https://news.vice.com/article/theres-a-secret-hearing-into-allegations-canada-illegally-spied-on-environmental-activists https://news.vice.com/article/theres-a-secret-hearing-into-allegations-canadas-spy-agency-snooped-on-environmental-activists
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August 13, 2015
Secret Hearing Into Allegations Canada Illegally Spied on Environmental Activists
Canada - CSIS Illegal Spying on Enrironmental Activists - Lawsuit | Bill C-51 Gives CSIS Power to Break Law & Violate Constitution
CSIS spy exposé triggers federal hearings By Linda Solomon Wood & Jenny Uechi in News | August 12th 2015 A Vancouver Observer investigation has prompted hearings about whether the RCMP and CSIS broke the law by spying on environmental groups. CSIS spying exposed through FOIs Screenshot of email in which Rick Garber, NEB's "Group Leader of Security," discussing monitoring of First Nations pipeline critics in Prince Rupert. Hearings taking place in atmosphere of secrecy In the shadow of Bill C-51 CSIS = Canadian Security Intelligence Service Main national security agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service SIRC = Security Intelligence Review Committee supposedly independent agency to oversee CSIS inefficient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Intelligence_Review_Committee
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August 03, 2015
TRANSCRIPT - VIDEO - Noam Chomsky: You Can't Have Capitalist Democracy
TRANSCRIPT [Text emphasis added] Professor Noam Chomsky:
VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98PSkGSk9kw&feature=youtu.be
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded 1861.
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*Part re interference in market they want blocked & tyranny reads kind of funny to me. It's the interference they want blocked so they can get away with tyranny is what he's getting at, I think. But the sentence seems confusing (to me).
*I disagree with the last part, about there not being rule by force. We are ruled by force & there's nothing we can do. Look what happens to protesters. When they're not beaten, imprisoned etc, martial law is imposed and they're beaten and imprisoned if they dare break curfew, I guess.
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February 26, 2015
Totalitarian Britain, CIA Lawsuit, Sacred Cows & Incongruous Libertarian Package
UK Police State Unbelievable harassment of politically active university students by the police state in Britain: ......................................................... UK Police try to recruit activist to spy on Cambridge students & political groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hGQETyhXk
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CIA IS SUED CIA sued by “non-official cover” operative “Madhouse: A Forbidden Novel of the CIA" http://triblive.com/usworld/nation/7805012-74/cia-lawsuit-officer .........................................................
Last Friday, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden Skyped into a Washington DC Marriott Hotel conference hall to proudly accept “The Students For Liberty Alumnus of the Year Award.” http://pando.com/2015/02/20/strange-bedfellows/ The Gist NSA whistleblower, Snowden, accepts Students for Libery award. Peter Thiel, founder of one of NSA’s biggest contractors, "Snowden’s nemesis, former NSA chief Keith Alexander, praised Palantir’s usefulness to the spy agency" Greenwald has characterized Pando’s criticism of him as Thiel Founders Fund $300k in Pando previously Snowden “If the government will not be stewards of our rights, we can encode our rights into our system.” Source: http://pando.com/2015/02/20/strange-bedfellows/ Students For Liberty
Palantir & Peter Thiel bravely fighting type of govt surveillance ably assisted by … Palantir & Peter Thiel [LOL ... Pando]
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February 12, 2015
Four Horsemen - Documentary - Part 1
FOUR HORSEMEN - DOCUMENTARY
NOTES - To: 44:22 off Gold Standard adopted:fiat = So Be It {Latin}$, £ + € = govt fiat>only govt has power to issue fiat currency >Banks 'create' it thru lendingFiat money = currency that derives its value from government regulation or law. Adoption of fiat currency = greatest growth of supply of money in HISTORY. Who benefits: 1>those that issue $$ (govt)2>banks inflated prices = increase gains for asset holders (real estate or shares) - WITHOUT improvements > 'speculative bubble'>companies & individuals who get this money early b/c spend it prior increase in prices by $$ in circulation America has existed on the assumption that resources can be expanded. But resources limited. Cannot expand pie (like you could in early American history); must divide pie. America not prepared. >HUGE amounts of debt >privatisation >smaller 'govt'>bigger military (so bigger spending) >deregulation (esp. corporations = Gods) >dismissive of natural resources>govt to rule economy & solve social probs >free market to distribute wealth Banks could take ordinary depositors money & speculate on it = 'casino' >socialism for the rich (ie govt bailing banks ...( & therefore obligating the taxpayer to pay off this borrowing to bail out banks)) & >capitalism for the poor.Taxpayer paying 4 misplaced speculation of bankers = economy not serving human = human in perpetual service 2 amoral financial organisations. *Not about race; it's about PROFIT. Ideological control, the cornerstone of Washington-Wall Street corridor: >finance good>more finance better >unregulated finance is bestQ. Who controls Washington? > Lehman Bros collapse - 80% population against bail-out> Notwithstanding, Congress passed bail-out A. Banking.Not good reflection on democracy when a group of companies says 'our interests are more important than national interests'. >Campaign contributions>Lobbying>American political structure = flawed democracy >Wall Street has veto over who is head of Fed Reserve>Regulators are from banking industry itself As long as this stands, this is not regulation.
Plutocracy is 'government by the rich' >use profits to buy influence in WA>to change laws / easier to make money on Wall Street >use to buy influence WAFamous for claiming it did God's work, Goldman Sachs = one of most influential investment banks in world. Golden sachs alumni often occupy positions of great influence in governments and central banks.
Money also made on insurance; so it's a WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN etc http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/24/goldman-sachs-emails-big-short_n_550547.html LINK TO DOCUMENTARY: COMMENT Other (non-banking) example lobbying:********* Sheldon Adelson & wife spent around $70 million in 2012 trying to defeat #Obama. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/cory_booker_biggest_democratic_recipient_of_pro-is.html ********* While the world was in financial meltdown in 2008, I barely noticed. It just didn't interest me. Watching this documentary has been a catch-up for me. The details about how much the wealthy few have compared to the rest of the world are sobering. ***** Just did a quick edit, as the lobbying link I'd placed in the documentary summary could maybe have been confused for having appeared in the documentary (it didn't). Anyway, it's been shifted to avoid confusion. SUMMARY - PART 2 - HERE. |
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