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| If you have a problem reading this email, please click here to see the web page version You received this email because you signed up for it at OpEdNews. Unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of this email. Sam Scully's article, Random Apartment Inspections (my story so far) , is very scary. Are police working with apartment owners to violate 4th amendment privacy rights? It sure looks that way. The police state is clamping down. Obama is telling us he's going to improve things. Do any of our readers think that means he's going to give up an iota of power or do less domestic spying? Seriously!! It's not happening. What Sam Scully describes is very believable. If you find the writings of the thousands of people from all over the world who contribute to Opednews to be of value and inspiration to you, please make a donation to support our work. Click here to donate today. thanks, rob kall Support Opednews. Make a tax deductible donation to make OEN Strong.  Daily Headlines'random' apartment inspections (apparently) occurring nationwide. My story so far On RT's Prime Interest show, Bob English interviews Paul Craig Roberts on the Bubble Economy and the Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism. Why did the U.S. drop atomic bombs on two densely packed civilian population centers when the U.S. was well aware that the war in the Pacific had already been won? In this larger scheme of things, drifting towards a post-Post Cold War environment, the Snowden affair is just a piece of the puzzle. And here's where the personal perfectly mirrors the political. Vlad the Hammer knows exactly what he's doing -- while Obama the wimp looks like a deer caught in a Trans-Siberian locomotive's headlights. By Mark A. Goldman Impeach the President, Dismantle the NSA, and Fire the top Echelon of our Military These people all took an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution and none of them are doing that. That's their job but that's not what they do or think about. Unrelenting U.S. drone attacks on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia, in which noncombatants are killed, don't win friends. They recruit enemies bent on revenge. It follows therefore that the best way to dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, the threat of terrorism is to dramatically change U.S. foreign policy -- from imperial intervention to strict nonintervention. It may be possible that Paleoconservatives, Libertarians, Greens,and Leftists can form a coalition against the Neocons in order to bring back the U.S. Peace Movement. Exactly what job would you suggest for a socially aware and compassionate human? Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, announced he will propose UNASUR to bring the US before an international tribunal for human rights violations after his plane was denied airspace in Europe in the beginning of July. In America today there is nothing more potent than celebrity and the big screen plasma living room god that delivers it. Obama further diminished the office of the presidency this week by appearing on Jay Leno's clown show to pitch his lies about NSA spying and throw a tantrum over Russia. Wake up America, your brains have been colonized by the television and liars like Obama. A little parable that speaks to the issue of radical inclusion. By Marcia G. Yerman Climate Change "In Our Backyards" The science behind Climate Change is given to the EPW Senate committe. John Grisham: After Guantánamo, Another Injustice ABOUT two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at Guantánamo Bay. I became curious and tracked down a detainee who enjoys my books. His name is Nabil Hadjarab, and he is a 34-year-old Algerian who grew up in France. He has close family and friends in France, but not in Algeria. As a kid growing up near Lyon, he was a gifted soccer player and dreamed of playing for Paris St.-Germain, or another top French club.He has spent the past 11 years as a prisoner at Guantánamo, much of the time in solitary confinement. Last week, the Obama administration announced that it was transferring some more Arab prisoners back to Algeria. It is likely that Nabil will be one of them, and if that happens another tragic miake will be made. His nightmare will only continue. He will be homeless. He will have no support to reintegrate him into a society where many will be hostile By Fluoride Action Network Israel Will Stop Fluoridation, Health Concerns Cited Modern science shows that ingesting fluoride does not reduce tooth decay but does deliver risks. Without the political pressure of US corporations and other special interest groups, Israel is free to discontinue fluoridation By David Swanson Her Name Is Jody Williams Jody Williams' new book is called My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize, and it's a remarkable story by a remarkable person. It's also a very well-told autobiography, including in the early childhood chapters in which there are few hints of the activism to come. A recently published study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas' Barnett Shale. By Suzana Megles Nosey, a Suffering Elephant We all want to be treated kindly and compassionately. Don't we realize that the animal world wants the same thing? Anyone who lacks compassion for the animal world, I truly believe, will not treat the human world well either. Review of Elysium and class conflict in the present day as expressed through futuristic visions. The New America... U.S. Companies Thrive as Workers Fall Behind - NYTimes.com American companies are making more money than ever, but workers' salaries have been at the lowest percentage of the gross domestic product since 1929. When bees suddenly starting dying in such alarming numbers at first it was a mystery.But as this has been studied, a strong correlation has been demonstrated with the use of a new generation of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which started in 2003.Recognizing this,the EU put in place a two year moratorium on the use of these new poisons because of this growing evidence. What makes these new chemical poisons so insidious is So the game goes on, with no one winning but the thuglike and expansionistic Israeli settlers. And if you wonder why Washington persists in engaging in self-destructive behavior, just go ask Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. They will wave a paper in your face and on it will be the latest directives from AIPAC. Declining net energy per capita has caused economic growth to slow to the point that financial speculation based upon it faces implosion, triggering a disinformation campaign about fracking. The WikiLeaks founder called President Obama's announcement of plans to review the government's sweeping spying program a "victory of sorts" for fugitive NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Assange appears not to assume the president intends to reign in unconstitutional surveillance to an extent that he or other privacy and liberty advocates demand. Rather, he sees the concession as a sign that the administration feels more accountable to the public than it previously did. If the killing of civilians might rally people behind the cause of Al-Qaeda -- then shouldn't someone be talking to George W. Bush about ordering the invasion that caused all the killing? Of course not -- the only person facing punishment is the person who thought the rest of the world should know about it. Eighteen of the 19 US embassies and consulates that were closed in the Middle East and Africa over fears of attack will reopen on Sunday, according to the US state department. The embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, will remain closed. The consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, which was closed on Thursday because of what officials say was a separate credible threat, is also not scheduled to reopen. Manning's defense team will begin presenting evidence Monday in the court-martial at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. Defense attorney David Coombs said Manning will give a statement before the defense rests on Wednesday. Whatever the reasons are behind the renewal of the futile talks between Tel Aviv and the PA, the US government and Israel are not interested in a just resolution. Neither the talks nor the negotiators nor the US government, as a broker, are genuine. The Obama Administration is merely pursuing its own interests in the wider Middle East. Shouldn't National Security, Sustainability, and Citizenship be Highly Relevant to Our Trade Policy?  My linked article ends with the sentence: "The concept of sustainability as a national strategic imperative for the twenty-first century can create a new path forward so that we, as a nation of citizens, can endure and thrive in our own "hour of peril and national opportunity." Latest Articles Best News Links from the WebIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful hernia surgery on Sunday, but will require several days' rest to make a full recovery, aides and doctors said. During the overnight procedure, which took around an hour and required general anesthetic, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon temporarily assumed the 63-year-old premier's powers. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan's eastern borderlands on Sunday, U.S. and NATO officials said, the first NATO combat deaths this month.The soldiers, from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed by insurgents in Paktia province. Video on NBCNews.com: Rachel Maddow reports on the newly revised projections for the budget deficit showing the fastest deficit reduction under the Obama administration since World War II, and points out that the deficit was a top priority of Republicans in the 2012 election so we can surely expect them to praise the outstanding job President Obama is doing with it. A California man suspected of killing his longtime friend and her son and abducting her 16-year-old daughter was killed in Idaho on Saturday as authorities were attempting to arrest him. The girl, Hannah Anderson, was rescued apparently in good health and taken to a hospital, San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said. |
