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05-24-12 Dennis Marker - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F- 9-Noon (EST)

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:10:04 GMT

Read more on this subject: Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio Radio/Video Program on 2012-05-24
Dennis Marker, author of Fifteen Steps to Corporate Feudalism, explains how the rich convinced America's middle class to eliminate themselves.
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US unveils new tactics to tackle Al Qaeda propaganda

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:18:08 GMT

'EU forcing Greece into austerity'

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:14:37 GMT

'Scientists' Say Eating Organic Food Makes You A Jerk

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:10:27 GMT

Read more on this subject: Food
News Story Source: http://govtslaves.info, Anthony Gucciardi
Do you eat real, organic food? If you do, you must be a jerk, according to a new ridiculous 'scientific' study that most likely has financial ties to factory farm corporations and junkfood makers across the planet. Instead of discussing the wide variety of health benefits of eating real food -- the kind made without harmful pesticides that actually make you stupid, the researchers use participants to show how 'eating organic can make you a jerk'. Now spanning the mainstream media headlines, the 'scientists' use the fact that those who eat organic are 'stingier with their volunteering' time as one of the reasons as to why it could 'make you a jerk'.
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Billion Dollar Bait & Switch: States Divert Foreclosure Deal Funds

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:04:52 GMT

Read more on this subject: Housing
News Story Source: propublica.org, by Paul Kiel and Cora Currier
States have diverted $974 million from this year's landmark mortgage settlement to pay down budget deficits or fund programs unrelated to the foreclosure crisis, according to a ProPublica analysis. That's nearly forty percent of the $2.5 billion in penalties paid to the states under the agreement. The settlement, between five of the country's biggest banks and an alliance of almost all states and the federal government, resolved allegations that the banks deceived homeowners and broke laws when pursuing foreclosure. One part of the settlement is the cash coming to states; the deal urged states to use that money on programs related to the crisis, but it didn't require them to. ProPublica contacted every state that participated in the agreement (and the District of Columbia) to obtain the most comprehensive breakdown yet of how they'll be spending the funds. You can see the detailed state-by-state results here, along with an interactive map. [1] Many states told us th
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Mexico students protest alleged media bias

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:25 GMT

Read more on this subject: Mexico
News Story Source: http://www.aljazeera.com
Thousands of university students have marched through central Mexico City to protest media coverage they say favours the candidate of the former ruling party in upcoming presidential elections. "We want schools, not soap operas," the protesters chanted late on Wednesday, referring to PRI presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, the frontrunner whose wife Angelica Rivera is a popular soap opera star known as "Seagull". The students also protested against the media, specifically Televisa, the largest conglomerate broadcasting in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, which they accuse of shilling for Pena Nieto. The students claim that newspapers and television stations are tilting their coverage toward Pena Nieto, who is leading the polls ahead of the July 1 vote. Many of the students were from the elite Iberoamerican University, where a May 11 appearance by Pena Nieto set off a rare wave of protests by young people against a return to
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JPMorgan Chase plans Copper ETF - worldwide interests shiver with fear

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:54:58 GMT

Read more on this subject: Precious Metals
News Story Source: CNBC
JPMorgan is among several groups trying to capitalise on investors' interest in industrial metals by launching a fund that allows them to access physical copper directly. Its regulatory filings suggest its ETF could hold 61,800 tonnes, 27 per cent of the copper held in the London Metal Exchange's global network of warehouses. An ETF proposed by BlackRock iShares could hold 121,200 tonnes. Groups complaining about the ETF include Southwire, the biggest US manufacturer of electrical cable, and Red Kite, a metals-focused hedge fund and trader. Bob Bernstein of Vandenberg & Feliu, a law firm acting on behalf of the consumers, said he was representing companies that account for half of US copper fabrication capacity. In the letter to the SEC, they argue the ETF would result in a "substantial artificially induced rise in near-term copper prices ... simulating the effects of an artificial squeeze or corner being financed by unsuspecting in
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Fire on nuclear submarine at US shipyard

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:54:43 GMT

Read more on this subject: Military
News Story Source: http://www.aljazeera.com
A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured four people. Fire crews responded on Wednesday to the USS Miami SSN 755 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on an island in Kittery, a town near Portsmouth, New Hamshire, popular with tourists. The shipyard says four injured people have been treated and released. The Portsmouth Herald newspaper said firefighters were injured. Shipyard public affairs specialist Gary Hildreth said the fire started in the forward compartment of the sub. The shipyard said the sub's reactor was not operating at the time and was unaffected. The cause of the fire has not been identified. Non-essential personnel were removed from the sub. Black smoke billowed overhead. The USS Miami arrived at the shipyard for maintenance and upgrade work in March.
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The state of the military-industrial complex is strong: War may dwindle, But MIC will Never slow.

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:38 GMT

Read more on this subject: Military Industrial Complex
News Story Source: William Collins, Minuteman
War may dwindle, Peace may grow; But weapons makers Never slow. What can you do with a bunch of used generals? If you keep them active, they need new assignments. These can be expensive. But if you let them retire with fat pensions, they'll go to work for arms producers, lobbying for more weapons and more wars. Either way citizens pay through the nose. Congress is even more costly. Seemingly sensible lawmakers turn to Jell-O when weapons contracts are at stake. In my tiny state of Connecticut, we happen to make nuclear submarines, the blunderbusses of modern warfare. Their main job seems to be running onto reefs and colliding with fishing boats. We have too many now, but we can't stop making them because jobs and profits (and elections) will be lost.
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Can This Third Party Make a Difference?

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:35 GMT

Read more on this subject: Politics: Independent and Other Campaigns
News Story Source: http://www.motherjones.com, By Josh Harkinson
In recent years, Oregon state Rep. Mike Schaufler spent some $6,000 from his campaign coffers on more than 90 separate visits to Magoo's Sports Bar in Salem. A five-term Democrat known around the capitol as "Bud Man," Schaufler was tight with Republicans and corporate donors, who helped him raise 60 percent more money than progressive challenger Jeff Reardon in the lead-up to last Tuesday's Democratic primary. So Schaufler must have awoken with an epic hangover on the morning after the election, because he somehow managed to lose his seat.
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Medical Marijuana 101: You Can't Smoke That On Campus

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:46:09 GMT

Read more on this subject: Education: Government Schools
News Story Source: http://www.npr.org, by Susan Sharon
Medical marijuana is legal in 16 states, and that number is expected to grow. But these state laws put colleges in a bind. That's because under federal law, marijuana is still illegal. So colleges that let students make use of their pot prescription pot on campus risk losing their federal funding. For 25-year-old University of Maine junior Robyn Smith, this situation has led to a new kind of "reefer madness": Even though he has his doctor's authorization to use medical marijuana, when he self-medicates, Smith either goes home or retreats to his SUV, which he parks across the street from the university so that he doesn't violate school policies on smoking and drug use on campus. Smith's an Army veteran who spent 15 months in Afghanistan; he's been diagnosed with anxiety and a joint disorder. He also suffers from severe and frequent migraines. He's been prescribed a half-dozen painkillers and other drugs to ease his symptoms -- and he's free to bring th
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ROSA KOIRE: HUFFINGTON POST INTERVIEW

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:41:01 GMT

Read more on this subject: United Nations
News Story Source: http://www.youtube.com, by SRNCVideo
Rosa Koire, Democrats Against UN Agenda 21, being interviewed by Andrew Reinbach, Huffington Post columnist for an article on opposition to UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development. Reinbach baited Rosa, put words into her mouth, asked her if she was 'afraid that she would be tarred with the same brush as the John Birch Society', and tried to suggest that zoning and UN Agenda 21 are the same thing. Rosa resisted his efforts to marginalize her and the fight against this blueprint for world inventory and control. At the end of the interview Rosa asked Reinbach if he was recording the interview and when he said he was, she told him that she also was recording it.
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German-made film takes hard look at Japan's nuclear future

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:38:21 GMT

Read more on this subject: Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
News Story Source: http://ajw.asahi.com, By LOUIS TEMPLADO
All of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors are currently offline--for now, anyway. For much of the foreign press, what's out of sight is out of mind. Yet for Ralph T. Niemeyer, the atomic issue is still very much a live one. A German editor and journalist, Niemeyer is also the director behind "Hibakusha--From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Nuclear Capitalism Tries to Rebound," an English-language film made in cooperation with Dorothee Menzner, a member of the German parliament. To be sure, the future of nuclear energy in Japan is still very much in debate. Unlike the Japanese media, the 67-minute film minces no words and makes no pretense of objectivity as it condemns the "nuclear mafia" from a distinctly German perspective.
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SceneTap: The creepy app that scans bar-goers' faces

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:36:22 GMT

Read more on this subject: Technology: Software
News Story Source: http://theweek.com,
A new smartphone app called SceneTap made a big splash with its recent launch, but not all of the reviews were entirely favorable. The app employs facial-detection software and cameras placed strategically in bars and nightclubs to tell users the age and gender makeup of an establishment they're thinking of visiting. The problem is that the patrons being scanned by cameras don't necessarily know that they're being monitored. Some privacy advocates call it "creepy." Is it an invasion of privacy for your neighborhood watering hole to install cameras and scan your face? Here, a brief guide to the controversy:
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How To Communicate If The US Govt Shuts Down The Internet

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:32:22 GMT

Read more on this subject: Internet
News Story Source: http://www.libertynewsonline.com, Wallace
Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service. This is what happened in Egypt Jan. 25 prompted by citizen protests, with sources estimating that the Egyptian government cut off approximately 88 percent of the country's internet access. What do you do without internet? Step 1: Stop crying in the corner. Then start taking steps to reconnect with your network. Here's a list of things you can do to keep the communication flowing.
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