Link: http://www.alternet.org/story/155876/how_top_law_professors_are_working_to_expand_corporations%E2%80%99_constitutional_%27rights%27/

Academia’s best and brightest include conservatives who help corporations hide behind the First Amendment to protect profits. Corporate America is hijacking the First Amendment. In the political world, the Supreme Court continues to expand corporate speech rights, opening one more avenue for big money to flow into elections. And in the business world, federal courts have also cited commercial speech rights to block all kinds of government efforts to add health warnings on products or change the way unhealthy products are advertised.

Link: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/all-over-america-government-control-freaks-are-forcing-preppers-back-on-to-the-grid

You see, the truth is that in America you don't really own your property. You are essentially renting it, and you can only do with it what the government allows you to do. And the government does not like people disconnecting from the grid and living an independent lifestyle. So these battles over property rights are probably going to get even more intense in the years ahead.

Link: http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/2012-dirty-dozen-plus-clean-15-buying-organic-000700620.html

[Apples are one fruit you should buy organic whenever possible, according to an environmental group.] Apples are one fruit you should buy organic whenever possible, according to an environmental group.Worried about pesticides and produce? Wondering if it's worth it to go organic? The Environmental Working Group has released its 2012 guide to the most- and least-contaminated crops out there -- its "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean 15" lists -- and this year there are a few new items to watch out for, including certain types of baby food.

Link: http://youtu.be/Gaqy7EtiaMA

A rigged Greek election. The banks win.

Link: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/06/18/501157/experts-stumped-romney-military-spending/?mobile=nc

Mitt Romney’s pledge to massively increase military spending — close to a $2 trillion increase over the next ten years and boosting the Pentagon’s base budget to 4 percent of GDP — combined with his promises to cuts taxes and reduce the national debt is leaving many national security and defense experts scratching their heads, particularly because the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has not said how he’d pay for it.

Link: http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/canadas-arctic-defense-policy-grand-theory-stunted-practice-4691/

Canada’s current government made a lot of noise in 2006 and 2007, calling for a total overhaul of Canada’s military presence in the Arctic. Is Canada really on its way to becoming an Arctic military power, or was that all said in the heat of the electoral moment asks Zachary Fillingham of the Geopoliticalmonitor.