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Banksy has set off on a road trip throughout the southern USA. The pictures are really amazing, confronting subjects such as the KKK, the criminalization of hurricane victims, and government looting. Check them out here

Naomi Klein, author of the excellent book The End of America, gives a great interview on the expectations surrounding Obama.

It’s important to note that we, as well as the rest of America, need to hold someone like Barack Obama to a higher standard than the likes of Bush or McCain. Just talk is not acceptable… America needs more and we must continue to scrutinize and question the shot callers.

via Juxtapoz

Welcome to the police state

From alternet.org:
“The DNC is barely under way in Denver, but protesters are already making themselves heard.  Their message: “Fuck corporate media!” and “Fuck FOX News!”

Read about it here

Uncle Sam Wants Your Brain
Drugs that make soldiers want to fight. Robots linked directly to their controllers’ brains. Lie-detecting scans administered to terrorist suspects as they cross U.S. borders. These are just a few of the military uses imagined for cognitive science

Welcome to the Food Revolution
Back in the day, our breads were fresh-baked and free of high fructose corn syrup, and our eggs and bacon came from chickens and hogs that rolled around in the dirt and saw the light of day. The word “farm” still evokes nostalgic pastoral images for most Americans, but there’s nothing even remotely benign or bucolic about the fetid, brutal factory farms that supply us with most of our meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products today. And unmasking this unsavory reality is as much a part of Slow Food Nation’s agrarian agenda as dishing out local delicacies.

Palm Vein ID Scan Makes U.S. Debut
Aug. 18, 2008 — Palm vein scans are about to make their American debut. Used in Japanese automated teller machines for more than five years, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) recently announced that by next year all students who want to attend business school will be required to take a palm vein scan to verify their identity.

Drinking Water of 41 Million Americans Contaminated with Pharmaceuticals
(NaturalNews) An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the drinking water of at least 41 million people in the United States is contaminated with pharmaceutical drugs.

Company acknowledges voting machine error
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.

Police Arrest Ninja Team That Targeted Drug Dealers
CLIFTON, N.J. — Police arrested two men dressed like ninjas and armed with Asian martial arts weapons who said they were delivering warning letters to drug dealers and users.

via Gawker:
When the “Tom Cruise in the future” movie Minority Report came out in 2002, everybody got all googly-moogly over the futuristic ad technology that recognized people’s faces and tailored ads directly to them, instantly, as they walked through stores. Well slowly but surely that’s all becoming a reality! The wonders of living in the future. Retailers are working on all types of technologies to “serve up ads based on the consumer’s appearance.”

Read the entire article here