Daily News Digest May 31, 2016

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Daily News Digest May 31, 2016

As the Capitalist Robber Barons Steal from the 99% — Only the 1% Voted For Austerity — The 99% Should Decide On Austerity — Not Just The 1% Who Profit From Austerity!

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From the Mouths of KidsImageoftheDayQuote of the Day:

. . . Here’s what he(Obama) could have said to try to do so: Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, an American warplane unleashed the most horrific and inhuman weapon ever invented, immediately imperiling the survival of the entire human species. This act of terrorism was the ultimate crime: a crime of mass murder, a crime of war, and a crime against humanity.The victims, those who died incinerated in a flash, and those who died slowly and painfully over years from chemical poisoning, were never able to see justice served. Sadly, there is no way the criminals who carried out this heinous and barbaric act will ever face justice for their crimes. . . . — The speech Obama SHOULD have given in Hiroshima

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of allied forces in Europe and later president of the U.S., also called it “completely unnecessary” and later told an interviewer,” It wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.” Fleet Admiral William Leahy, the president’s chief of staff, believed that Japan would fall without the necessity of a land invasion. Leahy later wrote that, in dropping the bomb, “we had adopted an ethical standard common to barbarians of the dark ages.” (Eisenhower and Leahy quotes found at: Hiroshima Who Disagreed With The Atomic Bombing? Why They Gid It.)

. . . We are the Dead. Short days ago  We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. . . .  — First World War Poems – In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

Today no one will hear about the Israeli June 8, 1967 assault on the USS Liberty, an attack so cowardly and so heinous that it exposes Israel’s penchant for manufacturing facts and its ability to manipulate American leadership and the media to gloss over its dastardly deeds. —  The Sailors of the USS Liberty: They, Too, Deserve to Be Honored

Videos the Day:

Young woman from Fukushima speaks out

This is How Corrupt The Political System Is

The Ugly American (1963) Full Movie

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As Our Past Wars Are Glorified This Memorial Day Weekend, Give Some Thought To Our Prospects Against The Russians And Chinese In World War III By Paul Craig Roberts

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The Story of Flanders Fields and the “Buddy Poppy”

The Sailors of the USS Liberty: They, Too, Deserve to Be Honored: On this 2016 Memorial Day, much like all Memorial Day commemorations since 1968, no official recognition or memorial services  will be held to honor the 34 dead  and the 167 wounded US Navy Men. by Raouf Halaby

Lock Up the Men, Evict the Women and Children: Part of the daily reality of poverty in America, evictions—along with mass incarceration—are the mechanisms used to destroy communities and profit from the misery of the poor. By Chris Hedges ChrisHedgesThe speech Obama SHOULD have given in Hiroshima By Matt Peppe HironshimaRogue Justice review: Bush, 9/11 and the assault on American liberty: Karen Greenberg’s new book explores the decade after the cataclysm of 9/11 and how the US came ‘perilously close’ to ‘losing the protections of the Bill of Rights’ By Charles Kaiser9:11Ralph Nader: The funny business of farm creditRalph NaderMold-Infested Prisons Sicken Guards and Prisoners By Spencer WoodmanMold Environment:

 . . . Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature takes its revenge on us. Each victory, it is true, in the first place brings about the results we expected, but in the second and third places it has quite different, unforeseen effects which only too often cancel the first. . . .  — Friedrick Engles,  The Part Played by Labor in the Transition from Ape to Man

Water crisis not on presidential candidates’ radar: The 20th century dams and canals that gave birth to modern California — to San Francisco, to Los Angeles, to the San Joaquin Valley farms that feed the nation — are near the end of their engineered lives. The rivers and aquifers they tap are, simply, tapped out.  By Carolyn Lochhead

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Houseboats float in the Don Pedro reservoir as it hovers at 32 percent of its total capacity Aug. 19, 2015, in La Grange (Stanislaus County). The state’s aging dam system needs an overhaul.

Ongoing/Big Energy Disasters!:

My father warned Exxon about climate change in the 1970s. They didn’t listen: Perhaps 2015 wouldn’t have broken all temperature records had they acted then — but it’s not too late to do something now By Claudia Black-Kalinsky EXXONBlack Liberation/Civil Rights:

The End of Black Harlem Newcomers say gentrification is about wealth, not race. But that’s a distinction without a difference By Michael Henry Davis

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Britain: Heads they win, tails we lose: Kick out all the Tories! by Socialist Appeal  Britain

In Oil-Soaked Niger Delta, ‘Avengers’ Bombing Pipelines in Struggle for Compensation: Niger Delta Avengers say they are behind a spate of recent attacks on fossil fuel infrastructure by Andrea GermanosNigerDeltaHealth, Education, and Welfare:

 Study: Exposure to certain pesticides makes you 6 times more likely to develop ALS By David Gutierrez, staff writer StudyGlyphosate ( Agent Orange. Roundup) Linked to Cancer of the Lymph Tissue in New Study  By Mike BarrettGlyphosateNon-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Occupational Exposure to Agricultural Pesticide Chemical Groups and Active Ingredients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis By Leah Schinasi* and Maria E. Leon

 

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