very stern voice with quite a bit of attitude that they were not going through that X-ray," an airport security officer, told police, according to The Tennessean.
        "No, it's not an X-ray," she claims to have told the mom. "It is 10,000 times safer than your cell phone and uses the same type of radio waves as a sonogram."
      Gingerism | Documenting red head prejudice
        Documenting the existence of gingerism in mainstream society.
    Monsantooo
      Monsanto official Beaten by farmers in India over Failed GMO Bt Cotton Seeds - Salem-News.Com
        When news of a Monsanto senior official's arrival from Mumbai reached the nearby village of Munjala, cotton farmers of the village Karanji, about 140 K.m. from Nagpur located the Monsanto official and took him to their field where a complete failure of 'Paras Sudarshan' Bt cotton seed was shown to him.
        When the Monsanto representative failed to admit the lapse, he was severely beaten up by the farmers.
    The Fix is In!
      Qatar World Cup whistleblower retracts her claims of Fifa bribes | Football | The Guardian
        The "whistleblower" who alleged Qatar paid huge bribes to three African Fifa executive committee members during the gulf nation's campaign to host the 2022 World Cup has retracted the story, saying she "fabricated" it all.
    Food!
      The News - Sugar is 50 percent more expensive
        The sugar price increases by 50 percent in October, probably. The producers of biscuits, chocolates and candies that find themselves obliged to calculate price increase to their customers, writes De Morgen.
        That the Asian markets is a growing demand for Western products with sugar is one of the reasons for the rising sugar prices. The poor harvest last year, sugar prices from October peaks.
    Out There
      Wilhelm Reich: the man who invented free love | Books | The Guardian
        JD Salinger, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer were all devotees of the orgone energy accumulator, nicknamed by Woody Allen the 'Orgasmatron'. Its inventor, Wilhelm Reich, claimed that better orgasms could cure society's ills
      Jellyfish Invade Four Nuclear Reactors in Japan, Israel, Scotland (PHOTOS)
        Recent studies have found out that jellyfish blooming occurs mostly during the summer and spring months. This may partly explain why the three recent power plant incidents happened in close succession. The conditions brought on by climate change may also be creating more jellyfish blooms than there used to be.
    Words Matter
      The origin, structure & working of Blood & Treasure-LON
    Magic Numbers
      The 33 million-people question of Uganda (robertleather news feed)
        The 33 million-people question of Uganda
        Uganda's population currently stands at 33 million. With a 3.2 percent growth rate, this figure could double over the next two decades. On average though, the world population is expected to double only after every 54 years. As the world marks Global Population Day,...
      Survey Reveals Google +1 Button Adoption Rate Rises by 33 Percent | ITProPortal.com
    Vaccine$
      Govt eyes cash offer for kids immunisation - National - NZ Herald News
        Parents could be paid to immunise their children after the Government agreed yesterday to consider a plan by Parliament's health committee.
        The MPs' panel recommended the financial incentives to boost the child immunisation rate, noting that Australia significantly increased its immunisation rate with such measures.
      CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA | World news | The Guardian
        The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader's family, a Guardian investigation has found.
      Pediatricians turn away kids who aren't vaccinated - Parenting on Shine
        Pointing to a strong scientific record supporting vaccinations, Goldstein said his practice's policy serves the most vulnerable children -- like infants and those with critical illnesses who are not able to be immunized- -- by protecting them from diseases. All of those children could be in the waiting room together, some pediatricians note, and the unvaccinated ones could be putting the more vulnerable ones at risk.
      Pills prevent HIV infection, studies find - USATODAY.com
        The first of the new studies, run by the CDC, involved more than 1,200 men and women in Botswana. About half got a daily pill, Truvada, an HIV treatment made by Gilead Sciences Inc. The other half got a fake pill.
        An analysis of people who were believed to be regularly taking the pills found four of those on Truvada became infected with HIV, compared with 19 on the dummy pill. That means the real drug lowered the risk of infection by roughly 78%, researchers said.
        The second study was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and run by the University of Washington. It involved more than 4,700 heterosexual couples in Kenya and Uganda. In each couple, one partner had HIV and the other did not. The uninfected were given either daily placebos, Truvada pills, or another Gilead treatment, Viread.
    Video
      -Police Using Mobile Devices To Scan People's Face- - [VIDEO]
      -Ron Paul vs Bernanke: Is Gold Money? - July 13, 2011- - [VIDEO]
        Congressman Ron Paul questions Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a U.S. House Financial Services Committee Meeting shortly after reports surfaced that the Federal Reserve was preparing for a third round of quantitative easing.
      -The Bolt Report- - [VIDEO]
        Editorial and Interview with Professor Richard Lindzen from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      [VIDEO] Issa seeks DNC records of White House meeting
        The California Republican sent a letter Wednesday to DNC Executive Director Patrick Gaspard demanding all DNC records, including invitation lists and RSVPs, relating to a policy discussion President Barack Obama held with business leaders in the White House's Blue Room on March 7. The session was organized by the DNC and all the guests were donors to Obama's 2008 campaign.
      [VIDEO] Court TV expert predicts challenges to Murdoch's FCC Licenses -|-Raw Replay
        Questions swirl in the UK about the executive's involvement in the daily criminal activity taking place at the newspaper. During the ABC roundtable, Court TV's Steve Brill says that he expects to see challenges to Murdoch's FCC licenses here in the U.S. by either activists or Democratic politicians.
      [VIDEO] Remarks With European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton After Their Meeting
        Despite promising dialogue and promises of change, the Syrian Government has responded to the people's peaceful protests with more violence, more arrests, and more intimidation. These assaults must stop. Neither the Syrian people nor the international community will accept half-measures or lofty speeches. We call on the regime immediately to halt its campaign of violence, pull its security forces back from Hama and other cities, and allow the Syrian people to express their opinions freely so that a genuine transition to democracy can take place.
        Let me also add that if anyone, including President Asad, thinks that the United States is secretly hoping the regime will emerge from this turmoil to continue its brutality and repression, they are wrong. President Asad is not indispensible, and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. Our goal is to see that the will of the Syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs.
      [VIDEO] Internet Freedom and Human Rights: The Obama Administration's Perspective
        By the end of this year, my bureau will have led the effort within the US government to award $70 million in grants. We're supporting a dozen different circumvention technologies:- a "panic button" app for mobile phones; a "slingshot" program to identify censored content that users are searching for in a particular country and fling it back over firewalls where ordinary citizens can get it; and training programs to help activists operating in repressive areas to keep operating, thwart surveillance and protect their privacy. In short, we're funding a whole slew of tools and techniques that empower users to gain access to information, organize them, tell their own stories and stay safe online.
      [VIDEO] Open for Questions: Improving Federal Websites | The White House
        White House Director of Digital Strategy Macon Phillips, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Director of the GSA's Center for Excellence in Digital Government Sheila Campbell discuss ways to improve the online experience with Federal websites and the campaign to reduce the number of excess and duplicative government websites.
      [VIDEO] Clinton: 'Assad has lost all legitimacy' | euronews, world news
        "President Assad is not indispensable and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power," she said.
      [VIDEO] Obama: Job Losses Prove Stimulus Worked | CNSnews.com
        "And part of the evidence of that is as you see what happens with the Recovery Act phasing out," he said.-"When I came into office and budgets were hemorrhaging at the state level, part of the Recovery Act was giving states help so they wouldn't have to lay off teachers, police officers, firefighters.-As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector--teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
      [VIDEO] Obama: 'Professional Politicians' Understand Debt Crisis Better Than 'The Public' | CNSnews.com
        "Let me distinguish between professional politicians and the public at large. You know, the public is not paying close attention to the ins and outs of how a Treasury auction goes. They shouldn't. They're worrying about their family, they're worrying about their jobs. They're worrying about their neighborhood. They have got a lot of other things on their plate. We're paid to worry about it."
      -'Stupid Libya war doomed to fail as EU falling apart itself'- - [VIDEO]
        The French Parliament is due to vote on extending the military campaign in Libya. It comes after recent remarks by its defence minister suggesting that the rebels should talk to Colonel Gaddafi. This has sparked rumours that one of the most active advocates of the NATO-led invasion, might be starting to back-pedal on the campaign. John Laughland - Director of the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris says France now realises it has to find a way out of Libya to avoid losing face.
      [VIDEO] Supporters and opponents of the carbon tax plan are passionately speaking out | The Australian
        Supporters and opponents of the carbon tax plan are passionately speaking out
      -FEMA Partners with Homeland Security on Psyops campaign.- - [VIDEO]
        This brilliantly crafted video is aimed at turning the public on each other. This is the ol' 'watch the other hand' technique.
      -Should Parents Lose Custody of Super Obese Kids?- - [VIDEO]
        Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative article in a prominent medical journal argues yes. (July 12)
      [VIDEO] More violent clashes on the streets of Belfast | euronews, world news
        Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were hurled at officers by Catholic youths at the climax of the annual Protestant marching season.
      [VIDEO] Minnesota running out of booze, cigarettes due to government shutdown-|-Raw Replay
        The Minnesota Department of Public Safety told the Star Tribune that the products had to be removed because the company did not renew their brand label registration before a government shutdown began.
      -EU Big Bang? 'Germany could rule United States of Europe'- - [VIDEO]
        The Eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow as Ireland's debt is downgraded to 'junk' status by Moody's credit rating agency, fueling concerns the country could need a second bailout. This comes a week after Portugal's rating was also reduced and follows speculation that Italy too might soon ask for a helping hand. Paul Nuttall, MEP for North-West England has told RT the latest developments prove that single-currency union is sumply not working...
      [VIDEO] - -Push For U.S. To Create New Internet-
      [VIDEO] Zuhdi Jasser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Jasser is the son of Syrians who immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, due to repression in their homeland.[5] He was raised in the Sunni sect of Islam in Neenah, Wisconsin. His father was a cardiologist, and his mother is a pharmacist.[5]
        About Us - American Islamic Forum for Democracy
          Dr. Jasser was presented with the 2007 Director's Community Leadership Award by the Phoenix office of the FBI and was recognized as a "Defender of the Home Front" at the annual Keeper of the Flame Dinner of the Center for Security Policy in 2008. Dr. Jasser is a contributing writer to a number of recently released books. He is featured in three documentaries America at Risk, The Third Jihad and Islam v Islamists.
        [VIDEO] - -MSM Continues To Push Surgically Implanted Bombs Idea! New Scanners Must Be On The Way-
        He attended the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, earning his B.Sc. in 1988; then attended the Medical College of Wisconsin on a Navy scholarship, receiving his M.D. in 1992.[7] He served in the Navy for 11 years, receiving the Meritorious Service Medal and attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander by the time of his honorable discharge in 1999.[7] His tours of duty included staff internist for the U.S. Congress,[4] medical department head aboard the USS El Paso, and chief resident at Bethesda Naval Hospital.[7][5] He moved to Arizona after his discharge from the Navy, taking over part of his father's medical practice.[5]
      [VIDEO] - -Pakistan Arrest Doctor For Helping CIA With Fake Vaccination Program Used To Find Bin Laden-
      [VIDEO] - -Obama Sec Of Defense Panetta Tells Troops The Reason They Are In Iraq Is Because Of 9/11 Attacks-
      [VIDEO] - -"My Younger Brother Was Murdered In This House This Morning" Afghan President Karzai-
      [VIDEO] - -STOP PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH SOCIAL SECURITY! Congressman Dennis Kucinich-
      [VIDEO] No yelling at Obama today
        When asked today why TV crews and print reporters were barred from the pool covering the White House meeting with congressional leaders on the deficit, Carney responded by pointing out that the administration has held two press conferences in the past two weeks and allowed TV cameras into the spray earlier this week.
        "People shouted questions at him," Carney added.
      [VIDEO] - -"This Is The Pain Of War" Congressman Walter Jones-
      [VIDEO] - -25,000 Security Breaches At Airports Since 9/11-
      [VIDEO] - -Congressman Jares Calls For National Tax On Medical Marijuana-
      [VIDEO] - -Over 20 Killed More Than 100 Injured In Mumbai Bombings-
      [VIDEO] - -Ron Paul Says 1.3 Trillion Dollar Debt Owed To Federal Reserve Is Not Real!-
      [VIDEO] Gore Launches 'Climate Reality Project,' Asks People to 'Reject Mistruths' About 'Climate Crisis' | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze
        Former vice-president Al Gore is back with a new global warming campaign. This morning, he announced the launch of "The Climate Reality Project," an initiative he claims is intended to "...broadcast the reality of the climate crisis."
      [VIDEO] Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3 - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
        "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, according to excerpts released by CBS News.
      [VIDEO] Jailed for cashing Chase check at Chase bank | KING5.com Seattle
        Njoku signed up to have the rebate deposited directly into his Chase Bank account.-But when the IRS rebate arrived, there was a problem. -Chase had closed Njoku's account because of overdrawn checks in the past.-The bank deducted $600 to cover what he owed them and mailed him a cashier's check for the difference--$8,463.21.
      -"There Are Mothers In The World That Will Strap Bombs To Their Children & Put Them On Planes!"- - [VIDEO]
      -Ambassador Rice Delivers Remarks at South Sudan Independence Ceremony- - [VIDEO]
  Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo hoo!)
    Rail linking Europe to open up China's West
      Just last mouth, a rail route connecting Chongqing and a port in the southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen went into operation.
      The transcontinental track will also boost trade between southeast Asia and the Europe, as railways have already linked Chongqing with the southwestern border province of Yunnan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said Cai Jin, vice president of the China Logistics and Purchasing Association.
  Biodiversitée
    clocks
      Hey John & Adam,
      I am a couple shows behind, but with regards to the electric-grid cycle 'experiment'... I have noticed my microwave clock (my only plug-in clock) is running 10 minutes fast, and even after adjusting, will again be 10 minutes off within a day. We are located in central Illinois, and my fiance went to a hotel in Chicago, and her plug-in alarm clock was also 10 minutes fast. To top things off, our area has many MANY recently built wind farms, which send their power locally, but also to Chicago. Coincidence? I think not!
      Cory Allen
    The Science is in by robotmangreg on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
      Julia Gillard says 'The Science is in' at the end of the clip, reminded me of the No Agenda show.
    Huge Underwater Volcanoes Discovered Near Antarctica | Southern Ocean Underwater & Subsea Volcanoes, Active Volcanoes | LiveScience
      "That's a big volcano. That's a very big volcano. If that was on land it would be quite remarkable," said Philip Leat, a vulcanologist with the British Antarctic Survey who led a seafloor mapping expedition to the region in 2007 and 2010.
  Bank$ters
    Moodys
      Moody's Places US Aaa Government Bond Rating and Related Ratings on Review for Possible Downgrade
      Raymond W. McDaniel Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        In December, 2010, Mr. McDaniel's terms of employment with Moody's were changed. "According to a Dec. 20 regulatory filing, Moody's said that it amended its "change in control" plan so that in the event of a sale, Mr. McDaniel would get a lump-sum payment equal to three times his base salary and "target bonus." Based on his pay for 2009, the most recent year available, the change would make Mr. McDaniel eligible for a payment of $6.9 million, which is about seven times as much as he would have received under the former arrangement."[10] This information was not publicly disclosed prior to its announcement, and no statement explaining the action was released by the Moody's Board of Directors.
      Diana Bruce and Bart Oosterveld - New York Times
        Mr. Oosterveld, 27, is a senior associate at Moody's Investors Service, the bond rating agency in New York. His parents, Consuelo and Jan P. Oosterveld-Egas, live in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where his father is the senior director for corporate strategy at Philips Electronics. The bridegroom's mother is a Dutch-Spanish translator.
      Stephen H. Hess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Stephen H. Hess (born April 20, 1933 in New York City) is a senior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the Brookings Institution.
        Hess earned a B.A. in political science at Johns Hopkins University in 1953. Under United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hess was a Special Assistant in the White House Office from February 20, 1959 until January 1961.[1] As a Special Assistant in the White House Office, Hess' principal duty was to draft speeches for the President and other spokesman for the Administration--inside Government and out. Other responsibilities assumed by Hess during his tenure in the White House included: acting as an advisor to the Republican National Committee's "Committee on Programs and Progress", helping to gather materials from various governmental departments and agencies for possible inclusion in the 1960 GOP platform, preparing bi-weekly reports concerning congressional action on the budget for legislative leaders' meetings and sitting in on Republican congressional meetings about the 1959 Federal Airport Act.
        Hess also served in the Nixon administration and advised Presidents Ford and Carter.
    Putin says U.S. monetary policy "hooliganism"
      "We, thankfully or not, cannot print a reserve currency. But what are they (the Americans) doing? They simply spit nails, turn on the printing press and throw money to the world, in order to resolve their urgent problems," Putin told members of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow.
    Greeks drain banks and seek new home for stashed cash | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 13.07.2011
      "There are even people out in the countryside, who are burying their money in their own gardens, like in old times," he said. "A lot of people are being forced to dip into their savings to get by, because that's all the money they've got. This run on the banks is continuing."
    ekathimerini.com | Hired guns sought to catch tax cheats
      However, this should still leave 10,000 tax dodgers to be investigated, the ministry said. In a break from past practice, the government will hire help from the private sector. This will include lawyers, accountants and inspectors, who will be hired "swiftly," the ministry said.
  Gitmo Nation
    Young Driver Insurance | Car insurance for young drivers | The Co-operative Insurance
      Smartbox can do this because it uses 'Pay-How-You-Drive' technology to measure how well the car is driven. So when it's fitted into your car it uses GPS to send information to us on how those on the policy are driving - and we use that to review your insurance premium every 90 days.
    CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA | World news | The Guardian
      The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader's family, a Guardian investigation has found.
    A new U.S. law-enforcement tool: Facebook searches | Reuters
      U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge.
    The CIA's Secret Sites in Somalia | The Nation
      As part of its expanding counterterrorism program in Somalia, the CIA also uses a secret prison buried in the basement of Somalia's National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters, where prisoners suspected of being Shabab members or of having links to the group are held. Some of the prisoners have been snatched off the streets of Kenya and rendered by plane to Mogadishu. While the underground prison is officially run by the Somali NSA, US intelligence personnel pay the salaries of intelligence agents and also directly interrogate prisoners.
    Major ISPs, recording industry unveil six-strike anti-piracy system - TechSpot News
      Although this model is similar to France's three-strike system, it's not quite as harsh. France's HADOPI law requires ISPs to give alleged infringers two warnings about their conduct. The third time, they're blacklisted from all Internet providers, fined and face up to two years in prison. American ISPs will issue up to five alerts and the sixth step won't necessarily lead to the termination of your account or any legal repercussions.
  Anti Constitution
    McConnell: Tot mom shows difficulty of terrorist trials in court - The Hill's Floor Action
      "These are not American citizens," McConnell said, referring to accused terrorists. "We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult it is to get a conviction in a U.S. court."
    Why Juries Will Be Replaced by Computers - David DiSalvo - Neuropsyched - Forbes
      Frightening as it may sound, the day is coming when these realizations will overpower our unwillingness to break with tradition and we'll look for something better.- In my opinion, the alternative will be a future incarnation of a computer many times more advanced than IBM's Watson.- I don't think this system will or should entirely replace humans in the legal process, but it will supplement decision-making and help limit the handicaps that routinely lead to horrible outcomes.
      Until then, we should resign ourselves to accept the results of jury decisions the same way we swallow refereeing in basketball. Half the time it doesn't make sense, but-unfortunately-that's-just the way the game is played.
  Haiti
    Clinton group checks Haiti shelters amid criticism
      Former President Bill Clinton's foundation says it will send experts to Haiti to check storm shelters it donated that reportedly have developed leaks and mold.
  2TTH
    The Assassination of Afghan Kingpin Karzai: A Case of Langley Liabilities Exceeding Its Asset?
      There is no point in wasting too many words and space rehashing what every media outlet has been reporting and recounting on the assassination of Afghan Heroin Kingpin Ahmed Wali Karzai. The US media began reporting on the Kingpin, his heroin network and operations, his shady deals and even shadier connections over two years ago. This is how it always goes when the relationship between Kingpins like Karzai starts souring with their masters in Langley:
  Ministry of Truth
    Murdoch NOTW moves
      Sun on SundayThe websites TheSunOnSunday.co.uk and SunOnSunday.co.uk, which were registered last week, have now been transferred to News International, internet domain name records show
      Dr. Bee Batt
  Arab Spring
    -Ambassador Rice Delivers Remarks at South Sudan Independence Ceremony- - [VIDEO]
    Lucifer & Beelzabub
      July 11, 2011: Secretary Clinton gives remarks with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.
    Arab League tells US to stop interfering in Syria
      There were conflicting details about the fire late Tuesday in Deir el-Zour province, near the border with Iraq. Witnesses said they heard an explosion, raising concerns that there had been an attack. But Syria's Oil Ministry denied any explosion and said a fire erupted on a pipeline that was under maintenance.
    Rights group: Libyan rebels loot seized towns
      Libyan rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi have looted shops and clinics and torched the homes of suspected regime supporters in some of the towns they seized in the country's western mountains, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
  Techno Experts
    Board of Directors | NewAmerica.net
  Ministry of Truth
    Murdoch NOTW moves
      Sun on SundayThe websites TheSunOnSunday.co.uk and SunOnSunday.co.uk, which were registered last week, have now been transferred to News International, internet domain name records show
      Dr. Bee Batt
    Nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11 don't show up as dead in Social Security records >> Naples Daily News
      "While nearly 3,000 individuals were killed on Sept. 11th, the list does not show an increase in numbers from the typical DMF daily average," Maloney said. "A sampling of those names did not yield any matches in the DMF and confirms their apparent absence."
  Shut Up Slaves
    Horrible Bosses memefest
      Oh, and I forgot to mention the worse thing about the movie: It promotes the idea that you'll be totally screwed if you leave your job, no matter how good your qualifications are.
      ITM!
      I saw the movie Horrible Bosses yesterday with my brother, and it was full of memes. Here are some that stood out:
      At one point, a character's car is disabled remotely by an OnStar-like service which also informs the police of his location.
      One character spent 10 years in jail for bringing a camcorder into a theater.
      A hit on Toyota. At first I thought nothing of it, but then one of the jokes is that Jason Batemen becomes frustrated at not being able to get his seatbelt on then mutters "Toyota".
      BTW, the movie kinda sucks.
      Khalid
    'Emergency' declared in AZ town over allegations - Yahoo! News
      Foster was elected in May 2010 on a campaign promise to investigate corruption allegations in the town.
      Quartzsite, Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        In July 2011 a video was posted on YouTube showing Quartzsite resident Jennifer Jones being arrested, manhandled, and removed from a city council meeting after accusing the city council of violating open-meeting laws. After the video received widespread public comment and media attention, the city council, in an emergency, closed-door session, removed the mayor and declared a state of emergency. The mayor, Ed Foster, has accused the city council members of embezzling money from the town's public coffers. The city council has denied Foster's allegations.[6]
      [VIDEO] Jennifer Jones Arrested For Exposing Corruption At Arizona Council Meeting
      He said since being in office, he has discovered that every pay period, eight to 10 paychecks go to unnamed people and that he has been denied access to financial records to find out where the money goes at every turn.
      He said that's been happening since 1991 and amounts to $250,000 every year. "That's literally millions of dollars," he said.
      He said he's gone to Gov. Jan Brewer's office, the Attorney General's Office and the FBI with his allegations and pleas for an investigation, and that he's been ignored. He said he was contacting the FBI on Monday with information about Sunday's meeting declaring an emergency, which he said was illegal because it was closed to the public and in violation of open-meetings laws.
    DOJ: We can force you to decrypt that laptop | Privacy Inc. - CNET News
      Because Fricosu has opposed the proposal, this could turn into a precedent-setting case. No U.S. appeals court appears to have ruled on whether such an order would be le
    Woman Arrested For Being Verbally Abusive To TSA Agents While Refusing To Let Daughter Be Screened Or Patted Down - The Consumerist
      "(She) told me in a very stern voice with quite a bit of attitude that they were not going through that X-ray," an airport security officer, told police, according to The Tennessean.
      "No, it's not an X-ray," she claims to have told the mom. "It is 10,000 times safer than your cell phone and uses the same type of radio waves as a sonogram."
    Gingerism | Documenting red head prejudice
      Documenting the existence of gingerism in mainstream society.
  Monsantooo
    Monsanto official Beaten by farmers in India over Failed GMO Bt Cotton Seeds - Salem-News.Com
      When news of a Monsanto senior official's arrival from Mumbai reached the nearby village of Munjala, cotton farmers of the village Karanji, about 140 K.m. from Nagpur located the Monsanto official and took him to their field where a complete failure of 'Paras Sudarshan' Bt cotton seed was shown to him.
      When the Monsanto representative failed to admit the lapse, he was severely beaten up by the farmers.
  The Fix is In!
    Qatar World Cup whistleblower retracts her claims of Fifa bribes | Football | The Guardian
      The "whistleblower" who alleged Qatar paid huge bribes to three African Fifa executive committee members during the gulf nation's campaign to host the 2022 World Cup has retracted the story, saying she "fabricated" it all.
  Food!
    The News - Sugar is 50 percent more expensive
      The sugar price increases by 50 percent in October, probably. The producers of biscuits, chocolates and candies that find themselves obliged to calculate price increase to their customers, writes De Morgen.
      That the Asian markets is a growing demand for Western products with sugar is one of the reasons for the rising sugar prices. The poor harvest last year, sugar prices from October peaks.
  Out There
    Wilhelm Reich: the man who invented free love | Books | The Guardian
      JD Salinger, Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer were all devotees of the orgone energy accumulator, nicknamed by Woody Allen the 'Orgasmatron'. Its inventor, Wilhelm Reich, claimed that better orgasms could cure society's ills
    Jellyfish Invade Four Nuclear Reactors in Japan, Israel, Scotland (PHOTOS)
      Recent studies have found out that jellyfish blooming occurs mostly during the summer and spring months. This may partly explain why the three recent power plant incidents happened in close succession. The conditions brought on by climate change may also be creating more jellyfish blooms than there used to be.
  Words Matter
    The origin, structure & working of Blood & Treasure-LON
  Magic Numbers
    The 33 million-people question of Uganda (robertleather news feed)
      The 33 million-people question of Uganda
      Uganda's population currently stands at 33 million. With a 3.2 percent growth rate, this figure could double over the next two decades. On average though, the world population is expected to double only after every 54 years. As the world marks Global Population Day,...
    Survey Reveals Google +1 Button Adoption Rate Rises by 33 Percent | ITProPortal.com
  Vaccine$
    Govt eyes cash offer for kids immunisation - National - NZ Herald News
      Parents could be paid to immunise their children after the Government agreed yesterday to consider a plan by Parliament's health committee.
      The MPs' panel recommended the financial incentives to boost the child immunisation rate, noting that Australia significantly increased its immunisation rate with such measures.
    CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA | World news | The Guardian
      The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader's family, a Guardian investigation has found.
    Pediatricians turn away kids who aren't vaccinated - Parenting on Shine
      Pointing to a strong scientific record supporting vaccinations, Goldstein said his practice's policy serves the most vulnerable children -- like infants and those with critical illnesses who are not able to be immunized- -- by protecting them from diseases. All of those children could be in the waiting room together, some pediatricians note, and the unvaccinated ones could be putting the more vulnerable ones at risk.
    Pills prevent HIV infection, studies find - USATODAY.com
      The first of the new studies, run by the CDC, involved more than 1,200 men and women in Botswana. About half got a daily pill, Truvada, an HIV treatment made by Gilead Sciences Inc. The other half got a fake pill.
      An analysis of people who were believed to be regularly taking the pills found four of those on Truvada became infected with HIV, compared with 19 on the dummy pill. That means the real drug lowered the risk of infection by roughly 78%, researchers said.
      The second study was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and run by the University of Washington. It involved more than 4,700 heterosexual couples in Kenya and Uganda. In each couple, one partner had HIV and the other did not. The uninfected were given either daily placebos, Truvada pills, or another Gilead treatment, Viread.
  Video
    -Police Using Mobile Devices To Scan People's Face- - [VIDEO]
    -Ron Paul vs Bernanke: Is Gold Money? - July 13, 2011- - [VIDEO]
      Congressman Ron Paul questions Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a U.S. House Financial Services Committee Meeting shortly after reports surfaced that the Federal Reserve was preparing for a third round of quantitative easing.
    -The Bolt Report- - [VIDEO]
      Editorial and Interview with Professor Richard Lindzen from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    [VIDEO] Issa seeks DNC records of White House meeting
      The California Republican sent a letter Wednesday to DNC Executive Director Patrick Gaspard demanding all DNC records, including invitation lists and RSVPs, relating to a policy discussion President Barack Obama held with business leaders in the White House's Blue Room on March 7. The session was organized by the DNC and all the guests were donors to Obama's 2008 campaign.
    [VIDEO] Court TV expert predicts challenges to Murdoch's FCC Licenses -|-Raw Replay
      Questions swirl in the UK about the executive's involvement in the daily criminal activity taking place at the newspaper. During the ABC roundtable, Court TV's Steve Brill says that he expects to see challenges to Murdoch's FCC licenses here in the U.S. by either activists or Democratic politicians.
    [VIDEO] Remarks With European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton After Their Meeting
      Despite promising dialogue and promises of change, the Syrian Government has responded to the people's peaceful protests with more violence, more arrests, and more intimidation. These assaults must stop. Neither the Syrian people nor the international community will accept half-measures or lofty speeches. We call on the regime immediately to halt its campaign of violence, pull its security forces back from Hama and other cities, and allow the Syrian people to express their opinions freely so that a genuine transition to democracy can take place.
      Let me also add that if anyone, including President Asad, thinks that the United States is secretly hoping the regime will emerge from this turmoil to continue its brutality and repression, they are wrong. President Asad is not indispensible, and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. Our goal is to see that the will of the Syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs.
    [VIDEO] Internet Freedom and Human Rights: The Obama Administration's Perspective
      By the end of this year, my bureau will have led the effort within the US government to award $70 million in grants. We're supporting a dozen different circumvention technologies:- a "panic button" app for mobile phones; a "slingshot" program to identify censored content that users are searching for in a particular country and fling it back over firewalls where ordinary citizens can get it; and training programs to help activists operating in repressive areas to keep operating, thwart surveillance and protect their privacy. In short, we're funding a whole slew of tools and techniques that empower users to gain access to information, organize them, tell their own stories and stay safe online.
    [VIDEO] Open for Questions: Improving Federal Websites | The White House
      White House Director of Digital Strategy Macon Phillips, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Director of the GSA's Center for Excellence in Digital Government Sheila Campbell discuss ways to improve the online experience with Federal websites and the campaign to reduce the number of excess and duplicative government websites.
    [VIDEO] Clinton: 'Assad has lost all legitimacy' | euronews, world news
      "President Assad is not indispensable and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power," she said.
    [VIDEO] Obama: Job Losses Prove Stimulus Worked | CNSnews.com
      "And part of the evidence of that is as you see what happens with the Recovery Act phasing out," he said.-"When I came into office and budgets were hemorrhaging at the state level, part of the Recovery Act was giving states help so they wouldn't have to lay off teachers, police officers, firefighters.-As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector--teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
    [VIDEO] Obama: 'Professional Politicians' Understand Debt Crisis Better Than 'The Public' | CNSnews.com
      "Let me distinguish between professional politicians and the public at large. You know, the public is not paying close attention to the ins and outs of how a Treasury auction goes. They shouldn't. They're worrying about their family, they're worrying about their jobs. They're worrying about their neighborhood. They have got a lot of other things on their plate. We're paid to worry about it."
    -'Stupid Libya war doomed to fail as EU falling apart itself'- - [VIDEO]
      The French Parliament is due to vote on extending the military campaign in Libya. It comes after recent remarks by its defence minister suggesting that the rebels should talk to Colonel Gaddafi. This has sparked rumours that one of the most active advocates of the NATO-led invasion, might be starting to back-pedal on the campaign. John Laughland - Director of the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris says France now realises it has to find a way out of Libya to avoid losing face.
    [VIDEO] Supporters and opponents of the carbon tax plan are passionately speaking out | The Australian
      Supporters and opponents of the carbon tax plan are passionately speaking out
    -FEMA Partners with Homeland Security on Psyops campaign.- - [VIDEO]
      This brilliantly crafted video is aimed at turning the public on each other. This is the ol' 'watch the other hand' technique.
    -Should Parents Lose Custody of Super Obese Kids?- - [VIDEO]
      Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative article in a prominent medical journal argues yes. (July 12)
    [VIDEO] More violent clashes on the streets of Belfast | euronews, world news
      Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were hurled at officers by Catholic youths at the climax of the annual Protestant marching season.
    [VIDEO] Minnesota running out of booze, cigarettes due to government shutdown-|-Raw Replay
      The Minnesota Department of Public Safety told the Star Tribune that the products had to be removed because the company did not renew their brand label registration before a government shutdown began.
    -EU Big Bang? 'Germany could rule United States of Europe'- - [VIDEO]
      The Eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow as Ireland's debt is downgraded to 'junk' status by Moody's credit rating agency, fueling concerns the country could need a second bailout. This comes a week after Portugal's rating was also reduced and follows speculation that Italy too might soon ask for a helping hand. Paul Nuttall, MEP for North-West England has told RT the latest developments prove that single-currency union is sumply not working...
    [VIDEO] - -Push For U.S. To Create New Internet-
    [VIDEO] Zuhdi Jasser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Jasser is the son of Syrians who immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, due to repression in their homeland.[5] He was raised in the Sunni sect of Islam in Neenah, Wisconsin. His father was a cardiologist, and his mother is a pharmacist.[5]
      About Us - American Islamic Forum for Democracy
        Dr. Jasser was presented with the 2007 Director's Community Leadership Award by the Phoenix office of the FBI and was recognized as a "Defender of the Home Front" at the annual Keeper of the Flame Dinner of the Center for Security Policy in 2008. Dr. Jasser is a contributing writer to a number of recently released books. He is featured in three documentaries America at Risk, The Third Jihad and Islam v Islamists.
      [VIDEO] - -MSM Continues To Push Surgically Implanted Bombs Idea! New Scanners Must Be On The Way-
      He attended the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, earning his B.Sc. in 1988; then attended the Medical College of Wisconsin on a Navy scholarship, receiving his M.D. in 1992.[7] He served in the Navy for 11 years, receiving the Meritorious Service Medal and attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander by the time of his honorable discharge in 1999.[7] His tours of duty included staff internist for the U.S. Congress,[4] medical department head aboard the USS El Paso, and chief resident at Bethesda Naval Hospital.[7][5] He moved to Arizona after his discharge from the Navy, taking over part of his father's medical practice.[5]
    [VIDEO] - -Pakistan Arrest Doctor For Helping CIA With Fake Vaccination Program Used To Find Bin Laden-
    [VIDEO] - -Obama Sec Of Defense Panetta Tells Troops The Reason They Are In Iraq Is Because Of 9/11 Attacks-
    [VIDEO] - -"My Younger Brother Was Murdered In This House This Morning" Afghan President Karzai-
    [VIDEO] - -STOP PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH SOCIAL SECURITY! Congressman Dennis Kucinich-
    [VIDEO] No yelling at Obama today
      When asked today why TV crews and print reporters were barred from the pool covering the White House meeting with congressional leaders on the deficit, Carney responded by pointing out that the administration has held two press conferences in the past two weeks and allowed TV cameras into the spray earlier this week.
      "People shouted questions at him," Carney added.
    [VIDEO] - -"This Is The Pain Of War" Congressman Walter Jones-
    [VIDEO] - -25,000 Security Breaches At Airports Since 9/11-
    [VIDEO] - -Congressman Jares Calls For National Tax On Medical Marijuana-
    [VIDEO] - -Over 20 Killed More Than 100 Injured In Mumbai Bombings-
    [VIDEO] - -Ron Paul Says 1.3 Trillion Dollar Debt Owed To Federal Reserve Is Not Real!-
    [VIDEO] Gore Launches 'Climate Reality Project,' Asks People to 'Reject Mistruths' About 'Climate Crisis' | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze
      Former vice-president Al Gore is back with a new global warming campaign. This morning, he announced the launch of "The Climate Reality Project," an initiative he claims is intended to "...broadcast the reality of the climate crisis."
    [VIDEO] Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3 - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
      "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, according to excerpts released by CBS News.
    [VIDEO] Jailed for cashing Chase check at Chase bank | KING5.com Seattle
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