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Escalating Tyranny In America

Resisters in the U.S. can be threatened, arrested, abused or murdered. (AP Photo) America’s no democracy. It wasn’t established to be one. It never was and isn’t now. Latter day framers today would be called a Wall Street crowd. They included money lenders, investors, speculators, merchants, politicians, planters and lawyers. High-mindedness wasn’t on their agenda. […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman

America's no democracy. It wasn't established to be one. It never was and isn't now. Latter day framers today would be called a Wall Street crowd. They included money lenders, investors, speculators, merchants, politicians, planters and lawyers. High-mindedness wasn't on their agenda. They wanted America run by people who owned it. They made

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High-Stakes Fight Over Soybeans At High Court

This July 5, 2008 file photo shows a farmer holding Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm in Bunceton, Mo. A high stakes dispute over soybeans comes before the Supreme Court, with arguments taking place Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dan Gill, File) Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, […]

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بواسطة Associated Press

Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the 75-year-old Indiana farmer figured out a way to benefit from a high-technology product, soybeans that are resistant to weed-killers, without always paying the high price

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Facebook Hacked: Company Waits To Inform Users

This Feb. 8, 2012 photo shows a mural at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world’s largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook’s more than 1 billion users, according to a blog posting Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, by the company’s security team. […]

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بواسطة Associated Press

Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates. Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than 1 billion users, according to a blog posting Friday by the

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Study: Better TV Might Improve Kids’ Behavior

Nancy Jensen, left, looks on as her son Joe, 2, is given a special treat of a little TV time Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 at their home in Seattle. Nancy was a participant in a new University of Washington study on the effects of television viewing on kids that will be published Monday, Feb. 18, […]

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بواسطة Associated Press

Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found. The results were modest and faded over time, but may hold promise for finding ways to help young children avoid aggressive, violent behavior, the study authors and other doctors

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$50K For Info On Journalist’s Killers In Somalia

Mourners pray over the body of Somali radio producer Abdihared Osman Aden, who was shot dead by two unknown gunmen, at his burial in the Somali capital Mogadishu Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Aden, who worked for Shabelle radio station, is the first journalist to be killed this year in Somalia, with 18 journalists killed there […]

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بواسطة Associated Press

The Somali government is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the convictions of those killing journalists, the country's prime minister said. Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon said over the weekend that the reward will help ensure that such killers are brought to justice. Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous

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French, Malian Forces Take Control Of Bourem

French soldiers on armored vehicles drive near Bourem, northern Mali, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Mali’s military detained eight Arab men last week in Timbuktu, raising fears of further reprisals against the region’s Arab minority whose members are accused of having supported the al-Qaida-linked groups which overran northern Mali last year. (AP Photo /Pascal Guyot, Pool) […]

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بواسطة Associated Press

Hundreds of French and Malian soldiers have retaken the jihadist stronghold of Bourem, a town where many radical Islamic fighters were believed to have fled, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Militants launched two suicide attacks last week on a checkpoint leading into Gao on the road from Bourem, raising fears of a protracted insurgency in

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