Archive for the 'Resistance' Category
Local Food Makes Strange Dining Companions
June 1st, 2011Via: The Freeman: The litany of abuses by centralized power against the individual is long and predictable. But centralization in agriculture, that hazy realm from which our food spontaneously appears, poses its own set of dangers to individual aspirations. Now that fewer than 2 percent of the population is directly engaged in food production (down […]
Texas Legislature, Federal Government Clash Over Airport Pat-Down Bill; Texas Backs Down After Feds Threaten to Ground Flights
May 26th, 2011Via: NPR: Texas lawmakers and federal agents came to a dramatic showdown last night, over a bill that would have prohibited Transportation Security Administration agents from conducting intrusive pat-downs. The Department of Justice circulated a letter that told the politicians if they went through with HB 1937, the TSA would cancel flights out of Texas. […]
Angry Over Unemployment, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Defy Ban in Spain Before Elections
May 21st, 2011Via: Washington Post: Tens of thousands of people are defying a pre-election ban on demonstrations and protesting unemployment in squares around Spain in defiance of an order to quit at midnight. The government avoided saying if it would order police to break up the crowds on Saturday, but at the stroke of midnight officers kept […]
‘We are 100% certain that governments will start banning bitcoins in the next 12 to 18 months.’
May 16th, 2011Well, they can’t stop people from transferring bitcoins to each other. As long as the Internet exists, bitcoins can be sent and received around the world. The governments, however, can shut down exchanges that handle national fiat currencies in and out of bitcoins. I wonder if people will continue to be use bitcoin after the […]
13 Palestinians Killed During Protests Along Israel’s Borders
May 16th, 2011Do you really think that this was coordinated over open social networks and Israel didn’t know about it? I don’t know what the point of this is, but there is no chance that Israel was “surprised” by it. Via: Toronto Star: The popular uprisings that swept the Mideast this year reached Israel’s doorstep Sunday as […]
Father Secretly Used Full THC Cannabis Oil to Cure Son’s Terminal Brain Cancer
May 12th, 2011For the complete story about full THC hemp oil, how to make it, dosages, testimonials, etc., see: phoenixtears.ca. Via: ABC News: Doctors said 2-year-old Cash Hyde would likely die after they found a stage 4 brain tumor surrounding his optic nerve just a year ago this week. And he nearly did. After being subjected to […]
Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone
May 6th, 2011Via: Spiegel: The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government’s actions have informed SPIEGEL ONLINE that Athens is considering withdrawing from the euro zone. The common currency area’s finance ministers and representatives of the European Commission are holding a secret crisis meeting in Luxembourg on […]
The True Finns: Finnish Anti-Euro Party Sees Large Gains in Recent Election
April 18th, 2011Via: Reuters: The True Finns, the anti-euro party voted into a powerful role in the Helsinki parliament at the weekend, expect the European Union to change plans for a bailout of Portugal, its leader said on Monday. “Of course there will have to be changes,” Timo Soini told reporters a day after his party more […]
Iceland: Voters Reject Icesave Payback Referendum
April 11th, 2011I’m sure this situation isn’t going unnoticed in Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Via: CityWire: Britain and the Netherlands plan to sue Iceland for €4 billion (£3.5 billion) paid to Icesave depositors after the country voted against the payment of the money for a second time in a referendum. Almost 60% of Icelanders voted against a […]
15 Dead in New Clashes in Southern Syria
March 23rd, 2011Via: AP: Syrian police launched a relentless assault Wednesday on a neighborhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in an operation that lasted nearly 24 hours, witnesses said. At least six were killed in a predawn attack on the al-Omari mosque in the southern agricultural city of Daraa, where protesters have taken to […]
