How Google and the Big Tech Companies Are Helping Maintain America’s Empire

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AlterNet / ByAdam Hudson

Military, intelligence agencies and defense contractors are totally connected to Silicon Valley.

 

August 19, 2014  |

Silicon Valley has been in the media spotlight for its role in gentrifying and raising rents in San Francisco, helping the NSA spy on American citizens, and lack of racial and gender diversity. Despite that, Silicon Valley still has a reputation for benevolence, innocence and progressivism. Hence Google’s phrase, “Don’t be evil.” A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that, even after the Snowden leaks, 53% of those surveyed had high confidence in the tech industry. The tech industry is not seen as evil as, say, Wall Street or Big Oil.

One aspect of Silicon Valley that would damage this reputation has not been scrutinized enough—its involvement in American militarism. Silicon Valley’s ties to the National Security State extend beyond the NSA’s PRISM program. Through numerous partnerships and…

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Lack of Education: The Real Reason for the Spread of Ebola

Lack of Education: The Real Reason for the Spread of Ebola.

Hamas Executes Suspected Informants By Firing Squad Without Trial — 18 Palestinian men it had suspected of collaborating with Israel — The Dead Dragged Through The Streets

Hamas executes 18 suspected Israel informants

Monkeys, lemurs sold in British pet shops

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This video from South Africa says about itself:

Vervet monkey babies

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Looking after orphaned baby monkeys at the Vervet Monkey Foundation. PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT THE PRIMATEPET TRADE! Some of these animals were rescued after people tried to keep them as pets. The pet trade in primates is cruel, and causes suffering – please do not support it. Despite what you may be told there are NO primates that are suitable as pets.

As they grow stronger and more independent, they are eventually integrated with a suitable adult female foster-mother and become less reliant on humans. Eventually the orphans are released into the wild if possible or into a 2-3 hectare outdoor enclosure.

From daily The Morning Star in Britain:

Monkeys ‘being sold in British pet shops’

Friday 22nd August 2014

MONKEYS and ring-tailed lemurs are among primates being flogged to the public in…

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Foley captors’ ransom demand revives debate over US no-pay policy

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Ariel Zirulnick writes for The Christian Science Monitor:

‘The militant Islamist group that murdered freelance journalist James Foley had demanded a ransom from the US government before his beheading. But the US has a strict policy of not paying ransoms to terrorist groups, putting it at odds with several European countries who have paid in the past to free hostages. Mr. Foley’s death has revived the debate over the policy.The New York Times reported recently that ransoms have bankrolled Al Qaeda operations worldwide.

According to The New York Times, the self-declared Islamic State (formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) demanded a $100 million ransom for Mr. Foley, which the US refused to pay. (The Wall Street Journal cited a demand of 100 million euros.) IS has made a similar demand for Steven Sotloff, another American freelance journalist being held. The US attempted to rescue hostages…

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America’s Response To Islamic State — Pressure Grows on Obama — Hagel Makes Strong Warning — Not Just Airstrikes — Top U.S. Marine Corps General Speaks Out

Stop the blood sport of bear hunting

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Karen Lyons Kalmenson

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Those who respect wildlife get tired of seeing smiling “hunters” posing with a weapon in one hand and holding up the head of a majestic bear with the other. In death, the bear shows more dignity than its cowardly killer.

Lynn Rogers, Ph.D., the leading black bear biologist in North America, concluded that black bears are extremely timid and pose little risk to anyone. Attacks by a black bear are so rare as to be almost nonexistent. A person is about 180 times more likely to be killed by a bee than a black bear and 160,000 times more likely to die in a traffic accident.

The New Jersey Fish and Wildlife agency propagates game species for its hunter constituents. It runs a blood “sport” killing business under the fraudulent cover of “conservation.”

Killing a black bear is a cowardly act. It’s killing…

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10 Reasons To Eat Pineapple

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The Health Benefits And Convenience Of Pineapple

1. Pineapple overflows with Vitamin C.
According to Nutrition Facts.com, one cup of pineapple chunks contains 131 percent of the daily value of Vitamin C, which helps protect the body against viruses and builds strong skin defenses against infection.

Instead of drinking orange juice or grapefruit juice, or restricting yourself to these common rich sources of Vitamin C, you can enjoy the juicy flavor of tropical pineapple to get your daily requirement of this important nutrient.

2. The health benefits of pineapple are numerous.
This tasty treat is low in sodium, cholesterol and saturated fat.

However, it has generous amounts of Vitamin B6, thiamin, copper, manganese, and dietary fiber, along with trace amounts of other vitamins and minerals.

The Nutrition Facts website assigns pineapple a “completeness score” of 49 for the amount and variety of nutritional elements it contains.

It is naturally sweet…

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Koala survives after getting mouth-to-mouth and heart massage

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Firefighter had to throw the koala from a tall tree to waiting volunteers after it was hit by a car and climbed to safety

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Video courtesy of the Animalia Wildlife Shelter.

A wildlife rescuer has saved the life of a koala by giving it CPR after a dramatic rescue in which the animal was flung from a tall tree to its waiting rescuers.

The koala was hit by a vehicle while crossing a road in Langwarrin, in Melbourne’s southeast, on Thursday night.

It then scurried up a tree and passed out.

A motorist called Wildlife Victoria, which enlisted the help of the Country Fire Authority to get the koala down from…

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Stop the Brutal Trade in Imperiled Animals

 

Stop the Brutal Trade in Imperiled Animals.

Nigeria: Eating Dog Meat Does ‘Not’ Stop Ebola

3 Cuts Can Stop This

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Left to fend for themselves among the dead, the tragic animals stranded in Gaza zoo as it falls apart after weeks of Israeli shelling

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Monday, Aug 18th 20145AM  10°C8AM 10°C5-Day Forecast

• The zoo, in the Al-Bisan tourism park, was hit by Israeli forces targeting Hamas rocket launchers
• The ruined site now holds sick and traumatised animals that were once the pride of a vibrant family attraction
• Zookeeper Farid al-Hissi, who once worked at an Israeli zoo, is in shock at the devastation of his pride and joy

By Sam Webb for MailOnline

Published: 14:32 GMT, 17 August 2014 | Updated: 00:24 GMT, 18 August 2014

The lions sit dazed in the shade of their damaged pen, while nearby the decayed carcasses of two vervet monkeys lie contorted on the grass of a Gaza zoo.

The animals were caught in the crossfire of fighting between Israel and…

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Nail polish developed in NC could combat date rape

romance isn’t dead (by Kev- Pixdaus via Tumblr)

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Listen up, people; can anyone identify these creatures?  Your advice will be most welcome.

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A subtle message to ISIS

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“As I sit here constantly hearing and watching you execute innocent men, women and children in the Middle East I chuckle. Why do I chuckle you may ask? Well let me explain something to you cowardice fools who think you are so tough behind all your propaganda videos. You are scaring a population that doesn’t know how to fight, you’re bullying the weak. You say Islam is the religion of peace,but since when does terrorizing the innocent and beheading men, women and children constitute peace? WTF? But keep in mind, what did Saddam’s troops do when we came rolling into town? They surrendered, twice… So all your empty threats of coming to America and raising your flag over the White House amuse me more than any of you sick, sadistic bastards could ever imagine or comprehend. In 2012 there was about 21.2 million veterans in the United States. Do you…

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Cambodia: Child Dog-Meat Butchers

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AUTOPSY: Michael Brown Was Not Shot in the Back, but 6 Times to the Front

(GRAPHIC VIDEO) Islamic State Beheads American Journalist James Foley

Total Breakdown In Less Than 24 Hours: Images and Videos of Missouri Riots and Looting

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Over the weekend a police officer shot and killed a teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. While the circumstances of the incident are still unclear, what is clear is that our seemingly stable society is just hours away from a total breakdown given the right trigger event.

Within a few hours of the incident residents of the town began assembling, a move that drew a quick response from law enforcement, who set up police lines. Some came geared up with riot masks, shields and rifles.

THANKS OBAMA AND HOLDER!!

SEE VIDEOS, PHOTOS AND READ MORE: http://worldtruth.tv/total-breakdown-in-less-than-24-hours-images-and-videos-of-missouri-riots-and-looting/

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Quarantine Police: shoot-on-sight order given to soldiers in Ebola-wary Liberia for any border crossers

The Extinction Protocol

 

August 2014 – AFRICA – Liberia’s armed forces have reportedly been given orders to shoot people trying to illegally cross the border from neighboring Sierra Leone, which was closed to stem the spread of Ebola. Soldiers stationed in Bomi and Grand Cape Mount counties, which border Sierra Leone, were to ‘shoot on sight’ any person trying to cross the border, said deputy chief of staff, Colonel Eric Dennis, according to local newspaper the Daily Observer. The order comes after border officials reported people continued to cross the porous border illegally. Grand Cape Mount county had 35 known ‘illegal entry points,’ according to immigration commander Colonel Samuel Mulbah. Illegal crossings were a major health threat, said Mulbah, ‘because we don’t know the health status of those who cross at night.’ Liberia closed its borders with Sierra Leone weeks ago in an attempt to contain the Ebola outbreak, which killed more…

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Report: More Than a Dozen Witnesses Have Corroborated Officer Darren Wilson’s Version of Ferguson Shooting

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Aug. 18, 2014 Jason Howerton http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/18/report-more-than-a-dozen-witnesses-have-corroborated-officer-darren-wilsons-version-of-ferguson-shooting/

More than a dozen witnesses have backed up the account of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the controversial shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, police sources reportedly told St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Christine Byers.

Byers also reported on Monday that Brown’s body was transported from the county medical examiner to a funeral home and then back to the medical examiner for three autopsies.

Police sources tell me more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated cop’s version of events in shooting #Ferguson
— Christine Byers (@ChristineDByers) August 19, 2014

Protests continued on Monday night, more than a week after Brown was fatally shot by Wilson.

Though Wilson has not spoken publicly about his side of the story, an alleged friend of the officer, identified only as Josie, shared what she claimed to be Wilson’s recollection of events. CNN later confirmed that the woman’s account matches…

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