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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Expanding Draconian Computer Fraud and Abuse Powers
Post Date: 2013-04-02 14:24:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Monsanto Protection Act by Stephen Lendman Agribusiness giant Monsanto's the world's leading GMO seed producer. They're hazardous to human health. They should be banned. They proliferate. GMO foods and ingredients are toxic. They're unsafe to eat. Independent studies prove it. Monsanto and other agribusiness giants want all animal and vegetable life forms patented. They want worldwide food control. Obama's a partner in crime. He promised GMO labeling. He's done nothing to mandate it. It gets worse. His food czar is former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor. He serves as FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods. He believes unsafe ones are fit to eat. On March 26, Obama ...
Why the No-Fly List Doesn't Fly
Post Date: 2013-04-02 10:04:35 by Ada
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Flying commercial can be a terrible hassle these days, but not for Steven Washburn. The people in charge of airport security have decided to spare him all the inconveniences. No taking off his shoes and belt, no putting his liquids in a plastic bag, no enduring a naked body scan. Oh, and one more thing: no flying. Washburn is on the government's no-fly list. He doesn't know why, and the government won't tell him. Nor will it take him off. He's much like Franz Kafka's Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find he has turned into a bug. There is no accounting for it and no escape. He may go to the grave without ever flying again — or learning the reason. He's just one ...
Scandal Hits Cyprus
Post Date: 2013-04-02 03:19:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Scandal Hits Cyprus by Stephen Lendman Grand theft is official Cypriot policy. Bank account haircuts are authorized. Those above 100,000 euros are targeted. Depositors may lose much more than initially thought. Minimally it's around 40% of their money. It may be double that amount or more. Potentially it's everything. In return, they'll get unsecured IOUs (promises to pay). They'll be converted to bank shares. They may end up worthless. Small depositors aren't safe. If enough money isn't raised, they're vulnerable. Once thought safe bank accounts are being looted. It gets worse. Friends of President Nicos Anastasiades got advance word. Cypriot newspaper ...
Monsanto Protection Act
Post Date: 2013-04-02 03:17:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Monsanto Protection Act by Stephen Lendman Agribusiness giant Monsanto's the world's leading GMO seed producer. They're hazardous to human health. They should be banned. They proliferate. GMO foods and ingredients are toxic. They're unsafe to eat. Independent studies prove it. Monsanto and other agribusiness giants want all animal and vegetable life forms patented. They want worldwide food control. Obama's a partner in crime. He promised GMO labeling. He's done nothing to mandate it. It gets worse. His food czar is former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor. He serves as FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods. He believes unsafe ones are fit to eat. On March 26, Obama ...
Connecticut reaches deal on tough gun laws after Newtown (death of Connecticut)
Post Date: 2013-04-01 22:12:08 by X-15
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead. The proposal includes new registration requirements for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets, something of a disappointment for some family members of Newtown victims who wanted an outright ban on the possession of all high-capacity magazines and traveled to the state Capitol on Monday to ask lawmakers for it. The package also creates what ...
Obama Urges Quick Adoption of Arms Trade Treaty by UN General Assembly
Post Date: 2013-04-01 11:40:05 by Ada
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Despite failing to be adopted by consensus vote on last Thursday, the Arms Trade Treaty’s (ATT) civilian disarmament agenda marches on. In an interview with The New American in advance of Thursday’s ill-fated final plenary session of the conference at UN headquarters deliberating the Arms Trade Treaty, a member of the U.S. delegation said the they were prepared to vote in favor of adoption of the gun grab. They never got the chance, however, as Iran, Syria, and North Korea objected to the treaty, declaring it to be too favorable to the interests of the United States. That point is debatable. As I reported from the conference, the text of the treaty mandates several ...
Why Gay Marriage Isn’t Equal to Civil Rights
Post Date: 2013-04-01 07:50:43 by Ada
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What black Americans suffered is without parallel in our history—a fact all sides of the SSM debate should recognize. The 20-something me would consider the 30-something me a bleeding-heart liberal. Though I still hate political correctness, I no longer find it valuable to attack PC by charging off in the opposite direction, making insensitive remarks that even if right in fact were so wrong in form. I’m not the first political pundit to use excessive hyperbole. I might be one of the few to admit being embarrassed about it. This embarrassment is particularly true concerning my own region, the South, where slavery, segregation, and institutional racism left a heavy mark. I still ...
Kansas Couple: Indoor Gardening Prompted Pot Raid
Post Date: 2013-03-31 19:35:25 by farmfriend
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Kansas Couple: Indoor Gardening Prompted Pot Raid March 29, 2013 6:40 PM LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — Two former CIA employees whose Kansas home was fruitlessly searched for marijuana during a two-state drug sweep claim they were illegally targeted, possibly because they had bought indoor growing supplies to raise vegetables. Adlynn and Robert Harte sued this week to get more information about why sheriff’s deputies searched their home in the upscale Kanas City suburb of Leawood last April 20 as part of Operation Constant Gardener — a sweep conducted by agencies in Kansas and Missouri that netted marijuana plants, processed marijuana, guns, growing paraphernalia and cash from ...
Depositor Haircuts Spreading
Post Date: 2013-03-31 03:12:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Depositor Haircuts Spreading by Stephen Lendman A previous article called them the new normal. Bad ideas spread fast. Canada endorses Cypriot harshness. Its "Jobs Growth and Long-Term Prosperity: Economic Action Plan 2013" says so. On March 21, it was submitted. It endorsed depositor haircuts. It did so before Cypriot trouble erupted. Its "Establishing a Risk Management Framework for Domestic Systemically Important Banks section (pages 144-145) states: "Canada's large banks are a source of strength for the Canadian economy." "The Government….recognizes the need to manage the risks associated with systemically important banks - those banks whose ...
Regime Change Begins at Home
Post Date: 2013-03-30 03:21:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Regime Change Begins at Home by Stephen Lendman Charles Derber's book by that title says it's the only way to free America from corporate rule. It transformed America from "we the people" to what CEOs say goes. It put monied interests in charge. Presidents, legislators, and high level bureaucrats serve them. Whatever they want they get. Institutionalized injustice follows. It's longstanding. Vital change more than ever is needed. America had previous corporate regimes. None match today's extremism. Bold, creative strategies are needed to change things. Commitment creates possibilities. Nothing worth struggling for is easy. Failure to try assures disaster. ...
Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal
Post Date: 2013-03-30 03:20:13 by Stephen Lendman
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Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal by Stephen Lendman On March 29, Cyprus Mail said banks opened Thursday. They did so amid calm. Long lines queued. People waited patiently. A feared stampede didn't materialize. Whether it's the calm before the storm remains to be seen. Looting Cypriot bank accounts reflects the new normal. It set a precedent. It did so for Europe. More on that below. Wall Street banks operate the same way. So did MF Global. Grand theft reflects official policy. Money is made the old-fashioned way. It's stolen. Nothing's done to stop it. Corrupt politicians and regulators permit it. They do so for benefits they derive. Scamming investors is ...
Honduran Police State Repression
Post Date: 2013-03-28 14:39:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Honduran Police State Repression by Stephen Lendman On June 28, 2009, Obama colluded with Honduran fascists. With US approval and support, they ousted Honduras' democratically elected president. Manuel Zelaya was arrested at home. Security forces confronted him at gunpoint. Junta rule replaced him. Porfirio (Pepe) Lobo Sosa heads Honduras' government. It’s illegitimate. State terror is policy. The infamous CIA-created Battalion 316 was reactivated. In the 1980s, death squads disappeared, tortured, and murdered regime opponents. A state of siege exists. Human rights violations are horrific. Killings, beatings, disappearances, and intimidation are commonplace. Human rights ...
Destroying Public Education in Chicago
Post Date: 2013-03-28 03:20:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Destroying Public Education in Chicago by Stephen Lendman It's on the chopping block for elimination. It's happening nationwide. Chicago perhaps reflects the epicenter of what's wrong. Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent years waging war on progressive politics. He's a former investment banker. He's a corporate predator turned politician. He's an unindicted war criminal. He belongs in prison, not City Hall. He's Obama's former White House Chief of Staff. Becoming Chicago's mayor fulfilled his longtime ambition. He's notoriously anti-populist. He believes anything government does business does better so let it. He wants corporate profiteers running as many ...
Law would fire sheriffs for defying gun control measures
Post Date: 2013-03-27 14:24:21 by Ada
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Supporters of the 380 sheriffs in 15 states who so far have vowed to defy new state and federal gun control laws claim that legislation is starting to pop up around the nation to fire any state elected or appointed law enforcement official who doesn't obey federal orders. The first effort emerged in Texas. Legislation proposed by Dallas Democratic Rep. Yvonne Davis would remove any sheriff or law enforcement officer who refuses to enforce state or federal laws. What's more, it would remove any elected or appointed law enforcement officer for simply stating or signing any document stating that they will not obey federal orders. A gun lobbyist told Secrets, "Beware because ...
U.S. Out of Vermont!
Post Date: 2013-03-27 06:45:41 by Ada
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Move over, Texas: In the Green Mountain State, it’s leftists who want to secede Last September, about 60 Vermonters met in the chambers of the house of representatives in Montpelier to celebrate the state’s “independence spirit” and to discuss the goals of “environmental sustainability, economic justice, and Vermont self-determination.” The speaker of the house had given up the space free of charge for the one-day conference. First at the podium was a Princeton- educated yak farmer and professor of journalism named Rob Williams, one of the organizers of the event, who at 9 A.M. opened the proceedings by acknowledging what he called “some unpleasant and ...
Cyprus Postmortems
Post Date: 2013-03-27 02:20:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Cyprus Postmortems by Stephen Lendman Solutions worse than problems don't resolve them. Cypriots face protracted hard times. Former IMF chief economist Michael Mussa explained three kinds of crises: liquidity, solvency and stupidity. BoomBustBlog's Reggie Middleton says "economic depression is the new success." It's the new normal. Scoundrel media reports downplay the damage done. "The danger of Cyprus' bankruptcy (and) tragic consequences for the economy and society are just getting started." Eurocrats lied. They claim "boiling slowly in a pot of austerity flavored depression is preferable to a quick and clean exit and rebirth." ...
Resistance Is Dangerous – But Submission Is Often Fatal
Post Date: 2013-03-26 11:41:18 by Ada
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Resisting arrest is not a crime. It is a common-law right, the exercise of which is treated as if it were a crime. The act of resistance was transmuted into a criminal offense chiefly through judicial activism, rather than legislation. Courts that seek to criminalize resistance have generally made the pragmatic argument that resistance is more dangerous than submission. We’ve long since reached the point where the reverse is often the case. Until 1942, when the Interstate Commission on Crime published the Uniform Arrest Act, every state recognized and protected the right to resist. Under the still- controlling U.S. Supreme Court precedent, John Bad Elk vs. US, a citizen faced with ...
Expanding Guantanamo
Post Date: 2013-03-26 03:24:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Expanding Guantanamo by Stephen Lendman In 2008, candidate Obama promised to close Guantanamo. Straightaway as president, he issued Executive Order titled "Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities." Sec. 3 states: "Closure of Detention Facilities at Guantanamo. The detention facilities at Guantanamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order." "If any individuals covered by this order remain, they shall be returned to their home country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred to ...
Cuomo’s Shameful SAFE Act
Post Date: 2013-03-26 02:12:40 by James Deffenbach
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Cuomo’s Shameful SAFE Act By Charles C. W. Cooke All things being equal, New York State’s infamous new gun laws will go down in history as a prime example of the folly of hysterical calls to action; and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who led the chase for the measures, will join them in disgrace. After 20 children were killed in Newtown, Conn., last December, progressives saw a golden opportunity to reverse the liberalizing tide of recent firearms law and leverage the national outrage in favor of long-desired gun-control codes. Freed by his reelection, the president declared, in an increasingly tiresome formulation, “Now is the time to do the right thing for our children, our ...
Cyprus Update
Post Date: 2013-03-25 14:07:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Cyprus Update by Stephen Lendman It's all over but the post mortems. Eurocrats demanded their pound of flesh. Cypriot officials surrendered. They sold out their people. They deserve better. Expect greater than ever hard times. Expect growing poverty, unemployment and despair. Expect public anger. At issue is whether it'll bubble up and explode. Zero Hedge headlined "Next Up For Cyprus: Depression." It forecasts real GDP declining over 20% by 2017. "Risks are clearly on the downside." Ahead expect more bailout help needed. With tongue in cheek perhaps, European Commission economic chief Olli Rehn said "It's clear the depth of the financial crisis in ...
Shameless NYT Defense of Obamacare
Post Date: 2013-03-25 03:08:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Shameless NYT Defense of Obamacare by Stephen Lendman Obamacare is a healthcare rationing scheme. It enriches insurers, drug companies and large hospital chains. Universal, single-payer coverage alone works. Obama and complicit Democrats spurned it. They prioritize taxing more, rationing care, placing profits above human need, and forcing ordinary people to bear a greater burden than previously. Not according to NYT editors. On March 23, they headlined "Report on Health Care Reform," saying: Obama's Affordable Care Act delivered "considerable benefits (to) millions of people…." It "thr(ew) a lifeline to people at high risk of losing insurance or ...
Government Bans Gardens, Promotes Food Stamps Instead
Post Date: 2013-03-25 03:06:36 by Tatarewicz
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Last year I told you about Julie Bass from Oak Park, Michigan. To refresh your memory, Julie Bass was the woman threatened with fines and jail time for growing vegetables in her own yard.Freedom Watch That's right. Due to a violation of city code that requires yards to have “suitable plant material” only (whatever that means), Bass was told that her garden was not suitable — and would have to be destroyed. Talk about useless bureaucrats with too much time on their hands! Fortunately, the case against Bass was dropped. But this kind of thing happens all the time. Truth is no matter where you go in this nation, you can find a laundry list of completely arbitrary and ...
Cyprus Seeks 11th Hour Deal
Post Date: 2013-03-24 08:31:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Cyprus Seeks 11th Hour Deal by Stephen Lendman When politicians conspire with bankers, ordinary people suffer most. Cypriot crisis conditions continue. One bad plan follows others. The latest is unprecedented. Cypriot and Eurocrat officials are close to agreement. At issue is levying a one-time 20% tax on Bank of Cyprus deposits over 100,000 euros. Similar amounts in other banks will be assessed 4%. Cyprus has to raise 5.8 billion euros by Monday. Otherwise emergency ECB funding will end. Eurocrats require it for a 10 billion euro bailout. On Sunday, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will meet Eurocrats in Brussels. They have final say. Cypriot legislators enacted nine related ...
Grand Betrayal
Post Date: 2013-03-24 03:15:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Grand Betrayal by Stephen Lendman Turkey and Israel reconciled. Headlines announced it. They reflect grand betrayal. It's duplicitous. It's too little, too late. More on that below. Israel bears full responsibility. Officials ordering nine cold-blooded murders remain unaccountable. Corpses won't be reborn. Family survivors aren't assuaged. They deserve better. They were promised justice. They're denied it. On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos interdicted Freedom Flotilla vessels. They did so lawlessly. They were in international waters. They tried bringing humanitarian aid to besieged Gazans. Nine Turkish nationals were slaughtered. They were marked for death. They ...
Payday Loans: Modern Day Usury
Post Date: 2013-03-24 03:14:51 by Stephen Lendman
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Payday Loans: Modern Day Usury by Stephen Lendman Payday loans let predatory lenders rip off unwary borrowers. They provide short-term unsecured quick cash. It comes at a high price. It matches the worst of loan shark practices. The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) calls itself a "non-partisan organization that works to protect homeownership and family wealth by fighting predatory lending practices." It's "witnessed, studied, and fought against outrageous lending abuses." They "strip billions of dollars from (unwary) American families." In July 2009, its report discussed predatory payday lending. It's titled "Phantom Demand: Short-term due ...
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