Henry A. Giroux | Beyond Orwellian Nightmares and Neoliberal Authoritarianism

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: Those who fight against neoliberalism must not settle for reforming a system that is as broken as it is dangerous. Any viable, transformative struggle will need a boldly democratic vision; durable, longstanding organizations and strategies that make politics meaningful.

From Chicago to Geneva, a Call for Police Accountability for Violence and Torture

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: We Charge Genocide, a coalition of Chicago activists, is turning outside the US criminal justice system to force accountability for police misconduct by taking their demands to the United Nations.

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Congress Ignores Obama’s Broad Executive Power Use – Except on Guantánamo

Sharon Adams, Truthout: While The Washington Post writes that closing Guantánamo is “potentially the most dramatic use” of President Obama’s executive power, it and Congress simultaneously ignore Obama’s other dramatic uses of executive power.

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Sixteen for ’16 – Number 16: No Tar Sands, No Offshore Drilling, No Hydraulic Fracturing and Definitely No More Coal

Salvatore Babones, Truthout: Tar sands, offshore oil, shale gas and coal mining: All this means carbon, and carbon of the worst kind. Every progressive should be in favor of eliminating the use of fossil fuels.

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Judge Pens Plea to SCOTUS to Overturn His Own Landmark Voter ID Ruling

Ernest A. Canning and Brad Friedman, Truthout: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner’s courageous reversal of hisCrawford v. Marion County Election Board opinion on photo ID voting laws in a recent dissent should convince the US Supreme Court that such laws are both unconstitutional and a violation of the Voting Rights Act.

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Mass Murder by Botulism: Surge in Great Lakes Bird Deaths Driven by Invaders

Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: The botulism bacterium is the most toxic natural substance on earth. Just one gram could kill off 2 million people. And for birds in the Great Lakes region, it is essentially just widespread food poisoning.

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A Red Privatization Horror Story

The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: Republicans don’t care about the damage privatization does to our society because privatization destroys the one thing standing between them and the total corporate takeover of our democracy: our government.

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Long Sentences and No Federal Parole Deepen Crisis of Mass Incarceration

Jamila T. Davis, Jamila Davis’ Blog: Do the statistics correctly portray Americans to the world as the most dangerous country, filled with heathens who commit far more serious crimes than any other nation? Or is there another explanation for our country’s mass incarceration epidemic?

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James Risen Prepared to “Pay Any Price” to Report on War on Terror Amid Crackdown on Whistle-Blowers

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Veteran New York Times investigative reporter James Risen faces years in prison if he refuses to testify at the trial of a former CIA officer accused of giving him classified information. But he says it is a price he is willing to pay.

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In Wisconsin, Dark Money Got a Mining Company What It Wanted

Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica: An accidentally released court filing reveals how one company secretly gave money to a nonprofit that helped get favorable mining legislation passed.

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Obamacare Helps Millions, but Per Capita Cost of Care Still Higher Than in Other Nations

Wendell Potter, The Center for Public Integrity: Despite publicly touted successes of the Affordable Care Act, the law falls short in many ways. While it is reducing the rate of uninsured Americans, it doesn’t get us anywhere close enough to the universal coverage that residents of other developed countries enjoy.

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High-Level Donor Conference on Cholera in Haiti Fails to Secure Much Needed Funding

Jake Johnston, Center for Economic and Policy Research: Cholera, which scientific studies have found was introduced to Haiti by United Nations troops in 2010, has so far killed at least 8,614 and sickened more than 700,000. But international actors have failed to raise an adequate amount of funds to eradicate it.

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BuzzFlash

Mainstream US Corporate Media Ignore Increased Fukushima Water Radioactivity

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: You have to go to The Japan Times to find out that this week’s Typhoon Phanfone caused a significant spike in the radioactive contamination of groundwater at Fukushima.

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Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows

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Wealth Gap: Just $3,650 Puts a Person in Top Half of Wealth in the World

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Hong Kong Police Beat Protester in Violent Crackdown on Demonstrations

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Joe Biden: The Tea Party Is Crazy

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CIA Study: Arming Rebels Rarely Works

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Supreme Court Issues a Qualified Reversal of Devastating Texas Abortion Clinic Law

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Orphaned by Deportation: The Crisis of Children Left Behind

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FROM WISE OWL DENISE

Oracle Report Thursday, October 16, 2014

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Third Quarter Moon Phase: completion

Moon in Leo

Skill: respond to opportunities

Negative Imprint: obsession, reliance on that which is not reliable, seeking recognition, denying happiness, gloomy outlook

Positive Imprint: inspiration, balance, logic, wonder, promises, uniqueness, fulfillment, wishes, revitalization, sunny outlook

On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at 2:37 pm ET/ 6:37 pm UT, the Sun released an M1.1-class flare with coronal mass ejection.

To gain the best understanding of the effects on the energy, we look at the position of the Moon at the time. The Moon was at 10 Cancer, in opposition to Pluto. The Sabian symbol (ancient energetic code) for 10 Cancer is “a large diamond in the first stage of the cutting process.” This symbol speaks to situations taking a long time to develop, coming from a deep place to now be revealed. The edges are polished off and we become faceted beings.

The Gnostic teachings tell us that humanity was never designed for growth within a multi-planet solar system. A system with a Sun, a Moon, and a planet was the intention. But the plan went seriously astray and humanity has operated under the pummeling or “faceting” of their light bodies via the energy of multiple planets. It creates superhumans who learn and create very, very quickly.

But it has also created insanity – a culture cut away from its own nature and its own planet.

The good news is that is all changing. A transformation is occurring. And today, this transformation comes with new opportunities and potentials. Courtesy the Sabian symbol of the position of the Earth today, one of my favorites, “an open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia,” these insights, possibilities, and options “blow” right to us. It’s refreshing energy that clears away things that have become cumbersome. It directs us along a new course.

So be on watch today for what is out-of-the-ordinary. Watch for sightings of animals you don’t usually see. Watch for inspiration to fill a void. Watch for unusual alternatives. This energy is eccentric. It follows its own tune without apology.

Keep your options open, but don’t dismiss opportunities that feel hopeful and exciting. I like the energy of this symbol because it brings good things and good news from out of the blue without the trauma that can accompany surprises and shocks. We are so traumatized by the pummeling of the planets and the manipulation away from the Earth that we wince when we get a whiff of a personal change. You can trust the insights and possibilities that blow in today because they come from the purity of Spirit.

The overall energy is still quite intense today with all that is developing on the global scale. The Sun will conjunct Mercury, which is retrograde, so Mercury retrograde-type of issues will flare. Travel, electronics, and communications (especially electronic communications) may present challenges. We slow down and realize we may have to repeat things, knowing that a better way or better outcome will emerge from it. We need to re-imprint our notion of Mercury’s retrograde as a time of fine-tuning and reworking things to improve them. It’s extra time to reinforce the structure and makeup of things.

Be aware that the “blowing in” themes today and the month-long theme of lunacy could make things go “viral” and “crazy.” Viruses are alive and respond to energy as well. We could see an increase in the number of identified people with Ebola and other infectious agents.

With the Moon’s movement into Leo today, it is also a Black Moon day, so those with the Sun or Black Moon in Leo or Aquarius will experience the third to the last stage of rebirth – two more stages to go before the Black Moon moves in Virgo on November 27th! Everyone’s shadow sides tend to come out for recognition and integration on Black Moon days. Be very aware that your core fear (as indicated by the Black Moon on the day you were born and listed in the Appendix of my book on the Black Moon, available for free on the Books tab atwww.oraclereport.com) may be triggered. If so, acknowledge it and facilitate the healing process by understanding that the fear is an illusion. It’s a paradox. A trick. Those with the Black Moon in Leo fear change but they are the change-makers. Their energy (and their creations) naturally change the shape, order, and status of things. They enable us to see the world in multiple ways. The fears of the Black Moon are always nonsense because they have us fearing our true nature, distorting the truth of it.

We top off this day of opportunities, options, and possibilities, with Mars moving to the degree of “a bluebird standing at the door of happiness.” By all means, step through the doors that are opening today. In collaboration with the Goddess of the Earth, we are returning wisdom and sanity to the world. As the arduous process unfolds, we respond to opportunities as they are presented. Today brings such things.

Happy day, everyone. Find beauty. Find the bluebird of happiness. Find what is trying to reach you. It’s mind blowing.

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