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As the psychopathic warhawks beat their drums, critics urge no troops, no strikes, no war in Iraq

Andrea Germanos and Sarah Lazare
Commondreams.org
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:52 UTC
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As violence in Iraq escalates and hawks beat the drums of war, people on the ground in Iraq and across the U.S. are urging the Obama administration: don't go down the same path of military intervention that created the current crisis.

Public Opinion vs. War Hawks

According to a poll released Tuesday, 74 percent of people in the U.S. are against sending combat troops into Iraq. Rather than allowing that overwhelming opinion to shape the narrative, corporate media has given platform to the same hawkish voices who called for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Among the vocal proponents of using U.S. military might are Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. The two issued a statement last week calling for "U.S. air strikes, among other military and intelligence actions and additional support for our Iraqi partners."

In an op-ed published Tuesday, The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuval asked, "Can someone explain to me why the media still solicit advice about the crisis in Iraq from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)? Or Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)? How many times does the Beltway hawk caucus get to be wrong before we recognize that maybe, just maybe, its members don't know what they're talking about?"
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Kiev nazis murder over 40 children in Donbass


Voice of Russia
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:00 UTC
troops in east ukraine
© REUTERS/GLEB GARANICH
The Ukrainian Health Ministry told Interfax it has information that four children have been killed in a military operation in the Donetsk region. It has no information about children killed in the Lugansk region. The press service did not specify the causes of death. At the same time, Tatiana Bakhteyeva, head of the parliamentary committee on healthcare, said on Monday over forty children have died of shrapnel and bullet wounds in Donbass.

"According to official reports filed by forensic experts, four people have been killed. Those children were killed in the Donetsk region. There is currently no information on the children killed in the Lugansk region," the Ukrainian Health Ministry press service reported on Monday.

The press service for Tatiana Bakhteyeva said she has received information on over forty children killed in Donbass form her own sources. "She received this information from her own sources, primarily form morgues and doctors."

"Unfortunately, information on the number of killed is not being collected in a centralized way," Bakhteyeva was quoted by her press service as saying.
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Seattle woman spots drone peeping into her apartment window


seattle.cbslocal.com
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:04 UTC
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© PIERRE ANDRIEU/AFP/Getty ImagesFile photo of small drone
Seattle Police are investigating a report of a drone peeping into a woman's apartment window.

Police were called to the downtown Seattle apartment complex on Sunday morning after she spied an unmanned aerial vehicle hovering outside the building. The woman said she was concerned the drone was looking into her apartment.

After calling police, an employee of her apartment building says he went outside and saw two men piloting the drone. They packed up their gear, which included a video camera, and drove off before police arrived. Authorities say they are checking for surveillance video that may help identify the men.

Drones and what role they should play in society have been a hot item in Seattle for quite some time. Last year, former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn ordered the Seattle Police Department to abandon its plan to use drones after an uproar from citizens and privacy advocates.

Source: AP
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Autism, developmental delays linked to pesticide exposure during pregnancy


RT
Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:24 UTC
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Exposure to several common agricultural pesticides during pregnancy increases the risk of developmental delays and autism in children by two-thirds, a new study found. While researchers did not say pesticides cause autism, a direct link is plausible.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis' MIND Institute tracked associations with specific classes of pesticides (including organophosphates, pyrethroids and carbamates) and later diagnoses of autism and developmental delay in children. They used maps from the California Pesticide Use Report (1997-2008) and the addresses of expectant mothers to track women's exposure to agricultural pesticide spraying during their pregnancies.

Developmental delay, in which children take extra time to reach communication, social or motor skills milestones, affects about four percent of US. kids, the authors wrote. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), also marked by deficits in social interaction and language.

Comment: Nasty and crazy effects of pesticides

Fresh Produce Often Contaminated with Pesticides

Research Links Pesticides with ADHD in Children

Exposure to Pesticides in Womb Linked to Learning Disabilities

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Former NY State Police Officer and National Guardsman: Police must defend citizen's constitutional rights

Travis Gettys
Raw Story
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:35 UTC
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© UnknownJohn Wallace, vice president of NY state’s Oath Keepers group
An official with New York's Oath Keepers organization denied the group held "far-right, anti-government views," and then called on law enforcement officers to disobey orders and join them in their fight against socialist tyranny.

John Wallace, vice president of the state's Oath Keepers group, cited an alleged New York State Intelligence Center counterterrorism bulletin reportedly leaked to InfoWars that linked the organization and similar groups to the recent shootings of law enforcement officers by extremists.

Wallace complains that the document, which has not been confirmed as legitimate, based its conclusions on news reports by "left-wing" and "communist" organizations such as the New York Times, Huffington Post, and CNN.

"What the state of New York has done, used left wing publications, organizations to identify the targets that they want to eliminate and put pressure on so that we stop doing what we're doing," Wallace said. "How can you be in favor of the Constitution, how can you take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution and be a patriot, and be somehow put on a terrorist list made up and manufactured by basically communist organizations?"

The Oath Keepers are primarily made up of current and former law enforcement officers who promise not to enforce laws they deem to be unconstitutional - and they urge others to do the same.

Comment: It'd be pretty amazing if the police stopped killing people, and started protecting them.

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Swimmers subjected to warrantless bag searches at West Virginia public pool


Police State USA
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:05 UTC
Kenova - A popular summer attraction in West Virginia will now be marred its tight security. Swimmers at the famous Dreamland Pool will now have police officers searching their bags as they attempt to use the public facility.

The landmark attraction has been around for nearly 90 years, and is owned by the taxpayers of the city of Kenova. Now, upon entry, cops will shuffle through the public's belongings as they try to use those facilities.

Police are justifying the dragnet searches because of two "incidents" involving drugs on the property during this season's crowded opening weekend. One incident pertained to a person smoking pot in the parking lot; the other involved ladies getting high in the bathroom.
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Michigan judge orders deployed U.S. sailor to attend custody hearing or face arrest, lose daughter

Benjamin Fearnow
CBS News - Seattle
Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:10 UTC
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Matthew and Kaylee Hindes
A U.S. Navy sailor from Washington State is currently serving on a submarine thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean, but a judge has ordered him into an impossible custody scenario: Appear in a Michigan courtroom Monday or risk losing custody of his 6-year-old daughter.

Navy submariner Matthew Hindes was given permanent custody of his daughter Kaylee in 2010, after she was reportedly removed from the home of his ex-wife, Angela, by child protective services. But now a judge has ordered him to appear in court Monday, or risk losing his daughter to his ex-wife in addition to a bench warrant being issued for his arrest, ABC News reports.

Hindes' lawyers argue he should be protected by the Service Members Civil Relief Act, which states courts in custody cases may "grant a stay of proceedings for a minimum period of 90 days to defendants serving their country."

But the Michigan judge hearing the case, circuit court judge Margaret Noe, disagrees, stating: "If the child is not in the care and custody of the father, the child should be in the care and custody of the mother."
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University of Michigan researchers find even the smartest students are distracted by social networks

Mark Prigg
The Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:17 UTC
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Even the smartest college students suffer academically when they use the Internet in class for non-academic purposes, researchers have warned - and say a ban on gadgets would be ideal, but impractical.
  • Student of all abilities were hit
  • Researchers say students would perform better without their gadgets
Even the smartest college students suffer academically when they use the Internet in class for non-academic purposes, researchers have warned.

They say that the huge number of students who take phones, tablets and laptops to lecture could be seeing their grades slip.

The researchers say students would perform better without their gadgets - but admit a ban would be impractical.

The Michigan State University study, funded by the National Science Foundation, found that students of all abilities were hit.

'Students of all intellectual abilities should be responsible for not letting themselves be distracted by use of the Internet,' said Susan Ravizza, who led the study.
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People Power! 50,000 Angry protesters take to the Streets in London against austerity

Kevin Rawlinson
The Guardian
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:45 UTC
Russell Brand, London protests,
© Rex FeaturesBrand told marchers there will be a 'peaceful, effortless, joyful revolution' against austerity. We're not sure how effortless or joyful the process will be considering the nature of the psychopaths in power.
Tens of thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday afternoon in protest at austerity measures introduced by the coalition government. The demonstrators gathered before the Houses of Parliament, where they were addressed by speakers, including comedians Russell Brand and Mark Steel.

An estimated 50,000 people marched from the BBC's New Broadcasting House in central London to Westminster.

"The people of this building [the House of Commons] generally speaking do not represent us, they represent their friends in big business. It's time for us to take back our power," said Brand.

"This will be a peaceful, effortless, joyful revolution and I'm very grateful to be involved in the People's Assembly."

"Power isn't there, it is here, within us," he added. "The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have."

A spokesman for the People's Assembly, which organised the march, said the turnout was "testament to the level of anger there is at the moment".

Comment: We'd like to see more action like this around the world, but until the masses really understand the nature of psychopathy and the way it infects every aspect of our governments, religions and corporate structures very little will actually change.

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Albuquerque protesters hold mock trial of police chief for failure to stop police brutality


Yahoo News
Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:07 UTC
Albuquerque protests police chief
© AP Photo/Courtesy of David CorreiaIn this photo courtesy of David Correia, protesters march in a rally on Saturday, June 21, 2014 in Albuquerque, N.M. Critics of the Albuquerque Police Department say the march is aimed at pushing for drastic changes within Albuquerque police following a harsh U.S. Justice Department report over the agency’s use of force.
Protesters advocating for drastic changes within a police agency criticized by the U.S. Justice Department over its use of force put the embattled police chief "on trial" during a rally Saturday.

Hundreds of protesters, including some who brought children, marched from Roosevelt Park with signs and a makeshift coffin inscribed with names of people killed by Albuquerque officers in recent years.

The Police Department is under scrutiny for over 40 police shootings - 26 of them fatal - since 2010, and the Justice Department has issued a harsh report over the agency's use of force.

The protesters marched peacefully Saturday before returning to the park to continue the rally.

The mock trial outlined how police Chief Gorden Eden has failed to stop his officers from using excessive force, said David Correia, one of the protest's organizers.

Comment: The Albuquerque police department is a stunning example of how the police state is manifesting in the US. The police are out of control, killing people and pets with little to no provocation.

U.S. cops out of control: Albuquerque Police Department crack down on peaceful protest against police murder of yet another unarmed civilian just trying to live his life
To fight police brutality, Albuquerque police promote cop who burned off man's ear
DOJ investigation confirms: Albuquerque police 'executing' citizens
Why have police in America turned into such ruthless thugs?

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