Julian Assange: Ecuador grants Wikileaks founder asylum
Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK.
Julian Assange: Ecuador grants Wikileaks founder asylum
The U.S. is Going After Bradley Manning's Friends, So David House Trolled Them Back
The trial of U.S. Army private Bradley Manning doesn’t begin until September. But since the former intelligence analyst was placed under military detention over 800 days ago, accused of prying thousands of secret diplomatic cables and one notorious video from military servers and feeding them to WikiLeaks, Manning’s case has been mired in a swamp of controversy and secrecy.
In March of 2011, Hilary Clinton’s spokesperson called the government’s treatment of Manning “ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid,” echoing the concerns of the United Nations and Human Rights Watch, before he was forced to step down. And the case has been cloaked in a kind of secrecy that’s been compared by some observersto that around the trial of Lt. William Calley for his role in the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam. Except for scant leaks from the trial itself, all motions, briefs and transcripts of the proceedings have been kept under tight lock and key, even as the government has released transcripts from the hearing of September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Manning’s not alone. The slew of constitutional crusaders, activists and hackers who have come publicly to Manning’s defense and questioned his treatment have also found themselves in the government’s crosshairs. And one of them is trying to fight back by hacking away at the proceedings’ unusual cloak of silence.
The U.S. is Going After Bradley Manning’s Friends, So David House Trolled Them Back
CHART: College Degrees Cost 1,120 Percent More Than They Did 30 Years Ago
In just three decades, the price of a college degree has skyrocketed 1,120 percent, according to a report from Bloomberg News. That rate of change is higher than medical care, food, and shelter:
As costs for college rise, the number of people dropping out before they receive a degree grows, even as many of those dropouts have already accrued debt. And the problem will likely get worse, since all indications are that the cost of college will continue to climb. Indeed, a degree would cost around $422,000 for children born today, if current trends hold.
The House of Representatives’ budget, meanwhile, would slash Pell Grant funding by$170 billion, making college even less affordable for more than a million students.
CHART: College Degrees Cost 1,120 Percent More Than They Did 30 Years Ago
Americans Rate Computer Industry Best, Oil and Gas Worst
Americans continue to give the computer industry the most positive ratings out of 25 business and industry sectors tested, with the restaurant industry in second place. The oil and gas industry and the federal government have the least positive images, as they did last year.
Americans Rate Computer Industry Best, Oil and Gas Worst
U.S. & World Population Clocks
We just hit 7 Billion on October 30th, 2011. It's amazing how that number has grown since then.
U.S. & World Population Clocks
Ever wish there was some high school or college course work that taught judgment? It is amazing how many times each week we see well educated, professional level and accomplished adults fail to use good judgment when interacting with their fellow employees, managers, or every day people in general.
We have all witnessed countless occasions where people have "opened mouth, inserted foot". Or, just plain don't get it. It amazes me how people set themselves up to fail and don't even see it coming.
I would like to share several cases or instances that come to mind.
A 26 year old female sixth grade teacher told her class she was very happy to be teaching at their school because the boys in her class said she was very attractive. Feeling good about what had been said by her male students, she mentions it to the school principal other faculty members in the teachers lounge.
Why Can’t We Teach Judgment?
Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)
Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)
Posted on 08/14/2012 by Juan
The Public Interest Group Education Fund and the NGO Demos released a study in early August on the financing of the presidential campaign.
They found that nearly 60% of the almost quarter of a billion dollars raised by Super PACs from individuals derived from just 47 people, who gave at least $1 million each (obviously some gave much more).
47 people. That’s democracy?
Of these 47, the most generous (or greedy) are Sheldon Adelson and his wife, who gave $36 million themselves. Since the total known amount from individuals is $240 million, some 15 percent of the individual contributions, or one-sixth, are coming from one family.
Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)
Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs
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