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Debatertainment Round 1 | Unfilter 206

chris — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:59:49 +0000

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Clinton first debate cheat – Album on Imgur
Snopes Caught Lying For Hillary Again, Questions Raised – Your News Wire
Pilot dies after U-2 spy plane crashes in California | Fox News
Joe Biden says “I had planned on running” for president this year, and other comments on Syria, globalization, and the TPP — Quartz
Gary Johnson Continues to Avoid the Third-Party Fade – Hit & Run : Reason.com
Who Is Behind The Riots? Charlotte Police Says 70% Of Arrested Protesters Had Out Of State IDs | Zero Hedge
The Associated Press on Twitter: “BREAKING: Congressman says top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills given immunity deal in FBI investigation into Clinton’s email server.”
Obama vetoes 9/11 bill | TheHill
Obama reportedly used pseudonym to email with Clinton on her private server | Fox News
Washington mall shooting suspect captured after 24-hour manhunt – NY Daily News
Obama reportedly used pseudonym to email with Clinton on her private server | Fox News
How Media Coverage Alters Your Perceptions of Presidential Debates
Lester Holt: The Third Debater? | Heat Street
5 Times Lester Holt Shilled for Hillary Clinton at First Debate
All on Twitter: “@DRUDGE that hd TVs is a killer https://t.co/8N1Rb0h2eB”
SITE Cyber Security on Twitter: “Pro-IS Telegram Channel Shares Guides for Falsifying ID to Reactivate Facebook Accounts https://t.co/4ZU1G5XrWZ https://t.co/WEIYzh762t”
Why the recent developments in Syria show that the Obama Administration is in a state of confused agony | The Vineyard of the Saker
ISIS no longer controls any Iraqi oil

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Trump: The Wrath of Khan | Unfilter 198

chris — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 23:38:53 +0000

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It looks like Trump was set up, took the bait & then made the situation worse by letting George pin him down. We explain what hell is going on with Donald Trump this week, the Pandora’s Box just opened in Libya, follow up on the supposed Russian hack of the DNC & the real possibility it was the NSA that dumped to Wikileaks.

Plus the chemical attacks in Syria, the security situation in Rio & a supersized Overtime segment!

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DNC_Secret_Documents.zip | Unfilter 193

chris — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:33:22 +0000

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Guccifer 2.0 debunks DNC claim it was hacked by Russia & we dig through some of the leaked docs. The gun debate is going crazy in the US & the 2016 election could be about to take a major twist.

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The Saudi Connection | Unfilter 185

chris — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 01:28:01 +0000

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The “28 Pages” of the 9/11 report the media never talked about… Until they did. What’s in the 28 pages? Why is it getting so much attention now? We’ll reveal how the Obama administration is using vital information about 9/11 as leverage with the Saudis & why these 28 pages are getting so much attention now.

Plus details on how the FBI hacked the iPhone 5c, the Bern starts to fade & Trump takes the lead on the right.

Then we end it all on a high note & an epic Overtime segment!

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Doxing ISIS | Unfilter 179

chris — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:01:46 +0000

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It’s a document extravaganza this week, with newly released Bin Laden files, ISIS informants & document treasure troves. We cover what surely must be a great week for the intelligence agencies.

Plus an update on the Apple vs DOJ case, the latest terrorism bogeyman, a 2016 race update, a high-note & even more!

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2016 Race to the Bottom | Unfilter 152

chris — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:18:02 +0000

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We run down the latest events around the world, focus on a few domestic issues & then use the final days before the first Republican debate to take a snapshot of the clown show known as the 2016 run.

Plus just how much money the CIA blew trying to cover up the torture report & much more!

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Reigning In Blood | Unfilter 145

chris — Wed, 27 May 2015 22:40:29 +0000

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The media is sure the “strategy” against ISIS has failed & the time has come for boots on the ground in Iraq again, but the real game is a much longer player & the intention is to sell the American public on arming more militants. We’ll break it down.

The Senate fails to reform NSA spying & the Patriot Act is set to expire this Sunday. We’ll explain where things are at & why regardless of anything, the larger transgressions by the NSA are being left untouched.

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The Senate Fails to Reform NSA Spying, Votes Against USA Freedom Act

A last-minute bid to reform NSA spying before lawmakers break for a week-long recess failed early Saturday morning after hours of debate and filibuster overnight when Senate lawmakers voted 57-42 against the USA Freedom Act.

Senator Mitch McConnell then tried to lead an effort to extend the key provision in the Patriot Act that has been used to justify NSA spying, which is set to expire on June 1. But that vote also failed. Temporarily, that means the government’s bulk collection of phone records from U.S. telecoms is on hold.

USA Freedom Act aimed to put an end to that program, first uncovered by USA Today in 2006 and re-exposed in 2013 by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The bill called for records to be retained by telecoms and would have forced the NSA to obtain court orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to gain access to them. It also would have required the agency to use specific search terms to narrow its access to only relevant records.

A companion bill passed in the House earlier this month by a landslide vote of 338 to 88 but encountered trouble in the Senate where opponents said it would handicap the fight against terrorism and harm national security.

Proponents of the bill were pushing to get it passed before lawmakers could vote on whether or not to re-authorize sections of the US Patriot Act. Section 215, which the government has long said legally justifies its collection of phone records, is set to expire at midnight June 1.

On Patriot Act Renewal and USA Freedom Act: Glenn Greenwald Talks With ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer – The Intercept

Unlike many privacy and civil liberties groups, the ACLU has refrained from endorsing the USA Freedom Act and instead is advocating for allowing the Patriot Act provisions to sunset — i.e., to die a long overdue death rather than being “reformed.” Meanwhile, almost all of the 86 “no” votes in the House were based on the argument that the USA Freedom Act either does not go far enough in limiting the NSA or that it actually makes things worse.

Defeat in Senate

The USA Freedom Act was rejected by the U.S. Senate on May 22, 2015. By a vote of 57-42, the Senate did not pass the bill that would have required 60 votes to move forward, which means that the NSA must start winding down its domestic mass surveillance program this week. The Senate also rejected, by 54-45, also short of the necessary 60 votes, a two-month extension for the key provision in the Patriot Act that has been used to justify NSA spying, which is set to expire on June 1, 2015.

Inside the battle for Ramadi: Iraqi soldier speaks

He believes that the order to withdraw was a betrayal. The Iraqi government has said it launched an investigation to find out what went wrong and how the order was issued, but so far, no one has given a viable explanation.

“I want to quit the army, I would, if I thought I wouldn’t get into trouble,” Al-Yassiri says. “I want to join the militias and go back to the fight.”

Ramadi Fell to ISIS Fighters Even Though They Were ‘Vastly Outnumbered’ by Iraqi

The city of Ramadi is controlled by “hundreds” of ISIS fighters who were able to seize the city after Iraqi military commanders ordered the withdrawal of several thousand Iraqi troops from the city.

That’s according to a U.S. official who also confirmed that the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Ramadi may have been prompted by the unexplained pullout of the elite Iraqi counterterrorism force based in the city.

The pullout of the Iraqi counterterrorism unit from Ramadi first appeared in the Kurdish news agency Rudaw.

Ramadi – Wikipedia

Ramadi occupies a highly strategic location on the Euphrates and the road west into Syria and Jordan. This has made it a hub for trade and traffic, from which the city gained significant prosperity. Its position has meant that it has been fought over several times, during the two World Wars and again during the Iraq War and Iraqi insurgency. It was heavily damaged during the Iraq War, when it was a major focus for the insurgency against occupying United States forces. Following the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq in 2011, the city was contested by the Iraqi government and the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and fell to ISIL in May 2015.

The King of Tech Talk Showed Everyone a (His?) Naked Dick

This particular incident occurred on May 24th, during an explanatory segment on Apple’s new Photos app. Most of the clip is the same sort of David Pogue explainer-mush that’s been Laporte’s bread and butter for years. While clicking through his photo library, Laporte brings up a grid of imported images: family, friends, food, and an erect penis.

The Tech Guy Leo Laporte Accidentally Shows A Penis Photo During His Live Tech Program! See The Awkward Moment HERE!

Wikileaks reveal massive haul of 1978 Documents

Today WikiLeaks has released more than half a million US State Department cables from 1978. The cables cover US interactions with, and observations of, every country.

1978 was an unusually important year in geopolitics. The year saw the start of a great many political conflicts and alliances which continue to define the present world order, as well as the rise of still-important personalities and political dynasties.

The cables document the start of the Iranian Revolution, leading to the stand-off between Iran and the West (1979 — present); the Second Oil Crisis; the Afghan conflict (1978 — present); the Lebanon–Israel conflict (1978 — present); the Camp David Accords; the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua and the subsequent conflict with US proxies (1978 — 1990); the 1978 Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia; the Ethopian invasion of Eritrea; Carter’s critical decision on the neutron bomb; the break-up of the USSR’s nuclear-powered satellite over Canada, which changed space policy; the US “playing the China card” against Russia; Brzezinski’s visit to China, which led to the subsequent normalisation of relations and a proxy war in Cambodia; with the US, UK, China and Cambodia on one side and Vietnam and the USSR on the other.

Through 1978, Zbigniew “Zbig” Brzezinski was US National Security Advisor. He would become the architect of the destabilisation of Soviet backed Afghanistan through the use of Islamic militants, elements of which would later become known as al-Qaeda. Brzezinski continues to affect US policy as an advisor to Obama. He has been especially visible in the recent conflict between Russia and the Ukraine.

WikiLeaks’ Carter Cables II comprise 500,577 US diplomatic cables and other diplomatic communications from and to US embassies and missions in nearly every country. It follows on from the Carter Cables (368,174 documents from 1977), which WikiLeaks published in April 2014.

The Carter Cables II bring WikiLeaks total published US diplomatic cable collection to 2.7 million documents.

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The Bin Laden Files | Unfilter 144

chris — Wed, 20 May 2015 20:46:01 +0000

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The Pentagon has released 100s of files from the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound & we dig through some of the more interesting items.

As we record Rand Paul has launched another filibuster — this time over the National Security Agency’s controversial bulk collection program, we check in on his status.

Plus a follow up to recent dramatic developments in Libya, Iraq & more.

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Sen. Rand Paul Launches Filibuster Against NSA’s Controversial Data Collection Program – ABC News

“The people don’t want the bulk collection of their records, and if we were listening, we would hear that,” Paul said.

Bin Laden’s library was basically the browser history of a conspiracy theorist – The Washington Post

But more specifically: Bin Laden’s library was the equivalent of an Internet conspiracy theorist’s browser history. There was a print out of a weird article about a card game that was said to have predicted the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He had an e-book about voter fraud conspiracies from BlackBoxVoting.org. He had books documenting the fringes of American politics. He had a 1928 book called “The Secret Teaching of All Ages” that details various aspects of forgotten religions and the occult; he had a book unveiling “The Secrets of the Federal Reserve.” And, like a rebellious teenager, he checked out the official government material on MK ULTRA, the CIA’s mind control efforts during the Cold War.

The bookshelf contains a number of letters, too (letters once upon a time served a function similar to e-mail). There’s a paper job application, which includes — and I am not making this up — an emergency contact request: “Who should we contact in case you became a martyr?” Oh, my wife, here’s her cell.

UBS to pay $545m to US authorities over forex and Libor scandals

UBS to pay $545m to US authorities over forex and Libor scandals. UBS will pay a total of $545m to US authorities to settle allegations that arose in an investigation into the rigging of foreign exchange and Libor benchmarks. The Swiss bank will be hoping the payment draws a line under multiple trading scandals lasting several years. The fine, much lower than expected, includes a $342m Federal Reserve penalty related to forex activities, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday. It will not be paying a fine on forex to the Department of Justice and will not face criminal charges on the matter.

OBAMA SET TO SPEED ARMS SHIPMENTS, TRAINING FOR IRAQ TRIBES

US President Barack Obama is poised to quicken the pace of weapons supplies and training to Iraqi tribes, while eyeing a rapid offensive to recapture Ramadi from the Islamic State group.

Obama huddled Tuesday with his national security team at the White House to plot a way forward after the loss of a strategically vital town on the steps of the capital Baghdad.

Following the meeting — which included the heads of the CIA and Pentagon, National Security Council staff and Secretary of State John Kerry via secure phone link — officials indicated Obama was ready to ramp up assistance to Sunni tribes that dominate the province around Ramadi.

“We are looking at how best to support local ground forces in Anbar” National Security Council spokesman Alistair Baskey told AFP, “including accelerating the training and equipping of local tribes and supporting an Iraqi-led operation to retake Ramadi.”

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47 Freedom Hawks | Unfilter 136

chris — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:47:17 +0000

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Forty-seven Senate Republicans may have broken the law this week. We’ll look at the surprising move the made against the Obama administration. Hillary Clinton’s email scandal continues develop & we’ll look at the pressure she’s getting from top Democrats.

Plus a high note you won’t want to miss, an ISIS Update, cracking iPhones & much more!

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Tell Them to Pass the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.
No Iran Nuclear Treaty Without Congressional Approval.

Hillary Clinton reveals she deleted 30,000 ‘personal’ emails

“Looking back, it would have been better if I’d simply used a second email account,” Clinton said during a press conference after her keynote address at the annual United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles meeting. “At the time, this didn’t seem like an issue.”

The press conference was Clinton’s attempt to calm a media firestorm stemming from a New York Times report that she did not use or even have a government email account while serving as President Obama‘s first Secretary of State and that her aides had not taken any measures to preserve four years’ worth of emails that were supposed to be archived for public review under federal record-keeping law.

Hillary Clinton Says ‘No’ to Independent Investigation of Her Family’s Home Email Server

But Clinton also refused to yield to calls for an independent investigator to examine the home server, which she said contains “personal communications from my husband and me, and I believe I have met all my responsibilities.

“And the server will remain private,” she said.

Prepare for Confidence-Shaking Cyber Attack: FBI’s Taddeo – YouTube

NY FBI Special Agent for Cyber, Special Operations Leo Taddeo discusses the increase in cyber security threats, how companies are combating cybercrime and the level of sophistication of data hacks.

US sending Humvees, radars, and drones to Ukraine’s front lines

The U.S. will provide more substantial arms and military equipment to Ukraine in the form of $75 million worth of armored Humvees, drones and counter-mortar radars. Much of it will help the Ukrainian military with situational awareness and targeting enemy artillery, but the list of goods does not include “lethal aid” that members of Congress and Ukraine supporters have asked President Barack Obama to authorize.

“This new assistance is part of our ongoing efforts to help sustain Ukraine’s defense and internal security operations and resist further aggression,” a senior administration official told reporters in an email. Missing from the announcement were Javelin portable anti-tank missiles requested by the Ukrainian military.

The announcement comes after months of pressure from Ukrainian officials and a recent push from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

“I think the administration has felt political pressure to do something…. This may well be a response to that political pressure,” Steven Pifer, Brookings senior fellow and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told Defense One. Pifer co-authored a report last month that is based on interviews with front line commanders in the Ukrainian military and argued that the U.S. should provide anti-tank and anti-battery weapons, but especially radars and unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to detect enemy positions.

Putin reveals secrets of Russia’s Crimea takeover plot

Vladimir Putin has admitted for the first time that the plan to annex Crimea was ordered weeks before the referendum on self-determination.

Crimea was formally absorbed into Russia on 18 March, to international condemnation, after unidentified gunmen took over the peninsula.

Mr Putin said on TV he had ordered work on “returning Crimea” to begin at an all-night meeting on 22 February.

The meeting was called after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted.

Speaking last year, Mr Putin had said only that he took his final decision about Crimea after secret, undated opinion polls showed 80% of Crimeans favoured joining Russia.

The findings of these polls were borne out by the outcome of the referendum on 16 March, he told Russian state TV last April.

U.S.-backed Rebel Now ISIL’s Man in Libya

The leader of the al-Qaeda-linked rebel forces that brought down Moammar Gadhafi is now the Islamic State’s top man in Libya, according to various media reports, indicating a further unraveling of the Pyrrhic victory achieved by the U.S. and NATO air war on Libya in 2011.

Abdelhakim Belhadj, a Libyan known in the jihadi world as Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq, is the former head of the Libya Islamic Fighting Group and the Tripoli Military Council.

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Big changes made to marijuana bill | Local News – KTUU.com Anchorage

Senate bill 30 is supposed to change the law to reflect a voter initiative legalizing marijuana which took effect last month.

Senate OKs PTSD as qualifying condition for medical marijuana

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The ISIS Swindle | Unfilter 134

chris — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:16:24 +0000

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We challenge the premise behind the ISIS beheading videos & look at the possible reasons western governments are using these videos are a pretext for war. Why Egyptian jets are bombing in Libya & the US puts weaponized drones up for sale.

Plus the major “cyber heist” that’s making news & a lot more!

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NEWS

New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace – The Washington Post

The Obama administration is establishing a new agency to combat the deepening threat from cyberattacks, and its mission will be to fuse intelligence from around the government when a crisis occurs.

The agency is modeled after the National Counterterrorism Center, which was launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks amid criticism that the government failed to share intelligence that could have unraveled the al-Qaeda plot.

Over the past several years, a series of significant cyber-incidents has affected U.S. companies and government networks, increasing the profile of the threat for policymakers and industries. Disruptions, linked to Iran, of major bank Web sites, a Russian intrusion into the White House’s unclassified computer networkand the North Korean hack of Sony Pictures have raised the specter of devastating consequences if critical infrastructure were destroyed.

ISIS

Moderate Syrian rebels ‘to be given power to call in US air strikes’ – Telegraph

US and Turkey close to agreeing deal on training opposition forces while
details emerge of plan to arm rebel units with pick-up trucks equipped with
machine guns

Egyptian jets bomb Libya after jihadists behead 21 Copts | The Times of Israel

Cairo targets Islamic State weapons caches and training camps ‘to avenge bloodshed’ of slain Christians; Libyan planes hit city taken over by Islamists

High-Note

Federal Study: Marijuana Use Doesn’t Increase Auto Crash Rates

After the legalization of marijuana in multiple states around the U.S., many are worried about a corresponding uptick in car crashes as people drive while under the influence of pot. But according to a new federal study (PDF) commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, those fears seem unfounded. They report that after adjusting for other factors (people who tend to drive after using marijuana also tend to be more crash-prone in general), there was no statistically significant increase in crash rates by drivers who tested positive for the drug. It’s still a bad idea to drive high, but driving drunk is far, far worse: “One substance was shown to have a major influence on crashes: alcohol. The study confirmed the enormous danger of drinking and driving, even after age and sex adjustment: drivers with a 0.05% blood-alcohol level were found to be twice as likely to be in a crash. For a person weighing 180 to 190 pounds, that could be a single can of beer, glass of wine, or shot of liquor. At 0.08% (two drinks), the likelihood is quadrupled, and at .20% (four drinks or more), the risk is higher by 23 times.”

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Rebooting Iraq | Unfilter 114

chris — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:53:40 +0000

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The war machine is in overdrive as the push into Iraq and Syria reaches a fever pitch. With a designed to fail coalition in place we’ll examine the state of the US’ fight against ISIS.

Plus we look at the military response to the Ebola outbreak, the situation in Scotland, and everyones favorite celebrity who announced he is a cannabis user.

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NSA Update

Israel’s N.S.A. Scandal – NYTimes.com

IN Moscow this summer, while reporting a story for Wired magazine, I had the rare opportunity to hang out for three days with Edward J. Snowden. It gave me a chance to get a deeper understanding of who he is and why, as a National Security Agency contractor, he took the momentous step of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents.

Among his most shocking discoveries, he told me, was the fact that the N.S.A. was routinely passing along the private communications of Americans to a large and very secretive Israeli military organization known as Unit 8200. This transfer of intercepts, he said, included the contents of the communications as well as metadata such as who was calling whom.

Mr. Snowden stressed that the transfer of intercepts to Israel contained the communications — email as well as phone calls — of countless Arab- and Palestinian-Americans whose relatives in Israel and the Palestinian territories could become targets based on the communications. “I think that’s amazing,” he told me. “It’s one of the biggest abuses we’ve seen.”

Snowden Leaks Didn’t Make Al Qaeda Change Tactics, Says Report – NBC News.com

There is no evidence that Edward Snowden‘s revelations about NSA spying inspired Islamic terror groups to hide their electronic communications behind more sophisticated encryption software, according to a new analysis that challenges other recent research and assertions by U.S. officials about the impact of the leaks.

WWIII

U.S. House votes to arm Syrian rebels, but questions remain

The House voted 273-to-156 to authorize the plan, a test of support for Obama’s stepped-up campaign to “degrade and destroy” Islamic State fighters who have seized a third of both Iraq and Syria, declared war on the West and seek to establish a caliphate in the heart of the Middle East.

Written as an amendment to a stopgap spending bill, the measure does not include any money to pay for the arms and training.

House, in Unusual Alignments, Moves Toward Vote on ISIS Fight – NYTimes.com

A House divided along unusual and unpredictable lines moved toward a vote Wednesday to authorize the training and arming of Syrian rebels to confront the militant group Islamic State, with President Obama leading efforts to secure a solid majority.

Russia: ‘Free Syrian Army No Longer Exists’; Rebels Are Coordinating With Terrorists

— Russia on Tuesday accused the West of ignoring its warnings about the growing terrorist threat in Syria, and claimed that the moderate rebel front — the one the Obama administration wants to arm as part of its anti-ISIS strategy — “no longer exists.”

Who Pays the Pro-War Pundits? Conflicts of Interest Exposed for TV Guests Backing Military Action | Democracy Now!

A new report finds many talking heads who have been fanning the flames of war in the news media have ties to Pentagon contractors.

Russians urged ‘don’t panic’ as rouble hits new low

The rouble fell about 1% to 38.71 per dollar, the weakest it has been since the currency was restructured in 1998.

Last week, the US and Europe introduced further sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine.

“Don’t panic,” said deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseyev.

Meet The Millionaires And Billionaires Suddenly Buying Tons Of Land In Africa – Business Insider

Oakland Institute just completed the most thorough investigative report on who’s buying land in Africa we’ve seen yet: “Hedge Funds Grabbing Land in Africa,” as BBC called it.

As commodities prices rise and inflation picks up, the OI made the report public, they say, because the number of investors buying up land in Africa concerns them.

Scotland

The REAL Reason Britain is Freaking Out About Scottish Independence

Specifically, if Scotland becomes independent, it gets to keep 90% of the revenues from its huge oil reserves.

The New York Times reports:

Scottish nationalists have long argued that being governed from London has deprived their country of its fair share of the wealth from Britain’s oil and natural gas fields, which mostly lie in North Sea waters off their shores.

“It’s Scotland’s oil” was the rallying cry in the 1970s that helped raise the profile of the Scottish Nationalist Party, which now leads the country and is pushing for a vote to secede in the referendum on Thursday. Alex Salmond, the politician leading the separatist movement, has pointed to North Sea energy as the treasure that would help finance an independent Scotland — ensuring that the country could continue the generous public spending, including free university tuition, that he is promising voters.

High Note

50 Companies Look To Fill 500 Openings At Cannabis Job Fair In Denver « CBS Denver

There were about 50 companies looking for workers to fill about 500 jobs. The positions ranged from bud-tenders in the stores to upper level management. The type of companies was also quite varied.

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Obama Sells ISIS | Unfilter 113

chris — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:42:00 +0000

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In the live run up to Obama’s sales pitch to the nation to go back into Iraq, we analysis the recent developments of ISIS, and dispel common memes being pushed out by the media. Then cover Obama’s speech in real time with our commentary.

Plus new leaks from the CIA Torture report suggest the scope of waterboarding and other tactics by the CIA were much more brutal than the public has been lead to believe.

Then we end on a surprising high note, and in-depth discussion.

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CIA Torture Report

CIA ‘tortured al-Qaeda suspects close to the point of death by drowning them in water-filled baths’ – Telegraph

As the US Senate prepares to release a report documenting US
torture programme after 9/11, Telegraph reveals new details about the scope
of CIA excesses

“They weren’t just pouring water over their heads or over a cloth,” said the source who has first-hand knowledge of the period. “They were holding them under water until the point of death, with a doctor present to make sure they did not go too far. This was real torture.”

The account of extreme CIA interrogation comes as the US Senate prepares to publish a declassified version of its so-called Torture Report – a 3,600-page report document based on a review of several million classified CIA documents.

Publication of the report is currently being held up by a dispute over how much of the 480-page public summary should remain classified, but it is expected to be published within weeks.

Snowden

Switzerland will host Edward Snowden, if he testifies against the NSA- The Inquirer

The Swiss attorney general has said that whistleblower Edward Snowden can reside there if he responds to state requests for testimony against the US National Security Agency (NSA).

A document provided to the Swiss Sunday newspaper Sonntagszeitung is titled, “What are the rules would apply to consider when Edward Snowden would [be] brought to Switzerland and then the United States would make a request for extradition“, and it relates that the rules would allow the movement and repel the requests.

Speaking to the newspaper, Snowden’s Swiss lawyer Marcel Bosonnet revealed that he is pleased with the results of the study, commenting that, “The legal requirements for safety are met.”

ISIS

CNN poll: Majority of Americans alarmed by ISIS – CNN.com

Seven in 10 Americans believe ISIS has the resources to launch an attack against the United States, just days before President Barack Obama plans to address the nation on the subject.

The poll released Monday shows that Americans favor:

— Additional airstrikes against ISIS (76% favor, 23% oppose)

— Military aid to forces fighting ISIS (62% favor, 37% oppose)

— Providing humanitarian aid to people fleeing ISIS (83% favor, 16% oppose)

U.S. targets ISIS fighters near Iraq’s second-largest dam

But a majority of Americans, 61%-38%, oppose placing U.S. soldiers on the ground in Iraq and Syria to combat the terrorist group.

Even as Americans support military action against ISIS, they still want Obama to seek authority from Congress before taking any action. More than 7 in 10 Americans think Obama should ask Congress for the ability to strike ISIS militarily. And 8 in 10 Americans support Congress approving military force against ISIS.

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Washington’s indoor pot grows could be big power suck – Local – MyNorthwest.com

“You’re installing 1,000 watt lights over about every two plants and running those 16 to 18 hours a day to grow the product over a 10, 12, 14 week cycle. It’s a pretty significant consumption of electricity.”

The council studied a number of growers across the state earlier this summer after they were granted licenses by the Washington State Liquor Control Board. It determined demand for electricity could grow between 60 and 160 average megawatts over the next few years.

“That’s significant,” Eckman says. “That’s about half of the size of a new combustion turbine gas generating plant.”

Pot producers add demand on Northwest power grid | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

Since Washington voters in 2012 approved an initiative to legalize recreational pot use by adults, the state Liquor Control Board has so far issued more than 200 licenses to marijuana growers out of about 2,500 who have applied.

Recreational pot eclipses medical pot in Colorado – National – MyNorthwest.com

Colorado is now selling more recreational pot than medical pot, a turning point for the newly legal industry.

Tax records released by the state Department of Revenue on Wednesday showed that the state sold $29.7 million worth of recreational marijuana in July, the most recent data available. That was slightly higher than the $28.9 million worth of medical marijuana sold in the same month.

Colorado has many more medical pot shops than recreational pot shops, which are open to all 21 and over. Colorado has some 500 medical shops, fewer than 200 open to all adults.

Since January, Colorado has reaped more than $37 million in taxes from marijuana. That figure includes taxes, licenses and fees from both medical and recreational pot.

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Meme Spotting | Unfilter 21

chris — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:06:17 +0000

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It’s been a big week for Drones, in ACT1 we’ll tell you the latest on this growing new type of warfare. Plus the gift the courts gave to the telcos, and the latest in new cyber laws.

In ACT2: We go meme spotting this week, and unfilter the subtle ways the Industrial Media Complex applies pressure to public opinion.

In ACT3: After hitting the episode 20 mark, we\’ve reflected a bit on the show and have a few thoughts, and a few questions for you. If you\’ve enjoyed this show, please stay tuned.

All that and a heck of a lot more, on this week’s Unfilter!

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Spooky Scary Cyberwar | Unfilter 20

chris — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:41:23 +0000

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After a string of high profile Cyberattacks we could be witnessing the creation of the next generation military industrial complex. Or is President Obama desperately seeking to protect us from same the types of Cyber weapons we’ve attacked other nations with?

Nobody celebrates National Cybersecurity Awareness Month like the US government.

Plus: We start in the United States, which is facing a dramatic “Fiscal Cliff”. We’ll break down exactly what that term means, how it will impact you, and when the supposed deadline is.

Then from Libya to Spain we’ll focus on the important events that developed this week around the world.

And: The first presidential debates have just wrapped, we reflect on a few moments, and play a few of our favorite clips.

All that and a heck of a lot more, on this week’s Unfilter!

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ACT ONE:

ACT TWO:

ACT THREE: Debates

Romney was stronger than expected?
The Tax discussion seemed rather pointless. Romney remained vague, and neither addressed the 2013 automatic kick ins.
Obama seemed like he did not want to be there, Romney seemed like he wanted the evening.
Did this debate change your view of Romney or Obama?

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The Blowback Decade | Unfilter 17

chris — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:16:32 +0000

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You\’re being told the embassy attacks in Egypt and Libya are in response to a movie, but in fact it’s the blowback from a over a decade of a policy of mistakes and a growing anti-west movement. You’ll get our analysis in this episode.

Bush’s former director of the CIA and the NSA has shared details on on the initial rollout of the NSA’s domestic spying program and the subsequent ratcheting up of the invasion of citizens privacy. We’ve got the exclusive clips from the source.

It’s our follow up, and your feedback.

All that and a lot more on this week’s Unfilter.

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FULL INTERVIEW: Ben Swann interviews President Obama

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