ZeroHedge – US Government Proposes “Sugary-Food Tax” To Curb Obesity – 19 February 2015

The totalitarian arm of the ever-growing government appears to know no limit. In today’s “oh no they didn’t” moment, the US Government’s diet panel has dictated proposed one more oppression of American’s freedom to choose:

• *GOV’T PANEL PROPOSES SUGARY-FOOD TAX TO FUND NUTRITION PROGRAMS, CURB OBESITY

On the bright side, the government approves of “lean meat” as compatible with healthy eating. The bill, introduced by Rep. Juan Candelaria, D-New Haven, would impose a tax of 1 cent per ounce on soft drinks – including sweetened teas, energy drinks and soda – and candies that are high in sugar and calories.

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Fran Zepeda – Mary Magdalene on Divine Perfection and Wholeness – 19 February 2015

Received February 18, 2015

Greetings Beloveds. I come before you today to deliver a message of Love and Well-Being to you all. For all is well. For all is as it should be. Pull yourselves back from your expectations and thought-forms of striving for ‘life as it should be’ and Be Now in this Moment with me.

All is well. All is as it should be. All is encompassed in this Now Moment as an inkling of more creation in the next moment. And so it goes. Pull back into the Now. Pull back into the center of your being and find that all is well, all is as it should be. Stop the striving and gather your heart into the Now, into the center of your being and life, and feel with it, now with me.

ActivistPost – Google Chairman On Obsolete Man: ‘The Internet Will Soon Be Part of You’ – 19 February 2015

Melissa Melton
Activist Post

While sitting on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland recently, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told everyone that the Internet will soon “disappear.” What he meant is not what it sounds like he meant, however.

During a webcast of the panel discussion, Schmidt was asked for a prediction about what he believes is the future of the Internet. “I will answer simply that the Internet will disappear,” he replied.

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ActivistPost – Why The Free And Open Internet Is Never Going To Die – 19 February 2015

Joshua Krause
Activist Post

It appears that the Internet’s Wild West days are coming to an end, much to the chagrin of pretty much everyone who uses it. Last week, the FEC announced their desire to regulate websites like Drudge, and President Obama called for the government to rein in the Internet, and regulate it like a utility. Obviously, these developments have the potential to destroy everything that makes the Internet great.

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Pay To Protest? Campaigners Reject Govt Bid To ‘Privatize Dissent’ – 19 February 2015

Furious campaign groups across the UK have rejected the government’s proposed ‘pay to protest’ measures, warning they will not hire private companies to facilitate anti-government rallies.

Their announcement on Thursday came shortly after Scotland Yard told protest groups it will no longer monitor traffic adjacent to protest sites in Britain. The force had previously carried out this role for decades.

PRESS RELEASE | Organisers of public protests unite in rejecting 'pay to protest' measures http://t.co/vEbTzSUHQY pic.twitter.com/xzycxW8aGu

— CND (@CNDuk) February 19, 2015

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Data Black Market: New Free Platform Lets Whistleblowers Sell Secrets For Bitcoins – 19 February 2015

Whistleblowers have got a new place to leak sensitive data anonymously and even get money for it. DarkLeaks, the free platform for sharing secrets where sellers and buyers never meet, makes it possible for users to legally avoid the long arm of the law.

“There is no identity, no central operator and no interaction between leaker and buyers,” the developers’ statement says.

The DarkLeaks service is free software, which can be downloaded from the Internet together with its source code, and where all operations with files take place.

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ZeroHedge – Germany Slams Greek Bailout Extension Proposal As “Trojan Horse” – Full Text – 19 February 2015

As leaked by Reuters moments ago, here is the text of a document that describes Germany’s position on Greece’s letter requesting an extension of its bailout facility as nothing short of a Trojan Horse.

Euro zone officials said the paper was prepared for a meeting of the Euro Working Group in Brussels, a gathering of officials preparing a meeting of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers to be held in Brussels on Friday:

“The Greek letter is not clear at all, but opens immense room for interpretation. To mention the three most important points: It includes no clear commitment to successfully conclude the current programme and its falls short of a clear freeze of Greek measures. It is totally unclear how the Greek government wants to pay its bills over the coming weeks with the current shortfall in tax receipts.

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Britain’s ‘Gagging Law’ Stifles Political Debate On Key Election Issues, Charities Warn – 19 February 2015

Charities say controversial new lobbying legislation prevents them from campaigning on crucial general election issues, and is a “chilling” assault on free speech.

In a sharply worded letter to government ministers, Britain’s largest charities jointly demanded the UK’s recently introduced “gaggling law” be repealed.

Over 160 signatories, including representatives from the Salvation Army, Save the Children, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Age UK and Amnesty International, called for the Transparency of Lobbying Act to be scrapped.

They said the legislation interferes with charities’ work and is ensnaring them in costly and counterproductive bureaucracy.

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‘Women’s Lives In Serious Danger’: Govt Fails To Protect Victims Of Abuse, Say MPs – 19 February 2015

The government’s ongoing work tackling violence against women and girls internationally has failed to filter into the UK’s domestic policy, a select committee has revealed.

A report from the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, published on Thursday, warned that in spite of Home Secretary Theresa May’s commitment to addressing the issue, and schemes such as the Girls Action Strategy, the government were failing to provide enough support services for victims.

Since the coalition government came to power in 2010, many shelters providing refuge for victims of domestic abuse have closed, with women’s rights groups claiming the move had set back protection services by 40 years.

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ZeroHedge – How Germany Is Blowing Up The European Union – 19 February 2015

Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,

As Germany is set to reject a Greek loan extension request (and no, international press, that is not the same as an extension of the bailout program), Steve Keen uses proprietary numbers issued by the OECD – which is supposed to be on Germany’s side?! – to show how dramatically austerity has failed in Europe- that is, if the recovery of the Greek and Spanish economies was ever the real target. It certainly failed the populations of the countries.

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