From Washington's Blog:
I – like
everyone else – am horrified by the
Senate's passage of legislation that would
allow for indefinite detention of
Americans.
And at first, I – like many others –
assumed that Obama's threat to veto the
bill might be a good thing. But the truth
is much more disturbing.
As former Wall Street Street editor
and columnist Paul Craig Roberts correctly
notes:
The Obama regime's objection to military
detention is not rooted in concern for the
constitutional rights of American citizens.
The regime objects to military detention
because the implication of military
detention is that detainees are prisoners
of war.
As Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman
Carl Levin put it: Should somebody
determined "to be a member of an enemy
force who has come to this nation or is in
this nation to attack us as a member of a
foreign enemy, should that person be
treated according to the laws of war? The
answer is yes."
Detainees treated according to the laws
of war have the protections of the Geneva
Conventions. They cannot be tortured. The
Obama regime opposes military detention,
because...
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From
SHTFplan:
... As many of our readers know, the
U.S. Senate recently passed the National
Defense Authorization Act, which, it has
been argued, authorizes the establishment
of domestic war zones and the subsequent
detention of those who are suspected of
engaging in terrorist-related activity -
including, arguably, U.S.
citizens.
What you may not know, however, is that
just days after the passage of the act
reports are surfacing that the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under
the auspices of the Department of Homeland
Security, is requisitioning private
contractors to provide services for
government, defense, and infrastructure
pertaining specifically to FEMA activities
with respect to emergency
services.
At first glance, this may seem like no big
deal.
Why shouldn't the government prepare
for emergencies?
However, a review of an e-mail made
available through Info Wars from Kellogg
Brown & Root (KBR), a subsidiary of
mega-government contractor Halliburton,
notes that...
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From Zero
Hedge:
Not sure why the market is surprised by
this, but it is.
S&P PLACES LARGE BANK GROUPS ACROSS
EUROZONE ON WATCH NEG - BNP, SocGen,
Commerzbank, Intesa, Deutsche... pretty
much everyone.
EUROPEAN UNION'S AAA RATING MAY BE CUT
BY S&P - you KNOW Barroso, Juncker, and
Gollum are going to take this very
personally
In short:
Commerzbank AG, Natixis S.A.,
Credit Agricole S.A., Eurohypo, Deutsche
Bank L-T counterparty credit rating,
Deutsche Postbank AG, Intesa
Sanpaolo,Societe Generale L-T
counterparty credit, UniCredit SpA,
Credit Du Nord L-T counterparty credit,
Comapgnie Europeenne de Garanties et
Cautions, Credit Foncier de France,
Locindus S.A., Rabobank Nederland,
CACEIS, Banca IMI SpA, Ulster Bank,
Banque Kolb, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A.
ratings may be cut by S&P.
Basically, S&P just told Europe it
has two days to get the continent in
order... or else.
Said otherwise, it just called
Europe's bluff. The problem
is...
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