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- Paul’s Raw Milk Freedom Pitch Reflects Offbeat Campaign on Rise
- Marines’ Robot Cargo-Copter Takes Flight in Afghanistan
- Canadian judge rules SSRI antidepressants like Prozac can cause children to commit murder
- Tea Partiers Not Happy With State of GOP Race
- Ron Paul Tells Jay Leno Bachmann, Santorum Hate Muslims
- Priest Nearly Arrested at Council Meeting for Exercising First Amendment
- WH Blames “Tea Party Revolt” For Likely Rejection Of Payroll Tax Cut
| Paul’s Raw Milk Freedom Pitch Reflects Offbeat Campaign on Rise Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:45 PM PST By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Bloomberg.com When about 500 voters packed into a New Hampshire town hall last week to hear Ron Paul speak, they saved their biggest applause for something no other Republican presidential candidate is talking about. "I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like!" Paul said to loud and sustained cheers in the historic Peterborough Town House. It was an emblematic moment for Paul's campaign, which is powered by his call for slashing federal government and expanding personal liberties, including the freedom to drink unpasteurized milk that the U.S. government brands "unsafe." "We're fanatics," said 24-year-old Tristan Contas of Durham, New Hampshire, a recent college graduate who is planning to spend the week before the state's primary volunteering for Paul in a youth-driven push the campaign is organizing. "Young people don't like people telling them what to do — it's a certain rebellion against the authority that is our government – - and Dr. Paul really speaks to that." Paul, 76, has attained cult-like status in his third run for the presidency. He is gaining in Republican primary polls in large part because of his penchant for saying things no one else in his party dares to, and not just about dairy products. He advocates auditing and then scrapping the Federal Reserve, withdrawing all U.S. troops from overseas war zones, and cutting $1 trillion in government spending in one year, including closing five federal agencies. To read more, visit: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-19/paul-s-raw-milk-freedom-pitch-reflects-offbeat-campaign-on-rise.html |
| Marines’ Robot Cargo-Copter Takes Flight in Afghanistan Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:41 PM PST By David Axe, Wired.com Pakistan is still blockading NATO war supplies passing through the port of Karachi in response to last month's killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers by an alliance air strike. But inside Afghanistan, supply lines are about to get a lot safer for NATO's logisticians. On Saturday, the Marine Corps flew history's very first combat resupply mission using a robot helicopter. The unmanned Kaman K-MAX successfully hauled a sling-load of cargo out to an unspecified base, presumably somewhere in southern Afghanistan. The successful first flight, plus a couple test runs earlier last week, "were in preparation for sustained operations," Jeffrey Brown from Lockheed Martin told Paul McLeary of Aviation Week. Lockheed has partnered with Kaman and the Marine Corps to demonstrate two of the unmanned supply choppers in combat. The Marines' K-MAX is a pilotless version of a popular twin-rotor helicopter. The GPS-guided robo-K-MAX weighs in at just 2.5 tons, but can carry 3.5 tons of cargo some 250 miles. The K-MAX beat out Boeing's smaller A160 Hummingbird unmanned helicopter for the Marine Corps demonstration contract. And the Marines, Army, Navy and Air Force are all considering buying robot supply aircraft in large quantities. The need is clear. The war in Afghanistan is highly dependent on flexible, reliable and secure logistics — even more than the just-ended Iraq war was. NATO troops are widely spread across rough terrain, interrupted by steep mountains, with few paved roads. Helicopters have to handle most of the final delivery for front-line supplies. But the choppers and their crews are at risk of crashing or being shot down. Robot choppers remove the risk to the crews, and could potentially fly more frequently than manned rotorcraft, considering there is no requirement for crew rest. That's why the Department of the Navy brought the K-MAX to Afghanistan in October. To read more, visit: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/robot-helicopter/ |
| Canadian judge rules SSRI antidepressants like Prozac can cause children to commit murder Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:37 PM PST By: Jonathan Benson, Natural News.com The use of antidepressant and psychiatric drugs, particularly among children, is an extremely risky activity that could have fatal consequences for both the individuals that use them, as well as their friends and family. According to the National Post, a Canadian judge recently ruled that the extreme mind-altering effects of the antidepressant drug Prozac were in large part responsible for causing a 15-year-old boy to thrust a nine-inch kitchen knife into one of his closest friends. Though the Winnipeg boy that committed the heinous crime had allegedly abused prescription drugs and “experimented” with cocaine long prior to the incident, he had never had a violent or aggressive personality about him, according to reports. It was only when he began taking Prozac, the very thing doctors had given him as a so-called “solution” to his previous illicit drug problems, that he began to rapidly go off the deep end. “He had become irritable, restless, agitated, aggressive and unclear in his thinking,” said Justice Robert Heinrichs of the Manitoba Justice Department, who ruled on the case. “It was while in that state he overreacted in an impulsive, explosive and violent way. Now that his body and mind are free and clear of any effects of Prozac, he is simply not the same youth in behavior or character.” What the judge appears to be implying here is that Prozac is directly responsible for altering the brain of a user and causing them to think irrationally, which in turn can cause them to harm themselves or others. In other words, if it were not for the use of this mind-warping drug, the murderer in this case most likely would never have dreamed of slaughtering one of his best friends. Judge Heinrichs ultimately determined that, because of the drug’s involvement, the boy who murdered his friend would not be tried in an adult court. Even though the boy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, the judge only added a ten-month sentence on top of the two years that the boy had already spent in jail pending the trial — and there will apparently be no appeal, which is a first in any North American court. In a similar outcome back in 2001, a Wyoming jury ruled that the antidepressant drug Paxil had caused a man to murder his wife, daughter, and granddaughter, after which he killed himself. And one of the mass-murderers in the infamous Columbine High School shooting, Eric Harris, had allegedly been taking the antidepressant drug Luvox at the time that he participated in the tragedy. To read more, visit: http://www.naturalnews.com/034433_SSRI_drugs_children_murder.html |
| Tea Partiers Not Happy With State of GOP Race Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:33 PM PST By Steve Peoples, Real Clear Politics Just a year ago, tea party activists came roaring out of the congressional elections eager to shape the looming race for the White House. Things have not gone as planned. Turned off by Mitt Romney’s style and evolution on several important issues, they have bounced from one candidate to another in hopes of finding a formidable alternative to the former Massachusetts governor to focus their enthusiasm. After a series of disappointments—Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and businessman Herman Cain among them—the anti-establishment movement has settled, for now, on a favorite: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, even though he has spent more than three decades in Washington politics. With the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 and tea party support fractured at best, some activists worry that the passion that defined the movement 13 months ago may become lost in the selection of the next president. Infighting among conservative groups, a growing sense of pragmatism, and glaring weaknesses among the candidates have forced some tea party leaders to acknowledge their limits and shift their attention to Congress. “I wish that we had coalesced behind one candidate earlier on. It’s not because of the tea party movement, it’s because there hasn’t been that candidate out there so far that has stirred the passion—the fire in the belly,” said Amy Kremer, president of the Tea Party Express. “Everybody wants to focus on presidential politics. I think we need to be focused on the Senate. That’s where we really, really need to be engaged.” To read more, visit: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/19/tea_partiers_not_happy_with_state_of_gop_race_112456.html |
| Ron Paul Tells Jay Leno Bachmann, Santorum Hate Muslims Posted: 19 Dec 2011 12:01 PM PST
On Friday night, candidate Ron Paul made an appearance on Jay Leno's television show. Leno asked Paul what he thought of his rivals. The Texas congressman said Romney and Gingrich are not presidential material and labeled Bachmann and Santorum as Muslim-haters. On Sunday, Bachmann responded to Paul's comments. "I haven't heard that," she told Politico during a campaign stop in Iowa. "It's kind of an odd thing to say, I think. I think the Iranian threat is real. That doesn't mean that I hate the Muslim people." She may not hate Muslims, but she is not shy about attacking them. Bachmann said on NBC's Meet the Press last week that she "would have every alternative and option on the table" in response to Iran's unsubstantiated nuclear weapons program. She repeated the myth that Iran has stated it will nuke Israel if it gets a nuclear bomb. "Because they have stated unequivocally, once they gain a nuclear weapon, they will use that weapon to wipe Israel off of the map and they will use it against the United States," she said. Ahmadinejad was mistranslated by MEMRI, a pro-Israel propaganda outfit headed by a former Israeli military intelligence officer. The Iranian president said the the "regime occupying Jerusalem" (a Muslim holy city) "must [vanish from] the page of time," in other words he hoped the Israeli government would collapse. The establishment media has used this grossly mistranslated passage to insist Iran poses a threat not only to Israel, but also the United States. Iran has not stated it will attack the United States, as Bachmann claimed during the debate last week. She also insisted the latest International Atomic Energy Agency report states that Iran is within months of having nuclear arms. To read more, visit: http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-tells-jay-leno-bachmann-santorum-hate-muslims/ |
| Priest Nearly Arrested at Council Meeting for Exercising First Amendment Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:55 AM PST
In Florida, if you make an unflattering comparison about the abuse of government authority during an open forum at a city council meeting, you may face the possibly of being "out of order" and subject to removal by police. Father Nathan Monk of Pensacola, Florida, faced just such a situation on Friday when members of the city council there ruled him out of order. Monk had not raised his voice or threatened anybody. He merely stated in no uncertain terms that the government violated the civil liberties of several citizens who had spoken in opposition to proposed anti-homeless ordinances earlier in the week. The council took umbrage and had the citizens removed after they made comparisons between the ordinances and Heinrich Himmler's Final Solution. "As Americans, we have the right to redress our government without fear of being arrested," said Monk. "Whether or not they're connecting dots from Hitler to George Wallace to Barney … you should be asking, 'well what are we doing that's allowing people to connect those dots?' It was a sick and gross abuse of power." Council President Hall interrupted Monk. "Your time is up, sit down," he said. "No, I have a minute and 12 seconds left," Monk said as he glanced at the timer on the speaker's lectern. "I'm ruling you out of order," Hall said. At that point the council had cops flank Monk. To read more, visit: http://www.infowars.com/priest-nearly-arrested-at-council-meeting-for-exercising-first-amendment/ |
| WH Blames “Tea Party Revolt” For Likely Rejection Of Payroll Tax Cut Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said it is a “Tea Party revolt” that would be responsible for the House rejecting a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. “Speaker Boehner’s position on Sunday was not the position that he had on Saturday when the 89 Senators came together to pass a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. Let’s think on that. 89 Senators, the Republican leadership. You can’t get 89 votes in this day and age for apple pie, yet they all supported this. The did it with the understanding that the House would approve this two-month extension and Speaker Boehner got on the phone with his caucus, tried to sell it. He had a Tea Party revolt. He reversed his position and he’s now putting danger, a tax increase of a $1000 on 160 million Americans in like 12 days now,” Pfeiffer said on MSNBC. To read more, visit: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/12/19/white_house_blames_tea_party_revolt_for_likely_rejection_of_payroll_tax_cut_.html |
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