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Briana Waters: Victimized by Green Scare State Terrorism
Post Date: 2011-02-07 05:47:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Briana Waters: Victimized by Green Scare State Terrorism - by Stephen Lendman An earlier article discussed her case, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2008/04/green-scare-state-terrorism.html Content from it is repeated below before updating her status. An innocent woman, she's one of many victims of US state terrorism, in her case for courageous environmental activism. Her web site provides more information, accessed through the following link: http://supportbriana.org/ Her Case On March 30, 2006, she was arrested, then falsely accused of being a lookout in connection with a 2001 arson at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture. ...
Ronald Reagan, Enabler of Atrocities
Post Date: 2011-02-06 06:57:45 by Kamala
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Ronald Reagan, Enabler of Atrocities By Robert Parry February 6, 2011 When you’re listening to the many tributes to President Ronald Reagan, often for his talent making Americans feel better about themselves, you might want to spend a minute thinking about the many atrocities in Latin America and elsewhere that Reagan aided, covered up or shrugged off in his inimitable "aw shucks" manner. Share this article ShareThis Email Printer friendly After all, the true measure of a president shouldn’t be his style or how he made us feel but rather what he did with his extraordinary power, what were the consequences for real people, either for good or ill. Yet, even as the ...
UPDATE: Bio Warfare Expert John Wheeler died of ‘blunt force trauma
Post Date: 2011-02-05 14:25:02 by Original_Intent
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UPDATE: Bio Warfare Expert John Wheeler died of ‘blunt force trauma’ January 30, 2011 by Jack Blood Filed under Featured 1 Comment Toxicology “didn’t play a role” in his death, officials said. By CRIS BARRISH and ESTEBAN PARRA • The News Journal • January 28, 2011 Homicide victim John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon official and presidential aide whose body was discovered Dec. 31 in a Wilmington landfill, was beaten to death in an assault, the Delaware medical examiner’s office announced today. The official cause of Wheeler’s slaying was “blunt force trauma,’’ agency spokesman Karl Kanefsky said about a case ...
El Salvador's Sweatshop Economy
Post Date: 2011-02-05 05:47:06 by Stephen Lendman
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El Salvador's Sweatshop Economy - by Stephen Lendman A previous article addressed global sweatshop wage slavery, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/02/global-sweatshop-wage-slavery.html Definition of a Sweatshop The term has been around since the 19th century. Definitions vary but essentially refer to workplaces where employees work for poor pay, few or no benefits, in unsafe, unfavorable, harsh, and/or hazardous environments, are treated inhumanely by employers, and are prevented from organizing for redress. The term itself refers to the technique of "sweating" the maximum profit from each worker, a practice that thrived in the late ...
Lawless FBI Intelligence Gathering Practices
Post Date: 2011-02-04 06:05:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Lawless FBI Intelligence Gathering Practices - by Stephen Lendman A new Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report titled, "Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008" based its findings on nearly 2,500 FOIA-obtained document pages, revealing "alarming (lawless) trends...." They suggest far more frequent civil liberty violations than previously known, including: (1) grossly understated numbers; (2) long delays between violations and reporting them; (3) types of violations involved, including: (a) investigative oversight; (b) "abuse, misuse, or careless use of....National Security Letter (NSL) authority;" FBI, CIA and other ...
Genocide in US and Canadian Residential Schools
Post Date: 2011-02-03 05:40:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Genocide in US and Canadian Residential Schools - by Stephen Lendman Part of a previous article is repeated below, followed by a summary of evidence Kevin Annett presented in his book titled, "Hidden No Longer: Genocide in Canada, Past and Present." His entire book is available free online, accessed through the following link: http://hiddennolonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/No-Longer-Hidden-1.pdf He calls it "the book that blew the cover off Canada's genocide," providing "the most thorough, documented body of evidence ever published concerning the planned genocide in Canadian residential schools." It includes: -- eyewitness testimonies; -- ...
Alan Dershowitz Supporting Tyranny?
Post Date: 2011-02-03 05:24:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Alan Dershowitz Supporting Tyranny? - by Stephen Lendman Perhaps so in his January 31 Huffington Post.com article titled, "The Egyptian Revolution May Produce a Lebanon-Type Islamic Regime," saying: "No one can confidently predict the outcome, both short and long term...." He then quoted Zhou Enlai once saying "It's too soon to say," when asked to assess the 1789 French Revolution. Regime changes produce good, bad and in-between results, he said, ranging from his notion of post- Soviet societies to Hitler and other less ambitious despots. As for "liberated" Eastern European states, neoliberal tyranny proved much worse than harsh communist rule, ...
NH farmer wins early release after gun sentence
Post Date: 2011-02-03 03:46:09 by noone222
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire farmer who became a folk hero to gun rights activists after he was imprisoned for brandishing a handgun at a trespasser on his property won early release Wednesday. The New Hampshire Executive Council voted unanimously to free Ward Bird, just two months into his three-year sentence. His wife, Ginny, said he would come home to "lots of tears, lots of hugs and a big celebration." Bird, 49, of Moultonborough, had sought a full pardon to clear his name. The council voted in his favor, but Gov. John Lynch vetoed the pardon, saying the judicial system had given Bird's case a thorough review and he would not undermine that. The council then ...
Support HR140 (does away with anchor babies)
Post Date: 2011-02-01 21:37:03 by farmfriend
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H.R.140Latest Title: Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011Sponsor: Rep King, Steve [IA-5] (introduced 1/5/2011) Cosponsors (45)Latest Major Action: 1/24/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.SUMMARY AS OF: 1/5/2011--Introduced. Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United ...
Georgia Republican’s bill would do away with driver’s licenses
Post Date: 2011-02-01 06:14:05 by Ada
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A Republican in Georgia's House of Representatives has introduced a bill to eliminate driver's licenses, arguing that the documents are an unnecessary infringement on personal freedom. Rep. Bobby Franklin, who represents the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, defended the bill to skeptical reporters on Monday, who questioned whether it would be a good idea to eliminate oversight of Georgia's drivers. "One of your inalienable rights is the right to travel, the right to move about without needing your papers," Franklin told WSB in Atlanta. "You shouldn't have to have permission from the state to exercise a right that has been inalienably given to you from your ...
Rare Video Footage - Oklahoma City bombing reality check
Post Date: 2011-01-31 08:08:05 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Oklahoma City reality check Rare footage from the day of the Oklahoma City Bombing that reveals that there were 3 explosive devices planted INSIDE the building. How did Timothy McVeigh pull that one off?
Castro critiques Obama's SOTU prevarication
Post Date: 2011-01-30 05:51:53 by Tatarewicz
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(Translation provided by ESTI) After his January 12 address at the University of Tucson, Arizona, on the massacre that had took place four days earlier, people awaited with interest for the US president's speech on the same topic. Six people died and fourteen were injured, including young Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was elected to the United States Congress for the third time and had been opposed to the anti-immigration law in Arizona, a state that was part of the territory snatched from Mexico in the unjust war of 1848. The Tea Party, the rightwing fascist element of the Republican Party, gained a notable victory of the voters who bothered to come out and vote ...
The Kid With the Illegal Magic Marker [Fascist Pigs Update]
Post Date: 2011-01-29 23:36:06 by Eric Stratton
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The Kid With the Illegal Magic Marker Want to be marked for life? Be a student in DeLynn Woodside’s math class at Roosevelt Middle High in Oklahoma City, where last month a 13-year-old boy fell prey to another exercise of unenlightened zero-tolerance-for-common-sense policies. The child’s high crime was using a magic marker in school, a no-no in light of the school’s graffiti problem. The police report documents his “possession of a permanent marker on private property,” which is illegal. According to Ms. Woodside, the boy was “writing on a piece of paper, which caused it to bleed over onto the desk.” When she asked for the marker, he tried to hide it. A ...
White House to Push Gun Control
Post Date: 2011-01-27 12:51:11 by noone222
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Obama intentionally did not mention gun control in his State of the Union, but aides say that in the next two weeks the administration will unveil a campaign to get Congress to toughen existing laws. Arizona Congressmen Jeff Flake (left) and Raul Grijalva sit next to the empty seat of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Capitol Hill before President Obama's recent State of the Union address. At the beginning of his State of the Union address, President Obama tipped his hat to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who’s now recuperating in a Houston medical facility. But throughout the hourlong speech, he never addressed the issue at the core of the Giffords tragedy—gun control—and what ...
White House official: Obama will tackle 'very important issue' of gun control
Post Date: 2011-01-26 22:41:57 by abraxas
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White House official: Obama will tackle 'very important issue' of gun control By Bob Cusack - 01/25/11 11:12 PM ET A White House senior adviser said Tuesday night that President Obama is "going to address [gun control]." In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, David Plouffe responded to criticism that the president did not mention gun control in his State of the Union address. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill and gun-control advocates have called for new legislation in the wake of the deadly shooting that killed six and injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) earlier this month. Plouffe said Obama's speech on Tuesday was focused on the economy. He added that ...
Olbermann's Sacking Shifts US Media Further Right
Post Date: 2011-01-26 05:11:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Olbermann's Sacking Shifts US Media Further Right - by Stephen Lendman Make no mistake. He didn't quit. He was pushed, the final straw perhaps being the January 18 FCC- approved Comcast-NBC Merger. Its chairman/CEO Brian Roberts co-chaired the 2000 Republican Convention host committee, and COO Stephen Burke/now NBC Universal CEO tilts heavily to Republicans. According to Public Citizen and Think Progress, he raised at least $200,000 for Bush's 2004 campaign, served on his Council on Science and Technology, and may wish to make MSNBC another Fox, despite pledging no "interference with NBC Universal's news operations." Think Progress asked: "Why would Comcast ...
Domestic Spying Victim
Post Date: 2011-01-25 19:59:59 by abraxas
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Domestic Spying Victim
OBAMA’S JEWISH-OCCUPIED CABINET
Post Date: 2011-01-25 16:51:02 by Itistoolate
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David Axelrod (2009- ) Senior Advisor to the President Jared Bernstein (2009- ) Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President Rahm Emanuel (2009-2010) Chief of Staff Lee Feinstein (2009) Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor Gary Gensler (2009- ) Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Elena Kagan (2009-2010) Solicitor General of the United States Ronald Klain (2009- ) Chief of Staff to the Vice President Jacob Lew (2010- ) Director of the Office of Management and Budget Eric Lynn (2009- ) Middle East Policy Advisor Peter Orszag (2009-2010) Director of the Office of Management and Budget Dennis Ross (2009- ) Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia ...
U.N. chief condemns rights expert's 9/11 comments - Bans chief of staff said on Monday
Post Date: 2011-01-25 11:21:42 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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U.N. chief condemns rights expert's 9/11 comments (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned "preposterous" comments by a U.N.-appointed expert on Palestinian rights that there was a cover-up over the September 11 attacks, Ban's chief of staff said on Monday. The official, Vijay Nambiar, said however that it was not up to Ban to fire the expert, U.S. academic Richard Falk, as demanded by UN Watch, a Geneva-based advocacy group.Falk wrote in a blog this month that there had been an "apparent cover-up" by U.S. authorities over the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which hijackers flew airliners into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon ...
ATF technical classifications create back door ‘gun control’
Post Date: 2011-01-25 10:44:18 by christine
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Will .22 rimfires fall under new reporting controls? Will CA bullet button system be classified as detachable magazine?
The following was provided to me by a source who has proven reliable over the years. It was given to him by an ATF insider with the specific request to be forwarded to me. I am reproducing it here unedited and in its entirety as I received it:
It appears the new technical experts at ATF headquarters are making another technical determination in their new bid to classify firearms in a prohibitive way. We are all now aware that ATF will be requiring a multiple sales report an all rifles with a detachable magazine and a caliber larger than .220. The rationale for this ...
On Real Respect for the Constitution
Post Date: 2011-01-25 06:27:14 by Ada
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I am pleased that the Constitution has received a lot of attention in recent weeks, thanks to the tea party movement. The 112th Congress kicked off with a reading of the Constitution on the floor of the House. It goes without saying that Members of Congress should have read the Constitution many times, and should continue to study it. Citing the particular clause of the Constitution that authorizes newly introduced legislation is a reasonable suggestion, yet in reality it will do little to restrain unconstitutional growth of the federal government. We have had such rules in the past and no benefit came of it. The laws that are passed reflect the preferences and personal agendas of those ...
Obama Embraces Military Commissions Injustice
Post Date: 2011-01-24 05:44:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Embraces Military Commissions Injustice - by Stephen Lendman The 2006 Military Commissions Act authorized torture and sweeping unconstitutional powers to detain, interrogate, and prosecute alleged suspects and collaborators (including US citizens), hold them (without evidence) indefinitely in military prisons, and deny them habeas and other constitutional protections. Section 1031 of the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Act contained the 2009 Military Commissions Act (MCA), listing changes that include discarding the phrase "unlawful enemy combatant" for "unprivileged enemy belligerent." Language changed but not intent or lawlessness. Obama embraces the same Bush ...
Justices Look Again at How Police May Search Homes
Post Date: 2011-01-23 16:25:55 by farmfriend
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Justices Look Again at How Police May Search Homes By ADAM LIPTAK Published: January 12, 2011 WASHINGTON — More than 60 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the police were not entitled to enter a residence without a warrant merely because they smelled burning opium. On Wednesday, at the argument of a case about what the police were entitled to do on smelling marijuana outside a Kentucky apartment, two justices voiced concerns that the court may be poised to eviscerate the older ruling. “Aren’t we just simply saying they can just walk in whenever they smell marijuana, whenever they think there’s drugs on the other side?” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, ...
The Machiavellian States of America?
Post Date: 2011-01-23 13:43:25 by bush_is_a_moonie
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Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was the preeminent political philosopher of his time, whose immeasurable influence still resonates today, perhaps even moreso than ever. His book, The Prince, has remained as a very widely read book throughout the globe for the past century, and before. In fact, it was the advent of the printing press, which came to existence just before his time, which helped disseminate his political philosophy across Continental Europe into the hands of Kings, Queens and major philosophical figures. In modern times, although many people have not read his works or are even aware of his existence, it is the political philosophy of Machiavelli and his descendants which has ...
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