Policies
Experts are warning that the use of a bomb robot represents a change in police militarization that only heightens risks to human and constitutional rights.
The so-called “compromise” bill allows food companies to label GMOs by using codes, symbols, or packaging language. Critics slammed the bill’s sponsors for negotiating the legislation behind closed doors, accusing Stabenow and Roberts, among others, of being in Big Ag’s pocket. According to an analysis of OpenSecrets.org data by the group Organic Consumers Association (OCA), supporters of the bill received more than twice as much money in campaign donations from companies like Monsanto than opponents.
While the Chilcot Report proffers scathing insight into the circumstances surrounding the U.K.’s part in one of the most contentious invasions of a sovereign state in modern times, findings dually skewer then U.S. President George W. Bush’s reckless rush to force military action.
How do things stand at the moment? Is this the beginning of the end of the banker’s dictatorship? How can we make best use of this opportunity? In this video I review the last week and make a few suggestions.
“The Senate bill would allow manufacturers to post ‘call for more information’ phone numbers or even smart phone ‘QR codes’ if they so desire—meaning that if you have a phone with the right app installed, a steady hand and a solid data connection you’ll be able to access a website that will tell you what’s in the food you’re buying. That’s not a label—that’s a hassle.” – Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch.
“An enormous Proportion of Property vested in a few Individuals is dangerous to the Rights, and destructive to the Common Happiness of Mankind,” read one proposed passage for the new PA constitution, “and therefore every State hath a Right by its Laws to discourage the Possession of such Property.”
Regarding the Brexit vote, Ron Paul said: ““Other countries are watching….This is the beginning of the end of the European Union…and nobody is going to suffer from that. Only the wealthy, banking, special interests will suffer any from this.”
Assange, who has repeatedly denied the accusations of sexual assault made against him, believes the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by Sweden is an American tactic meant to allow the U.S. government to extradite Assange. In the United States, Assange is wanted on espionage charges over classified US documents and footage released online by his Wikileaks organization.
In the state of Texas, the pro-secessionist movement, known as the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), has asked state governor Greg Abbott to answer an appeal. The appeal will ensure that the state goes to the ballot box in 2018, to determine whether to break away from the rest of the United States, or not.
Nixon resigned 42 years ago, but Baker’s words have lived on in Washington, because the impulse to conceal a misdeed is shared by politicians of every persuasion, including Hillary Clinton, who is now running for the office Nixon vacated.
It appears that nearly 15% of Sanders’ votes were flipped to Clinton on maliciously-coded voting machines and central tabulators. Sanders hand-counted share exceeded his machine-counted share in virtually ALL 58 counties. The probability of this occurrence is ZERO.
Special agents at the IRS equipped with AR-15 military-style rifles? Health and Human Services “Special Office of Inspector General Agents” being trained by the Army’s Special Forces contractors? The Department of Veterans Affairs arming 3,700 employees?
The number of non-Defense Department federal officers authorized to make arrests and carry firearms (200,000) now exceeds the number of U.S. Marines (182,000). In its escalating arms and ammo stockpiling, this federal arms race is unlike anything in history. Over the last 20 years, the number of these federal officers with arrest-and-firearm authority has nearly tripled to over 200,000 today, from 74,500 in 1996.
The feelings and states of mind in the headline above are people’s reactions to what’s going on in the world—but what’s going on in the world is being manipulated on a large scale. And one purpose of that manipulation is: producing those very feelings and states of mind—depression, cynicism, passivity. This is amplified by the increased frequency of staged events; shootings, economic downturns, phony scare-tactic epidemics, absurd reversals of common-sense justice, and so on. Psychological operations (psyops) are planned with the purpose of demoralizing populations. That’s the frequent goal. It’s intentional.
Representing the reaction of many British and European progressives, Nick Dearden, director of the UK-based campaign organization Global Justice Now, said the outcome was deeply troubling, though not shocking: “”Britain’s decision to leave the European Union opens up a world of uncertainty…”
The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on a bill that would expand the FBI’s secret surveillance powers, including warrantless collection of browsing history. If approved, the bill would expand the FBI’s authority to use the so-called National Security Letters (NSL) to obtain Electronic Communication Transaction Records (ECTR) such as email time stamps, senders, and recipients, as well as browsing metadata such as history and location—all without a warrant. The amendment has received widespread criticism from civil liberties groups.
