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Are African Americans “Strategic Voters” Or Are We A Captive Constituency?

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Freedom Rider: The Panama Papers Problem

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It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

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Ask a Stupid Question

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The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky’s shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply

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Transparency International Plots to Strip Global Privacy With Public

The world is dotted with states and territories that make a specialty of providing services whose purpose

April 8, 2016
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Protect Yourself Against Those Running the World’s Economy for Your

IMF warns of emerging market risk to U.S. stock markets … Major emerging markets, led by China, are

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Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

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Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

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Mohamed Abrini confesses to being 'man in the hat'

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Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

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Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Q: I have a vacation home and I am paying for cable service at two houses. Is there a practical way to

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Qana massacre; perpetrator is Israeli education minister

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Bird Minds: An Outstanding Book About Australian Natives

Gisela Kaplan's encyclopedic book "Bird Minds" is a must read. You'll learn about crafty

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The Psychology of "Saving the World" in the Anthropocene

"The Adventures of Mr. Marigold" is a wide-ranging, encyclopedic novel that is very much about

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Suspect 'says he is Brussels man in hat'

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These 13 People Were Killed By The War On Drugs. Their Lives Were The Cost

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An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

The year 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of two landmark Supreme Court cases in criminal defense law. In

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Militarizing Santa Claus

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The CPS, The Police, and the Dead

From The Brief (a legal newsletter helpfully extracted here by @BarristerSecret): Senior prosecutors

April 7, 2016
Daily Mail Attempts to Whip Up Controversy over Oxford Theology Degrees

From the Daily Mail : Oxford theology students won’t have to study Christianity throughout their

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Plan to Display Digital Recreations of Palmyra Arch in London and New York

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March 29, 2016

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Too close for comfort?

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Corbyn’s Dishonesty

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Pension potboiler

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US Air Force deploys B-52 bombers in Middle East to combat Islamic State

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Shooter at Texas Air Force base was FBI veteran training in Special

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Raw Milk Is Common Sense: Join Your Farmers in Protest

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6 Reasons Why Killing in Video Games is Awesome

1. You don't have to get rid of the bodies When you kill someone in a video game, there won'

March 8, 2016

Air Force Drafting Requirements for Potential A-10 Replacement

Body: By Allyson Versprille The Air Force is in the process of drafting a requirements document for a

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DARPA’s Crewless Vessel to Begin Sea Trials

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New iRobot Spinoff Eyes Big Pentagon Contracts

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Suffering bank investors search for bright spots

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We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

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Scots Doctors “Maxed Out” by Refugee Crisis

An interesting piece in today’s Glasgow Evening Times points to a growing crisis in handling the

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What’s a War Crime? Who Decides?

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A Small Business in the Slave Trade

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A new hole in the propaganda matrix

The ISIS Conspiracy: US-Israeli-Saudi Intrigue (Part 2)

September 8, 2015 3:30 PM

By Brandon Martinez In part 2 of the “ISIS Conspiracy” series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the intricate web of deceit and double-dealing that lies behind the manufactured ISIS phenomenon, and shows how the US and Israel have for … Continue reading →

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The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

September 8, 2015 3:27 PM

By Brandon Martinez In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the murky origins of ISIS and unveils how the group’s meteoric rise in Iraq and Syria is a continuation of US psychological warfare designed … Continue reading →

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CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes The Masses

August 17, 2015 8:16 AM

Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media? That means nearly everything we hear on the radio, read in the news, and see on television (including ‘news’). I’m … Continue reading →

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New Russian Film Shows Kiev, West Guilty Of MH 17

July 23, 2015 10:41 AM

MH17 documentary ‘No one deserves to die that way’

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“Tempête du Sud”: Al-Nosra jette l’éponge !!!

June 30, 2015 9:48 AM

IRIB- En plus du fiasco infligé à leur bataille, «Tempête du Sud», laquelle devait, en principe, conquérir la ville loyaliste de Deraa, au Sud-Est de la Syrie, les milices participant à cette bataille ont dû, aussi, perdre leurs dirigeants, dans … Continue reading →

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Le Hezbollah défend l’intégrité du Liban ! par Richard Labévière

June 30, 2015 9:46 AM

IRIB- Toujours inscrit sur les listes américaine et européenne des organisations terroristes, le Hezbollah libanais est engagé, officiellement, depuis l’été 2013, et en première ligne, contre les factions terroristes de Nosra, (Al-Qaïda, en Syrie), et de l’organisation «Etat islamique» (Dae’ch). … Continue reading →

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Hassan Nasrallah : scénario catastrophe pour la Syrie et Bachar al-Assad ? (VOSTFR)

May 15, 2015 6:12 AM

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Échec du coup d’État US en Macédoine

May 15, 2015 6:11 AM

La Macédoine vient de placer hors d’état de nuire un groupe armé dont elle surveillait les commanditaires depuis au moins huit mois. Elle a prévenu ainsi une nouvelle tentative de coup d’État, planifiée par Washington pour le 17 mai. Il … Continue reading →

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Over 500 killed in two weeks of chaos in Yemen – UN

April 3, 2015 3:42 AM

Two weeks of chaos in Yemen has killed at least 519 people, many civilians and children among them, the UN announced, as Houthi rebels continue their advance against exiled President Hadi’s loyalists who are supported by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes. Another … Continue reading →

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Syria: The Battle for Aleppo

January 27, 2015 5:49 AM

By Toni Cartalucci With Aleppo encircled, West seeks wildcard to save their terror hordes. January 24, 2015 – The Syrian Arab Army is reportedly close to completely encircling militants that have occupied the northern city of Aleppo since they invaded … Continue reading →

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So @tylercowen, You Want to Understand the Great Stagnation? Here It Is

Certainly the government's current permission-based approach to business regulation combined with an

April 8, 2016
Speech Restriction Stories I Have Read in Just the Last 24 Hours

NY state attorney general (and others) pursuing potential criminal and civil charges against ExxonMobil for

April 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders and The Panama Papers

As much as Bernie would like to blame the money laundering and money-hiding in the Panama papers on

April 8, 2016

Tips and rumours: Imagine there’s no tax on religion

As Crikey reported earlier this week, Essential polling reveals that a majority of Australians – 64%

April 7, 2016
Tips and rumours: further adventures of Freedom Boy.

Freedom Boy Tim Wilson has made a lengthy appearance on Melbourne community radio station Joy FM

April 7, 2016
Department of Australia

April 7, 2016

WikiLeaks: Panama Papers Funded by US Against Russian President Putin

Dandelion Salad RT America on Apr 7, 2016 Washington is behind the recently released offshore revelations

April 7, 2016
Putin: The Spy Who Came in Out of the Cold

by Gaither Stewart Writer, Dandelion Salad Rome, Italy April 6, 2016 In 1973, West German security services

April 6, 2016
Chris Hedges: Why the Brutalized Become Brutal

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges teleSUR English on Apr 4, 2016 In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris

April 4, 2016

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND STABILIZING AND TRANSFORMING ELECTIONS

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Chinese Radio International (English) Discussion of US President Barack Obama's Historic Visit to Cuba:

March 30, 2016
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CUBA: TWO QUOTES AND A FABLE

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Aligning around #PanamaPapers

A widely quoted editorial in Vedomosti, signed by Mariya Zheleznova, underlines a fundamental difference

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San Antonio Cop Body Slams 12-Year-Old Girl

A middle school student was taken to the hospital after a school police officer brutally body slammed her

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BLACKHEARTS

Did you know that all official Norwegian diplomats in training have to go through a formal lesson about

April 8, 2016

Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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Information and comment on use of drones

UK setting dangerous precedent in refusing basic information about drone use

April 1, 2016 3:15 AM

In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from Drone Wars, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has again refused to detail the number of armed British Reaper drones undertaking operations in Iraq and Syria, the location of their base... Read More ›

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Large military drones continue to crash as they spread

March 29, 2016 5:40 AM

In the latest of our six-monthly updates, Drone Wars has added another 35 crashes of large military drones to the Drone Crash database. 21 of the crashes have occurred since the last update in September 2015, with a further 14... Read More ›

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500 days of British drone operations in Iraq and Syria

March 4, 2016 3:17 AM

Today (4 March 2016) marks 500 days since British Reaper drones first deployed over Iraq (22 Oct 2014) and then Syria in their operations against ISIS. In that time, according to our analysis of the MoD updates on air strikes against... Read More ›

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Basis of new British “Protector” drone test flown in California

February 26, 2016 2:49 AM

General Atomic has test flown a new version of its Predator B (Reaper) unmanned aircraft that is the basis for David Cameron’s so-called “Protector” drone. New 79-foot wings – 13 feet longer than previous – have been added to the Extended... Read More ›

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Will underwater drones bring a sea change to naval – and nuclear – warfare?

February 24, 2016 3:06 AM

Although aerial drones have taken off a lot faster than their maritime and ground-based equivalent, there are some signs that the use of naval drones – especially underwater – is about to take a leap forward. The US Navy has taken a particular interest in this... Read More ›

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‘Anarchist’ hacks Israeli drones

February 14, 2016 4:18 AM

Mary Dobbing, co-author of Drone Wars’ briefing on Israel and the drone wars, looks at the implications of the recent news that US and British spooks hacked Israeli drone feeds. The United States and Britain have been hacking into Israeli drone signals... Read More ›

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A newly discovered way for cells to die

Some cells are meant to live, and some are meant to die. The linker cell of Caenorhabditis elegans , a tiny

21 hrs ago
Scientists discover how Chinese medicinal plant makes anti-cancer compound

New research led by Professor Cathie Martin of the John Innes Centre has revealed how a plant used in

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Neanderthal Y chromosome offers clues to what kept us separate species

Researchers reporting in the American Journal of Human Genetics , published by Cell Press, have completed

April 7, 2016

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Stratfor: Europe’s Chronic Jihadist Problem

April 9, 2016 3:00 AM

Summary: The pace of attacks suggests Europe’s jihadist problem is growing worse. Here Stratfor explains how and why. Until they learn to grapple with this, the consequences will be severe. Europe’s Chronic Jihadist Problem Lead analyst: Scott Stewart Stratfor, 8 April 2016 Forecast European authorities have arrested a number of suspects linked to the Paris […]

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Matthew Yglesias tells us not to worry about the new industrial revolution

April 8, 2016 3:00 AM

Summary: The new industrial revolution has begun, yet we have not yet begun to prepare. An article by Matthew Yglesias, neo-lib story-teller extraordinaire, shows why. He explains that faith-based economics assures us all will work out for the best. Last week I posted Well-meant minimum wage increases will accelerate automation. On the same day […]

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Can we defeat ISIS by “killing them all”? We’ve learned nothing since 9/11.

April 7, 2016 3:00 AM

Summary: What have we learned from our ways since 9/11? How have we changed since 9/11? The enthusiasm of our presidential candidates, except Trump and Sanders, for more of the Long War suggests we’ve learned nothing. The broad support for torture (63% in a recent poll) suggests that we have become more like the monsters […]

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The battle of institutions vs. technology = rising wage inequality

April 6, 2016 3:00 AM

Summary: Although denied for years, by now rising inequality is acknowledge even by conservatives — so the debate shifts to its causes and remedies. The “standard” answer points to the “invisible hand” of “market forces”. New cutting edge research shows that this defense, much like the earlier denials, does not match the facts. This post […]

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Sociologist Wolfgang Streeck asks if Capitalism has a future

April 5, 2016 3:00 AM

Summary: The pace of change has accelerated since Y2k so that it’s difficult to see what’s happening. Here’s a provocative essay by sociologist Wolfgange Streeck describing an evolution almost too large for us to see as it happens — the decline of capitalism (and, though he does not discuss this, its evolution into something else). […]

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Rising seas alert! Watch how science becomes a sensational news story.

April 4, 2016 3:00 AM

Summary: Another day, another interesting study about our changing climate misreported by journalists to ignite fear in their readers. The subject is rising seas from the melting of Antarctica. First we look at the science, then at journalists’ hype. You decide how this news should influence the public policy debate about the best response to […]

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We Must Stop The Race to Attribution After Each Cyberattack

April 3, 2016 8:00 AM

Summary: Cybersecurity expert Emilio Iasiello discusses one of the key issues in cybersecurity — how do we determine who attacked us? Each attack brings forth rapid declarations by the government that the attacker is one of their favorite foes. Should we believe them? The Race to Attribution Needs to Stop By Emilio Iasiello Posted at […]

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Sen. Grassley Urges Senate to Pass IG Empowerment Act

Yesterday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) delivered a floor statement before the Senate in support of the

April 5, 2016
Tax Court Decision: Congress Needs to Act to Ensure No Holiday for Big

Washington, D.C. March 15, 2016. The Tax Court in Whistleblower 22716-13W v. CIR(146 TC 6) decided March 14

March 15, 2016
Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Highlights Importance of Whistleblowers

Today, the Departments of Justice, State, and the Interior, co-hosted a panel discussion with the

March 3, 2016