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Many young Americans
unaware they're infected
with HIV

See Many young Americans unaware they're infected with HIV, MSN News, June 18, 2013, by Healthday's Robert Preidt: "Study found age was key to whether patients knew HIV status and were getting treatment"

‘All necessary steps’
being taken to find Snowden,
FBI says

See ‘All necessary steps’ being taken to find Snowden, FBI says, The Hill, June 13, 2013, by Jordy Yager, video and text:

"FBI Director Robert Mueller on Thursday told members of the House Judiciary Committee that U.S. safety has been jeopardized by the leaks and that 'all necessary steps' were being taken to track down Snowden, who is believed to be in Hong Kong."

See NSA conducting ‘damage assessment’ of Snowden leak, The Hill, June 13, 2013, by Carlo Muñoz: "American intelligence agencies are already picking up signals that U.S. adversaries are changing tactics as a result of the Snowden leaks, according to Rogers."

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U.S. to Provide Direct
Military Support to
Syrian Rebels

See U.S., citing use of chemical weapons by Syria, to provide direct military support to rebels, The Washington Post, June 13, 2013, by Karen DeYoung and Anne Gearan:

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Benjamin J. "Rhodes did not detail what he called the expanded military support, but it is expected initially to consist of light arms and ammunition. He said the shipments would be 'responsive to the needs' expressed by the rebel command.

"Obama has 'not made any decision' to pursue a military option such as a no-fly zone and has ruled out the deployment of U.S. ground troops,' Rhodes said."

See How the Syrian Civil War Is Engulfing the Entire Middle East, AlterNet, June 11, 2013, by Patrick O. Strickland: "Syria's crisis has spread to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq—and it's only going to get worse."

See First Thoughts: What's the endgame for Syria?, NBC News, June 14, 2013, by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro.

SCOTUS swiftly revokes right
to protest on court grounds

See SCOTUS swiftly revokes right to protest on court grounds, The Raw Story, June 13, 2012, by Stephen C. Webster: "Just two days after a judge struck down a decades-old law banning protests on Supreme Court grounds, the nation’s highest court has in effect restored it with a new rule governing conduct on its premises."

"The ban, first passed by Congress in 1949, was struck down Tuesday with extreme prejudice by Obama-appointed Judge Beryl A. Howell, who called it “repugnant” and a clear violation of the First Amendment."

Syria Has Used Chemical
Arms on Rebels, U.S.
and Allies Find

See Syria Has Used Chemical Arms on Rebels, U.S. and Allies Find, The NY TImes, June 13, 2013, by Mark Mazzetti, Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler:

From Summary on Page 1: "The assessment will put added pressure on a deeply divided Obama administration to develop a response to a provocation that the president has declared a 'red line.'"

Feds Bust 103 Medical Pot
Dispensaries in SoCal,
Delivering Major Blow
to Patients in Area

See Feds Bust 103 Medical Pot Dispensaries in SoCal, Delivering Major Blow to Patients in Area, AlterNet, June 12, 2013, by Kristen Gwynne:

"The states -- and public opinion -- are clearly way ahead of the federal government when it comes to marijuana policy. Nonetheless, the feds insist on shoving their ‘weed is the devil’s lettuce’ propaganda down all of our throats, sometimes with guns and raids. Yesterday, they sent their weed warriors to Los Angeles County, where they busted in and raided 103 (LEGAL) medical marijuana dispensaries."

Boehner says he will vote
for House farm bill

See Boehner says he will vote for House farm bill, The Hill, June 12, 2013, by Molly K. Hooper and Erik Wasson: "Boehner is facing a divided conference as he tries to manage the farm bill fight and the issue represents one of his biggest challenges since the fiscal-cliff battle. The farm bill has been such a thorny issue that leaders never brought it to the floor in 2012."

Paul Evans -- If Boehner loses this fight and the farm bill fails in the House, he might be seen as too weak and this time around, might lose his position as House Majority Leader.

Tech companies urge U.S.
to ease secrecy rules on
national security probes

See Tech companies urge U.S. to ease secrecy rules on national security probes, The Washington Post, June 11, 2013, by Craig Timberg and Cecilia Kang:

From Summary on Page 1: "Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others want officials to ease secrecy on national security data collection and lift gag orders covering the extent of information collected about Internet users."

Disease Outbreak Threatens
the Future of Good Coffee

See Disease Outbreak Threatens the Future of Good Coffee, Wired.com, June 11, 2013, by Brandon Keim: "A disease called coffee rust has reached epidemic proportions in Central America, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers and the morning pick-me-up of millions of coffee drinkers.

"Caused by a leaf-blighting fungus, possibly exacerbated by growing practices and climate change, the disease leaves coffee plants spindly and barren, their precious fruits unripened."

Poll Finds Disapproval of
Record Collection, but
Little Personal Concern

See Poll Finds Disapproval of Record Collection, but Little Personal Concern, The NY Times, June 11, 2013, by Allison Kopicki:

"A majority, 57 percent, said that the leaks about the surveillance programs would not affect the ability of the United States to prevent future terrorist attacks, while 30 percent said the fact that the programs had been made public would weaken the government’s efforts to prevent terrorism.

"According to a CBS News poll released Tuesday evening, nearly 6 in 10 Americans said they disapproved of the federal government’s collecting phone records of ordinary Americans in order to reduce terrorism. However, three-quarters said they approved of the government’s tracking phone records of Americans suspected of terrorist activity."

Ron Paul: NSA leaker
did a 'great service to
the American people'

See Ron Paul: NSA leaker did a 'great service to the American people', The Hill, June 10, 2013, by Justin Sink: "Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Monday that Americans should be 'thankful' for Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old defense contractor who has claimed responsibility for leaking information about secret NSA surveillance programs....

"...'The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing,' he added."

Feds to allow over
the counter Plan B sales

See Breaking: Feds to allow over-the-counter Plan B sales, The Washington Post, June 10, 2013, by Sarah Kliff:

"The Obama administration plans to comply with a court order to allow over-the-counter emergency contraceptive sales to women and girls of all ages, according to documents filed late Monday.

"While the Department of Justice initially appealed, it has now asked a judge with the Eastern District Court of New York to withdraw that challenge, provided he approves the federal government’s plan for compliance."

Gulf oil wells have been
leaking since 2004 hurricane

See Gulf oil wells have been leaking since 2004 hurricane, Grist, June 6, 2013, by John Upton: "Oil has been gushing from a group of wells south of New Orleans since a platform at the site was wiped out by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, and it appears that nothing is being done to staunch or control the leaking....Efforts to cap the ruptures seem to have been abandoned in 2011."

Russian, Iranian technology
is boosting Assad’s assault
on Syrian rebels

See Russian, Iranian technology is boosting Assad’s assault on Syrian rebels, The Washington Post, June 2, 2013, by Joby Warrick: "The technology includes increased numbers of Iranian-made surveillance drones and, in some areas, anti-mortar systems similar to those used by U.S. forces to trace the source of mortar fire, the officials and experts said. Syrian military units also are making greater use of monitoring equipment to gather intelligence about rebel positions and jamming devices to block rebel communications, they said."

See Hezbollah Commits to an All-Out Fight to Save Assad, The NY Times, May 25, 2013, by Anne Barnard.

Social Security Disability Benefits:
Crucial Help For
29.5 Million Americans

See The Facts on Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income for Workers with Disabilities, CAP - Center for American Progress, May 30, 2013, by Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Vallas: "Nearly one out of every six working-age Americans—29.5 million people—has a disability, making them much more likely to experience economic hardship than people without disabilities."

Neoliberalism is the Governing
Political & Economic Policy
of the Democratic Party. Do
You Know What It Is?

According to Wikipedia, "Neoliberalism is a political philosophy whose advocates support economic liberalization, free trade and open markets, privatization, deregulation, and decreasing the size of the public sector while increasing the role of the private sector in modern society."

Large Solar Flares from Sun

See Biggest Solar Flares of the Year Erupt from Active Sun (Video), Space.com, May 13, 2013, by Tariq Malik.

Corporations Have Shifted Costs
of Running Our Nation Over
to Workers While Profiting Wildly

See Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen by 50% -- Meanwhile the Workers' Payroll Tax Has Doubled, AlterNet, May 12, 2013, by Paul Buchheit: PE -- Paul Krugman has largely proven that what is happening to the middle class versus the rich is largely the result of political pressure and influence.

See The Golden Age of Train Travel (208 PHOTOS), Weather.com, Travel, by Edecio Martinez.

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Adam, Smith
Father of Modern Capitalism

From Wealth of Nations -- 1776: "It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more in proportion."

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