Link: http://naturalsociety.com/us-approves-bee-deathpesticide-as-eu-bans/

Corporate politics is business as usual inside the United States, as I am once again shocked to report the EPA has sided with industry lobbyists over public health in approving a highly dangerous pesticide that the European Union recently decided to ban over fears of environmental devastation.

Link: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/new-study-links-gmo-food-leukemia

A new study, yet to receive any media attention, reveals the "leukemogenic" properties of the Bt toxin biopesticides engineered into the vast majority of GMO food crops already within the US food supply.

Link: http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-currently-fighting-74-different-wars-and-many-more-covert-wars/5334676

Today US military operations are involved in scores of countries across all the five continents. The US military is the world’s largest landlord, with significant military facilities in nations around the world...

Link: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/05/11/scientists-discover-bt-toxins-found-in-monsanto-crops-damage-red-blood-cells/

Studies are showing that Bt toxins found in Monsanto crops are harmful to mammalian blood by damaging red blood cells and more. RBC’s are responsible for delivering oxygen to the body tissues through blood flow.

Link: http://beforeitsnews.com/forex/2013/05/red-alert-frontside-intel-coming-in-trillions-of-dollars-coming-back-to-the-us-2448256.html

Word on the “street” is that there are trillions of unused, unwanted US dollars coming back to flood our markets in the next few weeks!!! Do with it what you will! Funny… I didn’t see CNBC carry this story yet… I wonder why not…

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2013/05/11/karzai-reveals-us-plan-for

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday revealed that Washington wants to maintain nine US military bases scattered across the country after the formal deadline for the withdrawal of US and NATO coalition forces at the end of 2014.

Link: http://october2011.org/blogs/kevin-zeese/world-s-richest-man-carlos-slim-taunted-kazoos

Great Protest Video: Laughing at the World's Richest Man: He price gouges and then gives away a small percentage in philanthropy to be a fake hero. Activists give him the public mocking he deserves.

Link: http://rt.com/usa/begged-for-life-cops-beat-126/

A California father of four died Wednesday shortly after a group of police allegedly beat him with batons as he lay defenseless on the sidewalk. Cops, before confiscating witness' cameras, also reportedly unleashed a canine unit on him.

Link: http://whatthegovernmentcantdoforyou.com/2013/05/10/news-updates/news-feeds/the-toy-gun-arrests-use-actors-29/

Completely insane arrests, school suspensions, and general harassment leveled at kids and parents who “are guilty of” toy guns, fingers shaped like guns, pictures of guns, guns that make bubbles. Here’s how it works...

Link: http://naturalsociety.com/breaking-vermont-house-passes-gmo-labeling-bill/

In a legislative blow against GMO giant Monsanto and major food corporations who wish to keep you in the dark over what you’re eating on a daily basis, the Vermont House has passed a significant new GMO labeling bill known as H. 112 by a count of 99-42.

Link: http://naturalsociety.com/breaking-vermont-house-passes-gmo-labeling-bill/

Vermont House Passes GMO Labeling BillIn a legislative blow against GMO giant Monsanto and major food corporations who wish to keep you in the dark over what you’re eating on a daily basis, the Vermont House has passed a significant new GMO labeling bill known as H. 112 by a count of 99-42.

Link: http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/05/10/how-elites-and-media-minimize-dissent-and-bury-truth-paul-craig-roberts/

Over the last several years I have watched the rise of an important new intellect on the American scene. Ron Unz, publisher of The American Conservative, has demonstrated time and again the extraordinary ability to reexamine settled issues and show that the accepted conclusion was incorrect.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/7-dangerous-food-practices-banned-europe-just-fine-america

For more great content, click here to subscribe to Mother Jones magazine. Last week, the European Commission voted to place a two-year moratorium on most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides, on the suspicion that they're contributing to the global crisis in honeybee health

Link: http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/09/pers-m09.html

In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Dow has gained over 8,500 points, surging nearly 130 percent since it bottomed out in March of 2009.

Link: http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/09/wire-m09.html

The Obama administration is close to announcing its support for a law that would force Google, Facebook and other Internet communications companies to facilitate government wiretaps

Link: http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/09/moth-m09.html

More than 11,000 American babies die on the day of birth, a number 50 percent higher than all other industrialized countries combined.

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2013/05/09/us-shrugs-off-syrian-opposition

The wolf turned to the lamb and said, "How dare you make the water muddy? Can't you see that I am drinking water from the same stream?" The lamb got so much frightened that it could not speak for a while. Then it replied, "Sir, I beg your pardon. The water is running down from you to me.

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/09/302592/us-govt-behind-nations-wage-disparity/

The US government plays a major role in wage disparity in the country by contracting out federal jobs to private contractors that pay their handsomely for hiring workers at low wages and few benefits, Press TV reports from Washington.

Link: http://www.infowars.com/israel-rescues-al-qaeda-terrorists-from-syria/

Israel is sending military vehicles into Syria to pick up wounded Al-Qaeda terrorists involved in the fight against the Syrian Army before patching them up and sending them back into battle, another startling example of how the Zionist state is working with its supposedly sworn enemies to topple President Assad.

Link: http://rt.com/usa/alamos-secure-internet-quantum-902/

It’s a perfectly secure Internet that by definition cannot be penetrated by wiretaps and eavesdropping — and the US government has been sitting on it for the last two-and-a-half years.

Link: http://www.alt-market.com/articles/1488-statists-use-twisted-logic-to-attack-the-bill-of-rights

In the war for the continued existence of our Nation’s Constitutional principles, I had long wondered whether statists were simply confounded by the Bill of Rights and ignorant of its function or whether they were maliciously inclined, knowing exactly what it means but seeking its destruction anyway.

Link: http://socialistworker.org/2013/05/07/facing-an-occupying-army

NEW YORK City public housing residents and community organizations have joined forces in support of the class-action lawsuit Floyd v. City of New York, now being heard in a federal courtroom, challenges the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "stop-and-frisk" program of racial profiling.

Link: http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/7_James_Turk_-_Extraordinary_Delays_For_Physical_Gold_%26_Silver.html

Today James Turk told King World News that despite the current weakness in prices, there are extraordinary delays for both physical gold and silver in Europe... the central planners on the verge of being forced to release the price of the metals higher.

Link: http://truth-out.org/news/item/16228-and-then-there-was-one-imperial-gigantism-and-the-decline-of-planet-earth

It stretched from the Caspian to the Baltic Sea, from the middle of Europe to the Kurile Islands in the Pacific, from Siberia to Central Asia. Its nuclear arsenal held 45,000 warheads, and its military had five million troops under arms.

Link: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107168122

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, while in Shanghai, was given a sharp dressing-down by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a warning that Russia would not tolerate further Israeli attacks on Damascus and would respond.

Link: http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-mathematical-reality-is-were-losing-over-600000-jobs-a-month-that-have-been-hidden-from-view_05072013

The Dow Jones is soaring. The unemployment rate is stable. People are shopping. America is in recovery. Or is it? Despite all of the positive spin being put on the global and domestic economic recovery, the truth is that nothing of the sort is actually happening.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2013/05/new-study-proves-bt-toxins-in-gmos.html

According to a new study, the ‘Cry’ toxins that Monsanto’s GMO crops have been genetically modified to produce are a lot more toxic to mammals than previously thought, primarily to the blood.

Link: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/06/1207338/-Maine-legislature-votes-to-overturn-Citizens-nbsp-United

Maine joins West Virginia, Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Maryland, Vermont, New Mexico and Hawaii in calling for that Constitutional amendment. Which means momentum:

Link: http://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/two-weeks-protests-start-tomorrow-30-years-profit-prisons-nothing-celebrate

Join us tomorrow in Washington, DC to protest the Corrections Corporation of America or follow the protest on Twitter @ACLULive.

Link: http://roarmag.org/2013/05/financial-empire-structural-power-debt/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+roarmag+%28ROAR+Magazine%29

Financial Empire may have reduced us all to debt prisoners, but we can still become the social protagonists of history’s greatest-ever prison break.

Link: http://www.infowars.com/source-israeli-airstrike-on-syria-coordinated-with-al-qaeda-militants/

Israel’s airstrike on Syria was timed to precede an Al-Qaeda-led rebel offensive against President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces according to Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence sources, underscoring once again how jihadists are doing the dirty work of the very powers they claim to oppose.

Link: http://news.goldseek.com/RonPaul/1367848920.php

Last week at its regular policy-setting meeting, the Federal Reserve announced it would double down on the policies that have failed to produce anything but a stagnant economy. It was a disappointing, but not surprising, move.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/may/06/senate-passes-internet-sales-tax-amazon

Bill to overturn 1992 court decision has support of Obama, Amazon and Walmart – but its future in the House is uncertain. A 1992 supreme court ruling that said a state could not force a retailer to collect sales tax unless the retailer had a physical presence in the state. Photo: Scott Sady/AP

Link: http://preventdisease.com/news/13/050613_Former-Pro-GMO-Scientist-Speaks-Out-On-The-Real-Dangers-of-Genetically-Engineered-Food.shtml

I was the designated scientist of my institute to address public groups and reassure them genetically engineered crops and foods were safe... a growing body of scientific research - mostly in Europe, Russia, other countries - diets containing engineered corn or soya cause serious health problems in mice and rats.

Link: http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/the_death_of_truth_20130505/

Governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world appears outside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Assange, has been in the embassy since last June. British police are perched night and day on the steps leading up to the building, and others wait in the lobby directly in front of the embassy door.

Link: http://naturalsociety.com/diabetes-drugs-cost-35-billion-year-tax-dollars-buy-400000-tons-sugar/

Diabetes Drugs Cost $35 Billion/Year: Why are we Using Tax Dollars to Buy 400,000 Tons of Sugar? The blatant ways in which the government mindlessly spends our tax money when our health is in decline and the economy sputters along on the petro-dollar are often astounding.

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/05/301972/israel-using-syria-war-to-spread-sectarian-chaos-in-me/

What does Israel hope to gain by its accelerating attacks on Syria? Israeli leaders claim that they are trying to prevent weapons transfers to Hezbollah, but Hezbollah already has a well-stocked arsenal of missiles, enough to deter Israel.

Link: http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-risks-of-an-israeli-intervention-in-syria-4808/

U.S. officials recently told CNN, the United States has reason to believe Israel has launched an air strike on Syria. Sources revealed that U.S. and Western intelligence organizations are convinced that Israel carried out the air strike between Thursday and Friday.

Link: http://www.nnc-research.com/NewsDetail.aspx?itemid=2335

The ISM said in a report released on Thursday that its index of national factory activity dropped to 50.7 in April, down from 51.3 in March. Experts characterized the drop in manufacturing growth to dissatisfaction with the fiscal cliff negotiations, employment market and expectations of inflation.

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2013/05/04/pay-in-blood-may-day

Here's a really weird "alternative history" thought experiment on this day set aside to celebrate workers around the world. Try to imagine a President of the United States standing up before Congress and saying something like this: