A lesson that should be taught in all schools and colleges. On the first day of school in September 2009, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School, removed all of the desks from her classroom. She did so with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that … [Read more...]
Census Bureau Stalks Women, Elderly & Minorities – Commerce Department Should Be Ashamed
Census Bureau Harassment Includes Gestapo Tactics - You WILL Comply with our "American Community Survey" - or else! What does the American Community Survey comprise? Forty-eight invasive questions that could make your grandmother cringe or even cry. Over four million U.S. citizens are targeted annually. Who conducts the Survey? The Department of Commerce Census Bureau - note the word bureau. … [Read more...]
Giants of Israel: Beating Impossible Odds
Israel's Greatest Era: The Human Element in U.S.-Israel Relations From David Ben-Gurion, Shimon Peres, Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin to Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir and General Ariel Sharon. Candid interviews with Israeli giants and key players on the U.S.-Israeli relationship — dramatized by over 70 historic photographs of Israeli and U.S. leaders in “Kodak” moments. Providing critical … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Ruling on Cell Phone Privacy Vindicates Snowden, Greenwald, the Guardian & the Washington Post
The Supreme court rules unanimously on cellphone privacy rights. Warrantless cellphone searches are not permitted under the fourth amendment (in most cases). Read on the Guardian. Read on Reuters. By Lawrence Hurley (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that police officers usually need a warrant before they can search the cellphone of an arrested suspect, a major … [Read more...]
Daniel Ellsberg & Edward Snowden: Whistleblowers & Heroes in Common
Henry Kissinger called Daniel Ellsberg "the most dangerous man in America." Why? Because "Ellsberg sacrificed a promising Government career to inform the American public that the Vietnam War had been packaged and sold as containment of the Communist threat, when in fact the historical record, as recorded in the Pentagon Papers, illuminated fervent imperial ambition across successive US … [Read more...]
State of Secrets: PBS Frontline Documentary Reveals Post-911 Cabal Against Your Privacy
PBS Frontline details post-911 surveillance efforts launched by President George Bush and later embraced by President Barack Obama. If you missed this documentary on your local station, visit pbs.org/frontline and view it online. Riveting! A debt of gratitude to PBS for researching and airing this show re "the history of the massive National Security Agency surveillance program that started after … [Read more...]
Edward Snowden Pardon Playlist: “You Can’t Slip a Chip into My Brain, NSA”
Edward Snowden will likely be remembered long after 99 percent of No Such Agency (NSA) leaders and defenders are forgotten. A clean-cut geek risked his freedom to protect our privacy rights. More than 10 folk songs have already been written about Edward Snowden, including: "You Can't Slip a Chip into My Brain, NSA" by Grant William Brad Gerver, and "Hello, NSA" by Roy Zimmerman. "I know you'll … [Read more...]
Rallying for the Anti-NSA Rally: Early Media Reports 100 people – Turns Out to be Thousands
With NSA director Gen Keith Alexander calling for restrictions on the media, initial reporting on the October 26 Stop Watching Us rally suggested that the rally was a failure. The Guardian report on October 27 provides a more accurate picture. Are the majority of Americans are disinterested, or just plain worried about being caught in the NSA web? If the Stop Watching Us rally is an indication, … [Read more...]
Patriots & Whistleblower Edward Snowden – Lon Snowdon Letter
Lon Snowden, the father of whistleblower Edward Snowden, wrote an open letter to his son, in collaboration with attorney Bruce Fein. The letter was submitted to the Associated Press and reprinted in the Guardian on July 2, 2013. As regards your reduction to de facto statelessness occasioned by the Executive Branch to penalize your alleged violations of the Espionage Act, the United States … [Read more...]
Gun Safety: Second Amendment Wrongs, Children’s Rights vs Weapons of War
Curating a Common Sense Approach to Firearm Safety: The Potentially Curable American Disease. The words come spilling forth. Here's what we have learned in a few short days following the Sandy Hook slaughter of innocents. 1) There will soon be more firearms in America than citizens - 300 million weapons at last count. 2) The United States has the worst record in the industrialized world … [Read more...]