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Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:54:45 -0700

Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks:

Nafeez Ahmed: NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism

Leaks Are Vital For Democracy and the NSA Revelations Are the Quintessential Example Why | Freedom of the Press Foundation

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:28:00 -0700

Leaks Are Vital For Democracy and the NSA Revelations Are the Quintessential Example Why | Freedom of the Press Foundation:

Leaks, while controversial, remain vital to democracy when the government shuts off traditional avenues of transparency and accountability. And there has never been a better example of this than the recent revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Anticipation of a good night's sleep, ahhhh...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:06:22 -0700

Emergency bed frame has arrived…hooray! The better to keep the creepy, crawly, stinging things of summer off us at night.

"If you’re doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide from the giant surveillance apparatus the..."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:49:00 -0700

“If you’re doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide from the giant surveillance apparatus the government’s been hiding.”

- Stephen Colbert (via violentwaters)

What would Benjamin say… - Imgur

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:59:00 -0700

What would Benjamin say… - Imgur

From the struggle in Turkey. This is our struggle, too.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:43:00 -0700

From the struggle in Turkey. This is our struggle, too.

Demand Progress | EVEN MORE: The government is snooping on the whole Internet

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:21:00 -0700

Demand Progress | EVEN MORE: The government is snooping on the whole Internet:

Friends of democracy in the US:

The revelations of spying on telephone customers are extraordinary — but it gets even worse. The government is spying, in real time, on rank-and-file Internet users. From the Guardian:

The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian.

The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program called PRISM, which allows officials to collect material including search history, the content of emails, file transfers and live chats, the document says.

CLick here to call for investigation of this massive surveillance overreach: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/nsa_internet/?referring_akid=.627301.vfHO4N&source=taf

Let’s put it plainly: It has been conclusively demonstrated that the government is spying on millions of Americans, without meaningful oversight, and without the assent of the very people — all of us — whom our government is supposed to represent.

Click here to call for an investigation and hold the federal government accountable: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/nsa_internet/?referring_akid=.627301.vfHO4N&source=taf

The top secret document obtained by the Guardian also lists Microsoft, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype, and AOL as providers of user data to the NSA’s PRISM program.

Those who have defended the government’s enhanced cyber serveillance powers in the past argued that the NSA would have to get the consent of internet companies to obtain electronic communications — but PRISM totally circumvents that, by giving the NSA direct access to the companies’ servers!

Click here to condemn this enormous violation of our rights and demand an investigation: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/nsa_internet/?referring_akid=.627301.vfHO4N&source=taf

All this effectively means anything we do on the internet can be (and has been) monitored by the federal government.

We must not lie down as the NSA and the federal government eviscerate our privacy rights, invading and surveilling our every move.

Click here to join the fight: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/nsa_internet/?referring_akid=.627301.vfHO4N&source=taf

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Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:17:00 -0700

Spy state shock [?]: Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Facebook, Skype, AOL, Apple all secretly sharing private user communications with NSA

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:19:00 -0700

Spy state shock [?]: Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Facebook, Skype, AOL, Apple all secretly sharing private user communications with NSA:

You’re only shocked if you haven’t been paying attention. Otherwise you were already pissed. That it’s happening isn’t news. That it’s being reported is.

Obama Administration Confirms Massive Surveillance Program Of U.S. Citizens | JONATHAN TURLEY

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:19:00 -0700

Obama Administration Confirms Massive Surveillance Program Of U.S. Citizens | JONATHAN TURLEY:

Wonder if even this will get past Democratic blinders.

ecowatchorg: Oil and Gas Drilling Takes Precedence Over...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:56:00 -0700

ecowatchorg:

Oil and Gas Drilling Takes Precedence Over Conservation on Public Lands

http://ecowatch.com/2013/public-lands-drilling-precedence-over-conservation/

The integrity of natural lands in the U.S. are in jeopardy. Severe droughts, raging wildfires and other extreme weather events enhanced by climate change are wreaking havoc on America’s most beautiful places. On top of this, many of these lands are being targeted for oil and gas drilling—the very activity that drives climate change. Under President Obama, the pace of drilling on public lands is double that of protecting public lands.

The Obama administration recently unveiled its plans for the Energy Security Trust, a federal plan to speed up the permitting process for oil and gas drilling on public lands and send the royalties from these activities to a trust fund for clean technology advancements, including electric vehicles. It was met with applause from the petroleum industry, who was eager to get the go-ahead from President Obama on increased domestic drilling.

Courtesy of our drill, baby, drill president.

Turkey for the People, Filmed by the People | WITNESS Blog

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:00:28 -0700

Turkey for the People, Filmed by the People | WITNESS Blog:

Though a successful democracy by many standards, Turkey has more journalists in jail than any other country. Through financial penalties and legal intimidation, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have ensured that Turkish news networks either have a pro-AKP slant or censure themselves entirely.

SOUND FAMILIAR, US???

These videos and images enable the world to witness what is happening in real-time, but more importantly, they allow citizens in Turkey to see what is occurring in their own country.

US House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide | Center for Reproductive Rights

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:33:00 -0700

US House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide | Center for Reproductive Rights:

Further dystopian developments a la The Handmaid’s Tale.

freespeechtv: Ralph Nader: Time for a Raise Describing the...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:25:49 -0700

freespeechtv:

Ralph Nader: Time for a Raise

Describing the United States as an “advanced Third World country,” longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader calls for a new mass movement to challenge the power corporations have in Washington. “It is not too extreme to call our system of government now ‘American Fascism.’ It’s the control of government by big business, which Franklin Delano Roosevelt defined in 1938 as fascism,” Nader says. “We have the lowest minimum wage in the Western world. We have the greatest amount of consumer debt. We have the highest child poverty, the highest adult poverty, huge underemployment, a crumbling public works — but huge multi-billionaires and hugely profitable corporations.”

Moley from The Wind in the Willows. This is going to be me today...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:07:00 -0700

Moley from The Wind in the Willows. This is going to be me today in the high meadows :-)

(via Petra Brown — Sketches and Drawings - Petra Brown, Children’s Book Illustrator)

Just try not to cry. Personally, this pescetarian is all choked...

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:45:00 -0700

Just try not to cry. Personally, this pescetarian is all choked up.

laughingsquid:

Little Boy Makes a Strong & Touching Argument on Why He Shouldn’t Eat Octopus

Greedy plutocrat quote of the decade

Fri, 31 May 2013 09:41:08 -0700

Greedy plutocrat quote of the decade:

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson set a new standard for stupidity and greed at a shareholders’ meeting in Dallas on May 29. Opposing a resolution that called on the company to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, he said:

“What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”

freespeechtv: As Lawmakers Target Food Stamp Funding, New...

Thu, 30 May 2013 20:34:44 -0700

freespeechtv:

As Lawmakers Target Food Stamp Funding, New Report Finds 1 in 6 in U S Are Going Hungry

As Republicans move to cut billions of dollars in funding for food stamps, a new report finds one in six Americans live in a household that cannot afford adequate food. In “Nourishing Change: Fulfilling the Right to Food in the United States,” the International Human Rights Clinic at New York University’s School of Law reports that of these 50 million people going hungry, nearly 17 million are children.

As Congress dines at the corporate table.

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Thu, 30 May 2013 20:24:29 -0700

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Google aims to ease email overload with new Gmail sorting tabs

Wed, 29 May 2013 17:14:00 -0700

See on Scoop.it - Email Marketing Virtual Assistant

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is redesigning the Gmail inbox to ease some of the frustration of sorting through emails on the desktop and on mobile devices.

Denise Aday’s insight:

This hasn’t rolled out in my own Gmail account yet, but I’ll be watching for it and assessing the delivery impact for things coming from mailing lists. Priority Inbox users already get some automatic filtering. This new feature appears to create smart lists (tabs), and make setting up certain filters (which I use) unnecessary. Something to keep an eye on.

See on latimes.com