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ACTA: The War on Progress, Freedom, and Human Civilization
Gennady Stolyarov II
Ludwig von Mises Institute
August 3rd, 2010
A clandestine international treaty is currently being negotiated among parties including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the European Union, Japan, Singapore, and Morocco. It can justly be called the greatest threat of our time to the advancement of human civilization. Considering the magnitude of the other abuses of power pervading the world today, this might seem an exaggeration, but the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) contravenes every principle of civilized society, both in its content and in the nature of the proceedings leading to its creation.
It threatens to undo the accomplishments of the great Internet revolution and to thrust humankind back to a time when individuals had no public voice and no countervailing power against politically privileged mercantilist institutions. ACTA tramples on essential rights that have achieved even mainstream recognition: innocence until one is proven guilty, due process, personal privacy, and fair use of published content. Moreover, because of its designation as a trade agreement, ACTA could be imposed on the people of the United States by the president, without even a vote of Congress.
Who Will Really Inherit the Earth?
Mike Adams
Natural News
August 3rd, 2010
The day will soon come that informed women will refuse to date, marry or have children with men who follow poor nutritional habits. “You eat junk foods? Put your pants back on and get out!”
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You see, scientific evidence is mounting on the relationship between food choice and genetic integrity. Men who eat a lot of processed meats, fast foods and junk foods have low sperm quality. But it’s more than just an infertility question… it’s also a question of the transgenerational genetic integrity of his offspring.
A man who pursues an unhealthy diet, it turns out, not only increases the risk of numerous diseases in his direct offspring (cancer, diabetes, infertility, etc.), he also increases that risk for multiple generations of offspring.
We Are Change San Francisco Meets David Rothschild
9/11 Health Bill's Defeat is a 'Disgrace,' Say First Responders, Local Pols
Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo.com
July 30th, 2010
LOWER MANHATTAN — Charles Giles was not in Washington Thursday night to watch the House of Representatives defeat the 9/11 health bill.
Giles, 42, an EMT who rushed into the North Tower shortly before it collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, was stuck at home in New Jersey, where his failing lungs and heart keep him confined to bed.
“If I don’t get my medical care, I’m going to die,” Giles said in a phone interview Friday morning. “What happened last night is a total disgrace. Our government is totally broken.”
The $7.4 billion Zadroga Act, named for fallen NYPD Detective James Zadroga who died from a 9/11-induced lung ailment, would reopen the victims’ compensation fund and provide medical monitoring and treatment for the first responders, residents, workers and students who were hurt or became ill in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
The bill failed to achieve the two-thirds majority it needed to pass Thursday night, based on the special rules used to bring the measure to the floor. The 255-to-159 vote broke roughly down party lines, with most Democrats supporting the measure and most Republicans opposing it.
The House is expected to vote on the bill again this fall under different rules, when a simple majority would pass it.
But that may not come soon enough for first responders like Giles, who said he has been diagnosed with a variety of illnesses and takes 39 medications a day.
Giles said he suffered first and second-degree burns and a scratched cornea in the collapse of the North Tower, but he checked himself out of the hospital on the afternoon of Sept. 11 and returned to the site that evening. Over the next several months, he said he logged 497 hours there doing rescue and recovery work.
“We gave our hearts and souls on 9/11,” Giles said. “Congress doesn’t see that. All they care about is the almighty dollar.”
The House’s vote also drew censure from lower Manhattan politicians and activists Friday.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the vote “outrageous.” He slammed both the Republicans who voted against the bill and the Democrats who brought it to the floor under the special rules that required a two-thirds majority.
Allan Tannenbaum, a TriBeCa resident who documented first responder illnesses through a project called “9/11: Still Killing,” said he was “disgusted” with both parities.
“I’m wondering what kind of country we live in where we can’t come together and do the right thing,” Tannenbaum said. “Congress passed huge bailouts of billions of dollars to banks, and yet they can’t find a way to provide health maintenance and monitoring?”
Julie Menin, chairwoman of Community Board 1, called the vote “a slap in the face.”
“It’s unacceptable,” she said. “It’s basically akin to, ‘Drop dead, New York.’”
John Feal, a 9/11 first responder who lost half of his left foot at Ground Zero, is planning rallies this weekend in New York and this fall in Washington.
Feal said he was tired of partisan politics.
“At the end of the day, it’s the 9/11 responders who suffer,” he said.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20100730/downtown/911-health-bills-defeat-is-disgrace-say-first-responders-local-pols#ixzz0vJE5n4f9
U of M Study: People Don't Mind Big Brother
Erik Runge and Mary Costello
FOX 9 News
June 5th, 2010
Minneapolis, Minn. – By the number of drivers who contest their traffic tickets, you’d think there’d be total distain for the number of squad cars on the road.
Not so.
It turns out, perhaps the opposite.
What a new study is really saying is people are more open to different kinds of enforcement to keep themselves and others safe.
One group that knows that very well is the State Patrol.
“The charger right now is one of the most effective tools that we have,” says Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Scott Wahl.
When Wahl goes to work, he goes in style.
The State Patrol has five of unmarked Dodge Chargers out on the roads, and troopers use them to sneak right up on people breaking the law.
“There’s a term- ‘trained observer.’ That’s what we are. We are looking for violations.”
Speeders, seatbelts, anything really- it doesn’t take Sgt. Wahl long to find one this Satruday.
The Charger does have a fault, Wahl says. It can’t be everywhere. 148 people have died on Minnesota roadways this year. Many were not wearing seatbelts… just 148 reasons, perhaps, why many people are supporting more traffic safety policies.
According to a new University of Minnesota national survey, 82 percent of people are all for sobriety check points.
88 percent are for ingniton locks for convicted drunk drivers. 88 percent also support graduated driver’s licenses so young drivers can gain experience behind the wheel before going out on the road. 72 percent say you should get pulled over and ticketed for not wearing your seatbelt.
As far as enforcing speed limits and seatbelt laws, people are in favor of using automated cameras to catch violators, though when you ask about using undercover cars like the Charges you get mixed signals.
“I’m not for the use of undercover cars,” one driver told us. “I don’t think it’s right to trick people.”
“I think people should be accepting of this,” another driver said. “It’s keeping the roads safer for them. That’s the bottom line.”
So think of this as fair warning. Sgt. Wahl is out there. Even if you don’t notice him, he’s looking at you.
“We’re sneaky with those things,” he says. “Put that seatbelt on everytime you get in the car.”
A Cry For Help From A Political Prisoner
Robert Wanek
We Are Change Minnesota
June 1st, 2010
Robert’s lawyer writes:
Your Honor, I’m gonna object to this line of questioning. I don’t see the relevancy of any of this. These are postings made long after any restraining order has ever been entered by the Court. They have nothing to do with anything concerning Mr. Robert Wanek directly. I mean he’s making postings on his facebook. Pretty soon he won’t be able to write to his mom. It’s irrelevant.
That’s how bad the infringements on Robert’s rights have become.
Satire: Alex Jones Becomes a Super Saiyan
When False Flags Don't Fly
James Corbett
April 19th, 2010
The Corbett Report
Full transcript with links at Corbett Report.com.
We Are Change Talks to Stephen Colbert
“I just want to say that, anybody out there watching, that if you’re in the secretive Bilderberg group, please don’t assassinate freelance reporters. It’s just not nice guys. It’s not nice. And please, call me, call me. You owe me one buddy. (points to Luke in the audience) Now they gotta go through me.”
View the episode on ColbertNation.com
Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO24XmP1c5E&feature=player_embedded