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Dec 3, 2013

During a congressional committee hearing about the constitutional limits imposed on the presidency and the implications of President Barack Obama’s disregard for implementing the Affordable Care Act as written, one expert testified that the consequences of the president’s behavior were potentially grave. He said that the precedent set by Obama could eventually lead to an armed revolt against the federal government.

On Tuesday, Michael Cannon, Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy Studies, testified before a congressional committee about the dangers of the president’s legal behavior.

“There is one last thing to which the people can resort if the government does not respect the restrains that the constitution places on the government,” Cannon said. “Abraham Lincoln talked about our right to alter our government or our revolutionary right to overthrow it.”

“That is certainly something that no one wants to contemplate,” he continued. “If the people come to believe that the government is no longer constrained by the laws then they will conclude that neither are they.”"That is a very dangerous sort of thing for the president to do, to wantonly ignore the laws,” Cannon concluded, “to try to impose obligation upon people that the legislature did not approve.”

Tags: Barack Obama, Constitution, Global News, Government, Healthcare, Law, Obama administration, Obamacare, Politics, Revolution, Society, U.S.

FYI.

The tsunami that wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has led to the toughest nuclear cleanup ever. Radioactive water is still poisoning the sea – and it could take 40 years to fix the mess. Is Japan up to the challenge?

Carefully, gently, one-by-one. The removal of nuclear fuel rod assemblies from a badly damaged building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant is finally under way. Months in the planning, the job is risky, complex, and crucial. Here begins the first major step in the toughest decommissioning project ever attempted.

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Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Government, IAEA, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Radiation

From the article:

“… Mumbai customs offers a reward of up to 50,000 rupees per kg of bullion seized for informers in gold smuggling cases. Cocaine and heroin informers get only up to 40,000 rupees and 20,000 rupees respectively.“

- Gold Smuggling Increases 7x in India and Surpasses Illegal Drug Trade (Liberty Blitzkrieg, Dec 4, 2013):

The absurd “War on Gold” that India has launched this year has been covered many times on this site. From the moment I read about it, it was obvious that if Indians want their gold, the Indians will have their gold. You can’t break thousands of years of tradition and culture because of the ignorant whims of a few bureaucrats.

Earlier today, Reuters published an article detailing the extent to which Indian smugglers will go in order to bring the money of kings into the country. This includes hiding it in underwear, swallowing it whole and even painting gold staples gray. What is most disturbing is the lengths authorities are willing to go to in order to stop a supposedly free people from buying a brick of metal.

From Reuters:

(Reuters) – Indian gold smugglers are adopting the methods of drug couriers to sidestep a government crackdown on imports of the precious metal, stashing gold in imported vehicles and even using mules who swallow nuggets to try to get them past airport security.

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Tags: Economy, Global News, Gold, Government, India, Politics

- Japan’s secrets bill turns journalists into terrorists (Japan Times, Dec 3, 2013):

Shinzo Abe owes Xi Jinping a debt of gratitude.The buzz in Japanese cyberspace is that Chinese President Xi is wagging the dog by declaring a controversial “air-defense identification zone” across the East China Sea. The move has drastically ramped up tensions with Japan and the United States, both of which have blatantly disregarded Beijing’s unilateral edict. According to one prevailing theory, Xi is whipping up an international storm to change the subject domestically away from income inequality, official corruption and China’s blackening skies.

The leader benefiting most from the controversy, though, may be Japan’s Abe. With his own populace furious over China’s unilateral decree, the prime minister is seizing the opportunity to rush a chilling official-secrets bill into law.

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Tags: China, Dictatorship, Fascism, Fukushima, Global News, Government, Japan, Law, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Terrorism

- President Unleashes The Obama Youth To Preach Obamacare Gospel (ZeroHedge, Dec 4, 2013):

Or, as they may also be known, die Obamagesundheitjugend.

• OBAMA SAYS HE NEEDS YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPREAD WORD ABOUT OBAMACARE

It gets better:

Obama: “Tweet using the hashtag #GetCovered. Do whatever you can to help make sure people have the information they need.” #WHYouthSummit

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 4, 2013

“I know people call this law #Obamacare, and that’s ok, because I do care. I care about you.” —President Obama

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 4, 2013

Pres Obama also urges young people to stand up on other issues: "Don't get discouraged. Be persistent."

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 4, 2013

Pres Obama urges young people to spread the ObamaCare message on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter using #getcovered.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 4, 2013

Pres Obama urges Youth Summit: remind your friends to imagine what happens if you get sick and you don't have insurance.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 4, 2013

"This law is already helping millions of young people, and it's about to help millions more." —President Obama #Obamacare

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 4, 2013

Tags: Barack Obama, Global News, Government, Healthcare, Obama administration, Obamacare, Politics, U.S.

- Top Official: Protesting secrecy law is act of terrorism — Japan gov’t promotes idea that you’re racist if avoiding Fukushima produce — Bloomberg: “The entire process has echoes of George Orwell” — Nuclear activists to be constantly spied on? (ENENews, Dec 4, 2013):

EXSKF, Nov. 28, 2013: The 33rd Ministry of Justice human rights essay contest for junior high school students has been won by a student in Miyagi Prefecture who wrote not buying Fukushima’s peaches because of radiation fear was the same as him being “discriminated” against by his classmate for being a Chinese national. Refusing the Fukushima produce because of radiation fear is tantamount to racial discrimination, according to the student and the Ministry of Justice who selected his essay as the best of the best this year. [...] Not buying Fukushima produce, as the government tells you to? You’re racist [...]

Japan Times, Dec. 3, 2013: With the contentious state secrets bill slated to clear the Upper House this week, citizens have been holding daily protests in front of the Diet building, denouncing the law as emblematic of the “rise of fascism.” [...] Atsuko Ikegami, 45, also decried what she viewed as the state tightening its grip on citizen access to critical information, including about nuclear crises. [...] “When those (anti-nuclear) rallies happened, I thought, ‘Well, the Japanese people finally learned to stand up and make their voice heard,’ ” Ikegami said. “But the bill could subject these activists to constant spying by the state [...]”

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Tags: 1984, Dictatorship, Environment, Fascism, Food, Fukushima, George Orwell, Global News, Government, Health, Japan, Law, New World Order, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, propaganda, Radiation, Surveillance, Terrorism

- The Government’s Secret Plan to Shut Off Cellphones and the Internet, Explained (Mother Jones, Nov 26, 2013)

Tags: Barack Obama, Cell Phone, Global News, Government, Internet, Mobile Phone, Obama administration, Politics, U.S.

- Afghanistan opium harvest at record high – UNODC (BBC News, Nov 12, 2013):

Afghan opium cultivation has reached a record level, with more than 200,000 hectares planted with the poppy for the first time, the United Nations says.

The UNODC report said the harvest was 36% up on last year, and if fully realised would outstrip global demand.

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Related info:

- How Opium Greed Is Keeping US Troops in Afghanistan | Brainwash Update (Video)

- Afghanistan: $37 Million Aviation Facility May Have Been Used To Store OPIUM (Reuters)

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Tags: Afghanistan, Drugs, Global News, Government, Heroin, Military, Opium, Politics, U.K., U.N., U.S.

- US govt caught using pirated software for military, settles for $50mn (RT, Nov 28, 2013):

The Obama administration has agreed to pay Apptricity US$50 million for pirating the company’s logistics software the US Army used beyond contracted parameters.

While the Obama administration’s has launched efforts against intellectual property theft – including the Joint Strategic Plan run by Vice President Joe Biden that aims to curb copyright infringement – the US Army was concurrently using pirated Apptricity enterprise software that manages troop and supply movements. The company sued the government, accusing the US military of willful copyright infringement.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Global News, Government, Obama administration, Politics, software, U.S.

FYI.

Did you know that Russia is building submarines that are so quiet that the U.S. military cannot detect them?  These “black hole” submarines can freely approach the coastlines of the United States without fear of being detected whenever they want.  In fact, a “nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles” sailed around in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks without being detected back in 2012.  And now Russia is launching a new class of subs that have “advanced stealth technology”.  The U.S. Navy openly acknowledges that they cannot track these subs when they are submerged.  That means that the Russians are able to sail right up to our coastlines and launch nukes whenever they want.  But instead of trying to find a way to counteract this potential threat, the Obama administration has been working very hard to dismantle the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal.  In the end, we could potentially pay a great price for this utter foolishness.

A recent RT article discussed these new super silent “black hole” submarines.  To say that they are impressive would be a massive understatement:

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Tags: Global News, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, Submarines, U.S.