Truthout Daily Digest | Monday, 27 April 2015

Suicide on the Great Sioux Nation

Jason Coppola, Truthout: A suicide state of emergency has been declared on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Lakota Nation is coming together to deal with historical trauma, and find strength and hope for their youth.

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Now Is the Time for the Progressive Movement to Win

Leslie Thatcher, Truthout: Salvatore Babones talks with Truthout about his new book, the significance of social science in formulating social and economic policy and the urgent need for new and different US policies for everything from employment to education to health care.

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New York Airport Workers Strike, Telling Management “Poverty Wages Don’t Fly”

Matt Surrusco, Truthout: Airport baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants calling for higher wages, more affordable benefits and union representation rallied outside LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, accompanied by labor organizers and members of the union they hope to join.

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Confronting Brunch

Peter Frase, Truthout: When Black Lives Matter protesters chose to interrupt the comfortable Sunday tradition of brunch by reading aloud the names of police-murdered Black men to restaurant-goers, it opened the door to a serious analysis of this curious culinary phenomenon.

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Vermont Activists Battle Democratic Governor for Single-Payer Health Care

Steve Early, In These Times: Bitter recriminations over Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin’s health care retreat have morphed into broader controversies about workers’ rights, contract concessions and a state austerity budget.

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Food Stamps Are Worth Double at These Michigan Farmers Markets – Helping Families and Local Businesses

Araz Hachadourian, YES! Magazine: The USDA is putting $31 million behind a program that helps low-income families take home twice the veggies, and local farmers make twice the money.

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The Glyphosate Saga and “Independent Scientific Advice,” According to Germany, the UK and France

Staff, Corporate Europe Observatory: Germany is charged by the EU with the safety review of glyphosate, yet three scientists sitting on its scientific panel on pesticides are employees of BASF and Bayer, two major pesticides producers. Meanwhile, the UK has simply privatized its governmental Food and Environment Research Agency.

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Crisis, Opportunity and Climate Austerity in Drought-Stricken California

Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence: The drought problem California is facing is a microcosm of sorts for climate change itself, and all the more reason why adequately confronting it has implications well beyond the state’s borders.

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To Defend the Environment, Support Social Movements Like Berta Caceres and COPINH

Jeff Conant, Inter Press Service: If the world is going to reduce the destructive environmental and social impacts that too often accompany economic development, we need to do all we can to recognize and support the peasant farmers, Indigenous Peoples and social movements that put their lives on the line to stem the tide of destruction.

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PETA’s Cruel and Unusual Crush

Jill Richardson, OtherWords: Joe Arpaio, the hardline anti-immigrant sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, prides himself on making jail a miserable place to be. Why would PETA ever pal around with this guy? Because Arpaio took meat off his prisoners’ menu.

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Memories of Galeano’s Fire: My Afternoon With the Late Uruguayan Writer

Danny Postel, Pulse Media: “My heart has been heavy since learning over the weekend of the death of the radical and marvelously lyrical Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, whom I had the enormous pleasure of meeting some 20 years ago,” the author writes in this tribute to the late Galeano.

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This week in Speakout:

Dean Baker highlights The Washington Post’s message to readers that the elite “will lie, cheat and steal to pass their trade deals”; Jesse Hagopian spotlights Garfield High School teacher Heather Robison’s conscientious test objector declaration; Tom H. Hastingsreflects on Earth Day as a holiday with an agenda; Jack A. Smith remembers the earthshaking lesson the United States experienced in Vietnam; Stacy Malkan examines how the media fell for a GMO front group attack; Matt Peppe explains why Cuba won’t extradite Assata Shakur; Brian Terrell celebrates how activists are making history and building a future in the Nevada desert; James Dorsey reports on Israel’s racism-related soccer woes; David Swanson analyzes the “gradual injustice” of drone warfare; Evaggelos Vallianatos memorializes Audrey Moore’s battle against the carcinogens that ultimately killed her; and more.

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Nepal Terrorized by Aftershocks That Stymie Relief Efforts

Read the Article at The New York Times

Dallas Cops Killed a Man Within Seconds of Arriving at His Door; They Won’t Face Criminal Charges

Read the Article at ThinkProgress

“Freddie Gray Was Me”: Frustration With Police Simmers After Death in Baltimore

Read the Article at The Guardian

Declassified: Report on NSA Surveillance Flares Up Battle for Privacy

Read the Article at RT

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit in Border Patrol Shooting of Mexican Teen

Read the Article at El Paso Times

For-Profit Corinthian Colleges to Shut Down More Than Two Dozen Remaining Schools

Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times

Glenn Greenwald: The Key War on Terror Propaganda Tool – Only Western Victims Are Acknowledged

Read the Article at The Intercept

Truthout Daily Digest | Monday, 20 April 2015

Dahr Jamail | Gulf Victims Suing BP Disaster’s Compensation Czar

Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Five years after BP’s oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, those suffering physically and financially from it are suing Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney chosen by BP and the US government to administer compensation funds, alleging he misled claimants in order to limit BP’s financial liability.

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Gulf Fishermen Still Struggling Five Years After the BP Spill

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Five years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Truthout goes onboard a small fishing boat in the Gulf to find out how the catastrophic spill is still impacting families and the local economy.

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The Canadian Ministry of “Truth”: “Reality Is Whatever We Say It Is”

Fred Guerin, Truthout: In George Orwell’s dystopian novel1984, the phrase “reality control” describes how the powerful create logic-denying, fact-free realities that happen to suit their interests. We now live in that world.

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So Far, 2015 Is On Pace to Set Abortion Restriction Records

Katie Klabusich, Truthout: Only 12 percent of counties have an abortion provider, and state-level, anti-abortion provisions are being introduced at a record pace this year – 332 in 43 states. We are past the emergency point where every restrictive law costs people – especially the poor and already marginalized – their right to bodily autonomy.

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A Foreclosure Conveyor Belt: The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit

Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch: Detroit residents are fighting against the worst iniquity imaginable: a Detroit where once inhabited streets have been submerged in the silence of water retention ponds, where longtime residents have been scattered and displaced by the foreclosure conveyor belt.

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Dean Baker | A Simple Progressive Economic Agenda for Hillary Clinton (or Anyone Else)

Dean Baker, Truthout: While many policies will be needed to improve the situation of the poor and middle class, there are three simple ones that could make a big difference: a more competitive dollar, a Federal Reserve Board committed to full employment and a financial transactions tax to rein in Wall Street.

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This 4/20 Should Be a Wake-Up Call to End the Racist “War on Drugs”

The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The war on drugs decimates communities of color, breaks apart families and brings violence into already poverty-stricken neighborhoods. It also makes problems associated with drug abuse worse because it passes the buck on to a prison system that doesn’t know how to deal with addiction.

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How the Federal Reserve Is Destroying Your Economic Future

Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet: Economist Gerald Epstein and his colleague sought to find out who in the economy tends to benefit from the Fed’s actions. They conclude that wealthy Americans are the big winners from policies like quantitative easing, while the rest see little improvement in their economic lives.

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FBI Informant Exposes Sting Operation Targeting Innocent Americans in New(T)ERROR Documentary

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: A new film shines a bright light on the FBI’s shadowy use of informants in its counterterrorism sting operations. These undercover operatives are meant to root out would-be terrorists before they attack, but critics argue they often target the wrong people.

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Protesters Bring Ongoing “Situation” to New FERC Chairman

Anne Meador, DC Media Group: At his first meeting as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Commissioner Norman Bay gave the cold shoulder to demonstrators who repeatedly interrupted him to protest what they say is FERC’s rubber-stamp approach to regulation.

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Climate Change Threatens More Than Two-Thirds of Rabbit Species

Katie Leach, The Conversation: Climate change will have major effects on the ecology and distribution of many animal species. Now new research suggests that rabbits will be particularly hard hit as climatic changes alter their habitat over the coming decades.

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Strategies of the 1% Revealed

George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence: We often fail to notice the strategy game of the 1%. Knowing some of the favorite moves they make to achieve their goals will assist us as we stand up for justice, equality and life itself. Even in the United States, the 1% has lost some battles.

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Workers Join the “Fight for $15” Movement, and More

In today‘s On the News segment: Thousands of workers across the United States took part in mass protests in more than 200 cities; in the European Union, regulators are actually standing up to corporate monopolies; in the richest nation on earth, the number of homeless children has grown by 60 percent in the last six years; and more.

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BuzzFlash Walmart Heir Does Not Deserve Assets It Would Take a Worker a Million Years to Earn Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Don’t be fooled by Walmart’s announcement that it is raising its lowest wage to $10 per hour for full-time workers by 2016. Read the BuzzFlash Commentary Green Activist Killings Up by a Fifth Read the Article at BBC Another Fight for 15: A $15,000 Dividend for Every US Family Read the Article at BuzzFlash Antarctica Blows Hot and Cold – for Now Read the Article at Climate News Network Ignoring the Terror Within Read the Article at The Kansas City Star Don’t Let Conservatives Continue to Ban and Censor Library Books Read the Article at BuzzFlash A City Goes Renewable, but Raises Questions About the Impact of Biomass Power Read the Article at Al Jazeera America Undocumented Migrant Children Have Become Big Business for Extortionists Read the Article at The New Yorker

Common Dreams Highlights | Monday, 30 March 2015

Featured… Taking Aim at Clinton, Former Maryland Governor Says Presidency ‘Not a Crown’ by Lauren McCauley Testing the waters for potential nomination bid, Martin O’Malley calls for a president willing to take on ‘wealthy, special interests.’ News… TPP Opponents Mobilize as Powerful Forces Seek to Ram Through ‘Fast Track’ Trade Authority by Deirdre Fulton Lawmakers in favor of the pro-corporate trade deals hope to vote on Fast Track legislation in mid-April. Syria’s President Assad: US Airstrikes a Recruiting Bonanza for ISIS by Jon Queally Americans would like to ‘sugar coat’ the situation, says Bashar al-Assad, but the situation in his country is only being made worse by airstrikes. ‘Heart Over Hard’: Thousands Protest Austerity in Brussels by Deirdre Fulton Demonstrators call for Belgian government to tackle fraud and enact higher taxes on the rich. GMO Seed Theft Equals National Security Threat, Argues Government by Lauren McCauley Defense attorneys say spying on alleged Chinese seed plotters in trade dispute signifies ‘breathtaking’ overreach. After Talking to Washington Post About Low Wages, Hotel Worker Fired by Common Dreams staff In original profile, journalist wrote that Shanna Tippen’s experience ‘reflects a more realistic picture’ of life on minimum wage. As Chaos in Yemen Continues, Air Strike Kills Dozens at Refugee Camp by Deirdre Fulton Roughly 500 new families arrived in the camp over the last two days, escaping bombings in other parts of the country. more news… Views… There’s a Reason the Big Banks Aren’t Mad with Hillary by John Atcheson And Why Those Emails Matter Why the NCAA Should Move the Final Four Out of Indiana by Dave Zirin “Here is a time to say that despite the branding, the swooshes and the ads everywhere, money is really not the most important part of college athletics.” Report: Big Education Firms Spend Millions Lobbying for Pro-Testing Policies by Valerie Strauss Four top testing companies collectively spent more than $20 million lobbying in states and on Capitol Hill from 2009 to 2014. Balancing the Tensions of Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani by Ralph Nader “Above all, President Ghani wants to neutralize anybody or anything that undermines or distracts from his focus on building trust in government.” You Owe Us, Corporations: Four Reasons Why, and One Way to Pay by Paul Buchheit Corporate profits are at their highest level in 85 years, growing by 171 percent in the first half of the Obama presidency. Black America’s State of Surveillance by Malkia Cyril “Black people and other people of color have lived for centuries with surveillance practices aimed at maintaining a racial hierarchy.” more views… Newswire… National Lawyers Guild Student Chapters to Hold Country-Wide “Black Lives Matter” Day of Action 4/2/15 U.S. Right to Know Calls for Investigation of Monsanto Cover Up, Harassment of USDA Scientists 350.org: Paris Makes Strides Towards Ditching Investments in Fossil Fuels Reprieve: UK Government ‘Trying to Prevent Justice’ for Rendition Victims Public Citizen: As Dark Money Monsters Torment Investors, Shareholders Need SEC Chair to Be Superhero; They Ask: “Where Is Mary Jo White?” more newswire…

Truthout Daily Digest | Monday, March 9, 2015

Heeding the Call: Black Women Fighting for Black Lives That Matter

Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Sarah Rosenblatt, Truthout: In response to the killing of Black people by police and the lack of accountability that follows, there has been a resurgence of civil disobedience reminiscent of the 1960s civil rights movement. Black women activists have been at the head of this new movement.

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Rewriting the Future

Walidah Imarisha, Bitch Media: The science fiction – or speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism etc. – we humans create doesn’t appear out of the ether. Whether it’s settings from The Hunger Games, Harry Potter or Star Wars,these fantastical worlds end up exploring issues like war, racism, gender oppression, power, privilege and injustice.

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There’s So Much Life Here: A Death Row Prisoner Looks Back on Over 20 Years in Solitary Confinement

Jack Shuler, Truthout: Keith LaMar is sentenced to die for his role in the 1993 Lucasville riot, one of the most violent prison uprisings in US history. While he lives in an Ohio supermax prison because of the crimes he’s convicted of, LaMar strives to maintain connections with the outside world.

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The Cost of Compassion: Why Churches Turn Their Backs on Torture Victims

Justin Norman, Truthout: When compassion becomes politically inconvenient, churches turn their backs on those in need.

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Shaky Conviction, Ongoing Punishment: Canada v. Omar Khadr

Aisha Maniar, Truthout: The former Guantánamo child prisoner Omar Khadr, who returned to his native Canada in late 2012, has finally received essential shoulder surgery and is catching up on the education he was denied. Still, Khadr may be left blind due to untreated wounds.

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Will Biden’s Billion-Dollar Plan Help Central America?

Alexander Main, NACLA: At first glance, the White House’s new plan appears to herald a salutary shift away from the US government’s failed regional security policy.

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Indigenous Storytelling in the Limelight

Francesca Dziadek, Inter Press Service: The Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale, has established a European hub for indigenous voices across a number of platforms, including its NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema series and Storytelling-Slams.

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A Sea of People Fighting for Water in Sao Paulo

Midia Ninja and Laura Capriglione, NINJA: The Iguatemi Mall did not seem to welcome the crowd. Neither did the Rolls-Royce store on Cidade Jardim Avenue. These sacred luxury consumer temples, where the water tanks are always full, lowered their doors before the the march that brought together 15,000 men, women and children.

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BuzzFlash

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“Selma Is Now” Says Obama Ahead of Visit to Highlight Abusive Justice System

Watch the Videos at The Guardian

Bank of Canada: “Stop ‘Spocking’ Our Currency”

Read the Article at Jonathan Turley’s Blog

Maine Effort to Tax Nonprofits Raises Eyebrows Across the US

Read the Article at Seattle Pi

US Media Executive Includes RussiaToday in the Same “Challenge List” as ISIS and Boko Haram

Read the Article at Global Research

Holder Says He’s “Prepared” to Dismantle Ferguson Police Department if Necessary

Read the Article at The Washington Post

Robert Swan Leads Antarctic Expedition to Show Firsthand Effects of Climate Change

Read the Article at EcoWatch

Berlin Alarmed by Aggressive NATO Stance on Ukraine

Read the Article at Spiegel

The Oracle Report | Monday, March 9, 2015

FROM WISE OWL DEB

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“Load In” – Pisces Lunar Cycle (1) 2015 – February 18 – March 19, 2015

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Monday, March 9, 2015

Disseminating Moon Phase: share, communicate

Moon in Scorpio

Wisdom Goddess: Matangi (Goddess of the Wind)

Skill: take a second look at things; attune with your values

Positive Imprint: patient, spontaneous, generous, adventurous, grace, attention to details, like-minded people coming together, new paths, balance, brain power, critical pieces of information provided, social gatherings

Catalysts for Change: impatient, impulsive, overly-critical of self and others, agitated, restless, bored, attacking, not moving on, following the road most traveled for safety and security, temptation, disorder, distortions

Sabian Symbol for the Lunar Month: “a crowded public marketplace” (human interchange and exchange, expressions of self)

The Sun released a powerful M9.2-class (almost X-class) flare with coronal mass ejection Saturday, March 7 at 5:22 pm ET/10:22 pm UT. The archetypal energy of 11 degrees of Libra – “a professor peering over his glasses at his students” was delivered. This is most interesting given that the Sun was making conjunction with Chiron, the Wounded Healer andTeacher, at that time.

In the weekend’s post, I discussed how the energy would bring up old pain, but that the wise thing to do was to focus on the teaching component of Chiron. I think the Sun (the divine being Sabaoth, according to the Gnostics) wanted to make sure we understood the teaching (or lesson, if you prefer, though I dislike the connotation of punishment with that word).

The solar flare and coronal mass ejection – the extreme light – reinforced our ability to see (and be).

Moving back into the present, today’s energy prompts a feeling of wanting to propel forward or get things going. We have ideas or visions in our minds of how we want things to be and we tend to want them now under this dynamic. In many ways, change is actually craved today, unlike most days when we are rigid and rickety with change.

But the Sun is disseminating the energy of “a table set for an evening meal” today, which is about making preparations and having patience. So there is a conflict or rub if we are trying to push things ahead of their time.

The highest octave of the “desire for change” energy today is to take another look at the table that is set for an evening meal (the field of consciousness) and see what we might like to add to it. The table may be set, but are there flowers? Do you want to add candles? What would make it more suitable or beautiful?

In other words, what do we want to add to our ideas and visions of the way we want our experience of life to be over the next year? (The “new year” according to the natural cycle of the Sun and Moon begins April 18. Until then, we are “loading in” to the fields of time and space our intentions and visions for the next year, i.e. setting the table.)

Keep in mind that there is an energetic signature that makes us more sensitive to going against the grain or the status quo or what is socially acceptable. If you feel naked and exposed, you are stepping beyond your comfort zone as you follow your heart’s path. Be patient with yourself.

It’s easy to find errors, see mistakes, and over-analyze today. When coronal masses are ejected, our brains light up, too. We have more brain power. Let’s keep ours from blowing fuses. Take breaks so that there is time for mental rest.

One last thing: If you find yourself in a conflict with someone, pause and determine if it is a battle you want to engage and if you have what it takes to back it up. It is very important to gauge situations before reacting to them today. Even if you are “right,” it is not necessarily in your highest and best interests to assert yourself. If anger is being triggered, it is even more important to gauge the situation. Be wise and take care of yourself.

Venus is delivering beautiful things that we can add to our “table” today. What are you adding to yours?

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Truthout Daily Digest | Monday, 2 March 2015

Dahr Jamail | The “Mega-Drought Future,” the Disappearance of Coral Reefs and the Unwillingness to Listen

Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Scientists are now mapping a world that is changing rapidly in often-terrifying ways. Climate disruption and world leaders’ unwillingness to act have put us at risk of experiencing mega-droughts, the disappearance of coral reefs and other ecological impacts of an anthropogenically warming planet.

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Fracking Brings Big Health Concerns for Workers

Roger Drouin, Truthout: Oil and gas exploration have always been dangerous. But recent research – along with documented incidents in the field – are making it clear just how hazardous fracking can be for industry workers. Silica and benzene exposure top the list of hazards.

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Introducing David Theo Goldberg’s Sites of Race

Susan Searls Giroux, Truthout: The racial fissures that have split US society migrate globally, translate locally and return with a vengeance. We live, thus, in a moment marked by widespread confusion over the meaning and political significance of race, both within and outside of the academy.

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Will the F-35A Fighter Bomber Be Based in Burlington, Vermont, in 2020?

James Marc Leas, Truthout: A plan to base F-35 fighter bombers in Burlington, Vermont, has been sent into a tailspin due to contradicting government information about their safety.

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Peace and Planet: The Wind and Rain of Nuclear Weapons Abolition

Joseph Gerson, Truthout: In this address commemorating Bikini Day, March 1, 1954, the author lays out the strategy that will lead to the Peace and Planet Mobilization for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World, to be held on the eve and first days of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.

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Dean Baker | The Federal Reserve Board’s Plan to Kill Jobs

Dean Baker, Truthout: While there is great concern in Washington over imaginary job killers, the Federal Reserve Board is openly mapping out an actual job-killing strategy and drawing almost no attention at all for it: The Fed plans to start raising interest rates at some point this year.

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Austerity Seen as Culprit in Sharp Rise in Suicide Rate Among Middle-Aged People

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: A recent study points to a direct connection between the impact of the economic crisis and a marked increase in suicide rates among middle-aged people. For all too many workers in the United States, when you fall off the corporate meal ticket, the fall is far indeed.

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Guns on Campus: Not an Agenda for Women’s Safety

Andrea Flynn, Next New Deal: Lawmakers in at least 14 states are pushing measures that would loosen gun regulations on college campuses. But allowing guns on campus won’t reduce sexual assault. Instead, it will increase the risk of homicide.

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Would You Like Some Crushing Debt With That Degree?

The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: Like every other part of our economy these days, the education system has become financialized, and for-profit colleges like Corinthian Colleges are really just phony shells for the latest bankster get-rich-quick scheme.

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Police Killing of Unarmed Mexican Farmworker in Washington State Sparks Protest

Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!: Authorities in Pasco, Washington, have revealed police fired 17 shots at Antonio Zambrano-Montes, an unarmed Mexican farmworker who was shot dead on February 10. The shooting has sparked weeks of protests.

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Going Off the Rails: There’s No Safe Way to Haul Oil by the Trainload

Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords: Some 1.4 million gallons of oil spilled in US rail accidents in 2013 – more in one year than over the previous four decades combined. Do we have to wait until a big city erupts into a fossil-fueled inferno before this madness reaches the end of the line?

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My War on Terror: Letter to an Unknown US Patriot

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: “Making our safety and security ultimate values is a grotesque mistake. It essentially ensures a future state that bears no relation whatsoever to a democratic polity or to the values this country has championed.”

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Students Are Taking On College Debt, and More

In today‘s On the News segment: If corporations paid back their full debt to society, they’d be paying each of our households about $10,000 a year; it appears another discriminatory ban in the military may be changed; students are taking on college debt, demanding relief for their federal student loans; and more.

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BuzzFlash

Koch Mandates to Cut Education Spending Spread Like a Cancer

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It should be no surprise that the newly inaugurated governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner – a darling of the 1% – is metastasizing the Koch brothers’ attack on public education.

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Four Reasons Young Americans Should Burn Their Student Loans

Read the Article at BuzzFlash

“New Torture Files”: Declassified Memos Detail Roles of Bush White House and DOJ Officials Who Conspired to Approve Torture

Read the Article at Just Security

LAPD Cops Fatally Shoot Unarmed Homeless Man in Skid Row Altercation

Watch the Video at the New York Daily News

Death on Sevenmile Road

Read the Article at Texas Observer

Kerry and Lavrov Hold “Frank Discussions” Over Ukraine Ceasefire

Read the Article at The Guardian

Three Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Read the Article at BuzzFlash

This Is Not a Democracy: How the 1% Rigged the Game

Read the Article at Salon

The Oracle Report | Monday, February 16, 2015

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“Load In” – Pisces Lunar Cycle (1) 2015 – February 18 – March 19, 2015

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Balsamic Moon Phase: clear, release, dream

Moon in Capricorn/Aquarius (7:14 pm ET/ 00:14 am UT)

Ruling Wisdom Goddess: Matangi (Goddess of the Wind) and Shodashi (Goddess Who Fulfills Our Highest Desire)

Skill: tune in to your inner voice/your heart/your connection with Spirit

Positive Imprints: new directions, clearing space, making sense, adding up, transformation from one thing to another, new uses for existing things, gathering, building energy, stirring in the heart, undeveloped talents and interests being inspired

Catalysts for Change: resistance to new things, obstacles to growth, diversions from one’s path, suppression, too much static or background noise or talk, too much at once, naïve, overpowering others

Sabian symbol for the Lunar Month: “an old adobe mission”

So much is “loading in” to the field of consciousness today in preparation for the New Moon on Wednesday that we just may find ourselves mesmerized by it all. Exceptionally beautifully-wrapped gifts (packets of information) fall down like rain (or snowflakes depending on where you are).

These gifts or packets of information are designed to make our hearts sing. The song is called “The Music of the Spheres” and each of us is like an instrument in the philharmonic.

In the audio recording of the overview for the next New Moon, which is titled “Load In” and posted atwww.oraclereport.com, I mention that over the next two lunar months we are preparing for the new astrological year. The energy of the next astrological year (which begins April 18) is symbolized by the image of “the music of the spheres.”

At the highest and purest level, everything is a sphere of energy (or coalesced within a sphere of energy) – planets, solar systems, Galactic Centers, aeons, us. The “music” of the spheres is the expression or actualization of the individuality of a sphere.

In other words, the music of the spheres is the animating spirit of creation made manifest.

It’s the best possible energetic to create the Second Renaissance, which is created by artists – artists of the soul.

You may not consider yourself an artist, but all things can be artful when undertaken with consciousness and intention. In this way, there are many types of “art” – painting, sculpting, music, singing, teaching, healing, speaking, writing, welding, wiring, coding, protecting…

You are an artist creating the structure of the new way to experience life. Over the next two days, spiritual influences are radiating the field of consciousness to instill awakening, recognition, and eventual application of your uniqueness. Talents, skills, and hopes, wishes, and dreams come to life to create a new experience of life.

Building the Second Renaissance is not drudgery. It is supposed to be fun.

Here’s what’s happening in the sky to facilitate it:

The 26th, 27th, and 28th degrees of Pisces are all about moons- a New Moon, a Harvest Moon, and a Full Moon, respectively. Mars is completing transit of these degrees, hitting them first in order to energize and “load in” feelings of desire (heart and soul’s desires). This has been happening over the last few days, so you can look at events, circumstances, and feelings you’ve had and see what is starting.

Venus will begin transiting these degrees tomorrow, hitting them again and reinforcing what Mars imprinted. Desires are reinforced.

Then, between March 16 – 18, the almighty Sun will reach these degrees, flooding the field and reinforcing what both Mars and Venus have already imprinted. This is just in time for the New Moon on March 20 and also in time for the Spring Equinox.

So you see how the imprinting of energy works and also how important this time is for the future.

The Wisdom Goddesses (Dynamic Duo) of Matangi and Shodashi are close by with this. Matangi brings wind and Shodashi corrects course, so we are moving forward. But if the speed is too much for you, ask that the wind settle down a bit.

I am mixing metaphors all over the place today, but that is the nature of the energy. Today we are tuning in and unwrapping packets of information that “unwrap” more of the nature of reality, more of who we are, and more on what we are here to do.

Go outside. Connect with nature. Gaze at something beautiful and the beautiful gifts will flow.

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The Oracle Report | Monday, February 2, 2015

MONKEY PANTS FROM WISE OWL SIERRA

“Outposts” – Aquarius Lunar Cycle: January 20 – February 17, 2015

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“The Black Moon Transit of Virgo: November 27, 2014 – August 25, 2015”

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Gibbous Moon Phase: trust in a higher power and order

Moon in Cancer/Leo (12:41 pm ET/5:41 pm UT)

Ruling Wisdom Goddess: Matangi (Goddess of Soft Breezes)

Skill: soften up

Positive Imprint: determination and drive, deep realizations, the transformation of situations, pausing, archetypes, seeing beyond appearances, sounding a call, faith

Negative Imprint: irritable, instability, deception, undermining others, bogged down, demanding attention

Sabian Symbol for the Lunar Month: “an old adobe mission” (projecting projects and ideas into the future, spiritual retreat)

Today, wise owls will view detours, do-overs, misfires, false starts, and obstacles as an opportunity. This is something of a test for us today. Instead of succumbing to frustration, we “clue in” when things start going sideways and let the soft breeze of Matangi take over. She will untangle the situation for us, showing or teaching us something in the process.

The primary catalysts for the disruption are Mercury retrograde. But the energetic of the Sun today at the Sabian symbol of “a train entering a tunnel” directs us to keep going no matter what.

This can happen with actual detours on your travels today, electronic malfunctions, miscommunications, accidents, things that cause things to come to a standstill, alarms, and unexpected events.

When these kinds of things happen, take a deep breath of Matangi’s energy. Matangi means soft breeze in Maori. Relax yourself and let some air into the situation. Don’t turn around; keep going. There’s a reward for doing so.

I know this for a fact already today because Mercury retrograde caused me to have to venture out for wi-fi. Keep going if you face obstacles today. It will be worth it.

Note: I will not be posting a report tomorrow, but I will return on Wednesday.

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Truthout Daily Digest | Monday, 19 January 2015

Martin Luther King, Jr.: All Labor Has Dignity

Martin Luther King, Jr., Beacon Press: In his introduction to the newly published anthology of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches and writings, Cornel West notes the book unearths a radical King whose legacy can no longer be sanitized. He was “anti-imperial, anti-colonial, anti-racist” and embodied “democratic socialist sentiments.”

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Your Home Is Your Prison

Maya Schenwar, TomDispatch: The “American Gulag,” is a vast carceral archipelago into which millions of human beings are simply deep-sixed. The urge to reform such a system should be applauded, but as with so many “reforms” in our era, the latest “alternative” forms of confinement may only be extending and expanding the prison system into other parts of American life.

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Democrats Take on Wall Street With Financial Transactions Tax

Dean Baker, Truthout: The House Democratic Party leadership remarkably proposed a financial transactions tax. The proposal is part of a larger package which includes a substantial tax credit for workers, and also a limit on the tax deductibility of high CEO pay.

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Five Corporations You’ve Never Heard of Are Making Millions From Mass Incarceration

James Kilgore, Truthout: From construction to monitoring devices, some corporations are making off like bandits with profits from mass incarceration. Here are five of the worst offenders.

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Uncovering a World War II Prisoner Exchange Program Through Interned Immigrants’ Stories

Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: From 1942 to 1948, thousands of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants living in the United States were held in a Texas internment camp. All were suspected of disloyalty to Allied forces, and although none were tried or convicted of any crimes, some were repatriated to their countries of origin.

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The Van Hollen Plan Takes on Soaring CEO Pay: A Debate We Need to Have

Susan Holmberg, The Next New Deal: The economic proposals in Rep. Chris Van Hollen’s action plan “to grow the paychecks of all, not just the wealth of a few” will reinforce the progressive economic messaging championed by Senator Elizabeth Warren and conceivably embolden more Democrats to finally take command of our economic debate in advance of the 2016 presidential election.

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EPA Report Finds Pesticide Poses Risk to Workers, Spurs Calls for Ban

Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: The insecticide chlorpyrifos, used on corn and other US crops, poses health risks to workers who mix and apply it and also can contaminate drinking water, according to a new EPA report.

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We Need Less Work, Not More

Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes: The notion held by many labor unions that the Senate is “killing” jobs by voting against the Keystone XL pipeline is misguided. We need to increase wages and lower the cost of living, so workers do not have to work themselves to death.

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One Thing Schools Should Do to Boost Students’ Intellectual Growth

Marion Brady, The Washington Post: Much that affects student performance, like poverty, disability and education of parents, can’t be fixed by education policy. A fundamental performance-limiting problem that can be fixed in school but has never been adequately addressed is this: information overload.

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democrats May Tax Wall Street and Give Main Street a Break, and More

Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program: In today‘s On the News segment: Democratic lawmakers have put forth a progressive tax plan that would tax Wall Street to give Main Street a little relief; the 2014 election saw massive increases in outside spending and so-called dark money; and more.

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Black Conservatives Mangle and Defame the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Obama Will Focus on Wealth Inequality – Not Just Income

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“Black Lives Matter” Aspires to Reclaim the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

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White Oklahoma ‘Survivalist’ Walks Free After Shooting Black Police Chief Four Times

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Common Dreams Highlights Monday January 5, 2015

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