World-News

TEPCO maintain that the effects of the disaster have been contained. Not so, according to a just published peer reviewed medical paper appearing in the U.S., which indicates that Fukushima s pernicious consequences have traveled across the Pacific.

http://bit.ly/vKeIFv



25,000 radioactive sites in Russia

There are as many as 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing radioactive waste in Russia, emergency ministry officials said Monday.

http://bit.ly/vjq56a


From Information Clearing House



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By Sheldon Richman

As Human Rights Watch put it: 'President Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30089.htm



Recall: Montanans Organize to Remove Senators Who Voted For Traitorous Detainment Bill

By Mac Slavo

One thing is clear with the passage of this legislation, and that is those Senators and Congressman who voted for its passage are violating their oaths to support and protect the Constitution of the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30095.htm



U.S. Lawmakers Get Richer As Voters Struggle

By Andrew Jones

The wealth gap between members of Congress and ordinary Americans is growing larger, with nearly half of all lawmakers now worth more than one million dollars, according to US media reports Tuesday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30093.htm



Occupy Wall Street: How Cash Has Corrupted Congress

By Jeff Smith

Why members of Congress keep getting richer while the rest of the country has flatlined.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30088.htm

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Russia Scolds United States for Human Rights Abuse
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/28-8



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Water flows from the region s melting glaciers have already peaked and are in decline, Michel Baraer, a glaciologist at Canada s McGill University, told Tierramérica. This is happening 20 to 30 years earlier than forecasted.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106312



She s Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying For

Video

This is a non-commercial attempt to highlight the fact that world leaders, irresponsible corporations and mindless 'consumers' are combining to destroy life on earth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30615.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Top earth scientists warn of global ecological emergency
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/02/top-earth-scientists-warn-of-global.html

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Vanishing Glaciers, Then and Now

James Balog, Moyers & Company: Photographer James Balog has been risking his life to document the receding of glaciers as climate change begins taking its toll at the earth s extremities. These pairs of images show the transformation of glaciers in Switzerland, Canada, Iceland and Greenland since 2006.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12226-vanishing-glaciers-then-and-now

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Melting Glaciers in Andes Could Spell Continental Water Crisis in South America
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/23

Watch a City-Sized Glacier Collapse
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/02/13-0



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By Gonzalo Lira

The general public still hasn t quite realized the implications of the MF Global scandal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30085.htm



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By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez

For most Americans, the end of this illegal and immoral war and occupation hardly registers a ripple. The reason: the continued belief in American exceptionalism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30081.htm



Exit America

By Vijay Prashad

Eight years after the war, no justifications remain. It was a dumb war, and it remains so.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30096.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/27-1

Occupy Des Moines To Preempt January 3rd Iowa Caucus
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/12/27-0

People s Caucus Hopes to Give 'Occupy' Nudge to 2012 Election
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/27-3

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OCCUPY the PATHOLOGY of the 1%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73E7n6W5PtQ


From EMR-Updates

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Ten Winning Moments for the 99% in 2011

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: 'Throughout the year, organizers were working around the country, fighting the power of Wall Street, big business, and the right-wing governors who do their bidding. We asked ten of them to talk about the moments that stood out for them this year, the moments that gave them hope. Some are moments you have heard of, some might have slipped past you. But all of them were signs of long-overdue change.'

http://www.truth-out.org/ten-winning-moments-99-2011/1325084815



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The War Propaganda Party; only Ron Paul refuses to join.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer246.html

The Many Benefits of 9/11
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig12/brennan-j5.1.1.html

Welcome to the Police State
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul790.html

Our Obligation to the Future of Mankind
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/rosenberg-p4.1.1.html

Throw the Fascists Out
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo84.1.html

What Government Really Is
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner528.html

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War, corporations, fundamentalism
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10786/

NDAA 2012 strikes at the heart of the Bill of Rights
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10789/

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America s police state and out-of-control imperialism

Freedom s Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

12/27/11

In 2011, Obama continued the destructive pattern he followed in years one and two. Throughout his tenure, he s done what supporters thought impossible. Across the board on domestic and foreign issues, he governed to the right of George Bush...

http://bit.ly/tpEKQQ



Executive kill switch

Reason
by Jacob Sullum

for publication 01/12

Should the president have the power to kill anyone he considers an enemy?
http://reason.com/archives/2011/12/27/executive-kill-switch


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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We are the most warlike nation

By Michael Carmichael

We are the most warlike nation. We must, therefore, be the most warlike people ever to have populated this planet.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30091.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-7

US, Iran Both Squandered Opportunities for Détente
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/28-9

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Justifying War with Iran

By Russ Baker

A growing body of evidence points to a concerted campaign to prepare Americans and the world for war against Iran. This is not idle speculation. It fits a pattern that repeatedly preceded previous hostilities.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30084.htm



Will a U.S. attack on Iran become Obama's 'October Surprise'?

Israelis and many Americans are convinced that President Obama will ultimately back away from attacking Iran. They may be wrong.

http://bit.ly/tWx7XQ


From Information Clearing House

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New war: Just substitute 'Iran' for 'Iraq,' 'nuke' for 'WMD'

Libertarian News Examiner
by Garry Reed

12/27/11

Those who don t read history probably don t know that America s Ruling Sociopaths have manipulated or outright lied the United States into virtually every war it s ever been in. The rulers get power, wealth and glorification in history books while everyone else gets folded flags and bugles played over boxes of their mangled remains. Few seem to see through the warmongering fraud...

http://exm.nr/v9tH3o



US to Iran: Don t you dare act like us

Guardian [UK]

12/28/11

Tensions between the United States and Iran have dangerously ratcheted up as naval officials with America s Fifth Fleet warned any attempt by Iran to close a strategically vital oil route through the Strait of Hormuz would 'not be tolerated.' The news heightens a sense of growing crisis in the Persian Gulf after two days of threats by senior Iranian figures that they might shut down the important trade route in response to any future international sanctions against the country s oil exports...

http://bit.ly/taP2kr


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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As US Readies Sanctions, Iran Threatens to Block Oil Route

David E. Sanger, The New York Times News Service: 'An Iranian official delivered a sharp threat in response to economic sanctions being readied by the United States, saying [Iran] would retaliate ? by blocking all oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for transporting about one-fifth of the world's oil supply.'

http://www.truth-out.org/us-readies-sanctions-iran-threatens-block-oil-route/1325081423



Crackpot Anti-Islam Activists, 'Serial Fabricators' and the Tale of Iran and 9/11

Gareth Porter, Truthout: 'Behind a mysterious December 22 Associated Press story about 'finding of fact' by a District judge in Manhattan Friday that Iran assisted al Qaeda in the planning of the 9/11 attacks is a tapestry of recycled fabrications and distortions of fact from a bizarre cast of characters.... The only real effect of the case is to promote right-wing political myths about Iran.'

http://www.truth-out.org/crackpot-anti-islam-activists-serial-fabricators-and-tale-iran-and-911/1325172724

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The Strait of Hurmuz, oil shipments, and regional conflict in the Middle East
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/iranus-sabre-rattling/the-strait-of-hurmuz-oil-shipments-and-regional-conflict-in-the-middle-east.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-8



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-6

Support Attracted by Ron Paul Sends Chills
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-5

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Better than Obama: Why the Establishment is Terrified of Ron Paul

By Dave Lindorff

Ron Paul says he d end the wars, end the drug 'war' and 'war' on terror, and respect the Bill of Rights. Who else would do that?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30079.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/12/27

Kill Lists, Blind Spots Expand As Obama s Drone War Grows
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/28

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Robot war video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TyJoJUs14bc

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Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing

In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance of other adversaries.

http://wapo.st/rW0VK7



A network of 'targeted killing' machines is run in secrecy

By Joseph Kishore

A network of 'targeted killing' machines is run in secrecy, behind the backs of the American people and with virtually no congressional oversight.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30103.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The War at Home: Militarized Local Police Tap Post-9/11 Grants to Stockpile Combat Gear, Use Drones

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: 'Since 9/11, local law enforcement agencies have used $34 billion in federal grants to acquire military equipment such as bomb-detection robots, digital communications equipment and Kevlar helmets?. Local police departments have also added drones to their toolkit?. The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a new report that calls on the government to establish privacy protections for surveillance by unmanned aerial drones, especially of people engaged in protests.'

http://www.truth-out.org/war-home-militarized-local-police-tap-post-911-grants-stockpile-combat-gear-use-drones/1325086173



Contractors' Role Grows in Drone Missions, Worrying Some in the Military

David S. Cloud, McClatchy Newspapers: 'America s growing drone operations rely on hundreds of civilian contractors, including some, such as the SAIC employee, who work in the so-called kill chain before Hellfire missiles are launched, according to current and former military officers, company employees and internal government documents. Relying on private contractors has brought corporations that operate for profit into some of America s most sensitive military and intelligence operations. And using civilians makes some in the military uneasy.'

http://www.truth-out.org/contractors-role-grows-drone-missions-worrying-some-military/1325271287



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-0

Economic Downturn Took a Detour at Capitol Hill
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/27-9

Unlimited Presidential Fundraising: The Curse Of Steve Forbes
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/27-10

American Rejection of Science Puts Democracy At Risk
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/27-6

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The Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised

By Chris Hedges

African-Americans used faith to survive and resist, and fight, while whites used faith in order to terrorize black people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30195.htm



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Der Bundespräsident hat Offenheit demonstriert, die keine ist, und damit den Vertrauensverlust in die Politikerkaste verstärkt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36148/1.html



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