The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that theyAlbert Schweitzer
believed themselves to have to deal only with the relations of man to
man. In reality, however, the question is what is his attitude to the
world and all life that comes within his reach. A man is ethical only
when life, as such, is sacred to him, and that of plants and animals as
that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all
life that is in need of help. Only the universal ethic of the feeling of
responsibility in an ever-widening sphere for all that lives — only
that ethic can be founded in thought. ... The ethic of Reverence for
Life, therefore, comprehends within itself everything that can be
described as love, devotion, and sympathy whether in suffering, joy, or
effort.
"Thank God that at this hour I am dangerous to the war profiteers of this country who rob the people on the one hand, and rob and debase the government on the other; and then with their pockets and wallets stuffed with the filthy, bloodstained profits of war, wrap the sacred folds of the Stars and Stripes about them and [about] their blatant hypocrisy to the world." Kate Richards O'Hare's Address To the Court Proceedings on the Sentencing of Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare by Hon Martin J. Wade, 1 P. M., Friday, Dec 14, 1917.
http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/kro/doc006b.htm
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DN!
There's a reason most people haven't heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): for three years, 600 multinational
corporations and trade associations have been negotiating this trade pact in secret, which could supersede American
laws that protect workers, jobs, health, and the environment.1
Now, corporate Democrats and Republicans have just introduced a bill that would "fast-track"
approval of this secret agreement, meaning the TPP would be given an up-or-down vote with little or no debate or chance
for public scrutiny.2 Opposing fast track could be our last and best chance to stop a corporate takeover from
getting through Congress.
If we don't step up now and tell our members of Congress to oppose this, we could end up
getting this trade agreement shoved down our throats, further empowering big business and hurting regular people
here and abroad.
MoveOn members
have already played a key role in delaying this corporate takeover. Last year, MoveOn members and allies helped get 151 House
Democrats to come out against fast-tracking the TPP. 3 Now that fast track has been introduced, those members
need encouragement and we need at least 67 more Congresspeople to come out against this.
If enough of
us cry foul, we can stop this.
Thanks!
–Elizabeth Warren, MoveOn California Regional Organizer
Sources:
1. "The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About," Moyers & Company, November 1, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=296108&id=86227-23675519-XJ0qYNx&t=3
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=296108&id=86227-23675519-XJ0qYNx&t=3
2. "U.S. Politicians Want to Fast-Track the Super-Secret, Super-Controversial
TPP," Slate, January 10, 2014
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=296109&id=86227-23675519-XJ0qYNx&t=4
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=296109&id=86227-23675519-XJ0qYNx&t=4
3. "151 House Dems Tell Obama 'We Won't Fast-Track TPP,'" Daily Kos, November 13, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=296114&id=86227-23675519-XJ0qYNx&t=5
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=296114&id=86227-23675519-XJ0qYNx&t=5
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Russia expels US journalist David Satter without explanation
Moscow authorities ban writer from the country in first expulsion of US journalist since the cold war
January 11, 2014
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Take a look back at some of the statements the Obama administration made about drones in 2013, and you'll see there’s a disconnect between what is said and what actually happens, as this brief timeline will show. Drone policy and reality are not the same. Increasingly, progressives want to know what they can do to reduce or do away with this weapon of mass destruction in 2014.
Winter 2013
What was said:
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the mirror:
Hariri Trial Could Spark Further Unrest in Lebanon
Proceedings in the case of murdered ex-Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are set to being in the Netherlands this week. The trial could cause further unrest in a country that is already on the verge of chaos.
Brussels Plans Tougher Organic Food Rules
The European Commission plans to tighten rules on the booming organic food sector due to concerns that many products aren't as pure as claimed. More rigorous checks are needed and loopholes must be removed, says a draft paper seen by SPIEGEL.
EU Wants Fortress Germany to Open Up
Brussels is demanding that even foreigners who have never worked in Germany should have access to the country's unemployment benefits if they hail from an EU member state. The EU is firing Germany's already overheated immigration debate.
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Mozilla Calls on World to Protect Firefox Browser From the NSA
I can't believe it either, but it's true:
Wall Street banks decided to give themselves a $91 Billion bonus for their criminal work in 2013 - but that money is largely being given out now for tax purposes.1
That means we still have time to make it even more politically precarious for the same banks that cry poor come bailout time.
Our
petition to the banks has already received coverage in the Guardian,
Democracy Now and the Huffington Post. We have a very special in-person
delivery planned for tomorrow - can you help us get to 60,000
signatures by the end of today?:
Thank you for all you do to make this movement real.
Sincerely,
John Sellers, The Other 98%
1.Wall St. Bonuses Over All Are Predicted to Rise 5 to 10%, New York Times.
Golden Rice - Myth, Not Miracle
Posted: 13 Jan 2014 12:08 PM PST
13 January 2014
The problem of hunger and
malnutrition are rooted in an obsolete and destructive food and
agriculture system that is blind to the need for diversity, quality and
nutrition of food for a balanced diet. The reductionist mechanistic
paradigm that I have called the Monoculture of the Mind promotes
Monocultures, and only focuses on the yield of a few commodities. As a
result of this Monoculture model, the human diet has been reduced from
the diversity of nearly 8500 species providing a diversity of nutrients
that the human body needs, to just 8 crops, largely producing
carbohydrates.
Not only are these monocultures of carbohydrate rich
crops deficient in most essential micronutrients, through industrial
breeding they are introducing new deficiencies that are leading to
killer diseases.
Germans abandon hope of US 'no-spy' treaty
Security News
Weary CEO admits its PoS PoS systems were pwned
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Exploit code available, but no patch until end of the month
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Mozilla CTO Eich: If your browser isn't open source (ahem, ahem, IE, Chrome, Safari), DON'T TRUST ITGovernment spy code could be anywhere, claims Firefox chief
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Meanwhile, 2 million 'high value' cards were just dumped on black market - fraud-watcher...
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1775Sec: Um, we were trolling for, er, Aaron Swartz...
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Another week, ANOTHER security own goal for Redmond
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Buggy code, bad security
Software News
Time to bury the Windows 8/8.1 past, report claims
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+Comment Is Knowledge Graph killing its readership ?
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Five features for developers users
Science News
Pic NASA scientists suffer deja vu after new pics arrive from spacecraft
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It's not quite capable of printing itself, but it's darned close
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Pic Astroboffins: We can track these twinklers from the cradle to the fiery grave
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Nurse, bring the caffeine drip, stat!
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