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Exposed: The Soviet Union spent $1 billion on mind-control program

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News.com.au - 12/30/13, Jenni Ryall

The original scheme of transmitting and receiving bio-circuitry of the human nervous system. Picture: B. B. Kazhinskiy

The original scheme of transmitting and receiving bio-circuitry of the human nervous system. Picture: B. B. Kazhinskiy Source: Supplied

 

At the time, the Soviet Union and the United States were in an arms race of a bizarre, unconventional kind - that has been exposed in a new report.

The Soviets poured at least $1 billion into developing mind-controlling weaponry to compete with similar programs undertaken in the US.

More: news.com.au

 

American Psychosis

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Source: Adbusters.org - Chris Hedges, 12/27/13
 

What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?
 

Image on left by TOM MIHALEK/AFP, on right STILL FROM WRECKING BALL
 

 

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Turkish court blocks govt attempt to control judiciary

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RT - 12/27/13

 

People hold up placards as they take part in a protest against corruption in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on December 25, 2013. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)

People hold up placards as they take part in a protest against corruption in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on December 25, 2013. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)

 

A Turkish court has blocked a government attempt to force police and prosecutors to disclose investigations to their superiors. The move comes amid a high-profile graft scandal that has brought down members of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s cabinet.

As public outrage over the developing corruption scandal continues to grow, Erdogan has denied any wrongdoing and has denounced the investigation as a plot orchestrated by foreign and Turkish forces to discredit his government ahead of local elections in March.

More: RT.com

 

China eases notorious one-child policy, abolishes labor camps

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RT - 12/28/13

 

AFP Photo / Wang Zhao

AFP Photo / Wang Zhao
 

China’s top legislative committee has loosened the rules around its controversial one-child policy and abolished labor camps, according to state media.

The National People's Congress approved the decisions at the end of a six-day meeting, according to Xinhua news agency.

More: RT.com

 

Bulgarians hold nationwide anti-govt. protests

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Press TV - 12/27/13, CAH/AB

Students stage an anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, November 13, 2013.

Students stage an anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, November 13, 2013.
 

Bulgarians have taken to the streets across the country to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and his cabinet.

The protests dubbed “Resignation at Christmas” were held in several major cities on Thursday, including in the capital Sofia, where two simultaneous rallies took place.

More: PressTV.ir

 

Barclays fined $3.75 million for failing to retain records

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Los Angeles Times - 12/26/13, Ricardo Lopez
 

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Barclays Capital $3.75 million over poor record retention practices, the regulator said Thursday. Above, a man walks past a a Barclays Bank branch in London earlier this month.
(Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press / December 4, 2013)

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Thursday said it fined Barclays Capital Inc. almost $4 million for what it called "systemic failures" in records retention.

FINRA, the largest independent regulator for securities firms doing business in the U.S., fined the London-based bank $3.75 million after an investigation found that the firm failed to preserve electronic records, emails and instant messages for the required minimum time of 10 years.

More: LATimes.com

 

New Revelation that AG Eric Holder Is Protecting JPMorgan Chase NYC From Criminal Investigation

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Truth-Out - 12/26/13, Mark Karlin
 

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Providing additional evidence that the Obama Administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) is protecting "banks too big to fail," Pulitzer Prize winning financial reporter David Cay Johnston has revealed that the DOJ has refused to force JPMorgan Chase to comply with an ongoing investigation into the bank's possible knowledge of Bernard Madoff's fraud scheme of a few years ago.

The information obtained might reveal that the bank chose to financially benefit from criminal activity.

American Express To Refund $59.5 Million Over Bad Billing & Deceptive Marketing

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Consumerist - 12/26/13, Chris Morran
 

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About 15 months after getting slapped around by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the tune of $112.5 million for a variety of bad business practices, the CFPB put another huge lump of coal in American Express’s Christmas stocking, spanking the credit card company for nearly $70 million, including $59.5 million in refunds to customers.

Once again, one of the big issues in this latest CFPB action is the deceptive marketing of “add-on” products for Amex’s credit cards. These include things like payment protection and credit monitoring services.
 

More: consumerist.com

 

Occupy Madison builds first house in planned eco-village for the homeless

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The Raw Story - 12/27/13, Travis Gettys
 

Betty Ybarra Occupy tiny house

 

A homeless Wisconsin couple moved into a “tiny home” Christmas Eve they helped build with fellow Occupy Madison members.

The protest group, which grew out of the Occupy Wall Street movement to protest wealth inequality, put together teams of volunteers to build two houses using a basic blueprint that can be adapted to fit the creators’ tastes.

Video and more: RawStory.com

 

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