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Fahrenheit 9/11
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore's searing examination of the Bush administration's actions in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11. With his characteristic humor and dogged commitment to uncovering the facts, Moore considers the presidency of George W. Bush and where it has led us. He looks at how - and why - Bush and his inner circle avoided pursuing the Saudi connection to 9/11, despite the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis and Saudi money had funded Al Qaeda. Fahrenheit 9/11 shows us a nation kept in constant fear by FBI alerts and lulled into accepting a piece of legislation, the USA Patriot Act, that infringes on basic civil rights. It is in this atmosphere of confusion, suspicion and dread that the Bush Administration makes its headlong rush towards war in Iraq - and Fahrenheit 9/11 takes us inside that war to tell the stories we haven't heard, illustrating the awful human cost to U.S. soldiers and their families. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore's searing examination of the Bush administration's actions in the wake of the ... more
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THE CORPORATION
The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film critical of the modern-day corporation, considering it as a class of person and evaluating its behaviour towards society and the world at large as a psychologist might evaluate an ordinary person. This is explored through specific examples. The film was written by Joel Bakan, and co-directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary has been displayed worldwide, on TV and is also available on DVD. Bakan wrote the book, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (ISBN 0-74324-744-2), during the filming of the documentary. The film charts the development of the corporation as a legal entity from its origins as an institution chartered by governments to carry out specific public functions, to the rise of the vast modern institutions entitled to some of the legal rights of a person. One central theme of the documentary is an attempt to assess the "personality" of the corporate "person" by using diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV; Robert Hare, a University of British Columbia Psychology Professor and FBI consultant, compares the profile of the modern, profit-driven corporation to that of a clinically-diagnosed psychopath. The film focuses mostly on corporations in North America, especially in the United States.
The film is composed of several vignettes examining and critiquing corporate practices, and drawing parallels between examples of corporate malfeasance and the DSM-IV's symptoms of psychopathy, i.e. callous unconcern for the feelings of others, incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, reckless disregard for the safety of others, deceitfulness (repeated lying to and deceiving of others for profit), incapacity to experience guilt, and failure to conform to the social norms with respect to lawful behaviors. The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film critical of the modern-day corporation, considering it as a class of person and ev... more -
The True Hebrew Israelites...BLACK PEOPLE
The True Hebrew Israelites...FROM HEBREWS TO COLOREDS TO BLACK PEOPLE TO NEGROES TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
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School sucks (you know it does!) and there’s a reason why
School sucks and there is scientific evidence why! This article studies the problems of the current educational system and offers some proposals as to how to solve them. School sucks and there is scientific evidence why! This article studies the problems of the current educational system and offers some... more
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TOP 10 STORIES BIG MEDIA MISSED IN 2008
It’s not as if some journalist are not doing their job the best way they can.
It’s just that the mighty Wurlitzer just doesn’t want to play their tune...
“At least 22 American news organizations had employed American journalists who were also working for the CIA, and nearly a dozen American publishing houses printed some of the more than 1,000 books that had been produced or subsidized by the CIA. When asked in a 1976 interview whether the CIA had ever told its media agents what to write, William Colby replied, ‘Oh, sure, all the time.”
PS : Check out Carl Bernstein’s 1970s Rolling Stone article on the CIA’s stranglehold on the US media, which has gotten far worse since then:
http://tmh.floonet.net/articles/cia_press.html
So there ya go, continue to absorb the journalistic pabulum that passes for information these days at your own risk, but remember, THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE INDEED !
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." – Plato
Sample this site for size.. http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php
Project Censored: The Top 10 Stories the US News Media Missed in the Past Year
The daily dispatches and nightly newscasts of the mainstream media regularly cover terrorism, but rarely discuss how the fear of attacks is used to manipulate the public and set policy. That’s the common thread of many unreported stories last year, according to an analysis by Project Censored.
Since 1976, Sonoma State University has released an annual survey of the top 25 stories the mainstream media failed to report or reported poorly. Culled from worldwide alternative news sources, vetted by students and faculty, and ranked by judges, the stories were not necessarily overtly censored. But their controversial subjects, challenges to the status quo, or general under-the-radar subject matter might have kept them from the front pages. Project Censored recounts them, accompanied by media analysis, in a book of the same name published annually by Seven Stories Press.
1. HOW MANY IRAQIS HAVE DIED?
Nobody knows exactly how many lives the Iraq War has claimed. But even more astounding is that so few journalists have mentioned the issue or cited the top estimate: 1.2 million.
Sources: “Is the United States killing 10,000 Iraqis every month? Or is it more?” Michael Schwartz, After Downing Street.org, July 6, 2007; “Iraq death toll rivals Rwanda Genocide, Cambodian killing fields,” Joshua Holland, AlterNet, Sept. 17, 2007; “Iraq conflict has killed a million: survey,” Luke Baker, Reuters, Jan. 30, 2008; “Iraq: Not our country to return to,” Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service, March 3, 2008.
2. NAFTA ON STEROIDS
Coupling the perennial issue of security with Wall Street’s measures of prosperity, the leaders of the three North American nations convened the Security and Prosperity Partnership. The White House–led initiative — launched at a March 23, 2005, meeting of President Bush, Mexico’s then-president Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin — joins beefed-up commerce with coordinated military operations to promote what it calls “borderless unity.”
Sources: “Deep Integration,” Laura Carlsen, Center for International Policy, May 30, 2007; “The Militarization and Annexation of North America,” Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 19, 2007; “The North American Union,” Constance Fogal, Global Research, Aug. 2, 2007. It’s not as if some journalist are not doing their job the best way they can. ... more -
BANNED BOOKS WEEK : SEND ONE TO PALIN !
How did we get to the point where our favorite village idiot bimbo can actually say out loud TOTAL OBSCURANTISM CRAP without being ridiculed & laugh out of town ? How can she still be a hearth beat away of becoming the President of the USA !!!
Some say it is a deliberate dumbing down of america !
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the US Department of Education, blew the whistle on government activities.
http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/
CHECK THIS FOR SIZE ! NO JOKE ! NO ONION HERE…
PALIN CLAIMED DINOSAURS & PEOPLE COEXISTED !
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/100822/
Now don't feel too bad, those crazy canucks (Canada is up there somewhere near Iceland some say ;) ...well those igloo huggers are equaly proud to ignore that the person in charge of their whole security (yeah that means protecting them from fundamentalist ignorant terrorist ;) well believes and says the exacts same thing !!!
THE MAN WHO WALKS WITH DINOSAURS http://thetyee.ca/Views/2004/12/01/TheManwhoWalkswithDi...
So I'd say advantage USA since Palin is but a candidate but Stockwell Day has been protecting them beaver lovers against whatever for years now
Soooo...How about reading a book once in a while !
But beware some are dangerous and could increase your knowledge and even make you think and even bring you up to par with science and 2008 common knowledge for anyone that... hum...reads !
* YOU'VE BEEN WARNED !*
VIVA BANNED BOOK WEEK !
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/
BANNED BOOKS ONLINE
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html
(Guest blogged by NonnyMouse)
It probably comes as no surprise to regular C&L readers to learn that I grew up in a liberal-minded household; although at the time, being a kid, I didn't especially realize just how liberal such attitudes were. Our house was filled with books, magazines and newspapers, everything from a revered set of encyclopedias (the Google of the 1960's) to stacks of ratty romance paperbacks. We had at least forty years worth of National Geographic magazines, from which I gleaned juicy facts for hundreds of school reports. I learned to read from Humpty-Dumpty magazines at the age of three and had read Ivanhoe by the time I was seven, although I have to admit I didn't understand much of it at the time.
It didn't matter. What mattered was that nothing was off-limits in our house when it came to the written word. I read Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde and the complete works of Jonathan Swift, the back of cereal boxes, A Little Princess and Mein Kampf and Uncle Tom's Cabin and Black Beauty, Dr. Seuss and Archie comics, a huge box of pulp science-fiction novels from a garage sale, Jehovah's Witness Biblical tracts that got shoved in the letterbox, the perpetual Cherry Ames, Army Nurse novels my grandmother inevitably sent us every Christmas, every book ever written by Philip Wylie, several year's worth of a wonderful science magazine for teens to which my Aunt Ruth gave me a subscription (Build a Working Computer from Empty Matchboxes!), until the magazine went bust and folded. The written word, from high-brow to no-brow, was sacrosanct. How did we get to the point where our favorite village idiot bimbo can actually say out loud TOTAL OBSCURANTISM CRAP without being rid... more -
Scots know more about British history than the English
A survey has found that Scots know more about British history than other people in the rest of the UK.
Ten multiple-choice historical questions, ranging from "When was the Battle of Hastings?" to "Which two kingdoms were merged in the Act of Union of 1707?" were put to 1,000 people. Scots scored an average of 69 per cent, compared to the national average of 63 per cent. The Welsh managed only 58 per cent.
Perhaps less surprisingly, the study also confirmed that younger people know far less than those aged over 65.
Historian Tom Devine, professor at the University of Edinburgh, said the recent growth in a sense of Scottish identity, merged with an ignorance of Scottish history because of poor education in the 1960s and 1970s, might be boosting an interest in history in the country.
He said: "This quiz tests specific facts and that is important, but it's very basic. What's important is interpretation, explanation, trying to find out why things came about the way they have. The past becomes increasingly intriguing as people mature. I don't get the same sense of enthusiasm from the younger population."
The survey also revealed men have more historical knowledge than women, with an average score of 70 per cent compared to 57 per cent.
Historian Dominic Sandbrook said: "It's heartening that after decades of politically driven teaching and Mickey Mouse empathy exercises, most people still have a vague idea of what happened when. That suggests an enduring appetite for history in general, and for the rich drama of our national story in particular." A survey has found that Scots know more about British history than other people in the rest of the UK. ... more -
How anti-intellectualism is destroying America
Sad but true: Intelligence is a political liability in the US. Author of The Age of American Unreason Susan Jacoby explains why
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How much do you know about Islam?
Islam is the second largest religion in the world with over 1 billion followers. The 2001 census recorded 1,591,000 Muslims in the UK, around 2.7% of the population. Estimates of the number of Muslims in North America range from a little over one million adults to seven million adults and children.
There can be no doubt that Islam is one of the most influential, but also misunderstood contemporary religions.
If you want to find out how much you know about Islam, follow the link and take the BBC News test. Then come back and let us know how you fared! Islam is the second largest religion in the world with over 1 billion followers. The 2001 census recorded 1,591,000 Muslims in the UK,... more -
Did you know?
Very interesting video that uses statistics to show just how we've come and need to go.
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Could Google monopolize knowledge?
Should a single company be left in charge of putting all of the world's books online?
An impressive list of world-class libraries and book publishers don't seem to mind. In 2004, they signed on as partners with Google, the Internet search and advertising colossus based in Mountain View, Calif.
Yet some observers have strong concerns about Google Book Search and how the collected thinking of human history will be accessed in the future.
Those anxieties rose late last month when Microsoft announced that it was withdrawing from a rival book-scanning project headed by the nonprofit Internet Archive (archive.org).
Internet access to books is becoming more important, some observers say, as portable book readers, such as Amazon's Kindle, become more common and as more people expect to find all their reading needs online.
"I wouldn't say Google is 100 percent of the digital book world, but it's getting near 90 percent," says Siva Vaidhyanathan, a cultural historian and media scholar at the University of Virginia, who writes a blog called "The Googlization of Everything."
(ABC News) Should a single company be left in charge of putting all of the world's books online? ... more -
DEATH OF THE INTERNET !!
Alex Jones addresses the real threat of the future corporate ownership of the internet. Among many negative results some outcomes are, this would mean not only costly membership for everything, but also that you would no longer have your own domain. Everything will be under a sub domain. Like with Myspace, everything will be regulated and heavily controlled.
I know there is a bit of info on current about this. But I think this issue is so important especially for groups like current.
We are talking about the internet as we know it dieing !!! No more free speech, no more abundance of knowledge and information, this is a huge disaster.
Please educate yourself and others on this. Lets not let this happen !!!! Alex Jones addresses the real threat of the future corporate ownership of the internet. Among many negative results some outcomes are,... more -
Google Isn't Making Us Stupid - Computer Screens Are
Contrary to the common meme that the internet and the way it is structured is having an adverse effect on our general intelligence, Charles Arthur of The Guardian claims that the poor resolution on most of our computer screens makes it harder for us to read, and therefore take in, information. Contrary to the common meme that the internet and the way it is structured is having an adverse effect on our general intelligence, Ch... more
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FIND YOUR IQ, no spam
its pretty detailed and doesn't ask you to pay at the end to get results. yeah.
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True Knowledge
This is an interesting video, all of the esoteric agendas are cool, but this stood out. We accept the lies we are told, and when the truth is finally there we don't want it, we don't want to think we were wrong. This is an interesting video, all of the esoteric agendas are cool, but this stood out. We accept the lies we are told, and when the t... more
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Molten metal at Ground Zero reveals THERMITE combustion
After analysis of this hardened liquid "pool"-- scientists found the substance known as
THERMITE
Metallurgy provides the key evidence:
Super Thermite is explosive, and once activated, it can cut through steel like a warm knife through butter
WIKIPEDIA -- "Thermite"
THERMITE is a pyrotechnic composition of aluminium powder and a metal oxide which produces an aluminothermic reaction known as a thermite reaction. It is not explosive, but can create short bursts of extremely high temperatures focused on a very small target for a short period of time.
MILITARY uses
Thermite hand grenades are used as incendiary devices to destroy enemy equipment quickly. Additionally, thermite grenades are used by friendly forces to destroy their own items and equipment when there is imminent danger of capture. Because standard iron-thermite is difficult to ignite, burns with practically no flame and has a small radius of action, standard thermite is rarely used on its own as an incendiary composition. It is more usually employed with other ingredients added to enhance its incendiary effects. Thermate-TH3 is a mixture of thermite and pyrotechnic additives which have been found to be superior to standard thermite for incendiary purposes. Its composition by weight is generally 68.7% thermite, 29.0% barium nitrate, 2.0% sulfur and 0.3% binder (such as PBAN). Addition of barium nitrate to thermite increases its thermal effect, creates flame in burning and significantly reduces the ignition temperature. Although the primary purpose of Thermate-TH3 is as an incendiary, it will also weld metal surfaces together.
A classic military use for thermite is disabling artillery pieces and it has been used for this purpose since the Second World War. Thermite can permanently disable artillery pieces without the use of explosive charges and therefore can be used with a reasonable amount of stealth. There are several ways to do this. By far the most destructive method is to weld the weapon shut by inserting one or more armed thermite grenades into the breech and then quickly closing it. This makes the weapon impossible to load. An alternative method is to insert an armed thermite grenade down the muzzle of the artillery piece, fouling the barrel. This makes the piece very dangerous to fire. Yet another method is to use thermite to weld the traversing and elevation mechanism of the weapon, making it impossible to aim properly.
Thermite was also used in both German and Allied incendiary bombs during WWII. Incendiary bombs usually consisted of dozens of thin thermite-filled canisters (bomblets) ignited by a magnesium fuse. Incendiary bombs destroyed entire cities due to the raging fires that resulted from their use. Cities that primarily consisted of wooden buildings were especially susceptible. These incendiary bombs were utilized primarily during night time air raids. Bomb sights could not be used at night, creating the need to use munitions that could destroy targets without the need for precision placement.
THERMITE will cut through structural steel: "Like a knife through butter"
http://www.youtube.com/user/WizardofOunces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite
Google: "NIST Report, appendix C"
Google: "Thermite"
Google: "9/11 inside job" After analysis of this hardened liquid "pool"-- scientists found the substance known as THERMITE ... more -
Media misquotes threat from Iran’s president
Across the world a media story has spread that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad has threatened to destroy Israel, by saying that, “Israel must be wiped off the map.” Contrary to general belief, this statement was actually a misinterpretation. However, it was the Islamic Republic News Service in Iran that first mistranslated the quote. Iran’s Foreign Minister attempted to clarify the statement, but the quote ended up having a life of its own in the corporate media.
Amid heated wrangling over Iran’s nuclear program and the threat of preemptive strikes by the US, the quote has been continually used to reinforce the idea that Iran is being run by extremists seeking the total destruction of Israel.
So what did Ahmadinejad actually say? To quote his exact words in Farsi:
“Imam ghoft een rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad.”
Rezhim-e is the word “regime,” pronounced just like the English word with an extra “eh” sound at the end. Ahmadinejad did not refer to Israel the country or Israel the landmass, but the Israeli regime. This is a vastly significant distinction, as one cannot wipe a regime off the map. Ahmadinejad did not even refer to Israel by name, he instead used the specific phrase “rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods” (REGIME OCCUPYING JERUSALEM).
A similar statement by Ahmadinejad in December 2006, “As the Soviet Union disappeared, the Zionist regime will also vanish and humanity will be liberated,” has also been misinterpreted.
In May of 2006 President Ahmadinejad published an open letter to President Bush
clearly asking for peace and the mutual respect of human rights. He warns that Western media, through contrived and deceptive information, has intensified the climate of fear that leads to attacks on innocent peoples. The letter was not reported in the US news media. Ahmadinejad began the letter writing, “Mr. George Bush, For some time now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena. Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ (PBUH), the great Messenger of God, Feel obliged to respect human rights, Present liberalism as a civilization model, Announce one’s opposition to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and WMDs, Make “War on Terror” his slogan, And finally, Work towards the establishment of a unified international community—a community which Christ and the virtuous of the Earth will one day govern, But at the same time, have countries attacked; The lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed and on the slight chance of the … of a … criminals in a village city, or convoy for example the entire village, city or convey set ablaze.”
Evaluator Comment
Ahmadinejad declared that Zionism is the West’s apparatus of political oppression against Muslims. He says the “Zionist regime” was imposed on the Islamic world as a strategic bridgehead to ensure domination of the region and its assets. This position is viewed as threatening to many in the West. While threats and counter-threats escalates tensions in the Persian Gulf, I believe it is important for the media to publish both sides of issues and be as accurate as possible by seeking to build understanding rather than fear and anger.
—Peter Phillips
Student Researcher: Becky Bazell
Faculty Evaluator: Peter Phillips, Ph.D.
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/24-... Across the world a media story has spread that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad has threatened to destroy Israel, by saying that, “Israel ... more -
Is God obsolete?
"No, but it should," writes Christopher Hitchens, author of "God is not Great."
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Did You Know 2.0
An official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, this June 2007 update includes new and updated statistics, thought-provoking questions and a fresh design. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com -- Content by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, design and development by XPLANE. An official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, this June 2007 update includes ne... more
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