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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Dark clouds over the White House A pattern of government lies shows disregard for the Constitution
Post Date: 2013-05-17 06:12:26 by Southern Style
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Dark clouds over the White House A pattern of government lies shows disregard for the ConstitutionBy Judge Andrew P. NapolitanoMay 16, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - Government is bad for personal freedom. That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or compels. Everything it owns it has taken from others. Much of what it says is divorced from the truth. President Obama, like President George W. Bush, has argued that his first job is to keep America safe, and if he impairs personal freedom in the process, that is a small price to pay for safety. Many of my colleagues in the media on the left and ...
Stop and Frisk: NYPD Racial Profiling
Post Date: 2013-05-17 03:15:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Stop and Frisk: NYPD Racial Profiling by Stephen Lendman The Fourth Amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." In other words, constitutional law requires reasonable suspicion that a crime has been, is being, or will be committed to justify stopping and frisking a suspect. New York State Criminal Procedure Law, section 140.50, authorizes stop and frisk. It's based on ...
Russia Catches CIA Spy Red-Handed
Post Date: 2013-05-16 03:11:34 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Catches CIA Spy Red-Handed by Stephen Lendman CIA agents operate most everywhere. They don't promote friendly relations. They're up to no good. Some pose as diplomats. Diplomacy provides cover for why they're sent. Christopher Fogle was caught red-handed. He was assigned to Washington's Moscow embassy political section. He was third secretary. A web site name search found no match. It's no surprise why. He was arrested, declared persona non grata, and expelled. He got off easy. He committed espionage. He should have been imprisoned. On May 14, Voice of Russia (VOR) headlined "FSB catches CIA Agent Controller red handed," saying: The previous ...
Obama's Contempt for Venezuelan Democracy
Post Date: 2013-05-16 03:10:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Contempt for Venezuelan Democracy by Stephen Lendman It's no surprise. He exceeds the worst of George Bush. He abhors democratic values. He defiles rule of law principles. He governs by diktat authority. He's waging war on humanity. He targets all independent states. He wants puppet pro-US regimes replacing them. Venezuela is hugely important. It's the oil, stupid. Venezuelan reserves are the world's largest. Its democracy is real. It shames America's sham system. It's the best democracy money can buy. Each electoral cycle proves it. Business as usual reflects it. Money power runs things. Duopoly power rules. Republicans and Democrats are two sides ...
Oath Keepers Sponsors and Supports Open Carry March in Temple June 1
Post Date: 2013-05-15 08:29:28 by echo5sierra
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We are sponsoring and supporting the Open Carry March to support army Master Sergeant CJ Grisham on June 1. If you don't know anything about the situation, please visit www.dontcomply.com or Oath Keepers, at www.oathkeepers.org.
Spies "R" Us
Post Date: 2013-05-15 03:08:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Spies "R" Us by Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed institutionalized spying on Americans. Anyone can be monitored for any reason or none at all. Manufactured national security threats, silencing dissent, targeting whistleblowers, and challenging press freedom subvert constitutional rights. Doing so is worse than ever now. Obama bears full responsibility. He governs by diktat authority. He's waging war on humanity. He's spurning fundamental rights. He's targeting press freedom. James Madison understood the threat, saying: "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or ...
Close Guantanamo Now!
Post Date: 2013-05-14 03:06:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Close Guantanamo Now! by Stephen Lendman As president and commander-in-chief, Obama has legal authority to do so. On May 3, New York City Bar president Carey R. Dunne wrote him. He did so on behalf of the organization he heads. He called indefinite detention "legally and morally indefensible." He said 25 retired military flag officers said it's "an effective recruiting tool for our enemies." He urged "concrete steps to restart the process toward closure." On May 7, the New York City Bar said "Obama has the authority to close (Guantanamo) under Section 1028 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013…." It’s ...
US dictatorship and its free fall
Post Date: 2013-05-14 02:56:11 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV: New information on the 2000 election, information now in the hands of top military officials in the US, conclusively proves that America’s government is in “free fall.”” In 2000, a criminal conspiracy overthrew the government of the United States through violence, threats of violence and massive fraud. In light of what many believe to be the upcoming collapse, world war, economic meltdown, climate sabotage, global pandemics and radiation threats, key evidence has been brought forward. The oft spoken of New World Order is now much more than conspiracy or myth. The United States is now and has been little more than a colony, to be bled dry. It is now clearly ...
China issues white paper on human rights
Post Date: 2013-05-14 00:04:12 by Tatarewicz
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Full Text: Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012 BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government on Tuesday released a white paper detailing the progress made in human rights in 2012, stressing its achievements in improving living standards and increasing room for citizens to express their opinions. "The cause of human rights in China has entered a stage of planned, sustainable, steady and comprehensive development," says the white paper, published by the State Council Information Office under the title "Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012." Development is the key to solving all existing problems and facilitating the progress of human rights in ...
The Persecution of Rita Hutchens
Post Date: 2013-05-13 08:01:11 by Ada
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Sandpoint, Idaho resident Rita Hutchens is an opinionated 57-year-old quilt artist whose work has earned her international notoriety. Given that Hutchens is also an outspoken proponent of constitutionalist views, it’s possible that some people have taken issue with her political opinions. Hutchens has never harmed or threatened another human being. Yet local officials, led by Bonner County Deputy Prosecutor Shane Greenbank – an inventively dishonest official – are trying to make a criminal out of her. Failing that, they might simply seek to have her imprisoned indefinitely in a psych ward. Around midnight on April 16, three Bonner County Sheriff’s Deputies invaded ...
Why a government-orchestrated distraction event is highly likely to occur in the next 7 days
Post Date: 2013-05-12 07:00:18 by Ada
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False Flag-O-Meter reaches the red zone This is a short but urgent warning: A false flag event, an act of war, a bombing or some other headlines-grabbing orchestrated event is very likely to occur in the next seven days precisely because the Obama administration is under intense fire right now and needs a quick distraction. In stage magic, it’s called the “art of misdirection.” In politics, it’s called the “Clinton method.” This is exactly what Bill Clinton did over and over again during his administration: Any time he was about to be raked over the coals for some political scandal, he would simply order the bombing of another “terrorist factory” ...
Thirdworldizing America
Post Date: 2013-05-12 03:05:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Thirdworldizing America by Stephen Lendman Center for Economic and Policy Research co-director Dean Baker calls poverty America's "new growth industry." The state of today's America is deplorable. In his latest May 3 analysis, economist John Williams said "April "employment and unemployment data were nonsense: the economy remains in serious trouble." About 23% of Americans wanting work can't find it. Most jobs are temp or part-time low pay/poor or no benefit service ones with no futures. Conditions are getting worse, not better. Federal, state and local government jobs were lost. Construction shed 6,000 jobs. Zero manufacturing jobs were created. ...
Eroding Freedom in America
Post Date: 2013-05-12 03:04:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Eroding Freedom in America by Stephen Lendman US democracy is illusory. America never was beautiful. It's not the land of the free and home of the brave. It wasn't created that way. More than ever, it's not now. Freedom is a four-letter word. It's fast disappearing. It's an endangered species. Wealth, power and privilege alone matter. America's war on terror priorities advance them. International, constitutional and US statute laws are spurned. Rogue state ruthlessness replaced them. Boston's unprecedented lockdown suggests what's coming. It covered a two hundred square mile area. An important threshold was crossed. Martial law terrorized city residents. ...
Are the FBI and IRS Secretly Reading Your Email Without a Warrant?
Post Date: 2013-05-11 08:21:13 by PSUSA2
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The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained documents revealing that the FBI and IRS may be reading emails and other electronic communications of U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant. This comes just as reports have emerged that the Obama administration is considering approving an overhaul of government surveillance of the Internet. The New York Times reported the new rules would make it easier to wiretap users of web services such as instant messaging. "The FBI wants to be able to intercept every kind of possible communication," says attorney Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. "The FBI basically wants to require all of ...
Apple May Be Able to Bypass Your iPhone’s Password, but There’s a Waiting List
Post Date: 2013-05-11 08:14:36 by PSUSA2
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Break the law and Apple may follow up by breaking into your iPhone, reports CNET, though if you represent the long arm of the law asking Cupertino to give you a hand (or would the proper term be demanding?), it sounds like you’ll have to wait in line: up to seven weeks, in seems. Why? Because requests from law enforcement officials to hack into someone’s iPhone have been so overwhelming that Apple’s had to create a waiting list to manage them all. Using a highly secure password on your phone (think long and completely random) should keep just about everyone at bay — but not someone with backdoor access. You knew there were rumors of a backdoor on the iPhone, right? ...
Malcolm Shabazz's Suspicious Death
Post Date: 2013-05-11 02:52:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Malcolm Shabazz's Suspicious Death by Stephen Lendman On May 9, Amsterdam News (AN) headlined "Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, killed." AN said he was killed in Tijuana, Mexico. Unconfirmed reports said "he died early Thursday morning, May 9, 2013, from injuries sustained after he was thrown off a building or shot as he was being robbed." Family members acknowledged his death. They haven't confirmed where or how. Talking Points Memo (TPM) said it "independently confirmed his death through a (non-family) source with close knowledge of the situation." It said he "was beaten during a robbery Wednesday night in Mexico City." A State ...
What Anarchists Should Learn From Chairman Mao
Post Date: 2013-05-10 07:43:39 by Ada
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Every anarchist I know is, deep within, an optimist. That observation is often unbelievable to the casual observer, what with our frequent expressions of anger and frustration toward government and other forced collectives. But, beyond those frustrations lives an almost universal belief that one day an event, or a series of events, will occur setting into motion the elimination of government which will be replaced by a society based solely on voluntary connections. While it would be nice to believe that on one special day the Statists will simply give up, recognize the errors of their ways and capitulate, such a belief is Pollyannaish at best and dangerous at worst. Sea change does not ...
US State Department Halts 3-D Gun Production: Demands Removal Of All Online Blueprints
Post Date: 2013-05-10 06:53:18 by Esso
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Three days ago, in an article that looked at the convergence of 3-D printing and the 2nd Amendment, we presented "the Liberator" - the world's first fully 3-D printed firearm. The name was aptly chosen because courtesy of its creator, 25-year old UofT law student Cody Wilson, and his non-profit group Defense Distributed, its online blueprint and assembly instructions liberated "anyone to be able to download and print a gun with no serial number, in the privacy of their garage" in effect completely circumventing any gun control/distribution laws, background checks and other regulatory hurdles of an increasingly authoritarian government. In fact, we were counting the ...
Sen. Manchin: Background Checks “Expand Second Amendment”
Post Date: 2013-05-09 07:19:39 by Ada
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Democrat Senator Joe Manchin is trying to get another background check bill through the Senate following last month’s defeat of a bill he introduced with Republican Senator Patrick Toomey. “I truly believe the background check bill is possible to get passed,” Manchin told CBS News on Tuesday. He also tried to sell the idea that laws restricting and regulating the Second Amendment actually expand it. Manchin said it is the job of Democrats in Congress to educate Americans who exercise the right to own firearms about this new interpretation of the Second Amendment. “We are going to have to make some adjustments to it and find out where the comfort zone is, but what we ...
Willie Manning: Unjustly Sentenced to Death
Post Date: 2013-05-09 02:58:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Willie Manning: Unjustly Sentenced to Death by Stephen Lendman Capital punishment is barbaric, unjust and unconscionable. It's the ultimate denial of human rights. Nothing justifies state-sponsored murder. Wrongfully executing innocent victims alone explains why. David Protess heads the Chicago Innocence Project (ChIP). It investigates wrongful convictions. On March 19, he headlined "Executing the Death Penalty," saying: "Since 1973, 142 death row inmates have been officially exonerated." Many others should have been but weren't. Most countries abandoned capital punishment. America uses it abusively. On May 6, Protess headlined "Murder in ...
Visualizing The Collapse Of Fiat Currencies
Post Date: 2013-05-08 07:53:18 by Esso
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Presented with little comment - aside to note, it's never different this time... and as a reminder...
Fannie and Freddie in Good Hands with Mel Watt
Post Date: 2013-05-08 03:07:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Fannie and Freddie in Good Hands with Mel Watt by Stephen Lendman On May 1, Obama nominated Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). It replaced the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD). It did so following their statutory merger. FHFB regulates Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. If approved, Watt will replace Edward DeMarco. Since August 2009, he's been acting director. Change.org called him the "single biggest obstacle to meaningful economic recovery." He blocked reducing the burden of underwater homeowners. Fire ...
Police in Springfield, Mass. adopt Iraq-style ‘counterinsurgency’ tactics
Post Date: 2013-05-06 07:07:10 by Ada
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Police in Springfield, Massachusetts have adopted Iraq-style “counterinsurgency” tactics and are applying them to gang busting with amazing results, according to Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes.” Before you get freaked out, don’t worry: Springfield police are not walling off whole blocks, setting up militarized checkpoints and jumping out of helicopters with bazookas. What they are doing is something that’s been sorely missing from American policing in recent decades: community building. Retired Marine Corps officer R. Scott Moore summarized counterinsurgency strategy as the combination of “actions, structures and beliefs to resolve root ...
Honduras: State-Sponsored Death Squad Terror
Post Date: 2013-05-05 03:05:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Honduras: State-Sponsored Death Squad Terror by Stephen Lendman Adrienne Pine is American University Professor or Anthropology. She's worked in Honduras. She's written about state-sponsored violence. Her book "Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras" discusses structural inequality, horrendous human rights abuses, and state-sponsored murder. She calls it "invisible genocide." Her recent article headlined "Militarization Ramped up in Honduras," saying: "On February 8, 2013, the Honduran government announced that it would be sending its military to patrol the streets of its two largest cities: San Pedro Sula and ...
The Seen and Unseen in Gun Control
Post Date: 2013-05-04 15:59:06 by Southern Style
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The Seen and Unseen in Gun ControlWidespread Gun Ownership Increases Personal SafetyOCTOBER 01, 1998 by SHELDON RICHMAN The heinous shootings by young people at public schools around the country have predictably renewed calls for more gun control. Advocates of gun bans commit a classic fallacy that is usually associated with economic policy. But it fully applies to all government policy, including gun control. In the nineteenth century, the French economist Frederic Bastiat explained that in order to understand the consequences of a policy, you must consider both “what is seen and what is unseen.” This was also the “one lesson” taught by Bastiat’s intellectual ...
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