<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dante-Gabryell Monson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:04 AM<br>Subject: "Senate Votes To Let Military Detain Americans Indefinitely"<br>To: <a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div>unfortunately, only the beginning, as confirmed by recent a recent law passing the senate in the US ?<div><br></div><div><h1 style="list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(17,17,17);font:normal normal bold 32px/36px Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font size="2">Senate Votes To Let Military Detain Americans Indefinitely</font></h1><div><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/senate-votes-to-let-military-detain-americans-indefinitely_n_1119473.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/senate-votes-to-let-military-detain-americans-indefinitely_n_1119473.html</a></div>
<div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/senate-military-detention/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/senate-military-detention/</a></div><div><br></div><div>also see :</div>
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<br></div><div><a href="http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/30-signs-that-the-united-states-of-america-is-being-turned-into-a-giant-prison" target="_blank">http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/30-signs-that-the-united-states-of-america-is-being-turned-into-a-giant-prison</a></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Dante-Gabryell Monson
[mailto:<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com" target="_blank">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 27, 2011
1:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients<br><b>Subject:</b> Article : "Why
on earth would Congress advise violent militarised reactions against its own
peaceful constituents? "<br></font><br></div><div><div>
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<h1 style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR:rgb(0,97,166);PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:1.154;MARGIN:0px 0px 2px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;WIDTH:460px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:georgia,serif;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR:rgb(0,97,166);FONT-SIZE:2.16em;BORDER-LEFT-COLOR:rgb(0,97,166);FONT-WEIGHT:normal;PADDING-TOP:0px">
The
shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy</h1>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:34px;LINE-HEIGHT:1.25;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;WIDTH:460px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(102,102,102);FONT-SIZE:1.33em;PADDING-TOP:0px">The
violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched
the third rail of our political class's venality</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:34px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;WIDTH:460px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(102,102,102);PADDING-TOP:0px"></p>
<ul style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:15px;LIST-STYLE-TYPE:none;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:12px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
<li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;DISPLAY:block;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);FONT-WEIGHT:bold;TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/naomiwolf" rel="author" target="_blank">Naomi Wolf</a>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/" target="_blank">guardian.co.uk</a>,�Friday 25 November 2011 17.25 GMT
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><br>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><a style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy?newsfeed=true</a>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px"><br></span>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">large excerpts :</span>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px"><br></span>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">"US citizens of all political
persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality
in a</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">�</span><a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px" href="http://www.alternet.org/story/153134/caught_on_camera:_10_shockingly_violent_police_assaults_on_occupy_protesters/" target="_blank">coordinated crackdown against peaceful OWS protesters in
cities across the nation this past week</a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">." �</span>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px"><br></span>
</li><li style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">"</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">The National Union of Journalists
and the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a Freedom of Information Act
request to investigate possible federal involvement with law enforcement
practices that appeared to target journalists.�</span><a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);FONT-SIZE:14px;TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/nyregion/nypd-stops-reporters-with-badges-and-fists.html" target="_blank">The New York Times reported</a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">�that "</span><a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);FONT-SIZE:14px;TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" title="More from guardian.co.uk on New York" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/new-york" target="_blank">New
York</a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:18px;FONT-SIZE:14px">�cops have
arrested, punched, whacked, shoved to the ground and tossed a barrier at
reporters and photographers" covering protests. "</span> </li></ul>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
"<a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" href="http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8896362-exclusive-lobbying-firms-memo-spells-out-plan-to-undermine-occupy-wall-street-video" target="_blank">Journalist Chris Hayes reported on a leaked memo</a>�that
revealed lobbyists vying for an $850,000 contract to smear Occupy. Message
coordination of this kind is impossible without a full-court press at the top.
This was clearly not simply a case of a freaked-out mayors', city-by-city
municipal overreaction against mess in the parks and cranky campers. As the
puzzle pieces fit together, they began to show coordination against OWS at the
highest national levels."</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
"The
DHS cannot say, on its own initiative, "we are going after these scruffy
hippies". Rather, DHS is answerable up a chain of command"</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
"for
the DHS�to be on a call with mayors, the logic of its chain of command
and accountability implies that congressional overseers, with the blessing of
the White House, told the DHS to authorise mayors to order their police forces
� pumped up with millions of dollars of hardware and training from the DHS �
to make war on peaceful citizens."</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
"The
mainstream media was declaring continually "OWS has no message". Frustrated, I
simply asked them. I began soliciting online "What is it you want?" answers
from Occupy. In the first 15 minutes, I received 100 answers. These were truly
eye-opening.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
The
No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was
legislation to blunt the effect of the Citizens United ruling, which lets
boundless sums enter the campaign process. No 2: reform the banking system to
prevent fraud and manipulation, with the most frequent item being to restore
the Glass-Steagall Act � the Depression-era law, done away with by President
Clinton, that separates investment banks from commercial banks. This law would
correct the conditions for the recent crisis, as investment banks could not
take risks for profit that create kale derivatives out of thin air, and wipe
out the commercial and savings banks.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
No
3 was the most clarifying: draft laws against the little-known loophole that
currently allows members of Congress to pass legislation affecting
Delaware-based corporations in which�<i style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px">they
themselves are investors</i>."</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
"why
on earth would Congress advise violent militarised reactions against its own
peaceful constituents? The answer is straightforward: in recent years, members
of Congress have started entering the system as members of the middle class
(or upper middle class) � but they are leaving DC privy to vast personal
wealth, as we see from the "scandal" of presidential contender Newt Gingrich's
having been paid $1.8m for a few hours' "consulting" to special interests. The
inflated fees to lawmakers who turn lobbyists are common knowledge, but the
notion that�<i style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px">congressmen
and women are legislating their own companies' profits</i>is less widely
known � and if the books were to be opened, they would surely reveal
corruption on a Wall Street spectrum. Indeed,�<a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57323221/congress-insiders-above-the-law/" target="_blank">we do already know that congresspeople are massively profiting
from trading on non-public information</a>�they have on companies about
which they are legislating "</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(255,255,255);MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14px;PADDING-TOP:0px">
</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px">"Since
Occupy is heavily surveilled and infiltrated, it is likely that the DHS and
police informers are aware, before Occupy itself is, what its emerging agenda
is going to look like. If legislating away lobbyists' privileges to earn
boundless fees once they are close to the legislative process, reforming the
banks so they can't suck money out of fake derivatives products, and, most
critically, opening the books on a system that allowed members of Congress to
profit personally � and immensely � from their own legislation, are two beats
away from the grasp of an electorally organised�<a style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;COLOR:rgb(0,86,137);TEXT-DECORATION:none;PADDING-TOP:0px" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Occupy movement" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-movement" target="_blank">Occupy
movement</a>�� well, you will call out the troops on stopping that
advance.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px 0px 13px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;PADDING-TOP:0px">So,
when you connect the dots, properly understood, what happened this week is the
first battle in a civil war; a civil war in which, for now, only one side is
choosing violence. It is a battle in which members of Congress, with the
collusion of the American president, sent violent, organised suppression
against the people they are supposed to represent. Occupy has touched the
third rail: personal congressional profits streams. Even though they are, as
yet, unaware of what the implications of their movement are, those threatened
by the stirrings of their dreams of reform are not."</p>
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