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Monday, June 25, 2012
9:12 AM 6/25/2012 - Mike Nova's starred items: NYTimes Headlines
via NYT > Global Opinion by By JIMMY CARTER on 6/24/12
At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the United States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of law and principles of justice.
A Cruel and Unusual Record
By JIMMY CARTER
Atlanta
THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights.
Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s violation of human rights has extended. This development began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has been sanctioned and escalated by bipartisan executive and legislative actions, without dissent from the general public. As a result, our country can no longer speak with moral authority on these critical issues.
While the country has made mistakes in the past, the widespread abuse of human rights over the last decade has been a dramatic change from the past. With leadership from the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 as “the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” This was a bold and clear commitment that power would no longer serve as a cover to oppress or injure people, and it established equal rights of all people to life, liberty, security of person, equal protection of the law and freedom from torture, arbitrary detention or forced exile.
The declaration has been invoked by human rights activists and the international community to replace most of the world’s dictatorships with democracies and to promote the rule of law in domestic and global affairs. It is disturbing that, instead of strengthening these principles, our government’s counterterrorism policies are now clearly violating at least 10 of the declaration’s 30 articles, including the prohibition against “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Recent legislation has made legal the president’s right to detain a person indefinitely on suspicion of affiliation with terrorist organizations or “associated forces,” a broad, vague power that can be abused without meaningful oversight from the courts or Congress (the law is currently being blocked by a federal judge). This law violates the right to freedom of expression and to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, two other rights enshrined in the declaration.
In addition to American citizens’ being targeted for assassination or indefinite detention, recent laws have canceled the restraints in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow unprecedented violations of our rights to privacy through warrantless wiretapping and government mining of our electronic communications. Popular state laws permit detaining individuals because of their appearance, where they worship or with whom they associate.
Despite an arbitrary rule that any man killed by drones is declared an enemy terrorist, the death of nearby innocent women and children is accepted as inevitable. After more than 30 airstrikes on civilian homes this year in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai has demanded that such attacks end, but the practice continues in areas of Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen that are not in any war zone. We don’t know how many hundreds of innocent civilians have been killed in these attacks, each one approved by the highest authorities in Washington. This would have been unthinkable in previous times.
These policies clearly affect American foreign policy. Top intelligence and military officials, as well as rights defenders in targeted areas, affirm that the great escalation in drone attacks has turned aggrieved families toward terrorist organizations, aroused civilian populations against us and permitted repressive governments to cite such actions to justify their own despotic behavior.
Meanwhile, the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now houses 169 prisoners. About half have been cleared for release, yet have little prospect of ever obtaining their freedom. American authorities have revealed that, in order to obtain confessions, some of the few being tried (only in military courts) have been tortured by waterboarding more than 100 times or intimidated with semiautomatic weapons, power drills or threats to sexually assault their mothers. Astoundingly, these facts cannot be used as a defense by the accused, because the government claims they occurred under the cover of “national security.” Most of the other prisoners have no prospect of ever being charged or tried either.
At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the United States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of law and principles of justice enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But instead of making the world safer, America’s violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends.
As concerned citizens, we must persuade Washington to reverse course and regain moral leadership according to international human rights norms that we had officially adopted as our own and cherished throughout the years.
via NYT > Global Opinion by By PAUL KRUGMAN on 6/24/12
In Europe and America, those who have the power to contain the crisis refuse to act.
via NYT > Global Home by By JENNIFER STEINHAUER on 6/25/12
The impending decision by the Supreme Court on President Obama’s health care law will be the beginning of the end of one of the most divisive policy battles in decades.
via NYT > Home Page by By STEPHEN CASTLE and RAPHAEL MINDER on 6/25/12
Stocks and the euro fell Monday as pessimism took hold about a European summit this week and Spain formally asked for aid for its banks.
via NYT > Home Page by By DANNY HAKIM on 6/24/12
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has won several major victories, but not this spring. The Legislature rejected his proposals on marijuana possession, campaign finance and the minimum wage.
via NYT > Global Home by By JEREMY W. PETERS on 6/25/12
Campaign officials said annual marches and festivals were their best chance yet to convert enthusiasm among gays and lesbians for President Obama into more than just votes.
via NYT > Home Page by By DAVID CARR on 6/25/12
CNN’s tenuous plight as the honest tradesman of the TV news business is reflected in the scripts of “The Newsroom,” Aaron Sorkin’s latest show.
via NYT > Home Page by By JENNIFER STEINHAUER on 6/25/12
The impending decision by the Supreme Court on President Obama’s health care law will be the beginning of the end of one of the most divisive policy battles in decades.
via NYT > Global Home by By KATIE THOMAS on 6/25/12
Documents in a fraud case against Pfizer suggest that research officials were less than forthcoming about the safety of the arthritis drug Celebrex during an early trial study.
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
New York Aquarium - 6.16.12
Last Update: 10:27 AM 6/23/2012
N.Y./REGION: New York Wrecks Inspire Aquarium Design
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society are exploring shipwrecks off the coast of New York to help architects accurately design a new facility at the New York Aquarium.
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10:01 AM 6/23/2012 - NYT Review
10:01 AM 6/23/2012 - NYT Review
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By MOSI SECRET on 6/22/12
An appellate court was swayed by evidence that another man may have committed a 1989 Flatbush murder and that a key trial witness had recanted.
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By PAUL KRUGMAN on 6/22/12
The halfway houses from hell in New Jersey are part of a broader pattern in which essential functions of government are being both privatized and degraded.
via NYT > Global Home by By JOE DRAPE on 6/23/12
The jury verdict for the longtime Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky completed the fall of a onetime local hero in a pedophilia scandal that seized national attention.
Sandusky Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys
Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times, via Associated Press
Jerry Sandusky left the Centre County Courthouse after being convicted on 45 counts in Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday.
By JOE DRAPE
Published: June 22, 2012 345 Comments
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a scandal that shook a proud Pennsylvania community, a prominent American university and the world of major college football.
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By RUSS BUETTNER on 6/22/12
Michael Pena, a former New York police officer convicted in March of predatory sexual assault, pleaded guilty to rape counts on which the jury had been unable to reach a verdict.
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By SHARON OTTERMAN on 6/22/12
Charges against four men marked the first time in at least two decades that the Brooklyn district attorney has pursued Hasidic Jews for intimidating someone who alleged sexual abuse.
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By WILLIAM GRIMES on 6/21/12
Mr. Neiman, who painted racetrack scenes and Olympic contests, depicted public life in gaudy colors.
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By RUSS BUETTNER on 6/20/12
The hearing on whether Pedro Hernandez is mentally fit for trial was supposed to be held Monday.
via NYT > World by By HARVEY MORRIS on 6/23/12
A hundred years after his birth, the British mathematician Alan Turing -- the father of modern computing -- is being celebrated as a pioneer and mourned as a victim of intolerance.
via NYT > N.Y. / Region by By THOMAS KAPLAN and JOHN ELIGON on 6/20/12
Republicans saw Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to decriminalize small amounts as encouraging its use.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
"Chet Baker" Playlist by MrMikenova12's channel - Play it all
Chet Baker
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7:34WATCHED Chet Baker - Almost blueby Sweetydu972M 1,939,726 views - 2
6:53WATCHED Chet Baker - Alone Togetherby FranciscoFreire100 214,612 views - 3
8:20WATCHED Chet Baker - The Touch of Your Lipsby Renaaaaaato 36,646 views - 4
7:47WATCHED Chet Baker ~ Every Time We Say Goodbyeby 13CIRCLE 73,614 views - 5
12:56WATCHED Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker in Tokyoby mungobestmage 44,015 views - 6
38:06WATCHED Chet Baker, Stuttgart, 1988by rickstolk 31,662 views - 7
3:20WATCHED Chet Baker "My Buddy"by kbddd 35,103 views - 8
43:52WATCHED Jazz In Paris: Chet Baker Quartet Plays Standardsby tuubablues 11,504 views - 9
2:43WATCHED Chet Baker - Rome 1956by OhNoxius 52,186 views - 1043:52WATCHED Jazz In Paris: Chet Baker Quartet Plays Standardsby tuubablues 11,504 views
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13:59WATCHED Chet Baker Quartet - Live in Norway 1979 (Part 2 of 3)by TimyCovert 7,279 views - 12
10:56WATCHED Stella By Starlight - Chet Baker, Tokio 1987by naimadream 3,200 views - 13
5:38WATCHED Chet Baker Stella By Starlight The Definitive Chet Baker 2002by predallajacks 1,659 views - 14
8:57WATCHED Stan Getz and Chet Baker "Just Friends" 1983by nilsjoela 148,892 views - 15
6:43WATCHED Chet Baker- I Fall in Love Too Easilyby arkofsax 272,817 views - 16
7:18WATCHED Chet Baker - Time After Timeby guidinizvideo 414,719 views - 17
3:04WATCHED Chet Baker - Someone To Watch Over Meby StrawberryFairyShoes 60,421 views - 187:34WATCHED Chet Baker - Almost blueby Sweetydu972M 1,939,726 views
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5:23WATCHED Chet Baker ~ My Funny Valentineby 1gregsobek 593,296 views - 20
11:02WATCHED Chet Baker - Lamentby jcfutbal 35,257 views - 21
7:45WATCHED CHET BAKER - Almost Blueby snike71 37,115 views - 22
5:06WATCHED Summertime [live] - Chet Bakerby mrddtk 90,313 views - 23
5:35WATCHED Chet Baker - Here's That Rainy Dayby 99bruno44 31,820 views - 246:53
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