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It's Labor Day in the US, at a time
when workers and laborers are no longer respected or valued, when the
jackals in congress do the bidding of their corporate leash-holders.
And we have an out-of-touch (at best) president who is being pressed to war, by who?
Take a look at Jim Naureckas' article from Fair.org and decide Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?
We have a long history of the
mainstream media failing to do their job. It looks like they are doing
it again, stenographically banging Obama's drums of war. My article
offers another take. Cosmetic Savagery- Attack On Syria for Reasons of Image-- Drone Mind at Work?
If you are celebrating Labor Day, enjoy, and please take a moment to support Opednews.com.
best,
rob kall
  Daily Headlines
et's
compare a couple of accounts of the mass deaths apparently caused by
chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21. One
account comes from the U.S. government, introduced by Secretary of State
John Kerry. The other was published by a Minnesota-based news site
called Mint Press News
By Norman Solomon
Obama Will Launch a Huge Propaganda Blitz -- and May Attack Syria Even If He Loses the Vote in Congress 
President
Obama and top Democrats such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will
twist every arm they can to get a "yes" vote for attacking Syria.
Meanwhile, most mainline media pundits, numbingly addicted to war, will
often chastise and denigrate foes of authorization.
It
seems pretty clear, at this point, that President Obama does not have a
serious plan for what to do with Syria. Oh, he wants regime change, but
when it comes to his plan to attack Syria, he has made it clear that
what he wants to do is send a message and make it clear.
Since
the first bisphosphonate to prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis,
Fosamax, was approved in 1995, the widely prescribed drug class has been
linked to jawbone death (osteonecrosis), irregular heartbeat,
intractable pain, esophageal cancer, eye disorders and paradoxically,
bone fractures.
By David Swanson
Caveman Credibility and its Costs Sending a bunch of $3 million missiles into Syria to blow stuff up will kill a great many men, women, and children directly. It will also kill a great many people indirectly, as violence escalates in response -- an established pattern recognized even by the war-promoting Washington Post.
By Abdus-Sattar Ghazali
NYPD declares mosques as terrorist organizations The seven-million strong America Muslim community was shocked to know that the New York Police Department (NYPD) has secretly designated mosques as "terrorist organizations." The Associated Press reported on August 28, 2013 that the designation allowed the police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, even without any evidence of criminal activity.
The
people of the world have reached a critical mass of intolerance towards
the rogue terror states of the US, Britain, France, Israel and a few
other accomplices. We have watched their relentless mass murder and
exploitation of fellow humans in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We have
witnessed how this tiny group of state terrorists imposes on the vast
majority of humanity their vile criminality and in the process then
insult us with grotesque lies and justifications. We have seen how these
rogue states have stolen land, poisoned people's water, burnt their
crops, dispossessed their homes, assassinated families with aerial
drones and ground drones in the form of death squads.
By Georgianne Nienaber
Bakken Oil: Fighting for Control of Fort Berthold and the Three Affiliated Tribes 
Part
I of a series is a cautionary tale about fracking for crude on the Fort
Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota. It is a story
about communication between state and federal agencies and treaty
obligations that are sometimes met, and occasionally ignored.
President
Obama's assessment that the Syrian government used chemical weapons is
classified. As a result, we get only assertions. "Trust me" he says.
That's not enough.
The
Congressional vote which Obama said he would seek appears, in his mind,
to have no binding force at all. There is no reason to believe that a
Congressional rejection of the war's authorization would constrain Obama
in any way, other than perhaps politically.
We
have a corporate press -- beholden to large multi-national corporations
that stand to reap enormous profit from the proposed military campaign
-- busy selling to the American people the notion that yet another
military campaign is justified. Creating a groundswell of support for
the president, and pressure on a Congress just as beholden to the very
same corporations as the media giants are.
By Dennis Trainor, Jr.
Syrian Rebels Claim Saudi Prince Bandar Responsible For Chemical Weapons Attack 
New
evidence is surfacing about just who might be behind the chemical
attacks, a credible view published by a journalist with 20 years middle
East pointing to evidence that the Saudis could have supplied the Rebel
forces with chemical weapons and, in the untrained hands of the rebels,
the Chemical Weapons detonated in a tragic accident.
By Charles Orloski
Daughters of the New Taylor World Order Author reflections upon unique N.E. Pennsylvania ladies, young & old -- their passion, suffering, care and inherent talent to make peace in our dangerous time.
On
Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it
"could be at the verge" of a breakthrough to allow vehicles to
communicate with each other and "transform the nation's surface
transportation safety, mobility and environmental performance."
If the Pacific is to be saved, then it is of dire importance we focus on it now.
Nuclear
power is dangerous and meltdowns are expensive. Nuclear power is so
dangerous that the corporations that build nuclear reactors would not do
so unless they were protected from the liability of a nuclear accident.
As the world has witnessed in Japan, the cost of a nuclear accident far
outstrips the insurance coverage governments have jerry-rigged for the
benefit of the nuclear industry. Ultimately, the public is left holding
the radioactive bag and billions of dollars in accident clean-up costs.
Decimated TX Planned Parenthood Receives $1 Million From Perot Foundation
While
seemingly rushing to war, the U.S. government and corporate media is
omitting some key pieces of evidence regarding who is responsible for
releasing chemical weapons in Syria.
By Gary Brumback
Corporate Charades: Part 3. All the Rest Take away all the corporate charades and see a corporate monster. It's far worse than just saying, "Look, the emperor wears no clothes." The monster is slowly devouring America and the world.
This article aims to explore who may have been behind the chemical attack in Syria and refutes Kerry's allegations
By Franklin Lamb
Countdown to Apocalypse Now? A View From Tehran "How can the American people accept this double standard, where its ok and your government will help to gas Iranians and your enemy's population?" is a common question put to this observer.
World Hesitant to Support Obama's Plan for Syria | Blogcritics
Syria in a nutshell.You can't know what the real picture is unless you know the players and the history.
By Michel Chossudovsky
Dangerous Crossroads. A War on Syria, Prelude to a World War III Scenario? There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya.
As
a war-weary nation gears up for a misguided, politically motivated
attack on Syria, anti-war activists are buoyed by popular support of a
peaceful alternative, and not surprised by the lack of Congressional
resolve for debating Obama's unilateral use of military force.
President Obama should ask for an open debate in Congress on Syria and present the evidence of Syria's use of chemical weapons.
The
White House has invited the chairs and ranking members of six key
national security House and Senate committees to meet with the President
on Tuesday to discuss intervention in Syria. According to a senior
White House official, the invitations are part of a flood the zone
strategy to move congressional opinion in favor of military action.
While
most workers in the US do get some paid time off, few get anywhere near
as much as their counterparts in other countries. And a substantial
number get nothing at all. Twenty-three percent of all workers report
getting neither paid vacation nor paid days off on federal holidays.
By Dave Lindorff
Obama's and Kerry's Big Lie: White House Document "Proving" Syria's Guilt Doesn't Pass Smell Test 
The
White House paper laying out the case for bombing Syria is devoid of
evidence and is laced with lies, says TCBH! journalist Dave Lindorff
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The Real Reasons for a Syrian War
Advances in knowledge that could have provided Americans and others the opportunity to explore the meaning of their lives have instead been squandered in an impossible quest for global 'full spectrum dominance'. Like the Great Games that led to two world wars, players armed with the deadliest weapons science can devise are taking positions for a new 'winner takes all' game. It is not about protecting the Syrian people.
Evidence
of one conspiracy does not prove another, yet -- in today's
hyper-vigilant atmosphere , it is easy to jump to assumptions,
especially when it's related to a hot button issue...
As
Obama goes through the same reasons to illegally invade yet another
sovereign nation let us be reminded doing such is a war crime and a
crime against humanity. Until those making these decisions are brought
to trial it will continue, even escalate. When, and who, will stop it?
Hedge funds have helped to destroy the US economy. Should they now be allowed to take charge of the food supply chain?
Rule of Law
How can you fix a broken system with a broken system?
The
US government know this Disallowing free elections in the Kurdistan
Regional Government (KRG) the little dictator of Kurdistan, Massoud
Barzani, recently used his puppet parliament to reinstate his presidency
for two more years.
"We
hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal. .
. .". It's obvious that there must be some degree of economic
inequality in order to have an incentive system that rewards people
whose special talent and initiative benefit everyone. But how do we make
this inequality consistent with the Declaration's claim that we are all
equal? Does it matter how great the economic inequality gets?
Old Animals and Me
I guess thinking about old age whether in humans or animals can be discouraging. For a certainty old animals don't fare well in this world where man often cares only about himself. I hope one day this will change and we will show compassion to old animals as well.
President
Obama's decision to seek congressional approval before attacking Syria
may represent a needed breather, slowing Official Washington's stampede
into another war, but the only way to stop the bloodshed is to get the
various sides into peace talks -- and it is the U.S.-supported rebels
who won't go.
President Obama Avoids GOP Trap on Syria
GOP congressional leaders tried to have their cake and eat it too on Syria. They spent months screaming at and for President Obama to take action against Syria.
President
Obama deserves kudos for going to Congress, to seek approval for
military strikes against Syria. This country has a long, bloody history
of military actions that were not authorized by Congress. But Congress
must do the right thing, and tell him "no."
"I
guess it was a sentimental kind of attachment, like when you're in an
unhappy marriage but not yet emotionally ready to break away."
Hungary
is pulling away from the European Union. It recently booted the IMF out
of Hungary after it made the last payment on its IMF loans. It has
decided no...
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The
fact is that many of today's politicians can't even bring themselves to
fake respect for ordinary working Americans. If you consider someone
who works hard trying to make ends meet, but also gets some help from
the government, a "taker," you're going to have contempt for a very
large number of American workers and their families.
Robert
McChesney is a professor of media studies and a renowned scholar about
the history and political economy of mass communication. He's the author
of number books, most recently Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is
Turning the Internet Against Democracy and, with John Nichols,
Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying
America. He talked with Eric Ruder about the implications of the
collapse of journalism. THE MEDIA is buzzing about the purchase of the
Washington Post by Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. Why?
What's the importance of this development? THE CONTEXT for the Bezos
purchase is that commercial journalism as we've known it in the United
States for more than a century is dying. It's in its spiral death throes
right now. Capitalists can't make money publishing journalism...
The
Obama administration is using a time-tested pitch to get Congress to
back military strikes in Syria: It will help protect Israel. Israel's
enemies, including Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah, could be
emboldened if Congress fails to approve action against the regime of
Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior administration officials said. And
for the second day in a row, President Barack Obama publicly cited the
threat against Israel if Assad's reported use of chemical weapons goes
unchecked.
Veteran
broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected
heart attack while on board a cruise ship. A family statement said he
had been giving a speech aboard the Queen Elizabeth on Saturday night.
Sir David's career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime
television presenting, including The Frost Report. Internationally, he
will be remembered for his revealing interviews with former US President
Richard Nixon.
Biometric
surveillance is rapidly improving. We need to regulate it. the
Department of Homeland Security is making considerable progress on a
computerized tool called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System. The
system, if completed, will use video cameras to scan people in public
(or will be fed images of people from other sources) and then identify
individuals by their faces, presumably by cross-referencing databases of
driver's license photos, mug shots or other facial images cataloged by
name. While this sort of technology may have benefits for law
enforcement (recall that the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings
were identified with help from camera footage), it also invites abuse.
Imagine how easy it would be, in a society increasingly videotaped and
monitored on closed-circuit television, for the authorities to identify
antiwar protesters or Tea Party marchers...
Nicholas D Kristof: Beauty and the Beasts
“Infrastructure is really crumbling,” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, herself a backpacker, told me. Foreign tourists come to visit America’s “crown jewels” like Yosemite and are staggered by the beauty — and flummoxed by the broken toilets.This fall will probably see a no-holds-barred battle in DC over fiscal issues, and especially the debt limit. But, in a larger sense, it’s a dispute over public goods. So, considering how ineffective Congress is, perhaps we should encourage all 535 members to take a sabbatical and backpack the Pacific Crest TrailWhat an entertaining reality show that would make!Maybe when dwarfed by giant redwoods, recalcitrant politicians would absorb a lesson of nature: We are all part of something larger than ourselves. Perhaps they would gain perspective and appreciate the grandeur of our public lands of which they are such wretched stewards.
12 Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity - NYTimes.com
My kidnapping marked the moment when one life ended and another began. This first hand description of being captive for months in Somalia will open your eyes in a way no news caster ever could.
Ghouta,
Syria -- As the machinery for a U.S.-led military intervention in Syria
gathers pace following last week's chemical weapons attack, the U.S.
and its allies may be targeting the wrong culprit. Interviews with
people in Damascus and Ghouta, a suburb of the Syrian capital, where the
humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders said at least 355 people
had died last week from what it believed to be a neurotoxic agent,
appear to indicate as much. Rebels and local residents in Ghouta accuse
Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan of providing chemical weapons to an
al-Qaida linked rebel group.
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