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NOAA: Warmest April Global Temperature on Record
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Demcracy Now with Amy Goodman | TV Channel
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America's #1 Populist - Jim Hightower On Air
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Mark Fiore Animated Political Cartoons
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Film - Bilderberg and the Obama Deception
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Quotes

"If Nostradamus were alive today, he'd have a hard time keeping up with Gerald Celente."
— New York Post -- See Opinions Section below

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Top Stories

Daniel Estulin on the Bilderberg Group | Video
On Coast to Coast - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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Investigative journalist Daniel Estulin reported on the clandestine activities of the Bilderberg Group, who will soon be holding a meeting in Spain. On June 1, 2010, he'll make history, being the first journalist to give an address on the Bilderberg Group in the European Parliament in Brussels. "Bilderberg isn't a secret society...it's a medium of bringing together the world's most powerful and most predatory financial interests. And at this time it is that combination that is the worst enemy of humanity," he stated. Among the members are CEOs of the leading corporations, bankers, and European royalty, he said, adding that it's not so much about a New World Order, but rather a "one-world company limited...the control of corporations at the expense of government."

"Bilderberg is positioning itself to destroy the United States dollar," Estulin revealed, citing a source who is a US Bilderberg delegate. He also talked about his new book, Shadow Masters, which draws connections between governments and secret service agencies (like the CIA) working together with drug dealers and terrorists for their mutual benefit.

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Political Issues

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Real clear Politics Daily Rundown
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Breaking News

Deepwater Horizon survivors allege they were kept in seclusion after rig explosion and coerced into signing legal waivers
Yahoo News - May 21, 2010
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According to two surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon, oil workers from the rig were held in seclusion on the open water for up to two days after the April 20 explosion, while attorneys attempted to convince them to sign legal documents stating that they were unharmed by the incident. The men claim that they were forbidden from having any contact with concerned loved ones during that time, and were told they would not be able to go home until they signed the documents they were presented with.
Stephen Davis, a seven-year veteran of drilling-rig work from San Antonio, told The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg today that he was held on a boat for 36 to 40 hours after diving into the Gulf from the burning rig and swimming to safety. Once on a crew boat, Davis said, he and the others were denied access to satellite phones or radio to get in touch with their families, many of whom were frantic to find out whether or not they were OK.

Editor - Seclusion? Piracy? Denied permission to contact their families? There must be some legal condition that would cover this assault on their human rights.The deniers of their freedom were civilians, not officers of the law.The Justice Department should include this episode in their investigation of the legal aspects of the BP "burp" and explosion. Furthermore, the legal waivers should be voided by the relevant court to reestablish the right of the crew members to approach the judicial for redress.

US | Rep. Alan Grayson Introduces the War Is Making You Poor Act - Video
<Editor<Do you wnnt $35,000 of your income tax free? If yes, View this video and ask your congressional representatives to support "the War Is Making You Poor Act.
Truthout - Sunday, May 23, 2010
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War Weakens America | Background to "The War Is Making You Poor"
Global Crisis News - Posted on Michael Walsh on Thursday, May 26, 2010
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Opinion | Commentary | Editorials | Op-Eds | Polls

US | Who caused the financial collapse? Why aren’t they in jail?
Alternet Blog - By Devona Walker - Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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If you write bad checks, if you steal a car, you are going to jail. That’s how the system works for regular folks. On Wall Street, if you rip someone off, defraud them, take their (our tax) money, you may get a bonus or you may lose your job. But not one of the players that contributed to the financial meltdown has seen the inside of a jail cell. That’s predatory capitalism at its finest. That’s the American double standard that has so many Americans livid about the Wall Street bailout and skeptical about financial reform.

Editor - And, oh yes, why aren't the Main Street press and pundits blood-red livid about this pottage of criminality?


Gerald Celente, America's Nostradamus - Video
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If Nostradamus were alive today, he'd have a hard time keeping up with Gerald Celente. — New York Post

Mr. Celente tracks the world’s social, economic and business trends for corporate clients. — The New York Times

Comment - "I thought you were crazy at first but you have proven everyone else to be idiots. I've learned to research and think for myself. Wish I'd known of you several years ago!
—Jeannine B. / Urbandale, IA

Gerald Celente - Top Trends of 2010
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The Collapse of 2010
Depression Uplift
Neo-Survivalism
Terrorism 2010
TB or not TB
Not Welcome Her
Not Made in China
Mothers of Invention
The Next Big Think

Gerald Celente on abc6.com - What's Next For Our Economy?
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Celente Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012
Infowars.com - By Paul Joseph Watson - Thursday, November 13, 2008
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The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax rebellions – all within four years, while cautioning that putting food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying Christmas gifts by 2012.

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Internalional Oil

Rolling News on the BP Burp
Center for Biological Diversity - Current
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Canada | Arctic oil spill could be disastrous for polar bears: expert
By Elise Stolte - Edmonton Journal - Sunday, May 23, 2010
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Edmonton — Canada must prepare for an Arctic oil spill catastrophe “long in advance,” says a polar bear expert. Edmonton-based biology Prof. Andrew Derocher said an oil well blowout in Canada’s northern Beaufort Sea just before freeze-up could be disastrous to northern animals.

US | 10 Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
How the owner of the exploded oil rig has made $270 million off the disaster, and nine other shocking, depressing facts about the oil spill.
Alternet - May 27, 2010
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U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks
The Washington Post - By Juliet Eilperin, Staff Writer - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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The federal agency responsible for regulating U.S. offshore oil drilling repeatedly ignored warnings from government scientists about environmental risks in its push to approve energy exploration activities quickly, according to numerous documents and interviews.

Regulators Conducted Lax Oversight of Oil Industry, Report Uncovers>
Truthout - By: Yana Kunichoff - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BP's US Operations
Truthout / ProPublica - By: Abrahm Lustgarten - Friday, May 21, 2010
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Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would ultimately cost the company billions in revenue and could end its drilling in federally controlled oil fields.

Jamaica Declares State of Emergency After Obama Demands Arrest of “Robin Hood” Drug Lord | Story and video
Infowars - By Kurt Nimmo - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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“Jamaican Security forces searched a volatile Kingston slum for an alleged drug lord on Tuesday after at least seven people died in violence triggered by government orders to extradite him to the United States,” reports Reuters. “Heavily armed soldiers and police conducted went door-to-door in the hunt for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood of West Kingston.”

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United States Government

"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress." -- John Adams

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." -- Mark Twain

Bank Fight Continues -- Now It's Blanche Lincoln (D- Ark) v. Obama
PR Watch - By Mary Bottari - Tuesday,May 25, 2010
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At the end of last week, the U.S. Senate passed a financial reform bill that was far stronger than what had been proposed by the Obama administration and passed by the House. Now it’s time to hold President Obama’s feet to the fire to ensure the strongest possible bill.

Neocon Vampires Sink Their Fangs Into the Tea Parties
Alternet - By Ira Chermus - Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Like vampires, the neocons never die. They constantly revive themselves, going where the vein is richest, eager to feed upon new blood.

Remember the neoconservatives? Maybe you don’t. Their death was announced on the cover of Time magazine long before George W. Bush left the White House. By now you might think that they’re, thankfully, only a footnote to the history of a frightening bygone era.
But no. Like vampires, the neocons never die. They constantly revive themselves, going where the vein is richest, eager to feed upon new blood. Now -- we should have seen it coming -- they are sinking their fangs into the Tea Party. That’s where the fresh political blood is, so that’s where the neocons are.

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Topical issues


Will Congress Finally Tax The Billionaires?
Wall Street tycoons get taxed at lower rates the the people who clean their buildings. Congress might be about to change that.
Alternet - By Robert Reich - May 27, 2010
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Activism at the Ground Level

"The strength of a democracy is, as in nature, in the roots, not in the flamboyant leaves and flowers that wither and die after a couple of days in public office."
-- Editor, homosapiens.ki

Grassroots International -Who We Are | Video
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Whistleblowers Speak: Who's Protecting Them and Who's Listening?
Over the past few decades, whistleblowers have changed the course of history.
Truthout - By Rose Aguilar - Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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One of the country’s most famous corporate whistleblowers was tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand. Thanks to his leaks in 1995 to CBS’s "60 Minutes," Big Tobacco CEOs were exposed on Capitol Hill, their companies were successfully sued by the states, and the government began regulating tobacco advertising.
In 2002, Time Magazine honored whistle-blowers Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom, Sherron Watkins of Enron, and Colleen Rowley of the FBI as its “Person’s of the Year.”

In 2004, Army specialist Joseph Darby leaked thousands of photos showing widespread abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

One of the most famous government whistleblowers of our time is Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, Ellsberg, a military analyst at the time, leaked thousands of top secret documents to the press, now known as the Pentagon Papers. They revealed lies about Vietnam. In addition to causing a national outcry, they led to the eventual downfall of the Nixon administration and the end of the Vietnam war.

For his actions, Ellsberg faced a criminal trial and 100 years in prison. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger told his staff that Ellsberg was “the most dangerous man in America.”

That is the title of the Oscar-nominated documentary profiling Ellsberg and the whistle-blowing years of the Pentagon Papers.

Has anything changed since Ellsberg exposed the truth? Who's protecting whistleblowers? And who's listening?

Just yesterday, Kenneth Abbott, a former BP document controls subcontractor, and the consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch, filed a lawsuit to force the federal government to halt operations of BP’s massive Atlantis oil drilling platform until critical safety documents are produced. The Atlantis platform is also in the Gulf of Mexico and the lawsuit alleges another catastrophic explosion could “dwarf” the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Kenneth Abbot is no longer giving interviews because of the lawsuit, but we are joined by two long-time outspoken critics of the oil industry.

Dan Lawn is an environmental engineer who worked on design and construction of the Valdez Marine Terminal and then joined the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation as one of the first inspectors of terminal and tanker operations. He was the first regulator notified the night the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef. For over 10 years before the spill, Lawn documented the failures of the oil industry to follow-through on their commitments to prevent spills and to adequately prepare for clean-ups, and warned the state about the potential for a major disaster in Prince William Sound. He says he was harassed, intimidated, and wrongfully demoted by the state. Dan Lawn now works as a consultant for the Alaska Forum for Environmental Responsibility.

Scott West recently retired early from the Environmental Protection Agency's criminal investigations department after the federal government pulled the plug on his investigation into negligence by BP in Alaska in 2006. He says if he had been allowed to complete his investigation, the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico might not have happened. Scott West currently works for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a non-profit that works to end the destruction of habitat and the slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd just announced a Gulf Rescue plan.

US | The Culture of Government Lies - Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | Film Trailer
2010 Academy Award® Nominee - May 13, 2010
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Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds
Jonas Deronzil from Verrettes has been farming since 1974. Like small producers throughout Haiti, his meager income from corn, rice and beans is threatened by new competition from Monsanto.
Truthout - By: Beverly Bell - Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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"A new earthquake" is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds, some of them treated with highly toxic pesticides. The MPP has committed to burning Monsanto's seeds, and has called for a march to protest the corporation's presence in Haiti on June 4, for World Environment Day.

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Arts & Culture

Dance Video | MICA | "Blame It On The Girls"
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Musical Group Video | Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
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Out of the Hills | Jesus Is Coming Soon -The Oak Ridge Boys
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Musicians mix Coldplay and Taylor Swift together - Enjoy
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Music Video | "Democracy Is Coming to the USA" - Leonard Cohen
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Music Video | Leonard Cohen | "First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin"
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Music Video | Jordan Page - "Listen" | What If This Happened On Your Block?
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Music Video | Jordan Page - "Pendulum"
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Music video - Neville Brothers performing "Fearless" -
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Video - The Arts of Peace and Violence | video
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Constitutional snd Legal Issues

World Bank on the Nation of Ecuador. "The World Bank May Cause Ecuador's Ruin"
Is a Country Entitled to Effective Legal Sovereignty Over Its Natural Resources?
Humanite in English - By Véronique Sandoval | Translated by Isabelle Metral - Sunday, May 9. 2010
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Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions
ProPublica - By Chisun Lee - January 22, 2010
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Economy and Finance

"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." -- Winston Churchill

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)

Bloomberg Economic News
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Bloomberg Current Worldwide Financial News
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Are Goldman Sachs and the Megabanks Able to Wipe out an Entire Economy with a Keystroke?
How artificial intelligence and robotrading pose a growing threat to the global marketplace.
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Education Aa A Foundation for Democracy

US | Dumbing Down Teachers: Attacking Colleges of Education in the Name of Reform
Truthout - By: Henry A. Giroux - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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As the Obama administration's educational reform movement increasingly adopts the interests and values of a "free-market" culture, many students graduate public schooling and higher education with an impoverished political imagination, unable to recognize injustice and unfairness. They often find themselves invested in a notion of unattached individualism that severs them from any sense of moral and social responsibility to others or to a larger notion of the common good. At the same time, those students who jeopardize the achievement of the quantifiable measures and instrumental values now used to define school success are often subjected to harsh disciplinary procedures, pushed out of schools, subjected to medical interventions or, even worse, pushed into the criminal justice system.[1] Most of these students are poor whites and minorities of color and, increasingly, students with special needs.

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Environment

Biodiversity: Not Just About Tigers and Pandas
IPS - By Paul Virgo - Sunday, May 23, 2010
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Rome - When people talk about biodiversity loss, discussion often centres on the tragedy of animals like the tiger and the panda being in danger of extinction. It is as if the world were about to be deprived of precious parts of its heritage, perhaps comparable to works by Mozart or Shakespeare - sad yet not something that will affect our everyday existence.

Unfortunately, this widely held vision is misguided.

Biodiversity loss is a massive threat to human food security and, ultimately, to our species' survival as well as to that of the millions of plants, animals and bacteria which share the planet with us.

"Biodiversity loss is not just a question of landscapes and species protection, it's also about agricultural issues upon which we rely to grow our food," Marco Contiero of Greenpeace told IPS. "It's about us."

With FAO estimating that about three-quarters of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost over the last century, many believe the time has come for a radical change in the way we produce our food.

Editor - An important issue for every sentient human to understand. Definitely worth a read. One associated factor not mentioned i nthis article is that of transmigration from climatically devastated regions to more favorable regions, already occuring in the millions, lowering, thereby, dustainability levels there.

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Global Warming / Climate Change

Canada | Trucking Toward Climate Change
Truthout - By Dahr Jamail - Saturday 22 May 2010
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The tar sands mining project in Alberta, Canada, is possibly the largest industrial project in human history and critics claim it could also be the most destructive. The mining procedure for extracting oil from a region referred to as the "tar sands," located north of Edmonton, releases at least three times the CO2 emissions as regular oil production procedures and will likely become North America's single largest industrial contributor to climate change.

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Science and Technology

Bloomberg Index of Current Science News
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