Day: October 4, 2013

This is worth a read.  Here are the first few sentences.   American investigative journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald say they have teamed up to prepare a report on the National Security Agency’s role in what one of them described as the “US assassination program.” “The connections between war and…

  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is among three finalists for the European Union’s top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize.  European emoprog lawmakers ( also known as the Green caucus ) said Snowden deserves to win because ” he risked his freedom to protect us. ” 16 year old Pakistani schoolgirl…

Watch as Republican Rep. Todd Rokita “mansplains” the Republican shutdown of the federal government to CNN’s Carol Costello. Keep it classy, Republicans…..keep it classy!

On Wednesday Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul were caught by WPSD Local 6 (Paducah, KY) discussing talking points on a hot mic. Watch for yourselves. Here’s a transcript of the conversation between Sens. Paul and McConnell: “I just did CNN and I just go over and over again…

A Decade after the Take: Inside Argentina’s Worker Owned Factories           “The economy is pretty unstrustworthy in Argentina right now – the economy’s 30% inflation will eat away at your paycheck till there is nothing left and it’s not wise [to] invest in with Argentina pesos….

 Now we know why the anti-secrecy crusaders are so adamant. They’ve got a lot to hide.   This Hidden Site Has Been Seized   Federal authorities have shut down what they called the “most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet today,” an underground operation responsible for distributing illegal…