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How the Government, CIA and Banks Profit From Illegal Drugs
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t r u t h o u t | 06.24
How the US Government, Banks, Prison-Industrial Complex, Corrupt Officials,=
Businesses, Law Enforcement, Racists and the CIA Profit From Illegal Drugs=
=20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9937-how-the-us-government-banks-prison-indu=
strial-complex-corrupt-officials-businesses-law-enforcement-racists-and-the=
-cia-benefit-from-illegal-drugs
Mark Karlin, Truthout: "Minus the gruesome violence in their host countries=
, drug cartels are just illegal businessmen, so the business class in the U=
S can relate to them, as can the CIA. They are aggressive, ruthless and gre=
edy, not unlike some of their bankers on Wall Street. The cost of a drug wa=
r to achieve geopolitical objectives then is immense in the loss of life, t=
he breakdown of civil society in the nations affected in Latin America, and=
in the moral grounding, racial injustice and credibility of our government=
al and business institutions."=20
Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Presidential Election
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9951-muslim-brotherhood-wins-egyptian-presid=
ential-election
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times News Service: "Election regulators=
named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first =
competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic t=
riumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military =
council=E2=80=A6. The chairman of the election commission, Farouk Sultan, a=
nnounced that Mr. Morsi had won 51.7 percent of the runoff vote completed l=
ast weekend. The other candidate, the former general Ahmed Shafik, won 48.3=
percent."=20
Ten Leaders Building a New LGBT Politics in the South and Midwest
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9952-ten-leaders-building-a-new-lgbt-politic=
s-in-the-south-and-midwest
Jamilah King, Colorlines.com: "The movement for LGBT rights and community h=
as expanded well beyond the once-dominant circles of Washington, D.C., New =
York and California. Today, leaders in the South and Midwest are working to=
build their own political communities in their own ways - and increasingly=
, that means creating links between LGBT rights and the many other issues t=
hat impact their lives, including racial justice.... But just who are some =
of the folks leading that shift?"
Suppressing Democracy 101
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9950-suppressing-democracy-101
Lamar W. Hankins, The Rag Blog: "Both major political parties have been gui=
lty in the past of rejecting democratic values in order to give their party=
's candidates an advantage. Now the right to vote is under attack mainly by=
Republicans who reject democratic values. They want to discard the right t=
hat John Lewis has fought for all of his life and that Lyndon B. Johnson ca=
lled 'the basic right, without which all others are meaningless.'"
Philadelphia City Council Says Stop Funding the War Machine
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9957-philadelphia-city-council-says-stop-fun=
ding-the-war-machine
Jane Dugdale, War Is A Crime: "Philadelphia City Council, by a vote of 15-2=
, passed a resolution 'calling on the U.S. Congress to bring all U.S. troop=
s home from Afghanistan, to take the funds saved by that action and by sign=
ificantly cutting the Pentagon budget, and to use that money to fund educat=
ion, public and private sector family-sustaining job creation, special prot=
ections for military sector workers, environmental and infrastructure resto=
ration, care for veterans and their families, and human services that our c=
ities and states so desperately need.'"
Yes, Barack Obama Thinks We're Stupid (Immigration Edition)
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9955-yes-barack-obama-thinks-were-stupid-=
immigration-edition
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism: "Recently, Barack Obama announced a laudabl=
e new policy position on immigration. His administration will no longer dep=
ort undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children by=
their parents, as long as they don't get in trouble with the law. These ar=
e people who are essentially Americans without citizenship, and the risk of=
deportation to a country they don't really know is a terrifying and unfair=
=E2=80=A6. It's worth understanding how this policy change came about, so t=
hat one can get a sense of the incentives that animate the White House poli=
cy shop."=20
Obama Campaign Attacks Romney's Bain Outsourcing, But Support for Outsourci=
ng is Bipartisan Corruption
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9956-obama-campaign-attacks-romneys-bain-out=
sourcing-but-support-for-outsourcing-is-bipartisan-corruption
Zaid Jilani, Republic Report: "So, as the record stands, President Obama, t=
oo, is also supportive of outsourcing. But Obama did not pass these trade d=
eals alone. He had strong backing from many Senate Democrats and from most =
of the Republican party. This support materialized despite the fact that th=
ere is strong public opposition to 'free trade' policies that privilege inv=
estor rights and do not protect worker and environmental rights. Powerful l=
obbies continue to push for a regulatory and trade structure that promotes =
outsourcing."=20
US Drone Strikes Setting Dangerous Global Precedent
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9947-us-drone-strikes-setting-dangerous-glob=
al-precedent
Isabelle de Grave, Inter Press Service: "U.S. counterterrorism measures are=
under intense scrutiny from United Nations (U.N.) experts and civil rights=
groups declaring drone strikes illegal under current frameworks. During th=
e 20th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva from Jun. 18 to J=
ul. 6, these experts declared such measures in urgent need of greater accou=
ntability and transparency."=20
A Biblical Threat to National Security
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9953-a-biblical-threat-to-national-security
Kelley B. Vlahos, Anti-War.com: "Can a Bible be a 'threat to national secur=
ity'? For years, the government has employed the risk of 'national security=
' excuse to infringe on a wide range of freedoms - like the right to pass t=
hrough an airport security checkpoint unmolested, or read library books wit=
hout Big Brother peeking over your shoulder. Michael L. 'Mikey' Weinstein i=
s trying to prove that there is more than one way to put the country at ris=
k, and he's found it in a heretofore unlikely place: the Bible."=20
Coinstar: Or, Why the Poor Gamble
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9954-coinstar-or-why-the-poor-gamble
Mary Sojourner, New Clear Vision: "I pulled into the cheapest gas station t=
o fill up. The cheapest gas in the cheapest gas station was $4.15 a gallon.=
I shoved my credit card (SHOVED is the operative term) into the slot and w=
atched the numbers launch. A middle-aged fellow in a puke-green El Camino d=
rove up to the opposite pump. He looked at the prices and put his head down=
on the steering wheel."=20
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The BuzzFlash commentary for Truthout will return Monday, June 25.=20
Turkey Goes to NATO Over Plane It Says Syria Downed in International Airspa=
ce
Read the Article at Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/24/turkey-plane-shot-down-syria=20
A Response to Nicholas Kristof: In US, They Want Fun, Fun, Fun
Read the Article at KabobFest
http://www.kabobfest.com/2012/06/in-us-they-want-fun-fun-fun.html=20
Reading the Obamacare Tea Leaves
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/obamacare-tea-leaves-how-will-th=
e-supreme-court-rule-on-health-care.php?ref=3Dfpa=20
Members of Congress Trade in Companies While Making Laws That Affect Those =
Same Firms
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/members-of-congress-trade-in-compani=
es-while-making-laws-that-affect-those-same-firms/2012/06/23/gJQAlXwVyV_sto=
ry.html?wpisrc=3Dnl_headlines =20
Corporations Have Feelings (a Short Story by the GOP)
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/19-2=20
Apple Store Workers Long on Loyalty But Short on Pay
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-sh=
ort-on-pay.html?nl=3Dtodayshe2adlines&emc=3Dedit_th_20120624=20
Why the Hierarchy Fears the Nuns
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/23/1102499/-Why-The-Hierarchy-Fears-T=
he-Nuns=20
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<font><strong>How the US Government, Banks, Prison-Industrial Complex, Corr=
upt Officials, Businesses, Law Enforcement, Racists and the CIA Profit From=
Illegal Drugs </strong></font><br />
Mark Karlin, Truthout: "Minus the gruesome violence in their host countries=
, drug cartels are just illegal businessmen, so the business class in the U=
S can relate to them, as can the CIA. They are aggressive, ruthless and gre=
edy, not unlike some of their bankers on Wall Street. The cost of a drug wa=
r to achieve geopolitical objectives then is immense in the loss of life, t=
he breakdown of civil society in the nations affected in Latin America, and=
in the moral grounding, racial injustice and credibility of our government=
al and business institutions." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DruPmvs=
zyQWO5Ulx8bMEHrAjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Presidential Election</stron=
g></font><br />
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times News Service: "Election regulators=
named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first =
competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic t=
riumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military =
council…. The chairman of the election commission, Farouk Sultan, an=
nounced that Mr. Morsi had won 51.7 percent of the runoff vote completed la=
st weekend. The other candidate, the former general Ahmed Shafik, won 48.3 =
percent." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DshTPW8=
CG%2BWSc9Ns0v4u2kQjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Ten Leaders Building a New LGBT Politics in the South and Mid=
west</strong></font><br />
Jamilah King, Colorlines.com: "The movement for LGBT rights and community h=
as expanded well beyond the once-dominant circles of Washington, D.C., New =
York and California. Today, leaders in the South and Midwest are working to=
build their own political communities in their own ways - and increasingly=
, that means creating links between LGBT rights and the many other issues t=
hat impact their lives, including racial justice.... But just who are some =
of the folks leading that shift?" <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D9f4L4W=
S9Z18xvOsy%2BFV9LAjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Suppressing Democracy 101</strong></font><br />
Lamar W. Hankins, The Rag Blog: "Both major political parties have been gui=
lty in the past of rejecting democratic values in order to give their party=
's candidates an advantage. Now the right to vote is under attack mainly by=
Republicans who reject democratic values. They want to discard the right t=
hat John Lewis has fought for all of his life and that Lyndon B. Johnson ca=
lled 'the basic right, without which all others are meaningless.'" <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DRSdcUh=
qgDE9sL9y1mTvWywjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Philadelphia City Council Says Stop Funding the War Machine</=
strong></font><br />
Jane Dugdale, War Is A Crime: "Philadelphia City Council, by a vote of 15-2=
, passed a resolution 'calling on the U.S. Congress to bring all U.S. troop=
s home from Afghanistan, to take the funds saved by that action and by sign=
ificantly cutting the Pentagon budget, and to use that money to fund educat=
ion, public and private sector family-sustaining job creation, special prot=
ections for military sector workers, environmental and infrastructure resto=
ration, care for veterans and their families, and human services that our c=
ities and states so desperately need.'"<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3De7L%2B=
dmiecnTaG643MogHhQjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Yes, Barack Obama Thinks We're Stupid (Immigration Edition)</=
strong></font><br />
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism: "Recently, Barack Obama announced a laudabl=
e new policy position on immigration. His administration will no longer dep=
ort undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children by=
their parents, as long as they don't get in trouble with the law. These ar=
e people who are essentially Americans without citizenship, and the risk of=
deportation to a country they don't really know is a terrifying and unfair=
…. It's worth understanding how this policy change came about, so th=
at one can get a sense of the incentives that animate the White House polic=
y shop." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dr4fHCR=
f1Ps1XrZWOD5H79Ajz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Obama Campaign Attacks Romney’s Bain Outsourcing, But S=
upport for Outsourcing is Bipartisan Corruption</strong></font><br />
Zaid Jilani, Republic Report: "So, as the record stands, President Obama, t=
oo, is also supportive of outsourcing. But Obama did not pass these trade d=
eals alone. He had strong backing from many Senate Democrats and from most =
of the Republican party. This support materialized despite the fact that th=
ere is strong public opposition to 'free trade' policies that privilege inv=
estor rights and do not protect worker and environmental rights. Powerful l=
obbies continue to push for a regulatory and trade structure that promotes =
outsourcing." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DpJMGZt=
3NCmZlM9zwEOuslwjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>US Drone Strikes Setting Dangerous Global Precedent</strong><=
/font><br />
Isabelle de Grave, Inter Press Service: "U.S. counterterrorism measures are=
under intense scrutiny from United Nations (U.N.) experts and civil rights=
groups declaring drone strikes illegal under current frameworks. During th=
e 20th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva from Jun. 18 to J=
ul. 6, these experts declared such measures in urgent need of greater accou=
ntability and transparency." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Diia73j=
KirueB0dkU%2Fg07Fwjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>A Biblical Threat to National Security</strong></font><br />
Kelley B. Vlahos, Anti-War.com: "Can a Bible be a 'threat to national secur=
ity'? For years, the government has employed the risk of 'national security=
' excuse to infringe on a wide range of freedoms - like the right to pass t=
hrough an airport security checkpoint unmolested, or read library books wit=
hout Big Brother peeking over your shoulder. Michael L. 'Mikey' Weinstein i=
s trying to prove that there is more than one way to put the country at ris=
k, and he's found it in a heretofore unlikely place: the Bible." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DKnXzYF=
JonHA8ZZelMkA7RQjz4LV3WQTr"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Coinstar: Or, Why the Poor Gamble</strong></font><br />
Mary Sojourner, New Clear Vision: "I pulled into the cheapest gas station t=
o fill up. The cheapest gas in the cheapest gas station was $4.15 a gallon.=
I shoved my credit card (SHOVED is the operative term) into the slot and w=
atched the numbers launch. A middle-aged fellow in a puke-green El Camino d=
rove up to the opposite pump. He looked at the prices and put his head down=
on the steering wheel." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DqN8NBZ=
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<p><strong>Turkey Goes to NATO Over Plane It Says Syria Downed in Internati=
onal Airspace<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DXpK8vSlAnYQlm6RBf9HUBgjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at Guardian UK</font></a></p>
<p><strong>A Response to Nicholas Kristof: In US, They Want Fun, Fun, Fun<b=
r />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DYjiFc8CENEjcN%2B5STkH%2Fcgjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#=
cc0000">Read the Article at KabobFest</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Reading the Obamacare Tea Leaves<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3D4Bi%2BJsFNkByrSr1Iz%2FfOQwjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#=
cc0000">Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Members of Congress Trade in Companies While Making Laws That Af=
fect Those Same Firms<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DMzza%2BVxJGplu40wUGoVqgQjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at The Washington Post</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Corporations Have Feelings (a Short Story by the GOP)<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3Da9BhTJFjyqbghbvtOs1V9Qjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at Common Dreams</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Apple Store Workers Long on Loyalty But Short on Pay<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DkfY%2F1hxoavTpA0YTmuKVsQjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at The New York Times</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Why the Hierarchy Fears the Nuns<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3D7%2Fq0KmA7iTc3nWFuVO5Fpgjz4LV3WQTr" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at Daily Kos</font></a></p>
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