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Pontiac, Michigan, is taking their city back from the 2012 NDAA


Pontiac Tribune
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:19 UTC
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© Photograph: Jonathan Stork
Yesterday two local journalists from the Pontiac Tribune, Aaron Nelson and Helena Kirby, marched into City Hall and submitted a City Resolution on NDAA, which prohibits the enforcement of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act in the city of Pontiac. We are very excited to bring you this story first.

Two years ago U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest declared that Section 1021 of the NDAA was unconstitutional because it mirrored the 1944 Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States, which let our military detain over 100,000 Japanese-American citizens without trial during World War II.

"This Court rejects the government's suggestion that American citizens can be placed in military detention indefinitely, for acts they could not predict might subject them to detention," Judge Forrest wrote.


On August 21st, hundreds will gather at Pontiac City Hall to demand the City of Pontiac adopt the City Resolution we submitted yesterday. This is the beginning of something great. The rest is up to you.

We're confident we can Take Back Pontiac from the indefinite detention provisions found within the NDAA. It's not okay that the military has the ability to devoid "any person" their rights under this section. One has to only commit a "belligerent" act.

Comment: If one city can do this, will more follow? Also, see sott.net article: U.S. officials: New leaker compromised national security watch list documents, post Snowden

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Dozens of Obama officials lost or destroyed their emails after House launched probe into Obamacare

Joel Gehrke
National Review Online
Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:47 UTC
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© CREDIT: REUTERS/YURI GRIPASMarilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, testifies before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on ''Affordable Care Act Implementation on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2013.
The revelation that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Marilynn Tavenner did not retain her e-mails means that more than 20 witness in the Obama administration to lose or delete e-mails without notifying Congress, according to the top House investigator.

"The Obama administration has lost or destroyed e-mails for more than 20 witnesses, and in each case, the loss wasn't disclosed to the National Archives or Congress for months or years, in violation of federal law," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said ofTavenner's lost e-mails.

"It defies logic that so many senior Administration officials were found to have ignored federal recordkeeping requirements only after Congress asked to see their e-mails," he continued. "Just this week, my staff followed up with HHS, who has failed to comply with a subpoena from ten months ago. Even at that point, the administration did not inform us that there was a problem with Ms. Tavenner's e-mail history. Yet again, we discover that this administration will not be forthright with the American people unless cornered."
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Russian MP plays down NATO's refusal to cooperate - 'We are not losing anything'


RT
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:51 UTC
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© RIA Novosti/Vladimir FedorenkoChairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Alexei Pushkov.
The Russia-NATO cooperation has always been minor and nominal, and stopping all programs can only hurt the Western military bloc, the head of the State Duma Foreign Relations Committee said.

"Rasmussen has not said anything essentially new, but he has outlined a certain vector of NATO's current movement," Aleksey Pushkov said in an interview with the ITAR-TASS. "In April, NATO froze all cooperation with Russia and no crucial decisions have been made since then. The 1997 founding act between Russia and NATO remains in force," the parliamentarian added.

The comment came after NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a press conference in Kiev that in the near future the alliance was not planning to restore its relations with Russia. The head of the military bloc also promised to step up the collective security of all its members and to increase military cooperation with Ukraine.

Pushkov noted that it was likely that Rasmussen was speaking on behalf of the leading NATO members, such as the USA and the UK and that the decision was "mature but not yet technically passed." He added that the actual measures to wrap up the cooperation with Russia would most likely be made at the September NATO summit in Britain.
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Pope Francis urges world leaders to end crisis in northern Iraq

James Mackenzie
Reuters
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:27 UTC
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Pope Francis appealed to world leaders on Thursday to help end the crisis in northern Iraq after a sweeping advance by radical Islamic state militants forced thousands of residents of Iraq's biggest Christian town to flee their homes.

"His Holiness addresses an urgent appeal to the international community to take action to end the humanitarian tragedy now underway, to act to protect those affected or threatened by violence and to provide aid, especially for the most urgent needs of the many who have been forced to flee and who depend on the solidarity of others," the Vatican said in a statement.
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Michelle Obama to schoolkids: 'No one really cares what you had for lunch'

Barbara Boland
CNSNews.com
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:04 UTC
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First lady Michelle Obama said something Wednesday that seems preposterously ironic to many American school kids: "No one really cares what you had for lunch."

"I tease my kids," Michelle Obama said at a White House event on women's empowerment with Laura Bush. "I tell them I want them to use Instagram to take a picture of something really important rather than their food... I mean, no one really cares what you had for lunch." The audience laughed.

The irony here is that public school children subjected to Michelle's vaunted "Let's Move" lunches have been tweeting photos of their lunches as a form of protest.

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All we get for lunch today. Thank you Michelle Obama pic.twitter.com/1rACNXM9aP
- Brady Justice (@BradyJustice2) March 12, 2014

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@MichelleObama so this is the "healthy school lunch"... pic.twitter.com/qgxL5ez9zh
- Tyler Clements (@TylerClements6) April 3, 2014

They're wishing Michelle actually didn't care "what you had for lunch."
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Yoda

Uruguay joins Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Venezuela to open embassy in Palestine


Telesur
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:31 UTC
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© ReutersUruguay's Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Almagro.
Uruguay will join Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Venezuela in having an embassy in the embattled Palestine.

The Uruguayan ambassador Enrique Ribeiro will travel to Ramallah, Palestine on Friday to open the new Uruguayan embassy.

Foreign Minister Luis Almagro confirmed the urgent transfer of Ribeiro to Ramallah.

In the letter, the Palestinian Authority, through Minister Riad Malki, welcomed the decision of the Uruguayan government to proceed with the opening of a permanent diplomatic mission in Ramallah and he also offered full support to the Uruguayan ambassador to facilitate his work.

They also expressed their appreciation for the continued support of Uruguay in "the just and legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people to recover their inalienable rights."
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Bad Guys

NATO is desperate for war

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times Online
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:08 UTC
War Games
© Screen Capture YouTubeNATO claims Russian war games could spur more violence in Ukraine.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is desperate; it is itching for a war in battlefield Ukraine at any cost.

Let's start with Pentagon supremo, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who has waxed lyrical over the Russian Bear's "threat": "When you see the build-up of Russian troops and the sophistication of those troops, the training of those troops, the heavy military equipment that's being put along that border, of course it's a reality, it's a threat, it's a possibility - absolutely."

NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu could not elaborate if it was "threat" or "reality", absolutely or not, but she saw it all: "We're not going to guess what's on Russia's mind, but we can see what Russia is doing on the ground - and that is of great concern. Russia has amassed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine's eastern border."

In trademark, minutely precise NATOspeak, Lungescu then added that Russia "most probably" would send troops into eastern Ukraine under the cover of "a humanitarian or peace-keeping mission". And that settled it.

Hagel and his remote-controlled Romanian minion Lungescu obviously have not read this or simply ignored its detailed explanation by Russian Air Force's spokesman: the "threat" or "build-up" happens to expire this Friday, the last day of Russian military exercises announced in advance.
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Best of the Web: "Genocide is permissible" muses Times of Israel, promptly retracts

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:41 UTC
The Times Of Israel has removed a provocatively-titled blog post after huge blowback, denunciations, and ridicule across social media. The post - "When Genocide Is Permissible" (in full below) - concludes, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clearly stated at the outset of this incursion that his objective is to restore a sustainable quiet for the citizens of Israel. We have already established that it is the responsibility of every government to ensure the safety and security of its people. If political leaders and military experts determine that the only way to achieve its goal of sustaining quiet is through genocide is it then permissible to achieve those responsible goals?"

Removal or not, we are sure this will do nothing to endear Israel to the world.

The Times Of Israel site Before and After...

Times of Israel
© ZeroHedge
And thanks to The Way-Back Machine, here is the full article...

Comment: The mask slipped there and we glimpsed the psychopathic mind that conducts genocide in Gaza, Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan and everywhere else the Western Empire infects.

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Water

Ukraine turns off hot water in Kiev to save gas for winter


RT
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:32 UTC
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© Reuters / Gleb Garanich
Kiev has turned off hot water throughout the city in an attempt to save gas for the winter months. The Ukrainian government is unsure how long people will be affected, or whether the measure will be enough to ensure winter heating.

Utility company Kievenergo cut gas supplies to all thermal power plants that warm the water supplied to households, adding that it received the order from the Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining. "All the thermal power plants have had their gas supply cut as of August 4," the company said.

General director Alexander Fomenko said the move was needed in order to save gas for the cold winter ahead.

Kiev has about 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas for heating, Itar-Tass reported. Head of utilities in Kiev, Dmitri Novitsky, noted that it is not enough to regularly supply gas during winter months. "If we don't start saving gas now, then we will have big problems in winter," Novitsky said.
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George Galloway wants to make UK city of Bradford Israel-free zone, boycotting all goods, services, and visitors from Israel


RT
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:09 UTC
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© Reuters / Suzanne PlunkettUK MP, George Galloway, has called for the British city of Bradford to issue a blanket boycott of Israeli goods, services, academics and even tourists.
George Galloway has suggested the UK city of Bradford should be "an Israel-free zone," and has called for the district to issue a blanket boycott of Israeli goods, services, academics and tourists.

Speaking on behalf of the Respect Party in Leeds, the MP for Bradford West encouraged a crowd gathered at a public meeting to back his stance and "do the same."

Galloway's comments, which were filmed and subsequently posted on YouTube, have generated heated responses on Twitter. Following several official complaints, they have also sparked a West Yorkshire Police investigation.

"We have received two separate complaints about comments attributed to George Galloway MP during a speech he gave at a public meeting in Leeds on 2nd August 2014. We are currently investigating the complaints," a spokesman for West Yorkshire police said.
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