19 June - News Notes II
Uganda Kob (male) in the Queen Elisabeth National Park in Uganda Français : Kob dans le Parc National Reine Elizabeth, en Ouganda. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The old Live Oak County Jail located in Oakville, Texas, United States. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NSA Boss Asks Congress For Blanket Immunity For Companies That Help NSA Spy On Everyone
'This will come as no surprise to anyone, but NSA boss General Keith Alexander is pestering Congress for a new law which would provide blanket immunity for companies helping the NSA collect data on everyone.
Gen. Keith Alexander has petitioned Capitol Hill for months to give Internet service providers and other firms new cover from lawsuits when they rely on government data to thwart emerging cyberthreats.
Basically, he's arguing that if the NSA orders companies to do something illegal, the companies shouldn't be liable for that. There's some logic behind that, because when you get an order from the government, you often feel compelled to obey.'
Scott Dro
Read more: NSA Boss Asks Congress For Blanket Immunity For Companies That Help NSA Spy On Everyone
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/12553023511/nsa-boss-asks-congress-legal-immunity-companies-that-help-nsa-spy-everyone.shtml
“We know from at least three national security reporters that their sources are hesitant to speak to them, and [they] explicitly cite the treatment of Bradley Manning as a reason as to why they are hesitant to disclose abuses by the United States government in the national security sector,” Assange told RT. “So already the Manning prosecution is harming the quality of Western democracy and the quality of reporting in the press.”
excellent article in alternet about our signature strike investigation and campaign/
@AlterNet http://ow.ly/mbYSp
Barack Obama and John Kerry: Are They "Terror Suspects"?
BUT NOT ONE MENTION OF OIL OR PIPELINES - WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION MR. PRESIDENT - WASHINGTON — President Obama is preparing a major policy push on climate change, including, for the first time, limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants, as well as expanded renewable energy development on public lands and an accelerated effort on energy efficiency in buildings and equipment, senior officials said Wednesday.
When former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae announced that he was resigning as a member of Parliament, he said it was in order to focus on his other job: chief negotiator for the Matawa First Nations communities as they lock swords with the Ontario government over resource development on lands traditionally used by aboriginal people.
http://westcoastnativenews.com/first-nations-will-negotiate-with-bob-rae-on-the-ring-of-fire/
Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods To Autoimmune Disease:http://goo.gl/dlZfx
Top 10 Healthy Yet Cheap Organic Foods: http://goo.gl/7RJGl
“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”
The Farmacy, Grow Food, Not Lawns, Back to Nature
If you’re a cheese lover struggling to resist cheese because you've heard it’s not good for you, then brace yourself for some really good news. Cheese can be an excellent source of nutrition, a food you may want to include more of in your diet rather than less. Furthermore, numerous recent studies have confirmed saturated fat is NOT associated with obesity or heart disease and is actually associated with improved heart health
Read more here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_27744.cfm
We're kicking off tonight's show with the Hunger Shames!
That the GOP's shameful attempts to cut from food stamps:http://on.msnbc.com/1bSACiW
Are you watching?
Watch former Wisconsin State Rep. -- now U.S. Rep. -- Mark Pocanshare what he saw behind closed doors at an ALEC conference: Special interests, special interests, and more special interests.
The California legislature is on the brink of cutting local governments loose from adhering to public records requests. If signed into law, the bills will allow local agencies to consider certain provisions of the California Public Records Act “optional,” allowing towns and cities to decide for themselves when to follow the act’s so-called “best practices” -- and when to ignore them.
Californians: a new anti-transparency measure must not pass. Tell Governor Jerry Brown to veto it right now.
Why shouldn't he work for the NSA?
Louisiana Dept. of Tourism officially commandeers oversight of BP-funded seafood board. That's rich...
Several female inmates have come issued a lawsuit against Live Oak County, Texas, for running what they describe as a "rape camp" inside their county jail. Inmates were "repeatedly raped and humiliated female inmates over an extended period of time."
According to the lawsuit, "These forced acts of lasciviousness included, but are not limited to, forcing female inmates to repeatedly perform oral sex on male guards, forcing female inmates to repeatedly masturbate the male guards, the male guards masturbating in view of the female inmates, male guards forcing digital penetrative sex acts in the female inmates', forcing female inmates to engage in sexual sex acts with other female inmates, including but not limited to forcing female inmates to have oral sex with each other, among other things.
"In addition to the repeated sexual assaults, numerous female inmates were sexually harassed. Certain male guards would strip the female inmates of their clothing and provide only shaving cream to conceal their genitalia. Certain male guards would sometimes force the female inmates to shower in front of them while instructing them to shave their vaginas. In other instances, while detailing their degenerate sexual fantasies, the jailers would pin the girls against a wall, grope their persons, verbally berate them, digitally rape their vagina and/or anus, then force them to perform oral sex.
"Defendants Aguilar, Smith and Charles all assaulted plaintiff in numerous ways over the course of several incidents. As they told it to plaintiff, she 'belong[ed] to [them]' and was their 'sex slave or whatever they wanted her to be,'" the complaint states.
For the first several weeks these assaults were in the form of the guards placing their hands through the food slot in the cell door and forcing her to lower her pants and undergarments and then anally and vaginally penetrating her with their hands. They would also make [J.M.N.] show the guards her breasts, buttocks and/or vagina or the guards would withhold food, drink, essential hygiene items, threaten to harm her or take away privileges."
The guards allegedly would also beat them and threatened to kill them "in order to compel their compliance," the lawsuit says. All the while, the jail allegedly failed to take appropriate measures to prevent such attacks and failed to discipline county employees for committing sexual assault. The supervisor of the jail "was a party to the assaults," the documents state.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/17/58555.htm
Although the three guards were arrested in 2010 on charges of sexual assault and are now serving time in Texas state prisons, the women have brought to light new disturbing details about the abuse. They are seeking punitive damages for civil rights violations, assault and emotional distress.
Scott Dro
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/17/female-inmates-sue-texas-county-for-running-rape-camp-at-jail/
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Reading fiction boosts empathy, reduces discomfort with uncertainty
Read more: http://www.canada.com/entertainment/Reading+fiction+boosts+empathy+reduces+discomfort+with+uncertainty/8541758/story.html#ixzz2Wi6CPZ1o
( Or, as I would quip when asked, Which is better : fiction billed as truth, or alleged lies illustrating underlying common situations ? )
Uganda Kob (male) in the Queen Elisabeth National Park in Uganda Français : Kob dans le Parc National Reine Elizabeth, en Ouganda. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The old Live Oak County Jail located in Oakville, Texas, United States. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Female Northern Cardinal (Photo credit: Chickens in the Trees (vns2009))
![Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods To Autoimmune Disease: http://goo.gl/dlZfx
Top 10 Healthy Yet Cheap Organic Foods: http://goo.gl/7RJGl
“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”
@[482134055140366:274:The Farmacy], @[381607171894901:274:Grow Food, Not Lawns], @[617594321602794:274:Back to Nature]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/p320x320/988223_596541230368059_1963686264_n.jpg)
![Several female inmates have come issued a lawsuit against Live Oak County, Texas, for running what they describe as a "rape camp" inside their county jail. Inmates were "repeatedly raped and humiliated female inmates over an extended period of time."
According to the lawsuit, "These forced acts of lasciviousness included, but are not limited to, forcing female inmates to repeatedly perform oral sex on male guards, forcing female inmates to repeatedly masturbate the male guards, the male guards masturbating in view of the female inmates, male guards forcing digital penetrative sex acts in the female inmates', forcing female inmates to engage in sexual sex acts with other female inmates, including but not limited to forcing female inmates to have oral sex with each other, among other things.
"In addition to the repeated sexual assaults, numerous female inmates were sexually harassed. Certain male guards would strip the female inmates of their clothing and provide only shaving cream to conceal their genitalia. Certain male guards would sometimes force the female inmates to shower in front of them while instructing them to shave their vaginas. In other instances, while detailing their degenerate sexual fantasies, the jailers would pin the girls against a wall, grope their persons, verbally berate them, digitally rape their vagina and/or anus, then force them to perform oral sex.
"Defendants Aguilar, Smith and Charles all assaulted plaintiff in numerous ways over the course of several incidents. As they told it to plaintiff, she 'belong[ed] to [them]' and was their 'sex slave or whatever they wanted her to be,'" the complaint states.
For the first several weeks these assaults were in the form of the guards placing their hands through the food slot in the cell door and forcing her to lower her pants and undergarments and then anally and vaginally penetrating her with their hands. They would also make [J.M.N.] show the guards her breasts, buttocks and/or vagina or the guards would withhold food, drink, essential hygiene items, threaten to harm her or take away privileges."
The guards allegedly would also beat them and threatened to kill them "in order to compel their compliance," the lawsuit says. All the while, the jail allegedly failed to take appropriate measures to prevent such attacks and failed to discipline county employees for committing sexual assault. The supervisor of the jail "was a party to the assaults," the documents state.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/17/58555.htm
Although the three guards were arrested in 2010 on charges of sexual assault and are now serving time in Texas state prisons, the women have brought to light new disturbing details about the abuse. They are seeking punitive damages for civil rights violations, assault and emotional distress.
Scott Dro
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/17/female-inmates-sue-texas-county-for-running-rape-camp-at-jail/](https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p320x320/1012797_625745294110049_307163222_n.png)
Female inmates sue Texas county for running 'rape camp' at jail(rawstory.com)
A Woman's Abu Ghraib In Rick Perry's Texas?(smd12364.newsvine.com)
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