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Israeli Persecution of Human Rights Lawyer Anas Barghouti
by Stephen Lendman
Barghouti is a prominent human rights lawyer/defender. Israel targeted him for his activism. More on him below.
In its 2013 World Report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said:
"Serious (Israeli) violations of international human rights and humanitarian law continued in 2012 in Israel and in the West Bank and Gaza."
Israel continues to impose "severe restrictions on Palestinians' right to freedom of movement, continued to build unlawful settlements in occupied territory, and arbitrarily detained Palestinians, including children and peaceful protesters."
Israel "impede(s) the rebuilding of Gaza's devastated economy by blocking virtually all exports from Gaza" as well as greatly restricting imports.
"Israel has also barred Gaza residents from traveling to the West Bank. Israel's use of lethal force against Palestinians close to Israel’s border with Gaza deprived them of access to 35 percent of Gaza’s farmland and 85 percent of its fishing waters."
"Israeli authorities took inadequate action against Israeli settlers who injured Palestinians and destroyed or damaged Palestinian mosques, homes, olive trees, cars, and other property. As of September 31, the UN reported 247 such attacks in 2012."
Israeli Responsibility for Hacking Millions of French Phones?
by Stephen Lendman
Mossad's credentials are notorious. They're well known. It's expertise is acknowledged. Its rap sheet is longstanding and nefarious.
Its tactics include targeted assassinations, satellite, drone and other type spying, hacking and espionage expertise, computer viruses, other cyber attacks, bombings, sabotage, and other lawless practices.
On October 25, France's Le Monde headlined "The NSA's intern inquiry about the Elysee hacking revealed."
Edward Snowden connected important dots for millions. Documents he released included "a four-page internal NSA memo," said Le Monde. It's marked "top secret." France sent it.
It said French secret service technical director Bernard Barbier and National Agency for IT systems security head Patrick Pailloux "are coming to ask their American counterparts, whom they suspect are (conducting Elysee Palace espionage) for an explanation."
Consumers Abandoning Healthcare.gov
by Stephen Lendman
Can you blame them? According to Digital Trends (DT), "more than $500 million" was spent creating "the digital equivalent of a rock." DT's source is the General Accounting Office (GAO). Most spending went for contracts, saying:
"CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) data indicated that the agency spent almost $394 million from fiscal year 2010 through March 31, 2013, through contracts to complete activities to establish the FFEs and the data hub and carry out certain other exchange-related activities."
FFE's are federally administrative exchanges. They include Healthcare.gov and Washington run state exchanges.
Israel Avoids Human Rights Scrutiny
by Stephen Lendman
Israel is one of the world's most egregious human rights abusers. Palestinians endure ruthless repression. So do Arab citizens.
Jews supporting fundamental freedoms for everyone are targeted. Equity and justice in Israel and Occupied Palestine are verboten.
Israel is no democracy. It never was. It isn't now. It fits the classic definition of a police state. Its current government is its worst ever.
Hardline extremists run it. State terror is official policy. Israel's rap sheet includes crimes of war, against humanity and genocide. It avoids scrutiny at all costs.
In January, it became the first country ever refusing to attend a Human Rights Council (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its own record.
It no-showed. Its last review was December 2008. In May, it told HRC it opted out of what it called "a political tool and convenient platform, cynically used to advance certain political aims, to bash and demonize Israel."
Israel wants its longstanding abusive human rights record whitewashed. It wants it airbrushed from history.
Obamacare Fallout
by Stephen Lendman
Obama's signature program is rife with inequities. It makes a dysfunctional system worse.
It rations healthcare. It's unaffordable. It leaves millions uninsured. It leaves millions more underinsured. It compromises privacy. A little noticed disclaimer states:
"You have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication or data transmitting or stored on this information system."
Medical privacy rights are violated. NSA and other US spy agencies will have full access to Americans' medical history. They have lots more than that. More information below.
NSA Spying on World Leaders
by Stephen Lendman
On October 24, London's Guardian headlined "NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts," saying:
Snowden released documents revealed it. "An official in another US government department" gave NSA over 200 private phone numbers.
Thirty-five world leaders were included. They weren't named. It's not hard imagining likely targets. Germany's Angela Merkel is one. So is France's Francois Hollande.
Brazil's Dilma Rouseff is another. Mexican President Enrique Nieto's private communications are monitored. Russian, Chinese and Iranian leaders are prime NSA targets.
"(T)he NSA encourages senior officials in its 'customer' departments, such the White House, State and the Pentagon, to share their 'Rolodexes' so the agency can add the phone numbers of leading foreign politicians to their surveillance systems," said the Guardian.
Merkel in NSA's Crosshairs
by Stephen Lendman
Nations spying on each other is longstanding. Friends do it on foes. Allies do it on each other.
Washington's Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Israel "conducts the most aggressive espionage operation against the United States of any US ally."
The Pentagon accused Israel of "actively engag(ing) in military and industrial espionage in the United States."
US national security officials consider Israel at times a genuine counterintelligence and espionage threat. France perhaps feels the same way about America. Add Germany to the list.
How the Brix Score can reduce your food bill
By Rady Ananda
Survival in hard economic times demands you get more bang for your buck, wherever you can. One area includes reducing your food bill, by knowing that the higher the nutrient density, the less you need to eat.
So, how do you measure nutrient density? The most widely favored method uses a refractometer that indirectly measures the sugar content in an aqueous solution, based on light refraction.
Lawless Drone Killings
by Stephen Lendman
Two UN reports highlight the problem. More on them below.
Sixteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai is an activist for women's education, a blogger, and Sakharov Prize winner. She's a Pakistan National Youth Peace Prize recipient.
She was a 2013 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Desmond Tutu nominated her for the International Children's Peace Prize. On October 16, Canada said it plans to grant her honorary citizenship.
Obama invited her to the White House. Perhaps he wishes he hadn't. She took full advantage. She didn't hold back. "(D)rone attacks are fueling terrorism" she said.
"Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people."
Predator drones sanitize killing on the cheap. Remote warrior teams operate computer keyboards and multiple monitors.
They murder by remote control. They target faceless victims. They kill indiscriminately. They do so unaccountably.
Fiasco Obamacare Debut
by Stephen Lendman
Obamacare's painful rollout is the least of its problems. More on that below.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is rife with problems. It's a ripoff. It's a boon to healthcare providers. It scams most enrollees.
It's not universal as promised. It leaves millions of Americans uninsured. It leaves most others woefully underinsured.
US healthcare already is unaffordable. Obamacare makes it more so. It lawlessly invades privacy. It compromises a fundamental human right.
Martin Luther King once said:
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in heath care is the most shocking and inhumane."
Obamacare mandates making a failed system worse. It guarantees inequality. It institutionalizes it. It does so legally.
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