No Time For Consumer Power by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
May 21, 2010

In the end, late on Thursday’s Senate passage of the financial regulation bill, the Senate had no time for independent, non-government consumer power. In the end, after listening to swarms of corporate bank, brokerage, hedge fund, private equity, and insurance lobbyists, the Senate had no time for Senator Chuck Schumer’s amendment to create a non-profit Financial Consumers Association FCA, SA 3772.

In the end, this massive 1500 page bill shifted very little power directly to shareholders and consumers of financial services (meaning just about everyone) either to better use the courts and to organize nationwide to counteract the lobbying muscle of the financial goliaths ready to turn the new regulators into procrastinatory putty.

Twilight Zone on Capitol Hill + Bil’in: Two children injured, three arrested, and dozens suffer tear gas inhalation

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May 21, 2010 — May 19, 2010: Congress “debates” the authorization of yet more military aid to Israel. This time around, $205 million for so-called missile “defense.” When it comes to U.S. policy on Israel/Palestine, watching Congress is truly like entering “The Twilight Zone.” Watch our spoof and learn more about the effects of U.S. military aid to Israel.

The Mysterious CAFRs: How Stagnant Pools of Government Money Could Help Save the Economy by Dr. Ellen Brown

by Dr. Ellen Brown
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
webofdebt.com
May 21, 2010

For over a decade, accountant Walter Burien has been trying to rouse the public over what he contends is a massive conspiracy and cover-up, involving trillions of dollars squirreled away in funds maintained at every level of government. His numbers may be disputed, but these funds definitely exist, as evidenced by the Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs) required of every government agency. If they don’t represent a concerted government conspiracy, what are they for? And how can they be harnessed more efficiently to help allay the financial crises of state and local governments?

The Elusive CAFR Money

What John Lennon might say to Sir Elton and a Call for 21st Century Artists Against Apartheid by Eileen Fleming

by Eileen Fleming
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
21 May, 2010

Palestinian Loss of Land 1946 to 2005

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“All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth. I’ve had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians. All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.” — John Lennon, 1971.

Sir Elton Hercules John, is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on June 17, 2010.

Four decades ago, Israel banned The Beatles fearing their revolutionary message of love and peace would corrupt their youth.

On Lennon’s 1974 release, Walls and Bridges, which yielded Lennon’s only number one single in his lifetime; “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” Elton played piano and sang backing vocals.

Dr. Cass Sunstein wants to turn off your light! By Jerry Mazza

By Jerry Mazza
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
crossposted at Online Journal
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May 21, 2010

Paul Joseph Watson, a writer at Prison Planet whom I greatly respect, reminded us Monday that Obama Czar Wants Mandatory Government Propaganda On Political Websites. The czar is also a Harvard professor currently dishing up the pabulum for Obama’s White House that “conspiracy theories” should be banned from the Internet. So much for Harvard, Czar-Dr. Cass Sunstein and intellectual freedom.

What’s more, Sunstein wants to “legally force” Americans “to do what’s best for our society” and water down their free speech (granted by the US Constitution), by mandating websites with pop-up links to opposing government propaganda be “forcibly included on political blogs.” Could we have such pop-ups when the President is speaking, Henry Kissinger, Bibi Netanyahu, AIPAC, Larry Silverstein, NIST, Fox News, Lloyd Blankfein?

The illness that twists and perverts the psyches of billions of people… by Jason Miller

by Jason Miller
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Thomas Paine’s Corner
May 21, 2010

At long last, the mental health community has identified, analyzed, and classified the illness that twists and perverts the psyches of billions of people, resulting in intense suffering and death for over 70 billion nonhuman animals each year. Look for it in the DSM-V, which is expected to be released in 2013.

And thankfully, there is a cure. It’s called veganism.

Anti-Animal Personality Disorder

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