Cross Talk: US Defense Budget Boom Vs. Social Cuts - a good debate that Anthony Shaffer participated in with COL Doug Macgregor and Kelly Vlahos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Boots on Campus
Posted By Kelley B. Vlahos 12 Comments
Have American university campuses become so inured to the militarization of policy, culture – our thought – that they can’t see the Trojan horse sitting in the quad, its occupants pouring out and passing out sweets and credits to all the Ivy Leaguers passing by with goggled eyes and open arms?
Testimony on CBO's Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2014
Testimony on CBO's Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 2014
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives
CBO requests appropriations of $45.7 million for fiscal year 2014. That amount represents an increase of $1.6 million, or 3.7 percent, from the $44.1 million (on an annualized basis) provided to CBO under the continuing resolution for fiscal year 2013.
CBO requests appropriations of $45.7 million for fiscal year 2014. That amount represents an increase of $1.6 million, or 3.7 percent, from the $44.1 million (on an annualized basis) provided to CBO under the continuing resolution for fiscal year 2013.
UFO: 10 Most Documented
UFO: 10 Most Documented
http://www.darkgovernment.com/
They've been where no man has gone before. "Unidentified flying objects,"
commonly called UFOs, have fascinated the public since the dawn of the
commercial aerospace industry just after the end of World War II.
With the help of our partners at WatchMojo.com, who compiled a list of the top
10 most documented UFO sightings of all [...]
Town Wants Authority to Disarm Citizens During Emergency
Town Wants Authority to Disarm Citizens During Emergency
http://www.darkgovernment.com/
A proposed disaster emergency ordinance in Guntersville is causing controversy.
The city council and mayor are considering a new ordinance that gives the city
more power.
http://www.darkgovernment.com/
A proposed disaster emergency ordinance in Guntersville is causing controversy.
The city council and mayor are considering a new ordinance that gives the city
more power.
Facing Mass Layoffs, Taliban Protest US Sequester
Facing Mass Layoffs, Taliban Protest US Sequester
http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/02/facing-mass-layoffs-taliban-protests-against-automatic-us-budget-cuts-from-sequester/Wall Street bonuses rise 8% for 2012 but industry warns of looming layoffs
Wall Street bonuses rise 8% for 2012 but industry warns of looming layoffs
Profits are rebounding, New York state comptroller says, but securities industry is still poised to layhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/26/wall-street-bonuses-rise-layoffs
Natural gas exports a strong positive for economy, API tells DOE
Natural gas exports a strong positive for
economy, API tells DOE
Exporting some U.S. natural gas in the form of LNG would be an unequivocal plus for American workers and the economy, according to API’s group director for upstream and industry operations.
Full Articlehttp://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2013/02/natural-gas-exports-a-strong-positive-for-economy-api-tells-doe.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroFebruary272013
Exporting some U.S. natural gas in the form of LNG would be an unequivocal plus for American workers and the economy, according to API’s group director for upstream and industry operations.
Full Articlehttp://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2013/02/natural-gas-exports-a-strong-positive-for-economy-api-tells-doe.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroFebruary272013
Bipartisan coalition calls for reforming sequester’s defense cuts
Bipartisan coalition calls for reforming sequester’s defense cuts
A diverse collection of 22 interest groups has signed a new letter
urging Congress to make cuts to the Defense Department on the scale of
the sequester but to shift the cuts to different areas of the defense
budget.
California, Illinois and New York have ‘have more-or-less become European,’ argues author
California, Illinois and New York have ‘have more-or-less become European,’ argues author
Scare Cuts
Scare Cuts
From an emboldened Iran to unsafe beef, the eight most hysterical warnings about how automatic spending reductions could harm U.S. national security.
BY JOHN HUDSONhttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/26/scare_cuts_sequester_national_security
Most. Dangerous. World. Ever.
Most. Dangerous. World. Ever.
The ridiculous hyperbole about government budget cuts.
BY MICAH ZENKOhttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/26/most_dangerous_world_ever?wp_login_redirect=0
The Latest National Security coverage from FP 2/27
The Latest National Security coverage from FP
- The man in the Pentagon Hagel most wants to meet; Hagel’s Job One; Dunford, Karzai, meet over Wardak; U.S. may give direct aid to Syrian rebels; Why “Women-in-Combat” could be a misnomer, and more.
- Cleaning up a Dirty War
- Most. Dangerous. World. Ever.
- ISAF, not commenting on status of forces after Karzai kicked SOF out; JIEDDO: Good news from Pakistan on bomb-making materials; Hagel vote today; A game-changer in Syria?; Napolitano, in the house; and a little more.
- You Can Leave Your Shoes On
- Real Genius
- The First Rule of Drone Club
- Karzai kicks SF unit out of Wardak; On sequester, did the Pentagon overplay its hand? Hagel would be sworn in Wednesday; Could a half-inch crack in the F-35 create a broader fissure?; What Dan Senor got wrong, and a little more.
- Limited Partnership
- You Don't Know Chuck
China unveils new stealth missile frigate
China unveils new stealth missile frigate
http://rt.com/news/china-unveils-new-stealth-missile-frigate-485/
Lew’s Latest Shows US Increasingly Out of Step in Holding Wall Street Accountable
Lew’s Latest Shows US Increasingly Out of Step in Holding Wall Street Accountable
Deborah Burger
How far behind the rest of the world can we continue to fall on
holding the Wall Street traders and tycoons to account for the mess they
made of our economy? The sharp contrast Monday between the Obama
administration and Europe in statements about a financial speculation
tax shows the gap appears to be widening.
read morehttp://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27
read morehttp://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27Walling Ourselves Inside a Militarized-Police State
Walling Ourselves Inside a Militarized-Police State
Tom Engelhardt
It was, in a sense, so expectable, so leave-no-child-behind.
I’m talking about the arming of American schools. Think of it as the
next step in the militarization of this country, which follows
all-too-logically from developments since September 11, 2001. In the
wake of 9/11, police departments nationwide began to militarize in a big way, and the next thing you knew, the police were loo
read morehttps://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27-1Locked Out of Jobs, Formerly Incarcerated Struggle to Reintegrate
Locked Out of Jobs, Formerly Incarcerated Struggle to Reintegrate
Michelle Chen
Thanks to our harsh criminal justice policies and anti-drug
laws, an extraordinary number of Americans will spend some part of their
lives in the prison system.
To
help the recently incarcerated overcome hiring bias, programs such as
the Center for Employment Opportunities assemble them into work crews,
paid at fair rates. (Photo: Center for Employment Opportunities)
read morehttps://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27-3To
help the recently incarcerated overcome hiring bias, programs such as
the Center for Employment Opportunities assemble them into work crews,
paid at fair rates. (Photo: Center for Employment Opportunities)Lords of Disorder: Billions For Wall Street, Sacrifice For Everyone Else by Richard Eskow
Richard Eskow
(Background image via New York Magazine)The President’s “sequester” offer slashes non-defense spending by $830 billion over the next ten years. That happens to be the precise amount we’re implicitly giving Wall Street’s biggest banks over the same time period.Iran nuclear talks end without breakthrough
Iran nuclear talks end without breakthrough
Six world powers conclude talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in Almaty, but agree to meet in Istanbul next month.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/201322762913285669.html
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