"The problem is Clinton doesn't campaign the way she governs. She often seems scared to tell voters what she really thinks for fear they'll disagree. Her knowledge of the painful trade-offs of governing can curdle into a paralyzing recognition of all the ways she could be attacked for taking a clear position.
And that's a shame. Clinton's best political quality is that she truly understands both the issues and the political institutions that mediate them. Her true, unfiltered opinions on these topics are earned by long experience and almost inhuman amounts of hard work."
The U.S. government have admitted for the first time that bees are dying in record numbers due to pesticide poisoning, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) say they have known this for at least 20 years
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a call-to-action to the people of Britain, saying that following the murder of their beloved Princess Diana 18 years ago, the country must prosecute the Royal family after conclusive proof has emerged that they were responsible for her assassination.
Saudi Arabia is in a state of panic
RAKESH SIMHA: India and the BRICS are giving the US dollar the boot? Is it really so?
The last time a country decided to dump the dollar in the oil business, the US destroyed it. Now India, the world’s third largest economy, and Iran have agreed to settle their outstanding oil dues in rupees. What’s more, the two countries may conduct all future trade in their national currencies.
At least 13 holistic doctors have “turned up dead or missing” in just a few months.... What’s really going on?
I somehow doubt the government really does not understand the consequence of depriving people of food. Nor do I recall an exemption from requirements against causing bodily harm for those exercising 'regulation'....assault charges anyone ?
Whitehorse soup kitchen told to stop serving home-cooked food
Catholic church says it relies on volunteers who prepare soups and stews at home “…The future of Whitehorse's weekend soup kitchen is uncertain, after territorial government inspectors warned against serving meals made at volunteers' homes.
"It needs to be prepared in a certified kitchen," said Father David Reilander, who helps run the Sacred Heart Cathedral's soup kitchen. "They can inspect those kitchens. They cannot inspect private home kitchens, and that's what they're concerned about."
The soup kitchen was told last fall to stop serving home-made meals, but it's been given until April to find a solution. The territorial government has also asked the church to prepare a report explaining its dilemma.
A government statement acknowledges there have been no reported illnesses from soup kitchen meals, but "regulations are created to serve and protect Yukoners." […]
The church has a certified kitchen, but Reilander said it's only used for some meal preparation. He said many volunteers prepare soups at home and freeze them for the soup kitchen to use as needed.
Requiring everything to be cooked in the certified kitchen will be "difficult for some, and un-doable for other volunteers," said organizer Phil Gibson. …”
Catholic church says it relies on volunteers who prepare soups and stews at home “…The future of Whitehorse's weekend soup kitchen is uncertain, after territorial government inspectors warned against serving meals made at volunteers' homes.
"It needs to be prepared in a certified kitchen," said Father David Reilander, who helps run the Sacred Heart Cathedral's soup kitchen. "They can inspect those kitchens. They cannot inspect private home kitchens, and that's what they're concerned about."
The soup kitchen was told last fall to stop serving home-made meals, but it's been given until April to find a solution. The territorial government has also asked the church to prepare a report explaining its dilemma.
A government statement acknowledges there have been no reported illnesses from soup kitchen meals, but "regulations are created to serve and protect Yukoners." […]
The church has a certified kitchen, but Reilander said it's only used for some meal preparation. He said many volunteers prepare soups at home and freeze them for the soup kitchen to use as needed.
Requiring everything to be cooked in the certified kitchen will be "difficult for some, and un-doable for other volunteers," said organizer Phil Gibson. …”
Eran Efrati:
"The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem office was torched by right wing activists, and there is an unprecedented persecution of activists on the left.
Just a few days ago, Ezra Nawi, a famous and deeply devoted Israeli activists was seized as he boarded the plane at Ben Gurion to leave the country. He was kidnapped without an arrest warrant and detained without the right to see a lawyer.
Though his lawyer has since met him, there is a gag order on the story by the Israeli courts. And this morning we published on our website (ICAHD-USA) a call to action from our movement, Israelis that are trying to sidestep the gag order by publishing something in the US.
Ezra is one of the key figures of our movement, and has been subject to government harassment for many years. There is no doubt his detention is only the first of many to come. Israeli Jewish activists are now subject to the same conditions as Palestinians."
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Detroit Public Schools Teachers Share Photos of School Conditions Following Sickout Protest
Buildings - even businesses and restaurants - are closed as health risks for less cause. Why are schools exempt from public health regulation ?
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Union Thugs's photo.
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#SundayHerald: #MilitaryRecruitment should not mean #buying up the#poorest #pupils ~ The lazy, heartless assumption that pupils in rundown areas will be grateful of a career in uniform - because that’s as good as they’ll get - is #UNACCEPTABLE
EDUCATION has come to dominate political debate in Scotland in recent months. Closing the attainment gap between school pupils in the most affluent and deprived areas has become the First Minister’s first priority, she tells us.
It has also become an urgent issue for the opposition parties, who obviously scent a chance to attack the government’s record, but also, to be fair, want standards to rise. Politicians are parents too, after all, and who would not want children to thrive in school?
So the parties appear to agree that improving the academic performance of children from disadvantaged backgrounds matters, because it has a critical lifelong impact. But not everyone sees schools in areas of “high deprivation” in the same light.
For the armed forces, always hungry for new recruits, opportunity beckons. To help them fill their ranks, George Osborne last year announced a £50m expansion of the Combined Cadet Forces programme which is already part of some English state schools. The Chancellor said schools in “less affluent” areas would be prioritised.
The goal is to have 500 cadet units inside schools across the UK by 2020 to give teenagers a taste of military discipline and self-reliance. To help hit that target, the MoD wants to set up Scotland’s first in-school cadet units – currently all cadet units here are community-based, though they liaise with schools.
Publicly, this is about character building and life opportunities, not recruitment. Conveniently, the military defines recruitment as literally signing on the dotted line. But, to coin a phrase, recruitment is a process not an event.
Can anyone seriously doubt that cadet units in schools are part of a larger effort to turn children toward military service? Adverts for travel and adventure, missing the horror of war?
We cannot be too squeamish about this as a society. Describing the Tory initiative as an attempt to recruit ‘cannon fodder’ from among the poorest children is strong language - but the point is valid.
If we want an army, navy and air force to protect us, then recruitment drives naturally follow and young men and women will always be the bulk of recruits. But recruitment should not mean dazzling impressionable children or buying up the poor - for a role which carries the risk of dying in combat.
The lazy, heartless assumption that pupils in run-down areas will be grateful of a career in uniform because that’s as good as they’ll get is unacceptable. School should be about helping children disadvantaged by their backgrounds – and not shunting them into a potentially lethal career before they are able to make an informed choice.
The sound of boots gathering on a playground should mean football, not cannon fodder.
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