Link: http://www.king5.com/news/Strange-hum-keeping-West-Seattle-awake-168713766.html

Julie Schickling stood out on her porch in West Seattle just after midnight because she couldn't explain what she was hearing. So she recorded the sound (listen here on West Seattle Blog).

Link: http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/09/05/capitalisms-vanishing-appeal/

It should be clear by now that our economic system is at a critical impasse, and therefore becoming less and less useful. America is not as prosperous as it once was, although some Americans enjoy the wealth of sovereigns. Americans work harder and longer than they used to, with less pay and less benefits and less chance for advancement, while some Americans have advanced beyond their wildest dreams. Inequality reeks in the land of equals.

Link: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2012/120905.asp

They Say Public Needs Unbiased Assessment; Human Health is at Stake. More than 70 leading scientists are calling on Congress to reject an attempt to block a biennial government assessment of the cancer risks of posed by industrial chemicals and other agents. A letter sent Tuesday by the scientists to key senators and representatives urged lawmakers to resist efforts by the chemical industry and its allies in Congress to “delay and ultimately destroy” the federal government’s efforts to “provide the public with unbiased, authoritative scientific assessments” of such hazardous industrial chemicals as formaldehyde and styrene.

Link: http://rt.com/usa/news/face-dorm-officer-taylor-462/

Ryan Dorm spent four months in jail after a police officer in Prince George’s County, Maryland insisted that he was assaulted by the teen outside a gas station earlier this year. New video evidence suggests the cop's claim wasn’t exactly accurate.

Link: http://rt.com/usa/news/stratforgate-nypd-fbi-anonymous-441/

Leaked Stratfor files point to alleged transgressions on the part of the New York City Police Department’s Intelligence Division. An unnamed FBI source allegedly described them as “damn right [sic] felonious activity.”

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/us-iran-israel-usa-idUSBRE8840JH20120905

Iran makes no distinction between U.S. and Israeli interests and will retaliate against both countries if attacked, an Iranian military commander said on Wednesday.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/world/5-countries-us-royally-screwing-over

From the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe. American history is littered with examples of military intervention and political meddling in the affairs of foreign countries. There was the US-backed overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader in 1953; the 1954 coup in Guatemala engineered by the Central Intelligence Agency; US funding of brutal “dirty wars” against leftists throughout Latin America in the 1970s; and much more.