Egypt to free activist blogger from prison
• The RawStory.comEgypt’s judiciary decided on Sunday to free blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has spent the past two months in custody, a judicial source and his sister said.
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Obama campaign seeks to raise $60 million in 4th quarter
• Eric Johnson via Yahoo! NEWSPresident Barack Obama's campaign set a goal of raising $60 million in the fourth quarter of the year to benefit the Democratic incumbent's re-election and the Democratic National Committee, a campaign official said on Saturday.
The Cool Energy House Project Demonstrates U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Program Innovations
• Yahoo! NEWSThe Cool Energy House Project in Windermere, Florida, showcases energy innovations generated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America program. The project will be shown in February in conjunction with the 2012 International Builders Show.
Cuba to pardon nearly 3,000 prisoners
• The RawStory.comCuban President Raul Castro has unveiled plans to pardon some 3,000 prisoners for “humanitarian reasons,” a group amnesty of unprecedented size, and “gradually” reform onerous laws restricting foreign travel.
U.S. reports progress on bioweapons control
• The RawStory.comProgress has been made in protecting against the threat of biological weapons, the State Department said Friday at the end of global talks which agreed to boost moves to thwart their spread.
For Christmas, Your Government Will Tell You When It's Legal to Kill You.
http://www.commondreams.orgThe DOJ has rejected a Freedom of Information Act request from the New York Times asking for the legal basis for the American program of targeted drone killings of U.S. citizens off the field of battle.
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Ron Paul blames ‘ghost writers’ for racist newsletters
• Muriel Kane via The RawStory.comIn an apology for racist newsletters that went out under his name twenty years ago, GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul’s campaign issued a statement on Friday acknowledging that Paul had been guilty of a “lack of oversight”
DC Pushes New Taxi Medallion Bill; Will Enrich Cab Barons, Screw Everyone Else
• Reason magazineAfter failing twice to enact a system that would enrich a handful of private companies by screwing riders and destroying D.C.'s unique owner-operated cab industry, D.C. pols are at it again. And they've wisened up: There's no "medallion bill" to get
US pledges commitment to working out tensions with Pakistan
• The RawStory.comThe United States said Friday that it was committed to working with Pakistan and pledged support for democracy, amid friction between the war partners and a political showdown in Islamabad.
FDA Won’t Act Against Ag Antibiotic Use
• Maryn McKenna viathe US Food and Drug Administration has reneged on its long-stated intention to compel large-scale agriculture to curb over-use of agricultural antibiotics
Chelsea’s housing boss was rarely on the job
• Boston GlobeMichael E. McLaughlin, who abruptly resigned as Chelsea housing director last month after his $360,000 salary was revealed, put in only 15 full workdays in Chelsea all year to earn his extraordinary paycheck, according to a Globe review of his work c
The Future of Freedom in The United States - by Judge Napolitano [VIDEO]
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)Originally aired 12/16/11 on "Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano" on Fox Business Network
Federal panel asks journals to censor reports of lab-created ‘bird flu’
• Washington PostScientists seeking to fight future pandemics have created a variety of “bird flu” potentially so dangerous that a federal advisory panel has for the first time asked two science journals to hold back on publishing details of research.
U.S. lawmakers to vote on holiday tax Tuesday
• The Raw StoryRepublican lawmakers escalated a year-end showdown with the White House, putting off a vote on extending a payroll tax holiday demanded by President Barack Obama until Tuesday.
NASA revamps, delays commercial space taxi work
• Irene Klotz via NewsDaily.comBudget cuts in a program to spur commercial space taxis will likely keep the United States dependent on Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station until 2017, NASA's head of space operations said on Thursday.
Should We Fire the First Shot in a Cyberwar?
• David Talbot via TechnologyReview.comDefending against an attack is so hard that some think a stronger offense is required.
State police defy order to release Lt. Gov. Tim Murray crash data
• Boston HeraldState police must release the black-box data from the unmarked Crown Victoria cruiser Lt. Gov. Tim Murray crashed when he said he was going for coffee and surveying storm damage before dawn last month, the secretary of state’s office has ruled, but p
SEC to appeal judge’s rejection of Citigroup cush deal
• Washington PostThe Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it will challenge a federal judge’s rejection of the agency’s $285 million fraud settlement with Citigroup. The agency is asking an appeals court to overturn the decision by U.S. District Court
For the First Time, Predator Drones Participate in Civilian Arrests on U.S. Soil
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comA somewhat strange story emerged yesterday involving an extremist antigovernment group, a North Dakota sheriff’s office, and six missing cows, but there’s a much larger story behind this brief legal tangle
More on a New Theory of Government…
• dailyreckoning.comGovernment claims the right to tell you what to do. Using the blunt instrument of ‘government’ some people are able to categorize, regulate, tax, inspect, dragoon, conscript, enslave, bully, incarcerate, murder and push around other people. Why do th
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Los Angeles votes to end corporate personhood
• RawstoryThe Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to support a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment that would assert that corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights, and that money is not the same as free speech.
Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
• APFacing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day. The e
How messed up is Italy? They don't even know who they're appointing to gov't ministries.
• AFPIn the shakeup of Italian politics, a Canadian agronomy professor was mistakenly recruited to be Italy's next junior minister for agriculture.
GUNS FOR GOODNESS SAKE
Thomas CostanzoShould guns only be permitted in the hands of special people? Should every gun in the world be found and destroyed, so no one has guns? What would be the most ethical way for today’s decision makers, influential individuals, and power groups to ali
What We Fight For
•Those who don't recognize the beast of "government" for what it is, and don't understand that humanity, morality and justice need to be defended against aggressive evil done in the name of "authority," really do often view us as angry malcontents,
Amazon and Big Brother
Larken RoseAmazon is acting as Big Brother. This individual situation may, by itself, seem trivial (and in one way, it is), but it's a piece of a bigger problem.
The Chain of Obedience
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)The death squads and concentration camps of history were never staffed by rebels and dissidents. They were were run by those who followed the rules.
Mayor Bloomberg calls the NYPD ‘my own army’
• RawstoryWhen police moved to evict “Occupy Wall Street” protesters, reporters were prevented from witnessing the scene or arrested. The city also closed airspace to prevent news helicopters from taking aerial footage of the police crackdown.
Happy Meal Ban: McDonald's Outsmarts San Francisco
• .On Thursday, Dec. 1, the city's de facto ban of the Happy Meal commences. San Francisco has accomplished what the Hamburglar could not. Or has it? In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional s
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