America's murderous drone campaign is fuelling terror
• www.guardian.co.ukObama's escalation of a war that's already caused thousands of deaths will only destabilise his own allies and bolster al-Qaida
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It may seem painless, but drone war in Afghanistan is destroying the West's reputation
• Peter OborneDrones, supposedly supported by the military establishment in the West, have sparked controversy in countries like Pakistan as they are being increasingly used to wage covert warfare.
Obama Plans War on Syria
Stephen LendmanObama wants more wars
Looming Economic Realities
Stephen LendmanWeakening economies
Spain's Borrowing Costs Near Danger Level: Bailout Next?
• CNBCSpanish 10-year borrowing costs neared the 7 percent danger level and Bankia shares hit record lows on Monday after the government, struggling to sort out its finances, proposed putting sovereign debt into the struggling lender.
Blueford v. Arkansas
• The AgitatorLast week the U.S. Supreme Court found another exception to the Constitution’s prohibition on double jeopardy. I don’t agree with the Court’s decision, but that’s not really even the most objectionable part of this case.
It’s a Long Road to Better
• The AgitatorThis pretty incredible two-part post from the appellatesquawk blog demonstrates how even good policies like videotaping interrogations can be undermined by bad expert witnesses and indifferent judges.
SCOTUS Denies Cert to Cops Who Tasered a Pregnant Woman
• The AgitatorSo these cops were already off the hook for damages. They appealed because they wanted the Supreme Court to forever preserve a police officer’s power to Tase pregnant women who drive 12 miles per hour over the speed limit
Five Wives Vodka
• Lew Rockwell blogYes, there is such a brand. It is distilled in Utah (a Mormon stronghold), but has been banned in Idaho because its label and its name might offend Mormons and women. Idaho regulators have decided not to carry Five Wives Vodka
Were Nazi Soldiers Heroes?
• by Jacob Hornberger (Future of Freedom Foundation)Have you ever noticed that Nazi soldiers, especially those who died in World War II, are never celebrated as heroes? Why is that? Didn’t they answer the call of their government in time of war? Didn’t they serve their country by loyally obeying the d
Walnut Creek DUI Attorney Challenges Validity of Distracted Driving Laws
• San Francisco ChronicleDistracted driving laws are meant to discourage a number of risky behaviors on the road, including texting, talking on a cell phone, and eating behind the wheel. But they are also used as a basis for conducting a pretext stop for to engage in unwarra
U.S. Drone Policy: Standing Within 200 Feet Of A Terrorists Makes You A Terrorist
• New York Times"It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent," the Times reports. "Counterterrorism officials insis
New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks
• New York TimesNew York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.
The U.S. Military May Blanket Afghanistan in Tiny Spy Sensors That Last for Two Decades
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comDuring the Cold War, both sides liberally used the “bug”--the remote listening device--to surreptitiously get wind of what the other side was up to by listening in on a room, a building, or, in the case of East Berlin, an entire city.
Harrisburg mayor: will fight for bankruptcy right
• ReutersThe mayor of Pennsylvania's debt-laden capital city said she will fight for the city's ability to declare bankruptcy after June 30. A state law that bars small Pennsylvania cities from filing for municipal bankruptcy is to expire then.
Japan and China to start direct currency trading on Friday
• www.japantoday.comJapan and China will start direct currency trading this week, Tokyo said Tuesday, the first time Beijing has let a major unit other than the dollar swap with the yuan.
Reality Check: Republican Party Winning The Battle But Losing The War?
• www.dailypaul.comReality Check: Did Mitt Romney Really Secure GOP Nomination With Texas Win?
Debt Crisis: A $46 Trillion Problem Comes Sweeping In
• Telegraph(UK)Bad stuff, they say, comes in threes. We've already got the banking and the eurozone sovereign debt crises. Next comes the corporate funding crisis.
Chemists Outrun Laws in War on Synthetic Drugs
• http://www.wired.com, By Brandon KeimThe war on drugs has a new front, and so far it appears to be a losing one.
Coal and Shale Gas: America's Energy Siblings Are Locked in Rivalry
Marin KatusaCompetition is supposed to make competitors stronger, but when it comes to the battle between coal and shale gas for supremacy as the United States' power-generating fuel of choice, the rivalry instead has each commodity holding the other down.
'Vampire' Plague Victim Spurs Gruesome Debate
• http://www.livescience.com, Charles Q. ChoiWhat may have been an exorcism of a vampire in Venice is now drawing bad blood among scientists arguing over whether gravediggers were attempting to defeat an undead monster.
Smallest Artificial Heart Keeps Baby Alive
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Susan YoungItalian doctors implant tiny pump into a 16-month-old boy awaiting his new heart.
Cheap Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Moves toward Commercialization
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Peter FairleyPrintable photovoltaics could become viable, thanks to a new advance.
Pill Could Reverse Effects of a Stroke Long After It Hits
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Susan YoungOne pharmaceutical company aims to lengthen a stroke's drug-treatable period from hours to months.
Fatty acid found in fish prevents age-related vision loss: U of A medical research
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Raquel MaurierAn omega-3 fatty acid found in fish, known as DHA, prevented age-related vision loss in lab tests, demonstrates recently published medical research from the University of Alberta.
New materials could slash energy costs for CO2 capture
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Jade BoydA detailed analysis of more than 4 million absorbent minerals has determined that new materials could help electricity producers slash as much as 30 percent of the "parasitic energy" costs associated with removing carbon dioxide from power plant emis
Time is ticking for some crop's wild relatives
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Teri BarrA botanist brings a species of alfalfa from Siberia, to the United States. His hope? The plant survives, and leads to a new winter-hardy alfalfa. But what also happened during this time in the late 1800's, isn't just a story of legend and lore.
New report examines effects of trees killed by bark beetles on wildfire
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Sherri EngA recent report analyzing a range of published studies on the impact of bark beetles on trees in the U.S. and Canada provides a more complete picture of the effect of this destructive insect on wildfires.
SpaceX's Private Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth Thursday
• http://www.space.com, by Clara MoskowitzAfter a more than a week in orbit, the private space capsule Dragon is preparing to return to Earth from the International Space Station and cap off its historic mission with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Meteorite Reveals Clues in Search for Life on Mars
• http://www.space.com, StaffA meteorite that fell to Earth 41 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.
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