Link: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/08/12125014-suicides-among-us-troops-spike-military-officials-unsure-of-reasons?lite

The suicide rate among U.S. troops has surged this year, and Pentagon and military officials studying the current spike have found no apparent reason or developing trend. There were 154 suicides in the first 155 days of the year – nearly one a day.

Link: http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/a_radioactive_nightmare/9886/

As fallout from Fukushima heads our way, the government turns a blind eye. Millions of Southern Californians and tourists seek the region’s famous beaches to cool off in the sea breeze and frolic in the surf. Those iconic breezes, however, may be delivering something hotter than the white sands along the Pacific.

Link: http://www.henrymakow.com/looking_back_over_50_years.html

Ralph, a member of the Harvard Business School Class of 1962 looks back over 50 years in an email to a fellow classmate, on the eve of their class reunion. "Frankly, I believe the government has become the enemy of the people and it is developing total control that Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin would have envied."

Link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/07-7

It’s worth reexamining this whole thing, because Solyndra is actually exhibit A in how the Republican Party manufactures failure out of whole cloth, and what it costs us when they aren’t confronted by Democrats or held accountable by the media.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2012/jun2012/pers-j07.shtml

The rout of the Democratic Party and the unions in Tuesday’s Wisconsin recall election has provoked a predictable response across the official political spectrum, from crude triumphalism on the extreme right to self-justification and hand-wringing among the liberal and pseudo-left apologists for the Obama administration.

Link: http://naturalsociety.com/ct-scan-radiation-triples-brain-tumor-risk-in-children/#ixzz1x9TS68s3

CT scans, routinely performed on children and adults alike at the suggestion of their doctor, may actually triple the risk of developing leukemia or brain tumors in children. Scientists are now warning over the link between CT scan radiation and elevated brain tumor risk after the information was brought to the surface, thanks to new research stemming from Newcastle University. Alternative health experts have long warned against the large amount of unnecessary CT scans and other scanning techniques involving radiation.

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57449375-83/u.n-could-tax-u.s.-based-web-sites-leaked-docs-show/

Global Internet tax suggested by European network operators, who want Apple, Google, and other Web companies to pay to deliver content, is proposed for debate at a U.N. agency in December. The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax targeting the largest Web content providers, including Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix, that could cripple their ability to reach users in developing nations.