tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:55:25 +0000http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifBeatsDTCAPoetrybig pharmaeschatologyquestionable marketingRecommended daily allowance of insanity, under-reported news and uncensored opinion dismantling the propaganda matrix.http://circleof13.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)Blogger11392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-3561489105414048324Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:30:00 +00002020-02-26T20:30:59.738+02:00Once upon a time in the West ...The seeds of anti-establishment and anti-elite sentiment were planted decades before Trump and Brexit. Trump and the Brexiteers tapped into the schism between the “anywheres” and “somewheres”, described by British publicist David Goodhart as the few elites who live without traditional constraints and everyone else who depends on the West’s status quo values..http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2020/02/notable-headlines-26-2-2020-once-upon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-5567911527749404095Sun, 09 Feb 2020 09:40:00 +00002020-02-09T11:40:34.195+02:00Is America Governed by a Cult? Coronavirus Makes Its First Appearance In Luxe Alpine Vacation Region The Deep Roots of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies India could provoke war with Pakistan in 2020: US foreign affairs expert Not Having Health Care 'Incentivizes' People To Be Healthy, Says Fox News Doctor Citizen Journalists Who Exposed Beijing’s Lies In Wuhan Have Suddenly Vanished http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2020/02/psychology-today-is-america-governed-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-6819252242686503098Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:49:00 +00002013-07-18T20:49:02.009+03:00On July 16, 1945, the Atomic Age began, as the old cliché goes. Hundreds of modern alchemists journeyed to an occult gathering in the New Mexico desert to conjure up a fantastical, mysterious force in the early hours of the morning. The famously unclear origins of the code name for the project, “Trinity,” only adds to the lore. More... http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-beginning-of-bomb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-7081898381956768035Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:23:00 +00002013-07-18T20:23:23.426+03:00From The Funambulist: Whether we talk about the war in Iraq or the murder of Trayvon Martin, there seems to emerge a legal means of justification for a country to invade another or for a white man to kill a black boy. I call this means “preemptive legitimate defense” insisting on its oxymoronic character that demonstrates its ethical and legal absurdity. Such a claim is revealing the http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/preemptive-legitimate-defense-when.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-8260474685864581367Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:19:00 +00002013-07-18T20:19:43.351+03:00José-​Manuel Bar­reto, Critical Legal Thinking : ...A dog trained to attack the flesh, and tor­ture, kill, and gorge a man and a child in front of the mother con­nects Fernando Botero’s Abu Grahib with Bar­to­lomé de las Casas’ Short Account of the Destruc­tion of the Indies. In this scen­ario of colo­nial wars a dog is turned into a beast­—a tor­ture dog or a war dog—by the inhu­man­ity ofhttp://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/decolonial-strategies-and-dialogue-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-7712715326520466106Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:14:00 +00002013-07-18T20:14:23.537+03:00 The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has joined a number of other civil liberties organizations, including the ACLU, to protest the National Security Administration's surveillance of Americans' Internet activity and phone records. The recently revealed news of the NSA's actions spurred ABFFE and the other groups to write an open letter to members of Congress. http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/abffe-joins-campaign-against-nsa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-6000906631391214494Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:38:00 +00002013-07-18T07:38:28.575+03:00Zoe Kleinman Technology reports for BBC News: French company Spotter has developed an analytics tool that claims to be able to identify sarcastic comments posted online. Spotter says its clients include the Home Office, EU Commission and Dubai Courts. The algorithm-based analytics software generates reputation reports based on social and traditional media material. However some experts say http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/authorities-use-analytics-tool-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-9160418745378628604Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:30:00 +00002013-07-18T07:30:04.219+03:00A U.S. District Judge not only doesn't know what torture is, she doesn't know her own history. Judge Rosemary M. Collyer doesn't know what people have known for decades, if not centuries: force-feeding is torture. Force-feeding is torture. In fact, Judge Collyer wouldn't be sitting where she is today if dozens of American (and British) women hadn't been tortured in this way in their fight forhttp://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/federal-judge-parades-her-ignorance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-431617528156791359Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:06:00 +00002013-07-18T07:06:16.811+03:00On Facebook. http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/catch-up-on-circle-of-13-posts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-5404460997040304426Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:03:00 +00002013-07-18T07:03:48.571+03:00A five-year employee at private defense contracting corporation General Dynamics publicly resigned Tuesday in protest of the company's arming of US-led wars, declaring: "I have always believed that if every foot soldier threw down his rifle war would end. I hereby throw mine down."  Brandon Toy's General Dynamics employee badge (Photo: Brandon Toy) Brandon Toy sent his resignation http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2013/07/military-industry-employee-throws-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-9153995648158401197Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:10:00 +00002012-11-26T18:10:47.991+02:00 His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such hits as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and who put the music into The Wizard of Oz. Born into poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Harburg always included a strong social and political http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-tribute-to-blacklisted-lyricist-yip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-4293496313237006283Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:06:00 +00002012-11-26T18:06:19.895+02:00 Greetings Citizens of the world, this is Anonymous.It has come to our attention that the Turkish government want to prosecute a hacker group called Redhack, they are accused of being a "terror organisation." Prosecutors will demand up to 24 years imprisonment for people who have no connection to Redhack.They opposed and carried out actions against rapes, out of date milk distributed to http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/11/anonymous-op4redhack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-2917960132184757573Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:04:00 +00002012-11-26T18:04:29.140+02:00Complete October-November post list here.http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/11/catch-up-on-posts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-5246880595353267696Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:16:00 +00002012-10-05T15:16:03.613+03:00David Swanson reports for War Is A Crime.org: Thirty-two U.S. peace activists, including 6 members of Veterans For Peace are taking part in a peace delegation to Pakistan organized by the anti-war group Code Pink. See video: http://vimeo.com/50666774 Wednesday the delegation met with U.S. Charge d'Affaires Richard Hoagland.  U.S. peace activist Robert Naiman asked about reports of http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/10/americans-in-pakistan-meet-families-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-499796071976075116Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:11:00 +00002012-10-05T15:11:31.970+03:00 A briefing on Iran's Nuclear Program. From the discovery of atom power, the utilization of this new science for the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki and the resulting "nuclear dilemma." Covering the institutions created in answer to the nuclear dilemma: the United Nations (UN), the "Atoms for Peace" initiative, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the International Atomic Energy Agency http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-briefing-on-irans-nuclear-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-688013041571853647Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:55:00 +00002012-09-19T14:55:24.998+03:00 Unemployed People’s Movement Press Statement Our movement has been approached by Mr. Velile Ben Mafani. He informed us that tomorrow he will throw three stones, one white, one black, and one red, through the window of the High Court in Grahamstown. He will tie a letter stating his demands around the stones. Mr Mafani was born in a shack settlement in Coega, just outside Port Elizabeth http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/mr-velile-mafani-will-throw-three.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-3179942435560920543Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:51:00 +00002012-09-19T14:51:10.754+03:00 Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter sat down with Margaret Warner and answered an audience question concerning the appropriate role of schools to produce civicly engaged students.http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/former-supreme-court-justice-souter-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-5556206880159296542Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:48:00 +00002012-09-19T14:48:32.510+03:00 See also:  180+ arrests on Occupy Wall St. anniversary — in pictures http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/s17-occupy-arrests-at-west-street.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-6869975472970223988Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:46:00 +00002012-09-19T14:46:23.718+03:00 WeAreChange presents a film by Saad Ali. Read the article that accompanies this short film at their website: http://wearechange.org/pakistan-center-of-the-grand-chessboard/ http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/pakistan-center-of-grand-chessboard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-6882949066786853896Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:44:00 +00002012-09-19T14:44:38.769+03:00 Newly released internal emails from the U.S. private security firm Stratfor state that in 2007 the Bush Administration and CIA ordered the Drug Enforcement Agency to back off a major drug trafficking investigation of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother. http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/hacked-stratfor-emails-dea-told-to-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-8158653862700250716Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:43:00 +00002012-09-19T14:43:08.852+03:00 A leaked internal police memo entitled “Investigation of Harmful Occult-Related Crimes: Investigation Support Capacity” is being circulated on the Internet.The police document mentions that two detectives per province must be experts in dealing with occult crimes. The memo says these include muti murders, curses intended to cause harm, vampirism, spiritual intimidation including “astral http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/pagans-challenge-occult-related-crime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-7083141570396046364Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:41:00 +00002012-09-19T14:41:50.796+03:00 From The Archers of Okcular: (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: art makes me smile, jjay69, nitrodog, jfrancis)Adnan Latif was found dead in his cell on September 10th, 2012, just a day before the eleventh anniversary of 9/11. He was 32. Latif, a Yemeni citizen, had been detained at Guantanamo Bay for over a decade, despite a 2010 court ruling that ordered the Obama http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/dead-guantanamo-prisoner-on-why-he-gave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-6720579538248446059Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:39:00 +00002012-09-19T14:39:37.895+03:00 As part of the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street (Sept 17), Minuit teamed up with New York photojournalist Nina Berman to produce this clip. These shots were taken during the time Occupy was in Manhattan Sept - Nov 2011, as well as at Occupy Chicago, May 2012. But it's not only about Occupy. Zuccotti Park was one face of protest at one place in time. There's a lot of causes and a lot http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/stories-for-boys-occupy-edit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-993593514641468252Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:33:00 +00002012-09-19T14:33:24.891+03:00 Call on Jason Kenney to Make Humanitarian Application Decision With less than two days left before Kimberly Rivera and her family, including two Canadian children, must leave Canada or be deported, supporters of the US Iraq War resister are calling on Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to stop delaying and makehttp://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/prominent-canadians-release-statement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35022039.post-3172909869407995598Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:30:00 +00002012-09-19T14:30:54.448+03:00 Bill Conroy reports for the Narcosphere: From MX1’s email correspondence with Stratfor: So, as you have no doubt gathered by now, the National Security Council decided to really up the ante in Juarez. We expect 5,000 additional troops and up to 1,000 additional federal police. Among the new elements, there will be at least 10 specialized intelligence units, as well as special forces http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2012/09/mexican-special-forces-employed-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peacedream)0