TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a letter of application for Israel to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

More than 40 countries, including Australia, South Korea, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, have said they would sign up to the AIIB, with Japan and the United States the two notable absentees.

China set a March 31 deadline to become a founding member of the AIIB, an institution that could enhance Beijing's regional and global influence.

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The NSA is monitoring almost all of our international communications. This is a fundamental violation of First and Fourth Amendment rights.

The Editors | The Nation | March 31, 2015

One of the most disturbing revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden is that the National Security Agency copies and searches the contents of virtually every text-based Internet communication that you send overseas or receive from abroad. This includes e-mails, instant messages, search-engine history and the websites you visit. The agency does so whether or not you or the person you’re communicating with has done anything wrong, and whether or not either party is a specific “target” of the NSA. Furthermore, if the agency believes your message contains information relating to the foreign affairs of the United States—in the NSA’s overly broad terms, “foreign intelligence information”—it may hold on to it indefinitely.

This massive, dragnet surveillance is a fundamental violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects our right to privacy, and the First Amendment, which protects freedom of expression and association. The government is collecting these private communications without any individualized suspicion and without obtaining a warrant from a judicial authority. For these reasons, The Nation has joined the ACLU’s suit against the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice, filed this March in federal district court in Maryland, where the NSA is headquartered. Fellow plaintiffs include the Wikimedia Foundation, Human Rights Watch, PEN American Center, the Global Fund for Women and other civil society, legal and media organizations.

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Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with Nomi Prins, best-selling author of “All the Presidents’ Bankers.”

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On a recent episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I spoke with Brian Aitken, a man who was arrested for transporting his legally owned guns in New Jersey while moving residences. Due to a combination of unjust laws and overzealous, dishonest prosecutors and judges, Brian found himself sentenced to seven years in prison. However, he was free and able to come on my show, thanks to having his sentence commuted by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

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Iran Accuses U.S. of Lying About New Nuke Agreement

Says White House misleading Congress, American people with fact sheet

Adam Kredo
April 2, 2015 5:40 pm

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Just hours after the announcement of what the United States characterized as a historic agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, the country’s leading negotiator lashed out at the Obama administration for lying about the details of a tentative framework.

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The lawmakers of Indiana are dicks for passing a pointless law whose motivation is intolerance of gays and lesbians under the guise of religious liberty.

Businesses are being dicks for pulling out of Indiana and punishing the population, most of who had nothing to do with this law, because of the actions of an intolerant minority.

Gay rights activists are dicks when they go beyond equal rights and try to pass laws that violate freedom of association.

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Soundtrack for this post

http://youtu.be/cwqhdRs4jyA

Well Daily Paul, this is it. It's like that Hemingway quote about how a man goes broke: "First gradually, then suddenly."

For the Daily Paul and its existence, the suddenly part is here.

I've been talking about this for a long time now, about archiving the Daily Paul, about moving on. I have been yapping about it for so long that some have backhandedly accused me of drama.

But now the time is here. It is the end of the line for the Daily Paul. Seven to ten days is what we've got.

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A Message From President John Kennedy

http://youtu.be/2AkwF9Xx4EA

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Say that "Bestiality Is Wrong" or "Polygamy Is Wrong" and it's not considered hate speech, but if you have the opinion that "Gay Marriage Is Wrong" the whole world jumps up and down screaming "racism" "bigotry" and "hatred".

This is becoming the politically-correct norm, but no matter what one argues, this is suppressing free speech.

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Rand Paul taking media time-out

By Jonathan Easley | The Hill

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is taking a break from the media to spend time with his family ahead of his likely White House announcement next week.

The Hill reached out to a representative at Paul’s leadership PAC to find out where the Kentucky Republican stands on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which has created a firestorm in Indiana since a version was signed into law last week.

“Senator Paul is out of pocket with family and not doing any media all week long,” the representative responded.

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Vietnamese mother
Bends down
Plants rice
At the sunrise
The very opposite
Of the art of war

Ask yourselves
What is the purpose of your lives?

I walked the streets
Many towns
Countries
My eyes
Saw tears
People in chains

I'm ashamed to say
I was born on this planet

Next time you hear the words
Democracy and human rights
Google British opium wars

We are all slaves
Visible and invisible handcuffs

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This is for you TwelveOhOne. :)

Are conspiracy theorists really the sane ones?
University study shows they are more well-grounded than others.

http://www.trapshooters.com/threads/study-shows-conspiracy-t...

Those who operate without checks and balances – and without the disinfectant sunlight of public scrutiny and accountability – tend to act in their own best interests.

I tend to view conspiracy theorists as another form of checks and balances on our official, expert storytellers.

Apr 2 2014

*‘Key parameters’ for nuclear deal with Iran reached
*Deal to be concluded by 30 June
*EU and US will terminate economic sanctions
*Fordow converted into nuclear physics site

Meanwhile, indicted US senator, Robert Menendez has said in a statement:

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In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I welcome in Michael G. Santos of the Earning Freedom Podcast! Michael details how he successfully rejoined society after 26 years in federal prison. Michael explains how he landed in jail with a 45 year sentence for selling cocaine, and how he came up with his 3 part plan required that he educate himself, contribute to society, and build a support network. He explains how that plan empowered him and allowed him to return to society with his dignity in tact and opportunities to lead a meaningful, relevant life. Michael and I discuss why the U.S. is committed to mass incarceration, and how meaningful reforms can be made in the U.S. prison system to allow prisoners to empower themselves and truly earn their freedom.

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Reason picked up a story from CBS Chicago that will have you shaking your head so hard and for so many reasons that you’ll need about 3 Exedrin after reading about it.

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http://youtu.be/S4PIk9XKLIc

An Indiana pizzeria under fire for saying it would refuse to cater a gay wedding shut down on Wednesday after its owners said they received threatening messages.

However, a GoFundMe page set up for Memories Pizza in Walkerton has raised more than $40,000 in just six hours. ($313,727 Raised by 11,247 people in 1 day)
http://www.gofundme.com/MemoriesPizza

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Friends,

Thank you for everyone who has supported up to this time (especially those that took that 12.5 hour bus ride from Arizona). We have had great success and feel that AB408 has a good chance of going to the floor. We had a great showing for the rally and the hearing was standing room only with the overflow rooms standing room only as well. There was more media at the hearing than many could ever remember being at a hearing before. It was a success in every way in getting the word out.

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FARMINGTON, Mo. • An eastern Missouri police officer is facing child abuse charges for allegedly throwing a 4-year-old boy against a wall.

The Daily Journal newspaper in Park Hills reports that Jay Bellis, 38, of Farmington was hired by the Leadwood Police Department on March 12. He is charged with felony child abuse.

Police say Bellis admitted losing his temper and throwing the child, causing the boy to hit his head on a kitchen cabinet, and causing the boy's ear to bleed while disciplining him for misbehaving at day care. The incident happened at Bellis' home.

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