The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting this past week with US Secretary of State John Kerry reveal the Russian leaders “extreme outrage” over the Obama regimes continued protection of global seed and plant bio-genetic giants Syngenta and Monsanto in the face of a growing “bee apocalypse” that the Kremlin warns “will most certainly” lead to world war.
Opinion: Stop the decay of our planet’s life-support systems [Paul Ehlich, The Daily Climate]
The evidence is overwhelming: Humanity is pushing humanity’s life-support systems rapidly toward a tipping point that will likely imperil society’s well-being.
A statement released today and signed by more than 500 scientists from 44 countries who study the interactions of people with our planet is unequivocal: “Based on the best scientific information available, human quality of life will suffer substantial degradation by the year 2050 if we continue on our current path.”
Obama Expands Militarization of Police [The Real News]
Among items transfered to local law enforcement agencies have been assault rifles and grenade launchers, even Blackhawk helicopters and .50 caliber machine guns; In fiscal year 2011 alone, the Pentagon transferred almost $500 million worth of materials to domestic law enforcement – near double the previous year’s total.
The Silent Death of the American Left [Counterpunch]
One looks in vain across this vast landscape of despair for even the dimmest flickers of real rebellion and popular mutiny, as if surveying a nation of somnambulists.
We remain strangely impassive in the face of our own extinction.
Monsanto hires infamous mercenary firm Blackwater to track activists around the world [Natural News]
Remember the private mercenary army Blackwater that caused such a stir in Iraq during an unprovoked attack in 2007? Apparently, Monsanto and the controversial security firm are in bed together, described by blogger Randy Ananda as “a death-tech firm weds a hit squad.” At this point, you might be wondering what in the world the GM seed giant needs with the services of a ‘shadow army’? It appears as though the corporation found it necessary to contract with Blackwater in order to collect intelligence on anti-Monsanto activists as well infiltrate their ranks.
Hidden in immigration reform, vast biometrics plan [Salon]
The aim of the database would be to ensure that employers did not employ illegal immigrants — the would have to check new hires in the database to verify that they match their photo. Privacy advocates have, however, expressed concern for the creeping use of biometrics and enforced identification in every aspect of American life.
