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"1. PRISM provides real-time access to email and chat. 2. All of your cellphone calls are being recorded." http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/two-gigantic-new-nsa-revelations www.motherjones.com Yesterday, Dana Liebelson pointed out "5 Intriguing...
young monk climbing on the architecture of the Hsinbyumae Buddhist pagoda in Mingun, Myanmar
"A 2000 copy of its bylaws reveals some cryptic officer titles: the Quaestor of the Treasury; the Keeper; the Dean of All the Years; the Master of the Ritual; and two Guardian Stewards — one of whom, the documents stipulate, “shall be a member of the...
"Harrington Investments Inc. President John Harrington submitted the proposal last year, saying the bank should explore running for office, using a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that corporations have similar political rights to individuals." www.bloomberg.com Goldman...
“Might you be able gently/firmly to point out to Tony that you rank the Bohemia Middle Weekend in your diary before allowing any other duties to get in the way?! Lack of exposure suggests that Tony has not yet got his priorities straight. I’m going to...
arms dealers shouldn't be allowed to hold executive office, obvious conflict of interests readersupportednews.org 'The company was given $39.5 billion in Iraq-related contracts over the past decade, with many of the deals given without any bidding from...
“You are my sacrifice,” El-Amin [was] quoted as saying before he allegedly fired a shot toward his friend’s head inside a Henrico home that was to become a music studio." Do anything for fame? The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: A Henrico County judge...
Spectrevision Event-Horizon shared Gagosian Gallery's photo.
"not vetted by cnn" http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-946994 ireport.cnn.com In a move receiving both scorn and applause across the art world, dealer Larry Gagosian will host an exhibition of George W. Bush's paintings. The paintings went viral. Spread...
"electrons and protons have no material physical existence, they're terminals of this type of electrostatic condition, and this is where the theory of relativity collapses" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXuDKVyexk&feature=player_detailpage#t=622s www.youtube.com Professor...
"Seven million pets are surrendered to shelters each year due to the inability of pet parents to pay for food, with four million of those pets put to sleep. The Pet Food Stamps program aims to eliminate the needless death of these loving pets and keep...
Vanishing Spirits: The Dried Remains of Single Malt Scotch, by Ernie Button http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/18/174637393/the-wonderful-world-of-whisky-art
Spectrevision Event-Horizon shared Existence's photo.
the fear index http://seekingalpha.com/article/1283841-the-vix-as-a-measure-of-uncertainty-not-volatility seekingalpha.com For those of you who don't know, the VIX is The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index. It measures the cost of using options...
"Obama announced the deployment in a letter to Congress, saying that the forces "will provide support for intelligence collection and will also facilitate intelligence sharing with French forces conducting operations in Mali, and with other partners in...
"Cyprus is a beta test, a bank robbery in broad daylight, to see if the rest of the world will let them get away with it" www.activistpost.com
not a metaphor http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-simon-duffy/workfare-is-modernised-slavery_b_2773051.html www.huffingtonpost.co.uk Workfare is not only bad economics it is morally wrong. Workfare is a modern form of slavery. This may seem an extreme...
Spectrevision Event-Horizon shared Mochizuki Cheshire Iori's photo.
make yr own http://spectrevision.net/2013/03/29/hard-times-tokens/ spectrevision.net The tokens weren’t exactly currency, although some businesses accepted them in lieu of actual monies, seeing that these Hard Times tokens had just about as much value...
Spectrevision Event-Horizon shared Resilient Communities's photo.
"The future is here. And it's a mouthbreather." gizmo.do The early criticism of Google Glass—that it's for assholes, that it will lead to a dystopian Panoptican nightmare—is mostly well-founded. But what everyone has glossed over in their opening salvos...
"Decades after the wall was torn down, Berlin is still divided into East and West by lightbulb fittings, and the difference can be seen from space. East (right) primarily uses bulbs with sodium gas, and West (left) uses halide bulbs."
not the onion http://www.hrw.org/node/115080 www.hrw.org Civil society will lead the way to press governments to ban fully autonomous weapons, Human Rights Watch said today at the launch of the global Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.
how much is a street vendors permit to park a newstand right on wall street? www.nytimes.com The City of New York and Brookfield Properties will pay more than $230,000 to settle a lawsuit asserting that books and other property were damaged or destroyed...
"By law, when you put your money into a deposit account, your money becomes the property of the bank. You become an unsecured creditor with a claim against the bank." dandelionsalad.wordpress.com by Ellen Brown Writer, Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com April...
