http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=36408 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:57:00 EDT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:13:00 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com en-us The shadowy hacker collective Anonymous struck again late Sunday evening, exposing the email accounts of top aides to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and posting the passwords online for all to see. http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/06/syrians_troll_through_hacked_emails_of_bashars_presidential_aides http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6501019 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:00 EDT Not only is the initial story - that Graham struggled with police before he was shot - already falling apart (even Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has admitted this) but some newly-released surveillance footage of Graham and the police on his trail makes the NYPD look very bad indeed, and like probable-violators of the Fourth Amendment. http://reason.com/blog/2012/02/06/surveillance-footage-shows-nypd-breaking http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500977 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:58:00 EDT Much of what I saw during my deployment, let alone read or wrote in official reports, I can't talk about; the information remains classified. But what I saw bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground. http://armedforcesjournal.com/2012/02/8904030 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500911 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:35:00 EDT It must be stressed that not a single government in the world -- including Israel -- believes that Iran is building a nuclear weapon. Not one. No one is making that claim. In fact, leading figures in both the United States and Israel have made it very plain in recent weeks that they do not believe Iran is building a nuclear weapon. There is no Iranian nuclear weapons program. It does not exist. http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2214-super-savage-sunday-obama-tightens-the-screws-on-iran.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500828 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:00 EDT The Bureau's journalists and researchers spent months engaged in the painstaking and difficult task of gathering documentation on the effects of the U.S. drone program in Waziristan - producing extraordinary findings - only to find themselves and their sources, many of whom are local villagers whose children have been killed, depicted as Al Qaeda's witting or unwitting allies the very next day in The New York Times, by some senior government official too frightened to put his name on his accusations and aided (as always) by a newspaper that has repeatedly vowed to stop these practices. http://www.salon.com/2012/02/06/top_official_drone_critics_are_al_qaeda_enablers/singleton/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500776 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:12:00 EDT The pragmatic case against war is overwhelming. But the principled case is even stronger. Britain and the US have launched a series of wars across the Middle East for no better purpose than maintaining their control over a region whose peoples they dare not allow to be self-governing and independent. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/04/attack-on-iran-stopped http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500681 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EDT Unless she wins her appeal, a Mississippi grandmother who spent $8.98 on a box of Sudafed must serve a year in jail. For Diane Avera, a 45-year-old Meridian woman who does personal care for the sick, disabled and elderly, it has been a nightmare, she said. "I keep thinking I'm going to wake up, but I never do." http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120205/NEWS/202050350/Woman-says-innocent-trip-Ala-spirals-into-meth-charge http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500382 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:36:00 EDT Rep. Ron Paul's ability to attract and hold voters with such disparate concerns under his libertarian banner helps explain why he has been able to press forward despite a lack of support from the Republican establishment. He has been able to improve his showing from 2008 in every state that has held a nominating contest so far, benefiting from greater organization and name recognition. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203315804577207413855131608-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwNjEwNDYyWj.html?mod=wsj_share_email http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500356 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:11:00 EDT Each day that he struggles to buy food for his family, vegetable seller Hasan Sharafi shoulders part of the burden of Iran's defiance of the West over its nuclear programme. He can hardly bear it. "Prices are going up every day, life is expensive. I buy chicken or meat once per month. I used to buy it twice per week," the father of four said in Iran's central city of Isfahan. "Sometimes I want to kill myself. I feel desperate. I do not earn enough to feed my children." http://news.yahoo.com/iranians-bemoan-sanctions-hardship-vote-approaches-130207046.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500349 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:39:00 EDT Here are the 19 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of February 4-5, 2012... http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/?p=5170 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500118 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:23:00 EDT Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-usa-fbi-extremists-idUSTRE81600V20120207 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6500039 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:29:00 EDT Anonymous' gutting of Puckett & Faraj, the firm that defended the Marines behind the Haditha Killing, might have been more than a major embarrassment. The hack attack might have killed the group entirely. http://gizmodo.com/5882717/anonymous-may-have-completely-destroyed-military-law-firm http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499987 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:29:00 EDT It took several days but I managed to recover the footage that was deleted by police on the night of my arrest, which is the first step in not only clearing my name, but in exposing how that one female cop singled me out from the rest of the media. http://www.pixiq.com/article/here-is-the-recovered-video-police-deleted-of-my-arrest http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499910 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:48:00 EDT Not even a week after Barack Obama declared that not too many civilians die in the CIA's drone strikes in Pakistan, a new report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism finds that "at least 50 civilians" have been killed in rescues attempts, 20 in strikes on funerals, with at least 282 total civilians killed since Obama took office. http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/02/06/nyt-lets-nameless-official-smear-drone-researchers-as-al-qaeda-fans/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499822 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:58:00 EDT Josh Rogin has a piece in Foreign Policy explaining that the Obama administration instructed the National Security Council to begin considering options for U.S. intervention in Syria, including what they called the "unlikely" option of setting up a no-fly zone. Although it can't yet be substantiated, its possible that the Obama admin has already covertly aided the opposition in Syria, but anyways that was really the first notice in officialdom that an intervention in Syria was being considered. http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/02/05/joe-lieberman-calls-for-arming-the-syrian-opposition/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499754 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:35:00 EDT The CIA's drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals, an investigation by the Bureau for the Sunday Times has revealed. The findings are published just days after President Obama claimed that the drone campaign in Pakistan was a 'targeted, focused effort' that 'has not caused a huge number of civilian casualties.' http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/02/04/obama-terror-drones-cia-tactics-in-pakistan-include-targeting-rescuers-and-funerals/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499672 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:29:00 EDT It's very sad and quite curious that government was invented almost immediately after fixed agriculture. The latter has brought incalculable benefit, while the former has left an unbroken trail of misery and destruction. http://www.strike-the-root.com/1492 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499236 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:11:00 EDT I am not going to sit here at my computer and play dumb as to what might happen in the economy, when the Fed is pumping and draining money. There are things that are pretty obvious, even though most economists have no damn clue because of their nutty Keynesian view. Let's face it, none of them saw the downturn in the economy coming and none of them saw the developing upturn. I spotted both and said so clearly. http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/joseph-salvo-is-concerned-about-my.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499235 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:10:00 EDT Russia and China have vetoed the UN Security Council draft resolution on Syria pointing to the existence of armed groups involved in terrorist acts including the killing of civilians. These armed groups have been involved since the outset of the "protest movement" in Daraa, southern Syria, in March 2011. http://bit.ly/ydqANV http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6499160 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:01:00 EDT The astonishing feat - confirmed as genuine by the FBI - was apparently carried out after the hackers breached email accounts belonging to the authorities. In doing so, they were able to snoop on communications being exchanged between forces involved in a joint international anti-hacking operation across England, Ireland, Holland, France, Denmark, Sweden and America. In a piece of surreal real-life theatre, the tables were embarrassingly and dramatically turned. The investigators became the investigated; the watchers became the watched. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/hackers-fbi-davis-call http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498989 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:35:00 EDT Your Israel lobby at work. Noam Scheiber reports at the New Republic that Romney's big goal in Florida was to convince Sheldon Adelson to drop Newt (whom he and his wife have given $10 million) and come over to his side. So Sheldon Adelson is the prize. http://mondoweiss.net/2012/02/romneys-battle-in-fl-was-to-show-adelson-he-is-ok-on-israel-tnr.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498908 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:09:00 EDT A young woman in Milwaukee called the cops when someone threw a brick through her window. One of the cops who came to help raped her. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/29/she-dialed-911-the-cop-who-came-to-help-raped-her.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498865 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:13:00 EDT The announcement of Obama's recognition by the Nobel Peace Prize committee in 2009 seemed, to many, more like an 'Onion-worthy' headline than reality but now, as The Associated Press reports, it seems the officials face a formal inquiry over the selection criteria that could rescind the last three years' awards. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/obamas-peace-prize-about-be-confiscated-nobel-peace-prize-jury-under-investigation http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498808 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:13:00 EDT Whatever else is true, it seems highly likely that Barack Obama is the first Nobel Peace laureate who, after receiving his award, presided over the deliberate targeting of rescuers and funeral mourners of his victims. http://www.salon.com/2012/02/05/u_s_drones_targeting_rescuers_and_mourners/singleton/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498741 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:08:00 EDT To speak of Obama being "forced" and "bamboozled" in this manner may be regarded by some (although not by me) as a touching article of faith, but it cannot be considered a serious point of view, not if one is focused on the facts. http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2012/01/distancing-evil-and-searching-for.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498450 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:35:00 EDT The tranquility of my Saturday morning was disrupted - and that's putting it mildly - when I read on Glenn Reynolds' popular right-wing "Instapundit" blog that we can learn important "Lessons About Iran From Hitler." To know that we have yet another New Hitler in our midst is alarming indeed. http://www.salon.com/2012/02/04/the_growing_iranian_military_behemoth/singleton/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498360 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:17:00 EDT Here are the 25 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, February 3, 2012... http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/?p=5167 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498217 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EDT Iraq does not plan to abide by Washington's sanctions on Iran, as Baghdad officials announce they plan to submit a waiver to the U.S. government. The U.S. has heaped harsh economic sanctions on Iran and has managed to convince the European Union to go along with a complete ban on Iranian imported oil, measures that are already having detrimental effects on the Iranian economy. http://news.antiwar.com/2012/02/02/iraq-wants-exemption-from-us-sanctions-on-iran/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498100 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:14:00 EDT The corporate state is a form of exploitation, the victims of which are workers and consumers, who would have been better off (absolutely and comparatively) without anticompetitive privileges for the well-connected and government-induced recessions. http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/capitalism-corporatism-and-the-freed-market/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6498029 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:11:00 EDT The UN Security Council has just voted on a draft resolution concerning the ongoing violence in Syria. Of the voting members, Russia and China were the only ones to vote against the draft, but as permanent members of the UNSC they both hold veto power, and the resolution has not been passed as a result. http://rt.com/news/syria-resolution-veto-russia-china-515/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497992 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:05:00 EDT President Barack Obama on Friday announced measures to hire Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to restore national parks and work as police and firefighters in a bid to cut veterans' above-average unemployment rate. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-obama-jobs-idUSTRE8121SU20120203 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497956 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:45:00 EDT Bernanke money printing is working its way through the system. As regular readers know, EPJ has been all over this advance. Next comes the price inflation and it is going to be very serious. http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/nasdaq-hits-11-year-high-dow-at-3-12.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497622 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:11:00 EDT With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours after New England quarterback Tom Brady told reporters in Indianapolis that he watched last year's game on an illegal site. http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/02/03/brady-i-watched-super-bowl-last-year-on-illegal-website/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497617 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:47:00 EDT What appears to be a US spy drone has crashed into the Badbado refugee camp in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu. The drone, reportedly being used for surveillance, destroyed a makeshift shelter constructed by refugees. Officials said they hadn't yet confirmed that it was a US drone, but the US is the only nation that flies drones in Somali airspace. US-backed African Union troops recovered the drone's wreckage. http://news.antiwar.com/2012/02/03/us-spy-drone-crashes-in-somalia-refugee-camp/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497566 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:01:00 EDT Here are the 22 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, February 2, 2012... http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/?p=5164 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497476 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:56:00 EDT If you think about it, it is warped beyond belief that the ACLU has to sue the U.S. Government in order to force it to disclose its claimed legal and factual bases for assassinating U.S. citizens without charges, trial or due process of any kind. It's extraordinary enough that the Obama administration is secretly targeting citizens for execution-by-CIA; that they refuse even to account for what they are doing - even to the point of refusing to disclose their legal reasoning as to why they think the President possesses this power - is just mind-boggling. http://www.salon.com/2012/02/02/aclu_sues_obama_administration_over_assassination_secrecy/singleton/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497200 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:14:00 EDT Anonymous have unveiled their second major release for this week's installment of FuckFBIFriday. Their target this time around is Frank Wuterich, the US Marine that admitted to killing Iraqi civilians - and received no jail time for his crime. In response, hacktivists with Anonymous have uncovered gigabytes worth of correspondence from Sgt. Wuterich's attorneys and affiliated parties. http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-time-wuterich-attorneys-463/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497134 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:00 EDT The FBI has admitted that hackers intercepted a conference call it held with Scotland Yard to discuss an ongoing investigation into Anonymous and LulzSec attacks. Hackers claiming to be from Anonymous said they were behind the interception on 17 January. A recording of the call posted on YouTube on Friday is bona fide, the FBI confirmed on Friday. "The information was intended for law enforcement officers only and was illegally obtained," said an FBI spokeswoman. "A criminal investigation is under way to identify and hold accountable those responsible." http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2012/02/03/fbi-call-hacked-by-suspected-anonymous-activists-40094976/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6497062 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:00 EDT On Jan. 11, George Friedman, founder and CEO of Stratfor, the Austin-based "geopolitical analysis" company, posted a report about the December "Anonymous" hack of the Stratfor website, its credit card records, and its email archives. Several of the company's servers were also destroyed, Friedman reported, in sabotage "clearly designed to silence us by destroying our records and the website." On Jan. 22, a few Stratfor emails were posted and circulated on the Internet, and at least one – concerning Occupy Austin – calls into question Friedman's assurance that Stratfor possesses no "classified intelligence from corporations or governments." http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-02-03/strange-bedfellows/ http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6496973 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:17:00 EDT One has to ask, do these guys take themselves seriously as inflation fighters if they have these kinds of positions in their personal portfolios? It's a damn joke. It's like going to a doctor who has taken out and insurance policy that pays off on your death. http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/disclosed-fed-prez-who-owns-over-1.html http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=6496538 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:29:00 EDT