NSA Leak Reveals US Spied On Russian President And Other Dignitaries At G20 Summit

Sunday, 16 June 2013 15:53

American and British spying agencies were intercepting phone and internet data of foreign dignitaries attending the G20 Summit in 2009, according to The Guardian.

The paper revealed top-secret documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, which talked about "recent successes" in surveillance from GCHQ —Britain's NSA

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How Schools Use Fear to Brainwash Students to Trust the System: A Parent’s Story

Sunday, 16 June 2013 16:30

Recently my child experienced firsthand the kind of victim disarmament indoctrination America’s public school system is teaching our children.

Melissa Melton

The school went on lockdown mode without even bothering to inform me, her parent, and while it turned out to be nothing at all, the impression left on my child that day will not soon be forgotten.

In 2005, a federal court upheld that our nation’s public schools trump parent rights:

Parents and politicians alike were shocked when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Nov. 2 that parents’ fundamental right to control the upbringing of their children “does not extend beyond the threshold of the school door,” and that a public school has the right to provide

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New NSA Leak Reveals US Spied On Russian President And Other Dignitaries At G20 Summit

Sunday, 16 June 2013 15:53

American and British spying agencies were intercepting phone and internet data of foreign dignitaries attending the G20 Summit in 2009, according to The Guardian.

The paper revealed top-secret documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, which talked about "recent successes" in surveillance from GCHQ —Britain's NSA

Read more: New NSA Leak Reveals US Spied On Russian President And Other Dignitaries At G20 Summit

Christian, You Might Be Guilty of Military Idolatry

Sunday, 16 June 2013 15:00

Laurence M. Vance writes at LewRockwell.com:

This past Memorial Day brought forth the usual military idolatry. What makes it worse, though, is that this military idolatry is so rampant among Christians and in churches.

And just how can a Christian know if he is guilty of military idolatry? Simple.

Christian, you might be guilty of military idolatry:

• If you send a care package to a U.S. soldier, but not to a missionary.
• If you thank a veteran for his service, but not a pastor,

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Man In China Jailed For Alien Hoax

Sunday, 16 June 2013 14:00

This eerie yet funny alien was made of rubber, steel, and a substance called antholeucin and was stored in Mr. Li’s freezer. Via the New York Daily News:

A Chinese farmer has been jailed for disrupting social order — after he posed with an “alien” he claimed he’d electrocuted after its UFO crashed near his home.

Mr. Li sparked a social media frenzy on Monday when pictures of him standing next to what appeared

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Hundreds in Hong Kong protest NSA surveillance

Sunday, 16 June 2013 12:03

HONG KONG - In a show of protest against U.S. surveillance programs and in support of whistle-blower Edward Snowden, several hundred people marched Saturday to the U.S. Consulate General and the offices of the Hong Kong government despite drizzly weather.

"I think it's not acceptable for the (National Security Agency) to spy" on everyone, said Patrick Cheung, who has been upset by claims former NSA contractor Snowden made about the agency's data gathering from U.S.-based Internet firms. "It's our right to have our privacy protected."

"Shame on NSA! Defend freedom of speech!" chanted marchers, who carried signs written in Chinese and English and wrapped in plastic to keep out the rain. "Protect Snowden!"

The march, backed by five opposition parties

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Anna von Hausswolff – Deathbed

Sunday, 16 June 2013 11:57

via The Quietus

Next week, City Slang are giving Anna von Hausswolff’s second album of dark-hued, cinematic pop Ceremony a worldwide release.

Says von Hausswolff of the album: “I didn’t just want Ceremony to be a collection of songs. I wanted it to be like a film, with every single part connected to the other, with shifting moods and settings, but a thread holding all the tracks together. I listen to a lot of film scores, and in many the music is able to move freely without the typical structures that we find in commercial music.”

She recorded part of her follow-up to 2010′s Singing From The Grave in her

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