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IREEPRESSUBLE.INFO

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:18:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is the essnece of the internet - information should be free.

Irrepressible Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.

Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.

The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.

Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress.

Find out more about this campaign

Be irrepressible

Sign our pledge on Internet freedom to call on all governments and companies to ensure the Internet is a force for political freedom, not repression.
Take action to free Shi Tao. Write to the Chinese authorities and Yahoo to urge the release of journalist Shi Tao, serving 10 years in prison for sending an email to a pro-democracy website.
Undermine censorship by publishing irrepressible fragments of censored material on your own site. The more people take part, the more we can defeat unwarranted censorship and create an unstoppable network of protest.

Tags: action, academics, big business, good idea, internet, mass media, political, progressive, propaganda

EXXON Secrets

Wed, 31 May 2006 18:35:11 GMT

clipped by: benjaminoaks
clipper's remarks: Big business buying the facts once again.

Clip Source: www.exxonsecrets.org

Tags: action, big business, political, propaganda, mass media, insane, scandal

Pope Revisits his Hitler Youth

Wed, 31 May 2006 16:59:52 GMT

clipped by: benjaminoaks
clipper's remarks: When will the Catholic Church own up to supporting Hitler?

Clip Source: www.sploid.com

May 30, 2006 at 07:40 AM

Pope revisits his Hitler youth

Pope Benedict XVI has visited the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau to finish his Polish visit. The German-born Pope prayed for peace in his native tongue during a somber ceremony.

"In a place like this, words fail," lamented the Pope. "In the end, there can only be a dread silence - a silence which is itself a heartfelt cry to God: Why, Lord, did you remain silent? How could you tolerate all this?"

Some might ask Pope Benny the same question, considering that he was formerly a member of the Hitler Youth, and watched Jews being herded into death camps while stationed in Hungary.

The prayer by God's Rottweiler was the first time he had publicly spoken German during his visit to Poland. There had been some uncertainty and controversy as to whether the Pope should speak in German while in the death camps. Some Jewish groups had said that speaking the language of the Nazis would insult the memory of the people murdered there.

The 79-year-old pontiff lit a candle in memory of the victims of Auschwitz, before meeting 32 survivors of the horrors. However, he made no apology on behalf of his German countrymen, and pointedly did not make a direct reference to anti-Semitism.

It is believed that at least 1.1 million people were killed in the death camps during the Holocaust, over 90% of whom were Jews.

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Tags: academics, action, big business, propaganda, political, scandal, insane, scary, religion

Impedending US police state

Fri, 26 May 2006 18:31:58 GMT

clipped by: benjaminoaks
clipper's remarks: Here we are in 1984.

Clip Source: lookingglassnews.org

Top Ten Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State

Bush has famously never vetoed a bill. This is because he prefers to simply nullify laws he doesn’t like with “signing statements.” Bush has issued over 700 such statements, twice as many as all previous presidents combined. A few examples of recently passed laws and their corresponding dismissals, courtesy of the Boston Globe:

Dec. 30, 2005: US interrogators cannot torture prisoners or otherwise subject them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.

Bush's signing statement: The president, as commander in chief, can waive the torture ban if he decides that harsh interrogation techniques will assist in preventing terrorist attacks.

Dec. 30: When requested, scientific information ''prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted [to Congress] uncensored and without delay."

Dec. 23, 2004: Forbids US troops in Colombia from participating in any combat against rebels, except in cases of self-defense. Caps the number of US troops allowed in Colombia at 800.

Bush's signing statement: The president can tell researchers to withhold any information from Congress if he decides its disclosure could impair foreign relations, national security, or the workings of the executive branch.

Bush's signing statement: Only the president, as commander in chief, can place restrictions on the use of US armed forces, so the executive branch will construe the law ''as advisory in nature."

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Tags: action, insane, internet, mass media, propaganda, political, scandal

1984 LIVE

Wed, 24 May 2006 20:52:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Anyone caught participating in thought crimes should be immediately reported!

Clip Source: 1984live.com

















THOUGHT CRIMES OF THE MONTH The following violate the principles of Goodthink: Literature: Imperial America by Gore Vidal Television: Sponge Bob Square Pants Theatre: The Actors' Gang Production of 1984 Film: The Power of Nightmares, BBC Radio: Amy Goodman's Democracy Now, Pacifica Radio Music: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring Anyone known to have participated in these Thoughtcrimes should be reported immediately to the Ministry of Love.

Tags: academics, action, art, art projects, big business, political, scandal, scary, freedom, propaganda

HALIBURTON WATCH

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:00:17 GMT

clipped by: benjaminoaks
clipper's remarks: Let's keep an eye on these fuckers!

Clip Source: www.halliburtonwatch.org

ABOUT HALLIBURTON

Democrats hold hearing on KBR's Iraq water contamination

Halliburton serves contaminated water to the troops in Iraq

Republicans kill amendment to investigate Halliburton contract abuse

How to suspend Halliburton from new contracts

Hurricane Halliburton: An Alternative Annual Report

Protesting Halliburton is illegal in Australia?

Pentagon's preferential treatment for Halliburton

Protecting troops is secondary to protecting oil

KBR places profits before soldiers-Whistleblower

Federal auditors slam Halliburton's Iraq work

Quick summary of investigations

Timeline of Halliburton bribery probe

Army favors Halliburton via sham bidding process

Army whistleblower Bunnatine Greenhouse

Halliburton profits in 'terror-sponsoring' Iran

Travel writer Paul Theroux on Ecuador's oil towns

Halliburton bills taxpayers $45 per case of soda

Want a job in Iraq with Halliburton? Think again.

Houston, we STILL have a problem: An Alternative Annual Report on Halliburton, 2005

US Marines Guard Iraq's Ministry of Oil
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Protesters at Halliburton's Shareholder Meeting

A Banner Hangs in Houston

Billionaires for Bush
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A Banner Hangs in California

Halliburton Employees Party in Iraq
While Quagmire Rages On

Federal Bribery Probe Began Over 600 Days Ago

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Cheney was CEO when bribes were paid.
Why is this investigation taking so long?

HalliburtonWatch appeared on the
Mike Malloy Show on Air America Radio (audio)

Tags: action, big business, mass media, propaganda, political, scandal

PROFANE.US -

Tue, 23 May 2006 16:23:21 GMT

clipped by: benjaminoaks
clipper's remarks: Dedicated to mindfucking the politcally correct.

Clip Source: profane.us

Generally, he who occupies the field of battle first and awaits his enemy is at ease; he who comes later to the scene and rushes into the fight is weary. And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him. -Sun Tzu -The Art of War-

Tags: action, art, art projects, big business, public art, propaganda, mass media, guerilla marketing, graffiti

Starbucks Invasion PROTEST

Mon, 22 May 2006 19:36:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The jam was meant to instigate, to irritate, but to do so inconspicuously. The copy is mildly ironic because it mimics the expression, "I love a good cup of coffee" and loyal Starbucks patrons might not even catch the significance of the word "invasion" thinking the jam just another advertisement.

Clip Source: www.areyougeneric.org

« Starbucks Invasion / At 8:30 am, on July 9, 2002, we embarked on our first premeditated and deliberate culture jam. Our target was an upcoming Starbucks Coffee, the fourth on Lincoln Road -- a 7-block pedestrian mall located in South Beach, Miami. Beyond the obvious overabundance of 4 Starbucks within 7 blocks of each other, the site was chosen because of it is a high foot-traffic area, giving us greater possibility of effect. We spray mounted the construction wall directly adjacent to the property with 11" x 17" sheets of paper – together they formed a life size (6 ft. high) silhouette of a man drinking coffee, looking at the “Brewing Soon" Starbucks sign, with a caption that reads "I love a good Starbucks invasion."

The jam was meant to instigate, to irritate, but to do so inconspicuously. The copy is mildly ironic because it mimics the expression, "I love a good cup of coffee" and loyal Starbucks patrons might not even catch the significance of the word "invasion" thinking the jam just another advertisement.

Life-size silhouette printed on 11x17 paper and spray mounted on the construction wall of a new starbucks.

Tags: art projects, protests, propaganda, guerilla marketing, capitalism, big business, action

Are You Generic - "The Numbers Don't Lie..."

Mon, 22 May 2006 19:28:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: how much mas media are we exposed by? the truth is staggering!

Clip Source: www.areyougeneric.org

The Numbers Don't Lie / "Today across America 260,000 billboards line the roads... 23,076 newspapers and magazines are on sale, 162 million TV sets will be turned on for an average of 7 hours, 23,237 movie theaters will project films, and 27,000 stores will rent videotapes. By the time the day ends, you will have been exposed to 1,600 commercial messages. Tomorrow there will be more."

The above quote was written 17 years ago; it was for a Whitney Museum exhibit entitled "Image World: Art and Media Culture". Want to take a guess as to how much the numbers have multiplied by?

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Tags: propaganda, brainwashing, television, mass media