December 2011
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Disruption At The Strait Of Hormuz "Will Not Be... →
Iran’s threats to seal off the Strait of Hormuz to international oil shipments are the latest in a series of escalating moves by the regime in response to impending Western sanctions, experts said.
Iran’s navy chief, Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, told state-run TV Wednesday that closing the Persian Gulf choke point “is very easy for Iranian naval forces.”
It was the second...
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#Anonymous Goes Robin Hood On Security Think Tank →
Hackers say they stole credit card numbers from a US security think tank today and began using them to make donations to charity, the AP reports. The hackers are members of the loose-knit movement known as “Anonymous.” The victims are members of a highly guarded list of clients of Stratfor, including the US Air Force, US Army, and Miami police. Hackers have posted tweets saying they...
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“Bringing this war to a responsible end was a cause that sparked many Americans...”
– Barack Obama
Income inequality in the Roman Empire →
Over the last 30 years, wealth in the United States has been steadily concentrating in the upper economic echelons. Whereas the top 1 percent used to control a little over 30 percent of the wealth, they now control 40 percent. It’s a trend that was for decades brushed under the rug but is now on the tops of minds and at the tips of tongues.
Since too much inequality can foment revolt and...
There's a reason why we have the ninja in us.
#outofcontext
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Finally, TIME Gives Us Person of the Year →
In 2010, Time’s Person of the Year was someone who united millions of people. This year, the magazine has chosen to honor … those millions of people. Time today announced that “the protester” is its 2011 Person of the Year. Writing for the magazine, Kurt Andersen presents a world in which “the protester” had become a figure in a “once upon a...
Below Sea Level Art Basel Recap →
If you missed the link yesterday, here it is again! Check out this podcast we produced covering Art Basel, good music and good information.
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Reading the Riots: ‘It was a war, and we had the police scared’
Rioters speak for the first time about why they took part in the summer 2011 disturbances, the most serious bout of civil unrest in Britain in a generation. Paul Lewis presents the findings of a Guardian and London School of Economics study that reveals how the riots were sparked by poverty, injustice and a...
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KARMALOOP TV: Last Weeks Basel Castle during Art Basel Miami w Yelawolf, Pharrell, Bad Rabbits, The Rapture, Cris Cab, Penguin Prison, Ninjasonik & more! Da Shi Cray!
I Am Alive.
In case you were wondering.
