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US-Style Free Trade in Good Hands with Michael Froman
Post Date: 2013-05-04 03:14:16 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Style Free Trade in Good Hands with Michael Froman by Stephen Lendman On May 2, Obama named Froman his new US trade representative. He's a former Harvard law school classmate. He's currently a key adviser. More on him below. He replaces Ron Kirk. He served from March 2009 - March 2013. He's joining Gibson Dunn. It's a prominent US law firm. It advises global clients. It's ranked among the top 20 doing it. It's prominent attorneys and alumni include Theodore Olson and Ken Starr. Kirk said he wants to stay "engaged in global commerce." He wants the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement completed by yearend. It's a trade deal from hell. Public ...
Andy P. Hart: Suicide or Murder?
Post Date: 2013-05-04 03:13:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Andy P. Hart: Suicide or Murder? by Stephen Lendman On May 1, Truthout's Jason Leopold reported Hart's "apparent suicide." He represented a number of Guantanamo prisoners. More on that below. Key questions remain unanswered. Why would a federal public defender kill himself? Where and when did he die? Was an autopsy performed? If so, by whom? Why has no information been revealed? Why wasn't his death immediately announced? Apparently several days passed before it was. Why the secrecy? An alleged suicide note and thumb drive perhaps containing information on his cases remains concealed. Why? Hart's alleged suicide appears suspicious. It's unclear whether he ...
A Wiser America
Post Date: 2013-05-03 07:57:47 by Ada
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When America absorbed the bombings at the Boston Marathon, what was striking was what did not happen. Twelve years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the country was saddened, but it was also better informed. There was little of the rampant jingoism, get-them-at-all-costs bloodlust, constant speechifying, and flag-waving that followed the 2001 attacks. Perhaps most remarkable was the absence of reflexive Islamophobia and of the willingness to fight any war – even the wrong war in the wrong country for the wrong reasons – against the supposedly culpable “other.” Instead, this time, Americans’ sadness was mingled with cynicism and suspicion. The country is ...
US Hatched Terror Plots
Post Date: 2013-05-03 03:12:19 by Stephen Lendman
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US Hatched Terror Plots by Stephen Lendman Terrorists "R" us. Washington bears full responsibility. Numerous schemes are planned. Some are alleged and foiled. Others involve violent plots. Media scoundrels convict innocent people in the court of public opinion. Later they're wrongfully accused and prosecuted. Juries are intimidated to convict. Imprisonment follows. Culprits remain free. One scheme leads to others. Numerous political prisoners fill America's gulag. Even The New York Times was candid. At least party so. Most often it's part of the guilt by accusation chorus. On April 28, 2012, it headlined "Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the FBI," saying: ...
More Holes in the Fourth Amendment
Post Date: 2013-05-02 06:16:18 by Ada
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Here they go again. The Obama administration has asked its allies in Congress to introduce legislation that would permit the feds to continue their march through the Fourth Amendment when it comes to obtaining private information about all of us. The Fourth Amendment, which guarantees the right to be left alone, was written largely in response to legislation Parliament enacted in the colonial era that permitted British soldiers to write their own search warrants and then use those warrants as a legal basis to enter private homes. The ostensible purpose of doing that was to search through the colonists’ papers looking for stamps, which the Stamp Act required the colonists to affix to ...
Communications Giants in Good Hands with Tom Wheeler
Post Date: 2013-05-02 02:52:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Communications Giants in Good Hands with Tom Wheeler by Stephen Lendman Obama's expected to pick Tom Wheeler as new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman. More on him below. In March, former FCC chairman Julius Genachowski stepped down. At the time, Free Press.net president Craig Aaron said the following: "When Julius Genachowski took office, there were high hopes that he would use his powerful position to promote the public interest." "But instead of acting as the people's champion, he’s catered to corporate interests. His tenure has been marked by wavering and caving rather than the strong leadership so needed at this crucial agency." ...
Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary
Post Date: 2013-05-01 22:03:24 by Ferret
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Gun dealer Mel Bernstein takes down an AK-47 assault rifle from a sales rack at his own Dragonman's shooting range and gun store, east of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Feb. 5, 2013. Three in 10 registered American voters believe an armed rebellion might be necessary in the next few years, according to the results of a staggering poll released Wednesday by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. The survey, aimed at measuring public attitudes toward gun issues, found that 29 percent of Americans agree with the statement, “In the next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in order to protect our liberties.” An additional five percent were unsure. Eighteen ...
Obama's SS Is Here Now
Post Date: 2013-05-01 21:32:35 by Original_Intent
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Obama’s SS is Here NOW by John Galt May 1, 2013 05:30 EDT ShutzStaffel. The name which struck terror into the German people who still believed in freedom and wanted their nation to remain a peaceful, respectable member within the international community. Nazi Germany’s SS was a force for terror and intimidation, creating an aura of fear within the citizenry and horror for the remainder of the world watching the spectacle of a police state far more brutal than any in human history up to that time. Apparently this lesson has not been lost on the dictators of the world since that era as the communist leaders and rulers around the world learned that building an effective ...
Citizen Arrested at Suspicionless Checkpoint for Not Obeying Petty Commands
Post Date: 2013-05-01 15:46:37 by Ada
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In Georgia, a citizen was arrested last month at an unconstitutional checkpoint for refusing to obey cops demanding he fully roll down his car window. The man was arrested for “obstructing justice,” in other words for not completely submitting to domination and submission procedures the state now requires as it wantonly violates the Fourth Amendment. "I think in this instance the guy didn’t want to let the window down, didn’t want to talk to the officer and didn’t want to give him the information. So when you don’t give the information you can be charged with obstruction on a traffic stop," Lt. Amelio Lamkin of the Richmond County Sheriff’s ...
Institutionalized Spying on Americans
Post Date: 2013-05-01 03:10:13 by Stephen Lendman
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Institutionalized Spying on Americans by Stephen Lendman Big Brother no longer is fiction. It hasn't been for some time. It's official US policy. According to ACLU's Technology and Liberty Program director Barry Steinhardt: "Given the capabilities of today's technology, the only thing protecting us from a full-fledged surveillance society are the legal and political institutions we have inherited as Americans." "Unfortunately, the September 11 attacks have led some to embrace the fallacy that weakening the Constitution will strengthen America." Manufactured national security threats matter more than fundamental freedoms. Domestic spying is ...
Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's repeated requests for a lawyer were ignored
Post Date: 2013-04-30 06:53:36 by Ada
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There is zero legal or ethical justification for denying a suspect in custody this fundamental right (updated below) The initial debate over the treatment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev focused on whether he should be advised of his Miranda rights or whether the "public safety exception" justified delaying it. In the wake of news reports that he had been Mirandized and would be charged in a federal court, I credited the Obama DOJ for handling the case reasonably well thus far. As it turns out, though, Tsarnaev wasn't Mirandized because the DOJ decided he should be. Instead, that happened only because a federal magistrate, on her own, scheduled a hospital-room hearing, interrupted the ...
Simpson-Bowles 2.0
Post Date: 2013-04-30 03:09:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Simpson-Bowles 2.0 by Stephen Lendman Both men represent the nation's ruling class. They want more wealth transferred from ordinary people to corporate America and privileged elites like themselves. They're back with plan B. More on that below. On February 18, 2010, Obama issued Executive Order 13531. It established the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (NCFRR). Two neoliberal ideologues head it: former Senator Alan Simpson (R. WY) and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles. They head a 19-member team. It's stacked with like-minded members. Their mandate then and now includes fiscal austerity for most people, unlimited wealth ...
100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the End? (Part 1)
Post Date: 2013-04-29 20:35:23 by Southern Style
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100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the End? (Part 1) By Larry Reams One hundred years ago, our federal government, under control of the progressive Woodrow Wilson, took actions that have since become a disaster for these United States. Looking back, these actions were the beginning of what could be the end of our Constitutional Republic. With progressives in control in 2013, similar actions are underway that could complete a sinister view by progressives then and now to "transform" us into something our Founders never intended, and most Americans through the years never wanted and still don't. In 1913 our Constitution was amended by the ratification of two amendments, ...
100 Hundredth Anniversary of the Beginning of the End? (Part 2)
Post Date: 2013-04-29 20:31:51 by Southern Style
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100 Hundredth Anniversary of the Beginning of the End? (Part 2) By Larry Reams · April 26, 2013 The Federal Reserve: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then be deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." (Thomas Jefferson, 1802) It almost sounds as if ...
Judge says USA INC is just a corporate franchise network
Post Date: 2013-04-28 11:51:48 by wudidiz
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Judge Dale, retired Thursday, 11 April 2013 THE SOVEREIGN CITIZEN by: Judge Dale, retired Our federal government has instructed our federal, state and local police agencies that everyone who purports to be a SOVEREIGN should be TREATED as a TERRORIST! They have also brainwashed the American public into believing that being a SOVEREIGN is anti-American and unpatriotic! Perhaps this is: “The POT calling the KETTLE black?” WHAT IS SOVEREIGNTY? It is the inherent right and prerogative of a civilized people to rule itself, and to dictate all of the forms and conditions of the institutions it sets up to carry out this rule. Ironically, the U.S. SUPREME COURT agrees with those people who ...
Fukushima's Catastrophic Aftermath Continues
Post Date: 2013-04-27 03:05:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Fukushima's Catastrophic Aftermath Continues by Stephen Lendman In her book titled "No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth," nuclear power/environmental health expert Rosalie Bertell (1929 - 2012) said: "Should the public discover the true health cost(s) of nuclear pollution, a cry would rise from all parts of the world and people would refuse to cooperate passively with their own death." In her article titled "Radioactivity: No Immediate Danger," she coined a new word. "Omnicide" describes the ultimate human rejection of life. It's "difficult to comprehend," but it's happening, she said. She called ...
FBI Responsibility for US Terror Plots
Post Date: 2013-04-26 03:12:13 by Stephen Lendman
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FBI Responsibility for US Terror Plots by Stephen Lendman Boston's marathon bombings leave disturbing questions unanswered. Official accounts lack credibility. Mounting evidence suggests FBI responsibility. It doesn't surprise. Project Censored's fourth top 2013 censored story headlined "FBI Agents Responsible for Majority of Terrorist Plots in the United States." More on that below. Post-9/11, George Bush declared war on terrorism. It continues under Obama. America needs enemies. When none exist, they're invented. Muslims are America's target of choice. Numerous innocent victims are entrapped. It occurs when law enforcement officials or agents induce, ...
Torture Remains Official US Policy
Post Date: 2013-04-26 03:11:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Torture Remains Official US Policy by Stephen Lendman International law is clear and unequivocal. Torture is illegal at all times, under all circumstances with no allowed exceptions. It violates constitutional protections. They include the 8th Amendment's guarantee against "cruel and unusual punishments." Treaties America signed prohibit torture and other forms of ill-treatment. They're binding under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause. It states: "….all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution ...
A visit to the Chris Dorner Big Bear Hideout: Retracing the final steps from burnt-out truck to mountain condo
Post Date: 2013-04-25 06:34:40 by Artisan
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After disgruntled former police officer Christopher Dorner had gone on a killing spree, murdering three people and shooting several police officers, he escaped into the Big Bear mountains in San Bernardino County. Dorner's truck was found on fire on an unpaved service road 2N10 on Thursday Feb. 7th. Dorner was nowhere to be found on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. The following Tuesday Feb. 12th, Big Bear residents Jim and Karen Reynolds inadvertently discovered the fugitive in their condo and were tied up by Dorner, who then stole their vehicle to escape. The Reynolds are currently seeking the $1.3 million dollar reward which was offered by the L.A. Mayor for Dorner's capture. ...
ABNORMALCY BIAS
Post Date: 2013-04-24 22:24:46 by Esso
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[...] The 100 year downward spiral began gradually but has picked up steam in the last sixteen years, as the exponential growth model, built upon ever increasing levels of debt and an ever increasing supply of cheap oil, has proven to be unsustainable and unstable. Those in power are frantically using every tool at their disposal to convince Boobus Americanus they have everything under control and the system is operating normally. The psychotic central bankers, “bought and sold” political class, mega-corporation soulless chief executives and corporate controlled media use propaganda techniques, paid “experts”, talking head “personalities”, captured think ...
Watertown, Massachusetts: This is What a Police State Looks Like (April 19, 2013)
Post Date: 2013-04-24 20:46:27 by farmfriend
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Free Lynne Stewart Now
Post Date: 2013-04-24 03:16:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Free Lynne Stewart Now by Stephen Lendman Lynne's wrongfully imprisoned. She's one of America's best. For 30 years, she defended its poor, underprivileged, unwanted, and forgotten. Without advocates like her, they're denied due process and judicial fairness. She was targeted for representing clients prosecutors want convicted. A previous article said Obama wants her dead. She's gravely ill. She's a breast cancer survivor. It reemerged. It's spreading. She's denied proper treatment. More on her below. America's gulag prison system shames the nation. It's a crime against humanity. It's by far the world's largest. It's one of the worst. ...
APNEWSBREAK: RICIN SUSPECT RELEASED FROM JAIL
Post Date: 2013-04-23 15:00:55 by Ada
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OXFORD, Miss. The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge was released from jail on Tuesday, federal official said, though the reason for the release wasn't immediately clear. Jeff Woodfin, chief deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Oxford, Miss., said Paul Kevin Curtis has been released from custody. Woodfin said he doesn't know if there were any conditions on the release. The development comes hours after officials canceled a detention and preliminary hearing without explaining the reason for the change. His lawyer Christi McCoy, who has been pushing for the charges to be dropped, said in a text ...
‘Boston Strong’: Marching in Lockstep With the Police State
Post Date: 2013-04-23 08:49:43 by Ada
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Caught up in the televised drama of a military-style manhunt for the suspects in the Boston Marathon explosion, most Americans fail to realize that the world around them has been suddenly and jarringly shifted off its axis, that axis being the U.S. Constitution. For those like myself who have studied emerging police states, the sight of a city placed under martial law – its citizens under house arrest (officials used the Orwellian phrase “shelter in place” to describe the mandatory lockdown), military-style helicopters equipped with thermal imaging devices buzzing the skies, tanks and armored vehicles on the streets, and snipers perched on rooftops, while thousands of ...
Terrorists "R" Us
Post Date: 2013-04-23 03:27:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Terrorists "R" Us by Stephen Lendman State-sponsored terrorism defines US policy. Doublespeak duplicity conceals it. Doublethink manipulates public opinion to ignore inconvenient truths. Howard Zinn once asked: "How can you make war on terrorism if war is terrorism?" Waging war on terrorism "gives government a perpetual war and a perpetual atmosphere of repression." "And it generates perpetual profits for corporations. But it's going to make the world a far more unstable and dangerous place." "Terrorism replaced communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country, for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of ...
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