Big business's lobbyists are on another offensive against Internet freedom


Here they go again: Big business's lobbyists are on another offensive against Internet freedom. A "Ten Strikes" bill to make it a felony to stream copyrighted content -- like music in the background of a Youtube video -- more than ten times is flying through Congress.

Will you email your lawmakers and urge them to vote no? Just click here.
As the writers at TechDirt point out, under this bill you could go to jail for posting video of your friends singing karaoke:
The entertainment industry is freaking out about sites that embed and stream infringing content, and want law enforcement to put people in jail over it, rather than filing civil lawsuits.... We already pointed to one possibility: that people embedding YouTube videos could face five years in jail. Now, others are pointing out that it could also put kids who lip sync to popular songs, and post the resulting videos on YouTube, in jail as well.
That's right: Ten strikes and you could get jail time.  A month ago, the Hollywood industry magazine, Variety, reported, "Industry lobbyists pressed House members on Wednesday to pass legislation that would make illegal streaming of movies, TV shows and other types of content a felony...."

Only weeks later, the MPAA is getting its wish.
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Thanks for continuing to fight for Internet freedom.
-- The Demand Progress team
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Greeks protesting, US next?

Gerald Celente: 'IMF - International Mafia Federation'


on Jun 30, 2011

The Greek Parliament has just passed a plan for new austerity measures,
but tensions remain high on the streets, showing that frustration levels are only growing. Meanwhile in the UK half a million public sector workers took to the streets to protest governmental plans to change their pensions and freeze pay. In Washington the debt ceiling talks seem to be leading nowhere either - and all of this is backed by some more bad news: the latest jobless numbers are in and last week jobless claims were at about 428,000. That means for the last 12 weeks jobless claims have remained over 400,000. Gerard Celente, the director of the Trends Research Institute, shares his thoughts.

Italy heads for tough austerity plan


Jun 30, 2011 by

Italy is moving ahead with 47 billion euros of austerity cuts.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti have agreed on the package which they said should shield Italy from the Greek debt crisis and eliminate the Italian budget deficit.

Mark Halperin Calls Obama a Dick


on Jun 30, 2011

Today on Joe Scarborough's cable news morning program "Morning Joe," MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin, co-author of the book "Game Change" which is the basis for the soon to be released major motion picture about the 2008 presidential campaign, called Halperin President Obama a "dick" on national television. He did not realize that the famous seven second delay was not functioning at Joe Scarborough had told him it was. Halperin, who also works as an editor for Time magazine, was discussing Obama's conduct in a press conference yesterday. During this discussion, he said that he "thought the President was a kind of a dick yesterday." Scarborough reacted, as you would expect, with uncomfortable laughter.
A couple of hours later, MSNBC suspended Halperin indefinitely:
Mark Halperin's comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable. We apologize to the President, The White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air. Therefore, Mark will be suspended indefinitely from his role as an analyst.
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Congressman Nadler: 'President became absolute monarch'


on Jun 30, 2011

The US Constitution says that Congress is supposed to declare their wars and the War Powers Act effectuates that, and yet US presidents regularly violate this regulation. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) says that the US is turning into a monarchy over the decision making involved with when they get into wars. He says there was no excuse in the Libyan operation, no imminent threat to the United States security and that there was plenty of time to negotiate the situation. Yet, he says, US President Barack Obama initiated military participation without asking Congress — it is one-man decision making and something way beyond his powers.

Resistance - Marines and Soldiers Speak out Against Tyranny

on Jun 29, 2011

2 Marines and 2 Soldiers Active and Vet„s Speak out against Tyranny.

Time Test, Mega Quake, False Floods - New World Next Week


on Jun 30, 2011

Welcome back to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com - the video series from
Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most
important developments in alternative news and open source
intelligence. Links to the stories are on the You Tube page.

UK grinds to a halt as half a million march against govt cuts




on Jun 30, 2011
To the UK now, where up to three quarters of a million public sector workers are preparing for industrial action. They're voicing their opposition to planned changes to their pensions and pay, both part of the government's austerity measures. A third of schools are expected to close, with court hearings postponed and UK airports bracing themselves for disruption.


  on Jun 30, 2011
The United Kingdom will witness the biggest strike it has ever seen for several years and this is all a part of British Prime Minister David Cameron's austerity drive, a political analyst says.

Interview with Mehdi Hasan, the senior editor of New Statesman in London

Japan's desperate 'nuclear gypsies'


on Jun 30, 2011

With the current economic downturn, many of Japan's poorest are so desperate for work that they are risking exposure to dangerous levels of radiation at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

The growing number of so-called nuclear gypsies, who come from across the country, are working to repair the reactor crippled by the March 11 tsunami in the northern city of Osaka. Its a job with severe health risks that most are not willing to brave.

Labour rights groups have complained to authorities about the lack of protection for the workers - who are not guaranteed training or health insurance.

HIghway 30 North Of Fort Calhoun Closed


on Jun 30, 2011

The Army Corp of Engineers has released an official statement that they have never factored in the power plants downstream in their flood plan, they are flooding the plants with their dam games upstream. Highway 30 between Blair and Missouri Valley, Iowa was closed Wednesday morning. The Department of Transportation needs time to install barriers to keep the highway safe from flooding. The work is expected to be completed by Friday.

Looking at the Missouri River it's hard to tell where Nebraska ends and Iowa begins, the boundary stretched by the rising water. Department of Transportation officials are working around the clock to keep it open.

Keiser Report: The Counterattack! (E160)


on Jun 30, 2011

This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on oil dumps and contango and on organizing counterattacks with silver. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Jeff Berwick of DollarVigilante.com about manipulation of oil and silver markets and new currencies and dead ones.

Chemical Warfare? People back to central Athens after violent riots


on Jun 30, 2011

Greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures. Its the last hurdle that Athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of European bailout funds. Let's cross live to the heart of Athens, financial journalist Demetri Kofinas is there for us.

Guest Commentary: JSPH Fellowship Program Celebrates 17 Years



Joe Couto, PharmD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Population Health
Director, Fellowship Program

On Monday, June 27th JSPH hosted our annual Fellow’s Day, where we celebrated 17 years of training Fellows in health economics and outcomes research. The half-day program began with a keynote from one of our own, Joe Doyle, who completed the fellowship in 1998. Joe gave a detailed account of work he recently had published in Health Affairs along with another Jefferson fellowship graduate Feride Frech-Tamas and several other colleagues at Novartis and Thomson Reuters. Their article was entitled “A Value-Based Insurance Design Program At A Large Company Boosted Medication Adherence For Employees With Chronic Illnesses,” and examined the impact of value based insurance on asthma, cardiovascular, and diabetes medication use over a 3 year period.

We then heard from current Fellows Kellie Dudash and Sangtaeck Lim, who each presented an outcomes research project they completed during the first year of their fellowship. Next Joe Jackson, the program director for our Applied Health Economics and Outcomes Research master's degree, outlined plans for the new program that will be launching in September of this year. This new degree program has especially exciting implications for our fellowship program, as it will offer future Fellows the opportunity to earn a formal degree in the field in which they are training. We ended the morning on a bittersweet note as we graduated an exceptional class of second year Fellows: Eddie Lee, Lane Slabaugh, and Anita Mohandas. My fellowship overlapped with Eddie, Lane, and Anita and it was my distinct pleasure having worked with all three of them.

Fellows Day is first and foremost a celebration of the accomplishments of our current Fellows. However the entire morning served as yet another reminder to the faculty and staff of JSPH, our fellowship sponsors, invited guests, and former fellows in attendance of the rich history of our fellowship and its role in shaping the science of health economics and outcomes research.

Pakistan stops US from using drone base


  on Jun 30, 2011
Defence minister says Americans told to leave base from where they are alleged to have launched drone strikes.

Police break up Belarus protests


Jun 30, 2011 by 
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Belarus capital Minsk on Wednesday to protest against the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.




Unrest has been growing in the ex-Soviet republic since the onset of a severe economic crisis that has seen the rouble devalued by some 36 per cent coupled with rampant inflation.




Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has warned opposition leaders that he will hit hard against those who oppose his policies.

Canadian aid boat preparing to sail to Gaza in Freedom Flotilla



 on Jun 30, 2011
This is the Tahrir, one of the 10 boats of the gaza freedom flotilla. It may not look very big, but its carrying the hopes of millions of people from around the world. And it's perhaps that feeling of love and solidarity that will get the passengers through their anxiety as they sail on the Mediterranean into the unknown.

Press TV's Hassan Ghani reports from Greece.

People & Power - Libya: War and rape


 on Jun 30, 2011
Is rape being used as a weapon in Libya? As Al Jazeera's Sue Turton has been finding out, getting evidence to substantiate the claims is far from easy. Some of the content of this film is disturbing.

Inside Story: Greece bailout



  on Jun 30, 2011
Discussion with Yanis Varoufakis, professor of economics at Univeristy of Athens; Karen Young, professor of political science at the American University, Sharjah; and Alexi Pavlou, a credit risk manager for a regional bank in the Gulf.

Athens on Fire: Video of night clashes, Greek capital smoked


  on Jun 30, 2011
Greece is picking up the pieces from the latest bout of civil unrest, when thousands of angry protestors flooded the streets. That's after Parliament gave the green light to tough new cuts, in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the EU. European officials welcomed the move. But Greeks could not have been less happy with the pending austerity, as they gathered in the centre of Athens on the second day of a general strike. Protestors threw stones at police, smashed windows and set fire to property. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Clashes continued overnight. Dozens of police and protestors were injured, while many demonstrators were detained.

A Large Amount of TSA Workers Dying of CANCER, Heart Attacks, Strokes

Prison industrial complex American Gulag for profit


on Jun 29, 2011

A report has been released chronicling the political strategies of private prison companies "working to make money through harsh policies and longer sentences." Government spending on corrections has soared since 1997 by 72 percent, costing up to $74 billion in 2007. All the while, the private prison industry has packed in tremendous profits. Ana Kasparian of the Young Turks joins RT's Lauren Lyster live from the Los Angeles studio.

THE GREEK RIOT DOG...


on Jun 20, 2011

This brave pooch was at the frontline during Greek anti-Government protests this week.
The dog - thought to be a stray called Sausage,( in greek called "Loukanikos")
has been in the middle of the action for years maby since 2008.
This video shows some of his best moments...!

SWAT Team Honored For Raiding Wrong House?


on Jun 18, 2011

2 Nebraska Nuclear Power Plants in Danger!!! One on Backup...

on Jun 28, 2011

Nigel Farage: Brussels bunglers lurching from one bailout to the next; Barroso says 'No Plan B'...



on Jun 28, 2011
http://www.ukipmeps.org
• European Parliament, Brussels - 28 June 2011

• Speakers: Nigel Farage MEP, UKIP, Co-President of the EFD Group in the European Parliament (Europe of Freedom and Democracy)
- Excerpt from Commission President José Manuel Barroso's reply.

• Debate: Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Presidents: exchange with European Council and Commission Presidents.

- The European Council President debates the outcome of the EU summit (23-24 June 2011) at a meeting of group leaders open to all MEPs. Commission President José Manuel Barroso also takes part. Earlier, EP President Jerzy Buzek had bilateral meetings with both Mr Van Rompuy and Mr Barroso.

Farage: Arab Spring Could Lead to “Mediterranean Summer of Discontent”


“It doesn’t matter how much money you throw at it… the fact is that Greece is going bust,” he told MEPs.
“She can’t even afford her current repayments, let alone be forced by you to take on a whole lot more debt,” he continued.
“Your complete refusal to accept a contingency plan, to accept a Plan B of any kind at all while many lose their jobs and their lives sink increasingly into poverty frankly is nothing less than a dereliction of duty,” he said.
Mr Farage concluded his speech by warning that Europe could face a “Mediterranean summer of discontent” if the measures do not work.

    Keiser Report: Waterboard Bernanke Again! (E159)


    y on Jun 28, 2011

    This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on scrapyards being the new pawn shops, Chinese ground troops marching on D.C. and the real British bank exposure to bad Greek debt. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Leah McGrath Goodman about her new book: The Asylum: The Renegades Who Hijacked the World's Oil Market.
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