Friday, May 15, 2015

CLG: Donations, food pour in for starving veteran in Fayetteville, House GOP Approves Cuts to Amtrak Budget Despite Crash, Many of the NSA's Loudest Defenders Have Financial Ties to NSA Contractors, Sellafield nuclear waste storage safety limit relaxed following accident




News Updates from CLG
15 May 2015
Previous edition: Obama administration approves Shell drilling in the Polar Bear Seas
Breaking: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Bombing | 15 May 2015 | A federal jury on Friday condemned [patsy] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured hundreds more in the worst terrorist attack [false flag] on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001. The jury of seven women and five men, which last month convicted Mr. Tsarnaev, 21, of all 30 charges against him, 17 of which carry the death penalty, took more than 14 hours to reach its decision. It was the first time a federal jury had sentenced a terrorist to death in the post-Sept. 11 era, according to Kevin McNally, director of the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, which coordinates the defense in capital punishment cases.
Sellafield nuclear waste storage safety limit relaxed following accident --Critics accused ONR of breaking their promises and putting Sellafield's profits before safety. | 14 May 2015 |Safety limits on the storage of some of the world's most dangerous nuclear wastes at Sellafield in Cumbria have been relaxed after an accident knocked out a treatment plant. The government's safety watchdog, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), has permitted the private company that runs Sellafield to breach legal restrictions on the amount of hot, high-level radioactive waste that can be kept in tanks. The limits are likely to be exceeded by up to 350 tonnes between April 2014 and July 2016.
White House reportedly on lockdown after drone incident --White House, traffic outside it on Pennsylvania Avenue briefly shut down | 14 May 2015 | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was put on lockdown Thursday afternoon when a man reportedly attempted to fly a remote controlled drone over the White House fence from neighboring Lafayette Park, a senior official told ABC News. Secret Service agents detained the man for questioning, but his identity has not yet been revealed.
Many of the NSA's Loudest Defenders Have Financial Ties to NSA Contractors | 12 May 2015 | The debate over the NSA's bulk collection of phone records has reached a critical point after a federal appeals court last week ruled the practice illegal, dramatically raising the stakes for pending Congressional legislation that would fully or partially reinstate the program. An army of pundits promptly took to television screens, with many of them brushing off concerns about the surveillance. The talking heads have been backstopping the NSA's mass surveillance more or less continuously since it was revealed...But it's often unclear just how financially cozy these pundits are with the surveillance state they defend, since they’re typically identified with titles that give no clues about their conflicts of interest.
Court won't reveal money details of CIA torture program | 14 May 2015 | A federal judge has rejected a reporter's lawsuit seeking to reveal more financial details about the CIA's detention and interrogation program for terror suspects. U.S. District Court James Boasberg ruled Thursday that the spy agency had the right to keep the information classified as intelligence "sources and methods," even though many other details of the controversial program were made public in December in the executive summary of a Senate Intelligence Committee report. Boasberg said disparate treatment of the details was evidence of the rigor of the decision-making on what to make public and what needed to be withheld.
Islamic State seizes capital of Iraq's largest province | 15 May 2015 | Islamic State fighters took control of key sites Friday in the heart of Ramadi, capital of Iraq's largest province, in what appeared to mark a significant blow to a U.S.-backed military campaign to retake territory from the militants...A senior police official, Maj. Omar Khamis al-Dahl, said the death toll includes more than 60 police. It [Ramadi's fight] also could restore a major foothold for the Islamic State less than 70 miles west of Baghdad in the crucial Anbar Province, which has been the scene of bloodshed and seesaw battles since the U.S.-led invasion more than 12 years ago.
Senate Advances Bill to Give Obama 'Trade' Negotiating Power --"I'd like to thank the president," Mitch McConnell said. | 14 May 2015 | The U.S. Senate advanced [65-33 vote] a measure allowing President Barack Obama to expedite approval of trade corporate takeover agreements, a bill with bipartisan support in that chamber that may run into strong opposition from House Democrats. A rebellion Tuesday among Senate Democrats seeking the currency provision previews what may be fiercer battle ahead between Democrats and House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican...Thirteen DemocRATs joined with Republicans to advance Thursday's measure.
5 Big Banks Expected to Plead Guilty to Felony Charges, but Punishments May Be Tempered | 13 May 2015 |For most people, pleading guilty to a felony means they will very likely land in prison, lose their job and forfeit their right to vote. But when five of the world's biggest banks plead guilty to an array of antitrust and fraud charges as soon as next week, life will go on, probably without much of a hiccup. The Justice [sic] Department is preparing to announce that Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and the Royal Bank of Scotland will collectively pay several billion dollars and plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations for rigging the price of foreign currencies, according to people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Pharma-fascism on steroids: California State Senate approves anti-democratic school vaccine bill | 14 May 2015 | State senators [25-10 vote] have passed a controversial bill aimed at increasing California's school immunization rates. The bill approved Thursday would prohibit parents from seeking vaccine exemptions for their children because of religious or personal beliefs. SB277 by Democratic senators Ben Allen of Santa Monica and Richard Pan of Sacramento would make medical waivers available only for children who have health problems, forcing unvaccinated children to be homeschooled.
Depopulation test run? 75% of children who received vaccines in Mexican town dead or hospitalized | 11 May 2015 | Despite the insidious attempts of the corporate-controlled U.S. media to censor the stories about the deadly side effects of vaccines, the truth keeps surfacing. The latest vaccine tragedy to strike has killed two babies in La Pimienta, Mexico and sent 37 more to the hospital with serious reactions to toxic vaccine additives. "...14 children are in serious condition, 22 are stable and one is in critical condition," the Chiapas Health Secretariat said in a statement via Latino.FoxNews.com. What's especially alarming is that only 52 children were vaccinated in all, meaning that 75% of those receiving the vaccines are now either dead or hospitalized.
California City Will Vote on Requiring Radiation Warnings on Cell Phones | 12 May 2015 | The city council in Berkeley, California, will vote Tuesday on whether cell phones should come with a warning notice explaining the dangers of high radio frequency (RF) exposure. If the law is passed, retailers in the city would have to warn customers that carrying a phone in a pocket or bra while it is on and connected to a wireless network could expose the user to excessive RF radiation. In Berkeley, 82% of adults would like to know the recommended distance a phone should be kept from their bodies, according to a survey funded by the California Brain Tumor Association.
Stuxnet-induced crash? Amtrak train accelerated over 30 mph in 65 seconds, brakes only slowed it 4 mph [No proof--but someone has to ask. Any engineers 'on board?' --Lori Price, www.legitgov.org | 14 May 2015 | Today, we read: NTSB: Amtrak Train Accelerated 30 MPH Within About 1 Minute Before Wreck --In a period of just over a minute, an Amtrak train accelerated from 70 mph to more than 100 mph before it skipped the tracks and crashed in Philadelphia this week, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB has also reviewed video from a forward-facing video recorder, which showed that 65 seconds before the recording cut off at the time of the crash, the speed was above 70 mph. The speed accelerated above 80 mph within 22 seconds, 90 mph within another 12 seconds, and 100 mph within another 15 seconds. The speed topped out at 106 mph as it entered the curve - where the speed limit drops to 50 mph, NTSB member Robert Sumwalt said earlier. He could not say whether the engineer manually accelerated the train or whether it was automated. Sumwalt said the engineer applied the emergency brakes moments before the crash but slowed the train to only 102 mph by the time the locomotive's black box stopped recording data.
Death Toll in Philadelphia Amtrak Crash Reaches 8 | 14 May 2015 | The death toll from the Amtrak wreck rose to eight with the discovery of another body in a mangled railcar Thursday...A cadaver dog found the eighth body in the wreckage of the first passenger car Thursday morning, nearly 36 hours after the crash, Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer said. Officials believe they have accounted for all 243 passengers and crew members who were thought to have been aboard the train, Mayor Michael Nutter said.
House GOP Approves Cuts to Amtrak Budget Despite Crash --GOP bill would cut Amtrak's budget by 251 million | 13 May 2015 | A Republican-controlled House panel on Wednesday approved deep spending cuts to Amtrak's budget just hours after a deadly crash in Philadelphia. The Appropriations Committee backed a 55 billion transportation and housing measure after rejecting Democratic attempts to boost spending on Amtrak by more than 1 billion, including 556 million targeted for the railroad's Northeast corridor, site of the derailment. The vote was 30-21 along party lines.
Former Los Angeles sheriff's officials charged in jail probe | 15 May 2015 | The case of the vanishing inmate at the Los Angeles County jail nearly went all the way to the top. The former second-in-command of the nation's largest sheriff's department and a high-ranking official who was supposed to investigate crimes by deputies surrendered Thursday on charges they hid an FBI jailhouse informant to hinder a federal investigation into abuse by guards. "The scheme to obstruct justice rose to the executive level of the Sheriff's Department," Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie Yonekura said. "Both men were aware that there was rampant abuse at the jail, and both men were aware that the internal investigations of that abuse were insufficient."
Donations, food pour in for starving veteran in Fayetteville | 14 May 2015 | (NC) ABC11 Together and people across the country are helping a starving veteran in Fayetteville who was in need of food. ABC11 first told 81-year-old Clarence Blackmon's story Tuesday night. Blackmon has cancer and can't leave his house. He called 911 Tuesday because he needed food...A 911 operator and Fayetteville police delivered some groceries in person, and many of you poured out your hearts with overwhelming offers to help. It went from an empty refrigerator to shelves and countertops overflowing with food.
Elderly cancer patient calls 911 because he has no food | 14 May 2015 | (Fayetteville, NC) When 81-year-old Clarence Blackmon returned home Tuesday after spending months in the hospital for cancer treatments and rehab, his refrigerator was empty. He had nothing to eat and no way to get to the store. Hungry and desperate, he called 911. He asked the operator if someone could go to the store for him and buy some groceries. With her supervisor's permission, 911 operator Marilyn Hinson went to the grocery store and bought groceries.
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