StopTheLie.com News update 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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http://libertycrier.com/
Previous Week's News 01-05-2015
The Killing Room (Movie)
Source: YouTube.com
"Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, modern version of the Project MKULTRAindoctrination program.[2] One by one, the subjects are brought into a large, white room, in which the tables and chairs have been bolted to the floor.
They are each given a questionnaire to fill out. In the meantime, a researcher enters the room, ostensibly to give an overview of the study. He indicates to the subjects—three men and a woman—that the study will take approximately eight hours to complete, at which time they will each be paid $250."
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/4_LaHRIAFKo
COMMENT: I watched this movie a few years back and I just noticed it's posted on YouTube. If you've read about MK Ultra and similar "human-programming" techniques, this film adds a little more depth to the horror of it all...so, snuggle up with someone you love and enjoy considering the "national security benefits" of torturing and terrorizing innocent human beings.
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Is Coinbase Tracking How Users Spend Their Bitcoins?
Source: CoinTelegraph.com
Coinbase has recently been demonstrating why consumer regulation is such a problem. The company seems to be tracking what their customers are buying with Bitcoin and closing any accounts involved in transactions that the company objects to.
It is probably no secret that Bitcoiners are not fans of regulation. What is generally misunderstood though is that the aversion is not to regulating in general. We understand that in the real world, the big financial powers are never regulated in a practical sense. Consumers, on the other hand, are heavily regulated.
Read full article at: http://cointelegraph.com/news/113207/coinbase-is-tracking-how-users-spend-their-bitcoins
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Prominent Cancer Doctor Pleads Guilty
Source: Inquisitr.com
--U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade will seek life in prison for what she called "the most egregious" health care fraud case she has ever seen. McQuade said that in addition to insurance fraud, which involved a $35-million Medicare fraud scheme from 2009 until the present, Fata also harmed, and in some cased subsequently killed, his patients with dangerous chemotherapy drugs they did not need. According to government records, Fata's medical practice included 1,200 patients. The formerly prominent cancer doctor will be sentenced in February before U.S. District Judge Paul Borman. The doctor's bond was set at $9 million.
"In this case, we had Dr. Fata administering chemotherapy to people who didn't need it, essentially putting poison into their bodies and telling them that they had cancer when they didn't have cancer," the prosecutor told the Detroit Free Press. "The idea that a doctor would lie to a patient just to make money is shocking… Dr. Fata was unique in that he saw patients not as people to heal, but as commodities to exploit."
Read full article at: http://www.inquisitr.com/1485160/prominent-michigan-cancer-doctor-pleads-guilty-i-knew-that-it-was-medically-unnecessary/
COMMENT: Somebody should have told this guy that it's only OK to do stuff like this when you're working for the government. Case in point:
http://youtu.be/VkMNfRxKQLs
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Pink-Haired Nerd Uses 9/11-Truth Research to beat NASA Engineer (Video)
Source: AE911Truth.org
On a recent episode of the TBS reality show King of the Nerds, a bubbly, pink-haired video game blogger named Danielle was the unlikely winner of one phase of a science-related competition that pitted her against a NASA engineer and three other contenders. The most intriguing aspect of her upset win was that Danielle used "9/11conspiracy" websites to outsmart her rivals.
Watch video at: http://stopthelie.com/911-truth-helps-pink-haired-nerd.html
COMMENT: Here is a VIMEO link if YouTube blocks your access to the Video:
https://vimeo.com/115697319
PLEASE forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to our news list can sign up at: http://stopthelie.com/stl_newsletter.html
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
======================================================
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
======================================================
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
======================================================
PLEASE forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to our news list can sign up at: http://stopthelie.com/stl_newsletter.html
Other sources for alternative news:
http://www.PrisonPlanet.com/
http://www.RealityZone.com/currentperiod.html
http://www.FreedomsPhoenix.com/Front-Page.htm
http://libertycrier.com/
Previous Week's News 01-05-2015
The Killing Room (Movie)
Source: YouTube.com
"Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, modern version of the Project MKULTRAindoctrination program.[2] One by one, the subjects are brought into a large, white room, in which the tables and chairs have been bolted to the floor.
They are each given a questionnaire to fill out. In the meantime, a researcher enters the room, ostensibly to give an overview of the study. He indicates to the subjects—three men and a woman—that the study will take approximately eight hours to complete, at which time they will each be paid $250."
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/4_LaHRIAFKo
COMMENT: I watched this movie a few years back and I just noticed it's posted on YouTube. If you've read about MK Ultra and similar "human-programming" techniques, this film adds a little more depth to the horror of it all...so, snuggle up with someone you love and enjoy considering the "national security benefits" of torturing and terrorizing innocent human beings.
======================================================
Is Coinbase Tracking How Users Spend Their Bitcoins?
Source: CoinTelegraph.com
Coinbase has recently been demonstrating why consumer regulation is such a problem. The company seems to be tracking what their customers are buying with Bitcoin and closing any accounts involved in transactions that the company objects to.
It is probably no secret that Bitcoiners are not fans of regulation. What is generally misunderstood though is that the aversion is not to regulating in general. We understand that in the real world, the big financial powers are never regulated in a practical sense. Consumers, on the other hand, are heavily regulated.
Read full article at: http://cointelegraph.com/news/113207/coinbase-is-tracking-how-users-spend-their-bitcoins
======================================================
Prominent Cancer Doctor Pleads Guilty
Source: Inquisitr.com
--U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade will seek life in prison for what she called "the most egregious" health care fraud case she has ever seen. McQuade said that in addition to insurance fraud, which involved a $35-million Medicare fraud scheme from 2009 until the present, Fata also harmed, and in some cased subsequently killed, his patients with dangerous chemotherapy drugs they did not need. According to government records, Fata's medical practice included 1,200 patients. The formerly prominent cancer doctor will be sentenced in February before U.S. District Judge Paul Borman. The doctor's bond was set at $9 million.
"In this case, we had Dr. Fata administering chemotherapy to people who didn't need it, essentially putting poison into their bodies and telling them that they had cancer when they didn't have cancer," the prosecutor told the Detroit Free Press. "The idea that a doctor would lie to a patient just to make money is shocking… Dr. Fata was unique in that he saw patients not as people to heal, but as commodities to exploit."
Read full article at: http://www.inquisitr.com/1485160/prominent-michigan-cancer-doctor-pleads-guilty-i-knew-that-it-was-medically-unnecessary/
COMMENT: Somebody should have told this guy that it's only OK to do stuff like this when you're working for the government. Case in point:
http://youtu.be/VkMNfRxKQLs
======================================================
Pink-Haired Nerd Uses 9/11-Truth Research to beat NASA Engineer (Video)
Source: AE911Truth.org
On a recent episode of the TBS reality show King of the Nerds, a bubbly, pink-haired video game blogger named Danielle was the unlikely winner of one phase of a science-related competition that pitted her against a NASA engineer and three other contenders. The most intriguing aspect of her upset win was that Danielle used "9/11conspiracy" websites to outsmart her rivals.
Watch video at: http://stopthelie.com/911-truth-helps-pink-haired-nerd.html
COMMENT: Here is a VIMEO link if YouTube blocks your access to the Video:
https://vimeo.com/115697319
PLEASE forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to our news list can sign up at: http://stopthelie.com/stl_newsletter.html
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