V for Vendetta, a thriller film produced in 2005 about a near-future dystopian society, previously censored in China, was aired on China Central Television Station (CCTV) Channel Six on December 14, 2012. Many people are surprised by the screening, in particular the mask of V, which has been used by […]
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The birthrate among Ethiopians in Israel decreased by a dramatic 50% in the last decade, and Israeli journalist Gal Gabai wanted to know why. She investigated the issue for “Vacuum,” her documentary series on Israeli Educational Television, and she discovered some things that left her very uncomfortable ~ and will […]
The mainstream media skews the news to defend the status quo, and serves the interests of the rich and powerful. But at least web news sources are free of censorship … one would hope. Unfortunately, that’s not true. Facebook pays low-wage foreign workers to delete certain content based upon a […]
The tiny Nordic European island country of Iceland is presently experiencing one of the greatest economic comebacks of all time. After the privatization of the banking sector completed in 2000, the economy was thrown into a tailspin when over a five-year period, private bankers borrowed 120 billion dollars (10 times […]
The first episode of Oliver Stone’s new TV show is available online. Quite possibly the best history lesson you’ll get all year. [youtube]a5-veAiYgAY[/youtube]
In the 2012 edition of Occupy Money released last week, Professor Margrit Kennedy writes that a stunning 35% to 40% of everything we buy goes to interest. This interest goes to bankers, financiers, and bondholders, who take a 35% to 40% cut of our GDP. That helps explain how wealth […]
[ The basic problem here – is lending people money … … when they don’t have any money … … and then charging interest. ] A general strike is underway across Europe today as millions are protesting spending cuts and tax hikes they say have deepened the region’s economic crisis. […]
[ Which is what happens when you de-individualise soldiers at boot camp – and train them to kill and dehumanise other people – then send them into one of the most horrendous situations environments humanly imagineable to experience and inflict the kinds of actions that most people don’t bear thinking […]
“WTC7’s collapse violated common experience and was unprecedented. [youtube]LD06SAf0p9A[/youtube] The NIST report does not analyze the actual nature of the collapses. According to experts at the Toronto Hearings (Sept. 8–11, 2011), the collapses had features that indicate controlled explosions.” Read Article here [youtube]6BGEwKNB_7g[/youtube]
[ A slightly horrifying – yet fascinating – peek behind the media curtain ] [youtube]L9Z8q9TAJPc[/youtube]