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- Army of loyal customers helps Organic Pastures owner Mark McAfee get vindictive raw milk quarantine lifted
- Spying on Americans rising rapidly as warrantless use of undercover police, drones increases
- Military may get faster airport screening
- Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons
- Conservatives and Tea Party warming up to Ron Paul
- Abercrombie: No new taxes, spending cuts in budget
- Payroll Tax Politics Pose Risk for Congressional Republicans
- Tea Party ‘Super PAC’ Going After Sen. Orrin Hatch
| Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST By Ethan A. Huff, NaturalNews More than a month after the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) forced a recall and indefinite quarantine on all raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures Dairy (OPD), one of the nation’s largest raw dairy producers, the agency has finally relented in this particular battle against food freedom. With the help of his army of feverishly loyal customers, OPD owner Mark McAfee heroically put the rogue agency in its place by basically threatening to unleash the power of the people — and it worked. When five children in California came down with E. Coli back in November, the CDFA went immediately after OPD without so much as a single piece of evidence linking the dairy’s products to the outbreak. Since raw milk could have been involved, the agency basically just decided that raw milk was the cause, and arbitrarily forced OPD to stop all production and just sit idly by while the agency dragged its feet in conducting tests after the fact. All the tests later turned up negative, of course. But even after these tests all began to come back negative, one after another, the CDFA took its sweet time in lifting the ridiculous quarantine restrictions that had stopped OPD from running its business for over a month. Such outlandish “economic terrorism” is completely unwarranted and, by all accounts, illegal, but it is precisely how raw milk producers and their customers are treated all across the country on a regular basis. To read more, visit: http://www.naturalnews.com/034458_Organic_Pastures_raw_milk_Mark_McAfee.html |
| Spying on Americans rising rapidly as warrantless use of undercover police, drones increases Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:44 AM PST
There was a time when ordinary citizens still had an expectation of the right to privacy, even in public, but as technology has improved over the past generation, so has the government’s ability to get around the Constitution and the rule of law when it comes to keeping the common folk under surveillance. We’re talking about more than just traffic light and city surveillance cameras. We’re talking about the use of undercover police to infiltrate otherwise peaceful groups, and employing drones to spy on citizens without proper legal authority to do so. “There is no question that this could become something that people will regret,” said former U.S. Rep. Jane Harmon, D-Calif., on the use of federally owned drones by state and local police agencies. Harmon, a onetime chairperson of the House Intelligence Committee’s subcommittee on homeland security, said when federal agencies like Customs and Border Protection were first authorized by Congress to unarm Predator drones, use by local agencies was never discussed. “Any time you have a tool like that in the hands of law enforcement that makes it easier to do surveillance, they will do more of it,” added Ryan Calo, director for privacy and robotics at the Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. To read more, visit: http://www.naturalnews.com/034456_Americans_surveillance_drones.html |
| Military may get faster airport screening Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Members of the military on official travel, and their families, would move through airport security quicker next year under legislation sent to the president on Tuesday. The House gave final congressional approval by voice vote. If signed into law, the expedited screening would not take place immediately. The Homeland Security Department would have six months to devise a preference system for the armed forces. Some of the earliest beneficiaries likely would be troops returning from Afghanistan next year, and their family members. The bill says military travelers must be in uniform and present their orders to get the expedited screening. “An expedited, risk-based TSA screening process is the least we can do for our men and women in uniform and their families who sacrifice so much,” said chief sponsor Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn. To read more, visit: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TROOPS_AIRPORT_SECURITY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-20-19-26-39 |
| Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:37 AM PST
Nestled amid plains so flat the locals joke you can watch your dog run away for miles, Fargo treasures its placid lifestyle, seldom pierced by the mayhem and violence common in other urban communities. North Dakota's largest city has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there's not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade. But that hasn't stopped authorities in Fargo and its surrounding county from going on an $8 million buying spree to arm police officers with the sort of gear once reserved only for soldiers fighting foreign wars. Every city squad car is equipped today with a military-style assault rifle, and officers can don Kevlar helmets able to withstand incoming fire from battlefield-grade ammunition. And for that epic confrontation—if it ever occurs—officers can now summon a new $256,643 armored truck, complete with a rotating turret. For now, though, the menacing truck is used mostly for training and appearances at the annual city picnic, where it's been parked near the children's bounce house. "Most people are so fascinated by it, because nothing happens here," says Carol Archbold, a Fargo resident and criminal justice professor at North Dakota State University. "There's no terrorism here." Like Fargo, thousands of other local police departments nationwide have been amassing stockpiles of military-style equipment in the name of homeland security, aided by more than $34 billion in federal grants since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a Daily Beast investigation conducted by the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. To read more, visit: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/20/local-cops-ready-for-war-with-homeland-security-funded-military-weapons.html |
| Conservatives and Tea Party warming up to Ron Paul Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:33 AM PST By Karl Dickey, West Palm Beach Libertarian Examiner Congressman Ron Paul seems the perfect fit for true conservatives, however he was once considered the crazy uncle in the corner of the room. Now that his popularity has swelled putting him in the forefront of the GOP race for President of the United States, conservatives are taking another look. As Americans realized much of what he has been saying over the years has come true, they realize he may not be as crazy as once thought. Many in the GOP have despised Ron Paul and his supporters, however many are starting to carry a different tune. In the 2008 Presidential race, Paul was nearly laughed off the stage when he spoke about the economy and the blowback effect of our foreign policy. Today, when speaking with several Tea Party members and GOP conservatives, I have found an ‘about face’ in their concerns over Ron Paul’s foreign policy views which has been the leading cause of conflict in the past. As more members of the Bush administration come out and are congruent with Paul’s views on how our foreign policy has developed unintended consequences, conservatives seem more interested in learning more about the candidate rather than the pablum being spoon-fed them by their leadership. To read more, visit: http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-west-palm-beach/conservatives-and-tea-party-warming-up-to-ron-paul |
| Abercrombie: No new taxes, spending cuts in budget Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:28 AM PST
Gov. Neil Abercrombie said Monday that the state won’t need to increase taxes or cut spending any further to balance the budget during the upcoming fiscal year. The state will also be able to pay back the rainy day fund that was used to balance the budget this year, he said. Abercrombie attributed the state’s fiscal condition to decisions he and the Legislature made during the past year. “We don’t have to deal with more cuts, we don’t have to deal with more threats of furloughs or anything like that because we’ve made those decisions. What we have to do is stick to them now,” Abercrombie said at a news conference on his budget for the 2013 fiscal year that begins in July. Legislative leaders cheered the governor’s announcement. “I’m really happy and elated that there is no proposal for next year by the administration on any tax increases,” said House Speaker Calvin Say, D-St. Louis Heights-Wilhemina Rise. To read more, visit: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9ROC3FO0.htm |
| Payroll Tax Politics Pose Risk for Congressional Republicans Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:24 AM PST By Heidi Przybyla, BusinessWeek.com A rare showdown between House and Senate Republicans over a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut poses a political threat to the party's members on both sides of the Capitol heading into the 2012 elections. It feeds into President Barack Obama's campaign narrative that House Republicans' obstructionism has resulted in a do- nothing Congress at a time when middle-class Americans need help in a struggling economy. At the same time, it fuels Tea Party opposition to Senate Republicans who teamed with Democrats to pass a two-month extension instead of a longer-term fix. "The Republican leadership knows that this is potentially a very serious political liability," said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist and former director of communications for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. "Democrats can use it as a weapon against them in the coming election year," said Bonjean, who predicted that House Republicans will ultimately agree to a deal. Republican senators such as Richard Lugar of Indiana are already coming under fire from local Tea Party activists like Monica Boyer, who said Lugar's support for a temporary extension is "just kicking the can down the road." "There's just so much that's building up and so much anger on the ground," she said. "He doesn't listen to us" and "it is 100 percent why we are going after him and why we've had enough," said Boyer, co-founder of Kosciusko County Silent No More, her local Tea Party Group. To read more, visit: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-21/payroll-tax-politics-pose-risk-for-congressional-republicans.html |
| Tea Party ‘Super PAC’ Going After Sen. Orrin Hatch Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:14 AM PST
An outside spending group affiliated with the conservative Tea Party movement is targeting long-time Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch in 2012 for not being conservative enough. FreedomWorks for America is a so-called "super PAC," meaning it can accept unlimited donations from corporations, individuals and labor unions and spend the funds on advertising and other expenditures aimed at electing or defeating a candidate. On Tuesday, the group reported to the Federal Election Commission that it spent more than $43,000 on expenditures to oppose Hatch, including payments to a Utah communications firm for research, a D.C.-based polling firm, an Oregon-based yard sign manufacturer and a North Carolina online services company. The group is affiliated with the conservative FreedomWorks 501(c4) nonprofit group, which also spends money on campaign advertising, but is not required to reveal its donors. Ryan Hecker, a spokesman for the super PAC, told iWatch News the group opposes what it calls Hatch's support for increased federal government spending and support of the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The organization is required to reveal its donors, but is too new to file a report. The super PAC launched in September and promised a grass roots approach to organizing rather than a massive ad buy. To read more, visit: http://njtoday.net/2011/12/21/tea-party-super-pac-going-after-sen-orrin-hatch/ |
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