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The Lonely Ghosts of New York City’s Past

The ghostly Polaroids that filmmaker Jem Cohen has taken of New York City over the... more

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Miserable Comedians: Mind Your Own Monologue

Grub gets his revenge against the other comics.

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Girl Walk//All Day: An Infectious Urban Dance Marathon

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30 strangers walk into this man's home every day

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$Dr. Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy discusses North Carolina's approach to shale gas and hydraulic fracturing - video$

Dr. Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy discusses North Carolina's approach to shale gas and hydraulic fracturing

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Illinois judge rules state eavesdropping law unconstitutional

By Muriel Kane
Friday, March 2, 2012 21:59 EST

The Occupiers who are planning to descend on Chicago in May to protest the G8 and NATO meetings can breathe a sign of relief today. The Illinois law which made it a felony to make audio recordings of police officers without their permission has been found unconstitutional by a state judge, who ruled that it could have the effect of criminalizing “wholly innocent conduct.”

As explained by the Chicago Tribune’s Megan Crepeau, “The whole thing hinges on the idea that police officers have an expectation of privacy as they perform a public, taxpayer-funded duty. This law, in effect, punishes the public for holding its officials accountable to a public standard. The original intent — to protect private conversations from being recorded — has nothing to do with that.”

The decision came in the case of an artist named Christopher Drew, who was arrested in December 2009 for selling art without a permit. According to Kevin Gosztola at FireDogLake, “Drew, who has a history of challenging the city’s restrictions on the selling of art, was peddling silk-screened patches for $1 in an act of civil disobedience. A First Amendment lawyer and a team of photographers filmed his arrest. The police let the filming go, and Drew was arrested. When it was time for Drew to face his charges, he found out he had been given a Class 1 felony charge for violating the Illinois Eavesdropping Act and filming his arrest. This meant he faced a possible sentence of fifteen years in prison.”

Gosztola notes that Chicago police have traditionally viewed the eavesdropping law as a convenient way to avoid lawsuits for police misconduct. “Police are known to enforce the law themselves,” he comments. “In the final days of January, Occupy Chicago was out protesting in the city when a police officer took a camera from someone who was live streaming the action and deleted the video. He told the live streamer, Keilah, that she could have been charged with a felony.”

Gostola concludes that police may still attempt to arrest protesters under the law but that “any such chargtes are unlikely to stick.”

One of the first to tweet news of the judge’s decision was noted livestreamer Tim Pool, who was born in Chicago and lived there until he set off for Zuccotti Park last fall. The judge’s decision may prove to be more significant for Pool and his fellow citizen journalists more than for anyone else.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/02/illinois-judge-rules-state-eavesdropping-law-unconstitutional/

"Lets hope this gains ground in all 50 states!!!" =)By Muriel Kane Friday, March 2, 2012 21:59 EST The Occupiers who are planning to... more

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Vieem - "If Only You'd Know"

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Hood News look inside New York

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Anthony Pisano’s East Village Apartment: A Home for the Heart

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Miserable Comedians: Rock the Open Mic

Open Mic Night starts at the club.

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"Merrily We Roll Along" Rolls On

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Celebrating the Renaissance of the Cyberflâneur: Born to Die

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Occupy Wall Street Week! - OWS Week - Program 2 - POLICE STATE!

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Police: Entire NYC building was pot farm

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Frontline: Nuclear Aftershocks

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NYPD and Pentagon to place mobile scanners on the streets on NYC

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Dash cam video appears to show officer planting evidence

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Job Creators Find Help from Urban Music Icon

Story by Angelique Creed December 30, 2011
I reviewed an online retail clothing shop with a twist today,and I got in touch with the owner and asked if I could publish his message, to my surprise he also owns an online media press company called Hoodwatch Media. I did receive his permission to copy what I read and plaster it for the world to see Thanks Mr. Lord Hector, I love what you are doing. Angelique Creed,Chicago.

iCON® has taken the initiative to assist visitors of our online urban retail Boutique with their prospective job hunting efforts, while offering the hip hop and urban community around the globe the newest original designs for our 2012 lineup. With today's headlines listing nearly 14 million Americans unemployed, the designer and CEO Lord Hector Diono, has put together a plan to assist the unemployed and the unbreakable go getter with a daily national job listing feed, as well as a sales commission opportunity with iCON® . We have hired the world, all you need is a little start up capital borrowed or earned from your current Job, to cover the cost of your initial selected purchases of the iCON Garments.
Now our customers can also consider earning extra money by selling iCON® in there neighborhoods,at their country clubs, or even from the trunks of their car. it's simple, just visit our shops on the site
" iCON Apparel", "e-iCON Jackets Tops" or "The iCON discount shop".
Select your item(s), select the size choice, select the amount of garments you'd like to purchase, and place your order, allow 1.5 weeks for processing and delivery, and start selling your iCON wear.
Keep a spread sheet to track your sells and buyers and at the end of each calendar month (the last Friday) simply email: info@theiconshop.net your completed sells spreadsheet with the item number in word doc or PDF format provided your sells for the month meet or exceed 100 items sold. iCON will in addition to your pocketed sells earnings, pay out a 5% commission bonus to the sales associate in their city, state, or country.
Simply include with your spreadsheet, your name address, country code and telephone number.(U.S. CC is 1)
and your check will be cut upon review and confirmation of said sells. This is our way of eliminating the excuses of the procrastinators, creating a self managed job opportunity for the self motivated, while spreading the company's mission statement,
I.Can.Overcome. Negativity. iCON®
Like any independent buyer,your work ethic determines your success, after you've covered the cost of the items you'd like to sell,
your price for your icon item must net you a profit while maintaining customer satisfaction, so be mindful of that when selling your newly purchased iCON Wear. Once you've proven yourself as a self motivated, iconic independent sales person with iCON by reaching our quarterly goal of 500 items sold, you will receive at no cost to you, 100 of your genuine customized iCON Originals business cards to assist you in promoting and selling iCON.
The rest is up to you, make money, or make excuses. If you're looking to overcome the negativity from your current job or job loss, the change starts with your state of mind.
Be bitter at the hand life dealt you, our be better off because of it.
iCON is not responsible for your State or Federal Tax obligations as a subcontractor, or vendor of our company; however, if you're in a position to take advantage of this international Job opportunity then get started, because you're already hired.
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Thirty Seconds To Mars-Unplugged: Returning to the Beginning

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