RFID Controversy Heads to Federal Court Today

A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments today on the emotional and very controversial question of whether the Northside School District can require students to wear an RFID locator chip on their student i.d. card, 1200 WOAI news reports.

The panel will take up the case of Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at the Science and Engineering Magnet School at Jay High School, who was removed from the magnet program and returned to her home campus of Taft High School after refusing to wear the RFID chip, and refusing to agree to a compromise which would have allowed her to remain at Jay without the chip.

Israel is sterilizing Ethiopian women

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It's hard to believe, but in Israel, in 2012, Ethiopian women are forced to receive injections of the Depo-Provera contraceptive.

This injection is not a commonly prescribed means of contraception.

It is considered a last resort and is usually given to women who are institutionalized or developmentally disabled. Yet according to an investigation recently aired on the “Vacuum” documentary series hosted by Gal...

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New press freedom group is launched to block US government attacks

Several weeks ago, I wrote about the steps taken by the US government to pressure large corporations to choke off the finances and other means of support for WikiLeaks in retaliation for the group's exposure of substantial government deceit, wrongdoing and illegality. Because WikiLeaks has never been charged with, let alone convicted of, any crime, I wrote: "that the US government largely succeeded in using extra-legal and extra-judicial means to cripple an adverse journalistic outlet is a truly consequential episode." At the end of that column, I disclosed that I had been involved in discussions "regarding the formation of a new organization designed to support independent journalists and groups such as WikiLeaks under attack by the US and other governments."

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NYPD for hire: how uniformed New York cops moonlight for banks

I was surprised two weeks ago to walk into my local TD Bank, on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, New York to find that the security officer who was usually standing by, on alert, had been replaced by a uniformed, armed, radio-carrying New York Police Department officer, Officer Battle.

I confirmed from him that he was, in fact, an NYPD officer – and was working part-time for TD bank.

Of course, this raised red flags for me.

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The Great Social Security Robbery

The leaders of both major parties, Congress, the White House, the editorial writers, journalists of all the principle newspapers and most academic economists claim that Social Security and Medicare need to be ‘reformed’ in order to reduce the “unsustainable” fiscal deficit and avoid the bankruptcy of these social programs.  An important aspect of this elite propaganda campaign is the perverse manipulation of the nature of those two programs.  They are dubbed “entitlement programs”, implying some sort of government handout or individual privilege.  In fact social security is a form of social insurance paid for through payroll tax deductions throughout the working life of the contributors, which  usually approximates a half-century.

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Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke

ROLLING STONE

If you've ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you've ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or "drug paraphernalia" in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me.

Breuer this week signed off on a settlement deal with the British banking giant HSBC that is the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who's ever had his life altered by a narcotics charge. Despite the fact that HSBC admitted to laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels (among others) and violating a host of important banking laws...

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WOW!! SANDY HOOK & AURORA In BATMAN Movie! Make Viral This is a SET UP!!!

Disclose.tv - WOW !! SANDY HOOK & AURORA In BATMAN Movie! Make Viral This is a SET UP!!!

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New York's top court highlights the meaninglessness and menace of the term 'terrorism'

Valuable revelations are often found in unlikely places. Such is the case with a fascinating ruling released last week by the New York Court of Appeals, that state's highest court, in the criminal case of People v. Edgar Morales. The facts of the case are quite simple, but the implications of the ruling are profound.

The defendant, Morales, was a member of a Bronx street gang known as the "St. James Boys" (SJB). In August, 2002, Morales and fellow gang members went to a party, saw someone from a rival gang which they believed responsible for a friend's death, and told him to leave. When he refused, they planned to attack him after the party.

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Big banks, big criminals?

With an office on many city streets banking giant HSBC plays up to its slogan "the world's local bank".

But it also turned out that it was helping drug cartels, crime syndicates and so-called rogue nations to move billions around the world's financial system. A Mexican drugs lord described HSBC as "the place to launder money".

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Catapult the counter-narrative!

George W. Bush said his job was to "catapult the propaganda."

My job is to catapult the counter-narrative.

The basic building blocks of human thought, and human society, are narratives - stories with emotional associations. In short, storytellers rule the world.

Karl Rove knows that. He snickers at the childish delusions of the "reality-based community," and brags:

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Investment Condo in Belize that Pays Your Mortgage the First Three Years – Guaranteed

Referred to as “Mother Nature’s Best Kept Secret,” Belize truly is an exotic, tropical paradise on the Caribbean Sea. Belize is home to ancient ruins, thriving jungles, the world’s second largest barrier reef, perfect for snorkeling and scuba diving – and making things easy for expats and travelers from the US, English is the official language.

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Fed Policy of Phony Economic Growth Will Destroy the U.S. Dollar

By upping the ante once again in its gamble to revive the lethargic economy through monetary action, the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee is now compelling the rest of us to buy into a game that we may not be able to afford. At his press conference this week, Fed Chairman Bernanke explained how the easiest policy stance in Fed history has just gotten that much easier. First it gave us zero interest rates, then QEs I and II, Operation Twist, and finally "unlimited" QE3.

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CT Massacre: Police Walked A Man In Camo Pants And Dark Jacket Out Of Woods

CT MASSACRE: What happened to the 2nd shooter?

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Obama Wipes Away Fake Tears

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In a performance that would assuredly not win him an Oscar, Obama pretended to wipe away tears today during a news conference following the school massacre in Connecticut.

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The Suffering of an American Drone Operator

For more than five years, Brandon Bryant worked in an oblong, windowless container about the size of a trailer, where the air-conditioning was kept at 17 degrees Celsius (63 degrees Fahrenheit) and, for security reasons, the door couldn't be opened. Bryant and his coworkers sat in front of 14 computer monitors and four keyboards. When Bryant pressed a button in New Mexico, someone died on the other side of the world. 

The container is filled with the humming of computers. It's the brain of a drone, known as a cockpit in Air Force parlance. But the pilots in the container aren't flying through the air. They're just sitting at the controls.

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Son of top DHS border cop busted for running cocaine

Four south Texas police officers, including the son of a top cop advising the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on border issues, were charged Thursday with accepting thousands of dollars in bribes to guard cartel cocaine shipments.

One of the officers arrested, 29-year-old Alexis Rigoberto Espinoza, is the son of Hidalgo Chief of Police Rodolfo Espinoza, according to south Texas newspaper The Monitor.

Another one of the officers, 29-year-old Jonathan Treviño, is the son of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño.

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U.S. Terrorism Agency to Tap a Vast Database of Citizens

WSJ

Top U.S. intelligence officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in March to debate a controversial proposal. Counterterrorism officials wanted to create a government dragnet, sweeping up millions of records about U.S. citizens—even people suspected of no crime.

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US Intelligence Analysts: American Power is in Terminal Decline

The US is on the way out as a hegemonic power.

That is the primary conclusion of a new report out of the National Intelligence Council -- a government organization that produces mid-term and long-range thinking for the US intelligence community.

Titled “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds,” this 140-page study says emphatically that the “relative decline” of the US is “inevitable,” but adds that its future role in the international system is “much harder to project,” and goes on to say that “the degree to which the US continues to dominate the international system could vary widely.”

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Egypt's soul on the verge of being shredded

T THE heart of every revolution is a struggle for the nation's soul. And at present, Egypt's soul is on the verge of being torn to shreds. Egyptians are scheduled to go to the polls on Saturday to vote on a new constitution in what should be a historic, seminal day for a new post-revolutionary nation.

Instead, Egypt is looking at a disaster visible to all but the most incurable optimist.

Consider what is likely to happen. A nation of people, a third of whom are illiterate, will be asked to vote on a constitution running to 236 articles they haven't been given the time to read.

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