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NDAA's 'Indefinite Detention' Provisions Unconstitutional, says Judge | Common Dreams
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law last December. (Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster) An Obama-appointed judge rules provisions of NDAA likely violate the 1st and 5th Amendments May 17, 2012 (Common Dreams) -- A federal judge in New York on Wednesday ruled in favor of a group of civilian activists and journalists and struck down highly controversial 'indefinite detention' and 'material support' provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act,...
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NYPD loses face and first Occupy Wall Street trial | RT
AFP Photo / Emmanuel Dunand May 16, 2012 (RT) -- This case could have been a slam dunk for the NYPD, had it not been for one thing: the video showing police claims of disorderly conduct during an OWS protest to be completely untrue. Hundreds have be...
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Newly Discovered Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown | Dave Lindorff
White House & Dems Back Banks Over Protests: Newly Discovered Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown May 17, 2012 (NationOfChange) -- A new trove of heavily redacted documents provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland ...
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The NSA Is Watching You | Amy Goodman
Apr. 26, 2012 (TruthDig) -- Three targeted Americans: A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker. None of these U.S. citizens was charged with a crime, but they have been tracked, surveilled, detained -- sometimes at gunpoin...
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Ah-Anti-Anti-Capitalista | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Insatiable is not sustainable Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 15, 2012 “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” --Edward Abbey "The Occupy movement spontaneously created something that do...
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Still Standing Amid The Wreckage | James Howard Kunstler
CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Fla.James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 14, 2012 -- The New Urbanists held their big annual meet-up for four days last week and I stomped a big carbon footprint flying down to West Palm Beach for the doings. I d...
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Nuclear Calendar -- May 14, 2012 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- May 14, 2012 May 13-14 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold a summit. Beijing. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. May 14 N...
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The Descent into Stasis | John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerMay 9, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- Last weeks’ post attempted, with the help of the ancient Greek philosopher Polybius, to trace out the trajectory that democracies -- and in particular the United States -- tend to follow across time...
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Struggle over Iran | Ramzy Baroud
Tumultuous Israeli Politics Will Not Usher Peace Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 9, 2012 -- Israel is currently experiencing the kind of turmoil that may or may not affect its political hierarchy following the next general election. However, t...
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Disinformation On Every Front | Paul Craig Roberts
May 4, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Some readers have come to the erroneous conclusion that the Matrix consists of Republican Party disinformation as if there is no disinformation from the left. Others think that propaganda is the business of Obama an...
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Democracy's Arc | John Michael Greer
May 2, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- The troubling news about methane releases from the Arctic ocean that was the focus of last week’s post on The Archdruid Report belongs, as I mentioned then, to the wider trajectory of industrial society’s decline a...
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Brewing a Conflict with China | Paul Craig Roberts
Apr. 30, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Washington has pressured the Philippines, whose government it owns, into conducting joint military exercises in the South China Sea. Washington’s excuse is that China has territorial disputes with the Philippines,...
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Illegal Settlements Bonanza | Ramzy Baroud
Israel Plots an Endgame Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 2, 2012 -- Israel’s colonization policies are entering an alarming new phase, comparable in historic magnitude to the original plans to colonize Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem fol...
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East Africa at the Brink | Ramzy Baroud
Hidden Hands behind Sudan’s Oil War Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Apr. 27, 2012 -- Once again Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid victories over his enemies as thousands of jubi...
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A Little Idea | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Occupy a Beautiful Beginning Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 12, 2012 “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” --Bruce Lee Like many martial artists of my generation, Bruce ...
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