Libyans after voting -- Photo from Voices 4 Libya
IS IT 2005 AGAIN? LIBYA HOLDS “FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN A HALF CENTURY”—AND THE WORLD’S CORPORATE MEDIA ARE RIGHT THERE TO CHEER AGAIN.
)Dissident Voices)
UK watchdog group Media Lens notes that, as Yogi Berra infamously said, “it’s deja vu all over again” as Libya holds a “democratic election” in which virtually none of the conditions—like public order and viable opposition parties–of truly democratic elections have been fulfilled. Rather, as in the Iraqi “first in 50 years” election of 2005, these media—which had supported the overthrowing of Saddam Hussein that led to these elections—provide justification for their support for military removal of a “dictator” by calling “demonstration elections” truly democratic ones. Any bets on the next “milestone” election as the Syrian regime begins to “topple” under foreign-encouraged assaults?
MAYBE IT’S TIME TO PUT GRANNY ON THE POT.
(Alternet)
Clint Werner for Alternet reviews a new book on marijuana which touts the medicinal use of cannabis in treating illnesses ranging from Alzheimer’s to some forms of cancer. Is it time to take medical use of pot out of the closet into the spotlight of legitimate medical practice?
”PENSION CUTS, RISING MEDICAL COSTS, SHRINKING STOCK PORTFOLIOS AND FALLING PROPERTY VALUES.”
(New York Times)
These are some of the reasons being offered for recent findings that older Americans have suffered loss of their homes through mortgage foreclosures at rates 8 times the increase for other age groups. “Secure old age,” if based on the security of home ownership, seems to be receding into the sunset of the twilight years.
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Quote of the day…
The killings at the heart of the case – of three U.S. citizens, including a 16-year-old, in Yemen where the U.S. was not at war – provide the judiciary a chance to do what Americans tell judges around the world to do. Have the courage to apply the law to those wielding political power.
Mary Ellen Connell international law expert at University of Notre Dame, commenting on a lawsuit against U.S. government for drone killings in Yemen in which U.S. citizen bystanders were killed in “kill list” targets of alleged terrorists.
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