May 2012
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“There were many violations, and I think that every one is serious, but...”
– Former president Jimmy Carter commenting on his official observance of the Egyptian elections Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi and Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Shafiq won the right to face each other in the final round of voting next month, prompting thousands to gather in Cairo’s...
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Another Afghan Family Extinguished by NATO...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO officials ordered an investigation into the reported killing of eight civilians — six children and both of their parents — in a NATO airstrike in Paktia Province on Saturday evening (NYT, Guardian, Reuters, Tel, McClatchy, LAT, AP)…
Four NATO service members were killed in roadside bombings on Saturday (AP). Two other NATO service...
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Anonymous hacks, defaces drone maker... Demands...
Anonymous hacks, defaces drone maker Alpha Unmanned Systems: “All the drones tango down.”
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Hacktivists claiming allegiance to the international Internet collective known as Anonymous hacked and defaced Alpha Unmanned Systems (http://www.alphaunmannedsystems.com/) Saturday, May 27.
Anonymous hacktivists claim that Alpha Unmanned Systems, experts in designing simple and...
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The "Fast & Furious" Firearms Fuckup... Government... →
The results of the botched “Fast & Furious” gun tracing ‘fuckup’ by the ATF and it’s preceding similar operations. Also available in Spanish.
“Trace information shows that between calendar years 2007 and 2011 the Government of Mexico recovered and submitted more than 99,000 firearms to ATF for tracing. Of those firearms more than 68,000 were...
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Constitutional Rights Attorneys, Media Challenge... →
Jonathan Hafetz, professor at Seton Hall Law School and co-counsel in the court martial trial of PFC Bradley Manning writes:.
May 24, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition requesting the Army Court of Criminal Appeals to order the Judge in the court martial of alleged Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning to grant the public and press access to the...
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“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or...”
– Samuel P. Huntington
(via helvetii)
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Because You're Going To Hell Bubbi... "Alternet",...
The headline in the AlterNet newsletter read: “When Did Homeownership Become a Nightmare? The Fascinating History of Housing in America”, but it changed onsite to: “How Homeownership Has Changed in America And Why You Shouldn’t Give Up on Buying”.
What else would you expect from “Well-Meaning Liberals”?
Alternet panders to the white picket fence...
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A Day In The Life Of An American Displaced Worker...
Meanwhile I just got a ticket for “smoking too close to the “The Pacific Garden Mall” (The officer’s words… hasn’t been called that for years) which the officer changed to “smoking too near a bench” off Pacific (Gypsy Switch!) when I informed him that I was standing well back from the street, by 20’ or more, as required.
He also cited me for...
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“Thanks for the American dream to vulgarize...
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May 18 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &... →
«o» There is only one news story today.
Chandler Laughlin III, Travus T. Hipp, passed away peacefully in his sleep last night.
The quintessential “Hippie” with a social activist heart of gold…
Rest in Peace Chan…
We never met but it was an absolute pleasure working with you.
From Wikipedia’s entry for the word “Hippie”: In April 1963, Chandler...
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May 17 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 16 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 15 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 14 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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“The United States celebrates Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May....”
– In other words, Americans didn’t support a “Mothers Day” until it sold them something….and the rest is marketing history. Women, except perhaps for children, are the most intensely advertised at humans on the planet. Even the ads for men are aimed subconsciously at women....
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On America's Non-Existent Shale Gas 'Bonanza' -...
”...there is no such thing as a global natural gas market…”
Dimitry Orlov with a definitive writeup on “Shale Gas” and why it won’t save America economically through European sales OR in energy usage
Just one example… While Barnett shale is not particularly radioactive, Marcellus shale, which has recently been the focus of frantic drilling activity, is....
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Libyan LIFG Al-Qaeda Army Re-branded? Alleged AQ... →
Funny… No mention of the successful Syrian elections and constitutional referendum. Just not newsworthy I guess.
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May 11 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 10 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 09 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
Travus T. Hipp [Pop Out Player? Click Here] Full synopsis of the news, other audio formats, and more Here. [After the commentary, the Del McCoury Band takes us on a tour of MoneyLand (download and further explanation here). Courtesy of the respective artists and KPIG Radio Freedom California… Earth.]
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May 08 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 07 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
Travus T. Hipp [Pop Out Player? Click Here] Full synopsis of the news, other audio formats, and more Here. [After the commentary, Madeleine Peyroux… “La Vie En Rose” (Life in Rosy Hues… Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses). Courtesy of the respective artists and KPIG Radio Freedom California… Earth.]
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Surveilled Yet Sane... A Returning American...
Free Range International “Outside the wire. Inside the loop.”
An interesting story passed along by babatim @ Free Range International from a returning Afghanistan war vet who finds that the VA doctor he was being treated by informed the local sheriff he had returned and may be a PTSD victim. It sounds as if passing that info along to local authorities is a Pentagon requirement…...
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“Too many ‘Nice’ people. Not enough ‘Kind’ people”
– H/t: Heartless Bitches International
See “The Difference Between Being Nice and Being Kind” for more.
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“THE FUCK-IT POINT - Ie. When you have had enough. When you decide to take...”
– [Subtitles] H/t: The 571mul470r…A film about the dark side of civilization, why we should bring it down and why most civilized people don’t.
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Advice from the U.S. Dept. of Fear: "Do you really...
“Do you really want to cross us? We have more federal criminal laws at our disposal than anyone can count”
H/t: US Dept. of Fear
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May 04 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 03 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
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May 02 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
Travus T. Hipp In Today’s Commentary: May 02 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: The Things That I Used To Do - It’s Time For The Baby Boomers To Modify Their Behavior
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May 01 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News &...
Travus T. Hipp In Today’s Commentary: May 01 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY! - There Was A Time When MAYDAY Meant Something To American Workers And It May Again… Soon
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