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The message was clear: In the United States those in prison deserve it; in foreign lands they are imprisoned unjustly. The Disneyfication of Alcatraz is the equivalent of turning one of Stalin's gulags into a prison-themed amusement park. Prisons are institutionalized evil. And whitewashing evil is a moral monstrosity.
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has a message for the corporations and Republicans who are spreading income inequality. Grayson warned that the greed of corporations could spawn a new political movement that could take them down.Grayson was correct. History has shown that once people get pushed too far, they push back. There is a reason yesterday's Walmart Black Friday protests were the biggest ever. The same income inequality fostering dynamic that means workers starve while the wealthy and corporations profit also plays a large role in creation of the environment that leads to people brawling in stores to get those "doorbuster" deals on Black Friday.
By Larry Fisher
When the U.S. Government Gives You a Lemon (oligarchy), Restructure and Make Lemonade
This article describes the last 5 administrations and 3 govt. branches' covert actions to unconstitutionally transition a solvent democracy into a debt-ridden oligarchy as a 36 year crime spree. But, there is no reason why Americans cannot change this corrupt politician's oligarchy (this lemon) into lemonade and implement a universal democratic government model (UDGM) that works not just for Americans but for all citizens.
When the U.S. Government Gives You a Lemon (oligarchy), Restructure and Make Lemonade
This article describes the last 5 administrations and 3 govt. branches' covert actions to unconstitutionally transition a solvent democracy into a debt-ridden oligarchy as a 36 year crime spree. But, there is no reason why Americans cannot change this corrupt politician's oligarchy (this lemon) into lemonade and implement a universal democratic government model (UDGM) that works not just for Americans but for all citizens.
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There is an old saying that prosecutors can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich -- and statistics bear that out. But the police slaying of a young African-American man in Missouri received startlingly different treatment with the grand jury almost invited to exonerate the officer, says Marjorie Cohn.
parents are intent on policing the boundaries, lest a child whose parents haven't paid the "tuition" reap the same advantages as their own child. Hell hath no fury like an upscale parent who thinks another kid is getting an unfair advantage by sneaking in under the fence.
Evgeny Morozov: Internet giants are exploring new ways to raise cash from their users. do we want to live in a world where our access to basic goods, and even each other... is mediated solely by the market, either in the form of advertising or fees? Most of us easily grasp the implications of this logic when applied to physical spaces and services -- and yet, having bought into the neoliberal fantasies of Silicon Valley and its cheerleaders, our intuition fails us on most things digital. At this rate, we would soon be paying both for our intelligence services and the tools that protect us from them.
Athens 1944: Britain's dirty secret
When 28 civilians were killed in Athens, it wasn't the Nazis who were to blame, it was the British. Ed Vulliamy and Helena Smith reveal how Churchill's shameful decision to turn on the partisans who had fought on our side in the war sowed the seeds for the rise of the far right in Greece today.
When 28 civilians were killed in Athens, it wasn't the Nazis who were to blame, it was the British. Ed Vulliamy and Helena Smith reveal how Churchill's shameful decision to turn on the partisans who had fought on our side in the war sowed the seeds for the rise of the far right in Greece today.
A little naivete can go a long way.
CNN's Candy Crowley tried to spin Obama as an unpopular president coming down the homestretch of his second term, but she was quickly straightened out by a panel of historians who discussed the fact that the president still has plenty of juice left....
Autism's Gut-Brain Connection
Treatment for autism may one day come in the form of a probiotic - live, 'friendly' bacteria like those found in yogurt.Among autistic children's most common health complaints? Gastrointestinal problems. Although estimates vary widely, some studies have concluded that up to 90 percent of autistic children suffer from tummy troubles. According to the CDC, they're more than 3.5 times more likely to experience chronic diarrhea and constipation than their normally developing peers.
Treatment for autism may one day come in the form of a probiotic - live, 'friendly' bacteria like those found in yogurt.Among autistic children's most common health complaints? Gastrointestinal problems. Although estimates vary widely, some studies have concluded that up to 90 percent of autistic children suffer from tummy troubles. According to the CDC, they're more than 3.5 times more likely to experience chronic diarrhea and constipation than their normally developing peers.
Pope Francis has urged Muslim leaders around the world to condemn terrorism carried out in the name of Islam.
The body of an Ohio State University football player who had been missing since Wednesday was found in a dumpster near campus, Columbus police said on Sunday evening. Kosta Karageorge, a 22-year-old defensive lineman, is believed to have been killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Sgt. Rich Weiner. The body was found along with a handgun in a dumpster near Karageorge's apartment.
They are the original inhabitants of the land called Australia by the white man. They have been there since the beginning of time, since the dream time, when everything they know was created. Their people know how to sing each and every place of this sacred country, while they contemplate Gee, the Sun God. Each song is a living map, which describes a specific path, the course of a river, a mountain or forest. If you brought together all these songs, which are passed down from generation to generation, and which come from dreams, they would compose the map of Australia.
Malcolm Eves, a retired New Zealand financial adviser: "It's unusual for me to agree with everything that a Green Party politician says but in the instance of Paul Bailey's Talking Point on Friday, November 7, he is right on the money. So far as known, this TPP agreement is potentially quite evil. This agreement is being negotiated in secrecy at the insistence of the United States negotiators representing corporate America that want to dominate, it's US "exceptionalism" in practice.
As a potential first woman president preaching a subversive economic message, Elizabeth Warren offers a historic opportunity to the Left--perhaps our wedge to fomenting "permanent revolution." Since economics is the key to everything, this is a case of trusting NOT the messenger, but the latent subversiveness of the message. If Leftists fail to seize this historic opportunity, we richly deserve our "Born to Lose" tattoo.
The U.S. economy finally seems to be climbing out of the deep hole it entered during the global financial crisis. Unfortunately, Europe, the other epicenter of crisis, can't say the same. Unemployment in the euro area is stalled at almost twice the U.S. level, while inflation is far below both the official target and outright deflation has become a looming risk. If you try to identify countries whose policies were way out of line before the crisis and have hurt Europe since the crisis, and that refuse to learn from experience, everything points to Germany as the worst actor.
Washington's aggression amounts to a gamble with all our lives. There would be no winner, only nuclear Armageddon for the entire planet.
The record is unmistakable and distressing. Israel deals with its Palestinian and Lebanese neighbors in terms of total annihilation, a reality known to those Western political leaders who rushed to support Israel's 2014 Gaza invasion with a mantra dictated from Tel Aviv, "Israel has a right to defend itself."
Benayoun's poetic masterpiece of sheer, undiluted hatred reflects the mood of a large part of Israeli Jews at this point in time. The latest events in Jerusalem have created a climate in which racist hatred can raise its ugly head without shame. THE CENTER of racism is the government itself. It is completely dominated by the most extreme Right -- indeed, there is nothing to the right of it.
Like a student who waited until the night before a deadline, lawmakers resuming work Monday will try to cram two years of leftover business into two weeks, while also seeking to avoid a government shutdown. Their to-do list includes keeping the government running into the new year, renewing expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses and approving a defense policy measure that has passed for more than 50 years in a row.
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By Martin Hill
Pope Saint John Paul II on "The Propaganda Machine, Widespread Use Of Another Deadly Instrument Of War"
Pope Saint John Paul II on "The Propaganda Machine, Widespread Use Of Another Deadly Instrument Of War"
Pope Saint John Paul II warns of war propaganda
The Salaita case is not the only recent attempt to intimidate academics critical of Israel. An organization calling itself AMCHA ("your people" in Hebrew) and purporting to work for the "protection of Jewish students" has posted a list of over 200 professors who support the boycott of Israel. They too have been judged anti-Semitic and Jewish students are urged by the organization to avoid their classes.
By Zin Linn
Burma's constitutional crisis crack up its reform
Burma's political scenario in last quarter of 2014 seems more complicated than ever because there will be do-or-die struggles between the 'pro-2008 Constitution faction' and 'anti-2008 Constitution parties' that is basically connected with the presidential selection in 2015.
Burma's constitutional crisis crack up its reform
Burma's political scenario in last quarter of 2014 seems more complicated than ever because there will be do-or-die struggles between the 'pro-2008 Constitution faction' and 'anti-2008 Constitution parties' that is basically connected with the presidential selection in 2015.
By Thomas Farrell
Will the Ferguson Protests Lead to a Republican Replay from the 1960s?
In the 1968 presidential election, Richard M. Nixon ran a law-and-order campaign and won. Riots in certain cities had followed the assassination in 1968 of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Anti-war protests against the Vietnam War had also become fairly common. So Nixon's campaign appealed to many voters. But will Republicans today now try to use the Ferguson protests to replay Nixon's 1968 campaign in the 2016 elections?
Will the Ferguson Protests Lead to a Republican Replay from the 1960s?
In the 1968 presidential election, Richard M. Nixon ran a law-and-order campaign and won. Riots in certain cities had followed the assassination in 1968 of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Anti-war protests against the Vietnam War had also become fairly common. So Nixon's campaign appealed to many voters. But will Republicans today now try to use the Ferguson protests to replay Nixon's 1968 campaign in the 2016 elections?
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