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Beware of a Medical Alert Scam Sweeping the Nation

Victims of this scam can file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The Better Business Bureau reports that a medical alert telemarketing scam is sweeping the nation this year. Seniors and their families or caretakers are frequent targets of this scam.

In recent months, consumers have received calls – often repeatedly – from telemarketers offering a “senior medical alarm” or similar personal security device. The calls come from untraceable numbers in the 314, 636 and 573 area codes.

Bangladesh: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr Adilur Rahman Khan

Mr. Khan was arrested in front of his house at Gulshan.

(YORK, UK) - On 13 August 2013, human rights defender Mr Adilur Rahman Khan was transferred to Kashimpur-1 jail where he remains in custody.

The human rights defender was arrested without a warrant on 10 August 2013 and later charged with 'publishing false images and information' and 'disrupting the law and order situation.'

The Rule of Law: Unjust and Violent

Elite control of governments is now destroying hard-won human rights and civil liberties, as well as environmental protections...

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - The common phrase is 'law and order' but does the legal system deal with dysfunctional social behavior in ways that keep us safe?

While diverse but eminent historical figures such as Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas K. Gandhi all wrote critiques exposing the injustice and violence of legal systems, the delusion that the law is a neutral agency that delivers justice still widely prevails.

Land Grabs in Africa

An exclusive, acoustic version of “In My Place” by Coldplay was created in partnership with Oxfam. The band’s fans filmed themselves to raise awareness of land grabs and its devastating impact on communities.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Big land deals in Africa are leaving people homeless and hungry. Families are being unfairly removed from their land and left with no way to grow food or earn a living. Poor families are often evicted without their consent, no warning and no compensation.

Many of these cases involve ancestral lands that families have occupied for generations. Communities are being ripped apart.

Michael Francke Murder Mystery Solved (Part Nine)

None of the so-called witnesses knew anything about the case until after the State Police came to them...

(SALEM) - Last week, we told you about the chronology of events that preceded the August 22, 1989 memo from Cory Streissinger to her cohort, Governor Neil Goldschmidt.

We told you that Frank Gable pissed off the Keizer police by ripping them off for free rent and then skipping out on them.

Canceling my Time Mag subscription... Fly Me Over The Cuckoo`s Nest

We have the best government money can buy. - Mark Twain

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Don't tell me it's not your fault that this country has gone stark raving bonkers.. If we've developed a sea-to-shining-sea Cuckoo's Nest, you and your ilk have functioned collectively like Nurse Ratchet.

Witness the most recent meds you've forced on us - for the second week in a row, you extolled that humble Argentinian godfather in Rome, with an eye, I suppose on your 40% Catholic readership. But that's just one small bilk by your ilk.

Langevin Needs to Defend His Support of NSA Spy Program

The Congressman says about the massive spying: "There is nothing nefarious going on here", but his assessment is based on lies of government officials.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - In a June interview with the New York Times, Congressman Jim Langevin said of the massive NSA spy program:

"Those who have been fully briefed are comfortable with the capabilities used and the due diligence exercised in making sure the agency responsible for carrying out and using the tools has been doing so within the confines of the law..."

The Snake In The Grass

Civil forfeiture is now a key strategy for the DEA. It is so much easier, for the snake--no criminal case necessary--no trial, just point guns and steal.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In November 2012, the DEA served a search warrant on the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program offices, located in Portland Oregon.

Its purpose was to obtain: “the names, addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, Oregon Driver's License numbers or other Government Issued ID numbers for Patients, Growers and Caregivers in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program database or files," according to the written warrant viewable online.

CHECK YOUR `Mental Capacity`: if Your Judge is Not on the List, his Orders are Void!

The law is completely inaccessible to those for whose benefit the legislation has been devised.

(LONDON) - Len Lawrence is a retired British Aerospace pilot who suffers from the poisoning of inhaling the fumes of aeroplanes. These organophosphates were also responsible for killing thousands of farmers who were forced to dip their sheep – such as George Wescott who has miraculously survived so far.

Unfortunately, victimisation does NOT encourage official institutions to HELP and SUPPORT, let alone COMPENSATE, as suggested by our Government as Compensator of Last Resort.

Transparency in Rome and The Confession of Jamie Dimon

(The following should be sung to the tune of "Diamonds are a girl's best friend")
A Pope who's a pauper may hardly seem proper,
But Dimon is the Street's worst friend. - Larry Kudlow, CNN

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Not long after the anointing of Francis I as "The Pope Without Pomp" (Time Magazine), there was a news event so brief that it escaped the notice of our ambulatory news cycle.

The Vatican's luxurious helicopter, "Swiss Guard One," descended like the Second Coming into the palatial court yard of Castel Gondolfo, the traditional papal summer home.