'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper

November 19, 2016 by element115
A bill giving the UK intelligence agencies and police the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world has passed into law with barely a whimper, meeting only token resistance over the past 12 months from inside parliament and barely any from outside.

US whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted: “The UK has just legalised the most extreme surveillance in the history of western democracy. It goes further than many autocracies.”
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French PM: Europe at risk of collapse; France, Germany must lead

November 17, 2016 by element115
The European Union is in danger of breaking apart unless France and Germany, in particular, work harder to stimulate growth and employment and heed citizens' concerns, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in the German capital on Thursday.
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Britain has passed the 'most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy'

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The law will force internet providers to record every internet customer's top-level web history in real-time for up to a year, which can be accessed by numerous government departments; force companies to decrypt data on demand -- though the government has never been that clear on exactly how it forces foreign firms to do that that; and even disclose any new security features in products before they launch.
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DNA-editing breakthrough could fix 'broken genes' in the brain, delay ageing and cure incurable diseases

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The Independent --> Scientists have discovered a new way to edit DNA that could fix “broken genes” in the brain, cure previously incurable diseases and potentially even extend the human lifespan.

The breakthrough – described as a “holy grail” of genetics – was used to partially restore the sight of rats blinded by a condition which also affects humans.

“We now have a technology that allows us to modify the DNA of non-dividing cells, to fix broken genes in the brain, heart and liver.

“It allows us for the first time to be able to dream of curing diseases that we couldn’t before.
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Professor Stephen Hawking says humans will be WIPED OUT in 1,000 years

November 16, 2016 by element115
The world's most influential scientist says humans must continue to go into space to find a new place to live or otherwise face mass extinction
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Russia withdraws signature from international criminal court statute

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Russia has said it is formally withdrawing its signature from the founding statute of the international criminal court, a day after the court published a report classifying the Russian annexation of Crimea as an occupation.

The Russian foreign ministry made the announcement on Wednesday on the orders of the president, Vladimir Putin, saying the tribunal had failed to live up to hopes of the international community and denouncing its work as “one-sided and inefficient”.
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Physicists just discovered a second state of liquid water

by element115
...physicists have demonstrated that somewhere between the temperatures of 40 and 60 degrees Celsius (104 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit), liquid water can 'switch' states, exhibiting a whole new set of properties depending on the state it flips to.
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British woman who says she was gang raped arrested on 'extra-marital sex' charges in Dubai as attackers go free

by element115
When she reported the rape at a police station, she was allegedly arrested for breaking Emirati laws against extra-marital sex, while her attackers have since flown home to the UK.

Radha Stirling, the founder and director of Detained in Dubai, said the case a “tremendously disturbing“ example of long-running abuses in the holiday resort.

"Police regularly fail to differentiate between consensual intercourse and violent rape,” she added. "Victims go to them expecting justice, and end up being prosecuted. They not only invalidate their victimisation, they actually punish them for it."
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Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News

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“To have one company that has enough power to reshape the way we think, I don’t think I need to describe how dangerous that is,” he said.

...the former CIA employee turned whistleblower said the fact that fake news is available on Facebook isn’t so much of a problem, but the bigger issue is that Facebook is the only news source for many people.
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US transgender people rush to legally change gender in wake of Donald Trump's win

by element115
In a race against the clock, transgender people have been connecting on Twitter using the hashtag #TransLawHelp with lawyers offering to help them make the changes free of charge before Trump takes office on Jan 20, 2017.

Last week's victory for Trump has left many transgender advocates fearing a backlash against their community after the Republican candidate sent mixed messages on transgender rights during the campaign.

Trump's choice for vice-president, Mike Pence, has rankled many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists who are wary of the current Indiana governor's years of opposition to gay rights.
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German far-Right extremists teaming up with gangs in America and Europe to plan attacks, intelligence chief warns 

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Mr Maassen's remarks came after the Verfassungsschutz's annual report revealed that cases of far-Right violent acts in Germany had increased by 42 per cent to 1,408 in 2015.

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US army and CIA may be guilty of war crimes in Afghanistan, says ICC

November 15, 2016 by element115
US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has said in a report, raising the possibility that American citizens could be indicted even though Washington has not joined the global court.
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Trump in the White House: An Interview With Noam Chomsky

November 14, 2016 by element115
"On November 8, the most powerful country in world history, which will set its stamp on what comes next, had an election. The outcome placed total control of the government—executive, Congress, the Supreme Court—in the hands of the Republican Party, which has become the most dangerous organization in world history.

The Party is dedicated to racing as rapidly as possible to destruction of organized human life. There is no historical precedent for such a stand.

Is this an exaggeration? Consider what we have just been witnessing."
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It’s Worse Than You Think

by element115
by Chris Hedges: Widespread social unrest will ignite when Donald Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed. I do not know when this will happen. But that it will happen is certain. Investments in the stocks of the war industry, internal security and the prison-industrial complex have skyrocketed since Trump won the presidency. There is a lot of money to be made from a militarized police state.

Our capitalist democracy ceased to function more than two decades ago. We underwent a corporate coup carried out by the Democratic and Republican parties. There are no institutions left that can authentically be called democratic. Trump and Hillary Clinton in a functioning democracy would have never been presidential nominees. The long and ruthless corporate assault on the working class, the legal system, electoral politics, the mass media, social services, the ecosystem, education and civil liberties in the name of neoliberalism has disemboweled the country. It has left the nation a decayed wreck. We celebrate ignorance. We have replaced political discourse, news, culture and intellectual inquiry with celebrity worship and spectacle.
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China's President Calls Trump, Tells Him "Cooperation Is The Only Choice"

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"During the call, the leaders established a clear sense of mutual respect for one another, and President-elect Trump stated that he believes the two leaders will have one of the strongest relationships for both countries moving forward," a statement from Trump's presidential transition office said. The two agreed to maintain close communications and meet soon.
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Putin & Trump discuss Syria and US-Russia relations in phone call

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In their telephone conversation, the two leaders agreed that they share a common view on “uniting efforts in the fight with the common enemy number one – international terrorism and extremism,” the Kremlin said in a statement published on its website late Monday. The Kremlin added that Putin and Trump also discussed ways to settle the Syria crisis.
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Report: Two-thirds of the world's internet users live under government censorship

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Web freedom declined across the globe for the sixth consecutive year, according to a new report.

The findings are based on an analysis of web freedom in 65 countries, covering 88 percent of the world's online population.
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Renegade states plan to pull off their own Brexit and ditch the US for Canada

by element115
Momentum is building for a proposal which would see California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington state ditch a USA run by Donald Trump.

Those that propose the historic shift claim it is the perfect solution, as it allows Republicans to do their thing under Trump while those who object to him can pledge allegiance to Canada instead.

Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has already promised to take in Syrian refugees, legalise marijuana and tackle climate change – pretty different to Donald Trump’s take on things.
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First at-home brain implant lets “locked in” woman talk, venture outdoors

by element115
A paralysed woman, who is "almost completely locked in," has become the first person to use a fully implanted brain-computer interface at home in day-to-day life without constant doctor supervision.
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Yes, Trump will have broad power to crack down on immigration

by element115
Presidents have the power to bar access to the U.S. to specific immigrants or entire classes of immigrants. That power is laid out in the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows a president to block would-be immigrants if they are deemed "detrimental to the interests of the United States."

...so far, it looks like he will be able to follow through on many of his pledges — with or without help from Congress.
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As New Zealand earthquake struck, mysterious green and blue flashes appeared

by element115
Incredible footage filmed during the New Zealand earthquake shows the night sky lighting up with bright colours.

Quick-thinking New Zealanders managed to film the scene in Wellington while the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch.

Zachary Bell said he filmed a video at ‘the peak of the shaking’, noting that ‘the sky began to light up with colours’ over the sea.
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Who is Stephen Bannon? How he fits in Trump’s unusual inner circle, and why he worries so many

by element115
President-elect Donald Trump’s West Wing team is beginning to take shape, and it includes an unusually prominent role for the conservative media mogul whose site – known for white-supremacist, misogynist rhetoric – helped bring the Republicans to power.

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Privacy experts fear Donald Trump running global surveillance network

November 12, 2016 by element115
Concerns raised that current US and UK surveillance system is ‘ripe for further abuse under an autocratic, power-obsessed president’

Privacy and human rights campaigners in the US and UK say a Trump presidency will tip the balance between surveillance and privacy decisively towards the former. The UK surveillance agency GCHQ is so tied up with America’s NSA, often doing work on its behalf, it could find itself facing a series of ethical dilemmas.

On the campaign trail, Trump made an ambiguous remark about wishing he had access to surveillance powers.

“I wish I had that power,” he said while talking about the hack of Democratic National Committee emails. “Man, that would be power.”
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At Least 500,000 Protest In South Korea Demanding Resignation Of Their President

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The crowd of at least 500,000 people, according to Reuters, held candles and signs reading "Resign," sang pop songs and patriotic numbers, and marched together toward the Blue House, the presidential home and office complex.

"It's an explosion of their feelings," demonstrator Jinwon Kim says of the crowds. "People are very angry."
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Swedish Nazi group hails Trump in largest demo yet

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Sweden’s neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement mounted the biggest march in its history on Saturday, with its leadership saying the election of Donald Trump in the US marked the start of a world revolution.
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Peru to plant 2 million hectares of trees to restore Amazon forest

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President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said gaps need to be bridged across the country, and announced Peru will plant 2 million hectares of trees to restore Amazon forest.
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Donald Trump May Select an Architect of Bush’s Torture Program to Run CIA

by element115
Rodriguez, the former director of the National Clandestine Service, helped developed the CIA black sites, secret prisons operated in foreign countries where interrogators used a range of torture tactics, including the use of “waterboarding,” the simulated drowning technique once used by the Khmer Rouge and Nazi agents to glean information from detainees.

At least 136 individuals were detained and tortured by the CIA. Interrogation tactics also included forced nudity, sleep deprivation while being vertically shackled, and confinement in a small box.

Rodriguez is unapologetic about his role in the program, telling 60 Minutes that “we did the right thing for the right reason,” even if it meant “going to the border of legality.”
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‘Trump’s election heralds coming of Messiah’ says Israeli Minister of the Interior

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Shas chairman and Interior Minister Arye Deri said Thursday that Donald Trump’s election could herald the coming of the Messiah due to the blow he expects the next president will strike against the “non-Orthodox Jewish hold on the US government.”

“There is no doubt that one can give thanks to God that all those who have damned the [Jewish] covenant and would wipe out Judaism, thinking they could take control over the Land of Israel here and lead reforms in order to cause destruction received their blow,” Deri said.
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Jihadists bombarded Aleppo neighborhood with chemical weapons

by element115
"Rapid sample analysis shows that the toxic substances in the militants’ artillery ammunition were chlorine and white phosphorus," an expert from the Russian center of radiological, chemical, and biological defense said.

These substances are banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention on January 13, 1993. The Russian center has set up a mobile laboratory in Aleppo but the sample analysis will be taken to the scientific laboratory of the military radiological, chemical, and biological defense center in Moscow that is accredited by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
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The Foul Stench of Fascism in the US  

by element115
As of this election, even straight, white Americans will be pushed to the margins. We have not only emboldened a white racist backlash against black and brown people, we have emboldened a backlash against anyone who is not white in the right way.

This is what we have become. This is what decades of Democratic complacency and Republican racism have led to. This is what decades of liberals' silent acceptance of racism and misogyny have led to.

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Thousands gather in U.S. cities for 4th day of anti-Trump protests

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Demonstrators were gathering again Saturday in cities across the United States to protest against president-elect Donald Trump, who they say will threaten their civil and human rights.

Rallies were scheduled throughout the day in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, where organizers said they hoped to continue the momentum after several nights of demonstrations triggered by the real-estate mogul's surprise win in Tuesday's presidential election.
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Texas Community Goes Underground For Doomsday Prep

by element115
Some upper-income Texans are headed down below, not Australia, but below the surface.
“People are getting fearful of this world — there’s ISIS, there are things like Zika virus to race relation and the police brutality they see on TV — people are nervous. People want a place they can have safety for themselves and for the future of their families,” Whitt added.
“We’ve evolved it into long-term sustainability instead of a survival community,” Trident Lakes CEO Jim O’Connor told the Houston Chronicle, adding that the 400 planned condos will house about 1,600 people. “The concept is to build a community that will last two centuries or longer. That means we’re looking at designs that include earth structures that won’t be exposed to the elements.”

Residents will first be able to move-in possibly as soon as 2018
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Massive cyberattack hit five top Russian banks

November 11, 2016 by element115
A massive cyberattack has hit at least five of Russia's largest banks, Moscow-based internet security giant Kaspersky said Thursday.

These attacks saw as many as 660,000 requests being sent per second using a network of more than 24,000 hijacked devices located in 30 countries. More than half the devices were in the United States, India, Taiwan and Israel, Kaspersky said.

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Julian Assange talks to John Pilger (FULL INTERVIEW)

November 10, 2016 by element115


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FBI will not change decision regarding Hillary Clinton's emails

November 6, 2016 by element115
Hillary OFF the hook as FBI Director James Comey reveals the department will NOT change its July decision after further email investigation.
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CSIS broke law by keeping sensitive metadata, Federal Court rules

by element115
A Federal Court judge says Canada's spy agency illegally kept potentially revealing electronic data about people over a 10-year period.
At a press conference in Ottawa Thursday afternoon, CSIS Director Michel Coulombe said the agency accepted the court's decision and has "taken immediate actions to respond."
Coulombe said CSIS has halted all access to, and analysis of, the data in order to assess the "operational" impact of the ruling and to determine the way forward.
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Julian Assange Has Confirmed That The U.S. Government Is Lying To The American People About Russia

by element115

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange has unequivocally stated in a must-watch interview with award-winning Australian journalist John Pilger that the Russian government is not the source of the leaked emails that have been rocking America’s election cycle this year. This directly contradicts statements made by both the executive branch of the U.S. government and by Democratic leading lady Hillary Clinton.

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Julian Assange: Isis and Clinton Foundation are both funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar

November 5, 2016 by element115
Wealthy officials from Qatar and Saudi Arabia who donated money to Hillary Clinton’s charitable foundation also provided financial support to Isis, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed.

In an extended interview at the Ecuadorian embassy in London with documentary maker John Pilger for RT, Mr Assange said the same Saudi and Qatari officials could be seen to be supporting both the Clinton Foundation – founded by Mrs Clinton’s husband Bill – and funding the activities of Isis.

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Did a DAPL Security Worker Wielding an AR-15 Rifle Try to Infiltrate Native Water Protectors?

November 1, 2016 by element115
Video: On Friday, Amnesty International dispatched human rights observers
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