Bernie Sanders and Elon Musk changed history yesterday.

Expect the fossil and nuclear industries to ramp up their sleazy PR tactics.

Published on May 1, 2015

Tesla Powerwall Keynote by Elon Musk "The Missing Piece"

The stream wll be at http://www.teslamotors.com/livestream



The stream is at http://www.teslamotors.com/livestream

Source: CNN

Blue Origin, the commercial space travel company Bezos founded, launched a surprise test flight of its New Shepard space vehicle Wednesday.

Bezos said in a statement that the rocket's engine "worked flawlessly."

"Any astronauts on board would have had a very nice journey into space and a smooth return," Bezos said.

However, he added that the rocket's "propulsion module," which was designed to be reusable, was not recovered because of a problem with the hydraulic system.

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Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/30/news/jeff-bezos-rocket-launch/index.html

CNN crew is still on the scene broadcasting live.

edit: originally reported as tear gas.
No tear gas yet.

Source: Common Dreams

Prominent national security whistleblowers are calling for the full repeal of the USA Patriot Act, charging that under that legislation the federal government has decimated the U.S. Constitution and warning that unless action is taken, there is no end in sight to government secrecy and manipulation.

The group, which included former National Security Agency (NSA) official William Binney and Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, appeared Monday at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to voice their backing for H.R. 1466, the Surveillance State Repeal Act, which was recently introduced by Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

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The whistleblowers also widely agreed that the light sentence handed down last week for General David Petraeus exemplifies the favorable treatment given to certain leakers, and stands in marked contrast to the treatment of others such as Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, John Kiriakou, and the soon-to-be-sentenced Jeffrey Sterling—who have all been charged under the Espionage Act.

"We all owe a debt of gratitude to General David Petraeus for showing us what a farce (the Obama administration’s) war on whistleblowers and leaks more generally really is," said Radack.

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Read more: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/28/national-security-whistleblowers-call-repeal-patriot-act

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The group included 7 whistleblowers: Kirk Wiebe, Coleen Rowley, Raymond McGovern, Daniel Ellsberg, William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, and Thomas Drake.