Captured by law enforcement after what was often a violent 24-hour manhunt. the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings last Monday now recovers in a hospital under the careful watch of state and federal officials. With considerable video evidence of his role in the crime, few think Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent of participating in [...]
Americans are more tolerant than ever of marijuana use, with a majority believing that it should be legalized and that using the drug should not be considered a “moral” issue. National sentiment is trending alongside many states, with new laws allowing medical pot or decriminalizing most marijuana use altogether being passed or prevailing in voter [...]
SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HEARING THROWS A WHIFF OF TRANSPARENCY INTO TARGETED DRONE ASSASSINATIONS BY U.S. AGENCIES. Hearings for John Brennan, current counter-intelligence chief and Obama’s nominee for director of C.I.A., show signs of restlessness of some Senators like the chair of the committee, Dianne Feinstein. Expressing frustration at the difficulty of the committee in [...]
FORGET A “SLIPPER SLOPE.” THE LEAKED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MEMO ON KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS IS DOWNRIGHT TERRIFYING. Reaction has been strong to news of a leaked Justice Department memo that bluntly lays out the Obama administration’s justification for its highly controversial and legally questionable use of drone strikes to kill suspected “terrorists.” Language in [...]
Unparalleled victories at the ballot box in the 2012 election have elevated the debate over marijuana policy in ways that were unimaginable only a decade ago, setting up an inevitable showdown over authority between states and a federal government intent on whether “weed” should be treated like alcohol or a more dangerous substance. The looming [...]
MASSA’S IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND—BUT THE LEGACY OF WHITE SLAVEOWNER DOMINANCE LIVES ON IN ATLANTA. (Black Agenda Report) Bruce Dixon so describes the situation there, as a nuclear and “clean coal” developing outfit, Southern Companies, will hold a downtown celebration next month of its supposed civic virtues, including the showing of a corporate-friendly film [...]
THE “ONE PERCENT” IS DOING BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT. MUCH BETTER… (Wall Street Journal) Between the rise of “Occupy Wall Street” and a nationwide surge in discussion over income inequality, most Americans are aware that the fabled “one percent” — the very top of the country’s economic food chain — are doing far better than the “99 [...]
ARMS DEPOT EXPLOSION IN CONGO: THE DEATH TOLL THAT DIDN’T HAVE TO BE. (Christian Science Monitor) Explosion of government arms depot in capital city of Brazzaville produces at least 213 deaths of residents in the area. Observers note that this death toll was the result of “bad urban planning” if not outright corruption of DRC [...]
DID IRANIAN AGENTS ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES WITH THE HELP OF A MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL? (Antiwar.com) Sounds perfectly reasonable, right? This is the bizarre case being made by the US government following the announcement on Tuesday that two Iranians were apprehended based on their role in the [...]
THINKING THAT IMPENDING U.S.-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WILL HELP THE MASS OF COLOMBIAN PEOPLE? KAREN HANSEN-KUHN SAYS THINK AGAIN. (Common Dreams) Director of a trade and agriculture institute devoted to promoting development interests of developing countries, Hansen-Kuhn sees in Obama administration’s proposed trade pact for Colombia merely a continuation of “free trade” agreements like those [...]
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