with Jason Robo and Kyle Beattie
Introduction: Episode 4 of Unstacking the Deck discusses censorship as a mode of political,economic, and social control. Also the hosts cover the best and worst news stories concerning liberty and tyranny in the world. Interview subjects are the hosts themselves for this episode, explaining some of the difficulties in producing a show and discussing plans for future projects and episodes.
Word of the Week: Censor — (Merriam-Webster) Etymology:Latin, Roman magistrate, from censre to give as one's opinion, assess; perhaps akin to Sanskrit amsati he praises Date: 1526 1 : a person who supervises conduct and morals: as a : an official who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter b : an official (as in time of war) who reads communications (as letters) and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful 2 : one of two magistrates of early Rome acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of morals and conduct
Documentary of the Week: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Book of the Week: Our Unfree Press Compiled by: Robert McChesney and Ben Scott
History Segment: 1996 Telecommunications Act and its repercussions for our media and the information that we all receive and act on daily. Also the host discuss how it has been a series of moves such as this which have brought about a final circumstance where there are 2-5 corporations that run ALL our news media. This has terrible consequences for everyone in society, to read more about this and other acts which have increased censorship, research here. Also here is more information to read.
Quote of the Week: "To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves" -Claude Adrien Helvetius
Freedom Preservation Tip: Exercise your free speech/expression
ie. Write to editors, make a tv show, write letters, knock on doors,
talk to people daily/social interactions, make music, write poetry, DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK YOUR MIND!!!
News Links:
Local:
NorCal Woman To Be Jailed Over Medical Pot
State:
Undercover booze bust at Nob Hill club
Gun rights activists take up arms at Baker Beach
California Assembly speaker OKs $132,000 in staff pay hikes, promotions
National:
Huffington Post Sends Ventura Article to Memory Hole
Wyoming Governor Signs Sovereignty Resolution
Rep. Patrick Kennedy: National Media is Despicable Right Now
The Video That Will Put Geithner Behind Bars
AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. police
Massachusetts SJC rules 2nd Amendment does not apply to states
Monica
Conyers gets 37 months in prison in Synagro bribery scandal
Have You Received Your Unconstitutional Census Form Yet?
Campaign stunt launches a corporate 'candidate' for Congress
U.S.paediatrician faces 471 sex charges against 103 child patients after
police discover 13 hours of video at his surgery
At climaxof healthcare talks, Senate employees told to avoid the Drudge report
for virus dangers that don't exist
H1N1 to be included in next years flu shots
Huffington Post Kills Jesse Venturas Piece On 9/11
Ventura's
edited remnants
Failed Banks May Get State Pension-Fund Backing as FDIC Seeks Cash
Reality
Reversals Continue: Scientists Now Propose That Ritalin Boosts
Learning
US Judge upholds case implicating Rumsfeld
To Stop Crime, Share Your Genes
Visualizing obamas budget cuts
Worlds billionaires gates in second on the fixed list from forbes
Reality Reversals Continue: Scientists Now Propose That Ritalin Boosts Learning
Could Lehman be Ernst & Young's Enron?
Congressman Ron Paul returns a whopping $100,000 of his office budget to the US
Treasury
Virginia First State to Pass Health Care Freedom Act: 38 States Lining Up
Against ObamaCare
Utah to Challenge Federal Land Ownership Henry Lamb
Utah Governor signs into law a bill that claims total state control over
firearms and ammunition production and sales within the state'sborders.
Colorado State University imposes gun ban, but County Sheriff James Alderdenrefuses to enforce it,
DEMINT: White House land grab : Proposal to seize land would favor animalsover Americans
Coffee Party Founder Is Obama Campaign Operative
Food Security Threat: Goverment Set to Ban Public Fishing, Individual Food Production
Obama sides with MPAA, RIAA, backs ACTA
Classmates.com to pay 9.5 over phantom friends
On Social networks you are who you know
FCC wants you to test your broadband speeds
FCC speed tools have 50-85% disparity
Former TSA analyst charged with computer tampering
International:
Security industry faces attacks it can't stop
Phone allows bosses to spy on staff
gvnt internet filter live in NZ
Israel says `bad options' for Iran getting closer
People needed to watch for the suns coronal mass ejections
CIA filled French bread with LSD in experiment during 1950s
Man fined over Facebook insult to ex-girlfriend
Your Neighbour Is a Terrorist According to talkSport UK
LED lights a wireless internet source
Vitamin D better than vaccines at preventing flu, report claims
Internet threatens rare species, conservationists warn
China denounces Google 'US ties'
Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels, according to report
Chinese granny buried alive by property developers
AU Filter vendor skeptical of effectiveness
Google 99% likely to leave China, no censorship compromise
1 in 3 Killed by U.S. Drone Attacks In Pakistan Are Civilians
Use Cash And Enjoy Privacy? Youre A Terrorist Spy
chips hidden in 2.5 MILLION dustbins: 60pc rise in electronic bugs as
council snoopers plan pay-as-you-throw tax
UK may requires competence test to own dogs
Bill Gates: Use Vaccines To Lower Population
U.N.hypocrisy on womens rights
Government demands thicker chips to help Britain's obesity crisis
Bankof America warrants sale raises $1.54 billion
Pope under fire
Muslim women who refused to take 'naked' full-body scan are barred from
Manchester to Pakistan flight
Themind-reading machine: 'Psychic' computer invented that can tell what you're thinking
Acknowledging Climate-Gate, U.N. to Announce Review of Climate Panel PR Move
US Senate's top climate sceptic accused of waging 'McCarthyite witch-hunt'
Argentinian Couple Shoot Kids, Kill Themselves Over Global Warming
Stunning
pictures of a solar corona where temperatures around Sun reach 2,000,000c
MEPs
vote overwhelmingly for an EU Tobin Tax
10-year-old child was added to the registry after he called a friend a "gay boy."
Israel,Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast
Landslide vote in Iceland renounces debt repayment
Saffron could save your eyesight
Newly Discovered Old Russian Folk Remedy Prevents and May Cure Cancer
