“OUR GOAL WAS TO SHUT DOWN A PORTION OF AMERICA FOR A WHOLE DAY.” Producer of a new TV series, “House of Cards,” says this with a “laugh,” but it is no laughing matter to TV producers who are catering to a new kind of “binge-watching” among fans of particular TV programs. Rather than [...]
The world’s largest purveyor of sugary drinks has made an unprecedented public embrace of its own culpability in America’s struggle with obesity and the costs associated with an overweight population. A new video released by Coca-Cola to considerable buzz bluntly labels obesity the “issue of this generation” and makes a vague admission that calories from [...]
OBAMA CARE LIVES! (BUT FOR HOW LONG?). (Yahoo News) The Supreme Court delivers its long-awaited verdict on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. In a 5-4 decision, conservative Chief Justice Roberts joins the “liberal” members of the Court in upholding virtually all of the law, including the controversial “individual mandate” to require everyone to [...]
President Obama’s signature health care reform law is now at the mercy of the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices will make their final ruling in private on Friday after several days of often contentious hearings. The Court’s official verdict on whether or not the “Affordable Care Act” is constitutional will not be known publicly until June at the earliest, [...]
WITH NO OPTIONS “OFF THE TABLE,” THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL ARE INCREASINGLY ALONE IN THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO A “NUCLEAR” IRAN. (UK Daily Mail) President Obama had tough words for Iran as he met with world leaders at an Asia-Pacific conference in Hawaii this week, promising to lead the diplomatic efforts against supposed Iranian [...]
MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR CONOCO AND EXXON: THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF GADDAFI. (Global Research) Review of WikiLeak State Department change makes it clear that the neither the promotion of “democracy” nor the “protection” of civilians was the relevant driver of the current NATO operation. Instead, it was Gaddafi’s threat to “nationalize” [...]
LIBYAN REBELS AND NATO AIR STRIKES: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU CALL FOR! (BBC News) For at least the second time recently a NATO raid, supposedly to protect civilians, has hit a target of rebel fighters: those who have bitterly complained of slowdown of air strikes in their support. Around 13 rebels are killed in the [...]
GERMANY AS TEAM PLAYER WITH OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES? NOT SO MUCH THESE DAYS. (New York Times) Chancellor Andrea Merkel raises hackles both in Germany and among the country’s “allies” in the U.S., E.U. and NATO by showing a proclivity to go it alone on issues of international concern. Abstaining in the UN vote to approve [...]
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