Noah Feldman: The Unconstitutional Judiciary in the USA — Surrendering Judgment to the Executive AND Protecting a Private Cabal

07 Other Atrocities, Corruption, Government
Noah Feldman
Noah Feldman

A court case so secret, US Govt says it can't go on

Phi Beta Iota: The story documents two subversions of the US Constitution. First, the judiciary is allowing Executive administrative claims to totally subject the rule of law — no facts, no judgment. Second, the government is further abusing its powers by using them to protect a private cabal from being held accountable for defamation. What would the authors of the US Constitution think? In a further irony, the author, a Harvard law professor, observes separately in his book The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State, that it is the executive imbalance of power –the neutering of the legislative and judicial branches — that produces dictatorships across the Muslim world.

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SchwartzReport: American War Machine — Cash Cow for the 1% Swath of Destruction for the 99%

Corruption, Government, Military
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

You would think it would be obvious by now that the trillions of dollars we spend on the military industrial complex and its wars are not making us safer and that our geopolitical strategy is not producing the outcomes we seek.

How the American War Machine Is Sucking Up Vast Amounts of Cash to Screw Up the World

Who can even keep track of Pentagon operations and spending anymore?

SchwartzReport: GMO = Genetic Damage

01 Agriculture, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Commerce, Corruption, Government
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

Here is the latest peer-reviewed research on GMOs and their effects on humans, in this case children.This is a nasty business driven by one imperative: Greed.

Children in GM soy-growing area of Argentina have genetic damage

Media article in Spanish     .     Study in English

SchwartzReport: Undamming Rivers…

03 Environmental Degradation, 12 Water, Civil Society, Ethics, Government
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

Depaving Cities, Undamming Rivers: How We're Undoing the Damage

The largest dam-removal project in history reached completion last fall, when excavators dredged the final tons of pulverized concrete from the Elwha River channel in Western Washington. Native fish, banished for 100 years from their historic spawning habitat, already were rediscovering the Elwha's newly accessible upper stretches. Within weeks of the final explosion in August, threatened bull trout and chinook salmon were spotted migrating beyond the rubble.

Robert Steele: We Mourn Lee Kuan Yew Update 2

Ethics, Government, Officers Call

lee kuan yewModern Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91

SINGAPORE Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:06pm EDT

Read full obituary — very well done.

Lee Kuan Yew: Life in pictures

Lee Kuan Yew: Why Singapore's Extraordinary Leader Will Be Missed

Teary Mourners in Singapore Remember Lee Kuan Yew

“He is my idol, and not a day passes without my saying it,” Mr. Thirupathi said. “Security, law and order, truth, honesty — all of this requires vision and boils down to leadership.”

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