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It's been a busy news week. A supreme
court decision that the FCC was not clear enough on its nudity
standards. And there's talk about Romney considering Rubio. Me, I
think Romney's just throwing Rubio's name out there and he has no
chance of being the veep candidate.
but with this "big news" going on there
are some really serious things happening in the world. The Egyptian
military literally threw a junta and took over. It looks like there
may have been Election
Fraud .
Election Theft; An American Plague Around the World
I have this theory that election theft is becoming more and more
rampant throughout the world, and I blame the members of congress who
have intentionally neglected to pass tight legislation banning un-recountable
electronic voting. The US is now setting the standard for crooked
elections around the world. Shame on the congress.
Then there's Julian Assange's efforts
to gain asylum with Ecuador. Assange really should win a Nobel prize.
Again, shame on the USA for the way it's dealt with him and Manning.
Ray McGovern writes about it in his article,
Julian Assange's Artful Dodge.
And here's an interview with former OEN editor, Kevin Gosztola about
Bradley Manning.
Interview with Kevin Gosztola: The Political Persecution &
Inhumane Punishment of Pfc. Bradley Manning
Wondering why Jamie Dimon got off so
lightly with his buddies in congress? Ellen Brown gives some answers
in Why
Congress Won't Touch Jamie Dimon: JPM Derivatives Prop Up US Debt
And here's more on Dimon from Robert Reich, Dimon
in the Rough: How Wall Street Aims to Keep U.S. Regulators Out of Its
Global Betting Parlor
And, as always, there are a lot more
really solid articles.
Enjoy,
Rob Kall
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By Michael Collins
The Egyptian presidential
election was rigged to produce a winner that the military could
manipulate. After removing the two leaders from the ballot, the
military engineered an election that had only 15% turnout and no
legitimacy. It is an example of pure election fraud.
By michael payne
Never have I seen the
people of America in such a state of anger, frustration and
feelings of hopelessness; one in which their contempt for this
pathetic, deeply corrupted government is at such a high level.
Only one question remains: How much longer will many millions of
Americans continue to absorb this pain and suffering before some
form of societal eruption occurs?
By Robert Scheer
Obamacare is a faux
reform born of opportunism, as was Romney's original version:
Play ball with those who have profited most from the run-up of
medical costs and expect them to make it more affordable.
By Larry Everest
"The U.S. government has
reacted so aggressively and harshly because they have to make an
example out of Manning. The shocks to this American superpower
caused by his alleged leaks were on a scale that no person in
power could ever have imagined."
By Ellen Brown
The national debt is
growing at $1.5 trillion per year. Ultra-low interest rates MUST
be maintained to prevent the debt from overwhelming the
government budget. Near-zero rates also need to be maintained
because even a moderate rise would cause multi-trillion dollar
derivative losses for the banks, and would remove the banks'
chief income stream, the arbitrage afforded by borrowing at 0%
and investing at higher rates.
By Bev Harris
By Rev. Dan Vojir
SEVEN documents warning
George Bush about imminent al Qaida attacks have emerged: the
infamous PDB in August of 2001 was actually the LATEST.
By Robert Reich
Someone should remind
Dimon and Blankfein that a few years ago they and their
colleagues on the Street almost eviscerated the American
economy, and that of much of the rest of the world. The Street's
antics required a giant taxpayer-funded bailout. Most Americans
are still living with the results, as are millions of Europeans.
By John Pilger
Last September, Obama
killed a US citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, purely on the basis of
hearsay that he was inciting terrorism. "This one is easy," he
is quoted by aides as saying as he signed the man's death
warrant. On 6 June, a drone killed 18 people in a village in
Afghanistan, including women, children and the elderly who were
celebrating a wedding.
An Oklahoma woman is the
latest victim of government terrorism after City of Tulsa code
enforcement officials came to her house and illegally tore up her
entire edible garden, which contained over 100 varieties of
medicinal plants. Denise Morrison was in full compliance with
local laws concerning her garden, and yet city officials proceeded
to both violate a court order, and willfully deny Denise of her
legal right to grow food on her own property by illegally
destroying it. She used the plants for food, and also to naturally
treat her diabetes, high blood pressure, and arthritis. "Not only
are the plants my livelihood, they're my food and I was unemployed
at the time and had no food left, no medicine left, and I didn't
have insurance," said Morrison about her garden. "They basically
took away my life and my livelihood."
Trouble on the
Horizon for Genetically Modified Crops?
Pests are adapting to
genetically modified crops in unexpected ways, researchers have
discovered. The findings underscore the importance of closely
monitoring and countering pest resistance to biotech crops.
By Dave Johnson
Our manufacturing sector
has been bleeding out of our country along with the money.
By Lawrence Velvel
By Burl Hall
By Tracy Turner
If one Googles the letters
GOP, one finds Greedy Old Perps, Gluttons of Power, Greedy
Obfuscating Polluters, Greedy Old Pillagers (of Nature), Golf Oil
and a P-word that means a person of ill repute, Greedy Obstinate
Polluters, etc. One does not find any GOP references to Government
Of the People in google. The inference is a group that puts the
tax burden on the average while living like the King.
By Dr. Cheryl Pappas
By Norma Sherry
By Larry Pinkney
By Ralph Nader
The bosses of these
companies believe they can have it both ways -- getting all the
benefits of their native country while shipping whole industries
and jobs to communist and fascist regimes abroad that keep their
workers in serf-like conditions.
Eurozone crisis:
Moody's expected to downgrade UK banks, handful of US banks
tonight
There is a growing
expectation that Moody's may downgrade its ratings on UK banks
this evening. The Guardian's banking correspondent Jill Treanor
reports:
By Arlen Grossman
America was once about
democracy, peace, a free press, freedom and upward mobility. All
of that has disappeared or is slipping away. Is it gone forever?
Montana Case
Could Give Supreme Court A Second Look At Citizens United
By Tom Engelhardt
By Cliff Schecter
The closet can hide all
sorts of truths among its shadows. Americans and any facts about
the US that don't fit the right-wing narrative can be disappeared
in this enclosed recess -- either bullied into silence or simply
ignored -- and conservatism can continue to prosper.
By Stephen Lendman
By Trudy Lieberman
By David Swanson
When Jesus used a good
Samaritan to explain the need to appreciate foreigners, he can be
forgiven for not having known that so many Samaritans would later
convert to Islam.
By Dave Lindorff
Assange, betrayed by his
own government, which, like Britain and Sweden, has buckled
under pressure from the US, even in the case of its own citizen,
has to turn to a Latin American nation for protection, writed
TCBH! journalist Dave Lindorff
By Ruth Hull
In America, the innocent
often wind up in jail while the guilty are never prosecuted. The
system is corrupt and biased against the innocent and in favor
of corruption. It's time for a change.
A Terraist Letter to all the Real Terrorists
A letter from a terraist to
the real terrorist copouts of the police state and the nuclear
experimentation industry of the military industrial complex and all
the oligarchies the 99% stand against. Plus a remember when video.
What's not going on at Rio+20 - and why Aussie plonk is 'ecocider'
After the latest U.N.
environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro this week the fingers
will be pointed at the usual culprits - Brazil and Indonesia for
permitting deforestation to continue, India and China for
industrializing - and Africa for just being poor. The conference
will confirm, just as the first Rio Earth summit did 20 years ago,
everyone's prejudices - and the real environmental culprits will
walk away.
Syrians Prepare For A Long NATO Winter
The author has touched a
nerve not only with the Occupy movement but also the Tea Party and
Dr. Paul supporters. All over an attempt to debate the merits of
contending courses of action.
Extreme Civil Disobedience 2012 Organizing NOW
Israel Declared an Apartheid State
It's No Fun Being An Illegal Alien
Romney's revised wishy-washy
non-answers on immigration are not playing well against Obama's very
popular policy positions. Not even Republican Rock Star Marco Rubio
can justify Romney's evasions about the border issue. Romney gave
Bob Schieffer a real workout on Sunday's Meet the Press, and refused
to shoot straight on his position on immigration.
Saudi Arabia: Persian Gulf Of Strategic Interest To NATO
Faced with extradition from
London to Sweden to face sex-abuse allegations, WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange fled to the Ecuadorian embassy and asked for asylum,
what ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern considers an artful dodge to avoid
possible U.S. persecution.
President Correa, Please Protect Julian Assange From My
Government
President Obama as "Warrior-in-chief"
if you are looking for an
explanation of why the wars go on, you can't get hung up in debating
their pros and cons. They are an extension of an imperial policy
about perceived national and economic self-interest, not values. Why
is Obama using his ordered killing (rather than capture for trial)
of bin Laden as a campaign issue? Is it because, unable to fix the
economy, he is running as "warrior-in-chief"?
Protests Against the Military Coup in Egypt, Acquiescence of
the "Quiet" Coup in the U.S.
Yesterday in Tahrir Sq.
people gathered to protest against SCAF, the military council's
coup restricting powers of a new president, the dissolving of
parliament w/o any supervision or oversight. While in the U.S.
there's been a quiet coup accomplished by the
military/industrial/political complex & the other corporate
oligarchs, all w/the passive acquiescence & apparent compliance of
the American people.
Top 9 Health Care Systems in the World | Care And Cost
There has been much debate
in recent years about whether health care is a privilege or right.
While securing coverage for every U.S. citizen has been a priority
for years, people often overlook the overall quality -- or lack
thereof -- of our health care system. Without question, improvements
can be made.
John Bryson resigns as commerce secretary, citing recent
seizure
John Bryson has resigned
as commerce secretary, telling President Obama in a letter that
the seizure he suffered recently "could be a distraction" to the
president's focus on rebuilding the U.S. economy.
And my sense is that no
one expects the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, a.k.a.
Rio+20, which begins this week, with representatives from 190
countries attending, to make any difference in our disastrous
drift ever more deeply into unsustainability . . . because nothing
can make a difference. We're stuck, apparently, in a system that
won't be constrained by international goals and agreements, which
are already compromises to that system. No matter that this is a
life-devouring system that serves the interests of the very few --
and at best serves them temporarily. No matter that more and more
people see the insanity of this system. There seems to be no
escape from it.
Sweden on alert, explosives found near nuke plant
Spark: Adding Momentum to an 80 Percent Renewable Vision
Romney Campaign Said to Ask Scott to Downplay Job Gains
Mitt Romney's presidential
campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his
statements heralding improvements in the state's economy because
they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee's message that
the nation is suffering under President Barack Obama. Scott, a
Republican, was asked to say that the state's jobless rate could
improve faster under a Romney presidency, according to people, who
asked not to be named.
Building a multi-platform media for--and by--the public
Misbehaving particles poke holes in reigning physics theory
The reigning theory of
particle physics may be flawed, according to new evidence that a
subatomic particle decays in a certain way more often than it
should, scientists announced. This theory, called the Standard
Model, is the best handbook scientists have to describe the tiny
bits of matter that make up the universe. But many physicists
suspect the Standard Model has some holes in it, and findings like
this may point to where those holes are hiding... What they found is
that this process apparently happens more often than the Standard
Model predicts it will. "The excess over the Standard Model
prediction is exciting," BaBar spokesperson Michael Roney of the
University of Victoria in Canada said in a statement. "But before we
can claim an actual discovery, other experiments have to replicate
it and rule out the possibility this isn't just an unlikely
statistical fluctuation."
Dan Froomkin: Vast Majority Of Secret Money In Presidential
Race Spreads Misinformation: Report
Advocates of unlimited
secret political spending say it leads to a more informed
electorate, but according to a new study, in reality it spreads
more lies. An examination of presidential-election advertising
spending by the top four secret big-money political groups -- all
of them right-wing -- found that 85 percent of their money over a
recent six-month period went to ads that independent fact-checkers
determined were in some way deceptive.
Nancy Pelosi Slams Contempt Vote: 'I Could Have Arrested
Karl Rove ... But We Didn't'
House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that the House Oversight
and Government Reform Committee is playing politics with its vote
to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, an
action she said that even she didn't seek as House Speaker when
she thought someone was legitimately deserving of it. "I could
have arrested Karl Rove on any given day," Pelosi said to
laughter, during a sit-down with reporters. "I'm not kidding.
There's a prison here in the Capitol ... If we had spotted him in
the Capitol, we could have arrested him." Rove was senior advisor
and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush from
2001 to 2007. Asked on what grounds she could have arrested Rove,
Pelosi replied, "Oh, any number. But there were some specific ones
for his being in contempt of Congress. But we didn't."
Karl Rove: Too Clever For His Own Good With Crossroads GPS
Secrecy?
Measures that secretive
political groups keep coming up with to avoid disclosing donors
may eventually backfire, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said
Wednesday. "These organizations are doing all sorts of gymnastics
to try to prevent voters from knowing the sources of their
funding," Van Hollen said at a conference on "Shadow Money" hosted
by the Center for Responsive Politics. "I think they're already
becoming too clever for their own good." Van Hollen succeeded in
closing one of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes
affecting the 2012 race last month, when an appellate court turned
down a request to delay a district court ruling in his favor. As a
result, even secretive nonprofit groups organized under sections
501(c)(4) or 501(c)(6) of the tax code now must disclose major
donors if they buy certain kinds of broadcast ads.
Arizona Radio Host Calls Obama "Monkey" and Can't Admit
She's Racist
When adjectives like
"xenophobic" and "racist" keep getting attached to your state, the
last thing you want is a radio host in Arizona comparing Obama to
a monkey, and then making no apologies for it. Barbara Espinosa,
host of a radio show called "Hair on Fire", described her
sentiment this way: "I don't believe in calling him the first
black president. I voted for the white guy myself. I call him a
monkey."
Eric Holder contempt vote: House panel moves against
attorney general
The House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to
hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for
refusing to comply with a subpoena in the "Fast and Furious"
investigation, setting up a legal showdown with President Barack
Obama in the middle of his tough reelection battle.
Dana Milbank: Nothing sweet about heckling Obama in the Rose
Garden
Over the weekend, the
Montana Republican Party proved wrong those of us who believe our
political discourse has gone down the toilet. In fact, our
political discourse has gone to a place where there isn't even
plumbing.
Romney plans posh weekend donor retreat featuring Rove and
V.P. hopefuls
Fresh off the best
fundraising stretch of his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney
plans to spend this weekend strategizing and fraternizing with his
biggest bundlers at a posh resort in Park City, Utah. More than a
dozen Republican heavy-hitters are scheduled to join the private
retreat as special guests. Bush strategist Karl Rove, who helps
run American Crossroads, the well-funded GOP super PAC, is
planning to speak at the retreat.
Lingering Fears Push Spanish Short-Term Borrowing Costs Up
In an auction of
short-term debt, the Spanish Treasury had to pay interest of 5.074
percent to attract buyers. That compared with a yield of 2.985
percent, itself a lofty level, only a month earlier. And it came
after Spain's 10-year bond on Monday reached its highest interest
rate since the creation of the euro currency union. Spain plans to
test the market again on Thursday, with an auction of longer-term
bonds.
Fast and Furious scandal: House panel votes to hold Eric
Holder in contempt
A House panel voted
Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt
for failing to cooperate with a congressional inquiry into
Operation "Fast and Furious," hours after President Obama asserted
executive privilege over related documents.
Republicans Back Down On Effort to Defund Transparency Rule
- ProPublica
Republicans on the House
Appropriations Committee today dropped an effort to defund a new
Federal Communications Commission rule that will make political ad
data available on the Internet. The FCC rule, which was OKed by
the commission earlier this year and is expected to go into effect
sometime this summer or fall, would require TV stations to put
detailed records on political ad buys on a new Web site. The files
are currently public but are kept on paper at stations.
Ron Paul Admits He's On Social Security, Even Though He
Believes It's Unconstitutional
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas)
may rail against Social Security insolvency in the public eye, but
that hasn't stopped him from accepting the government checks. The
libertarian-leaning Republican and former presidential candidate
admitted Wednesday that he accepts Social Security checks just
minutes after he called for younger generations to wean themselves
off the program, in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "I want
young people to opt out of Social Security, but my goal isn't to
cut," he said. The Huffington Post's Sam Stein then asked Paul, "A
bit of a personal question -- Are you on Social Security? Do you
get social security checks?" Paul admitted he does, stating,
"[It's] just as I use the post office, I use government highways,
I use the banks, I use the federal reserve system. But that
doesn't mean that you can't work to remove this in the same way on
Social Security."
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McConnell: Tax code benefits the poor and needs to be
changed
Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says that the U.S. tax system is unfair to
the wealthiest Americans. "Almost 70 percent of the federal
revenue is provided by the top 10 percent of taxpayers now.
Between 45 and 50 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all,"
he said.
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