StopTheLie.com News update 01-19-2015
John Stossel - Obscene Obedience (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
David Eagleman (Baylor College of Med. Neuroscientist) joins Stossel to look at how rules, titles and a lack of direct responsibility can entice good people to do bad things. Insights into the dark side of authority.
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/D-sw8UhNhUM
COMMENT: During the Milgram experiment, 65 percent of people were so afraid of disobeying orders from an "authority" that they (despite no threat of punishment for refusing to obey), were willing to inflict severe pain or even death on a stranger.
In a hierarchical-government system (where individuals are even more prone to obedience, and where real consequences for disobedience exist), the numbers would likely be much higher.
It ought to be obvious by now that the dangers of teaching "obedience to authority" far exceed the dangers of teaching obedience to one's own conscience. ...But the former isn't taught because it's best for humanity; it's taught because it's best for those who wield power.
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Why Support the Conspiracy Project? (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
This video explains why you need to know what the CONSPIRACY Project is. Please watch and then check out the crowd funding campaign going on right now. Thanks.
Watch video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bKv_vtJm2g
COMMENT: Neal invested a LOT of time, money and energy into this project. You might have seen his video "Fuck the FED" from about 6 years back...well, this is another (much larger) attempt to reach new people with a musical / video format. I sent a few bucks his way for his effort; hope you'll consider doing the same.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-conspiracy-project/x/6034127
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CITIZENS ENGAGE IN A NEW FORM OF CROWD-FUNDED, DIRECT ACTION AGAINST POLICE STATE
Source: FilmingCops.com
STOCKTON — Citizens in Stockton, California have taken a new approach to activism.
Rather than sticking to the traditional form of protest in which signs are held and slogans are chanted, these citizens have taken direct action and offered a grassroots, crowd-funded incentive structure to end police brutality in their community.
They have offered a $2,500 reward to anybody who submits information leading to the arrest or termination of cops who brutalize or kill people.
They were able to let people know about the offer by printing all the details on flyers and spreading them throughout their community.
The flyer specifically names 15 cops as a start, and includes pictures of at least 10 cops who have been involved in either the brutalization or killing of Americans.
--Now that the idea is spreading, other communities are sure to implement similar incentive structures to curb police brutality — indeed, it wouldn't be surprising if a grassroots program like this is started nationwide.
Read full article at: http://filmingcops.com/police-furious-after-citizens-engage-in-a-new-form-of-crowd-funded-direct-action-against-police-state/
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Priest says hell doesn't exist (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
How do we define God? Which religion holds the Truth? Here is an insightful perspective.
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/wHfSpIIRhFw
COMMENT: I enjoyed listening to this pastor's view on religion, hell, and the purpose of man-made systems that prevent people from "growing up."
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Previous Week's News 01-12-2015
The NYPD's 'Work Stoppage' Is Surreal
Source: Rollingstone.com
--So this police protest, unwittingly, is leading to the exposure of the very policies that anger so many different constituencies about modern law-enforcement tactics.
First, it shines a light on the use of police officers to make up for tax shortfalls using ticket and citation revenue. Then there's the related (and significantly more important) issue of forcing police to make thousands of arrests and issue hundreds of thousands of summonses when they don't "have to."
--In an alternate universe where this pseudo-strike wasn't the latest sortie in a standard-issue right-versus left political showdown, one could imagine this protest as a progressive or even a libertarian strike, in which police refused to work as backdoor tax-collectors and/or implement Minority Report-style pre-emptive policing policies, which is what a lot of these Broken Windows-type arrests amount to.
But that's not what's going on here. As far as I can tell, there's nothing enlightened about this slowdown, although I'm sure there are thousands of cops who are more than happy to get a break from Broken Windows policing.
I've met more than a few police in the last few years who've complained vigorously about things like the "empty the pad" policies in some precincts, where officers were/are told by superiors to fill predetermined summons quotas every month.
Read full article at: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-nypds-work-stoppage-is-surreal-20141231
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Overstock.com offers employees all-bitcoin paychecks
Source: MarketWatch.com
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Overstock.com Inc. demonstrated a surprisingly high level of commitment to digital currencies Friday with the news that it is planning to offer its employees the option of being paid in bitcoin.
The discount online retailer made the announcement in a release about a new bitcoin ATM that it has installed at its corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Moving cryptocurrencies out of the realm of geeks and into the realm of the rest of us requires making changes at all levels of the financial ecosystem," Chief Executive Patrick Byrne said in the release. "An important part of this effort is making digital money ATMs accessible."
Read full article at: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/overstockcom-offers-employees-all-bitcoin-paychecks-2015-01-09?link=sfmw_fb
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The four pillars of a decentralized society (Video)
Source: TED
--Johann Gevers is Co-Founder and CEO of Monetas in Zug. Monetas is building the world's first universal transaction platform—an essential infrastructure for the society of the future. Johann's lifelong driving passion is to help create a better life and world for everyone, through personal, organizational, and social transformation. It has inspired him to develop a pioneering new legal system for a free society, based on a new Golden Rule. His thirty-year journey searching for better methods and tools—and for freedom and joy for humanity—has profoundly enriched his and others' lives.
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/8oeiOeDq_Nc
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