Vol VI No. 694 Part 4

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here  Not For Profit - For Justice 100% Non Commercial, Fearless, Forthright & Independent  "Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them." -  Mark Hertzgaard    "If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, - not democracy... But the American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country." - Michael Parenti    "America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home."  Mark Twain  "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.": Abraham Lincoln    March 13/14, 2018 Op-Ed Trump Fires Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State By BBC Mr Tillerson had not spoken to the president and was "unaware of the reason" for his firing. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48981.htm ====== Meet Mike Pompeo, Trump's New Hardliner Secretary of State By Haaretz Pompeo said Snowden should receive the death penalty for his actions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48980.htm ====== Trump Votes For Rexit - Torture Girl To Become CIA Director By Moon Of Alabama CIA head Pompeo, the new Secretary of State, is a neoconservative with a racist anti-Muslim attitude. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48982.htm ====== What Secretary of State Tillerson's Firing Means By Paul Craig Roberts We are witnessing the most reckless and irresponsible behavior in world history. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48940.htm ====== Allegations Of Torture Have Blocked The Rise Of Trump's Choice To Lead The CIA BeforeBy Thomas Frank Trump's nominee to run the Central Intelligence Agency oversaw the torture of terrorism suspects at a secret CIA prison in Thailand in 2002. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48983.htm ====== Bravo, Trump! His Spur Of The Moment "Yes" Unmasked 68 Years Of Washington Duplicity By David Stockman If Washington ever wishes to de-escalate it needs to get its 29,000 troops off the peninsula.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48984.htm ====== Britain's Toxic Agenda for Russian Media By Finian Cunningham What is astounding is how the British are toxifying relations with Russia based on no objective evidence. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48942.htm ====== The Strange Case of the UK/Russian Spy Poisoning Allegations By James O'Neill Applying the principle of cui bono - who benefits? - to the case of Sergei Kripal might lead investigators away from the Kremlinand towards Western intelligence agencies. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48985.htm ====== Russian to Judgement By Craig Murray The same people who assured you that Saddam Hussein had WMD's now assure you Russia nerve agents are being wielded by Vladimir Putin. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48941.htm ====== Why the West Cannot Stomach Russians By Andre Vltchek This faith in exceptionalism is the true Western religion, much more than even Christianity.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48943.htm ====== On Track for Extinction: Can Humanity Survive? By Robert Burrowes What is so unattractive about the truth that so many people run from it. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48944.htm     Hard News   UN: US Attack on Syrian Civilians Violated International Law https://lobelog.com/un-us-attack-on-syrian-civilians-violated-international-law/ E Ghouta Militants Plan to Stage Chemical Attack to Blame Gov't - Damascus https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201803101062395304-eastern-ghouta-chemical-attack/ Syrian Army finds plant used by terrorists to manufacture toxic chemicals in al-Shefounieh town https://sana.sy/en/?p=130365 Militants Plan to Stage Chemical Attack to Blame Gov't - Damascus https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201803101062395304-eastern-ghouta-chemical-attack/ Turkish forces encircle Kurdish-held Afrin, start siege https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/turkey-forces-encircle-kurdish-controlled-centre-afrin-180313085406588.html Moscow slams US threats against Syria: Raise extreme concern https://sana.sy/en/?p=130388 Iraq: Eight Islamic State members killed in ambush by paramilitary troops, southwest Kirkuk https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/eight-islamic-state-members-killed-ambush-paramilitary-troops-southwest-kirkuk/ Six Islamic State members killed in Coalition airstrike, west of Anbar https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/six-islamic-state-members-killed-coalition-airstrike-west-anbar/ Iraqi army kills four Islamic State militants while infiltrating into Salahuddin https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraqi-army-kills-four-islamic-state-militants-infiltrating-salahuddin/ Iraq: They're Still Pulling Bodies Out of ISIS' Capital: An investigation by Airwars.org shows that Coalition-inflicted casualties were vastly higher than acknowledged, and the Trump administration doesn't want to know. https://www.thedailybeast.com/theyre-still-pulling-bodies-out-of-isis-capital Seven killed in military kitchen bomb attack in Yemen: witnesses https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/seven-killed-in-military-kitchen-bomb-attack-in-yemen-witnesses-idUSKCN1GP0LQ Army General admits US does not track weapons used to bomb Yemeni civilians https://www.rt.com/usa/421205-army-general-us-weapons-yemen/ Palestinian prime minister survives Gaza assassination attempt https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-hamdallah/palestinian-prime-minister-survives-gaza-assassination-attempt-idUSKCN1GP0VN Assassination attempt on Palestinian PM failed, but dealt mortal blow to reconciliation https://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page//.premium-assassination-attempt-failed-but-a-blow-to-palestinian-reconciliation-1.5905338 Israeli occupation troops enter Burin to 'confiscate' more land https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/israeli-troops-enter-burin-confiscate-land-180312133625896.html Foreign ministry concerned over Israeli president's call to impose Israeli sovereignty over West Bank http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=RL1N4Ea96874179105aRL1N4E Israel-Saudi Talks Dismay Palestinians : A report in Egyptian newspaper Al Shorouk described a move by several Arab countries to pressure Mahmoud Abbas to accept whatever plan the Trump administration produces, http://hamodia.com/2018/03/12/israel-saudi-talks-dismay-palestinians/ WATCH: Israel Allegedly Using Drone to Disperse Palestinian Protesters https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201803121062447431-israel-drone-desperse-protesters/ Saudis Enlist Washington Lobbyists in Bid for Nuclear Plants https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-09/saudi-arabia-enlists-lobbyists-in-quest-to-build-nuclear-plants Why Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo is probably bad news for Iran https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/why-new-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-is-probably-bad-news-for-iran.html At least 40 people killed in fresh ethnic clashes in DR Congo http://www.africanews.com/2018/03/13/at-least-40-people-killed-in-fresh-ethnic-clashes-in-dr-congo/ Three Niger police killed in suspected jihadist attack https://citizen.co.za/news/news-africa/1854322/niger-conflict/ Nigeria plans to negotiate for release of 110 abducted Dapchi girls http://www.africanews.com/2018/03/13/nigeria-plans-to-negotiate-for-release-of-110-abducted-dapchi-girls/ Afghanistan: Seven Civilians Killed in Nangarhar Rocket Attack https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/seven-civilians-killed-nangarhar-rocket-attack Kim Jong-un wants to sign peace treaty with Trump: report https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/kim-jong-un-wants-to-sign-peace-treaty-with-trump-report CIA Director Mike Pompeo: No indication Russian meddling changed 2016 election outcome https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/mike-pompeo-cia-director-says-no-indication-russia/ Russia calls poisoning accusations by Britain 'nonsense' http://www.eagletribune.com/region/russia-calls-poisoning-accusations-by-britain-nonsense/article_c513ebfc-1530-5d25-b50e-3baac252ae09.html Reports of laptop and phone searches on domestic flights https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/tsa-surveillance-laptops-cellphones-domestic-flights US sets new record for censoring, withholding gov't files; The surge of people who sought records but ended up empty-handed was driven by the government saying more than ever it could not find a single page of requested files https://apnews.com/714791d91d7944e49a284a51fab65b85/US-sets-new-record-for-censoring,-withholding-gov't-files Investigation Into Mexican Government Surveillance With Israeli Software Hits Roadblock: An investigation into the use of software sold to the Mexican government by the Israeli company NSO Group, has stalled following alleged interference by corrupt officials and a refusal to cooperate by the US. https://www.mintpressnews.com/investigation-into-mexicos-surveillance-with-israeli-software-stalls/238883/ Austin cops continue search for suspect behind package bombs that have killed two http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/austin-cops-continue-search-package-bomb-suspect-article-1.3871621 The poisoning of Sergei Skripal leads right to Hillary Clinton and the DNC: What did Skripal know about the Steele dossier? https://theduran.com/the-poisoning-of-sergei-skripal-reads-right-to-hillary-clinton-and-the-dnc/ GOP Rep. Tom Rooney Breaks Ranks On Russia Report: 'We've Lost All Credibility' https://www.huffingtonpost.com.mx/entry/tom-rooney-russia-report-cnn_us_5aa726d5e4b009b705d573f0 Snowden rips Trump's CIA pick over torture program http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/378112-snowden-on-haspel-cia-uniforms-should-be-decorated-with-skulls Qatar has evidence of UAE's 'illicit influence' on Kushner: report https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/03/12/qatar-has-evidence-of-uaes-illicit-influence-on-kushner-report Major Campaign Promise Fulfilled After Trump Hotels Made Over $100K From Foreign Gov'ts https://www.westernjournal.com/major-campaign-promise-fulfilled-after-trump-hotels-made-over-100k-from-foreign-govts/ Peace and Joy Tom Feeley Cost Of War   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801 Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,430 Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 1,822,088,670,584   http://www.costofwar.com/ Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Website More About Us Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone:San Diego USA 619-407-7054 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House, Po Box 365, Imperial Beach, CA 91933 Top News: Declining Sperm Count, Monsanto Concealed Toxic Effects For Decades, More Click to teach Gmail this conversation is important. 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Quote of the week: "Have we forgotten that we always have choice over how we perceive the world?"  ~~  Peter Russell Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Since 1973, Paper Finds August 16, 2017, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/health/male-sperm-count-problem.html The sperm count of men in Western countries has been declining precipitously with no signs of “leveling off,” according to new research, bolstering a school of thought that male health in the modern world is at risk, possibly threatening fertility. An international team of researchers ... looked at semen samples from 42,935 men from 50 countries from 1973 to 2011. They found that sperm concentration - the number of sperm per milliliter of semen - had declined each year, amounting to a 52.4 percent total decline, in men from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Total sperm count among the same group also tumbled each year for a total decline of 59.3 percent over the nearly 40-year period. Decreasing sperm count was first reported a quarter century ago, but the new analysis shows that “this decline is strong and continuing,” said Dr. Shanna H. Swan, one of the study’s authors. A 2005 study, Dr. Swan said, showed that prenatal exposure to phthalates, also called plasticizers, affected the development of sons. Phthalates are a group of chemicals used to make plastics more flexible and harder to break. They have been shown to disrupt the operation of male hormones like testosterone and have been linked to genital birth defects in male infants. Professor Skakkebaek, an author of a 1992 study that suggested chemicals play a role in the steady decline in semen quality, has since indicated that a rise in abnormal male reproductive systems may be linked to exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Note: Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals has also been linked to "lower IQ, adult obesity and 5% of autism cases". For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing health news articles from reliable major media sources. Monsanto concealed effects of toxic chemical for decades, Ohio AG alleges March 6, 2018, NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/monsanto-concealed-effects-toxic-chemical... Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine sued agricultural giant Monsanto on Monday, alleging the company concealed dangers posed by a toxic chemical compound it manufactured for nearly a half century. In the suit ... prosecutors argued that the company should pay for the clean-up of what it says are dozens of rivers, lakes and other water bodies contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. The company stopped manufacturing the chemical in 1977 and it was banned in 1979 by the Environmental Protection Agency. According to the suit, Monsanto produced nearly all of the PCBs - which were used in everything from lubricants to electrical equipment - in the United States between 1929 and 1977. The chemical has been linked to cancer, liver damage and other negative health effects. The suit alleges that Monsanto learned of PCBs’ toxic effects in the 1930s, yet it kept producing the compound while concealing its effects. The suit claims the company acknowledged that prolonged exposure could produce "systemic toxic effects" in an internal memo in 1937, so it undertook a "decades-long campaign of misinformation and deception." Note: Other major lawsuits are beginning to unfold over Monsanto's lies to regulators and the public on the dangers of its products, most notably Roundup. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corporate corruption and health. Behind the Scenes in Venezuela March 3, 2018, US News & World Report https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2018-03-03/new-evidence-the... In recent weeks, the Trump administration has stepped up its efforts at "regime change" in Venezuela. High-level sources from inside the administration have stated that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is determining U.S. policy toward Venezuela. Rubio ... does not seem interested in an electoral or negotiated solution to Venezuela's political crisis. On Feb. 9, he appeared to support a military coup. Such open support from Washington for a military coup against an elected government ... is unusual. But the Trump team is not just sitting around waiting for it to happen. The Rubio/Trump strategy seems to be to try to worsen the economic situation and increase suffering to the point where either the military, or the insurrectionary elements of the opposition, rise up and overthrow the government. That appears to be the purpose of the financial sanctions that Trump ordered on Aug. 24, 2017. These sanctions cut off Venezuela from billions of dollars of potential loans, as well as from revenue even from its own oil company in the U.S., Citgo. They have worsened shortages of medicine and food, in an economy that is already suffering from inflation of about 3,000 percent annually and a depression that has cost about 38 percent of GDP. These sanctions are illegal under ... international conventions to which the U.S. is a signatory. Now U.S. officials are talking about ... cutting off Venezuela's oil sales. All this to overthrow a government that nobody can claim poses any threat to the United States. Note: Important parts of this situation's history are described in a 2012 article titled, "Why the US demonises Venezuela's democracy". For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing government corruption news articles from reliable major media sources. Patrol officers are trained to spot drunken driving and drug trafficking. Why not child trafficking, too? February 27, 2018, Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/police-are-trained-to-spot... When Deputy Patrick Paquette pulled to a stop on Interstate 20 in Georgia in January 2013, he didn’t anticipate a career-altering experience. A young man and a far younger girl ... had been detained by an officer who had pulled them over for speeding, smelled pot and discovered a bag of marijuana. Inside [the girl’s suitcase, Paquette] discovered ... dozens of condoms, lubricant, sex toys and a small pile of lingerie. The girl and the man, Johnathon Nathaniel Kelly, were still separated. Kelly could not see or hear the girl. But Paquette ... kept his voice low. “Do you need help?” he asked. “Sir,” she said, “please get me some help,” and began to cry. Paquette uncuffed her, loaded her into the car and drove her to the station for an interview with a specialist in sex crimes. The girl, Rebecca ... sobbed. “I’ve been praying,” she told him, “every second I could, to be rescued.” Kelly was arrested and later sentenced to 11 years for interstate transportation of a minor for prostitution. If Rebecca had encountered Paquette just months earlier, she would have been arrested. But Paquette had recently taken a Texas-based training program, called Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC), which taught him how to spot indicators of child-sex trafficking. Before the creation of IPC training, Texas DPS kept no record of “child rescues.” But Texas state troopers have made 341 such rescues since the program’s inception; and in formalized follow-up interviews, virtually all of the troopers said the training was key to spurring them to action. Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing sexual abuse scandal news articles from reliable major media sources. America's horrifying new plan for animals: highspeed slaughterhouses March 6, 2018, The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/06/ive-seen-the-hidden-horrors... If you care about animal welfare or food safety, this news will concern you: the nationwide expansion of a risky US Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-speed slaughter program is imminent. There is still time to stop it. The USDA is now accepting public comments on its proposed rule that it euphemistically dubbed the “Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection”. As a former undercover investigator who worked inside a pig slaughterhouse operating under the pilot project that was, at the time, called HIMP, I’ve seen firsthand the hazardous and cruel nature of this controversial program. This expanded program ... would allow facilities to increase slaughter speeds, while reducing the number of trained government inspectors on the lines. The result is problems that can – and do – go unnoticed. For nearly six months, I worked undercover inside Quality Pork Processors (QPP). An exclusive Hormel Foods supplier, QPP kills about 1,300 pigs every hour operating under the high-speed pilot program. I documented pig carcasses covered in feces and abscesses being processed for human consumption, and workers ... beating, dragging, and electrically prodding pigs to make them move faster. NSIS may also allow higher numbers of sick and injured pigs too weak even to stand (known as “downers”) to be slaughtered for food. In 2016, a letter from 60 members of Congress to the USDA stated “the available evidence suggests the hog HIMP will undermine food safety.” Note: The above was written by Scott David, a former undercover investigator at Compassion Over Killing, a national animal protection organization. For more, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corruption in government and in the food system. Our Hackable Political Future February 4, 2018, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opinion/hacking-politics-future.html Imagine it is the spring of 2019. A bottom-feeding website, perhaps tied to Russia, “surfaces” video of a sex scene starring an 18-year-old Kirsten Gillibrand. It is soon debunked as a fake, the product of a user-friendly video application that employs generative adversarial network technology to convincingly swap out one face for another. Then it is fall. The junior senator from New York State announces her campaign for the presidency. At a diner in New Hampshire, one “low information” voter asks another: “Kirsten What’s-her-name? She’s running for president? Didn’t she have something to do with pornography?” Welcome to the shape of things to come. The technology [is] closer than you might think. And even when fake video isn’t perfect, it can convince people who want to be convinced, especially when it reinforces ... stereotypes. It might be impossible to stop the advance of this kind of technology. But the relevant algorithms here aren’t only the ones that run on computer hardware. They are also the ones that undergird our too easily hacked media system, where garbage acquires the perfumed scent of legitimacy with all too much ease. It already feels as though we are living in an alternative science-fiction universe where no one agrees on what it true. Just think how much worse it will be when fake news becomes fake video. Democracy assumes that its citizens share the same reality. We’re about to find out whether democracy can be preserved when this assumption no longer holds. Note: Read more about producing fake video with computer programs. While governments have long been developing technologies to produce very convincing illusions, and it has become trivial to edit video footage of a person talking to change their words and facial expressions, this emerging technology makes it possible to manipulate mass media in previously impossible ways. New CDC chief partnered with Coke in state obesity program July 12, 2017, Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/07/12/new-cdc-chief... As Georgia’s top public health official, Brenda Fitzgerald led the fight against childhood obesity in a state with one of the highest rates in the country. The program there, funded in part by the Coca-Cola Foundation, emphasizes exercise and makes little mention of the problems with sugary soft drinks - putting the effort at odds with research and the positions of many experts. Now that Fitzgerald is director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the country’s top public health official - some public health advocates are concerned that she could incorporate Georgia's approach into the national battle against obesity. “We hope Dr. Fitzgerald, as head of CDC, avoids partnering with Coke on obesity for the same reason she would avoid partnering with the tobacco industry on lung cancer prevention,” said Jim O’Hara, director of health promotion policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Public health advocates and researchers have characterized Coca-Cola’s strategy as deflecting public attention from the links between sugary drinks and a host of health problems, including obesity, diabetes and heart disease, by focusing on exercise and offering grants “to buy friends and silence potential critics,” O’Hara said. Nationally, there has been growing public concern about beverage companies using philanthropy to fend off public health and regulatory policies that aim to limit soda consumption. CDC itself was criticized in 2016 for two officials' connections to Coca Cola. Note: For more on the close ties between Coca Cola and the government, read this revealing article. For more, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corruption in government and in the food system. Big Sugar’s Secret Ally? Nutritionists January 13, 2017, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/opinion/sunday/big-sugars-secret-ally... It was 1956. Papers had run a photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower sweetening his coffee with saccharin, with the news that his doctor had advised him to avoid sugar if he wanted to remain thin. The [sugar] industry responded with a national advertising campaign. The ads explained that there was no such thing as a “fattening food”: “All foods supply calories and there is no difference between the calories that come from sugar or steak or grapefruit or ice cream.” More than 60 years later, the sugar industry is still making the same argument, or at least paying researchers to do it for them. The stakes have changed, however, with a near tripling of the prevalence of obesity in the intervening decades and ... an almost unimaginable 655 percent increase in the percentage of Americans with diabetes diagnoses. When it comes to weight gain, the sugar industry and purveyors of sugary beverages still insist, a calorie is a calorie, regardless of its source. The assumption ignores decades of medical science, including much of what has become textbook endocrinology (the science of hormones and hormone-related diseases) and biochemistry. Different carbohydrates, like glucose and fructose, are metabolized differently, leading to different hormonal and physiological responses. Fat accumulation and metabolism [are] influenced profoundly by these hormones. In light of this research, arguing today that your body fat responds to everything you eat the exact same way is almost inconceivably naïve. Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing food system corruption news articles from reliable major media sources. Emails Show How the Food Industry Uses ‘Science’ to Push Soda September 13, 2017, Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-13/emails-show-how-the-food... There are few federal food policies as contentious as the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, developed every five years after a report by the independent U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The guidelines [are] used to develop approaches to everything from food labeling regulations to school lunch menus and food stamp benefits. Following the 2015 committee report, which had recommended that Americans reduce their consumption of red and processed meat and sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, the food and beverage industry scrambled to respond. But newly released emails suggest a broader strategy for shaping policy. The chain, which began with a mass email from the International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC), an industry-funded group, included a conversation between two former executives of Coca-Cola Co. and of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), also an industry-funded group. These emails lay out “what appears to be the food industry’s roadmap for dealing with scientific challenges,” said Gary Ruskin ... an author of a report on the significance of the emails. The emails “reveal deliberate use of [the tobacco industry’s] ‘playbook’ tactics: cast doubt on the science, influence reporters, use front groups (e.g., ILSI and IFIC) to undermine concerns about the harmful effects of sugary drinks and head off dietary guidelines raising such concerns, and regulation,” said Marion Nestle, a professor ... at New York University and author of Food Politics and Soda Politics. Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corruption in government and in the food system. Key Articles From Years Past More Coca-Cola Ties Seen Inside U.S. Centers For Disease Control August 1, 2016, Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/more-coca-cola-ties-seen... In June, Dr. Barbara Bowman, a high-ranking official within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unexpectedly departed the agency, two days after information came to light indicating that she had been communicating regularly with - and offering guidance to - a leading Coca-Cola advocate seeking to influence world health authorities on sugar and beverage policy matters. Now, more emails suggest that another veteran CDC official has similarly close ties to the global soft drink giant. Michael Pratt, Senior Advisor for Global Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC, has a history of promoting and helping lead research funded by Coca-Cola. Pratt also works closely with the nonprofit corporate interest group set up by Coca-Cola called the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests show. His work ... includes a position as a professor at Emory University, a private research university in Atlanta that has received millions of dollars from the Coca-Cola Foundation and more than $100 million from famed longtime Coca-Cola leader Robert W. Woodruff. Coca-Cola’s financial support for Emory is so strong that the university states on its website that “it’s unofficially considered poor school spirit to drink other soda brands.” The mission of the CDC is protecting public health. It is problematic for agency officials to collaborate with a corporate interest that has a track record of downplaying the health risks of its products. Note: For more on the close ties between Coca Cola and the government, read this revealing article. For more, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corruption in government and in the food system. Fed Up With War, Some Won't Pay Taxes July 4, 2007, Washington Post/Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/04/AR2007070401145... When the United States invaded Iraq more than four years ago, war opponent David Gross asked his bosses for a radical pay cut, enough so he wouldn't have to pay taxes to support the war. "I was having a hard time looking at myself in the mirror," Gross said. "I knew the bombs falling were in part paid with my tax dollars. I had to actually do something concrete to remove my complicity." The San Francisco technical writer was making close to $100,000 a year. He ... later figured out he would have to make less than minimum wage. In any event, his employer turned him down and he quit. Gross, 38, now works on a contract basis, and last year he refused to pay self-employment taxes. War tax resistance, popularized by Henry David Thoreau in the 19th century and by singer Joan Baez and others during the Vietnam War, is gaining renewed interest among peace activists upset over the Iraq war. "We definitely had more people calling, sending e-mails about how they decided to start resisting," said Ruth Benn, coordinator of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee in New York. Benn estimates 8,000 to 10,000 Americans refuse to pay some or all of their federal taxes over war objections. Many tax protesters say they redirect the money they withhold to charities. Some, like Joanne Sheehan of Norwich, keep their income below taxable levels. "I don't see the point of working for peace and paying for war," Sheehan said. Note: See the letter WantToKnow.info founder Fred Burks wrote to the IRS on why he is withholding war taxes. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing war news articles from reliable major media sources. C.I.A. Data Show 14-Year Project On Controlling Human Behavior July 21, 1977, New York Times http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A1FFC3E59157493C3AB178CD85F438785F9 The Central Intelligence Agency conducted a 14-year program to find ways to "control human behavior" through the use of chemical, biological and radiological material, according to agency documents made public today by John Marks. The documents ... suggested broader experimentation on unwitting humans by the intelligence agency or its paid researchers than had been publicly known before. Mr. Marks distributed 20 documents that described the following incidents, among others: In 1956, the C.I.A. contracted with a private physician to test "bulbocapnine," a drug that can cause stupor or induce a catatonic state, on monkeys and "convicts incarcerated at" an unnamed state penitentiary. A letter from an unnamed C.I.A. official in 1949 discussed ways of killing people without leaving a trace. "I believe that there are two chemical substances which would be most useful in that they would leave no characteristic pathological findings," the letter said. In 1952, two Russian agents who were "suspected of being doubled" were interrogated using "narcohypnotic" methods. The two men were given sodium pentothal and a stimulant. One interrogation produced a "remarkable" regression, the papers said, during which "the subject actually relived certain past activities of his life. The subject totally accepted Mr. [name deleted] as an old and trusted and beloved personal friend whom the subject had known in years past in Georgia, U.S.S.R." The C.I.A. conducted secret medical experiments from 1949 through 1963 under the code names Bluebird, Artichoke, MK Ultra and MK Delta. Note: If the above link fails, click here. Watch a one-minute video clip showing Congressional testimony on a dart gun which causes a heart attack without leaving any evidence. Explore further reliable, verifiable information suggesting a major cover-up of government mind control programs. Read other revealing news articles on mind control. Inspiring Articles Holding hands can sync brainwaves, ease pain, study shows March 1, 2018, Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301094822.htm Reach for the hand of a loved one in pain and not only will your breathing and heart rate synchronize with theirs, your brain wave patterns will couple up too, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study ... also found that the more empathy a comforting partner feels for a partner in pain, the more their brainwaves fall into sync. And the more those brain waves sync, the more the pain goes away. "We have developed a lot of ways to communicate in the modern world and we have fewer physical interactions," said lead author Pavel Goldstein. "This paper illustrates the power and importance of human touch." The study is the latest in a growing body of research exploring a phenomenon known as "interpersonal synchronization," in which people physiologically mirror the people they are with. It is the first to look at brain wave synchronization in the context of pain, and offers new insight into the role brain-to-brain coupling may play in touch-induced analgesia, or healing touch. Goldstein came up with the experiment after, during the delivery of his daughter, he discovered that when he held his wife's hand, it eased her pain. How exactly could coupling of brain activity with an empathetic partner kill pain? More studies are needed to find out, stressed Goldstein. But he and his co-authors offer a few possible explanations. Empathetic touch can make a person feel understood, which in turn -- according to previous studies -- could activate pain-killing reward mechanisms in the brain. Note: Explore a treasure trove of concise summaries of incredibly inspiring news articles which will inspire you to make a difference. Can altruism exist without empathy? Lessons from the ant world February 20, 2018, Christian Science Monitor https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0220/Can-altruism-exist-without-empathy... Named for a famed group of Bantu warriors, the Matabele ant is renowned as a fierce fighter. But the sub-Saharan termite-hunter also shows a caring side. Researchers have found that Megaponera analis, as scientists call it, will tend to the wounds of nest-mates. The only other animals that have been observed systematically treating others’ injuries are humans and some of our primate relatives. In other words, ants and humans share what biologists call a convergent trait: caring for another in need. The finding also informs a growing body of research aimed at fitting what we experience as moral sentiments into a larger pattern in nature. That such precisely directed helping behavior, as it is known, pops up in as distant a relative as the ant belies some popular notions of Darwinian evolution, which characterize natural selection as promoting only selfish behavior. While it’s true that competition both among and within species plays a major role in shaping the evolution of biological traits, it’s not nature’s only driving force. “If you bring people together, the first thing they want to do is cooperate,” says Dr. de Waal, the author of several books on morality and empathy in nonhuman animals. “Now we know from all sorts of studies ... that actually all of the mammals are a bit like that. The first tendency is to help.” People, being the intelligent, social mammals that we are, like to frame helping in terms of morality. But ants appear to demonstrate “helping behavior without morality,” says [biologist] Erik Frank. Note: Explore a treasure trove of concise summaries of incredibly inspiring news articles which will inspire you to make a difference. How one US state saved $240 million in health care spending March 1, 2018, Quartz https://qz.com/1218748/how-one-us-state-saved-240-million-in-health-care-spending/ Investment in primary care results in savings in overall health care spending. This has been empirically proven in the state of Oregon. Health care spending in the United States in 2016 was $3.4 trillion, or 17.8% of GDP. By the year 2025, spending in the US is expected to reach 19.9% of GDP. What are we getting in return for spending more money on health care than any other developed nation in the world? Not much. Our health outcomes leave much to be desired. Why? Health care spending in the US generally promotes utilization of services - apart from outcomes - as opposed to effective, proactive, whole-person care. There is a better way. In 2009, the Oregon legislature established the Patient-Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) program. As of the writing of this article, there are over 600 clinics in Oregon with PCPCH recognition. The foundation of the PCPCH model consists of 6 Core Attributes that promote care which is: accessible, accountable, comprehensive, continuous, coordinated, and patient- and family-centered. What has been achieved since implementation of the PCPCH program in Oregon? A multi-year study from Portland State University [found] $240 million in savings in the first three years of the program. Every $1 increase in spending in primary care resulted in $13 in savings in overall spending. Note: Explore a treasure trove of concise summaries of incredibly inspiring news articles which will inspire you to make a difference. Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish December 8, 2016, The Independent (One of the UK's leading newspapers) http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling-is-so-revolutionary... Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of Swedish household waste was sent to landfill last year or any year since 2011. “We worked on communications for a long time to make people aware not to throw things outdoors so that we can recycle and reuse,” says Anna-Carin Gripwall, director of communications for Avfall Sverige, the Swedish Waste Management’s recycling association. Over time, Sweden has implemented a cohesive national recycling policy so that even though private companies undertake most of the business of importing and burning waste, the energy goes into a national heating network to heat homes through the freezing Swedish winter. “That’s a key reason that we have this district network, so we can make use of the heating from the waste plants. In the southern part of Europe they don’t make use of the heating from the waste, it just goes out the chimney. Here we use it as a substitute for fossil fuel,” Ms Gripwell says. She describes Sweden’s policy of importing waste to recycle from other countries as a temporary situation. “There’s a ban on landfill in EU countries, so instead of paying the fine they send it to us as a service. They should and will build their own plants, to reduce their own waste, as we are working hard to do in Sweden,” Ms Gripwall says. 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By Paul Edwards The Great Charade that supports the sanctified dogma that America is a democracy.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48979.htm Hard News   'Over 350,000 killed in Syria war in 7 years' https://www.oneindia.com/international/over-350-000-killed-syria-war-7-years-2657186.html Four civilians martyred, many injured in terrorist attacks with shells in Damascus https://sana.sy/en/?p=130170 Syrian government forces liberate largest town in Eastern Ghouta https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/syria-army-splits-rebel-held-eastern-ghouta-180310114947325.html Trump Seeks Congressional Funding For 60,000-Man Army To Overthrow Assad: - News Analysis - https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/03/09/trump-seeks-congressional-funding-60000-man-army-overthrow-assad.html Al-Nusra terrorists used chlorine chemicals in Eastern Ghouta - Russian envoy to UN https://www.rt.com/news/421074-russian-envoy-un-ghouta/ Thousands of Syrian Kurds fleeing Afrin in Syrian war, almost 1,000 killed http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2018/03/12/2017-worst-year-for-kids-in-syrian-war-almost-1000-killed_d3694293-020e-4c5b-a5dd-7160995cc39d.html Iraq: Six Islamic State militants killed as security operation ongoing in Kirkuk https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/six-islamic-state-militants-killed-as-security-operation-ongoing-in-kirkuk/ Four civilians killed, injured in northern Baghdad bombing https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/four-civilians-killed-injured-in-northern-baghdad-bombing/ Seven pro-gov't troops killed, injured in armed attack by Islamic State in Mosul https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/seven-pro-govt-troops-killed-injured-armed-attack-islamic-state-mosul/ Yemeni snipers kill several Saudi troopers in Jizan http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/03/12/555216/Saudis-Yemen-Jizan-awfTaizz-Dhale US complicit in harming Yemen http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/36541649-78/u.s.-complicit-in-harming-yemen.csp Pentagon to Congress: You Can't Stop Us from Fueling Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen http://www.pogo.org/blog/2018/03/pentagon-to-congress-you-cant-stop-us-from-fueling-saudi-arabias-war-in-yemen.html? Act NOW! Tell Congress: Stop Fueling War in Yemen: Yemen is facing a massive humanitarian catastrophe and we need your help to stop it. https://stopthewar.us/ Britain to Sell Jets to Saudis Despite Conduct of Yemen War https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/world/middleeast/uk-saudi-arms-jets-yemen.html Once Upon a Time, Congress Actually Fought Saudi Arms Deals. It Can Again. http://fpif.org/upon-time-congress-actually-fought-saudi-arms-deals-can/ Saudi Arabia used abuse to seize billions during purge: NYT; 17 detainees were hospitalised after facing abuse. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/saudi-arabia-abuse-seize-billions-purge-nyt-180312103003792.html "Rise and Kill First" Explores the Corrupting Effects of Israel's Assassination Program https://theintercept.com/2018/03/11/israel-mossad-assassination-book/ Book by Tel Aviv historian uncovers "Land of Israel" myths https://electronicintifada.net/content/new-book-tel-aviv-historian-uncovers-land-israel-myths/12116 Egypt army says 16 jihadists killed in Sinai operation https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/egypt-army-says-16-jihadists-killed-in-sinai-operation-20180311 Ethiopian soldiers kill nine civilians mistaken for militants https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-military/ethiopian-soldiers-kill-nine-civilians-mistaken-for-militants-idUSKCN1GN0MW Former Libyan ambassador to UAE Aref Al-Nayed runs for Libya President https://www.libyanexpress.com/former-libyan-ambassador-to-uae-aref-al-nayed-runs-for-libya-president/ Tillerson cuts Africa visit short amid pressing US matters https://nypost.com/2018/03/12/tillerson-cuts-africa-visit-short-amid-pressing-us-matters/ U.S. kills 21 in Afghanistan. http://en.brinkwire.com/203667/pakistan-drone-strike-kills-taliban-chiefs-son-20-others/ US kills at least six alleged terrorists near Pak/Afghan border https://www.geo.tv/latest/185962-suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-at-least-six-alleged-terrorists-near-border The march of thousands of farmers to Mumbai shows the desperation of rural India https://qz.com/1226317/mumbai-farmer-march-the-kisanlongmarch-shows-the-desperation-of-rural-india/ Tillerson: NKorea hasn't yet directly responded https://nypost.com/2018/03/12/tillerson-cuts-africa-visit-short-amid-pressing-us-matters/ Historic vote in China will let president rule for life https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/china-makes-historic-move-to-allow-xi-to-rule-indefinitely/article_9741f77d-e6de-52c0-b991-79df9eac949a.html Britain gives Moscow two days to explain alleged use of nerve agent from Russia https://www.rt.com/uk/421078-may-skripal-russia-parliament/ Russia rejects as 'circus show' British claims on ex-spy case http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/03/12/555251/Maria-Zakharova-circus-show-Theresa-May-spy-Sergei-Skripal UK's 'bold' accusations in Skripal case may lead to severance of diplomatic ties - Russian senators https://www.rt.com/news/421084-uk-skripal-accusations-envoy-recall/ UK behind poisoning of spy, says Russian state TV http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/uk-behind-poisoning-of-spy-says-russian-state-tv/article23164060.ece 'Russian spy in Downing Street': Ukrainian interpreter in Theresa May talks accused of espionage for Moscow https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/ukrainian-interpreter-attended-meeting-theresa-may-accused-spying/ Parliament speakers from five European countries sign letter about Nord Stream 2 threats https://www.unian.info/politics/10037915-parliament-speakers-from-five-european-countries-sign-letter-about-nord-stream-2-threats.html Army document: US strategy to 'dethrone' Putin for oil pipelines might provoke WW3 https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/army-study-us-strategy-to-dethrone-putin-for-oil-pipelines-might-provoke-ww3-9b1d9dbe6be9 Merkel hopes for talks with U.S. on tariffs; "If this unilateral action cannot be avoided, then we must think about how we can respond in a reciprocal fashion" http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/12/c_137034312.htm As snow falls in Rome, the Arctic is getting alarmingly hot in the middle of winter. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/2/27/17053284/arctic-heat-wave-north-pole-climate Tell Me More About How Google Isn't Part Of The Government And Can Therefore Censor Whoever It Wants? https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/03/07/tell-me-more-about-how-google-isnt-part-of-the-government-and-can-therefore-censor-whoever-it-wants/ Elon Musk Says Flights for Colonizing Mars to Begin in 2019 https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Elon-Musk-Says-Flights-for-Colonizing-Mars-to-Begin-in-2019--20180312-0020.html Irregularities, Fraud Allegations Mar Colombian Elections https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Irregularities-Fraud-Allegations-Mar-Colombian-Elections-20180312-0009.html 'Canadians should understand that we are under attack,' says Canada's former trade ambassador http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/canadians-should-understand-that-we-are-under-attack-says-canada-s-former-trade-ambassador-1.4569371 2 killed, 1 injured in Texas mail bombings, police warn public https://www.rt.com/usa/421086-two-killed-austin-mail-bombings/ More Non-existent Job Growth Reported: The economic information we are fed is false. It is intended to give us a non-existent, fake reality picture of the economy. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/03/09/non-existant-job-growth-reported/ The U.S. Has Overthrown Governments for 100 Years: A Compelling and Provocative History (2006) https://youtu.be/CIBlrwqN3VM?t=37s As Ex-CIA Head Admits to U.S. Meddling in Elections, Is Outrage over Russian Interference Overblown? https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/12/as_ex_cia_head_admits_to The CIA Democrats: : An extraordinary number of former intelligence and military operatives from the CIA, Pentagon, National Security Council and State Department are seeking nomination as Democratic candidates for Congress in 2018 http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/03/07/dems-m07.html Peace and Joy Tom Feeley Cost Of War   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801 Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,430 Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 1,821,888,706,957   http://www.costofwar.com/ Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Website More About Us Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone:San Diego USA 619-407-7054 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House, Po Box 365, Imperial Beach, CA 91933