On September 19, 2000, going on 16 years ago, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the London Telegraph reported: “Declassified American government documents show that the US intelligence community ran a campaign in the Fifties and Sixties to build momentum for a united Europe. It funded and directed the European federalist movement. “The documents confirm suspicions voiced at the time that America was working aggressively behind the scenes to push Britain into a European state. One memorandum, dated July 26, 1950, gives instructions for a campaign to promote a fully fledged European parliament. It is signed by Gen. William J. Donovan, head of the American wartime Office of Strategic Services, precursor of the CIA.” The documents show that the European Union was a creature of the CIA. —Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China
These so-called “free trade agreements” are not trade agreements. The purpose of the “partnerships,” which were drafted by global corporations, is to make corporations immune to the laws of sovereign countries in which they do business. Any country’s sovereign law whether social, environmental, food safety, labor protections — any law or regulation — that impacts a corporation’s profits is labeled a “restraint on trade.” The “partnerships” permit corporations to file a suit that overturns the law or regulation and also awards the corporation damages paid by the taxpayers of the country that tried to protect its environment or the safety of its food and workers. The law suit is not heard in the courts of the country or in any court. It is heard in a corporate tribunal in which corporations serve as judge, jury, and prosecutor. In other words, the “partnerships” give global corporations the power to overturn democratic outcomes. Allegedly, Europe consists of democracies. Democracies pass laws protecting the environment and the safety of food and labor, but these laws democratically enacted reduce profits. Anything less than a sweatshop, with starvation wages, no environmental protection, no safety legislation for food or worker, can be overturned at will by global corporations under the terms of the “partnerships.” Only a traitor, a well paid one, could sign such a pact. Paul Craig Roberts, TTIP—American Economic Imperialism
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TTIP – American Economic Imperialism By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
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FCC in the Service of the Media Monopoly: FCC Officially Approves Merger to Create ‘Price-Gouging Cable Giant’: Open internet advocates warn that the acquisition will only send cable prices skyrocketing and hurt low-income communities by Nadia Prupis
Environment: 
Ongoing/Big Energy Disasters!:
Economy:
Today Is the 6th Anniversary of the ‘Flash Crash’; No Progress Made to Restore Confidence By Pam Martens and Russ Martens
U.S. Military Polluting the World: Contamination Revealed at Largest US Air Force Base in Asia: Kadena, Okinawa By Jon Mitchell
Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China By Paul Craig Roberts
Health, Education, and Welfare:
Inequality Soars as Retirement Benefits Dwindle for All But the Rich: The retirement forecast is quite sunnier for those at the top by Andrea Germanos