"None are more hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsely believe they are free." - Goethe

99 Faces of Occupy Wall St.

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 2:06 PM EST (Photography Served)

"99 Faces of Occupy Wall St." reveals a cross-section of people behind the national occupy movement at the home of its origin, Zuccotti Park prior to their eviction. This portrait series focuses on faces -- no environment, no signs; each person with an honest look into the len …

art, politics, photography, ows, occupy-wall-street

The 50 Most Powerful Images From the Civil War

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 10:24 AM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

Seeded by Ms CYPRAH (Clipped by blahmni)

Photography came of age around the same time President Abraham Lincoln came to Washington. Abolitionists demonstrated the power of the new medium when they circulated a photo of a former slave with his head posed in dignified profile, welts covering his naked back.

history, photos, civil-war, abraham-lincoln, mark-twain, frederick-douglass, north-and-south, abolitionists, general-custer, harriet-beecher-stowe

Oh, Crap! Moscow Mulls Terrorist-Proof Toilets | Danger Room | Wired.com

Seeded on Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:25 AM EDT (Wired News)

It’s a problem we’ve all faced.

terrorism, world-news, moscow-times, public-restrooms, port-a-potty

New Fossils Push Homo Erectus Origins Back to Asia | Wired Science

Seeded on Tue Jun 7, 2011 9:09 PM EDT (Wired News)

The story of the evolution of modern humans can be a bit confusing, species-wise, with many early hominins co-existing without an obvious linear succession.

evolution, science, anthropology, pnas, australopithecus, homo-erectus, dmanisi, rep-of-georgia

China, Russia Could Make U.S. Stealth Tech Obsolete | Danger Room | Wired.com

Seeded on Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:29 PM EDT (Wired News)

It’s been a pillar of the U.S. military’s approach to high-tech warfare for decades. And now, it could become obsolete in just a few years. Stealth technology — which today gives U.S.

technology, russia, china, air-force, navy, military, dod, center-for-strategic-and-budgetary-assessments, joint-strike-fighter, vhf

GMO food: Debate rages over labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients - latimes.com

Seeded on Mon Jun 6, 2011 2:46 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

When a team of activists wearing white hazmat suits showed up at a Chicago grocery store to protest the sale of food containing genetically modified ingredients, they picked an unlikely target: Whole Foods Market.

fda, health, monsanto, labeling, whole-foods-market, gmo, food-and-drug-administration, gmo-labeling, organic-consumers-assn, dna-splicing

U.S. Special Ops Troops Deployed in Mexico, Leaked Briefing Confirms | the narcosphere

Seeded on Mon Jun 6, 2011 1:06 AM EDT (the narcosphere)

A Pentagon document has come to light that confirms the U.S. has put special operations troops on the ground in Mexico as the drug war there continues to escalate, notching some 40,000 murders since late 2006.

mexico, cia, pentagon, politics, united-states, dea, war-on-drugs, department-of-defense, narco-trafficking, narco-news

Tables Turn: Deputies and movers show up at bank to seize property for homeowner

Seeded on Sun Jun 5, 2011 12:43 AM EDT (winknews.com)

A bank foreclosure story you've got to see to believe. A Collier County couple turns the tables on Bank of America, the bank that tried to foreclose on their home. Now, the family is foreclosing on the bank! Even bringing trucks and deputies ready to seize property.

business, bank-of-america, real-estate, foreclosure, collier-county, wink-news

The Chiquita Papers - Banana Giant's Paramilitary Payoffs Detailed in Trove of Declassified Legal, Financial Documents

Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 2:53 AM EDT (The National Security Archive)

Confidential internal memos from Chiquita Brands International reveal that the banana giant benefited from its payments to Colombian paramilitary and guerrilla groups, contradicting the company's 2007 plea agreement with U.S.

business, colombia, death-squads, justice-department, chiquita, foia, freedom-of-information-act, auc, national-security-archive, michael-evans

Concealed Carry Nightmare: Policeman Firing on an Innocent Person. What Do You Do?

Fri Jun 3, 2011 9:04 AM EDT

By LordFluffy (Clipped by blahmni)

On Memorial Day 2011, in the town of Roanoke, VA, a Sheriff allegedly pulled up behind his ex-wife in the parking lot of a convenience store and shot her to death with a rifle. This was done near a busy intersection, near an exit onto a local bypass.

Continue reading this entry ...

sheriff, police, law, assault, murder, gun, us-news, officer, protection, concealed

The NutriSmart system would put RFIDs into your food for enhanced information

Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:14 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

RFID, short for Radio Frequency ID, tags have found their way into a wide variety of applications.

food, privacy, science, rfid, royal-college-of-art, radio-frequency-id, nutrismart, hannes-harms

Largest-Ever Dead Zone 'a Disaster in the Making' for La. Fishermen - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sun May 29, 2011 10:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Louisiana's shrimpers expected 2010 to be a good year. Instead, they got the oil spill. Although many found temporary jobs working cleanup for BP PLC, hopes for recovery turned to 2011.

new-orleans, bp, louisiana, environment, oil-spill, mississippi-river, mississippi-delta, lake-pontchartrain, dead-zone, corn-belt

New LAPD Patrol Car To Sport Infrared Night Vision, License Plate Scanner | CBS Los Angeles

Seeded on Thu May 26, 2011 9:20 PM EDT (CBS Los Angeles)

If you thought the patrol car in the 1987 action movie "Robocop" was high-tech, wait until you see what L.A.'s finest will be soon be driving.

gm, police, us-news, chevrolet, infrared, night-vision, lapd, caprice, license-plate-scanner

Police on radio scanner apps: That's not a 10-4 | Technolog

Seeded on Wed May 25, 2011 8:58 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Matthew A. Hale, 29, was arrested last week in Muncie, Ind., after he allegedly fled the scene of a failed stickup at a pharmacy. Police accused Hale of being the getaway driver for an accomplice who was supposed to rob the pharmacy.

technology, police, law, apps, scanners, scanner, smartphones, louisville-ky, muncie-ind, eugenea-bare

Compact fluorescent bulbs release cancer-causing chemicals when turned on, says new research | Naturalnews.com

Seeded on Fri May 20, 2011 10:25 PM EDT (Gulf human rights hero Thomas B. Manton falsely imprisoned, murdered)

Are you one of the many who, in the effort to be eco-friendly and to save money, replaced your old incandescent light bulbs with environmentally-friendly compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) energy saving light bulbs? If so, beware.

cancer, science, styrene, naphthalene, phenol, compact-fluorescent-lamps, alab-laboratory, peter-braun

From Nobel to Nobel: A letter to Barack Obama

Seeded on Fri May 20, 2011 8:06 PM EDT (Pambazuka News)

'How can you speak of human rights and the dignity of peoples when you perpetually violate them and block those who don't share your ideology and must endure your abuses?', asks 1980 Nobel Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel in an open letter to US President Barack Obama.

iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, politics, war, guantanamo-bay, united-nations, barack-obama, nobel-peace-prize, adolfo-perez-esquivel

Japanese electric car 'goes 300km' on single charge

Seeded on Wed May 18, 2011 7:13 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Electric vehicle specialist SIM-Drive, which hopes to take the car to market by 2013 but gave no projected cost, said its four-seater "SIM-LEI" had motors inside each wheel and a super-light frame, allowing for 333 kilometres (207 miles) of motoring on one charge in a test.

business, electric-vehicle, sim-drive

Investigation started into alleged Agent Orange spraying at Fort Detrick | WJLA.com

Seeded on Wed May 18, 2011 3:22 PM EDT (wjla.com)

The National Research Foundation is investigating allegations the Army tested Agent Orange decades ago at Fort Detrick. The Maryland Department of Health has already begun its own investigation.

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Secret service: The feds question a Tacoma seventh grader for a Facebook comment about President Obama and suicide bombers. - KCPQ

Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 6:08 PM EDT (q13fox.com)

After Osama bin Laden was killed, 13-year-old Vito LaPinta posted an update to his Facebook status that got the Feds attention. "I was saying how Osama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers," says LaPinta.

terrorism, secret-service, obama, osama-bin-laden, us-news, big-brother, facebook, social-media, wtf, gwot

Journalist Tristane Banon makes further sexual assault allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn - The Independent

Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 4:33 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

A French journalist yesterday added to the allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn by announcing that she was considering taking legal action for an attack on her in 2002.

imf, world-news, dsk, dominique-strauss-kahn, tristane-banon

IMF chief 'feared political opponent would pay a woman more than $1m to allege rape

Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 3:09 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn feared that one of his political opponents would pay a woman more than $1million to say he raped her, it emerged today.

new-york, imf, law, united-states, us-news, new-york-police-department, dominique-strauss-kahn

State Department Investigating Legality of Erik Prince's UAE Private Army | Public Intelligence

Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 9:53 PM EDT (publicintelligence.net)

The US state department said on Sunday that it was examining the legality of an American-led private army that is being established in the United Arab Emirates.

politics, united-states, state-department, uae, abu-dhabi, private-army, blackwater, erik-prince, xe-services, sheikh-mohammed-bin-zayed-al-nahyan

French, Banking Elites Shocked by Treatment of Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Public Intelligence

Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 9:43 PM EDT (publicintelligence.net)

Though horrified by the alleged crimes, the French press and political elite on Monday seemed perhaps more scandalized still by the images of Mr. Strauss-Kahn's brusque treatment by the New York police, and his exposure in the American media.

new-york, world-news, new-york-police-department, international-monetary-fund, dsk, dominique-strauss-kahn

Geronimo: Bin Laden's problematic code name

Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 1:40 PM EDT (The Baltimore Sun)

What's in a name? Shakespeare had a point when he had Juliet telling Romeo that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But don't tell that to the many Native Americans furious at the Pentagon for code-naming Osama bid Laden "Geronimo" in the raid that found and killed h …

united-states, osama-bin-laden, us-news, native-american, geronimo, barsck-obama

Osama Bin Laden dead: Disney trademarks US Navy Seal Team 6 for toys and movies | Mail Online

Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 1:20 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Two days after U.S. Navy Seals Team 6 made headlines around the world for the dramatic raid that killed terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden, the Walt Disney Company trademarked their name, reports FishbowlNY.

entertainment, us, war, disney, pto, seal-team-six

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