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So, I was thinking...
By Rob Kall
Support Opednews. Make a tax deductible donation to make OEN Strong.Not Even Cowards-- Zombies 
There are cowards, and there are
heroes, like whistleblowers, as I'll talk about later in this article.
But this article started out because I began thinking about how so many
people are not even able to be cowards.
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There
are cowards, and there are heroes, like whistleblowers, as I'll talk
about later in this article. But this article started out because I
began thinking about how so many people are not even able to be cowards.
A
new bill, H.R. 2535: the American Liberty Coinage and Deficit Reduction
Act of 2013, has just been introduced by Rep. Garland "Andy" Barr
[R-KY6], a rare centrist Republican, according to Govtrack. This bill is
potentially game-changing for economic status of the Republic. It could
help re-establish monetary sovereignty.
If
you can control 15% of the national vote, you can elect presidents and
the congress. That is exactly what has happened over the past several
election cycles. Mitt Romney got swamped in the general election, but
Republicans hold power in the House of Representatives and in a majority
of state houses. There is nothing "fictional" about the 15% solution as
an electoral strategy.
This
week was put up or shut up time for Republicans. After decades
demanding unspecified budget cuts they finally had to put their vote
where their budget outline was. So what did they do? They are taking a
40th vote on repealing Obamacare and then heading home for five weeks
vacation. This is who they are.
Roosevelt
did not want strikes to disrupt public safety and public service. But
he recognized the "logical place" of public employee unions as
representatives of federal workers. And it was in no small measure
because of his pro-labor sentiment that the National Federation of
Federal Employees exists to this day.
While
in fact backing the military junta, the administration has sought to
maintain an official posture of neutrality between it and the Muslim
Brotherhood and Mursi, with whom it worked closely during the year that
Mursi was in power. Washington fears the social consequences of an
escalation of the military's crackdown against the Brotherhood.
By Don Ardell, Ph.D.
The Expansion of Catholic-Owned Medical Centers Threatens Medical Choices for All 
Catholic
medical organizations are buying secular, non-profit institutions in
many parts of the nation. Ownership allows conservative bishops to
impose their faith-based "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic
Health Care Services" over everyone who come under the influence of
Catholic hospitals. Patients are affected whether they are Catholic or
not. Dogmas irrelevant by non-Catholics now matter - they inhibit
choices.
Housing
is weak, because the economic foundation for widespread prosperity has
disintegrated beneath the withering influence of bankers, CEOs,
lobbyists and corrupt politicians. What's left is a transparently fake
market propped up with excessive financial speculation, calculated
inventory suppression, artificially low rates and criminal malfeasance.
Climate
change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide,
according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with
serious impacts to human health and biodiversity conservation.
It
wasn't a tax on tea. It was something Ben Franklin told the British.
When they shut it down in the American colonies, within months, the
colonists were so pissed, the revolution was brewing. It was over public
banking. That's what Mike Krauss, who's spearheading the Public
banking charge in PA says.
Let's
forget for a moment that A-Rod will potentially take a bigger hit for
"cheating" than Goldman-Sachs, and focus on the baseball issues at play.
We should fire new teachers that are ineffective, but do we support new teachers enough?
China
is the world's second largest economy, but the enormous costs of its
growth are becoming apparent. Residents of its boom cities and a growing
number of rural regions question the safety of the air they breathe,
the water they drink and the food they eat. It is as if they were living
in the Chinese equivalent of the Chernobyl or Fukushima nuclear
disaster areas.
I'm
passionate about bicycles and recycling. In 1991, I was bike commuting
to a recycling job in Portland when I got a flat tire. I decided to
look into what bike shops do with all their waste and learned that most
bike shops just throw it all in the dumpster. I estimated then that
Americans threw away about 40,000,000 bicycle inner tubes every year. No
one was doing anything with them and I saw an opportunity.
Using
U.S. history to teach more then just the historical events, but life
lesson we can all learn from to avoid the cost of mistakes, which have
already been made countless times throughout our history.
Michael
Ansara, who played original Klingon, has died. He was 91. Besides
playing Kang the Klingon in various "Star Trek" series, Ansara appeared
on dozens of TV shows, including "Broken Arrow," ''Law of the
Plainsman," ''I Dream of Jeannie," ''Hawaii 5-0" and "Murder, She
Wrote."
A
campaign was created by Charlotte Scot to tell the Convening Authority
in the prosecution of Bradley Manning, that thousands would openly
volunteer to serve part of Bradley Manning's sentence. The petition,
created on Thursday, has gained hundreds of signatures in just hours.
Manning's sentencing began on Wednesday and the whistleblower is facing
136 years. Manning was found guilty of 20 out of 22 charges earlier in
the week, although he was found not guilty of aiding the enemy. [I am
proud to say that I just signed.]
Anytime
Leo comes into the picture, we know we're dealing with a sense of
self-confidence, or the lack of it. Drama is one way to handle Leo
energy. Playful responsibility is another. It's time to build a
bonfire on the beach and chill out to the rhythm of the ocean waves,
thanks to the continuing Water Trine. 'The universe turns differently
when fire loves water.'
The story of Ariel Castro and the torture of three women.
"Obama
calls Korean War a victory" 7/27/2013. He studied through a PhD in law
at Harvard, yet doesn't know, or pretends not to know US history.
Toothless
European lackeys, however opportunistic, and Tea Party Republicans,
however principled, do not make the most alluring allies. But their
varied reactions to the NSA's blanket surveillance open a new world of
possibilities for effective political action. To quote the immigrant
labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill, "Don't mourn! Organize!
The
president is facing a no-win decision in responding to Russia's
harboring of the NSA leaker. President Obama is facing a no-win decision
on Edward Snowden. The president himself has yet to speak publicly on
the matter, and it's his response that will have the biggest impact on
Russia's relations with the United States.Retaliating against the
Kremlin could jeopardize U.S. supply lines in Afghanistan, Moscow's help
with Iran's nuclear ambitions and Obama's efforts to jointly reduce the
countries' nuclear weapons.
Mexico and Canada declared part of US homeland by Senate maps
Sen. Dianne Feinstein referred to the US, Canada and Mexico as "the Homeland" at an NSA Senate briefing on Wednesday, presenting a map that united the three nations as one.
The
New York Times Company, in its latest move to shed assets and focus
more on its core brand, has agreed to sell The Boston Globe and its
other New England media properties to John W. Henry, principal owner of
the Boston Red Sox. The sale, for $70 million, would return the paper to
local ownership after two decades in which it struggled to stem the
decline in circulation and revenue. The price would represent a
staggering drop in value for The Globe, which The Times bought in 1993
for $1.1 billion, the highest price paid for an American newspaper.
There
were more drone strikes in Pakistan last month than any month since
January. Three missile strikes were carried out in Yemen in the last
week alone. And after Secretary of State John Kerry told Pakistanis on
Thursday that the United States was winding down the drone wars there,
officials back in Washington quickly contradicted him.
By Dave Lefcourt
Cacophony from U.S. Politicos over Russia Granting Asylum to Snowden Nothing but Bluster 
The
cacophony from the White House & two Senators the past few days
over Russia granting asylum to Snowden is all bluster. Press Sec'y
Carney intoned the summit between Obama & Putin could be cancelled.
From Sen. Shumer, "Each day Snowden is allowed to roam free is another
twist of the knife. Sen.McCain said it was a slap in the face to all
Americans. Nice try boys but Putin's holding all the cards & he
isn't intimidated.
Though
Israeli leaders and U.S. neocons still beat the drum for war on Iran,
new evidence suggests top Iranian officials did not sanction nuclear
weapons research a decade ago but rather the work originated from
scientists who resisted the will of political leaders to shut it down.
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The
White House late Saturday said President Obama had been briefed on the
potential threat by National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Lisa
Monaco, the assistant to the president for homeland security and
counterterrorism. Earlier in the day, Rice chaired a meeting with 12
administration officials including the secretaries of State, Defense and
Homeland Security and the directors of the FBI, CIA and NSA.
America used to value intelligence and ingenuity. Now we worship THIS instead.
"This hearing is surreal" You are not living in the real world." -- Rep. Jim McDermott
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