Truthout Daily Digest January 6,2014

The Year of the Immigrant Rights Movement

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: While the past year has been a roller coaster ride for immigrant rights activists across the country as they clashed with law enforcement at the border and in reform rallies, polls show that being able to live and work without fear of deportation is more important to most than securing a path to citizenship.

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Nelson Mandela Was Only Removed From the US Terrorist List in 2008

Mark Karlin, Truthout: Nelson Mandela was forever evolving and playing new roles, including shepherd boy, lawyer, nonviolent activist, militant, and prisoner who became a president forging a new path of reconciliation; Danny Schechter describes them all in his new book, about which he is interviewed by Truthout.

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Bronx Community Wins Big on Development Project Committed to Living Wages and Local Economy

Laura Flanders, Yes! Magazine: The people of New York’s poorest borough fought to ensure that redevelopment of its castle-like landmark will benefit those who live there. Will it be a game changer?

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Make the 1% Pay for the Iran War

Robert Naiman, Truthout: If current negotiations with Iran are blown up by a band of US senators, taxpayers should propose the 1% pay for a war with Iran, to put the consequences in clear financial perspective, says Robert Naiman.

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University Bans on Student Protests Threaten Freedom of Expression

Kristina Chew, Care2: Universities on both sides of the Atlantic have taken steps to curtail, if not to outright ban, students from protesting. But with a new semester starting soon, administrators should be prepared for quite a few more lessons about why freedom of expression is, and will be, protected.

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Dean Baker | Obamacare and Those Invincible Youngsters

Dean Baker, Truthout: The problem with the young invincible story is that almost every part of it is wrong. It is true that in the exchanges young people will, on average, provide somewhat of a subsidy for older people. However the size of this subsidy is relatively minor.

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Who Are the Real Obamacare Hypocrites?

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: When Paul Ryan and company talk about slashing government spending, what they’re really saying is that they don’t want government money going to working-class or poor Americans. Instead, they want that money going to all of their billionaire buddies who run America’s giant health insurance corporations.

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Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: US Must Ensure Safety Upon Release for Guantanamo Prisoners

Aisha Maniar, One Small Window: For many Guantanamo prisoners, including the four who were released in 2013 to Algeria, release does not equate with freedom and can be the beginning of new misadventure, further persecution and incarceration.

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Won’t Approve Extension of Unemployment Benefits Without Concessions, and More

In today‘s On the News segment: Senate Democrats have already scheduled a test vote to restore unemployment insurance, but Republicans say they won’t approve an extension without something in return; climate change poses a serious threat to the water supply for a fifth of the world’s population; the state of Utah is standing up to predatory payday lenders; and more.

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American Jihad 2014: The New Fundamentalists

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: Imagine what we call “national security” as, at heart, a proselytizing warrior religion. It has its holy orders. It has its sacred texts (classified). It has its dogma and its warrior priests. It has its sanctified promised land, known as “the homeland.”

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Chris Hedges | The Last Gasp of American Democracy

Chris Hedges, Truthdig: Any state that has the capacity to monitor all its citizenry, any state that has the ability to snuff out factual public debate through control of information, any state that has the tools to instantly shut down all dissent is totalitarian.

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Will New York City Lead the Way on Pre-K?

Dana Goldstein, The Nation: New York City’s mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s proposal to fund a full day of free pre-K for every 4-year-old in the city by raising the tax on personal income over $500,000 has captured the public’s imagination.

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BuzzFlash

Darth Vader Voters in Wyoming Lose Candidate as Liz Cheney Quits Senate Run

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Liz Cheney, her father’s alter-ego of war mongering for oil, dropped her primary bid for US Senate from Wyoming against an incumbent conservative. Her run had turned into more of a bickering soap opera than a political campaign.

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Retirement Theft in Four Despicable Steps by the 1%

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States Confirm Well-Water Contamination From Oil and Gas Drilling

Read the Article at The Associated Press

Koch-Backed Political Coalition, Designed to Shield Donors, Raised $400 Million in 2012

Read the Article at The Washington Post

Delayed UPS Delivery Is Not a Crisis; Injustice American Style Is

Read the Article at BuzzFlash

Utah Gay Marriage Halted by Supreme Court Pending Appeal

Read the Article at Bloomberg

A “Sweeping” Ruling Could Force “Right to Work” on Every US Public Sector Worker

Read the Article at Salon

“I Could Have Stopped Waterboarding Before It Happened”

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The manuscript of survival – part 383

Thank you Aisha!

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Now, you have all passed over that threshold where tomorrow has become today, and as such, you start over with a brand new set of coordinates with which to navigate. And do not worry, even if our words at times may sound overly confusing to you, you are more than capable of navigating these uncharted waters. For now, you all possess all the skills you will ever need to tap into in order to make what you have dreamed of for so long a reality. And never doubt dear ones, they are indeed there, deep within you all, and even if you have yet to make their acquaintance in full, never the less, they are there, ready and waiting for you to find them. And find them you will, when the time is right, and you are ready to utilize them in full.

We know that this seemingly eternal waiting…

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The Oracle Report Monday, January 6, 2014

Crescent Moon Phase: expansion, growth, gathering, challenges

Moon: Pisces/Aries

Ruling Mahavidya: Kali

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After a weekend of pausing to listen to the magi Jupiter, we gather up our rowdy companions Pluto, Uranus, Mars, and Mercury, saying goodbye and continuing on our journey through this lunar month. But we aren’t alone for long.

Up ahead, Mercury spots them first: two women. The rowdy band of brothers is excited. It’s Venus! Now they are really excited. Oh, and it’s the Black Moon. Their moods quickly deflate, all except Pluto, who looks right past Venus casting a furtive eye on the Black Moon. When the Two Sisters are together, Pluto reminds us, they bring great rewards. Good fortune is in store.

Surprisingly, Venus tells us she is on her way to a convent for a respite. She’s trying to sort some things out and needs time for contemplation. Mercury, Mars, and Uranus roll their eyes.

But the Black Moon, having evaluated our little party of travelers, offers passage through her domain, which, we quickly realize, is a beautiful underworld of sorts. She tells us to continue on, because there is a war party on our heels.

Kali, our leader, steps up and tells us she’s been aware of the threat since the journey began and is following it every step of the way. She tells us not to worry. Instead of worrrying we should infuse our minds with the feelings of peace and gratitude for the beauty and the blessings that are present in our lives. She tells us these things appear very differently when we travel through the land of the Black Moon. We take a different perspective, bringing some things down to black and white and amping some things up to technicolor.

This weekend’s “children’s story” (see Archives) takes on decidedly mature themes today with a very unique astrological set up of Venus retrograde opposing the Black Moon and Mercury opposing from the other side. This brings changes to relationships and the tendency to say things before we think. Venus and the Black Moon always bring a positive outcome, even when the circumstances at the time may seem grim. Relationships that do not serve our highest or grandest purposes move off, quickly replaced by new ones. Relationships that do serve our highest and grandest purpose take on more depth. This includes all types of relationships – not just romantic relationships (professional, familial, interpersonal, etc.). Pluto and the Black Moon are not concerned with superficial relationships. They are interested in meaningful, deep commitment and true love.

This energy is about appreciation. It’s about recognizing your blessings. It asks us to evaluate ourselves honestly and own who we are. We have no idea how grand and powerful we really are. It is almost impossible for us to conceive it because the framework for recognizing it has been eliminated over time (beginning with the decimation of the mystery schools in ancient times).

When you deal with the energy of the Black Moon, there are always two sides to things. Something may come back around later. This is especially true since we have Venus retrograde. When Venus starts to move forward again next month it will re-contact this point and bring the second side to what is developing today. This is how energy imprints and re-imprints. It happens in cycles.

There are strong masculine and feminine energies in the air today, adding fuel to whatever is being intended. Intend wisely.

Stay grounded, be reminded of the good fortune at the heart of this energy, find inner peace, and above all, fall back in love with life today. Look around. There are so many beautiful things to see.

(Note: The “war party” in the story is the upcoming potential for the continuation of aggression that was seeded at the New Moon. The potential for this becomes stronger with the Sun’s approach to opposition with the Black Moon between January 10-15. We are eliminating the extent to which that kind of aggression could manifest by imprinting peace and harmony into the energy with the contact to the Black Moon now. So what we put in now will be enhanced later, thus minimizing the effectiveness of potential aggression. You can see how over time, as more and more people become aware of how this works, we overtake the Archontic imprints and change the experience of life.)

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Montague Keen, January 5, 2014 . . . pay attention to this one, please :) ~J

Thank you for posting this Jean! Interesting that I have been led by my own intuition toward the exact same project if restoring the keys/energy centers since the 1990’s. There is s man in eastern Europe who has been actively doing so for several decades his name is Marco Pogacnik and he has lots of books on Amazon.com. every place on Earth is sacred and has its own natural energy and connection to all else. Caring for the elemental beings and the living creatures ( plants, trees, soil organisms, insects, animals, fish, humans, rocks etc) helps to heal the place as well as specific rituals and actions to restore proper energy flows.
so glad to see Montague supporting and encouraging this. The societies pre-colonization all over the world would not have put such emphasis on the need to care for the land and keep up the rituals etc if it were not deeply important. Nor of course would the colonizer have worked so hard to eradicate all those who knew HOW to do so if it were not important:-/