StopTheLie.com News update 08-19-2013
78 Skills Everyone Should Know
Source: HowToSurviveIt.com
Survival is based largely on two things: a positive mental attitude and knowledge. With those two covered, you can make up for any lack of tools. Knowledge doesn't break, wear out, and short of forgetting a thing or two, you generally can't lose it.
Below, I've compiled a list of skills I think everyone should know. This is by no means a "complete" list because there is always room to learn more, and the more you know, the greater your chances of survival. But this will give you a solid foundation and a far broader skill set than most people. Everyone should know how to:
Read full article at:http://howtosurviveit.com/skills-everyone-should-know/
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Former Marine Colonel: 'You're Building A Domestic Army; Are You Blind?'
Source: BusinessInsider.com
In a rousing confrontation at a local council meeting in Concord, NH, he calls out his government for facilitating what he feels is a needless militarization of a domestic force.
And he should know, he helped build one in Iraq.
"We did everything we could to build the Iraqi Army, and I'm telling you right now, the Department of Homeland Security would kick their butts."
"What we're doing here, and let's not kid about it, is we're building a domestic army and shrinking the military because the government is afraid of its own citizens ... "
"The last time 10 terrorists were in the same place at the same time was September 11th, and all these [armored] vehicles wouldn't have prevented it, nor would they have helped anything."
"We're building an Army over here and I can't believe people aren't seeing it, is everybody blind?"
Watch video at:http://www.businessinsider.com/marine-colonel-domestic-army-2013-8
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Scientists Reconstruct Brains' Visions Into Digital Video
Source: Gizmodo.com
UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen.
I just can't believe this is happening for real, but according to Professor Jack Gallant—UC Berkeley neuroscientist and coauthor of the research published today in the journal Current Biology—"this is a major leap toward reconstructing internal imagery. We are opening a window into the movies in our minds."
Indeed, it's mindblowing. I'm simultaneously excited and terrified. This is how it works:
Read full article at:http://gizmodo.com/5843117/scientists-reconstruct-video-clips-from-brain-activity
COMMENT: Assuming the technology becomes advanced enough, this might finally kill the "If-you've-got-nothing-to-hide,-you've got-nothing-to-worry-about" argument once and for all. (Forget about government gathering all of your email, social media, and phone info; how about when they can demand access to every thought or experience you've ever had...one hell of a weapon for "chilling" dissent.)
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Ben Swann's Truth in Media Launches Exclusive NSA Expose (Video)
Source: Infowars.com
Alex is joined via Skype by former FOX journalist and investigative reporter Ben Swan on the topics of NSA Spying, IRS intimidation of Press, tapping of Press phones and Emails, the Snowden case, the death of Michael Hastings and the breaking news from Ben on the NSA using copyright claims who are making fun of the NSA.
Watch video at:http://youtu.be/toorSPu0JbA
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Media Bias Toward National Security Officials
Source: Glenn Greenwald
--In 2006, the New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for having revealed that the NSA was eavesdropping on Americans without warrants. The reason that was a scandal was because it was illegal under a 30-year-old law that made it a felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison for each offense, to eavesdrop on Americans without those warrants. Although both the Bush and Obama DOJs ultimately prevented final adjudication by raising claims of secrecy and standing, and the "Look Forward, Not Backward (for powerful elites)" Obama DOJ refused to prosecute the responsible officials, all three federal judges to rule on the substance found that domestic spying to be unconstitutional and in violation of the statute.
The person who secretly implemented that illegal domestic spying program was retired Gen. Michael Hayden, then Bush's NSA director. That's the very same Michael Hayden who is now frequently presented by US television outlets as the authority and expert on the current NSA controversy - all without ever mentioning the central role he played in overseeing that illegal warrantless eavesdropping program.
As Marcy Wheeler noted: "the 2009 Draft NSA IG Report that Snowden leaked [and the Guardian published] provided new details about how Hayden made the final decision to continue the illegal wiretapping program even after DOJ's top lawyers judged it illegal in 2004. Edward Snowden leaked new details of Michael Hayden's crime." The Twitter commentator sysprog3 put it this way:
"Inviting Hayden to comment on regulation of surveillance is like having Bernie Madoff comment on regulation of Wall Street."
But inviting Hayden to do exactly that is what establishment media outlets do continually. Just yesterday, Face the Nation featured Hayden as the premiere guest to speak authoritatively about how trustworthy the NSA is, how safe it keeps us, and how wise President Obama is for insisting that all of its programs continue. As usual, no mention was made of the role he played in secretly implementing an illegal warrantless spying program aimed directly at the American people.
Read full article at:http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/michael-hayden-nsa-media-reverence
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Ron Paul Channel — What a Blast!
Source: LewRockwell.com
--Infuriatingly, we have seen some whining from what Tom Woods so aptly calls the libertarian moochers over the fact that there is a subscription fee to access the Ron Paul Channel. Do people think that television studios and equipment and producers and researchers, etc. grow on trees? That a news source not beholden to the usual military industrial complex related big advertisers should be sustained by pixie dust somehow? The idea that paying the equivalent of one six-pack of beer — two McValue meals — per month to enjoy and support this unique and valuable venture is just too outrageous? Really? It should be free?
Thankfully this is a loud but tiny minority.
Read full article at:http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/ron-paul-channel-what-a-blast/
COMMENT: Amen!
Plenty of people are willing to scream about how things need to change...but if it requires them to actually reach in their pocket and SUPPORT the men and women doing the WORK (those spending thousands of hours per year on this stuff), they won't part with a dime.
I agree that, at some point, the content Ron Paul produces should be released for wider viewing (and I'm sure it will be.) The problem is, it takes time and money to produce the content in the first place. If you "support" all the work that Ron Paul has done AND is doing, consider sending him $10 per month. If, after a few months, you're not happy with the quality of the "product," it's easy enough to cancel.
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Rand Paul on Comedy Central (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
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Watch video at:http://youtu.be/1_pxyeg6Sfc
COMMENT: Excellent interview regarding "Obamacare."
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US Military Caught Manipulating Social Media, Running Mass Propaganda Accounts
Source: StoryLeak.com
--"The hack also revealed evidence that Team Themis was developing a "persona management" system — a program, developed at the specific request of the United States Air Force, that allowed one user to control multiple online identities ("sock puppets") for commenting in social media spaces, thus giving the appearance of grass roots support. The contract was eventually awarded to another private intelligence firm."
Read full article at:http://www.storyleak.com/us-military-caught-social-media-running-mass-propaganda-accounts/
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Wake Up America: DHS Preparing for Martial Law (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
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Watch video at:http://youtu.be/PPk-l6AGT0k
COMMENT: The audio of the dog screaming after being shot during a swat raid is particularly disturbing. I remember that video from a while back...pretty sure the raid was related to a "pot" offense.
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Major General Explains The Ugliest Truth About War
Source: BusinessInsider.com
"War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.
I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.
It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism."
Read full article at:http://www.businessinsider.com/excerpt-from-marines-speech-proves-little-has-changed-in-80-years-2013-7#ixzz2b0ln4NFl
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