ACTA = Global Internet Censorship – Now Even Foreign Governments Will Be Able To Have Your Website Shut Down
Global
Internet censorship is here. SOPA and PIPA have been stopped (at least
for now) in the United States, but a treaty known as ACTA (the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is far worse than either of them.
ACTA was quietly signed by Barack Obama back on October 1st, 2011 and
most Americans have never even heard of it. But it could mean the end
of the Internet as we know it. This new treaty gives foreign
governments and copyright owners incredibly broad powers. If you are
alleged to have violated a copyright, your website can be shut down
without a trial and police may even show up at your door to take you to
prison. It doesn't even have to be someone in the United States that is
accusing you. It could just be a foreign government or a copyright
owner halfway across the world that alleges that you have violated a
copyright. It doesn't matter. So far, the U.S., the EU and seven other
nations have signed on to ACTA, and the number of participants is
expected to continue to grow. The "powers that be" are obsessed with
getting Internet censorship one way or another. The open and free
Internet that you and I have been enjoying for all these years is about
to change, and not for the better.
What Do You Do When The Country Where You Live Is Literally Going Insane?
Do
you ever get the feeling that the world around you is going crazy? If
you live in America today and you are not in a television-induced coma,
then you have probably had that feeling. It seems like almost
everywhere you turn these days, there is someone that is seriously
losing it. It is not just our politicians either. In every profession
and on every level of society there are lots of people that appear to be
a few fries short of a Happy Meal. So what do you do when the country
where you live is literally going insane? When paranoia, fear and
delusional thinking are commonplace, it is very difficult for a society
to function normally. And unfortunately, some of the craziest people
out there are working for the federal government. These days you
literally do not know who you can count on. If you contact someone in a
position of authority, that person may help you or that person may turn
out to be a raving lunatic. Once upon a time, there was a feeling that
most people in America shared a set of common values, but those days
are long gone. These days, it seems like nearly everyone has their own
idea of what "right and wrong" are, and so when you meet someone you
never know what you are going to get. What may seem "totally insane" to
you may seem perfectly normal to the person that you are trying to
interact with.20 Signs That Europe Is Plunging Into a Full-Blown Economic Depression. End of the American Dream
An economic
nightmare is descending on Europe. With each passing month, the
economic numbers across Europe get even worse. At this point it
is becoming extremely difficult for anyone to deny that Europe is
plunging into a full-blown economic depression. In fact, some parts
of Europe are already there. In Spain the overall unemployment rate
is over 22 percent, and in Greece one out of every five retail establishments
has already been closed down. All over Europe, economic activity
is rapidly slowing down, unemployment is skyrocketing and bad debts
are unraveling. It isn't even going to take a default by a nation
such as Greece or a collapse of the euro to push Europe into an
economic depression. All Europe has to do is to stay on the exact
path that it is on right now and it will get there.
Ron Paul: Reactionary or Visionary
Ron Paul: Reactionary or Visionary
Recently
by Patrick J. Buchanan: Obama
Sandbags the Archbishop
After his fourth-place
showing in Florida, Ron Paul, by then in Nevada, told supporters
he had been advised by friends that he would do better if only he
dumped his foreign policy views, which have been derided as isolationism.
Not going to
do it, said Dr. Paul to cheers. And why should he?
Observing developments
in U.S. foreign and defense policy, Paul's views seem as far out
in front of where America is heading as John McCain's seem to belong
to yesterday's Bush-era bellicosity.
Consider. In
December, the last U.S. troops left Iraq. Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta now says that all U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan
will end in 18 months.
Doug Casey on the Coming War with Iran
Doug Casey on the Coming War with Iran
Interviewed
by Louis James, Editor, International
Speculator
Recently
by Doug Casey:
The Collapse of the Euro and the EU
L:
Doug-Sama, I've heard you say you think the US is setting Iran up
to be the next fall guy in the
wag-the-dog show – do you think it could really come to
open warfare?
Doug:
Yes, I do. It could just be saber rattling during an election year,
but Western powers have been provoking Iran for years now –
two decades, really. I just saw another report proclaiming that
Iran
is likely to attack the US, which is about as absurd as the
allegations Bush made about Iraq bombing the US, when he fomented
that invasion. It's starting to look rather serious at this point,
so I do think the odds favor actual fighting in the not-too-distant
future.
What Is a Just War?
by
Andrew P. Napolitano
Recently
by Andrew P. Napolitano: A
Few Words About Abortion
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When President
Obama announced last April that he was sending the United States
military to bomb Libya, he not only violated the United States Constitution,
which he has taken an oath to uphold, but he also violated the moral
principles of the just war. The Constitution permits only Congress
to declare war and the president to initiate on his own only a truly
defensive war. When the president takes an oath to uphold the Constitution,
he also promises to uphold the treaties into which the U.S. has
entered and the laws that have been written pursuant to those treaties.
Being a Catholic Priest—and Married
The pope has created a new diocese for bringing Episcopalians into the church.
By RICHARD CIPOLLA
Last month, Pope Benedict announced the formation of an American "ordinariate," or special diocese for Episcopal congregations that want to move to Roman Catholicism (driven largely by Episcopalianism's liberal drift). These congregations, the pope ruled, could keep some of their Anglican liturgy. More significantly, a small but sizable number of married Episcopal priests will now become married Catholic priests.As a married Catholic priest ordained in 1984 under a special provision set forth by Pope John Paul II (for individual priests, judged on an individual basis), I have closely followed Pope Benedict's announcement. I rejoice in this catholic and generous gesture by the pope and am overjoyed that these priests and their families will be welcomed into the Catholic Church. But that is not to say it won't bring its own share of challenges.
'She's Basically in the Soft-Porn Business'
Christopher Shays comes out swinging against Linda McMahon in the Connecticut race for Senate.
By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
Former Connecticut Congressman Christopher Shays officially launched his bid to become the Republican Senate candidate in the Nutmeg State last week. But Mr. Shays's intentions were already well-known. Ten days earlier he had come out swinging against his most formidable primary rival, former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon, with rhetoric that made Newt Gingrich seem like a piker."She's basically in the soft-porn business," Mr. Shays told the Associated Press. "I can't imagine that that doesn't matter to people. I can't imagine that how someone makes their money is irrelevant." And you thought Mitt and Newt were playing rough.
Reimagining Speaker Pelosi
John Boehner realizes, if many Republicans don't, that retaining the House is no sure thing.
That threat is to the House of Representatives. Republicans claimed a sweeping victory there in 2010, a win that stopped President Obama's marauding legislative agenda. Yet that has led to a certain Republican nonchalance about the House in 2012.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Are George Soros, The IMF And The World Bank Purposely Trying To Scare The Living Daylights Out Of Us?
Over
the past couple of weeks, George Soros, the IMF and the World Bank have
all issued incredibly chilling warnings about the possibility of an
impending economic collapse. Considering the power and the influence
that Soros, the IMF and the World Bank all have over the global
financial system, this is very alarming. So are they purposely trying
to scare the living daylights out of us? Soros is even warning of riots
in the streets of America. Unfortunately, way too often top global
leaders say something in public because they want to "push" events in a
certain direction. Do George Soros and officials at the IMF and World
Bank hope to prevent a worldwide financial collapse by making these
statements, or are other agendas at work? We may never know. But one
thing is for sure - many of the top financial officials in the world are
using language that is downright "apocalyptic", and that is not a good
sign for the rest of 2012.
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