Monday, December 16, 2013

Fed. Dist Court Judge Leon Rules Against NSA and in favor of Klayman wrt phone records/WSJ

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From the WSJ: WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Monday ruled against the National Security Agency's collection of phone records, saying t...

Anonymous sources are increasing in news stories, along with rather curious explanations/ Washington Post

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

More harm than Good? Statins, Acid Blockers (PPIs) and ARBs for blood pressure/ Pamela Weintraub

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Pam Weintraub, editor of Discover Magazine, has an in-depth piece on problems with commonly used drugs on the ExperienceLife website.   T...

F.D.A. Restricts Antibiotics' Use for Livestock

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For 60 years, US factory farms have included broad-spectrum antibiotics in the feed for livestock. It is said to promote growth. It also pro...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Is the NSA Blackmailing Its Overseers In Washington?/ Washington's Blog

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Are the Intelligence Committees Being Blackmailed? During the Vietnam war, the  NSA spied on  two prominent politicians – Senators Frank ...

217 Congress members who voted NOT to rein in the NSA's phone spying dragnet received double the defense industry campaign contributions as those who voted to rein in/ WIRED

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard McKeon, (R-California), speaks to reporters following a closed-door briefing on Ca...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

No Nation Wants to Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons, So Destruction to take Place on the High Seas / Bloomberg

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Although Secretary of State Kerry said there were multiple nations with whom the US was negotiating to take and destroy Syria's chemical...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Irish narcolepsy patients told they would lose medical benefits if they sued; today gov't rescinds threat

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The risk of narcolepsy was 13 times higher among those given the Pandemrix vaccine y Ireland's Health Services (HSE) wrote to f...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Seymour Hersh: Obama Administration Distorted the Facts Surrounding Syrian Chemical Weapons

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Hersh has written an in-depth piece on the intelligence about Syria's chemical weapons attack in the London Review of Books , suggesting...
Saturday, December 7, 2013

Don't Worry Americans, We're Just Going Through You to Get to Him / Editorial Cartoon

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http://www.gocomics.com/stevebenson/2013/09/08#.UqKtwmRDsrd Steve Benson  by Steve Benson September 08, 2013 Previous feature Next ...
Friday, December 6, 2013

International (Un) Law: 54 Countries collaborated with US extraordinary rendition program/ Washington Post

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How do governments do business with each other?  Of course they often share goals, and may benefit jointly from certain actions.  But at the...

Obama misleads us on NSA surveillance/ NY Times, NBC

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From NBC   we learn Obama is going to give Americans more "confidence" in the NSA.   "I'll be proposing some self- restra...