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Pentagon chief planning for longer-term rift with Russia - Reuters | Pentagon chief urges balanced approach to Russian aggression | Russia is deploying advanced aerial weapon systems to the Arctic - Business Insider | Are European Companies Ignoring E.U. Sanctions On Russia? - Forbes | Russia Pushing Through Sale of Advanced Missile Systems to Iran | Child suicides highlight growing social crisis in China
В России день памяти и скорби. 74 года назад началась Великая Отечественная война - Первый канал Monday June 22 nd , 2015 at 12:59 PM В Мире – Новости Google 1 Share Первый канал В России день памяти и скорби. 74 года назад началась Великая Отечественная ...
В России день памяти и скорби. 74 года назад началась Великая Отечественная война - Первый канал Monday June 22 nd , 2015 at 12:59 PM В Мире – Новости Google 1 Share Первый канал В России день памяти и скорби. 74 года назад началась Великая Отечественная ...
В России день памяти и скорби. 74 года назад началась Великая Отечественная война - Первый канал Monday June 22nd, 2015 at 12:59 PM В Мире – Новости Google 1 Share Первый канал В России день памят...
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» Iraqi Families Return to Fragile Stability in Tikrit After Liberation From ISIS 23/06/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
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A one-digit correction to President Obama's directive on hostage policy Wednesday had the effect of disclosing the existence of a previously unknown — and still-secret — #NeroObama order on national security.#OurFutureIsOneBigZero
The hostage policy was originally released Wednesday as a presidential policy directive numbered PPD-29. When the White House corrected that number to PPD-30, it meant Obama had issued a secret directive as PPD-29 sometime in the past 17 months.
Obama signed PPD-28, an order on electronic eavesdropping in the wake of revelations by Edward Snowden, in January 2014.
So what is PPD-29? No one's talking. A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment of the existence of classified PPDs Wednesday.
"The only reason we know about it is the sequential numbering of the directives, and realizing they skipped a few," said Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, which tracks the directives.
PPD-29 isn't the first to be tacitly acknowledged only by a missing number. Of the 30 PPDs issued by Obama, 19 have not been released. And for 11 of those, the White House has not disclosed even the subject of the order.
"It's not only the public that doesn't have copies. It's also Congress that doesn't have copies," Aftergood said. "It's a domain of largely unchecked presidential authority. It doesn't mean it's bad, but it's lacking in independent oversight."
But they have the same legal force as an executive order, forming a body of largely secret law, said Harold Relyea, a political scientist who advised Congress on national security directives before retiring from the Congressional Research Service.
"The difference is that while executive orders are public by law — they must be published in the Federal Register to be effective —- PPDs are not," he said. "It is a kind of secret law. People have to obey it. But it's a directive that can allocate money, direct people or take a course of action."
What Obama calls PPDs have gone by different names by different presidents back to the Truman Administration. President George W. Bush called them National Security Presidential Directives (NPSDs). President Clinton called them Presidential Decision Directives (PDDs). President Nixon called them National Security Decision Memoranda.
Whatever they're called, Obama has been less prolific than his predecessors. George W. Bush issued 66 such orders, plus 25 more Homeland Security Presidential Directives. President Reagan issued at least 325.
Some, going back as far as the Lyndon Johnson administration, remain classified. They can involve subjects including the use of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defenses, space policy, cybersecurity and even continuity plans for the federal government in the case of a large-scale disaster.
The secrecy makes it difficult to know entirely what changes Obama has made in the hostage policy. The directive issued Wednesday revoked a prior directive by President George W. Bush in 2002. But that directive, known as NSPD-12, remains secret.
"You would think that if there's a new policy it would be a simple matter to explain what the old policy was," Aftergood said.
And even though Obama released his directive, it incorporates a classified annex with additional instructions to executive branch agencies.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/24/presidential-policy-directives-form-secret-law/29235675/
The hostage policy was originally released Wednesday as a presidential policy directive numbered PPD-29. When the White House corrected that number to PPD-30, it meant Obama had issued a secret directive as PPD-29 sometime in the past 17 months.
Obama signed PPD-28, an order on electronic eavesdropping in the wake of revelations by Edward Snowden, in January 2014.
So what is PPD-29? No one's talking. A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment of the existence of classified PPDs Wednesday.
"The only reason we know about it is the sequential numbering of the directives, and realizing they skipped a few," said Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, which tracks the directives.
PPD-29 isn't the first to be tacitly acknowledged only by a missing number. Of the 30 PPDs issued by Obama, 19 have not been released. And for 11 of those, the White House has not disclosed even the subject of the order.
"It's not only the public that doesn't have copies. It's also Congress that doesn't have copies," Aftergood said. "It's a domain of largely unchecked presidential authority. It doesn't mean it's bad, but it's lacking in independent oversight."
But they have the same legal force as an executive order, forming a body of largely secret law, said Harold Relyea, a political scientist who advised Congress on national security directives before retiring from the Congressional Research Service.
"The difference is that while executive orders are public by law — they must be published in the Federal Register to be effective —- PPDs are not," he said. "It is a kind of secret law. People have to obey it. But it's a directive that can allocate money, direct people or take a course of action."
What Obama calls PPDs have gone by different names by different presidents back to the Truman Administration. President George W. Bush called them National Security Presidential Directives (NPSDs). President Clinton called them Presidential Decision Directives (PDDs). President Nixon called them National Security Decision Memoranda.
Whatever they're called, Obama has been less prolific than his predecessors. George W. Bush issued 66 such orders, plus 25 more Homeland Security Presidential Directives. President Reagan issued at least 325.
Some, going back as far as the Lyndon Johnson administration, remain classified. They can involve subjects including the use of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defenses, space policy, cybersecurity and even continuity plans for the federal government in the case of a large-scale disaster.
The secrecy makes it difficult to know entirely what changes Obama has made in the hostage policy. The directive issued Wednesday revoked a prior directive by President George W. Bush in 2002. But that directive, known as NSPD-12, remains secret.
"You would think that if there's a new policy it would be a simple matter to explain what the old policy was," Aftergood said.
And even though Obama released his directive, it incorporates a classified annex with additional instructions to executive branch agencies.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/24/presidential-policy-directives-form-secret-law/29235675/
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That was a bad day done by some nutcase. Listen they have a wonderful game called the knock out game where the young black kids go up and punch an elderly in the face and drop him. The elderly is always white. Also the black girls near Temple unn in Philadelphia went around terrorizing all the white student of the school, only the white girls. They went up with gangs against 1 or 2. One girl got her teeth knocked out with a brick, just for being white. When they caught them and asked why> Because they hate white ppl. The black on White crime is ten times to the other way around.
Oh but wait it gets better, remember all those Somalian refugees Clinton brought here for a new life? Well they love America, drug dealing, gangs and prostituting young girls that are forced to sell them selves. Some as young as 12. So please dont ram that white on black crime down my throat.
That was a bad day done by some nutcase. Listen they have a wonderful game called the knock out game where the young black kids go up and punch an elderly in the face and drop him. The elderly is always white. Also the black girls near Temple unn in Philadelphia went around terrorizing all the white student of the school, only the white girls. They went up with gangs against 1 or 2. One girl got her teeth knocked out with a brick, just for being white. When they caught them and asked why> Because they hate white ppl. The black on White crime is ten times to the other way around.
Oh but wait it gets better, remember all those Somalian refugees Clinton brought here for a new life? Well they love America, drug dealing, gangs and prostituting young girls that are forced to sell them selves. Some as young as 12. So please dont ram that white on black crime down my throat.
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Mike Nova
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World News Review » Why America Can't Stop Russia's Hybrid Warfare 23/06/15 02:00 from The National Interest
World News Review » Why America Can't Stop Russia's Hybrid Warfare 23/06/15 02:00 from The National Interest Paul J. Saunders Security, Americas, Eurasia In important respects, America's inability to counter Russia's hybrid tactics may have less to do wi...
World News Review » Why America Can't Stop Russia's Hybrid Warfare 23/06/15 02:00 from The National Interest Paul J. Saunders Security, Americas, Eurasia In important respects, America's inability to counter Russia's hybrid tactics may have less to do wi...
World News Review » Why America Can't Stop Russia's Hybrid Warfare 23/06/15 02:00 from The National Interest Paul J. Saunders Security, Americas, Eurasia In important respects, America's inability to counter Russia's h...
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Lew: U.S. Seeks 'Candid' Talks With China on Cybersecurity | Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises - Yahoo News | US won't prosecute hostages' families who pay ransom
Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises - Yahoo News Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 4:15 PM Putin - Google News 1 Share Yahoo News Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises Yahoo News ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — De...
Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises - Yahoo News Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 4:15 PM Putin - Google News 1 Share Yahoo News Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises Yahoo News ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — De...
Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises - Yahoo News Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 4:15 PM Putin - Google News 1 Share Yahoo News Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on g...
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Headlines - 9:14 AM 6/23/2015: NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia - The New York Times
News Headlines - 9:14 AM 6/23/2015 NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia - The New York Times Pentagon to boost military equipment in Europe amid Moscow anger - The Washington Post Ash Carter confirms US to put heavy weapons in eastern NATO natio...
News Headlines - 9:14 AM 6/23/2015 NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia - The New York Times Pentagon to boost military equipment in Europe amid Moscow anger - The Washington Post Ash Carter confirms US to put heavy weapons in eastern NATO natio...
Headlines - 9:14 AM 6/23/2015: NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia - The New York Times
News Headlines - 9:14 AM 6/23/2015 NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia - The New York Times Pentagon to boost military equipment in Europe amid Moscow anger - The Washington Post Ash Carter confirms US to put...
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Russia's 'satirical Wikipedia' suspends activity after government pressure | Shadow of Islamic State Hangs Over Russia (Op-Ed)
Russia's 'satirical Wikipedia' suspends activity after government pressure by The Moscow Times, part of the New East network Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 2:29 PM Russia | The Guardian 1 Share Lurkmore is backing off from its infamous biting humour after a...
Russia's 'satirical Wikipedia' suspends activity after government pressure by The Moscow Times, part of the New East network Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 2:29 PM Russia | The Guardian 1 Share Lurkmore is backing off from its infamous biting humour after a...
Russia's 'satirical Wikipedia' suspends activity after government pressureby The Moscow Times, part of the New East network Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 2:29 PM Russia | The Guardian 1 Share Lurkmore i...
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Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat
Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 11:23 AM Defense News - Home 1 Share PARIS — They may only cost a few hundred dollars to buy but the growth of incidents involving micro-UAVs has given birth to a pote...
Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 11:23 AM Defense News - Home 1 Share PARIS — They may only cost a few hundred dollars to buy but the growth of incidents involving micro-UAVs has given birth to a pote...
Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 11:23 AM Defense News - Home 1 Share PARIS — They may only cost a few hundred dollars to buy but the growth of in...
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The Eric Cartman Presidency - an optimistic take
SCOTUS upheld Obamacare, ruling that the plain language of the law doesn't matter, the imagined intent is what matters.
this SCOTUScare ruling presents an accurate reflection of the reality in Washington: that American politics no longer has real checks and balances. The rules no longer apply. Words mean whatever we say they mean at the time that we say them, neither more nor less
But there's a positive outcome in this:
In the context of a nation governed by men and not laws, arguments from the establishment about process, restraint, and the normal give and take of what used to be the American political system for most of the Twentieth Century are going to become weaker and weaker.
Finally, this decision is a huge opportunity for Republicans to finally take the health care issue away from Democrats in a serious way. It is not an iron law of politics at all that health care reform remain a Democratic issue any more than education policy or welfare policy. President Obama and the Democrats now own every bad thing about the health care status quo.
There are always ways around bad law. The free market will always win. Now we can stop focusing on Washington and SCOTUS are start figuring out ways around this crap legislation.
SCOTUS upheld Obamacare, ruling that the plain language of the law doesn't matter, the imagined intent is what matters.
this SCOTUScare ruling presents an accurate reflection of the reality in Washington: that American politics no longer has real checks and balances. The rules no longer apply. Words mean whatever we say they mean at the time that we say them, neither more nor less
But there's a positive outcome in this:
In the context of a nation governed by men and not laws, arguments from the establishment about process, restraint, and the normal give and take of what used to be the American political system for most of the Twentieth Century are going to become weaker and weaker.
Finally, this decision is a huge opportunity for Republicans to finally take the health care issue away from Democrats in a serious way. It is not an iron law of politics at all that health care reform remain a Democratic issue any more than education policy or welfare policy. President Obama and the Democrats now own every bad thing about the health care status quo.
There are always ways around bad law. The free market will always win. Now we can stop focusing on Washington and SCOTUS are start figuring out ways around this crap legislation.
The King v. Burwell SCOTUScare decision is a confirmation that the rules no longer apply.
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What would letting Republicans take back healthcare issues do? The ACA originated from republicans and conservative think tanks as an alternative to single payer healthcare system.
It's time the US catches up with the rest of the developed world and implements a single payer system. All this libertarian free market worshipping will do is drag the US back to the gilded age.
It's time the US catches up with the rest of the developed world and implements a single payer system. All this libertarian free market worshipping will do is drag the US back to the gilded age.
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News Headlines - 2015 Headlines - 6.23.15 France tightens bonds with Saudis Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat China Is Challenging Superiority of U.S. Air Power: Pentagon - NBC News NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia -...
News Headlines - 2015 Headlines - 6.23.15 France tightens bonds with Saudis Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat China Is Challenging Superiority of U.S. Air Power: Pentagon - NBC News NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia -...
News Headlines - 2015 Headlines - 6.23.15 France tightens bonds with Saudis Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest In Countering Threat China Is Challenging Superiority of U.S. Air Power: Pentagon - NBC News NATO Returns ...
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 Review: ‘The Great War of Our Time’ by Michael Morell with Bill Harlow | FBI File Shows Whitney Houston Blackmailed Over Lesbian Affair | Schiff, King call on Obama to be aggressive in cyberwar, after purported China hacking | The Iraqi...
Sunday, June 7, 2015 Review: ‘The Great War of Our Time’ by Michael Morell with Bill Harlow | FBI File Shows Whitney Houston Blackmailed Over Lesbian Affair | Schiff, King call on Obama to be aggressive in cyberwar, after purported China hacking | The Iraqi...
Sunday, June 7, 2015 Review: ‘The Great War of Our Time’ by Michael Morell with Bill Harlow | FBI File Shows Whitney Houston Blackmailed Over Lesbian Affair | Schiff, King call on Obama to be aggressive in cyberwar, after pu...
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AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT
AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 5:35 PM TheUnion Local.Com | TheUnion.Com 1 Share AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT Brady appeal continues into late afternoon at NFL offices NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady and representatives from the playe...
AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 5:35 PM TheUnion Local.Com | TheUnion.Com 1 Share AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT Brady appeal continues into late afternoon at NFL offices NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady and representatives from the playe...
AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 5:35 PM TheUnion Local.Com | TheUnion.Com 1 Share AP Top News at 4:05 p.m. EDT Brady appeal continues into late afternoon at NFL offices...
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The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia/Greece news - MarketWatch
The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia/Greece news - MarketWatch Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 1:15 PM Russia - Google News 1 Share MarketWatch The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia /Greece news MarketWatch If this occurs, Russia would gain an im...
The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia/Greece news - MarketWatch Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 1:15 PM Russia - Google News 1 Share MarketWatch The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia /Greece news MarketWatch If this occurs, Russia would gain an im...
The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia/Greece news - MarketWatch Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 1:15 PM Russia - Google News 1 Share MarketWatch The market in a minute: Be wary of Russia/Greece new...
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It is as yet unclear how so many IS militants were able to infiltrate Kobane, even under disguise, and avoid the many YPG checkpoints on its fringes.
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U.S. Offers Troops to NATO Force Tasked With Deterring Russian Aggression | News
U.S. Offers Troops to NATO Force Tasked With Deterring Russian Aggression | News Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 8:43 AM 1 Share Carlos Barria/Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Carter arrives to testify before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol...
U.S. Offers Troops to NATO Force Tasked With Deterring Russian Aggression | News Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 8:43 AM 1 Share Carlos Barria/Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Carter arrives to testify before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol...
U.S. Offers Troops to NATO Force Tasked With Deterring Russian Aggression | News Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 8:43 AM 1 Share Carlos Barria/ReutersU.S. Defense Secretary Carter arrives to testify before ...
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NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russia Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 1:30 PM United States Defense And Military Forces - News - Times Topics - The New York Times 1 Share 69483 Search 69,483 Articles: NATO Returns Its Attention to an Old Foe, Russ...
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US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agenda
US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agenda by webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman) Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 3:24 PM Voice Of America 1 Share The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to once again advance legislation facilitating the approval of two b...
US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agenda by webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman) Tuesday June 23 rd , 2015 at 3:24 PM Voice Of America 1 Share The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to once again advance legislation facilitating the approval of two b...
US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agendaby webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman) Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 at 3:24 PM Voice Of America 1 Share The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to once again ad...
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Headlines - 6.23.15 - 5:15 pm: US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agenda
Headlines - 6.23.15 - 5:17 PM 6/23/2015 US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agenda Obama Ordering Changes in U.S. Hostage Policies - The New York Times China Is Challenging Superiority of U.S. Air Power: Pentagon - NBC News France tightens bonds with Saudis NATO ...
Headlines - 6.23.15 - 5:17 PM 6/23/2015 US Senate Revives Obama Trade Agenda Obama Ordering Changes in U.S. Hostage Policies - The New York Times China Is Challenging Superiority of U.S. Air Power: Pentagon - NBC News France tightens bonds with Saudis NATO ...
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