TiLTNews Network: Earth Watch - Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference, not by safety. It is easy to clamor for government security when terrible things happen; but liberty is given true meaning when we support it without exception, and we will be safer for it ~ Dr. Ron Paul
Via: San Jose Mercury News: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that Tesla will partner with several companies besides Panasonic for its planned “gigafactory” for battery production, painting a portrait of a facility resembling a massive industrial park and saying that there eventually will be a need for several more. Musk said that the […]
Tesla-Led Consortium to Build Massive Battery Factory
Kevin
Fri, 16 May 2014 17:12:38 GMT
Tens of thousands sign petitions concerned about the further corporatization of the Internet
Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
May 15, 2014
Citizens wary of government and corporate encroachment on Internet freedom have launched multiple White House petitions seeking equal treatment of all information and data stored on the web, with several petitions calling for the ouster of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler.
Another petition argues for the removal of FCC boss Tom Wheeler for a supposed conflict of interest. “Before he became Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler was a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry, which the FCC is supposed to regulate. Not only is this a conflict of interest, Wheeler has repeatedly demonstrated that he is not working for the good of the American people,” a petitionstarted by J.D. Of Lufkin, Texas states.
Yesterday, the FCC voted to begin considering plans to allow “internet fast lanes,” which would essentially give cable providers (e.g. Time Warner, AT&T and Verizon) the ability to give preferential treatment to certain web services, such as Skype, Facebook and Netflix, based on premiums paid for high-speed delivery of their content.
Profits derived from the premiums, cable providers argue, are essential to begin upgrading existing Internet cable connections, which they say will ultimately benefit the consumer; however, many perceive it will have the opposite effect and lead to the regulation of the flow of information on the web and ultimately the “televisation” of the Internet.
“This new economy will undoubtedly result in less choice for consumers and lead to what may be termed the ‘televization’ of the internet. In other words large players like NBC and Disney will effectively monopolize the medium as they now do with cable and broadcast television,” Infowars reported yesterday.
The bill’s language is cleverly disguised as calling for an “Open Internet,” when it will actually do the opposite, and Wheeler’s apparently not above playing devil’s advocate, saying recently, “There is one Internet. It must be fast, it must be robust, and it must be open.. The prospect of a gatekeeper choosing winners and losers on the Internet is unacceptable.” His statements against his agency’s own bill are akin to Br’er Rabbit feigning not wanting to be thrown into the briar patch.
By far the most successful petition, and the one that at this point has the best chance of receiving a response from the administration, is one that simply requests the White House “Maintain true net neutrality to protect the freedom of information in the United States.”
“One of the most effective tactics of an invading military is to inhibit the flow of information in a population; this includes which information is shared and by who. Today we see this war being waged on American citizens,” a resident from Ridgecrest, California, whose petition needs just under 29,000 signatures, wrote.
Here are a few of the petitions (and their current signature counts, at time of publication) regarding net neutrality currently active on the White House site, which can all use additional signatures. Petitions must meet or exceed a threshold of 100,000 signatures within 30 days before they require a response.
Reclassify Internet broadband providers as common carriers. (15,554)
Maintain true net neutrality to protect the freedom of information in the United States. (71,083)
Remove Tom Wheeler from his position as FCC Chairman (5,760)
Prevent the FCC from ruining the Internet (2,828)
The video below by Youtube user CGP Grey gives a great, easy to understand presentation of what’s at stake in the battle for net neutrality, and defines why maintaining the web in its current form should be one of the most important causes of our generation.
This article was posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 at 1:44 pm
Tags: internet
There is a movement within the Islamic religion that is engaged in a global jihad, which seeks to spread a radical Islamic ideology around the world, and subjugate other religions and peoples. Part of that global jihad is the imposition of Islamic civil law, better known as Sharia law, on the courts and governments that
Related posts:
VICTORY: Multiple States Have Now Banned Sharia Law
Ben Marquis
Fri, 16 May 2014 19:05:29 GMT
- Sarah Lazare, staff writer
Process of mixing water with fracking fluids to be injected into the ground. (Photo: Joshua Doubek / Wikimedia Creative Commons)
Amid soaring concerns about the health and environmental impacts of the U.S. fracking boom, federal regulators are failing to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells they have deemed high-risk, according to the government's own report released Monday.
According to the Government Accountability Office, the Bureau of Land Management—an arm of the Interior Department—did not inspect 2,100 of the 3,702 "high-priority" wells drilled between 2009 and 2012, even though such wells are mandated for inspection according to the bureau's own rules.
Frank Rusco, who oversaw the investigation as Director of Natural Resources and Environment for the GAO, told Common Dreams that such wells are deemed high-priority because "there is the need to protect usable water, or high-pressure zones—zones that contain hydrogen sulfate which could pose a safety hazard if it were to be released."
"This report shows a clear lack of accountability about what's happening on public and tribal lands," Jane Kleeb of environmental group Bold Nebraska told Common Dreams. "We have countless families that describe the pollution happening on their land. What pollution is happening that we don't know about?"
Adding to this lack of oversight, according to Rusco, the BLM's own process for identifying high-risk wells is "flawed" because designations are made locally by engineers who make inconsistent judgements across locations.
Of the wells deemed high-risk under this flawed system, the number slipping through the cracks could be far higher than 2,100. "[O]f the more than 14,000 federal and Indian oil and gas wells drilled from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2012 on lands managed by BLM that we reviewed, BLM’s AFMSS database is missing data on whether 1,784 wells were identified as high- or low- priority," states the report.
According to Rusco, GAO investigators were unable to determine how many of these high-priority wells went without an inspection by state or federal regulators. "We know that some wells were inspected by states, but we don't know how many, because we don't have data from states."
For inspections that do occur, the BLM has outdated "rules and guidance governing oil and gas development" and has failed to keep up with "technological advances, such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling," according to the report.
"The GAO reports findings that high risk oil and gas wells are not being inspected is highly concerning," Emily Wurth, Director of the Water Policy Program for Food and Water Watch, told Common Dreams.
She added, "Our public lands should be protected for future generations, not exploited for the oil and gas industry's gain. That's why we support a ban on fracking on federal lands."
_____________________
Despite President Obama’s claim that there isn’t even a “smidgen” of corruption in the IRS, and that any wrongdoing that may have occurred was because of rogue agents in the Cincinnati office, more and more evidence is emerging to the contrary, showing that the targeting of conservative groups was ordered by officials in Washington DC.
Numerous emails that have been released show that Washington officials, like Lois Lerner, were involved in coordinating the targeting of conservative groups. It has even been discovered that this targeting took place at the behest of Democrats in Congress, with emails showing Senator Carl Levin and Rep. Elijah Cummingswriting to various IRS officials asking them to harass tea party groups and to provide them with information about said groups.
It has also become apparent that the targeting took place in order to help Democratsduring the 2012 election season, by harassing, delaying and otherwise silencing conservative groups. Lois Lerner is heavily involved and implicated in this, and lied about it to Congress, leading to her being charged with contempt.
Now even more information showing that the IRS targeting originated in DC, and not Cincinnati, has been revealed by watchdog group Judicial Watch. (H/TNewsmax)
In one July 6, 2012, email from Holly Paz, manager of Exempt Organizations Guidance (EOT), to IRS lawyer Steven Grodnitzky, Paz asked for an explanation of how tea party group applications were being handled.
“EOT is working the tea party applications in coordination with Cincy. We are developing a few applications here in D.C. and providing copies of our development letters with the agent to use as examples in the development of their cases. [IRS lawyer] Chip Hull is working these cases in EOT and working with the agent in Cincy, so any communication should include him as well. Because the tea party applications are the subject of an [Sensitive Case Report], we cannot resolve any of the cases without coordinating with Rob.”
Judicial Watch thinks “Rob” is a reference to Rob Choi, who was then the IRS’ director of rulings and agreements and was based at the agency’s Washington headquarters, the Daily Caller reports.
This is direct proof that Obama, the White House, Democrats and DC officials, particularly Lois Lerner, have lied about their knowledge and involvement in the IRS targeting scandal. A newly released email also shows that the targeting took place at the urging of Senator Carl Levin.
Levin, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs permanent subcommittee on investigations, wrote a March 30, 2012, letter to then-IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman about the “urgency” of the issue of possible political activity by nonprofit applicants, the Daily Caller reported.
Levin asked if the IRS was sending out additional information requests to applicant groups, citing an IRS rejection letter to a conservative group as an example of how the IRS should be conducting its business, the Daily Caller said.
“Some entities claiming tax-exempt status as social welfare organizations under 26 U.S.C.&501(c)(4) appear to be engaged in political activities more appropriate for political organizations claiming tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C.&527,” Levin wrote, the Daily Caller reported.
“Because of the urgency of the issues involved in this matter, please provide the following information by April 20, 2012,” he wrote.
The then acting Deputy Commissioner, Steven Miller, sent a 16 page email back to Senator Levin, explaining how certain IRS rules would allow for them to “prepare individualized questions and requests” for various conservative and Tea Party groups.
“There is no standard questionnaire used to obtain information about political activities,” Miller wrote. “Although there is a template development letter that describes the general information on the case development process, the letter does not specify the information to be requested from any particular organization . . . Consequently, revenue agents prepare individualized questions and requests for documents relevant to the application.”
What all of this shows is that there was a concerted, coordinated effort on the part of multiple individuals and agencies to deliberately target certain individuals and groups for political reasons. This is a blatant crime, and at the very least, highly unethical.
Now more than ever, it is apparent that there needs to be a special prosecutorappointed, or a select committee formed, with the express purpose of investigating the IRS, and holding accountable everyone who was involved in this scandal. People need to be fired, prosecuted and jailed for using to interminable power of the government to abuse law-abiding citizens who are only guilty of exercising their First Amendment right of free speech and freedom of assembly to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
ADHD in the new education
by Jon Rappoport
May 12, 2014
“I learned twenty-four new things today at school,” the child said. “One right after the other. I felt so happy. My teacher told me I was learning accelerated. I wrote on my iPad. I saw pictures. I did group harmony. I added. I divided. I heard about architecture. The teacher said we were filled with wonder at the universe. We solved a problem. We’re all together. I ate cheese. A factory makes cheese.”
The new education is ADHD.
It’s a method of teaching that surrenders ground on each key concept, deserting it before it’s firmly fixed in the mind of the student.
It hops around from idea to idea, because parents, teachers, administrators, students, departments of education, and educational publishers have given up on the traditional practice of repetition.
Repetition was old-world. For decades, even centuries, the time-honored method of instruction was: introduce an idea or concept or method, and then provide numerous examples the student had to practice, solve, and demonstrate with proficiency.
There was no getting around it. If the student balked, he failed.
There were no excuses or fairy tales floated to explain away the inability of the student to carry out the work.
Now, these days, if you want to induce ADHD, teach a course in which each new concept is given short shrift. Then pass every student on to the next grade, because it’s “humane.”
Think of it this way. Suppose you want to climb the sheer face of a high rock. You know nothing about climbing. You engage an instructor. He teaches you a little bit about ropes and spikes and handholds. He briefly highlights each aspect and then skips to the next.
So later…while you’re falling five hundred feet to the ravine below, you can invent stories about why the experiment didn’t work out.
Since the advent of organized education on the planet, there has been one way of teaching young children…until recently. Explain a new idea, produce scores of examples of that idea, and get the students to work on those examples and come up with the right answers.
Subtraction, division, decimals, spelling, reading—it all works the same basic way.
For the last hundred years or so, however, we’ve seen the gradual intrusion of Teacher ADHD.
School text ADHD.
Not enough examples. Not enough exercises.
Education has nothing to do with “improving the self-esteem” of the student. It has nothing to do with telling children they’re valuable. And it certainly has nothing to do with trying to embed social values and team spirit in children.
No matter how many fantasies educators spin, schools can’t replace parents.
If what I’m writing here seems cruel and uncaring…look at the other side of the picture. Look at what happens when a student emerges from school with a half-baked, “dumbed-down” education.
He can sort of read. He can sort of write. He sort of understands arithmetic. He tries to skate through the rest of his life. He fakes it. He adopts a front to conceal the large territory of what he doesn’t know.
He certainly can’t think straight. Give him three ideas in succession and he’s lost. He goes on overload.
He operates on association. You say A and he goes to G right away. You go back to A and he responds with R. He’s up the creek without a paddle.
That’s what’s cruel.
Forty years ago, I was on the verge of landing a lucrative job with a remedial education company. The owner gave me a lesson plan and told me to write a sample program.
I did. He looked at it and said, “There are too many examples and exercises here. You have to move things along faster.”
I told him the students would never comprehend the program that way. They had to work on at least 20 exercises for each new concept.
He was shocked. “That’s not how it’s done now,” he said.
“Oh,” I said, “you mean now the student and teacher both fake it?”
And that was the end of that.
Several years ago, I explained much of what’s in this article to a sociologist at a US university. His response: “Children are different now. They don’t have patience. There are too many distractions. We have to operate from a new psychology.”
I asked him what that psychology was.
“Children are consumers. They pick and choose. We have to accommodate them.”
While I was laughing at his assessment, he capped his display of wisdom with this: “There is no longer a division between opinion and fact.”
Perfect.
I know all about how the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations torpedoed education in America. But their major effort was cutting off teachers and students from the history of the nation and the meaning of individual freedom.
What I’m talking about here is a different perversion. The unhinging of the young mind from any semblance of accomplishment and continuity. This goes far beyond the agenda of outfitting children to be worker-drones in a controlled society.
This is the induction of confusion and despair about what used to be called thinking. This is the imprinting of “gaps” that make it very hard for a person to operate, even as a drone.
In addition, seed children with all sorts of debilitating psychiatric drugs, and you have a profound mess that only dedicated parents can undo, one child at a time.
People may wish it weren’t so, but that doesn’t change the facts of the matter.
The upside is, when you explain a concept to a child, and you then take him through a great many exercises designed to help him understand that concept, he’ll achieve a victory.
When you see the lights go on in his mind, it’s very satisfying.
Jon Rappoport
The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com
Filed under: Uncategorized
ADHD in the new education
Jon Rappoport
Mon, 12 May 2014 16:58:30 GMT
by Peak Crackers
Contributor
Next you will have to pay for a license after you have paid for special training and conduct understanding VIA of schooling to upload videos or blog content and pay a tax every time you do along with tax on uses….MPC
Internet Freedom’s Expiration Date
The idea of taxing email is no more popular today than when President Bill Clinton signed the Internet Tax Freedom Act into law. But a dedicated congressional minority now wants to allow states and localities to tax email—unless these governments are given new powers to collect sales taxes on e-commerce.
On Nov. 1—three days before Election Day—the Internet Tax Freedom Act is due to expire. In place since 1998 and renewed three times, it wisely prohibits taxes that discriminate against the Internet. State and local governments can’t impose burdens online that don’t exist offline. And multiple jurisdictions can’t tax the same online transaction—a critical consumer protection in a country with more than 9,600 taxing authorities. The law also bans email taxes and new taxes on Internet access services.
Originally authored by former GOP Rep. Chris Cox and Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.), the law has attracted large bipartisan majorities every time it’s been up for a vote in either house. That’s because the law has allowed the Internet to grow into an engine of interstate and international commerce.
Corbis
But in a few months customers may begin receiving notices from their Internet providers that new taxes are on the way. Even though nearly everyone in Congress opposes slapping all of America’s heavy traditional telephone taxes on Internet access, a renewal of this successful policy is being held hostage by lobbyists for giant retailers.
They've persuaded Democrats like Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) and even self-styled limited-government advocate Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) that an extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act should be paired with more authority for those 9,600 governments over e-commerce. Unless states and localities are granted new powers to reach outside their borders to force collection of sales taxes on goods purchased online, the plan is to punish all American consumers with new taxes on communication.
Mr. Chaffetz is candid in suggesting the larger moratorium extension won't pass without a new online sales tax. Mr. Durbin's office denies he's among the hostage takers, saying that while he has considered the Internet Tax Freedom Act as a vehicle to increase sales tax collections, "Senator Durbin has not said or implied that he would hold up any piece of legislation" in order to achieve his goal. If that's true, he should support an immediate vote on extending the ban on email taxes.
Since the biggest retailers already collect sales taxes on purchases both online and off, they want to impose a greater tax burden on their smaller competitors. The 1992 Supreme Court decision Quill v. North Dakota found that it would be too great a burden to force a merchant to collect taxes in jurisdictions where it has no physical presence. But the retailers and their allies in state government have pushed hard to run around Quillby rewriting the rules of interstate commerce.
Senators voted last year for such a rewrite when they approved the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would force Web merchants to collect for all of America's taxing authorities. But some Senators have had second thoughts. After lawmakers approved the plan, the bill's author, Sen. Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.), couldn't say exactly how many governments would gain new authority to audit online merchants. A last-minute change in the bill, courtesy of Majority Leader Harry Reid, exposed Web retailers to harassment not just from state and local governments but "any tribal organization" as well. That could mean close to 600 additional governments.
Even if one favors additional tax collections on e-commerce—which most Americans do not—why should this controversial idea be used to destroy a successful policy on which most Americans agree?
Congress should make the Internet Tax Freedom Act permanent. And then during the August congressional recess, lawmakers can go back to pondering how to rewrite sales tax laws without crushing small merchants and consumers.
+++
The post Internet Taxes Coming? appeared first on Zen Gardner.
Internet Taxes Coming?
Peak Crackers
Tue, 13 May 2014 01:31:43 GMT
The following listing of important phone numbers and web sites for COMSEC Custodians was obtained from the website of the University of Central Florida.
COMSEC CUSTODIAN IMPORTANT NUMBERS & ASSOCIATED WEB SITES
- 5 pages
- For Official Use Only
- February 2013
(U//FOUO) NSA COMSEC Custodian Important Phone Numbers and Web Sites List
Public Intelligence
Tue, 13 May 2014 02:09:55 GMT
Maybe a child safety seat would be a great place to stash-your-cash while traveling!
As you plan for your summer travels we all need to be on the look out for VIPR’s, I’m not talking about the car, but rather a program developed by the Department of Homeland Security, and deployed at the state level. Tennessee was the first state to experiment with this new form of tyranny. VIPR’s patrol the interstates looking for “terrorist”. That’s right, “terrorist”. With so much evidence supporting the possibility of a terrorist attack on US interstates this program should have been rolled out when the first interstate was built. It seems like every week I read a report about another “terrorist” attack being instigated from one of the major interstates that criss-cross our once proud Republic. Let’s not forget that a viper is also another word for snake. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary the word viper is defined as – a limbless reptile with a long body [a viper sliding silently through the field]. Sounds about right to me.
I am sure a lot of you have read articles regarding how local and state police just randomly stop people while traveling down the freeway. If you happen to be carrying a large amount of cash, you know to make a legitimate purchase or you simply like having a lot of cash, you will need to hide it really well. Another story of a law abiding citizen having there cash stolen by the police state has recently surfaced. These dirtbags are getting more brazen all the time. Let’s not forget the police are here to “protect and serve”. No one ever said who they were protecting and serving. As time goes by the picture is getting quiet clear who is being protected and served, and it ain’t us.
According to PoliceStateUSA.com:
Tan Nguyen was the lucky gambler who was stopped along I-80 in Humboldt County. Nguyen was stopped by Deputy Lee Dove for only going 3 miles per hour above the posted speed limit.
First, raise your hand if, under normal driving conditions and circumstances, while driving on the interstate, you drive slightly above the posted speed limit. I dare say most vehicles, including the ones supposedly representing the law, travel slightly above the posted speed limit. So far, sounds like a target of opportunity.
To establish the grounds for searching Nguyen’s vehicle, the deputy began to claim that he smelled drugs.
“I just smelled weed. I know I did. I know I smelled weed,” said Dove in the dash-cam video available from KLAS-TV.
Deputy Dove is a skilled narcotics agent that knows that accusing someone of drug trafficking is all that is required to walk away with their money and property. The policy that enables him to do this is known as civil asset forfeiture. “How much money you got?” asks the deputy.
What stands out to me, are the words “began” and “just”. What is this so-called “skilled narcotics agent” talking about? When did he “begin” to “just” smell weed? Right before stopping at the doughnut shop or immediately after leaving? Can you say, bullshit? I knew you could. What this establishes is the fact that you and I are wards of the state. We have no rights and the people that are suppose to represent the law are establishing themselves as being above the law. In case after case it is shown that motorist are like an ATM machine for the state.
NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather
You feel you have been wronged and the state simply stole your money? Well, good luck getting your money back. According to a report from Infowars.com, you may need an attorney:
There’s a state law in Tennessee that allows police to keep large amounts of cash from routine stops if they suspect it’s going to be used for drug trafficking. If the money’s owner doesn’t seek legal recourse to get their money back, the agency gets to keep it.
I suspect our Founding Fathers are either rolling in theirs graves or crying for the loss of their Republic. When will the people rise up and say no more? When a state writes into law they can steal your cash, based on nothing, the control mechanism has been greatly enhanced.
Stash your cash when going to make that legitimate large purchase and happy motoring!
Delivered by The Daily Sheeple
Contributed by Rory Hall of The Daily Coin.
As a daily contributor at SGTReport.com. for the past two years I have written a several original articles and interviewed some of the top precious metals professionals in the industry, as well as top preparedness specialists in the world. YouTube Channel, The Daily Coin, was launched in February 2014 and website TheDailyCoin.org was launched April 25, 2014. As a student of monetary, financial and economic history for the past five years it has taught me to watch the markets with an open mind and a hand on my wallet.
Also, built and maintained Rory’s Glass (Eyes of the Heart Glassworks) – now closed to the public.
Stash Your Cash!
Rory Hall
Tue, 13 May 2014 03:57:33 GMT
3:07 PM, MAY 13, 2014 • BY JOHN MCCORMACK
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the Department of Justice doesn't have any plans to investigate allegations that veterans placed on secret waiting lists at VA hospitals died while waiting for care.
"Well, obviously these reports if they're true are unacceptable, and the allegations are being taken very seriously by the administration. But I don't have any announcements at this time with regard to anything that the Justice Department is doing," Holder told reporters at a press conference.
"This is something on our radar screen at this point, but there is an investigation being done by the [VA] inspector general, and we'll see what happens as a result of that inquiry and other information that comes to light in some form or fashion," Holder added.
According to CNN, at least 40 veterans died while waiting for treatment at one VA hospital in Phoenix. Members of Congress have said in recent weeks that the inspector general investigation is inadequate and have called on the DOJ to launch its own investigation.
"Because these cases involve individuals working in their capacity as federal employees, and these incidents have occurred at federal facilities throughout the nation, I urge you to work with the state Attorneys General in Arizona and across the country to investigate these preventable deaths thoroughly, determine appropriate criminal charges, and prosecute the offenders accordingly," Rep. Tom Rooney, a Republican of Florida, wrote in a letter to Holder on May 1.
Holder's announcement that the DOJ doesn't currently have any plans to investigate the VA hospital scandal was made Tuesday afternoon at a press conference held to announce that the DOJ was filing a lawsuit against lenders under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which caps interest rates on student loans at 6 percent for members of the military.
"We are here to announce a landmark step forward in our effort to achieve justice for victims of improper lending practices--and to protect the men and women of America's armed services from anyone who would take advantage of those who wear the uniform," Holder said.
