Thanks to the crew at TIP, we have just recently blow through the 100,000 visitor. Allan, Crystal and Billy have done a wonderful job since my departure. They also have added some great people to the team, Ken, Ellen and yumma who add diversity and depth to this progressive site. Thanks to all, with all [...]
Archive for January 2nd, 2012
I Seek Asylum from This World
Posted in MUSIC VIDEOs, tagged I seek asylum from this world, Kevin Rush on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Are You Being Tracked? 8 Ways Your Privacy Is Being Eroded Online and Off
Posted in government, law, technology, tagged AlFranken, Android, AT&T, BlackBerry, CarrierIQ, Microsoft Windows, Research In Motion, Verizon Wireless on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Al Franken reminded his fellow Americans, “People have a fundamental right to control their private information.” At the hearing, Franken raised an alarm about Carrier IQ’s software, CIQ. Few people have ever heard about CIQ. Running under the app functions, CIQ doesn’t require the user’s [...]
28 Signs That US Public Schools Are Rapidly Being Turned Into Indoctrination Centers And Prison Camps
Posted in education, government, history, law, military, politics, tagged Child, education, Indoctrination, Los Angeles Times, police state, Prison Planet.com, State school, United State on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It has been said that children are our future, and right now the vast majority of our children are being “educated” in public schools that are rapidly being turned into indoctrination centers and prison camps. Our children desperately need to focus on the basics such as reading, writing and math, but instead a whole host [...]
The GOP’s 10 Most Extreme Attacks on Women
Posted in government, health, history, law, tagged abortion, AlterNet, Democratic Party (United States), law, Radical Republicans, republicans, United States, United States Constitution, WOMENS RIGHTS on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As I read this article what I found was a deliberate and conscious effort of conservatives and radical conservatives to violate the concepts of the Constitution and the basic principles of liberty. Who gives any one the right to determine the fate or rights of women in this country other then women. The last time [...]
Israeli Regime Branded ‘Nazi, Racist’
Posted in government, history, law, military, politics, protest, tagged Geula, Israel, Jerusalem, Jew, Nazi, Nazism, Star of David, zionism on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘Hundreds of angry protesters have called Israeli authorities “Nazis and racists” during a demonstration held in al-Quds (Jerusalem). About 1,500 demonstrators gathered in the central Geula neighborhood in al-Quds on Saturday evening, chanting, “Zionists are not Jews” and “Zionism is racism. ”The demonstrators had gathered to protest “oppression and incitement of the secular community” in [...]
The First Day of the New Year
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Maya calendar, Maya civilization, Mesoamerican Long Count calendar on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I have found many interesting writers here in the past year. I certainly found some intriguing ideas and comments from FrizzText and many others. I want to wish everyone a wonderful new year. I seemed to begin mine with the flu, but then I know it is only temporary. We have some interesting items to [...]
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
Posted in criminal justice system, education, government, law, tagged cops, Intelligence quotient, New York, POLICE OFFICER, Robert Jordan, United States, United States courts of appeals, US Circuit Court of Appeals on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan [...]
Arab Spring: Egypt Strikes Back
Posted in foreign policy, government, history, politics, tagged Egypt, Freedom House, middle east, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, National Endowment for Democracy, Non-governmental organization, United States, United States Department of State on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
An example of the US duplicity in its interference in other countries. This ‘End the Lie’ post shows that the US were actively involved in formenting unrest in Egypt in order to achieve a change of leadership to suit their hegemony, their empire building and control program. If its not the US directly, its NATO [...]