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It's possible to cultivate the view that, in essence, God elected the Jew people to teach the world by example, that you should expect kin or soulmate to live beyond any political or administrative border. It follows from this view that Nazism and Zionism share a significant trait: the former acted and the latter still acts - admittedly by very different means - so as to put an end to this good example that was given to the world, by the Jew Diaspora.
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Update of an old Pythagorean theorem jigsaw puzzle
Interactive version at: http://www.malinc.se/math/geometry/pythagorasen.php
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Whose trump card is he, you might have asked...
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... Jeffrey "was convicted of seven counts of espionage on January 26, 2015 -- for merely communicating with New York Times journalist James Risen. He's now serving a 3.5-year prison sentence in a federal correctional facility in Colorado."
In prison for communicating with a journalist. In "the land of the free." Please sign the petition against this terrible injustice.
"During Jeffrey's trial," Holly points out, "the Department of Justice was unable to present any direct evidence proving that he divulged classified information to Risen." Instead, prosecutors relied entirely on circumstantial evidence, devoid of content -- in what the BBC has called a "trial by metadata."
In prison for communicating with a journalist. In "the land of the free." Please sign the petition against this terrible injustice.
"During Jeffrey's trial," Holly points out, "the Department of Justice was unable to present any direct evidence proving that he divulged classified information to Risen." Instead, prosecutors relied entirely on circumstantial evidence, devoid of content -- in what the BBC has called a "trial by metadata."
CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling has been in prison for six months. Today, we're launching a campaign to get him out.
You can help now. Click here to sign the petition telling President Obama: "We request the immediate pardon of Jeffrey Sterling."
Almost two months ago -- at a news conference in Washington co-sponsored by RootsAction.org, Reporters Without Borders and ExposeFacts -- Jeffrey's wife Holly released a letter to the president asking him to pardon Jeffrey. The White House did not respond.
Undaunted, Holly Sterling is leading the way to free her beloved husband. It's time to boost the pressure for justice by signing the new petition now.
As Holly says, Jeffrey "was convicted of seven counts of espionage on January 26, 2015 -- for merely communicating with New York Times journalist James Risen. He's now serving a 3.5-year prison sentence in a federal correctional facility in Colorado."
In prison for communicating with a journalist. In "the land of the free."
Please sign the petition against this terrible injustice.
"During Jeffrey's trial," Holly points out, "the Department of Justice was unable to present any direct evidence proving that he divulged classified information to Risen." Instead, prosecutors relied entirely on circumstantial evidence, devoid of content -- in what the BBC has called a "trial by metadata."
Holly explains that "Jeffrey utilized proper channels and informed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of his concern for the safety of the American people -- as such, Jeffrey is a whistleblower."
She's asking for active solidarity: "Please join me and the coalition of organizations led by Reporters Without Borders, RootsAction and ExposeFacts in my request to the Obama administration to immediately issue a pardon for my husband."
Holly's struggle for justice and truth has profound implications.
"President Obama publicly committed to a transparent government, yet it has been shrouded in mistruth and secrecy," she said today. "Jeffrey's conviction is only the latest chapter in the administration's war on whistleblowers and sets a dangerous precedent for freedom of information. In fact, the Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined."
Take action now.
After signing the petition, please forward this message to your friends. You can also share it from the webpage after taking the action yourself.
This work is only possible with your financial support. Please chip in $3 now.
-- The RootsAction.org Team
P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others.
Background:
>> AFP: "Pardon Sought for Ex-CIA Officer in Leak Case"
>> Marcy Wheeler, ExposeFacts: "Sterling Verdict Another Measure of Declining Government Credibility on Secrets"
>> Norman Solomon, The Nation: "CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling Sentenced to Prison: The Latest Blow in the Government's War on Journalism"
>> Reporters Without Borders: "Jeffrey Sterling Latest Victim of the U.S.' War on Whistleblowers"
>> ExposeFacts: Special Coverage of the Jeffrey Sterling Trial
>> BBC News: "Jeffrey Sterling's Trial by Metadata"
You can help now. Click here to sign the petition telling President Obama: "We request the immediate pardon of Jeffrey Sterling."
Almost two months ago -- at a news conference in Washington co-sponsored by RootsAction.org, Reporters Without Borders and ExposeFacts -- Jeffrey's wife Holly released a letter to the president asking him to pardon Jeffrey. The White House did not respond.
Undaunted, Holly Sterling is leading the way to free her beloved husband. It's time to boost the pressure for justice by signing the new petition now.
As Holly says, Jeffrey "was convicted of seven counts of espionage on January 26, 2015 -- for merely communicating with New York Times journalist James Risen. He's now serving a 3.5-year prison sentence in a federal correctional facility in Colorado."
In prison for communicating with a journalist. In "the land of the free."
Please sign the petition against this terrible injustice.
"During Jeffrey's trial," Holly points out, "the Department of Justice was unable to present any direct evidence proving that he divulged classified information to Risen." Instead, prosecutors relied entirely on circumstantial evidence, devoid of content -- in what the BBC has called a "trial by metadata."
Holly explains that "Jeffrey utilized proper channels and informed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of his concern for the safety of the American people -- as such, Jeffrey is a whistleblower."
She's asking for active solidarity: "Please join me and the coalition of organizations led by Reporters Without Borders, RootsAction and ExposeFacts in my request to the Obama administration to immediately issue a pardon for my husband."
Holly's struggle for justice and truth has profound implications.
"President Obama publicly committed to a transparent government, yet it has been shrouded in mistruth and secrecy," she said today. "Jeffrey's conviction is only the latest chapter in the administration's war on whistleblowers and sets a dangerous precedent for freedom of information. In fact, the Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined."
Take action now.
After signing the petition, please forward this message to your friends. You can also share it from the webpage after taking the action yourself.
This work is only possible with your financial support. Please chip in $3 now.
-- The RootsAction.org Team
P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others.
Background:
>> AFP: "Pardon Sought for Ex-CIA Officer in Leak Case"
>> Marcy Wheeler, ExposeFacts: "Sterling Verdict Another Measure of Declining Government Credibility on Secrets"
>> Norman Solomon, The Nation: "CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling Sentenced to Prison: The Latest Blow in the Government's War on Journalism"
>> Reporters Without Borders: "Jeffrey Sterling Latest Victim of the U.S.' War on Whistleblowers"
>> ExposeFacts: Special Coverage of the Jeffrey Sterling Trial
>> BBC News: "Jeffrey Sterling's Trial by Metadata"
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"In this modern age of cellphone video and instant analysis on the Internet, I would ask that we keep in mind that a thorough and comprehensive investigation is detailed and time-intensive," McDonnell said in a statement. "It will involve not just one source of information, but numerous sources, potentially including multiple videos, physical evidence and eyewitness accounts."
Given the background of cases such as Tamir Rice, it's perplexing to hear officials call to restraint and withholding reactions. To let a "time-intensive and comprehensive investigation" establish that officers were right to shoot in "self-defense" without themselves conducting to any degree the "time-intensive and comprehensive investigation" that would have established they were not in danger.
Given the background of cases such as Tamir Rice, it's perplexing to hear officials call to restraint and withholding reactions. To let a "time-intensive and comprehensive investigation" establish that officers were right to shoot in "self-defense" without themselves conducting to any degree the "time-intensive and comprehensive investigation" that would have established they were not in danger.
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I live in Geneva - a compact city comparable in scale to Washington D.C. This alert has been going on for a couple days, and was notoriously triggered by EU and US "intelligence overlording". While it makes local headlines, my own perception is an eery one of it having more existence at the global than at the local level. I learned of the alert from a NYT.com headline, here I see it again floated up by CNN.com -- Meanwhile, Geneva proceeds...
Terror acts are isolated local acts of violence injected outside of any war-like frame, of any battle field or front line. As a consequence War on Terror is about fear, but at once denotes a global vs local conundrum. The experience of this terror alert - salient for this world-wide reporting about it - is to me vivid evidence that fear of terrorism has global life and teleology of its own.
Terror acts are isolated local acts of violence injected outside of any war-like frame, of any battle field or front line. As a consequence War on Terror is about fear, but at once denotes a global vs local conundrum. The experience of this terror alert - salient for this world-wide reporting about it - is to me vivid evidence that fear of terrorism has global life and teleology of its own.
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"Nearly 1.5 million Sunni Muslim followers of the Indian Barelvi movement have formally decried violent extremists. 70,000 clerics at the annual commemoration of the founders' death now condemn terrorist groups, saying they are 'not Islamic organizations.'"
"fatwas are simply religious pronouncements by Muslim legal experts – rarely are they violent. They've been issued on everything from cigarettes to fishing rules. And in Bareilly, India, 70,000 Sunni clerics have now turned the tables on extremist leaders by issuing a ruling against terrorist organizations from the Islamic State to the Taliban, as the Times of India reports."
"Mufti Mohammed Saleem Noori and other clerics stressed that they do not consider terrorists truly Muslim, and hope that the media will stop referring to groups like Al Qaeda as "Muslim organizations." "
I don't think I can add more than this.
Brought to my attention by +Kee Hinckley .
"fatwas are simply religious pronouncements by Muslim legal experts – rarely are they violent. They've been issued on everything from cigarettes to fishing rules. And in Bareilly, India, 70,000 Sunni clerics have now turned the tables on extremist leaders by issuing a ruling against terrorist organizations from the Islamic State to the Taliban, as the Times of India reports."
"Mufti Mohammed Saleem Noori and other clerics stressed that they do not consider terrorists truly Muslim, and hope that the media will stop referring to groups like Al Qaeda as "Muslim organizations." "
I don't think I can add more than this.
Brought to my attention by +Kee Hinckley .
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Have you ever heard of such a cool hunting strategy from an invertebrate?
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Net-casting Spider - female
(Deinopis subrufa)
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This Net-casting Spider is from Australia.
Also known as Ogre-faced Spiders, they spin a web and hold it between their legs, then cast it over nearby prey to pin it down to a surface.
http://buff.ly/1SI7rpc
Via Project Noah
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Net-casting Spider - female
(Deinopis subrufa)
**************************
This Net-casting Spider is from Australia.
Also known as Ogre-faced Spiders, they spin a web and hold it between their legs, then cast it over nearby prey to pin it down to a surface.
http://buff.ly/1SI7rpc
Via Project Noah
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Celebrities leave enough DNA publicly available images of their faces around, that an AI can model their faces and substitute one to the other in video. I'd expect the grafting of voice and prosody to follow suit, at which point things will become interesting. Imagine the (apparent) cast of a movie or elected administration becoming a matter of telling your TV set.
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