House of Representatives Passes Bill H.R. 1599 That Could Block States 'Permanently' From Labeling GMO Food

""This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a controversial bill that seeks to set a unified standard for the labeling of foods containing biotech ingredients. The bill (H.R. 1599) overturns state-level laws that require foods containing genetically modified organisms or GMOs.

The bill passed in a 275 to 150 vote.

One procedural amendment from Colorado representative Jared Polis proposed changing the title of the bill from the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 to the Deny Americans the Right to Know act. The “DARK act” is the rallying cry for opponents of the bill, who say the bill makes it more difficult for Americans to decide for themselves whether or not to eat GMOs. The proposed name change was not adopted, and an amendment to prohibit the use of the term “natural” on foods containing GMOs also failed.

The bill establishes a new USDA voluntary program for GMO-free labeling, similar to the existing organic program. It also prevents state from requiring food manufacturers to state whether or not their products contain GMOs. So far only Vermont has such a law, although labeling is being debated in many other states.

Some supporters of the bill say that those who want to avoid food containing GMOs may do so already by eating certified organic food. “This bill doesn’t deny any consumer the right to know,” Mike Pompeo, the bill’s sponsor, said during the debate.""

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/us-house-representatives-passes-national-gmo-bill.html

America's Major Crime Mob Family the Clintons: Exposed Revelations About Bill, Hillary and Friends

""When most people think of crime families, Vito and Michael Corleone of “The Godfather” come to mind.

But June’s issue of Whistleblower magazine, “AMERICA’S FIRST CRIME FAMILY,” exposes a real-life crime family more wealthy, more powerful and more dangerous not only to those who cross them, but to the very fabric of America and what still exists of its liberty and rule of law.

“For decades,” says WND Editor Joseph Farah in “AMERICA’S FIRST CRIME FAMILY” …

Bill and Hillary Clinton didn’t mind hurting their enemies – and used the power of the state to do it. They were only too willing to let their friends and supporters pay for their crimes. They used the Internal Revenue Service to go after their enemies, critics and even ex-lovers who posed a threat. They bullied, harassed and intimidated, and, though no one likes to talk about it in polite company, there is indeed an impressive trail of inexplicable death that has followed in their wake. The famous “Clinton Body Count” even persuaded Monica Lewinsky not to make unnecessary trouble for the “family.”

After Hillary’s 2008 electoral debacle, some thought the Clintons’ time was over. Many thought perhaps they would be content with enriching themselves through astronomical stipends for speeches and the shadowy exploitation of their “family foundation.” Maybe their time was over.

But make no mistake, the Clintons are back, and are pulling every string possible to reclaim the White House a third time – a real “triple crown.”

As this blockbuster issue of Whistleblower proves, the corruption Americans have been reading about in Peter Schweizer’s book, “Clinton Cash,” is nothing new for the Clintons. It’s been going on for decades, since their Arkansas days, and is what Whitewater, cattle futures and the Rose Law Firm scandals were all about.

“When the Clintons surprised even themselves by reaching the White House in 1992,” says Farah, “they took a little of Arkansas with them, tarnishing the hallowed presidential quarters forever – insulting Marine guards, humiliating FBI and Secret Service agents, fooling around with interns and abusing the power the American people mistakenly gave them for eight years.”

Scandals surrounded them throughout the Clinton administration and have ever since. But somehow, Bill and Hillary never really paid much of a price.

“They had too many friends in high places,” says Farah,” “in government, in politics, with the high and mighty who helped engineer their rise and, most of all, within the media who found in them something that reminded them of the days of Camelot.”

Now the Clintons are getting ready for their third term in the White House, and, says Farah, “they will not be denied. Already consumed in scandal once again, they count on fooling the people, again.

“After all, it’s their turn.”

Highlights of “AMERICA’S FIRST CRIME FAMILY” include:

• “Something wicked this way comes – again” by David Kupelian, on why the Clintons need to be banished from America’s political landscape for good
• “The Clinton crime family” by Joseph Farah, on how Bill and Hill escape punishment decade after decade
• “‘I don’t believe Hillary’: Veteran newsman and Clinton admirer decries ‘stupid,’ ‘seedy’ scandals and serial lying” by Art Moore
• “Hillary’s 22 biggest scandals,” a comprehensive look at Mrs. Clinton’s outrageous, immoral and illegal behavior
• “Caught on video: Hillary didn’t ‘do email’ because of investigations”

• “IN HER OWN WORDS” – A string of shockingly revealing quotes from Hillary Clinton
• “Smoking gun! Hillary knew Benghazi attack was planned 10 days in advance” by Leo Hohmann, on defense memos that revealed al-Qaida terrorist plans “to kill as many Americans as possible”
• “Rand Paul dubs Libya ‘Hillary’s war’”
• “Kathleen Willey: ‘Scandal a day’ with Hillary White House run” by Art Moore, in which the sexual harassment victim of Bill Clinton says of Hillary: “She has only succeeded at riding the coattails of other men”
• “Hillary goes left – the GOP needs to return right” by David Limbaugh, who says, “Republicans don’t have the luxury of playing games”
• “Americans’ religious beliefs ‘have to be changed’” – a shocking declaration from Hillary Clinton
• “Hillary’s millions from pro-pipeline firms” by Dick Morris, who documents how Hillary “happily picked up where Bill left off, totaling $10 million in speaking fees”
• “Analyst’s probe implicates Hillary in foundation fraud” by Jerome R. Corsi, on evidence of “wanton transgressions” while she served as director
• “Hillary partnered with radical Alinsky group” by Aaron Klein, on the deeply disturbing revelation that confirms her far-left ideological roots
• “Promise of even more amnesty for illegals”
• “How Clinton will crash” by Dick Morris, on the simple fact that accounts for Hillary’s elevated ratings in the polls.

As June’s Whistleblower documents, the Clintons are a de facto crime family that somehow achieved immunity from prosecution more than 20 years ago – and, until recently, even immunity from criticism from the so-called “mainstream media.”

“They know it,” concludes Farah. “That’s why they have continued to flout the law and operate by their own set of rules – often sending other people to prison, or perhaps worse, for their own crimes.”

If returning a serial sexual predator to the White House (Bill Clinton has reportedly made multiple trips recently to “orgy island,” the private Caribbean sex retreat owned by his friend, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein) isn’t enough reason to reject Hillary, “AMERICA’S FIRST CRIME FAMILY” will provide the rest of the reasons.

• intoning that she would not run for president,
• sparring with NPR’s Terry Gross over her flip-flopping on gay marriage,
• asking what difference it makes when being grilled about Benghazi,
• insisting that she and Bill were dead broke when they left the White House,
• admitting that she hasn’t driven a car since 1996,
• and much, much more.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/06/americas-first-crime-family/

US Senate Manages Non-Debate Democracy Corporatacracy Fast-Track TPP Advancement Bill Fiasco Approach

""The decision on whether to surrender the authority of the US Congress to amend and potentially improve trade agreements goes to the very heart of whether the United Statesrespects democracy. If members of the House and Senate cannot check and balance executive branch choices that will define the economic future of the country, then the ability of the American people to petition for the redress of economic and social grievances and to have those grievances addressed by their elected representatives is severely undermined. That is what is at stake with debates about whether to eliminate basic congressional oversight of trade deals, via the “fast track” Trade Promotion Authority that President Obama seeks.

The vote Thursday by the Senate to shut down debate on a measure to provide Obama with this authority was the first step in the deconstruction of the democratic processes by which citizens can influence not just trade but economic policy. If the Senate now approves fast track, and if the House goes along with the plan, then the ability to alter or improve sweeping new trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be lost. All that will remain is a take-it-or-leave-it vote on final approval of a deal negotiated behind closed doors and without adequate scrutiny by the American people or their elected representatives.

It came when 13 Democrats joined 49 Republicans in supporting a cloture motion Thursday. Thirty-one Democrats, two independents who caucus with the Democrats, and five Republicans opposed the move to shut down debate about amendments and to effectively restrict meaningful discourse on what the measure’s sponsor, Utah Republican Orrin Hatch, described as “quite possibly the most important debate that we’ll have all year in Congress.”

Among the senators who are current or potential presidential prospects, Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, voted “no,” as did Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts. So, too, did Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky. But Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida sided with the Obama White House and the corporate interests that have advocated aggressively for fast track and the TPP.

The Senate’s 62-38 decision to end debate on the president’s proposal to fast-track what could be the largest trade deals in American history was a travesty.""

http://www.thenation.com/blog/207921/no-debate-equals-no-democracy-folly-fast-track

New Bill to Criminalize Free Speech and Political Venues in Great Britain

""The Conservative government in Britain is preparing to enact new legislation that, under the guise of the “war on terror,” will vastly expand police-state powers and essentially criminalize speech and other political activity.

Presented officially as an anti-terrorism bill, the proposed measures will be targeted at any popular opposition to the government’s policies of aggressive militarism abroad and austerity measures in Britain.

Following his party’s victory in the May 7 general election, Prime Minister David Cameron announced the proposal at last week’s National Security Council (NSC) meeting. The meeting, chaired by Cameron, brings together leading government officials with the heads of Britain’s security agencies.

The new bill will include a series of measures targeting groups and individuals deemed by the government to be “extremist.” This term is defined so vaguely as to encompass a wide array of political activity.

The new bill will create extremist “disruption orders” for individuals and “banning orders” for groups. The targets for these new police powers will be those who have conducted “harmful” behaviour.

According to the Guardian, the “harmful” behaviour covers activities that pose “a risk of public disorder, a risk of harassment, alarm or distress or creating a ‘threat to the functioning of democracy’.”

This will be used to criminalise campaigns critical of government policy and protests, which are frequently dispersed by the police on precisely the grounds that they disrupt public order. The language also indicates that the government would have the authority to target those merely planning such activity prior to it taking place.

Extremist disruption orders will permit the government to take action against individuals considered to have engaged in such harmful behaviour, or whom the government claims have attempted to “radicalise” youth.

The orders contain bans on individuals broadcasting their views on television, and anyone subject to an order will be compelled to submit any written publication, including social media posts, to the police before it is printed. In addition, the orders will make it illegal for individuals to attend or address public gatherings or protests.

OffCom, the broadcast regulator, is to be given powers to move against channels judged to be broadcasting “extremist” material. The charity commission will be able to take action against charities that “fund terrorism.”

Banning orders will allow the government to outlaw “extremist” organisations. If such a move is taken, anyone found to be a member of the organisation will be guilty of a criminal offence. Authorities will also be able to shut down premises used by groups to promote “extremism.”

Human rights group Privacy International branded the new proposal as an “assault on the rights of ordinary British citizens.”

Islamist groups will not be the main focus of the new law. As the Guardian ’s home affairs editor wrote in an analysis of the proposal, “the official definition of non-violent extremism is already wide-ranging and, as Big Brother Watch has pointed out, the national extremism database already includes the names of people who have done little more than organise meetings on environmental issues.”

The requirement that the government apply to the courts to obtain such orders will do little to prevent their abuse. The government has repeatedly invoked national security considerations to present evidence to the courts in secret. It even intended to hold an entire terrorism trial in secret last year before abandoning it at the last minute. The declaration of a national security threat would thus permit government claims about an individual or group to go unchallenged in the courts by an independent lawyer, since the only individuals allowed access to such information are government-appointed legal representatives.

Together with a sweeping attack on democratic rights and legal norms, the Conservatives’ anti-terror bill will further advance the government’s right-wing agenda of whipping up anti-immigrant sentiment. New powers will be established to deny immigrants entry on the grounds of preaching extremist views.

Cameron’s proposals make clear that the Conservatives are determined to vastly expand the repressive powers of the state, including by reintroducing the controversial “snooper’s charter” which would grant intelligence agencies the power to conduct mass surveillance and store data from emails and other internet data from social networking sites and messaging services. It will also allow authorities to access encrypted messages.

Cameron claimed that the UK has been a “‘passively tolerant society’ for too long, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.”

This extraordinary declaration is a backhanded acknowledgement that those who Cameron intends to target with the new law have committed no crime under the existing legal system.

“This government will conclusively turn the page on this failed approach. As the party of one nation, we will govern as one nation and bring our country together. That means actively promoting certain values. Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Democracy. The rule of law. Equal rights regardless of race, gender or sexuality,” Cameron proclaimed.

Cameron’s reference to “one nation” were especially sinister. It suggests that anyone challenging the political interests of the British ruling class and championing the rights and interests of the working class will be targeted for surveillance and repression.""

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/uk-government-counter-terrorism-bill-would-criminalize-speech-political-activity/5450249