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Columnist for Sydney Morning Herald forced to resign after writing pro-Palestinian article

Amanda Meade
The Guardian
Mon, 04 Aug 2014 21:16 UTC
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Mike Carlton
Columnist leaves after being told he would be suspended for abusing readers criticising his article on the Israel-Hamas conflict

Longstanding Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton has resigned after being admonished by his editors for the way he responded to readers on the heated topic of the Gaza conflict.

On Tuesday evening, the editor-in-chief of the SMH and the Sun Herald, Darren Goodsir, posted a statement on the website apologising for Carlton's offensive language.

"I have become aware that Mike Carlton has corresponded with some Herald readers and letter writers using inappropriate and offensive language," Goodsir wrote.

"This behaviour is completely unacceptable. "I have asked Mike to apologise for these actions. Mike regrets his behaviour and will be contacting affected readers to apologise. "On behalf of the Herald, I too apologise for any offence caused. "In dealing with our readers, it is a basic principle that our staff, columnists and contributors should always behave with respect and courtesy."
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Good riddance! Russia to ban all US agricultural products, EU fruit & vegetable imports


RT
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 15:03 UTC
Moscow plans to ban all US agricultural products, including poultry, as well as EU fruit and vegetable imports in response to Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis, according to the country's agricultural watchdog.
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All agricultural goods produced in the US and imported into Russia will be halted for one year, the assistant to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Aleksey Alekseyenko, told RIA Novosti.

The list of banned products will be published on Thursday, he added.

EU fruits and vegetables also fall under the ban, Alekseyenko added. A source told Itar-Tass that dairy products from the EU will be included on the list, as well.
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Steven Salaita loses job at University of Illinois due to criticism of Zionism and Gaza slaughter

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:57 UTC
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Steven Salaita
This is deeply disturbing. The lobby never sleeps. "Another Professor Punished for anti-Israel views." Steven Salaita, an English scholar who has done excellent work for us and is the author of Israel's Dead Soul, a critique of Zionism, has reportedly lost an appointment at the University of Illinois in American Indian studies because of his criticisms of Israel.

From Inside Higher Ed, reported by Scott Jaschik:
Salaita... was to have joined the American Indian studies program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this month. The appointment was made public, and Salaita resigned from his position as associate professor of English at Virginia Tech. But he was recently informed by Chancellor Phyllis Wise that the appointment would not go to the university's board, and that he did not have a job to come to in Illinois, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation....

Salaita did not respond to numerous calls and emails.
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Spain to repatriate priest diagnosed with Ebola

Fiona Govan
The Telegraph
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:40 UTC
Miguel Pajares, 75, a Spanish missionary priest working at a hospital in the West African country, will be taken to Spain by a military jet

Miguel Pajares
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Miguel Pajares (R) talking to a patient in a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia
Spain has been preparing to accept Europe's first confirmed case of the Ebola virus.

A medically-equipped military jet has been sent to Liberia to repatriate Miguel Pajares, 75, a Spanish missionary priest working at a hospital in the West African country.

The priest was one of three missionaries to test positive for the virus at the San Jose de Monrovia Hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

Brother Pajares and his two fellow workers, Chantal Pascaline Mutwamene of Congo and Paciencia Melgar from Equatorial Guinea, belong to the Hospital Order of San Juan de Dios, a Catholic humanitarian group that runs hospitals around the world, and had been helping to treat patients infected with the virus.
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Bullseye

The degree of ignorance about poverty is stunning, far removed from reality


PressTV
Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:00 UTC
Three-quarters of conservative Americans say poor people have it easy
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Too many rich Americans have removed themselves from society so much that they no longer care to understand the poor.
The degree of ignorance about poverty is stunning, even for people far removed from the realities of an average American lifestyle. Both oilman Charles Koch and Nicole Miller CEO Bud Konheim have suggested that we should compare ourselves to poor people in China and India, and then just shut up and be happy. The Cato Institute informs Americans that "The current welfare system provides such a high level of benefits that it acts as a disincentive for work." And entrepreneur Marc Andreessen explains, rather incomprehensibly, that "Technology innovation disproportionately helps the poor more than it helps the rich, as the poor spend more of their income on products."

1. We Spend Relatively Little on Poverty Programs

The Economic Policy Institute stated, "The United States stands out as the country with the highest poverty rate and one of the lowest levels of social expenditure." It's a national disgrace that we allow just a few people to take more of the country's wealth than the millions of productive people who can't find living-wage jobs.

Just two men made more investment income in 2013 than the entire year's welfare budget (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), commonly referred to as 'welfare').
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Light Saber

Human rights activist and international lawyer: U.S. police agencies use same brutal tactics that Israeli police use in Gaza


PressTV
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:32 UTC
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Police violence in the US has been an "epidemic" throughout the country's history, with law enforcement officers using the same tactics on Americans that Israeli police use against Palestinians, an international lawyer says.

Each year in the United States, there are "thousands and thousands of cases of police brutality [and] these cases have been going on from time immemorial," Mustafa Ansari, who is also a human rights activist, told Press TV on Monday.

"The police officers and the district attorneys and judges and the criminal justice system are all in collusion to look the other way when there's instance of police brutality," Ansari said.

He noted that cases of police brutality only receive widespread attention when the evidence is irrefutable or if the incident gets caught on camera, like last month's death of Eric Garner by the hands of New York City police.


Comment: A very astute observation!

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Gaza Calling: All out on Saturday August 9 Day of Rage


Mondoweiss
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:02 UTC
children of Gaza
As we face the full might of Israel's military arsenal, funded and supplied by the United States and European Union, we call on civil society and people of conscience throughout the world to pressure governments to sanction Israel and implement a comprehensive arms embargo immediately.

Take to the streets on Saturday 9 August with a united demand for sanctions on Israel.

From Gaza under invasion, bombardment, and continuing siege, the horror is beyond words. Medical supplies are exhausted. The death toll has reached 1813 killed (398 children, 207 women, 74 elderly) and 9370 injured (2744 children, 1750 women, 343 elderly). Our hospitals, ambulances, and medical staff are all under attack while on duty. Doctors and paramedics are being killed while evacuating the dead. Our dead are not numbers and statistics to be recounted; they are loved ones, family and friends.

While we have to survive this onslaught, you certainly have the power to help end it the same way you helped overcome Apartheid and other crimes against humanity. Israel is only able to carry out this attack with the unwavering support of governments - this support must end.
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Snakes in Suits

Hiding the truth: Wall Street regulators denying public records requests to media and Congress

Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:00 UTC
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Getting what should already be public domain information from Wall Street's regulators using the public records law known as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has become next to impossible; and it's fueling contempt for the Obama administration.

Yesterday, a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that a majority of Americans, 54 percent, now believe the President is unable to "lead the country and get the job done." That poll follows another one from NBC and the Wall Street Journal that was released on September 13 of last year which found that only 14 percent of Americans held a favorable view of Wall Street. Another Gallup poll released in May found that stock ownership among U.S. adults is at a 16-year low, reflecting a growing distrust of a level playing field on Wall Street after bestselling author of "Flash Boys," Michael Lewis, appeared on 60 Minutes on March 30 to detail how high frequency traders and Wall Street banks had rigged the market against the small investor.

Against that backdrop, one would think that Wall Street regulators would be going out of their way to court public trust by courteously responding to public records requests with meaningful, responsive documents. But just the opposite is happening.
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Bizarro Earth

Real bad idea: Ebola victims dumped on streets of Monrovia by relatives


Times of India
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:37 UTC
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The lifeless body of a man lies unattended on the street in Liberia.
Relatives of Ebola victims in Liberia defied government orders and dumped infected bodies in the streets as West African governments struggled to enforce tough measures to curb an outbreak of the virus that has killed 887 people.

In Nigeria, which recorded its first death from Ebola in late July, authorities in Lagos said eight people who came in contact with the deceased US citizen Patrick Sawyer were showing signs of the deadly disease.

The outbreak was detected in March in the remote forest regions of Guinea, where the death toll is rising. In neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the outbreak is now spreading fastest, authorities deployed troops to quarantine the border areas where 70 per cent of cases have been detected.

Those three countries announced a raft of tough measures last week to contain the disease, shutting schools and imposing quarantines on victim's homes, amid fears the incurable virus would overrun healthcare systems in one of the world's poorest regions.

Comment: Should go without saying that exposing diseased dead bodies, especially ebola stricken ones, to the public space is an extremely bad idea. The oversight is even worse if the virus really is airborne: Ebola - What you're not being told.

For a dietary approach to strengthening the immune system, consider the Ketogenic Diet and its many benefits, as well as the relaxation program Éiriú Eolas, which includes simple breathing exercises to ease life's stresses.

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Ebola outbreak madness! Armed Liberians poison wells killing villagers under pretext of epidemic

Vasudevan Sridharan
International Business Times
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:36 UTC
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A UNICEF worker speaks with drivers of motorcycle taxis about the symptoms of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and best practices to help prevent its spread, in the city of Voinjama, in Lofa County, Liberia
Armed men have allegedly poisoned wells in Liberia's New Georgia in order to kill the residents under the pretext of Ebola outbreak.

The water from the wells and pumps has been used by thousands of people in the area.

At least 16 people are suspected to be dead because of well-poisoning in the Margibi community.

It is still unclear what the exact motive of the culprits was. Witnesses have reported sighting armed men introducing suspected poisonous substances using syringes.

The villagers reported the incident to the police and investigators are said to be looking into the matter.
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