One thousand rally as part of global protest against Monsanto’s political power and its role in spreading GMO throughout the world’s food supply.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBS Charlotte/AP) — The South Carolina House approved a bill Wednesday criminalizing the implementation of President Obama’s health care law in the state. The Republican-controlled House voted 65-39 on the Freedom of Health Care Protection Act. The act renders “null and void certain unconstitutional laws enacted by the Congress of the United States taking control over the health insurance industry and mandating that individuals purchase health insurance under threat of penalty.” http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2013/05/03/sc-house-approves-bill-criminalizing-enforcement-of-obamacare/ The house of Representatives passed a bill not only making obamacare null and void, but also making it illegal to try an enforce it. This makes me proud to be from South Carolina. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/2/south-carolina-house-passes-bill-making-obamacare-/ “The state’s Freedom of Health Care Protection Act intends to “prohibit certain individuals from enforcing or attempting to enforce such unconstitutional laws; and to establish criminal penalties and civil liability for violating this article.”” Nikki Haley, the Governor of [...] From Ron Paul: This week, as Americans were horrified by the attacks in Boston, both houses of Congress considered legislation undermining our liberty in the name of “safety.” Gun control continued to be the focus of the Senate, where an amendment expanding federal “background checks” to gun show sales and other private transfers dominated the debate. While the background check amendment failed to pass, proponents of gun control have made it clear [...] Anonymous: CISPA Internet Blackout April 22nd The internet is bracing itself for a blackout in protest against CISPA on Monday, as the controversial law makes its way to the US Senate. Hacktivist group Anonymous has urged for the blackout and is now storming Twitter with calls for action. http://rt.com/usa/anonymous-internet-blackout-against-cispa-164/ from Reddit: Official Unofficial CISPA Discussion Thread. What is going on? CISPA, or The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is a bill that has just passed [...] Passing a Bill to poison us legally with no recourse Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic An anti-GMO website has posted the results of an education-based consulting company’s comparison of corn types, and the results reveal that genetically modified foods may be more hazardous than once thought. The study, the 2012 [...] There is a CISPA vote in Congress tomorrow. We need to bring some attention to this before they pass it right under our noses! Take action here and here http://theanti-media.org/2013/04/15/cispa-vote-wednesday-tell-congress-to-oppose-anti-privacy-cyber-security-bill/
CISPA Amendment Proves Everyone’s Fears Were Justified While Failing To Assuage Them from the the-more-things-change dept The single biggest criticism of CISPA is that it could be used by the federal government in a way that infringes on people’s privacy, allowing government agencies, including the NSA, to sift through the private [...] from Russia Today: The list: http://thedcpost.com/?p=25620 Demand a Veto!!! This past week Congress succeeded in passing Section 735, aka the Monsanto Protection Act, in the Continuing Resolution spending bill. Once again, Monsanto and the biotech industry have used their lobbying power to undermine your basic rights. Please sign this petition to President Obama and tell him to veto HR 933 and the Monsanto Protection Act. Then contact Congress and tell them you are outraged. With the Senate [...] We regret to inform you, but late last week Congress succeeded in passing Section 735, aka the Monsanto Protection Act, in the Continuing Resolution spending bill – HR 933. Once again, Monsanto and the biotech industry have used their lobbying power to undermine your basic rights. We need you to sign a petition to President Obama and tell him to veto HR 933 and the Monsanto Protection Act…. http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/stop_the_monsanto_protection_act_seize_congress/ Frankenveggies: Monsanto Protection Act [...] Should Congress approve a proposition included in an agriculture bill up for vote this week, biotech companies like the Monsanto Company could win yet another victory in Washington. The US House of Representatives is expected to weigh in on the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for Fiscal year 2013 this week, and included within the act lies the “Farmer Assurance Provision,” a small subsection that has so far earned opposition from hundreds of [...] The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have criticized the bill for violating privacy laws. The House Intelligence Committee’s Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) will attempt to breathe new life into CISPA on Wednesday. http://rt.com/usa/news/cispa-congress-reintroduce-act-825/ Texas Proposal: JAIL Any Federal Officials Trying to Enforce New Gun Restrictions in the State measure would make any federal firearms legislation passed by Congress or approved by Presidential order unenforceable in Texas A Texas lawmaker says he plans to file the Firearms Protection Act, which would make any federal laws that may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or [...] Several Wyoming lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to protect gun-owners from any potential federal firearm ban. The “Firearms Protection Act” bill, introduced this week, would make any federal law banning semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of gun magazines unenforceable within the state’s boundaries. http://k2radio.com/wyoming-lawmakers-propose-gun-protection-legislation/ “OTTAWA – Tom Mulcair was labelled an anti-trade, anti-business extremist Wednesday for threatening to rip up a controversial investment treaty with China. But the NDP leader did not back down. Indeed, he ratcheted up the rhetoric against the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act, vowing that an NDP government would not be bound to honour a treaty ratified by the Harper government. “Let me be very clear,” Mulcair told the House of [...] Donna Anderson At 8 a.m. EST on September 11, 2012, hacktivist @AnonymousOwn3r was back on his Twitter feed, bragging about yesterday’s shutdown of down GoDaddy.com. Today, he’s letting everyone know he can take down Google, too. As stated in a previous article, AnonymousOwn3r claims he’s working solo this time around and his attack on GoDaddy.com had nothing to do with the political hacktivist organization Anonymous. And so far he still hasn’t issued any statement [...] Monsanto has quietly attached riders to both the 2012 Farm Bill and the 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that would essentiallyforce the federal government to approve GMOs at the request of biotechnology companies, and prohibit all safety reviews of GMOs from having any real impact on the GMO approval process. The Alliance for Natural Health – USA (ANH-USA), the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), and several other health freedom advocacy groups have been actively drawing [...] WASHINGTON—Cyber attacks represent “probably the single largest threat” facing the United States, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said Monday. Speaking during a Washington briefing held by The Week magazine and Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.—author of a cyber security bill that has passed the House that would encourage greater participation by the private sector in cyber security efforts—said the “threat changes by the [...] Daily Dot Mike Rogers (R-Michigan), the U.S. Representative responsible for introducing the Cyber Intelligence Security Protection Act to Congress, said that President Obama will sign the bill if it passes the Senate, despite an earlier White House promise to veto. “[I]f we can get a bill on information-sharing to the president’s desk, he’ll sign it. I do believe that,” Rogers said Monday after a panel discussion. CISPA passed the House of [...] The Obama administration last year introduced a rule that would extend minimum wage protections to home health workers who, up to that point, had received no guarantee of a liveable wage or fair overtime pay. But Senate Republicans are attempting to block the rule from going into effect.
Law360, New York (June 11, 2012, 8:24 PM ET) — A group of Republican senators on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at blocking the Obama administration’s controversial [...] CISPA may have cleared the U.S. House of Representatives, but the fight isn’t over… From Eric Peters: It took a debate that stretched to nearly seven hours, and votes on over a dozen amendments, but the U.S. House of Representatives finally approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act on April 26. Passions flared on both sides before the final vote on CISPA, which cleared the House by a comfortable margin of 248 [...] While all the focus was on SOPA and PIPA, the so-called Internet piracy bills in Congress, there’s a new piece of technology-related legislation that may prove to be just as controversial. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, passed the U.S. House of Representatives late Thursday, and now heads to the Senate. If enacted, it would increase the information that is shared between the government and technology companies, giving each protection [...] The U.S. House of Representatives surprised the tech industry Thursday by voting on, and passing, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) after having originally scheduled a vote for Friday. The bill was amended several times prior to the final vote, most significantly to include a sunset clause. The revised bill passed by a vote of 248 to 168, with 206 Republicans voting in favor of the bill and 140 Democrats [...] Number:House Vote #192 [primary source: house.gov]Date:Apr 26, 2012 (112th Congress)Result:PassedRelated Bill:H.R. 3523: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act The US House of Representatives has just passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA (HR 3523) by a vote of 248 to 168. The bill passed mostly along party lines, backed by House Republicans. While the bill is [...] From Washington’s Blog: … The government tried to pass SOPA – even though security experts said it would harm Internet security. Now – after the defeat of SOPA – boneheads in Congress are doing it again… trying to ram through the CISPA bill, which would do nothing useful, and would more or less destroy all privacy in the U.S. As Internet security expert Kaspersky Lab reports today: A long list of security, networking and [...] From Economic Policy Journal: Under a bill, CISPA — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, now before Congress, the ability for the government to snoop through the records, of those who use such internet services as Google and Facebook, would be broadly expanded. Congressman Ron Paul, this morning, issued a statement on the frightening legislation: Earlier this year, strong public opposition led by several prominent websites forced Congressional leaders to cancel votes [...] Infowars Reporter: Melissa Melton The ambiguous Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act aka CISPA is just the newest SOPA successor and big government attempt to regulate our freedom and reduce our privacy on the Internet under the guise of homeland defense and cybersecurity. This is a completely unscripted rant (there were obviously many more points I could’ve made but I just flipped on the camera and started talking) and is minus [...] Congress has attempted to sneak legislation that could change the face of the Internet as we know it, and all in the name of national security. First there was SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, but now CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act) is threatening the privacy and freedom of US citizens. No online activity will be safe when it comes to these bills because as of now what’s considered [...] Infowars.com CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, is picking up sponsors and it looks like the legislation will make it to the House floor for a vote next week. Hosted by Alex Jones. |
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