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White House Damage Control Script Jeopardized By New Disclosures

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:17:00 +0000

from zero hedge by Tyler Durden

It has been a tough weekend for the President. First, the CEO of the Associated Press states the government's seizure of AP phone records was "so broad and so secret," among other factors, "that it was an unconstitutional act," adding that it had already had a chilling effect on newsgathering and press freedom... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-19/white-house-damage-control-script-jeopardized-new-disclosures

AP: Sources Aren't Talking To Us Out Of Fear The US Government Will Spy On Them

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:51:00 +0000

AP: Sources Aren't Talking To Us Out Of Fear The US Government Will Spy On Them

The Obama administration's decision to seize phone records from the Associated Press was "unconstitutional" and sends a message that "if you talk to the press, we are going to go after you", the news agency's boss Gary Pruitt said Sunday. AP revealed last week that the Justice Department had obtained two months' worth of phone records of calls made by reporters and editors without informing the or

100+ by Dominic Rushe, The Gua... / 8h http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-phone-seizure-sources-talking-fear-us-government-2013-5?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Bob Woodward: Obama Administration Acted 'Nixonian' In Regard To Benghazi

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:49:00 +0000

Bob Woodward: Obama Administration Acted 'Nixonian' In Regard To Benghazi

http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-administration-acted-nixonian-in-regard-to-benghazi-2013-5?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Benghazi Crossfire: Can White House And State Dept. Dodge Their Own Bullet Talking Points?

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:46:00 +0000

Benghazi Crossfire: Can White House And State Dept. Dodge Their Own Bullet Talking Points?

Is all of this Benghazi scandal stuff just a political Republican “witch-hunt” to attack Hillary? Hey, if this comes across as an unseemly metaphor, I’m just quoting lots of lefty pundits including a ThinkProgress article titled “National Security Brief: House GOP Plans to Carry on Benghazi Witch-Hunt”. Or as Eugene Robinson observed in an Investor’s Business Daily op-ed: “The only coherent purpos

48 by Larry Bell, Contributo... / 11h http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2013/05/19/benghazi-crossfire-can-white-house-and-state-dept-dodge-their-own-bullet-talking-points/?utm_source=feedly

Government Owes $2.7 Trillion to Social Security

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:38:00 +0000

Government Owes $2.7 Trillion to Social Security

The government has embezzled all surplus Social Security revenue, generated by the 1983 payroll tax hike, and spent the money on wars and other government programs. None of the money was saved or invested in anything. Social Security is not broken, but at the moment, it is broke. The cost of paying full benefits in 2010 was $49 billion more than Social Security tax revenue for the year. So the

100+ by Allen W. Smith / 1d http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/05/government-owes-2-7-trillion-to-social-security/?utm_source=feedly

The Stasi IRS?

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:36:00 +0000

The Stasi IRS?

Recent actions by the IRS have precedents -- precedents that should be horrifying to any devotee of freedom.

500+ 19h http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/the_stasi_irs.html?utm_source=feedly

Fuel on a Mideast Fire: U.S. Intervention in Syria Would Make Catastrophic Situation Even Worse

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:27:00 +0000

Fuel on a Mideast Fire: U.S. Intervention in Syria Would Make Catastrophic Situation Even Worse

Proponents of military involvement have it all wrong: The United States should de-escalate hostilities. Politically-driven demands for direct US intervention in Syria – more arms to the rebels, establishing a 'no-fly' zone, creating a safe area somewhere – have been flying around for months. So far, President Obama and the Pentagon leadership have resisted the political pressure. But Ob

100+ by Phyllis Bennis, OpenDe... / 2d http://www.alternet.org/world/fuel-mideast-fire-us-intervention-syria-would-make-catastrophic-situation-even-worse?utm_source=feedly

This Is Not the President Obama We Voted For

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:22:00 +0000

This Is Not the President Obama We Voted For

Heather Long, GuardianYou can argue that Republicans have blocked President Obama from doing just about anything. You can argue that he's had bad luck. You can argue that he isn't always the greatest orator. But you can't argue away that the Department of Justice took the unprecedented step of seizing phone records from the Associated Press. Or the flimsy rationale justifying drone att

53 by Heather Long, Guardian / 10h http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2013/05/19/this_is_not_the_president_obama_we_voted_for_308006.html?utm_source=feedly

Benghazi E-Mails and Backside-Covering

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:21:00 +0000

Benghazi E-Mails and Backside-Covering

David Ignatius, Washington PostWhat you find is a 100-page novella of turf-battling and backside-covering. By the end, the original product is so shredded and pre-chewed that it has lost most of its meaning. All the relevant agencies have had their say, and there's little left for the public. No wonder that CIA Director David Petraeus, who began the exercise when he met with House intelligence

52 by David Ignatius, Washin... / 10h http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/19/the_ways_of_washington_on_display_118466.html?utm_source=feedly

Apple, US lawmakers in offshore tax showdown

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:17:00 +0000

Apple, US lawmakers in offshore tax showdown
Washington (AFP) May 17, 2013 - Apple and US lawmakers are gearing up for a showdown over taxes - specifically how to deal with the huge stockpile of cash held by Apple and other multinational firms offshore. A Senate panel has called Apple chief executive Tim Cook and others from the California tech giant to testify at a hearing Tuesday on "methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore." Th ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Apple_US_lawmakers_in_offshore_tax_showdown_999.html

Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria: US

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:14:00 +0000

Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria: US
Washington (AFP) May 17, 2013 - Russia's shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the US military's top officer said Friday. General Martin Dempsey's comments were the first official confirmation from the US government that Moscow had sent advanced "ship-killer" cruise missiles to President Bashar al-Assad's regime. "It is at the very least an unfortunate deci ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russias_missile_shipment_will_embolden_Syria_US_999.html

The Debt Ceiling Is Back

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:00 +0000

The Debt Ceiling Is Back

While many may not recall that the US has been without an official debt ceiling for the past three months, or even that it has a debt target ceiling, the bonus period agreed upon in January to let the nation rake up some $400 billion in addition debt in the past few months, officially runs out tomorrow, May 19, when the debt limit will be restored to its previous level plus the debt that was incur

200+ by Tyler Durden / 2d http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-17/debt-ceiling-back?utm_source=feedly

What Did Obama Know About The IRS (And When)?

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:00 +0000

What Did Obama Know About The IRS (And When)?

Amid the sound and fury of yesterday's IRS hearing were a few small tidbits which raise significant questions about who knew what and when within the Obama administration. While getting the answer (the real honest truth) is highly unlikely, as the Wall Street Journal notes, the IRS's watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 (when Republican lawmakers were complaining publicly about al

500+ by Tyler Durden / 1d http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-18/what-did-obama-know-about-irs-and-when?utm_source=feedly

Obama’s trust-in-government deficit

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:24:00 +0000

Obama’s trust-in-government deficit Dan Balz, WaPo http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-trust-in-government-deficit/2013/05/18/5c0bb23a-bf21-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

Guest Post: Michael Scheuer: As scandals deepen, Obama, his party, and Republicans will militarily intervene in Syria

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:12:00 +0000

As scandals deepen, Obama, his party, and Republicans will militarily intervene in Syria

By mike | Published: May 19, 2013

As three administration-wrecking scandals — Benghazi, the IRS, and the AP phone records — continue to unfold, it will become increasingly clear that President Obama is: (a) stupid; (b) unable to control his felonious subordinates; or (c) a liar and a trimmer. And as this clarity evolves, Obama will engineer a U.S.-NATO military intervention in Syria. This week Obama told the press his administration has fairly solid evidence that chemical weapons were used by Damascus against al-Qaeda and its allies. Obama also said he still wants more and better evidence that Asaad used the weapons. This long has been his standard line.
But then, before closing his remarks, Obama lapsed into his patented weeping-for-humanity mode, saying in an almost off-hand manner enough thousands of Syrians had been killed in the civil war to justify intervention by that American-killing and nation-bankrupting fiction of our bipartisan governing elite’s imagination, the “U.S.-led International Community.” In other words, our beleaguered president already is looking to distract Americans from his administration’s rampant felonies, and what better way to quiet the hounds of just retribution than by consigning U.S. soldiers and Marines to death in a useless intervention in Syria, a place where no genuine U.S. national interest is at stake. One straw in the wind: Friday’s news brought word of Obama’s talking-points-changing, intelligence-leaking lickspittle of a CIA Director, John Brennan, sneaking into Israel to “discuss Syria.”
Odds are that we are going to see the same old story: Obama will intervene militarily in Syria, get Americans worried about the safety of their soldier-children, stoke their patriotism and fierce support for the troops, and — voila — the Obama-butt-kissing media will refocus the victims of the Obama-ites’ domestic felonies on an unnecessary war in the Levant.
The saddest part of the foregoing scenario is that it probably will work. Obama artfully masks his casual willingness to get Americans killed — seen in his zeal for abortion; keeping troops in Afghanistan to die (6 more on 16 May 2013) long after conceding defeat there; and refusing to try to save soon-to-be-dead Americans in Benghazi — with a maudlin “deep concern” for people suffering abroad, in this case in Syria. Obama’s faux concern for those suffering overseas is just another indelible sign of his and his party’s absolute disdain for the needs of everyday Americans. Under Obama’s two secretaries of state — Clinton and Kerry — the United States have dispersed more than $500 million to strengthen the “Syrian Resistance”; which is to say, to strengthen al-Qaeda and its allies. Both secretaries and their master have deceitfully described the aid as “humanitarian,” but as always this funding is military in every way because it frees up the Islamists’ other funds to be spent for weapons.
With Democrats ever ready to leave Americans to fend for themselves, Obama’s diversionary campaign — obscure impeachable offenses by launching an unnecessary war — will be abetted by Senators McCain, Graham, Lieberman, and dozens of other U.S. Senators and Congressman intent on war with Syria. Obama will use these useful idiots to convince the American people of three bipartisan lies: that (a) genuine U.S. interests are at risk in Syria; (b) Americans “owe” the Syrian people U.S. dollars and blood to stop their suffering in a war they started; and that (c) Americans “must” expend their dollars and kids to staunch the anarchy spreading in the Levant in order to protect our “loyal and indispensable ally Israel.” Most of the media — left and right — will concur in and support this self-defeating nonsense and, once again, we will all go off intervening in a Muslim country where we have nothing at risk, thereby prolonging our already losing war with Islam and motivating more U.S. Muslims to stage attacks like April’s in Boston.
Will Americans ever see the plain fact that they are being played for fools? If every Syrian dies tomorrow — along with every Palestinian, Israeli, Saudi, etc. — it matters not a lick to the way we live and conduct ourselves in North America. Is it too bad and very sad that they die? You bet, but it is neither our fault they are fighting nor our responsibility to stop their wars; say a prayer for them, but know their deaths are of their own making and no skin of an American’s nose.
And if some self-righteous Americans want to help these folks, let them open their individual wallets and donate; or let them light candles, pile up bouquets, weep, hold hands, and sing for peace; or, better yet, let them renounce their U.S. citizenship and go abroad to fight alongside those in the countries they love better than their own. In fact, it seems only right that some leaders of the anti-U.S., pro-Israel movement — perhaps people like Limbaugh, Lieberman, Levin, McCain, Hannity, and Graham — set the example for others of their ilk. These fearsome tough guys could buy airline tickets to the Levant; turn in their U.S. passport and acquire — at long last — the passport from their country of first allegiance (if they do not have it already); and then go off to the war they have tried so hard to start from their out-of-harm’s-way safety in North America. I would like to be helpful here and would willingly contribute to a fund to buy Rush, Joe, Mark, John, Sean, Lindsey and all others of their interventionist, anti-U.S., and Israel-First orientation an AK-47 and a thousand rounds of ammunition. Each of these folks could claim their arms as soon as they renounce their citizenship and turn in their U.S. passport. America would be far better off without them.
Sound harsh? Well, think for a moment of the cruel and cynical madness of a situation that finds Americans in New Jersey and New York still flat on their backs from Hurricane Sandy while both U.S. political parties are dumping a half-billion dollars into the hands of al-Qaeda-ism in Syria. And think of the billions going to Turkey, Egypt, and Israel, while America’s infrastructure continues to rot; millions of our kids are undernourished; our borders remain undefended; and thousands of wounded and crippled U.S. military veterans must depend on public charity to assist their recovery. And think of all the money and military lives we have and will waste making Muslim enemies overseas by intervening at bayonet point to promote education, women’s rights, irreligion, and the spread of secular democracy.
It seems likely that today’s preeminent Democratic and Republican foreign-policy motto –“Give and pander to foreigners and to hell with the real interests and welfare of America and Americans” — is not one the Founders had in mind when they created America. Indeed, if the Founders could hear it now, they would have yet another reason to thank Providence for their decision to include the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights. http://non-intervention.com/1111/as-scandals-deepen-obama-his-party-and-republicans-will-militarily-intervene-in-syria/

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As scandals deepen, Obama, his party, and Republicans will militarily intervene in Syria

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:06:00 +0000

As scandals deepen, Obama, his party, and Republicans will militarily intervene in Syria

Posted: 19 May 2013 09:39 AM PDT

Boston Suspect’s Writing on the Wall

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:05:00 +0000

Boston Suspect’s Writing on the Wall

May 17, 2013 | http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/17/boston-suspects-writing-on-the-wall/

Exclusive: Hiding and near death, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly scrawled on the inside of a boat that he did what he did to avenge innocent Muslims killed by U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a rare look at the why behind “terrorism,” writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

By Ray McGovern

KERRY & HAGEL : AN INTERIM REPORT

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:03:00 +0000

mbren@pitt.edu

KERRY & HAGEL : AN INTERIM REPORT

John Kerry and Chuck Hagel have been at the helm of American foreign and security policy for some months now. Much was expected from new faces, new approaches and – perhaps – some new thinking. How are they doing? Any proposed answer, however tentative, depends on the standards used to measure success or failure in the conduct of the United States’ external relations. If you judge the direction of the Obama administration’s foreign policy over the past four-plus years as basically sound, then there are solid grounds for rating the new team highly. If you wanted shifts in its orientation and methods, then you justifiably will register disappointment. For there as yet is no sign that anything has changed. That holds for form as well as substance.

Many expected that Kerry would bring to the State Department a smoother, more subtle diplomacy. By experience and reputation, he was advertised as someone who understands that mode of address counts in foreign dealings; so, too, is how one expresses American intentions and desires. After years of Leon Panetta’s abrasiveness, and Hillary Clinton’s condescension, greater tact and finesse promised dividends on the international stage. That positive development has not been forthcoming. Kerry ricochets around the world like an unguided missile as if bent on topping Hillary’s record accumulation of frequent flyer miles. More troubling, purpose and adequate preparation are lacking. So he flies into Baghdad with the well publicized intent to cajole Mr. Maliki into breaking off his material and political support to Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime. The Iraqi Prime Minister tells Uncle Sam to go to hell. Secretary Kerry next shows up in Ankara with the equally well publicized intent to cajole Tayip Erdogan into breaking his plans to visit Gaza. The Turkish Prime Minister tells Uncle Sam to go to hell. Kerry follows up with a well publicized call for the Palestinian quasi-government of Mr.Mahmoud Abbas to meet with the Israelis to discuss ‘peace’ despite President Obama’s having cut the ground from under him during his recent visit to Israel by accepting unceasing West Bank settlement expansion. Assad fires his US friendly Prime Minister, Fayyad, instead. All of this is inept, embarrassing and exacts a price in American prestige and influence in the main arena of the country’s foreign policy.

Mr. Hagel, by contrast, is a more substantial person than Mr. Kerry and with better instincts. Yet he too yields to the prevailing Washington culture to engage in gestures as a substitute for action. Hence, a few weeks back, when the question of possible American military intervention in Syria rose to the surface again - thanks to reports that Assad has used chemical weapons against the rebels, and thereby crossed a ‘red line’ pointlessly drawn by Obama - Hagel jumps into the fray to say that we are not certain what happened and haven’t decided what to do if it did happen. In other words, giving in to the compulsion to open one’s mouth even if one has nothing to say. That accords with the prevailing Washington belief that “I make sounds, therefore I am” – so I can’t be overlooked. That a person of Hagel’s sobriety should partake in this nonsensical pastime testifies to how inextricable style and substance have become linked even on matters of grave consequence.

What of that substance of the Obama administration’s foreign policy? The linear continuity that characterizes it is striking. That is most evident in the Middle East. On Israel, unqualified deference to the Netanyahu government. On Iran, non-negotiable demands with no concessions backed by ever tightening sanctions. On Syria, Assad must go but we won’t arm the rebels because some weapons might fall into the hands of the Islamist jihadis who form a major part of the insurrection. We grasp for the will ‘o wisp of talks leading to Assad’s voluntary departure despite the abundant evidence that the radicalizing and embittering effects of civil war make that an impossibility. Toward this end, Kerry entices Putin into co-sponsorship even though Russia is adamant that it will not be party to any effort to oust Assad; Moscow invited back into the high-stakes Middle East game before agreeing on its rules and aims. On Afghanistan, fight on against a multifarious set of foes even after 2014 (using Special Forces, drones, and the CIA’s army of O-4 units) even though Washington is unable to say what the end state should be or to explain realistically how we might get there. On Iraq, talk vaguely about the awkwardness of all fledgling democracies while the country slides towards a renewed civil war and the government embraces the Islamic Republic of Iran. On Yemen, drone attacks against could-be terrorists along with all-out support for the latest autocratic who rules part of the country. On Egypt, stick with the Muslim Brotherhood since Obama impetuously declared President Mursi a partner last year despite the crackdown on opposition to the authoritarian Islamist state taking shape.

None of these sterile policies appears to be under critical review – much less are there signs of new thinking. There was no reason to expect either from Mr Kerry who at no time since 9/11 has expressed any deviation from the main lines of three administrations’ foreign policy. More was expected from Mr. Hagel. After all, he is on record as questioning the logic and practicality of our confrontational approach toward Iran. He has pointed out the counter-productive effects of Israel’s uncompromising opposition to square dealing with the Palestinians. He was a sharp critic of our occupation of Iraq. He has offered thoughtful alternatives to an American global strategy that is overly simplistic, recklessly audacious and prone to self-defeating interventions. While it is politically unrealistic that Hagel would quickly become an in-house skeptic of his President’s foreign policy, something that inescapably entails taking on powerful elements of the country’s prevailing establishment and its entrenched orthodoxy, still there was some small hope in certain quarters of doubts quietly being raised on individual aspects of it - and/or perhaps some reflective public statements that plowed fresh intellectual ground. That may yet come despite the absence of harbingers. Or, it may be that the only way Hagel will make a difference will be by digging in his heels when Obama faces the likely decision about whether to attack a recalcitrant Iran down the road.

Overall, the Obama administration's approach to the Middle East has been impervious to changes on the ground - even the most drastic. No strategic adjustments have been made to the seismic events of the Arab Spring and their unstable aftermath. Turmoil in Egypt and Yemen, civil war in Syria, intensified sectarian conflict in Iraq, irresolution on Iran - all are unsettling and dangerous in themselves. As cause and effect of a sharpening Sunni-Sunni confrontation across the region, they take on far-reaching implications. Even the political geography of state boundaries drawn after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago is now threatened with a violent recasting. Yet Washington plods ahead, as if on automatic pilot, trying to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. That is: the tacit alliance of Israel and the 3 Arab autocracies (Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Jordan) to resist any challenge to the status quo; bringing down the Islamic Republic of Iran; and - of course - attacking any Islamist elements hostile to the United States in the name of the "war on terror." The manifest contradictions among these ends, the sterility of tactics, the narrow and short-term focus - these flaws in our approach elude the Obama people as they insist that reality must fit their pre-conceived notions. So they are like a squirrel marooned in the center of a busy intersection not knowing which way to jump to avoid danger – all the while presuming to direct the six-way traffic by furiously waving its tail from side to side.

China–India ties: lessons from a Himalayan standoff

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:00 +0000

Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific

China–India ties: lessons from a Himalayan standoff

May 19th, 2013 | http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/05/19/china-india-ties-lessons-from-a-himalayan-standoff/

Author: Sourabh Gupta, Samuels International

It is remarkable the sort of anxiety that a handful of lightly armed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers and their dog can educe on a disputed frontier.

Iran Executes 2 Spies - 'working for Israel and the US'

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Iran Executes 2 Spies - 'working for Israel and the US'
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/iran-executes-2-spies-working-for-israel-and-the-us/

Iranian authorities have executed two men convicted of working for Israeli and
USspy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported.

Mohammad Heidari, accused of passing security-related information and secrets to
Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, accused of
gathering information for the US Central Intelligence Agency, were hanged at
dawn, it said.

GMO Crops: The Inconvenient Truth

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:58:00 +0000

GMO Crops: The Inconvenient Truth
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/gmo-crops-the-inconvenient-truth/

Genetic modification has so far mainly been confined to developing crops that
tolerate herbicides and resist pests. It has done little to increase yields

Some 10,000 years ago, somewhere in the Middle East’s fertile crescent,
happenstance sowed the seeds of much of modern agriculture. Pollen from a wild
goat grass landed on primitive wheat, creating a [...]

Government and Police Caught Pirating in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:58:00 +0000

Government and Police Caught Pirating in Canada
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/government-and-police-caught-pirating-in-canada/

With several movie studios gearing up to sue thousands of ‘pirating’
Internet subscribers in Canada, the local Pirate Party decided to take a look at
the downloading habits of the Canadian police and Government. As

it turns out, there are plenty of downloaders to be found on the law’s side.
However, unlike individual citizens it is [...]

Corporate World Attacks Science to Save Bottom Line

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:00 +0000

Corporate World Attacks Science to Save Bottom Line
http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/corporate-world-attacks-science-to-save-bottom-line/

Science is under attack. With corporations manufacturing uncertainty to
undermine studies that hurt their bottom lines and the sequester cutting
billions in funding for scientific research, you’d think the American science
community would be hunkered down in their labs avoiding outside interference at
all costs.

Noam Chomsky: Obama was willing to start nuclear war to kill bin Laden

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:32:00 +0000

Noam Chomsky: Obama was willing to start nuclear war to kill bin Laden

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/18/noam-chomsky-obama-willing-to-start-nuclear-war-to-kill-bin-laden/

Seymour Hersh, Jeremy Scahill, Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian in Conversation [VIDEO]

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney) — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:02:00 +0000

Dated, but relevant more than ever. Worth watching/listening to the entire piece.

Seymour Hersh, Jeremy Scahill, Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian in Conversation [VIDEO]

ByTheNationInstitute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuTu2YFVBW0&sns=em