Is Edward Snowden Regretting his Actions?

Edward Snowden after one year of revealing one of the biggest secrets of the United States surveillance programs and procedures, he is already regretting his actions. The desire that he has to come back home is very visible. He said, ''If I could go anywhere in the world that place would be home.” But we all know that it is impossible for him to come back to the United States without facing legal consequences after his actions. I believe that he was obviously acting with the interests of the American citizens, selfish people wouldn't put themselves through such tomoil, they would just stay silent and do nothing against the kinds of issues that Snowden addressed. However, he also did the citizens of all countries a favor in showing them the far reaching consequences of spying programs such as the CIA surveillance program. I agree that he betrayed his nation, but I also believe that if the US Government obeyed the law none of this would happen.

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India's government

Socialism failed in India because in socialism you need to take care of the less privileged and lend them a helping hand. For most Indians, their family and caste come first. On the other hand, capitalism will eventually end up becoming cronyism in India because in capitalism the wealth that you make and the power that you acquire comes with responsibility. The average Indian only feels responsible towards feeding his genetic offspring and his caste. Capitalism will end up becoming cronyism and nepotism in India. The interests of only certain families will get served and the rest of the population will end up in misery.In India the ruling party elects the speaker (talk about ruthless freedom) so imagine the parliament with 90 % cronies and speaker to lead them the only person in India that is neutral is president and he is not allowed so how will the world now whats going on or which policy is replaced with nationalist agenda. the only way we will find out some thing is seriously wrong is when non-Hindu women and children starts crying for food and when their father figure is in the graves.
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Russia accused of hypocrisy by UK over Ukrainian unrest

Indisputably Russia is a corrupt nation in many ways, but the USA has become the most dangerous nation on earth because as it currently exists its survival depends primarily on its control of other nations. The USA has fallen into the last mistake of all empires: It let its home roots grow weak and now the mighty branches will begin to wither. The USA has less and less productive power and cultural unity to fall back on. The "barbarians" will slowly but surely pull it apart until it is suddenly no longer recognizable. It will be nothing but power elites in walled fortresses amid a sea of disordered heterogeneous humanity. According to a different report in this same newspaper, the Trade Union building had been occupied by Russia-friendly demonstrators, and then it was attacked and burned down with people in it by a Right Sector militia. So that's where the escalation of violence (as opposed to demonstrations and occupations) has come from. "Hypocrisy" I used to say and am saying it again, that for the last 15 years, the West actually had been supporting the totalitarian a Soviet-like regime established by the KGB in that country - Russia. The regime badsed mainly on oil-gas dollars and supported Russian oligarhs’s interests everywhere in USA and EU. After the Russian annexation of Abkhazia took place in 2008, it had not been taken any sanctions against Russia. It's very strange when everyone may consider the fact that the annexation of Crimea was carried out in the same way as did the annexation of Abkhazia. Georgian President said that if the U.S. and Europe had stopped Putin in 2008, now it would not be the capture of the Crimea. But no one did anything that time. So reap the rewards now.

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Air Pollution

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The new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and heart disease, as well as between air pollution and cancer. This is in addition to air pollution’s role in the development of respiratory diseases, including acute respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. The new estimates are not only based on more knowledge about the diseases caused by air pollution, but also upon better assessment of human exposure to air pollutants through the use of improved measurements and technology. This has enabled scientists to make a more detailed analysis of health risks from a wider demographic spread that now includes rural as well as urban areas. The article says, ''Western Pacific Regions had the largest air pollution-related burden in 2012, with a total of 3.3 million deaths linked to indoor air pollution and 2.6 million deaths related to outdoor air pollution.'' This clearly shows that the air quality in parts of the hemisphere is deteriorating, and as we all know, this will only lead us to a catastrophe.

CIA Torture

Understand this: the US government is not only in the business of torturing foreign terrorists. It is also quietly sabotaging and destroying americans. The scope of the abuses this Regime is committing is much, much worse than has been revealed up to this point. I am in a position to know that thousands of innocent Americans (activists, whistleblowers, truth-tellers) are being destroyed at this very moment. The tactics of Zertsetzen (ways of torturing people) are being used by the American Secret Police. True patriots are being intimidated, discredited, sabotaged, harassed, blacklisted, slandered, blackmailed, framed, and TORTURED. Americans are terrorizing other Americans. What is moral vs what is unmoral. Relying on a men to decide what is legal. This is the clear line between what is Legal and what is Lawful. Anything can be made legal by man and circumstance. What doesn't change is what is lawful by God and conscience of mind. This word mind means the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives and judges.

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Ukraine: separatists refuse to end occupation despite Geneva agreement

The agreement does not cover Eastern Ukraine. They Democratically elected their man, who fled to save his skin. Those in power were placed there by those who argued strongly for NATO membership and NATO bases. As such, the unelected stooges in Kiev are more Nazi inclined that Eastern Ukraine inclined, as we have seen from their leaflets, asking the local Jews to register, a Hitler first. They may have plenty of friends they never knew they had in Germany, but none in the East of the country. First, the Kiev "govt" wasn't recognised by Moscow- they expressly said that they don't recognise them as legitimate government but are prepared to talk to them to stabilise the region. Secondly, in the Geneva agreement, all sides agreed to refrain from "violence, intimidation or provocative actions". Ukraine agreed on "joint efforts to start the process of de-escalation in eastern Ukraine.” It is most patent that sending military in is contrary to both of those agreed points.

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Obama and his Cold War Games

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About the game: painting Russia as friendless, and outside the tent, is unwise. Because its biased towards the US and European sense of exceptionalism. Because there are many powers outside that tent.The US - EU tent is not as big as they think, and they need to think a little more about internationa justice for all. And to put it bluntly, the double standards on show from the EU-US tent telling the rest of the world what is right is likely to push a few outsiders into putting up a great big tent of their own with the Russians. So Russia is misbehaving. But the other powers are also misbehaving in their response, and only inviting further misbehaviour from the Russians. The key point is that the whole debate is only confirming Russia's existing grienvances, which are not without justification (even though that doesn't make them right). I think Obama instead of ushering in a new dawn has ushered in a yawn, who really give a flying fuck what he says anymore, many many people the world over listened to him and shared his "vision" of a new way, only to see the same oil, same oil, I bet many Americans are thinking that their vote is being abused time and time again and something has to give somewhere along the line, the way the US administration carries on makes most here in the west including the US want to vomit.

Obama's Warning to Putin

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The benevolent Obama only wants Ukraine people to make independent decision about their lives. Well, seems Crimean decision was a wrong one, not independent at all. Whereas Iraqis have made perfectly independent decision about their lives... or should I more precisely say their painful deaths?? It seems as though the worms should be coming out of Obama's mouth every time he delivers, namely reads out of lcd carefully prepared speeches.Obama must realise the Americans HAVE been encircling Russia since the Cold War ended. They have entirely broken all agreements with Gorbachev promising not to make those states members of NATO. The anti Iran missile shield is absolutely targeted at neutralising Russia's nuclear arsenal (good luck with that one). The Neocons might need to remind Obama exactly who he has been serving for his entire presidency. As I understand, Russia was conducting military exercises near the borders, and is nonetheless keeping the number of troops within the agreed limits during peace time. Still, I think that when these numbers "dramatically drop" and Russia "withdraws its troops" it will be another victory for Obama, who warned them in the first place!

Turkey Blocks Twitter

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The Turkish government has blocked video-sharing site YouTube, following a video post which appeared to show security officials discussing military action in Syria.Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described the recording, which was posted anonymously to YouTube, as "villainous" on Thursday, according to Reuters.The country's telecommunications authority took steps to block access to YouTube ahead of key local elections on Sunday. The ban came just a week after the government banned social networking site Twitter.This may the worst week for the Turkish people that one by one all there social networks is getting out of reach. Many of the users still using VPN service for unblock all social networks and other geo-restricted sites. Because all that brutal actions continuously rising the demand of vpn in the region to unblock YouTube and twitter quickly. Only required to choose from the list of Top 5 Turkey VPN and fight Turkey's Social Media Blackout

Cuba and the new investment policies

Source of the article This new law will allow investments but the Statement "Cubans who live in Cuba are prohibited from entering certain hotels and restaurants where foreign tourists are permitted to stay" has not been true for a few years. It's hard to trust an expert who doesn't know current facts. I'm curious if there will be anything in the law regarding rights over bank accounts. The Cubans have frozen bank accounts in the past when money was tight and permission is still required to make foreign payments. It's hard to run a business when you can't pay your suppliers. ''Since 2010, the Cuban government has made incremental economic reforms. For example, in certain categories of employment, individuals are now allowed to work for themselves and not the government. The pace of reforms increased in the past year, when the government announced employees could take over failing government operations in certain categories such as transportation, and try to make a profit, which they then would split with the government 50-50.''

Racism is Lost in Australia

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Today, racism is usually quite casual; sometimes, it is even unconscious. I was pretty horrified, for example, when I read a study that showed people with certain ethnic-sounding names were less likely to be offered job interviews than people with Anglo names, even if their CVs were otherwise the same.
We should remember that cognitive biases and prejudices can affect people's actions without them realising it. For me, that is the best justification for initiatives like diversity training in workplaces, which often get a bad rap. Clearly, some hiring managers and HR flunkies need to be reminded that attitudes about different races, even if held unconsciously, can lead to discrimination. Of course, there is also the ugly, off-hand racism that some minority groups cop, particularly aboriginal people. Sadly, it still seems acceptable in some quarters to tell childish jokes about indigenous people and negatively stereotype them. This article goes too far, though. The example of airport security is especially silly. Racist just means you disagreed with the PC orthodoxy. It has no other meaning but Ed is right and he is wrong. The word is losing its power but not because it is so powerful but because it has been over-used and people are taking it over, mocking it, claiming to be it whether they are or not and basically thumbing their nose in the same way the wogs did when they disarmed the term wog.

Is Putin the new Devil?

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 The article points out the hypocrisy of our leaders. The right or wrong of it is not an issue in the article. None of our leaders would come out smelling of roses if we examined their actions with the spite that is shown to Putin. Not a fan f any of them but in this case he has been the more reasonable of them. No invasion - a seceded state which had been part of Russia in the not too distant past and which showed after the anti Russian coup that they wanted to be absorbed once more - although remaining independent in the majority of ways. Two thirds of the Ukrainian military opted to join the Crimean army (changing sides. the remaining third without harassment left the Crimea peacefully. No shock and awe. We appear to be wanting a war. Nato needs a theatre of war for its troops. Russia is being surrounded by missile sites so who could expect Russia to stand back and see the Crimea and the warm water port fall.Putin didn't suddenly become evil, he's always had his own agenda and that has been quite apparent for some considerable time - What he has done, has always been what has appeared to be realpolitik whilst enriching himself to the tune of $40 billion (probably more, quite a lot for a chap who has always been a public servant) If anyone thought Putin could be easily influenced they were wrong, they can buy favours obviously.

Venezuela Rationing Food

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Defenders of Venezuela's socialist government say price controls imposed by the late President Hugo Chávez help poor people lead more dignified lives, and the United Nations has recognised Venezuela's success in eradicating hunger but price controls also lead to people buying everything up and exporting it to countries without price controls, thus causing shortages. Rationing doesn't look good, but it is intended to help maintain the price controls that help the poor. It could be useful in a society that is being exploited by the worst parts of capitalism. ID card system to stop speculation from the distributors and the middle men that always, in one way or another, is robbing the consumers, it is a good idea in a country that have a lot of problems with the corruption of a few entrepreneurs. It is more shameful that in develop countries as the UK and USA; they have to use food banks and food stamps to sop starvation among the poor people.

Stronger Russian Power

Source!! Let the Cold War begin! It seems the concept of "Peace" is truly foreign to NATO. It only understands the language of aggression, imperialism and death. I disagree. Since the fall of the USSR, Russia's foreign policy has been nothing by reactionary to the continuous NATO expansion and encirclement of its borders. Gorbachev was given a promise that NATO would not expand any further. This promise has broken time and time again. Put yourself in Putin's position and imagine how you would react where you in his place. Our media is engaged in a full-blown media war against Russia, with a 100% one-sided coverage. Many people in the West truly believe that Russia is a dictatorship and that Putin is some kind of tyrant. From someone who has lived and worked in Russia for many years, it's alway quite comical to hear the reactions of Westerners who came back having visited the country. They come back truly angry by the fact that they have been so misled by the media and, ironically, become some of the most vocal supporters of the Russian State and Putin.Having said that, I don't think it is a compliment to Putin or to the "greatness of Russia", but a sad reflection of how our media has become nothing more than a cheap propaganda tool to advance NATO's geopolitical ambitions.

Warantless Searches

As has been posted many times on these pages, it tends to confirm that quite apart from the competitive advantage US corporations are gaining from spying on competitors, the real target of the NSA, are individual Americans. Although we rarely hear about it on these shores (for obvious reasons) there is a real growing intolerance of American corporatism, financial theft, police militarism etc. Add to these revelations the, apparently liberal, ideology of clearing out the jails and perhaps you will be drawn to the notion that maybe the jails are being emptied for those identified by the NSA as US dissidents
If these are warrantless searches, then there is no paper trail and documentation is solely in the hands of our trustworthy NSA. To conduct these backdoor surveillances, the NSA recruits from hacker conventions to hire those talented enough to find ways into your computer without leaving a trace. This whole thing has been a good illustration of why we should make sure there is effective oversight of intelligence agencies. If intelligence agencies deny doing things that the wider world knows they are doing and then only admits it when they are repeatedly asked "how come there's proof you did it then?" then surely this would suggest there needs to be oversight to make sure they follow the current laws.
If they are breaking laws designed to protect the privacy of civilians then we are veering away from living in democractic societies because our authorities are effectively making their own laws which we have no say in.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/nsa-surveillance-loophole-americans-data

Death penalty

We've had vets kill two of our dogs over the years when they became old and ill. The vet injected them. Both went down like a ton of bricks, took a breath or two and were gone -eyes rolled back and motionless except for a final sigh a little while later. Leaving aside ethical questions, why does not such a simple exit appear available to those condemned to be executed? Because the drugs are not available to those doing executions as the article points out In addition the lines are put in the condemned person's veins by 'technicians' not nurses, doctors, paramedics or any other medical professional with a professional association as all of them in the US will disbar and strike off anyone who participates in an execution. Not having medical qualifications or the ability to practice regularly they regularly botch the needle insertion, for eg putting the needle right through the vein so the substances introduced go into the arm instead of the blood. The rest of the civilised world, the pharmaceutical companies, ALL the medical and paramedical societies and much of their population including some of the relatives of the murdered are against this barbaric activity. Yet all this penetrates their thick skulls not at all? This is one of the sickest things I've ever read. The fact that those who put other human beings to death probably consider themselves good Christians is just beyond comprehension to me. "Thou shalt not kill". Ring a bell?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/30/death-row-inmates-longer-deaths-scramble-drugs

Immigration

Frankly, I don't get all this "undocumented immigration reform" stuff!! If an immigrant came to to U.S. undocumented, then, this immigrant came to the U.S. illegally, broke the law, therefore, should face the consequences of breaking the law. That's what laws are for!! The government spends so much money and resources to try to stop the illegal immigrants and, now before mid-term elections, pushing for legalizing illegals!! What a joke!! I think that the real reason there are so many illegals is: U.S. needs them to perform jobs that legals don't want, basically, importing slave labor!! If it wasn't for the illegals, cost of goods would skyrocket (minimum wage, unions, etc). It's basic economics!! The U.S. has the technical expertise to totally close the border, if it wishes to. I guess you don't know that there's a specific reason why being undocumented in the US isn't actually crime. The government has the right to send undocumented aliens back to their place of origin, and nobody has a problem with that.

However, if they make it a crime, then under the Constitution, the accused have the right to a trial, an attorney, right of appeal, and all other rights that pertain to the accused in a criminal trial. Oh, and they can't be deported while this is going on. Starting to see the problem? Imagine if, instead of being deported, you had several million aliens awaiting trial. Sure would keep the lawyers and courts busy, and probably wouldn't cost more than a few hundred billion dollars.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/30/house-republicans-principles-immigration-reform

Vodka, the reason behind Russian death rate

Vodka is a major cause of early death in Russia and partly to blame for the high mortality rates among men in the country, research has revealed. Vodka, or "little water" as it is sometimes called, has become more available over the last 30 years, which is reflected in premature death statistics, say scientists.A new forward-looking study has now found that Russian men who drink three or more bottles of vodka a week are far more likely to go to an early grave than those who consume less than one.The premature death rate in men who consumed less than a bottle of vodka a week was 16%.
Excess deaths among heavy drinkers were caused by alcohol poisoning, accidents, violence and suicide. Deaths from throat and liver cancer, tuberculosis, pneumonia and pancreatitis were also thought to be caused by Russia's systemic drinking problem. Researchers spoke to 57,361 men in three different Russian cities and found more of a third of male smokers drinking three half-litre bottles every week could expect to make it to the ages of 35 and 54.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25961063

Ukraine, the next Egypt

Americans want another NATO base in the Ukraine and just to make protests even worse the puppies of EU - Lithuanian and Polish prime ministers went to Kiev and Publicly told the protesters to go on and fight for "freedom" and told them not to worry, because they will support them- they can not even support themselves and their own people nevermind the Ukrainians. Ukraine's dilemma is that the eastern half is a benighted priest ridden backwater of groveling orthodoxy and worship of Moscow the people are mostly brutish, bovine, resentfull, and superstitious locked way in an isolated corner of the world where the Enlightenment never saw the dawn. Western Ukraine is european looking & progressive yearning to be part of the civilized world. It is high time for the Ukrainian army to move in defense of the people against the Yanukovych Russian dictatorship. Just as the army in Egypt removed Morsi and outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood so should the army arrest Yanukovych and his gang for treason and conspiracy outlawing the Communist party responsible for the genocide of 1932-33. Is a Nazi party allowed in the Israeli Knesset? No!

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25966962

NSA Still Spying

Now, given the revelations that individuals in the NSA and security services were using NSA tools for their own personal reasons, and the private contractor hired to do their background checks has been accused by the DoJ of faking over 600,000 vettings, this makes me wonder if the hacker 'FOIA' who stole and released the Climategate emails has a job at Fort Meade? Of course it was the US Gov what done it. That's basically the point of the whole article. Equally damning is that The Guardian published the leaked Danish document. Funny, we don't read about an in-depth investigation into who knew what when about that, because then we'd have to face the unpalatable truth that The Guardian has been used for its entire history as a mouthpiece of the Establishment.I doubt if any future negotiation with the US will ever be done where there is mutual trust and respect. This and the G20/G8 spying has put an end to real negotiations where serious US engagement results in constructive ends. Gaming these talks is an insult to those involved in negotiations and everyone else on this planet who takes climate change seriously. Grow up America!

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NSA makes final push to retain most mass surveillance powers

The NSA has the White House, Congress and the Judiciary by the balls. This has been going on for decades. Snowden said that he could read Obama's emails if he had his email address.
So do not expect any treason trials in the US - the criminals are in charge of this fascist, police state as American citizens naively put hand on their hearts and sing "land of the free." That is the closest they will ever come to freedom. That's turned out to be handy, because any US Congressperson or Senator seeking to scrutinise the NSA has known that the simple fact of their interest makes them 'persons of interest' to the CIA, FBI and, of course, the NSA. Plus being watched by State and County Police Officers as a potential enemy of the USA. For white members of the US Congress, that's probably as close as they'll have ever got to the routine experience of being an unwhite person in the USA. Except, at least in the US the government is making a show of considering public opinion on this and there is fairly wide-ranging media debate - I'm sure one of our American friends on here can tell us more about that coverage. Here in the UK the press is all but silent on the issue and our own government remains locked in a 'you don't need to know, you can trust us, it is essential to ward off our evil enemies' monologue, participate in some pretty shoddy treatment of David Miranda and The Guardian, and to top it all off the majority of the UK public don't actually seem to give a shit. I despair.

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