Mass surveillance breeds self-censorship in democracies – report
End the Lie
[Jan 5, 2015]
Reuters / Jason Reed
A study published by a top US literary organization on Monday, found that an increasing number of writers in democratic countries are censoring themselves due to fears about government surveillance.
The study entitled “Global chilling: The impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers” surveyed 772 writers in 50 countries and concluded that writers and journalists are self-censoring for fear of reprisal.
A similar report published in November 2013 found that writers were “worried about mass surveillance, and were engaged in multiple forms of self-censorship as a result.”
A full report from writers around the world will be issued in the spring of 2015. As writers are considered to be the “canaries in the coalmine” therefore they are likely to give an accurate picture of the impact of surveillance on privacy and freedom of expression.
Writers living in democratic countries were found to be nearly as concerned as those living in non-democratic states with long histories of mass surveillance.
It found that while 61 percent of writers living in the countries labeled as ‘Not Free’ by Freedom House avoided writing or speaking about a certain topic because of government surveillance this was now true of 34 percent of writers in ‘Free’ countries.
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Why are feminists promoting a movement that is incredibly harmful to women?
The ‘fat acceptance movement’ wants society to accept and celebrate obesity, with some fat pride activists even calling for critics of obesity to be arrested for hate speech.
This bizarre new branch of third wave feminism only encourages women to live terribly unhealthy lives, but it is being legitimized by social justice warriors and the media to further their real agenda of social engineering.
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Smartphone Use Can Alter The Brain
by The Sleuth Journal
Jan 1, 2015
By: Janice Wood | Psych Central –
The finger movements we use to control our smartphones can actually change brain activity, according to a new Swiss study.
Researchers at the University of Zurich teamed with colleagues at the University of Fribourg to research the day-to-day plasticity of the human brain based on smartphone usage.
The phones provide a fertile source of data, said Dr. Arko Ghosh from the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich.
“Smartphones offer us an opportunity to understand how normal life shapes the brains of ordinary people,” he said.
The researchers studied the activation in the sensorimotor cortex, which is triggered by finger movements.
They used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure the cortical brain activity in 37 right-handed people, including 26 who were touchscreen smartphone users and 11 who had old cellphones. The researchers placed 62 electrodes on the test subject’s heads to record activity based on thumb, forefinger, and middle finger movements on the phones.
The results revealed that the cortical representation in touchscreen smartphone users was different compared to people with conventional cellphones.
Ghosh said he also was able to demonstrate that the frequency of smartphone usage influences cortical activity. The more a smartphone had been used in the previous 10 days, the greater the signal in the brain, he noted.
This correlation was the strongest in the area that represented the thumb, he added.
“At first glance, this discovery seems comparable to what happens in violinists,” he said.
The researchers were able to draw two distinctions: First, how long smartphone users have owned and used a device does not play a role. In the case of violinists, however, the activity in the brain depended on the age at which they started playing.
Secondly, there is a linear connection between the activation in the brain and the most recent use of a smartphone, while there was no evidence of this for violinists in earlier studies, the researchers noted.
“The digital technology we use on a daily basis shapes the sensory processing in our brains − and on a scale that surprised us,” Ghosh said.
Source: University of Zurich
The article Smartphone Use Can Alter The Brain published by TheSleuthJournal – Real News Without Synthetics
Source: http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/smartphone-use-can-alter-brain/
VIDEO — Toxicity Exposure: Having Standards For Interactions
Stefan Molyneux
Nov 25, 2014
To what degree should we control our child’s exposure to other adults who are not peaceful parents? Includes: When concerns are not acknowledged they continue, the inability to admit when you’re wrong, modeling behavior for children, having standards for interactions, religious afterlife as a safety net, grandparent trouble and not rewarding non-improvers.
VIDEO/PODCAST — An Interview with Curtis Duncan, pt. 2 – “Homosexuality and the Chemical Manipulation of Humanity” – 221 | Gnostic Media
Gnostic Media
Dec 31, 2014
Episode 221 is with Curtis Duncan, pt. 2, titled: “Homosexuality and the Chemical Manipulation of Humanity”. This episode is being released on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, and was recorded on December 29.
Curtis Duncan is a holistic health and weight loss experts. He has spent close to a 12 years doing his own independent research on health and wellness. His areas of expertise include holistic health, the Emotional Freedom Technique, self-love and esteem, Vitamin D and the benefits of sunlight exposure, nutrition, the dangers of environmental chemicals and GMOs, natural remedies, weight loss, the dangers of stress, women’s and men’s health, preventing and curing disease, the dangers of Western Medicine and pharmaceuticals, sexuality, sexual health, and food and health conspiracies. He has a deep understanding of the politics and business of obesity and “disease”, how our predatory economic system makes people sick, the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs and conventional medical treatments, and the fraudulent global Medical Monopoly and their conspiracy to make humanity sick and so they can make endless profits at individual’s and society’s expense.
In this episode Curtis Duncan discusses how a group of chemicals known as endocrine disrupters are literally bringing about the destruction of humanity. These ubiquitous chemicals, which are found in a host of products from plastics, condoms, food, and cosmetics are changing human DNA and turning humanity into diseased mutants for the profit and benefit of Big Pharma. Even worse, these chemicals cause numerous diseases and conditions from prostate cancer, fibroids, diabetes, ADHD, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, heart disease, birth defects, early puberty, PCOS, impotence, undescended testicles, and obesity. Furthermore, these chemicals are changing people’s sexual orientation and gender identity in the womb thus making individuals gay. This is for the benefit of the population control eugenicists who wish to increase homosexuality to decrease the world’s population. In particular, they wish to decrease the population of certain ethnic groups. He’ll also discuss how to protect yourself and your family from these chemicals, how to avoid them, how to remove them from your bodies, and simple tips to fight their dangerous and deadly effects.
Website:
http://www.drcurtisduncan.com/2014/11/homosexuality-and-chemical-manipulation.html
Prior episodes:
Curtis Duncan interview – “The Conspiracy to Feminize Males & Masculinize Females” – #149
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/curtis-duncan-interview-the-conspiracy-to-feminize-males-masculinize-females-149/
Dr. Scott Sherr interview -“Hyperberic Oxygen Therapy: Wound Healing, Ketones, and the High Fat Diet” – 219
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/DrScottSherr_HBOT_ketones_highfat
Dr. Kate Rhéaume-Bleue interview – “Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox” – #217
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/KateRheaume-Bleue_VitaminK2_217
Dave Asprey – “Bulletproof Coffee: Revisiting Fat and Health”:
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/an-interview-with-david-asprey-pt-1-bulletproof-coffee-revisiting-fat-and-health-166-2/
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/gnostic-media-an-interview-with-david-asprey-pt-2-the-bulletproof-mind-and-body-169/
Michael Adams – “Curing MS with the Paleo Diet” – #181
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/interview-michael-adams-curing-ms-paleo-diet-181/
Rami Nagel – “Back to Paleo: Curing Tooth Decay – Naturally” – #180
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/CuringToothDecayNaturally180
Dr. William Davis – “Wheat is Murder”:
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/wheatismurder
Sally Fallon Morell – “The Oiling of America”
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/sally-fallon-morell-interview-the-oiling-of-america-pt-1-092/
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/sally-fallon-morell-interview-the-oiling-of-america-pt-2-093/
Articles and other citations:
The Whole Soy Story – by Dr. Kaayla Daniels, PhD.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whole-Soy-Story-Americas/dp/0967089751
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PODCAST — Why Men Don’t Want To Get Married
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Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio defends the honor of men, and explains exactly why men don’t want to get married anymore.
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