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Chinese hackers have gained access to the designs of major U.S. weapons systems, a new report claimed on Monday. But we have a few questions about the timing of this announcement, and how it fits into the bigger picture.

And the “March Against Monsanto” protests were held in 52 countries and 436 cities around the world protesting the GMO giant and it’s genetically modified seeds. We’ll dig into the movement’s real goals and see if it has any chance of making a difference.

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Worldwide Monsanto Protests

• March against Monsanto: Rallying for our future — RT Op-Edge

The worldwide March Against Monsanto this past Saturday was no mere political demonstration. Rather, it was a worldwide mobilization against corporate greed, the assault on our health and environment, and the oppression of small farmers.

• Revealed: Monsanto GM corn caused tumors in rats — RT News

French scientists have revealed that rats fed on GMO corn sold by American firm Monsanto, suffered tumors and other complications including kidney and liver damage. When testing the firm’s top brand weed killer the rats showed similar symptoms.

The French government has asked its health and safety agency to assess the study and had also sent it to the European Union’s food safety agency, Reuters reports.

“Based on the conclusion…, the government will ask the European authorities to take all necessary measures to protect human and animal health, measures that could go as far as an emergency suspension of imports of NK603 maize in the European Union,” the French health, environment and farm ministries said in a joint statement.

Researchers from the University of Caen found that rats fed on a diet containing NK603 – a seed variety made tolerant to amounts of Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller – or given water mixed with the product, at levels permitted in the United States – died earlier than those on a standard diet.

The research conducted by Gilles-Eric Seralini and his colleagues, said the rats suffered mammary tumors, as well as severe liver and kidney damage. The study was published in the journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology and presented at a news conference in London.

Fifty percent of male and 70 percent of female rats died prematurely, compared with only 30 percent and 20 percent in the control group, said the researchers.

China’s Cyber Heist

• Chinese hackers steal U.S. weapons systems designs, report says – U.S. News

Chinese hackers have gained access to designs of more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems, a U.S. report said on Monday, as Australian media said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia’s new spy headquarters.

Citing a report prepared for the Defense Department by the Defense Science Board, the Washington Post said the compromised U.S. designs included those for combat aircraft and ships, as well as missile defenses vital for Europe, Asia and the Gulf.

Among the weapons listed in the report were the advanced Patriot missile system, the Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defense systems, the F/A–18 fighter jet, the V–22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter

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Syria: The Proxy War

• Russia slams end of EU arms embargo, calls S–300s ‘stabilizing factor’ in Syria — RT News

The EU’s move, which the Russian diplomat branded as an “example
of double standards”, opens the door for Britain and France to
supply weapons to Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President
Bashar Assad.

Criticizing Europe’s decision to open the way for potential arms shipments to Syrian
rebels, Russia insists that its own sale of arms to the Syrian
government helps the international effort to end the
two-year-long conflict, the diplomat added. He was referring to
the delivery of the advanced S–300 long-range air defense
systems, which Russia is carrying out under a contract signed
with Syria several years ago.

“Those systems by definition cannot be used by militant groups
on the battlefield,” Ryabkov said. “We consider this
delivery a factor of stabilization. We believe that moves like
this one to a great degree restrain some hotheads from escalating
the conflict to the international scale, from involving external
forces.”

The S–300 is a series of Russian long-range
surface-to-air missile systems designed to intercept
ballistic missiles, regarded as the most potent weaponry of
its class. The missiles are capable of engaging aerial
targets as far away as 200km, depending on the version used.

However, Russia has neither confirmed, nor denied “the status of
those shipments.”

• Russia Sending Air Defense Missiles to Syria to Deter Foreign ‘Hot Heads’ – ABC News

The S–300, one of the world’s most advanced air defense systems, could make it harder for foreign forces to carry out airstrikes inside Syria, as Israel has done this year, or to impose a no-fly zone, as some members of Congress have called for.

The move is Russia’s biggest and most public step so far to bolster the government of Syria’s beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad, its longtime ally. Rybakov made no attempt to hide the Kremlin’s intention to prevent outside forces from tipping the scales in the long and bloody civil war.

“We believe such steps are to a great extent restraining some ‘hot heads’ from considering scenarios in which the conflict may assume an international scale with the participation of outside forces,” he said, according to RIA Novosti.

• Israel warns Russia over Syria arms delivery – Middle East – Al Jazeera English

Israeli defence minister: "At this stage I can’t say there is an escalation. The shipments have not been sent on their way yet. And I hope that they will not be sent.

“But if, by misfortune, they arrive in Syria, we will know what to do.”

Yaalon’s comments were made before Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, ordered his cabinet to stay silent on the issue, according to public radio.

• Israel is Pissed, but they are Prepared

Despite Israel’s protests, the S–300 system will not be a large hurdle for that country’s advanced air force. The system can be easily spotted because it sends out a distinctive signal, and Israel may have already tested its own jets against such a system while working with Greece.

• Israel in Moscow talks to halt supply of missiles to Syrian regime | World news | guardian.co.uk

Top-level Israeli intelligence figures flew into Moscow on Tuesday night in a last-ditch attempt to talk the Kremlin out of supplying sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to the Assad regime, which once installed in Syria would have the range and power to target civilian and military aircraft over Tel Aviv.

Israeli diplomats will continue to work both privately and publicly to prevent the transfer until the shipment sails, but officials attempted to lower the diplomatic temperature, insisting Israel had no intention of fighting Russia on the issue.

Israel has read Moscow’s insistence on pursuing its deal to supply Damascus with the powerful missile systems as part of a “cold war” power struggle between the US and Russia playing out in the theatre of the Syrian civil war in which it wants no part.

• Obama asked Pentagon to prepare Syria no-fly zone plans – report — RT USA

Officials from the Obama administration have revealed that the White House asked the Pentagon to outline plans for a military no-fly zone over Syria, continuing strategy discussions that have been ongoing for more than a year.

If enacted, the no-fly zone would be enforced by the US military
with help from France, Great Britain and other allies.

• Let’s Be Clear: Establishing a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Is an Act of War – Conor Friedersdorf – The Atlantic

“McCain said a realistic plan for a
no-fly zone would include hundreds of planes, and would be most
effective if it included destroying Syrian airplanes on runways, bombing
those runways, and moving U.S. Patriot missile batteries in Turkey
close to the border so they could protect airspace inside northern
Syria,”

Why Are Police So Desperate to Throw Kids in Jail

• Parents Claim Calif. School District Failed to Protect Autistic Son in Drug Sting – ABC News

“Our son went to school the morning of Dec. 11 and he didn’t show up at home after school, because he was arrested in his classroom,” Snodgrass said. “Police went into his classroom armed, and handcuffed our son. We were not notified by anyone, and he was held for two days, and we were not able to see him,” a

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• Increase in the Number of Kids Exposed to Medical Marijuana: Study

Before Colorado passed Medical Marijuana legislation laws the number of kids treated for marijuana exposure was nil. Whereas in the cases examined after, there were 14 cases, out of which eight of those came directly from consuming marijuana food products.

• Prescription Drug Abuse Drives Huge Spike In Poisoning Deaths Among Childrent

From 2000 to 2009, the number of children aged 15 to 19 who died from poisoning increased by 91 percent, the CDC says.

Childhood death from poisoning rose 80 percent over the 10-year time period, owing largely to the huge increase in such deaths among children aged 15 to 19. Prescription drug abuse is to blame, according to the CDC.

• Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., Times analysis shows – Los Angeles Times

Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found.

Drugs exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death in 2009, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Rhetoric coming from North Korea reached new levels. Prompting the US to respond with a show of force. We’ll look at the real risk from North Korea, and their possible motivations.

Plus how the outrageous Monsanto Protection Act got signed into law, without any debate, an update to the situation in Cyprus

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Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act

• Obama signs ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ written by Monsanto-sponsored senator

Pres. Obama inked his name to H.R. 933, a continuing
resolution spending bill approved in Congress days earlier. Buried 78 pages
within the bill exists a provision that grossly protects biotech
corporations such as the Missouri-based Monsanto Company from
litigation.

• What Is the So-Called ‘Monsanto Protection Act’? Is It Eeeeeevil?

Section 735 was an anonymous rider attached to the spending bill (the one everyone wanted signed really, really quickly) and received almost no consideration or attention before being signed into law.

• There is no Monsanto Protection Act – AgPro Weekly Articles – Ag Professional

The provision codifies existing USDA practices and elements of a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that lower courts should not automatically prohibit the planting of biotech crop varieties, or the harvest and sale of biotech crops already planted, when their commercial approval is revoked for procedural reasons.

“Section 735 of the Senate appropriations bill/ CR (continuing resolution) contains language to provide some predictability and assurance to farmers who plant biotech crops that have already been deregulated by USDA but are then subject to litigation by anti-biotech activists. The language in the CR was included in the House Agriculture Appropriations bill during the 112th Congress and has, therefore, been in the public domain for a number of months,” noted Richard Gupton, Agricultural Retailers Association, senior vice president of public policy and counsel.

Gregory Conko, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, issued a statement that is quite critical of the protesting activists trying to stir up consumers who aren’t knowledgeable about agriculture or production of biotech crops.

• Too little, too late: Misplaced outrage over Monsanto Protection Act?

What Obama signed into law was nothing new. Section 735 of H.R. 933 (the rider to the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act which has been dubbed, inaccurately, the Monsanto Protection Act) states that if companies (like Monsanto, yes) were to be involved in a lawsuit over a particular crop or practice, they would potentially be exempt from having to cease use of the crop or practice in question.

What this means in practical terms is that competitors cannot sue Monsanto frivolously and force them to face punitive action before the lawsuit is concluded. So instead of this happening, which would invariably lead to Monsanto tying the USDA up with millions of dollars in legal appeals, a seemingly logical solution to cut the red tape is introduced. It does not grant “immunity” because such claims are simply inaccurate – if a lawsuit concludes and the ruling is that the defendant, be it Monsanto or whomever, must cease their activities, then they must comply.

• Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields – Organic Connections

Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar said.

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The Real North Korea Threat

• Navy moves ship off coast of Korean Peninsula, White House looks to ‘reassure’ allies

The U.S. military has moved a Navy ship capable of intercepting missiles to waters off the coast of the Korean Peninsula, as threats from North Korea’s Kim Jong Un escalate and the White House signals it wants to head off any potential conflict by flexing America’s military might.

• North Korea: Nuclear weapons are “the nation’s life” – CBS News

North Korea’s nuclear weapons are a “treasure” not to be traded for “billions of dollars,” the statement said. They “are neither a political bargaining chip nor a thing for economic dealings to be presented to the place of dialogue or be put on the table of negotiations aimed at forcing (Pyongyang) to disarm itself,” it said.

North Korea’s “nuclear armed forces represent the nation’s life, which can never be abandoned as long as the imperialists and nuclear threats exist on earth,” the statement said.

• South Korea Gives Military Leeway to Answer North – NYTimes.com

“I consider the current North Korean threats very serious,” Ms. Park told the South’s generals. “If the North attempts any provocation against our people and country, you must respond strongly at the first contact with them without any political consideration.

Bank of Cyprus big depositors could lose up to 60%

• Bank of Cyprus big depositors could lose up to 60%

The central bank says 37.5% of holdings over 100,000 euros will become shares.

Up to 22.5% will go into a fund attracting no interest and may be subject to further write-offs.

The other 40% will attract interest – but this will not be paid unless the bank performs well.

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Judge Rules Drug Sniffer Dogs Unconstitutional Without A Warrant!

• Court: Drug dog sniff is unconstitutional search

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect’s property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision which may limit how investigators use dogs’ sensitive noses to search out drugs, explosives and other items hidden from human sight, sound and smell.

The high court split 5–4 on the decision to uphold the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling throwing out evidence seized in the search of Joelis Jardines’ Miami-area house. That search was based on an alert by Franky the drug dog from outside the closed front door.

Russia plans to build observatory, lab on Moon

• Lunar Resort: Russia plans to build observatory, lab on Moon – YouTube

We may soon be able to take a not so ‘grounded’ look at what’s going on in space. Russian scientists are planning to build a space observatory right on the moon’s surface, beginning with a robot research lab in the near future.

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What does Right to Work mean? We explain that, and we’ll look at the historic “Right to Work” legislation that passed in Michigan this week, making it the 24th state to do so. What this means for workers, and the special interest behind this effort that pushed it through.

North Korea shocks the world as they successfully launch a satellite into orbit. HSBC, “the world’s local bank” gets away with a slap on the wrists this week, after being caught red handed laundering money for the Mexican drug cartels. We’ll share the details on those stories and more.

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• North Korea Missile Launch Successful: White House Calls Act \’Highly Provocative
• US: North Korea Missile Launch is ‘Provocative Act’
• BBC News – North Korea\’s missile programme

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• Command Center video: North Korea launches long-range rocket – YouTube

• Susan Rice drops out of running for secretary of state, cites \’very politicized\’ confirmation process

• HSBC: Too big to jail?

• HSBC Too Big For Jail?
• Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke | | Rolling Stone
• HSBC laundered money for cartels

• How Did Drug Money Laundering Become a Non-Prosecutable Crime: The Stench Spreads on the HSBC Settlement

• Oregon Mall Shooting: At Least 3 People Dead

• Oregon mall shooting victim Steven Forsyth an \’amazing man\’

ACT TWO: Right to Work

• The misleading framing of ‘right-to-work’

• What do ‘right-to-work’ laws do to a state’s economy?

• \’Right to Work\’ Law Kill Unions in Michigan – YouTube

• Right-to-work law

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