Court Ruling Against Chicago Sheriff Proves Thuggish Anti-WikiLeaks Blockade Was Unconstitutional
Court Ruling Against Chicago Sheriff Proves Thuggish Anti-WikiLeaks Blockade Was Unconstitutional by Glenn Greenwald Posted December 18, 2015 The most notorious, most dangerous case was in late 2010, when Joe Lieberman blatantly abused his power as chairman of the...Facebook Caught Secretly Lobbying for Privacy Destroying “Cyber Security” Bill
Facebook Caught Secretly Lobbying for Privacy Destroying “Cyber Security” Bill by Michael Krieger Posted December 12, 2015 There’s a privacy destroying bill moving through Congress called the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA, and...Whistle-blower intimidation: U.S. freezes bank accounts and credit cards of former Air Force drone operators
Whistle-blower intimidation: U.S. freezes bank accounts and credit cards of former Air Force drone operators by William N. Grigg Posted December 6, 2015 For having the courage to come forward and expose the drone program for the indiscriminate murder that it is, 4...Fractional-Reserve Banking is Pure Fraud, Part I
Fractional-Reserve Banking is Pure Fraud, Part I by Jeff Nielson Posted November 25, 2015 This is a commentary which should never have needed to be written. What is euphemistically called “fractional-reserve banking” is obvious fraud, and obvious crime. By...Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice By Jessica Silver-Grennberg and Robert Gebeloff Posted November 19, 2015 On Page 5 of a credit card contract used by American Express, beneath an explainer on interest rates and late fees, past the details about...Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quotable Sayings
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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You do not become a billionaire through labor. You become a billionaire through inheritance, corruption or economic rents – or, in most cases, some mixture of all three.
Grace Blakeley
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Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell.
Pepe Escobar
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
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