6 February 2014 — OurNHS
Official attempts to inform patients about what will happen to their data when the new care.data database is implemented are inadequate and, on the latest evidence, seriously misleading.
Day: February 6, 2014
Western Powers Back Neo-Nazi Coup in Ukraine By EIR
6 February 2014 — Executive Intelligence Report
“In his formal remarks at Munich and a week earlier at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, Lavrov also assailed Western governments for supporting neo-Nazi terrorist organizations in their zeal to place Ukraine under European Union and Troika control to tighten the NATO noose around Russia. If anything, Lavrov understated the case.” Continue reading
“VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 5 February 2014: The cynical use of Palestinian workers in the SodaStream controversy
5 February 2014 — VTJP
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Israel Approves 558 Settlement Units In Occupied Jerusalem
IMEMC – [Wednesday, February 05, 2014] The Israeli government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved the construction of 558 additional units in illegal Israeli settlements, in occupied Jerusalem. …
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Stop the War on Welfare Petition reaches 100,000 signatures
28 January 2014 — People’s Assembly
December 12th, 2013 was, for many of us, a small moment of celebration as the WOW Petition ended with over 104,000 signatures and triggered the eligibility for consideration by the Back Bench Business Committee (BBBC).
Contamination of USS Ronald Reagan Potentially a Big Deal for Japan as well as US
6 February 2014 — China Matters
[Update: In 2013, Japan Focus published two superb pieces by investigative reporter Roger Witherspoon on the US military’s response to radioactive contamination during Operation Tomodachi: http://japanfocus.org/-Roger-Witherspoon/3918 & http://japanfocus.org/-Roger-Witherspoon/3919. His interviews with servicemen and women who served on the Reagan–and in many other locations and capacities during the relief operation, describe the harrowing circumstances of trying, sometimes unsuccessfully, to predict and dodge the Fukushima plume and deal with onboard contamination of people as well as equipment. Witherspoon’s account begs the question of why the Department of Defense saw fit to discontinue the Todomachi Medical Registry, which would have established baseline data for exposed personnel and monitored them for health problems. CH 2/5/14]
The Quenelle: Blame Dr Strangelove and the Bomb By Stuart Littlewood
5 February 2014 — Dissident Voice
When West Bromwich Albion’s star player Anelka performed the Quenelle after scoring a goal in a match on 28 December he was immediately lashed by a frenzied storm in a Zionists’ teacup.
Trade deals – is the mood turning? By Gus Fagan
6 February 2014 — OurNHS
Political sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic is turning against anti-democratic trade deals – but high geopolitical and financial stakes means we shouldn’t expect those pushing the deals to give in gracefully.
Spy Agency Engaged In Internet “False Flag” Attacks
5 February 2014 — WashingtonsBlog
Spy Agency “Masqueraded As An Enemy In A ‘False Flag’ Operation”
We’ve warned since 2009 (and see this) that the government could be launching cyber “false flag attacks” in order to justify a crackdown on the Internet and discredit web activists.
Police State UK: Democratic rights under attack in Scotland By Steve James
6 February 2014 — WSWS
An unprecedented police and legal clampdown is underway in Scotland. Primarily directed against young people, an escalation of stop and search measures has been unearthed by a recent report from Edinburgh University. According to the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, the rate with which particularly youth are stopped in working class areas of Scotland is far in excess of comparable figures for London and New York.
US threats mount against journalists, Snowden By Patrick Martin
6 February 2014 — WSWS
Congressional leaders and representatives of the US military-intelligence apparatus have stepped up their threats against Edward Snowden and the journalists who have worked with him to expose massive illegal spying by the National Security Agency (NSA).
The New Dark Age 