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Patriot Act ‘sneak-and-peek’ now overwhelmingly used in drug cases

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“Since the Patriot Act passed, the number of of sneak-and-peeks each year has grown from about 16 per year to over 11,000 in 2013. Meanwhile, not only have the number of sneak-and-peek investigations unrelated to terrorism increased on a massive scale, the percentage of sneak-and-peeks that have anything to do with terrorism continues to drop. In other words, sneak-and-peek is increasingly ubiquitous while the justification for granting the government this power in the first place — terrorism — is not only irrelevant to the tactic’s increasing pervasiveness, it gets more irrelevant every year.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/10/29/surprise-controversial-patriot-act-power-now-overwhelmingly-used-in-drug-investigations/

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US Now Admits It Is Funding “Occupy Central” In Hong Kong

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“Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ began spreading chaos across the Middle East that it had fully funded, trained, and equipped both mob leaders and heavily armed terrorists years in advance, it is now admitted that the US State Department through a myriad of organizations and NGOs is behind the so-called ‘Occupy Central‘ protests in Hong Kong.  The very concept of the United States ‘promoting democracy’ is scandalous when considering it is embroiled in an invasive global surveillance scandal, guilty of prosecuting one unpopular war after another, and brutalizing and abusing its own citizens at home with militarized police.”

http://landdestroyer.blogspot.ca/2014/10/us-now-admits-it-is-funding-occupy.html

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Jeffrey Tucker: Must Government Have the Power to Quarantine?

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“It’s true that quarantine powers have been around since the ancient world and have been invoked through U.S. history from Colonial times to the present. They are hardly questioned.  On the other hand, abuse of such powers are even more frequent. The problem is the low threshold concerning risk. Once government has the power, it can use it any way it wants. In World War I, prostitutes were routinely arrested and quarantined in the name of preventing the spread of diseases. In the 1892 typhus outbreak, it became common to arrest and quarantine any immigrant from Russia, Italy, or Ireland even without any evidence of disease.”

http://tucker.liberty.me/2014/10/15/must-government-have-the-power-to-quarantine/

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Despite fever, CDC cleared Ebola-infected nurse for airline flight

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“A federal health official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cleared a nurse who has Ebola to fly from Cleveland, Ohio, to Dallas.  CDC spokesman David Daigle says now-infected Amber Joy Vinson spoke with the CDC official responsible for monitoring her health before she boarded the flight Monday.  CBS News reported that Vinson called the CDC several times before flying, saying that she did have a fever with a temperature of 99.5 degrees.  One health official told CBS News that ‘somebody dropped the ball.’  Vinson is the second Dallas nurse to become infected after treating a Liberian man who died of Ebola last week.”

http://www.wbtw.com/story/26799067/cdc-cleared-now-ebola-infected-nurse-for-air-travel-with-a-fever

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California Drains Reservoirs in the Middle of a Drought [May 2014]

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“Last month the Bureau of Reclamation drained Folsom and other reservoirs on the American and Stanislaus rivers of more than 70,000 acre feet of water—enough to meet the annual needs of a city of half a million people—for the comfort and convenience of fish.  Government officials who are entrusted with the careful management of our water squandered it in less than three weeks to nudge baby salmon toward the Pacific Ocean (to which they swim anyway) and to keep the river at just the right temperature for the fish by flushing the colder water stored in the reservoirs.  While some of the water can be recaptured downstream, most is lost to the ocean.”

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304547704579565622649474370

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California introduces $500 fines for wasting water

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“Though Gov. Jerry Brown had urged a voluntary 20% reduction in water use, figures released last month indicated a drop of only 5% statewide for the year. But the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday updated the monthly survey from water districts to show that consumption had increased 1% in May compared with a year ago.  Based on the initial figures, the board last week proposed banning watering lawns, washing cars or sidewalks and running fountains, with violators facing fines up to $500 a day. On Tuesday evening, the board adopted those measures. Police will have the authority to ticket water-wasters.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/15/california-water-use-drought/12682299/

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Ron Paul: Haven’t We Already Done Enough Damage in Iraq?

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“Last week the second largest city in Iraq, Mosul, fell to the al-Qaeda allied Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Last week an al-Qaeda that had not been in Iraq before our 2003 invasion threatened to move on the capitol, Baghdad, after it easily over-ran tens of thousands of Iraqi military troops. The same foreign policy ‘experts’ who lied us into the Iraq war are now telling us we must re-invade Iraq to deal with the disaster caused by their invasion! The Obama administration has said no option except for ground troops is off the table to help the Iraqi government in this crisis. However, the administration does not consider Special Forces or the CIA to be ‘boots on the ground.'”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35399/Ron-Paul-Havent-We-Already-Done-Enough-Damage-in-Iraq/

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Europe’s Political Response To Voters May Increase Violence

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“No matter what voters say about the EU, the leaders of Britain and Europe attempt to use the sentiment to support the EU – at least in some form.  Every setback is merely a further opportunity to create a more responsive and ultimately more amalgamated EU. The disconnect between political systems in both the US and the EU and the voters is growing deeper.  This EU vote and the political responses to it do nothing to reverse this trend.  If the political system is incapable of representing the ‘will’ of the people – even at the most cosmetic level – then the chances for less civil and more violent change increases. Is that the ‘real’ desired outcome?”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35362/EU-Political-Response-May-Increase-Chance-of-Violence/

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The bogus climate warnings that spurred Pentagon’s green spending

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“Consultants told the military that, by now, California would be flooded by inland seas, The Hague would be unlivable, polar ice would be mostly gone in summer, and global temperatures would rise at an accelerated rate as high as 0.5 degrees a year.  The 2003 report is credited with kick-starting the movement that links climate change to national security. The Pentagon is making big investments in biofuels, for example, and is working climate change into high-level strategic planning.  There is no exact budget line for climate change. The Government Accountability Office in 2011 documented a big increase in federal spending, from $4.6 billion in 2003 to nearly $9 billion in 2010.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/1/pentagon-wrestles-with-false-climate-predictions-a/?page=all

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Why the IRS Can Now “Ground” You

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“If you’re a US citizen and believe you have an unfettered right to leave your country – and come back – think again.  Since the events of 9/11, your government has imposed draconian restrictions on international travel:  Initiatives like the ‘Automated Targeting System’ and ‘Secure Flight’ require airlines to turn over passenger data to the government.  ‘No-fly lists’ keep hundreds of citizens trapped in other countries, unable to return to their US homes.  Hundreds of thousands of US citizens can’t leave the US because they’re ineligible for a US passport, many because they’re behind in child support payments.  And we can now add ‘tax’ to the list of reasons.”

http://www.nestmann.com/why-the-irs-can-now-ground-you

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