Interesting Links for October 2016

Here's what I've found of note in October.
I'm finding immense value in increasing our attention span when it comes to news, and seeing things at a larger time scale of months instead of news-by-the-day.

Note: Many youtube videos by Inessa S, Redacted Tonight, WeAreChange and InfoWars have been left out of this list - I had seen them while not saving the links and haven't had the time to go back to them. I'll encourage you to look them up.

http://www.jantakareporter.com/india/delhi-india/najeeb-jung-mohalla-clinic/65955/
LG Najeeb Jung strips Tarun Seem who piloted Mohalla Clinic of DGHS charge

http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/honest-officers-being-removed-systematically-tweets-arvind-kejriwal-1469008
Honest Officers Being Removed Systematically, Tweets Arvind Kejriwal

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/us/nsa-leak-booz-allen-hamilton.html
The F.B.I. secretly arrested a National Security Agency contractor in recent weeks and is investigating whether he stole and disclosed highly classified computer codes developed to hack into the networks of foreign governments, according to several senior law enforcement and intelligence officials.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3123427-Harold-Martin-NSA.html
FBI Criminal Complaint Against Harold Martin, N.S.A. Contractor
The F.B.I. secretly arrested Harold Martin, an N.S.A. contractor, and is investigating whether he stole and disclosed highly classified information.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/shadow-brokers-leak-raises-alarming-question-was-the-nsa-hacked.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article
'Shadow Brokers' Leak Raises Alarming Question: Was the N.S.A. Hacked?
... By midday Tuesday Mr. Snowden himself, in a Twitter message from his exile in Moscow, declared that "circumstantial evidence and conventional wisdom indicates Russian responsibility" for publication, which he interpreted as a warning shot to the American government in case it was thinking of imposing sanctions against Russia in the cybertheft of documents from the Democratic National Committee.

http://www.infowars.com/secret-swiss-military-bunkers-being-filled-with-gold-by-billionaires-seeking-alternatives-to-bank-deposits/
Secret Swiss Military Bunkers Being Filled With Gold By Billionaires Seeking "Alternatives To Bank Deposits"
Private storage sites for the gold stash of the world's wealthiest of billionaires
...has been a huge boon for Swiss operators of private vaults which are not subject to the same transparency and reporting requirements as banks.  In fact, these super-secret, privately operated storage facilities buried around the Swiss Alps can basically store anything from anybody because they're not even required to report suspicious activity to Switzerland's Money Laundering Reporting Office.
.. "There is growth in gold," Wipfli says. "Since 2008 there has been a real interest in alternatives to bank deposits." The company explicitly taps into that demand. Swiss Data Safe "is independent from the banking system and any other organization or interest group," according to a PowerPoint presentation Wipfli shows clients. The company and its anonymous rival aren't regulated by the Swiss financial-services regulator Finma.
... according to the Swiss defense department, of the roughly 1,000 former military bunkers still in existence across Switzerland, several hundred of them have been sold to private individuals who are now operating them as private storage sites for the gold stash of the world's wealthiest of billionaires.
...  In the first half of this year, 1,357 metric tons of gold—worth about $40 billion—were imported into Switzerland, according to the Swiss customs office, putting the year on course to be the biggest since a record in 2013.
... As one (anonymous) vault operator told Bloomberg, his vault sits adjacent a private landing strip which allows quick access to his former military bunker buried in the granite face a mountain deep in the Swiss Alps.

http://www.infowars.com/sept-11-widow-is-first-american-to-sue-saudi-arabia-for-terrorism-her-full-lawsuit/
Sept 11 Widow Is First American To Sue Saudi Arabia For Terrorism: Her Full Lawsuit
.. Congress slammed Obama for siding with Saudi Arabia, overriding his presidential veto only for the first time in his administration, and enacting legislation allowing Americans to sue foreign governments for allegedly playing a role in terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.
...  It remains unclear if, now that it is about to be dragged into countless US courts, Saudi Arabia will execute on its threat from 6 months ago and proceed to sell billions in Treasuries and other US assets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGi-oPNV1hM
Putin Meets with Parents of Hero Policeman Killed by Terrorists in Dagestan, Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ATslcZZ0g
Who are actually "Assad mercenaries" killing "innocent Saudi tourists" in Aleppo, Syria?  - Russia Insider

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8mA0h7dCKI
Why Everything You Hear About Aleppo Is Wrong -
RonPaulLibertyReport
... What's really going on in Aleppo? Are Assad and Putin exterminating the population for sport? Is it a war against US-backed "moderates"? That is what the mainstream media would have us believe. We speak with Vanessa Beeley, a journalist who just returned from Aleppo for the real story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfyDgDTu0Go
Aleppo: How Americans are being lied to - LaRouchePAC Videos
... EIR's Jeff Steinberg sits down with Virginia State Senator Richard Black to discuss the reality on the ground in Aleppo, Syria vs. the lies permeating the Western press. Having recently returned from a tour of Syria, including a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Black is committed to educating his fellow Americans about how U.S./UK strategy of regime change is destroying this once prosperous, non-belligerent and progressive country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yszp-BUdqxw
China Joining Russia In Syria While Germany Prepares to Leave NATO-WW III Is Here - Military Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df4x77Mzh1s
30 U.S./Israeli Officers Killed in Russian Missile Attack - Media Silent
>> What the hell were US, Turkish, Qatari, Israeli officers doing inside an ISIS stronghold?
>> good overview of connected events

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmQ_4pf9hV8
Exposed: The REAL Reason MH17 Was Shot Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWlAARb0fN4
MH17 FULLY EXPOSED!! You Won't Believe The SHOCKING TRUTH About the Ukraine FALSE FLAG - Corbett Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LSIwvE0Nvo
Who Is REALLY Behind ISIS? - corbett report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQH-ING_yds
Who Funded Hitler? -- Questions For Corbett #008

http://thepoliticalfunda.com/Politics/Detail/Targeting_Kejriwal_wont_shut_down_Pakistan_world_media_and_UNs_questioning_of_surgical_strike20653
... Pakistan media took this opportunity and molded the whole thing to question Modi government over the proof of the surgical strike.
... After this, the Indian media completely went berserk and misinterpreted the whole thing displaying the misleading headines like 'Pakistan's hero Kejriwal' or 'Kejriwal Insults army' etc. A large section of Indians rely on these news channels to form opinion but the way they reported the whole message led the social media scream 'anti-national' rants like usual. Kejriwal never asked for the proof but appealed the Indian Prime minister to slam the Pakistan's propaganda and world media narratives by throwing some proofs to them (not him).
... Something is fishy right here. When Pakistan spreads the news (or the UN/world media) that no surgical strikes happened, we neither believe nor think over exposing their propaganda. But if someone calls to puncture the false propaganda of Pakistan, Indian government and their favorable media houses runs a completely different narrative which he didn't utter at all and slams him all over. Pakistan version of tribune also ran the false tale that Kejriwal wanted proof of surgical strike, in order to make a favorable environment. The most predictable response is "trust the army". Yes we do but let's shut up those who don't trust your claims of operation through some concrete testimony.
... Several posters have erupted in UP which displays the valor of PM Modi and self-patting BJP leaders to attract the voters. Such a shameful use of army for petty political gains is something really 'first' and 'historic'. The earlier governments never made use of the army operations in any election in spite of thrashing Pakistan a number of times. This is a new low in Indian politics
.. The government must take cognizance of the banner in poll bound UP praising PM Modi in lieu of the Indian army and must not make a mockery of India's integrity worldwide.

https://www.facebook.com/alizay.jaffer/posts/884096793617?__mref=message_bubble
Pakistani Woman's Facebook Post About 'Sibling Rivalry' Between The Two Countries Is Going Viral For The Right Reason
>> must read! hoping that one day we can grow up!

http://dailyoccupation.com/2016/10/05/wikileaks-hillary-sold-weapons-isis/
BOOM! Wikileaks Confirms Hillary Sold Weapons To ISIS

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1138414/britains-top-human-rights-lawyer-who-represented-julian-assange-and-worked-alongside-george-clooneys-wife-amal-dies-in-apparent-suicide/
Britain's top human rights lawyer who represented Julian Assange and worked alongside George Clooney's wife Amal dies in apparent suicide >> from April 2016, quite some months ago

http://indianexpress.com/article/pune/change-in-reservation-boundaries-in-pmc-will-trigger-defections-say-leaders-3071254/
>> Forget the title. This article contains good (albeit overy textual) details about changes in Pune's ward boundaries for the 2017 local body elections.


https://electrek.co/2016/07/27/tesla-powerwall-6-months-customer-review/
Tesla Powerwall: 6 months in, here's what one of the first customers has to say

http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2016/10/india-pakistan-war-diversion-from-domestic-issues/#.V_Rt6OJMCW1.facebook
9 Internal Issues The Govt. Wants You To Forget By Focusing On War With Pakistan
>> There are important links linked to in this article that will explain at length each of the 9 issues mentioned. Follow those links.
... In this critical juncture, the nation will be best served by some soul-searching in building an inclusive state that will tackle these issues rather than capitalising on a 'war on terror', a strategy that has failed much bigger powers in recent times.


http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2016/08/hyderabad-students-letter-to-modi-speech-on-dalit/
3 Hyderabad Univ. Students Express Their Disbelief At PM Modi's Speech On Dalits
... That you and your government once again went silent, has convinced us that we should not get too carried away with the Prime Minister's addresses to the nation, no matter how passionately they are made.
>> Precisely. No matter which leadership we're looking at, NEVER rely only on their statements. Put a LOT more attention on what they are actually DOING.
... But here in Hyderabad, when we Dalit research scholars started quoting from the writings of Babasaheb Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, we were branded as anti-nationals by Bandaru Dattatreya, a minister in your own cabinet. No action was taken against him. When we organised 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Babasaheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar with Hon'ble Prakash Ambedkar, Grandson of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar as Chief Guest, he was prevented at the main gate of the university under the instruction of Podile Apparao, Vice-Chancellor, UoH.
... If the words of the Prime Minister are disowned by the ministers in cabinet what trust can there be in the government? If words are not translated into actions, what is the value of those words in itself?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ren0vHuq-1A
HILLARY CLINTON'S HORROR SHOW: Revealed by Wikileaks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htv7EO9oORE
Message Sent? 40 Million Russians Head To Bunkers For Oct. 4th-7th Drill

http://helenastales.weebly.com/blogue/inner-earth-civilizations-may-soon-reveal-themselves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf94RPsOg3s
Author and researcher David Wilcock told C2C that an alliance of ancient civilizations currently residing inside the Earth may be soon reveal themselves to the world.

http://www.infowars.com/hillary-in-leaked-email-saudi-arabia-and-qatar-are-funding-isis/
HILLARY IN LEAKED EMAIL: SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR ARE FUNDING ISIS
Clinton sent the email on August 17, 2014 to Podesta
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3774

http://www.infowars.com/white-house-government-should-tread-carefully-on-ai/

http://www.infowars.com/uncovered-abc-footage-shows-bill-clinton-groping-an-assistant-before-realizing-the-camera-is-on/

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/7011#efmAjtAvV
Hillary Clinton personally deleted the emails herself

http://on.rt.com/7rrq
US military strikes Yemeni 'radar sites' in response to missile attack on navy destroyer


http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/government-slashes-army-s-disability-pensions-116100900688_1.html
While 'surgical strikes' were under way, govt cut Army's disability pensions
New rules to come into effect retrospectively from January 1
... If a young soldier with severe injuries — what cold medical jargon terms "100 per cent disability" — from that operation had been invalided out from service, he would have found his monthly pension slashed from Rs 45,200 to just Rs 27,200 — down by Rs 18,000 a month.
... "Shocked is an understatement to describe what we feel," said a top serving general. "Instead of joining us in celebrating the strikes, the MoD has stabbed us in the back."
... news is filtering through the army hierarchy that the slashing of disability pensions includes not just battle disability pensions, but also pensions for medical disabilities found to be attributable to, or aggravated by, military service. These include training accidents, including parachuting, respiratory ailments caused by long exposure to extreme altitudes, loss of digits/limbs due to frostbite, etc.
... It scraps a decade-old system that the Sixth Central Pay Commission (6th CPC) instituted in 2006. In that, disability pensions arising from battle injuries, or disabilities attributable to/aggravated by military service, were calculated on a "percentage basis", related to the last pay drawn.
... Now, for unspecified reasons, disability pensions will be calculated according to a far less generous "slab system" that existed earlier. The 7CPC has proposed, and the government accepted, that the earlier system be reinstated.

Counter-claim by govt:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Government-trashes-media-reports-says-disability-pension-not-reduced-but-significantly-increased/articleshow/54785090.cms
Government trashes media reports, says 'disability pension not reduced, but significantly increased'
>> Unfortunately the precise data points shared in the earlier news were not specifically addressed in this rebuttal. It appears that there's been a rise and then a down. At least one commenter on this article has claimed to be disabled soldier whose pension has been halved.

>> The proof will lie in the paychecks; hoping some real journalists get in touch with disabled soldiers of various kinds and produce copied of their pension payments. Also, the "retrospectively from Jan 1" part is a huge concern. Does this mean that all the disabled soldiers who have gotten paid in the 9 months of this year have to refund/take the balance amount? We've seen the problems with retrospective decision making even in the case of the foreign funding laws (where a court verdict indicting Congress & BJP for taking foreign funding might be made null and void) and recently even in Delhi govt's case where over 2 years of operations are suddenly under threat due to a recent high court verdict.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0VRnYq4tdI
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Press Conference, video uploaded 9 Oct.
An article on the press conference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-chief-minister-arvind-kejriwal-addresses-press-meet-on-tussle-with-lt-governor-najeeb-jung/article9204341.ece
There is no LG vs CM, Jung in tussle with Delhiites: Kejriwal
>> some homework for readers : See the video, and then read the article. The journalist was reporting on the same thing you just watched. Do you think s/he might have left out anything important?


http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/10/syrian-refugees-terrorist-plot-jaber-al-bakr/503678/#article-comments
>>bullshit, that man was probably framed, explosives were planted in his apartment and then he was hanged in jail to cover up and protect the real terrorists. We've seen this game before. There's never only just one man involved. The ISIS are plain bloodthirsty scoundrels, not so devoted to any cause that they would consider killing themselves. "How did he manage to hang himself" >> hello, the question should be "who benefited by getting this link in the chain murdered before proper questioning could uncover the truth?"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3235972/How-genuine-Europe-locks-borders-eye-witnesses-claim-fewer-refugees-Germany-Syrian-ISIS-infiltrators.html
How many are genuine? As Europe locks down its borders, eye witnesses claim fewer than a third of refugees who have made it to Germany are Syrian – and some are even ISIS infiltrators
...'Look at them!' he says. 'They pretend to be migrants from my country, but they lie. Their skin is blacker than ours. I know they are Arab-speaking Muslims from Sudan in Africa. Every day, more Africans, Afghanis, Iraqis, Iranians, Lebanese, and lots of others, slip through the door opened by Germany to us Syrians.'
...Joachim Hermann, the interior minister of Germany's Bavaria (coping with enormous arrivals from Austria), said stricter rules were needed. 'We have established in the past few days that many en route here are not really refugees,' he said.
... In Berlin, Mohammad and Ismail told me less than a third of migrants in Germany, or on their way there, are from Syria. When I questioned this astonishing claim, they insisted they were right, calling over three friends who had travelled with them, who all said the same.
... 'In our reception centre there are many, including the three Sudanese girls, who pretend to be from our country. Yet these people have different hair, different faces and speak Arabic in a different accent to us.
'We first realised back in Turkey, when we waited to get a boat to Lesbos in Greece, migrants from other Arab-speaking countries were claiming to be Syrian,'
...'The traffickers were selling them identity cards, either stolen from us Syrians, or faked, ready to show the Germans.'
Trade in these documents — produced by trafficking gangs in forgery factories — is booming.
...'Trafficking in Syrian passports is an extremely lucrative trade for smugglers. People who use them mostly speak Arabic, they may come from Africa or the Middle East, but they have the profile of economic migrants, not refugees.'
He added: 'A lot have fake Syrian papers because they know they'll get asylum in the EU more easily.'
Just this week, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees estimated that only half of the 381,000 people who have landed this year in Italy and Greece — the two main entry points for migrants — are Syrian. Others come from all over the Middle East and Africa.
....In a further alarming twist, Islamic State has seized a cache of 3,800 blank Syrian passports, with registration numbers, from former Syrian government buildings in Raqqa, the city it now controls.
....The other day a dangerous ISIS terrorist, posing as an 'asylum seeker', was discovered at a refugee centre in Stuttgart, Germany. The 21-year-old Moroccan — wanted in Spain, where he is accused of recruiting terrorists for ISIS — was using a 'fake identity', thought to be Syrian.
....And German customs authorities have intercepted packages posted from Bulgaria containing 10,000 fake and stolen Syrian passports, destined to be sold for £1,200 each.
...As a smartly dressed German woman, passing by an overwhelmed asylum processing centre in Berlin, said to me pointedly: 'It seems that everyone wants to be Syrian now.'


http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/53081
(Putin's) Answers to questions from French journalists from TF1 TV channel
The interview was recorded on October 11, 2016 in Kovrov, Vladimir Region.
... Remember what Libya or Iraq looked like before these countries and their organisations were destroyed as states by our Western partners' forces?
... But whatever the case, these states showed no signs of terrorism. They were not a threat for Paris, for the Cote d'Azur, for Belgium, for Russia, or for the United States. Now, they are the source of terrorist threats. Our goal is to prevent the same from happening in Syria.
... But the Americans insisted that we first need to declare a ceasefire and then they will take care of separating the terrorists from the non-terrorists. Finally, we agreed to make concessions, agreed to their terms, and on September 12 declared a day of silence and cessation of hostilities. On September 16, American aircraft launched a strike against Syrian army forces that killed 80 people.
... At this same moment, immediately after the airstrike, ISIS launched an offensive in this very same place. Our American colleagues told us that this airstrike was made by error. This error cost the lives of 80 people and, also just coincidence, perhaps, ISIS took the offensive immediately afterwards.
... At the same time, lower down the ranks, at the operations level, one of the American military service personnel said quite frankly that they spent several days preparing this strike. How could they make an error if they were several days in preparation?
... This is how our ceasefire agreement ended up broken. Who broke the agreement? Was it us? No.
...For example, we send our American partners information and often get no response at all. Some time ago, we sent information on the Tsarnaev brothers. We sent the first document, got no response, sent a second document, and got the response that this is not your business, they are US citizens now and we will take care of things ourselves. The result was a terrorist attack in the USA. Is this not an example of how we end up with losses if we neglect cooperation in this very sensitive area?

Related: Boston Marathon bombing:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/24/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-speak
>> shit, so the Boston Marathon bombing happened despite the US getting warned by Russian Intelligence about them. Or rather, was it deliberately allowed to happen? Who will guard us from the guards if they're more secure when we're not?


http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/53065
Vladimir Putin met with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a special session of the 23rd World Energy Congress.


http://www.infowars.com/predictable-msm-and-clinton-campaign-roll-out-trumps-war-on-women/
... the article carries an embedded document that appears to be a strategy memo from the Clinton campaign. And it's... holy mother of God, it covers.... you're going to have to read this to believe it!

.. Although rated a toss-up by national pundits and within striking distance by national polling, internals show that Clinton is dangerously behind Trump (polling -6) with her strongest constituency of unmarried white women.
... In order to prepare the field for the national election we will need to enforce that Clinton has a substantial advantage in voter enthusiasm as bandwagon effects are most effective with the target demographics.
... Yard Sign Capture: The visible show of support for Trump must be mitigated in middle class and affluent white suburbs. Black Pod will run distributed operations to collect and destroy opposition signs as well as to distribute Clinton signs to strike-list homes where we believe the occupant demographically may favor Clinton. Pro-Clinton signs will be distributed without asking for consent as we believe that potential Clinton voters may be reluctant to display a sign but will not remove one if it magically appears.
... Bumper Sticker Targeting:  Spotters for Black Pod will be organized into three teams covering Levittown, Yardley, and Warminster. They will identify vehicles, especially female-driven high-end SUVs displaying Trump advertising and will deface the vehicles to create a psychological climate unfavorable to such displays.
... Pro-Clinton Modeling: Black-Pod daylight operations will engage female models with aspirational wardrobe, jewelry/accessory, cosmetics, and body-fat levels to frequent shopping areas, salons, and parks to positively model pro-Clinton signifiers (such as "I'm With Her" shirts or hand-bags or "Ready For Hillary" bumper stickers on vehicles). Operatives will track views and interactions with models. Models will be coached in pro-Clinton messaging.
... The local/community-news site Topix has a significant footprint in the PA-08 area. We will be creating a user account in the identity of Katie Wagner-Fox (top 5% 'whitest' names), an upscale / aspirational white young woman (married) who will be a mouth-piece for pro-Clinton views. A CTR team will handle on-line engagements to disrupt Trump supporters and encourage potential  pro-Clinton females. We are aware that there will be a major messaging drop coming in the next few days and need to  promote emotional triggers for SEXISM, MISOGINY, and RAPE CULTURE. Please have female staffers on hand to help guide gender-targeted messaging and provide authentic voice.
... Black Pod operatives will recruit negro agents to visit potential-Trump houses of female voters. Presentation will mix non-verbal intimidation (personal-space invasion, direct-prolonged eye contact, elevated shoulders, hoodie-style clothing) with articulate speech and basic persuasion markers. When the target feels intimidated by the subtextual intimidation, the textual communication will create a WHITE GUILT trigger in her.
... This will either suppress or possibly even redirect potentially pro-Trump female voters.

>> if this isn't psychological warfare, what is?


http://www.infowars.com/behind-closed-doors-hillary-clinton-sympathized-with-goldman-sachs-over-financial-reform/
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, HILLARY CLINTON SYMPATHIZED WITH GOLDMAN SACHS OVER FINANCIAL REFORM
Clinton praised Deutsche Bank in a 2014 speech
... EXCERPTS OF HILLARY CLINTON'S previously secret speeches to big banks and trade groups in 2013 and 2014 show her exalting the work of her hosts, hardly a surprise when these groups paid her up to $225,000 an hour to chat them up.
... Far from chiding Goldman Sachs for obstructing Democratic proposals for financial reform, Clinton appeared to sympathize with the giant investment bank. At a Goldman Sachs Alternative Investments Symposium in October 2013, Clinton almost apologized for the Dodd-Frank reform bill, explaining that it had to pass "for political reasons," because "if you were an elected member of Congress and people in your constituency were losing jobs and shutting businesses and everybody in the press is saying it's all the fault of Wall Street, you can't sit idly by and do nothing."


http://www.infowars.com/wikileaks-clinton-surrogates-wanted-to-fool-bitching-bernie-voters-into-supporting-hillary/
WIKILEAKS: CLINTON SURROGATES WANTED TO FOOL "BITCHING" BERNIE VOTERS INTO SUPPORTING HILLARY
"His people will think they've "won" something from the Party Establishment"
... In the email, Siegel explains how Bernie's "sometimes self-righteous ideologues" could be fooled "to go home happy and enthusiastic in working their asses off for Hillary."
... "So here's my idea. Bernie and his people have been bitching about super delegates and the huge percentage that have come out for Hillary," wrote Siegel.
"Why not throw Bernie a bone and reduce the super delegates in the future to the original draft of members of the House and Senate, governors and big city mayors, eliminating the DNC members who are not State chairs or vice-Chairs. (Frankly, DNC members don't really represent constituencies anyway. I should know. I served on the DNC first as Executive Director and then as an elected member for 10 years.)
So if we "give" Bernie this in the Convention's rules committee, his people will think they've "won" something from the Party Establishment. And it functionally doesn't make any difference anyway. They win. We don't lose. Everyone is happy."


http://www.infowars.com/this-is-war-trump-drafting-lawsuit-against-new-york-times-for-story-he-groped-and-kissed-women/
"THIS IS WAR" – TRUMP DRAFTING LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK TIMES FOR STORY HE GROPED AND KISSED WOMEN
A new distraction had to emerge to keep the public distracted
... "It is absurd to think that one of the most recognizable business leaders on the planet with a strong record of empowering women in his companies would do the things alleged in this story, and for this to only become public decades later in the final month of a campaign for president should say it all," Trump spokesman Jason Miller said.


http://www.infowars.com/heres-why-haitians-are-urging-you-not-to-donate-to-the-red-cross/
HERE'S WHY HAITIANS ARE URGING YOU NOT TO DONATE TO THE RED CROSS
"A large portion of the funds... ended up squandered by the organization"
... many of the investigative reports exploring their role in the controversy revolved around the political dynasty's use of their influence within government; some of the foundation's top donors were granted exclusive contracts to "rebuild" Haiti.  In one example, companies who received contracts thanks to their influence with the Clintons provided substandard classroom trailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPBdW2wXpc
Fox News Cuts off Girl Telling the Truth About Russia
The media will not mention that Geiorgia was attacked first and that Russia retaliated in self defence.

http://www.infowars.com/fbi-files-on-hillarys-emails-reveal-shadow-government-was-in-charge-of-her-investigation/
FBI FILES ON HILLARY'S EMAILS REVEAL "SHADOW GOVERNMENT" WAS IN CHARGE OF HER INVESTIGATION
Document literally refers to group as "the shadow government"
... The revelation that there is a group literally known as "the shadow government" within the State Department, proven by FBI documents, is going to be hard for the mainstream media to dismiss as another "tin foil hat" conspiracy theory.

http://www.infowars.com/report-john-kerry-demanded-ecuador-stop-wikileaks-publishing-clinton-documents/
REPORT: JOHN KERRY DEMANDED ECUADOR STOP WIKILEAKS PUBLISHING CLINTON DOCUMENTS
Assange's Internet cut off after release of Hillary's Goldman Sachs speeches
... "We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs speeches," the organization tweeted.


http://www.infowars.com/if-this-proxy-war-continues-america-and-russia-will-come-to-a-point-of-war/
US AND RUSSIA COULD 'START THIRD WORLD WAR OVER SYRIA CONFLICT', SAYS TURKEY
The world is "on the brink of the beginning of a large regional or global war"

http://www.infowars.com/kremlin-insider-war-might-begin-even-before-u-s-elections/
KREMLIN INSIDER: 'WAR MIGHT BEGIN EVEN BEFORE U.S. ELECTIONS'
Urges citizens to stockpile cans of food
... While Americans are kept distracted by the media's obsession with Donald Trump's alleged mistreatment of women, Russians have very different priorities. State-owned television stations are urging citizens to find out where their nearest nuclear bomb shelter is located, while managers of the Zenit Arena, a huge half-built stadium in St. Petersburg, recently received an official letter from the Ministry of Emergency Situations demanding that they create underground facilities that will be used to protect citizens from nuclear fallout.

http://www.infowars.com/russian-tv-u-s-could-stage-fake-provocation-to-launch-war/
RUSSIAN TV: U.S. COULD STAGE FAKE "PROVOCATION" TO LAUNCH WAR
Prime time host warns of secret plot

http://www.infowars.com/one-day-biden-declares-cyber-war-next-day-assange-is-cut-off-from-internet-hmmm/
ONE DAY BIDEN DECLARES CYBER WAR, NEXT DAY ASSANGE IS CUT OFF FROM INTERNET. HMMM…
The Obama administration is apparently psychopathic and ready for nuclear war to protect their darling candidate's crimes from being exposed


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy43yskCyLQ
EMERGENCY! War Declared on Russia By Soros Controlled U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuH5Utoiazg
War With Russia Is The Democrat's Oct. Surprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ZaIvHjJCA
Donald Trump's Final Message to America.
>> More of Alex Jones' moment of clarity for the millennials / trendies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slpiNLeLNRY
Donald Trumps Last Speech Before The Final Presidential Debate 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I9Ryai-oaw
Sheriff Clarke Brings Down The House At Trump Rally - It Is Pitchforks and Torches Time in America!
>> some points on liberal democrats policies failing the poor in America
... "Don't pay any attention to the polls. The only poll that matters is the one on Nov 8 (election day) in which you are in charge and where you get to cast your vote"
>> isn't this true? Isn't the entire exercise of polling before elections only serving to distort the vote at the end of the day? Why can't we simplify this whole thing by cutting these polls out and instead concentrating on the manifestos, promises of the competing candidates? Who cares if one candidate was leading or trailing some months before the election, when their manifestos, committments, plans haven't even been fully laid out and shared yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q81lYuTaSU
US Media Hides WW3 Crisis From Public

>> even if Russia DID hack the DNC and exposed all those emails... shouldn't that earn praise and gratitude instead of war threats?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-price-the-new-democracy-goldman-sachs-conquers-europe-6264091.html
What price the new democracy? Goldman Sachs conquers Europe
While ordinary people fret about austerity and jobs, the eurozone's corridors of power have been undergoing a remarkable transformation
...  but the current consensus in the eurozone is that the creditors of bigger nations like Italy and Spain must be paid in full. These creditors, of course, are the continent's big banks, and it is their health that is the primary concern of policymakers.
... "My former colleagues at the IMF are running around trying to justify bailouts of €1.5trn-€4trn, but what does that mean?" says Simon Johnson. "It means bailing out the creditors 100 per cent. It is another bank bailout, like in 2008: The mechanism is different, in that this is happening at the sovereign level not the bank level, but the rationale is the same."
... So certain is the financial elite that the banks will be bailed out, that some are placing bet-the-company wagers on just such an outcome.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/to-understand-the-islamist-beheading-of-a-french-priest-i-remembered-the-words-of-a-man-whose-monks-a7158506.html
To understand the Islamist beheading of a French priest, we must remember what happened 20 years earlier
>> Horrific things have been happening in the past too, particularly where people have been caught up between two equally brutal sides.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/isis-syria-radical-islam-extremism-not-radicalised-infantilised-young-muslims-robert-fisk-a7184746.html
Isis has not radicalised young Muslims, it has infantilised them – ...
... he speaks of Bloody Sunday – he was 39 then – as "the day when I lost any romantic notions or ambivalence that I may have had about the morality of the use of arms as a means of resolving our poltical problems."
>> This didn't go fully in the direction that I was thinking in, though it gave a good start.


http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/saudi-arabia-cannot-pay-its-workers-or-bills-yet-continues-to-fund-a-war-in-yemen-a7232466.html#
Saudi Arabia cannot pay its workers or bills – yet continues to fund a war in Yemen
In Saudi Arabia itself, the government seems unable to cope with the crisis. The 'Arab News' says that 31,000 Saudi and other foreign workers have lodged complaints with the government's labour ministry over unpaid wages. On one occasion, the Indian consulate and expatriates brought food to the workers so that their people should not starve
... Almost unreported outside the Kingdom, the country's big construction magnates – including that of the Binladen group – have not been paid by the Saudi government for major construction projects and a portion of the army of Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and other workers have received no wages, some of them for up to seven months.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfOo3zApf8Y
Russians Told To Return Home! What Putin Knows That We DON'T!!!
...As of Tuesday, October 11th, 2016, Russian-based website Znak released a cryptic report — in which Russian officials, deputies, regional administrations, and public staff were advised to return home to Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EWfOMe5zn0
First Russia, Now China Warns Its Citizens To Prepare For War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvSlgahWeWE
HUGE PUTIN ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO THE UNITED STATES
... Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the termination of the plutonium processing agreement with the US, for hostile action by Washington against Russia and he set several conditions for its renewal – first, a "reduction of military infrastructure and the size of US contingent troops located in NATO countries who became members after September 1, 2000, to the level at which they were on the day of this agreement entering into force."
... The US proved unable to fulfill their obligations to the contract. The exact reason to terminate the agreement is the American method of processing the plutonium. The agreement call for the nuclear material to be processed "irreversibly". Since 2010, the US stopped processing "irreversibly" and has only been burying the material, enabling them to produce nuclear munitions uncontrollably.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLulYW5nYIs
Thailand Is Now Part Of China | China Uncensored


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvSf1yhR_xo
Why Is Everybody Celebrating A Bloody Communist Takeover? | China Uncensored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNZlOl-hI-M
China's Secret Plan to Control the Internet | China Uncensored
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2155380-china-is-gaining-control-of-the-global-internet/
China Could Control the Global Internet After Oct. 1 The handover of ICANN, the body that governs domain name registration, fits into a strategy by the Chinese regime to determine how the internet is run


http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2163987-americas-hidden-unemployment-crisis/
America's Hidden Unemployment Crisis
Millions have stopped looking for work yet go uncounted in the Unemployment Figures
... The unemployment figure Yellen referenced is called the U3 unemployment rate. It measures everyone who has actively sought a job in the past four weeks and is what people most often refer to when they discuss the unemployment rate.
... Clifton points out that if someone is discouraged and has stopped looking for work, then that person is not counted in the U3 number as unemployed. He also notes that if someone works just one hour a week and is paid $20, he or she is not counted as unemployed.
... "More and more manufacturing has gone overseas," Dulak said. "It can be a dirty, polluting industry [electroplating] if you don't do it right, because the benefits of say going over to China are there. Cheap labor, pollution standards aren't as strong."



Delhi Govt Twitter Handles
1. @DGNewsFlash - https://twitter.com/DGNewsFlash
2. @DGNewsQuotes- https://twitter.com/DGNewsQuotes
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4. @DGFactFile- https://twitter.com/DGFactFile
5. @DGNewsClips- https://twitter.com/DGNewsClips


Just watched about this on Epic channel: Balaknama, a newspaper run by street kids in Delhi : http://www.thebetterindia.com/51773/balaknama-street-children-newspaper-delhi-chetna-badte-kadam/  main site: http://www.bkindia.org/en/home-2/

http://www.infowars.com/hillary-grins-her-way-through-debate-smiles-at-mention-of-isis-human-rights-abuses/
HILLARY GRINS HER WAY THROUGH DEBATE; SMILES AT MENTION OF ISIS, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
What's So Funny?

http://www.infowars.com/jill-stein-issues-new-hillary-ww3-warning/
JILL STEIN ISSUES NEW HILLARY WW3 WARNING
"If Hillary gets elected we're kind of going to war with Russia folks"

http://www.infowars.com/donna-brazile-freaks-out-after-megyn-kelly-asks-how-she-got-debate-question-in-advance/
DONNA BRAZILE FREAKS OUT AFTER MEGYN KELLY ASKS HOW SHE GOT DEBATE QUESTION IN ADVANCE
I'm sure it's just a coincidence

http://www.infowars.com/wikileaks-emails-prove-obama-lied-when-he-said-he-didnt-know-hillary-was-using-unsecure-email-server/
WIKILEAKS EMAILS PROVE OBAMA LIED WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW HILLARY WAS USING UNSECURE EMAIL SERVER
"They know POTUS and HRC emailed"


http://www.infowars.com/lol-lyin-media-triggered-after-trump-says-hell-wait-and-see-before-accepting-election-results/
LOL: LYIN' MEDIA TRIGGERED AFTER TRUMP SAYS HE'LL WAIT AND SEE BEFORE ACCEPTING ELECTION RESULTS
Mr. Trump, don't you realize you're supposed to surrender this country to the international banks Hillary's plotting in secret with to destroy U.S. sovereignty?

http://www.infowars.com/abandoned-son-of-bill-clinton-holds-historic-press-conference/
ABANDONED 'SON' OF BILL CLINTON HOLDS HISTORIC PRESS CONFERENCE
Danny Williams reveals story to press before final presidential debate


http://www.india.com/news/india/beware-over-30-lakh-sbi-yes-bank-icici-hdfc-axis-bank-debit-cards-exposed-to-atm-hack-1602119/
Beware! Over 30 Lakh SBI, Yes Bank, ICICI, HDFC & Axis Bank debit cards exposed to ATM hack
The recent incident highlights new security challenges for banks, as the breach seems to be directly connected with the Hardware Security Module (HSM)
>> aren't these hacks happening.. like.. so much more nowadays?


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Government-looks-to-press-ahead-with-GM-mustard/articleshow/54822353.cms
Government looks to press ahead with GM mustard (13 Oct'16)
>> serious lying going on here. "Consultations at the highest levels in government have concluded that the GM crop has benefits" >> what conclusion? What "highest levels"? Are they implying that the PM's office has concluded this? Even the safety data has not been released. SC-appointed member of GEAC, Pushpa Bhargava has openly stated criticism that allowing commercial use would be disastrous as multinational organisations would take over Indian agriculture. Was this consultation dropped? Where is the conclusion?
... "Though there might be some delay as the government re-engages anti-GM opinion, the direction seems to be in favour of commercial release. "
>> so TOI states that Modi Sarkar, BJP is pro-GMO. Can we please be clear about this, confirm it once and for all and make our next electoral decisions accordingly?

http://scroll.in/article/772215/sangh-parivar-groups-fighting-gm-mustard-run-into-a-new-opponent-sangh-parivar-groups
Sangh Parivar groups fighting GM mustard run into a new opponent – Sangh Parivar groups
A few organisations linked to the RSS are pushing acceptance of genetically modified mustard as it comes up for regulatory approval.
...  The strategy is simple: get an impressive number of scientists specialising in genetic modification, among them a clutch of former ICAR heavyweights, to talk about the benefits of the technology and the urgent need for India to adopt it. Also, rope in the top companies selling GM seeds, such as Mahyco (it is partly owned by global agribiotech giant Monsanto), to talk about the food security concerns in India and the need to improve the economic condition of the country's impoverished farmers.
... Playing a pivotal role in putting it all together is an unlikely figure – Ashok Chowgule, executive director of Chowgule & Company, a large Goa-based industrial group with interests in iron ore mineral, shipbuilding, industrial explosives among others. Although agriculture is far removed from his business interests, Chowgule is passionate about GM technology as "the way forward" for agriculture. In his newfound zeal, the corporate executive has been a godsend to the pro-GM groups.
... In an interview with this writer, Chowgule says the objective of the Pune symposium was to find out "how we can together, project the right picture to the people at large. And try and wean away the people from the emotionalised campaign of the anti-GMO activists". He accuses them of being not only "anti-science but they conduct themselves in an unethical way by projecting the technology as causing harm". He singles out Vandana Shiva, champion of sustainable agriculture, and Greenpeace for knowingly spreading falsehoods about the dangers of GM technology. Even though "they have been exposed", they have been able to "intellectually terrorise the government authorities all over the world into doing their bidding", says Chowgule.
... It is significant that Gujarat, unlike neighbouring states, has not allowed field trials of GM food crops.
... The controversial GM mustard is a hybrid variety called DMH 11 and it was tested in Rajasthan and Punjab. In a research project funded by the National Dairy Development Board, the supposedly high-yielding variety was developed by Delhi University genetics professor Deepak Pental at the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants.
... Cloak of secrecy : Since the Modi government came to power, the regulatory process on GM has been brought under a tighter cloak of secrecy. Even innocuous information such as the agenda of GEAC meetings is no longer publicly available, much less what is being approved and how it was done.
... that repeated efforts including RTI requests have remained unanswered since 2006. In the latest RTI query, biosafety information was denied to ASHA on the grounds that "it was under process" although under a Supreme Court order all biosafety reports, the biology of the crop and related literature have to be placed in the public domain.


http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/officially-shy-but-narendra-modi-govt-weighs-gm-options/story-89VQnnd87Zgyq2QrhwiJVN.html
Officially shy, but Narendra Modi govt weighs GM options
>> got this on email. Imp note by sharer: Envi Min Prakash Javdekar is pro GM n he is supporting Sharad Pawar for GM sugarcane in the name of drought. Surprisingly they do not want to advertise about traditional organic farming technics, some of which use just 10 % water for sugarcane and with zero chemical gives more tonnage and more sugar per 100 KG of sugarcane.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/gujarat-farmers-body-3-apmcs-join-chorus-against-gm-mustard/article7851576.ece
Gujarat farmers' body, 3 APMCs join chorus against GM mustard

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/gm-trials-sharad-pawar-tells-pm-narendra-modi-to-scrap-rule-jairam-ramesh-brought/
GM trials: Sharad Pawar tells PM Modi to scrap rule Jairam brought
Ramesh, then environment minister, had made it mandatory for developers of GM varieties to obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the concerned state government before going ahead with field trial.
>> note from sharer: This industry man gets active only on useless things like this, of course. No time to look at issues like farm suicides but lots of time to send off industry-penned letters.

http://www.rediff.com/business/column/column-when-will-you-speak-on-gm-crops-mr-modi/20150224.htm
When will you speak on GM crops, Mr Modi?
>> this one's a pro-GMO one, but raises the same v.imp question : why can't our PM do a Mann-ki-Baat on GMOs? Why not take a stand? Is it because he's in a situation where he's going to loose supporters one way and funders the other? Is there a conflict of interest between nation's interests and funders' interests?

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/many-states-skip-meet-on-gm-crops/article9252468.ece
Many States skip meet on GM crops
... They also allege that results of tests on GM mustard weren't fully open to public scrutiny and the clearance violates recommendations of a Supreme Court-constituted expert committee on how GM crops ought to be tested. The Supreme Court is yet to pass an order on these issues.
>> so with the matter still pending in court, Central govt is still pushing GMOs ahead.

http://indiagminfo.org/?p=1483
Farmer Unions, Scientists, and Consumers write to Modi urging him to Stop GM Mustard as GM regulators close public feedback time, without putting out data in public domain - Press Release by  Coalition For A GM Free India

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/over-700-comments-received-on-gm-mustard-environment-ministry-116100601317_1.html
Over 700 comments received on GM Mustard: Environment Ministry


http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gm-mustard-no-deadline-extension-for-feedback-on-biosafety-116100501064_1.html
GM Mustard: No deadline extension for feedback on biosafety

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/gm-crops-not-simply-a-vision-thing/article9184876.ece
Not simply a vision thing (about GMOs)
... Building promises is very similar to building facts, notes Cynthia Selin who studies the intersection of science, technology and society. It is the promise and vision of the future that then becomes key in generating a constellation that provides social and political legitimacy on the one hand, and much-needed financial resources on the other. Bt cotton, Bt brinjal and many technologies of the future exist through the expectations they generate and mobilise about the future. The act of developing a technology, therefore, is as much work inside the laboratory as it should be of engaging with the state and society and with their various concerns and questions. This will not be possible if the public is seen as ignorant or ill-informed, and the activist reactionary or an agent of vested interests. The contestation is, in fact, over the vision of S&T, of society and, for that matter, of the future itself.
.. In the case of GM mustard, work was done at Delhi University using public money provided by the government. And yet it needed the Central Information Commissioner to say that biosafety data around GM organisms should be available in the public domain.
... What explains, for instance, this deficit of trust in the public and in democratic mechanisms set up by the very institutions that provide the resources and the legitimacy for these new technologies? Is it an anxiety about failure of the technologist or of the technology itself? Or is it about the stakes involved in the socio-technical-economic system that has been mobilised to create the legitimacy in the first place? Does it say something about the potential failure of an imaginary technology that is based exclusively on the promise of the future? Can the narrative be one of hope and promise alone with no space for doubt or the possibility of any failure at all?
... TV 2035 (India's Technology Vision 2035) sees people opposed to certain technologies like nuclear and big dams as a barrier to their dreams. These then need to be addressed through better governance and not better technological design because "bottlenecks lie in policy and not technology".

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/monsanto-stops-release-of-new-bt-cotton-tech/article9032692.ece
Monsanto stops release of new Bt cotton tech
>> from Aug 2016. Relevant? Bayer has bought Monsanto, now they'll release it.

Side thing that came out in this article:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/gm-crops-not-simply-a-vision-thing/article9184876.ece
... On a visit to Kashmir, a conciliatory Home Minister Rajnath Singh offered to engage with anyone who was interested in finding a solution to the crisis there. "I will be staying at the Nehru Guest House. Those who believe in Kashmiriyat, Insaniyat and Jamhooriyat are welcome," he tweeted in an effort to reach out to all. It was as much an invocation of the political and the democratic promise as it was of the technological promise of modern communications. The irony only came forth when he was asked how this message of the Home Minister would reach the people when the government itself had blocked Internet services.
>> whoa, smack down! He did not ensure to spread the message out in printed flyers, posters etc.. just tweeted it while an internet blackout was going on in Kashmir. Which means the tweet wasn't for Kashmiris, it was to impress the twitterrati and the media to convey an image of dialogue-friendliness.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rss-outfit-faces-anti-national-barb-over-genetically-modified-crop-event/story-Pr8NbQZbW6WvfnEhZPb86I.html
RSS outfit faces 'anti-national' barb over genetically modified crop event
>> fact-check here : "discredited" Seralini has won a court case proving his discrediting was illegal. He's been re-credited. HT missed mentioning that.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/is-modi-preparing-to-defy-rss-outfit-on-gm-mustard-rollout/story-YyyfjofzjWqBglQ16DzKLL.html
Is Modi preparing to defy RSS outfit on GM mustard rollout?
... At a meeting held in August, Modi had called upon three cabinet ministers and four top bureaucrats to carry out a thorough and speedy assessment of GM mustard. Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, environment minister Anil Dave, science and technology minister Harsh Vardhan and the secretaries of these ministries had attended the meeting, two sources have told HT.
Modi watched a presentation by the biotechnology department on GM mustard and then got a lowdown from Prof Deepak Pental – the lead scientist behind the project. Analysts view this as a sign that Modi favours GM technology as a policy option in agriculture.
... In its 2014 election manifesto, the BJP had said GM crops would not be allowed without a study of its "long-term" effects.
... "GM is not acceptable," Ashwini Mahajan, leader of the RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch, told HT. "We provided proof to the Prime Minister that GM mustard is neither indigenous nor capable of providing high yields. It will ultimately benefit multinationals like Bayer."

http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/don-t-give-go-ahead-to-gm-mustard-farmers-and-activists-tell-mp-govt/story-jpZ2NsCx718qvmC3qpBsMO.html
Don't give go ahead to GM mustard, farmers and activists tell MP govt

http://www.theweek.in/theweek/current/gene-modified-mustard.html
Cross spice - Gene-modified, herbicide-tolerant mustard could be marketed from October
... Organic farmers fear a loss of demand once the new crop is introduced. "We told the minister that there is an imminent threat to our status as organic farmers, right to free choice, seed autonomy and biodiversity," said Neelam, a woman farmer from Jhajjar, Haryana. "GM mustard will destroy not just organic farming, but also purity of centuries-old traditional mustard varieties forever."
... Kavitha Kuruganti, convener of Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture, said members of the GEAC had conflict of interest. In addition to Sesikeran's case, she named Dr C.R. Babu, pro vice chancellor of Delhi University. She said Babu and Deepak Pental, developer of DHM-11, were "from the same university and were good friends".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Government-stares-at-Bt-brinjal-moment-before-taking-call-on-GM-mustard/articleshow/54681907.cms
Government stares at Bt brinjal moment before taking call on GM mustard

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-commercial-release-of-gm-mustard-for-now/story-zxdV88VLOEgfH7i0jS2ZrJ.html
No commercial release of GM mustard for now (8 Oct '16)
... The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard crop in India and asked the central government to first take suggestion and views of the public on the controversial subject. A bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice AM Khanwilkar told the Centre not to commercially release GM mustard till October 17, when it will hear the issue in detail. Additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta agreed with the bench's direction.



An email from ASHA (Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture):
Our reaction to media coverage on 7 "farmer organisations" urging the Prime Minister to rollout the commercialisation of GM mustard:

* More than 57 major farmer unions have already come out against the approval of GM mustard. These include Bhartiya Kisan Union, Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, All India Kisan Sabha, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangh and others. Kisan Ekta has recently passed a detailed resolution on this matter in their last convention. Further, as per the National Policy for Farmers, beekeepers and women agricultural workers also are Farmers. More than 5 lakh beekeepers in India, through the Confederation of Beekeeping Industry of India have come out against the approval of GM mustard. Women agricultural workers associated with Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch are opposing GM mustard. Thousands of organic farmers around India are opposing GM mustard and through their outfit called Organic Farming Association of India have appealed to the Agriculture Minister to stop GM mustard.

* Some organisations that are part of this umbrella network called Rashtriya Progressive Kisan Association have a dubious background as regards their primary interests, whether they exist to support farm livelihoods or to promote corporate interests.

* One of the organisations appears to have been a front organisation for the agro-chemical industry in promoting chemicals in the past and this in itself could be read as an indication of the real intent of GM crop developers and the agri-chemical industry, of promoting the use of pesticides in the form of herbicides.

* It is strange that these organizations are asking specifically for GM-based hybrids in the name of farmers because there is no proof that GM-based hybrids are higher-yielding than CMS-based hybrids. These organizations should ask for proof for how GM-based hybrids are better, since GM mustard has not been tested against any other hybrids.

* While yield is not the only thing that determines farmers' net profitability, even on the yield front, to ask specifically for GM hybrids appears that these organisations are a front for someone else, given that the higher yields that they are looking for, after can be obtained through other hybrids as well as other means.

* It is important to note that the production and productivity can be addressed by addressing anti-farmer trade policies that are pricing out Indian farmers and not incentivising them towards oilseeds cultivation.

* In risky technologies which involve multiple stakeholders including consumers, beekeepers, honey exporters, ayurveda practitioners etc., the decision cannot be left to only one stakeholder to decide. This is the reason why regulation and policy in favour of sustainability and safety is needed in the first instance.

International GMO news:

http://sustainablepulse.com/2016/10/17/pope-francis-slams-biotech-industry-and-gmos-in-world-food-day-letter/
Pope Francis Slams Biotech Industry and GMOs in World Food Day Letter
>> Holy Cow, the Pope is Anti-GMO and our "desi" NaMo isn't
...Those who are engaged in work in the fields, in farming, in small-scale fishing, or in the forests ... There is a prevalent sense of abandonment, the feeling of being abandoned by institutions, deprived of possible technical contributions or even of just consideration on the part of all those of us who benefit from their work.
... From the wisdom of rural communities we can learn a style of life that can help defend us from the logic of consumerism and production at any cost, a logic that, cloaked in good justifications, such as the increasing population, is in reality aimed solely at the increase of profit.
... In the sector in which the FAO works, there is a growing number of people who believe they are omnipotent, or able to ignore the cycles of the seasons and to improperly modify the various animal and plant species, leading to the loss of variety that, if it exists in nature, has and must have its role.
... Not precaution, then, but wisdom: what peasants, fisherman and farmers conserve in memory handed down through the generations and which is now derided and forgotten by a model of production that is entirely to the advantage of a limited group and a tiny portion of the world population. Let us remember that it is a model which, despite all its science, allows around eight hundred million people to continue to go hungry.
... Very often, also as the Catholic Church, we have reiterated that the level of world production is sufficient to ensure food for all, provided that distribution is equitable. But can we still continue along this line, if market logic follows other routes, to the point of making food products a commodity like any other, to use produce increasingly for non-food uses, or to destroy food for the simple fact that there is excess in relation to profit and not to need? Indeed, we know that the mechanism of distribution remains theoretical if the hungry do not have effective access to foodstuffs, and if they continue to depend upon more or less conditional external support, if the correct relationship is not established between need and consumption, and not least, if waste is not eliminated and food loss is not reduced.
... Material and spiritual needs, but in any case real, not the fruit of the decisions of the few, of the fashions of the moment or models of life that make the person an object, human life a tool, even for experimentation, and the production of food a mere economic affair, to which it is possible to sacrifice even the food that is available, destined by its nature to ensure that every person may have a sufficient quantity of healthy food every day.


https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/millions-spent-who-is-to-blame-failure-gmo-golden-rice/
MILLIONS SPENT, NO ONE SERVED: WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE FAILURE OF GMO GOLDEN RICE?
... The recent Nobel laureates' letter accusing Greenpeace of a "crime against humanity" for opposing genetically modified (GMO) golden rice reveals a deep division not only between civil societies and some science circles but also within the science community
... A strong indication of this division is that among the Nobel laureate signatories, there seems to be hardly anybody with a solid scientific track record in agriculture, food production, development, or the socio-ecological and political causes of poverty and hunger. Others with notable competence – at least in the economic and social domains of development, poverty, and hunger – are not among the signatories.
... Signs of escalation also include the emotional, accusing language in the letter and the ample use of scientifically unsubstantiated claims. What is missing in the letter and among the supporters and developers of GMOs is the recognition and scientific analysis of some tough facts.
>> a quick overview of the topics shared here:
Fact no. 1: Still no functioning vitamin A rice despite unlimited resources
Fact no. 2: Lack of recognition of real reasons for failure to deliver
Fact no. 3: Questionable conceptual underpinning
Fact no. 4: A missing roll-out plan
Fact 5: Colonial mindset


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y38nSHB8kY4&mc_cid=8ff8d80546&mc_eid=edb4888da7
Redacted Tonight - EVERYTHING you need to know about the new Wikileaks revelations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPXo0peHVQ
Megyn Kelly ends Donna Brazile after Wikileaks revelations (FULL)

http://www.catchnews.com/international-news/going-100-renewable-energy-is-possible-and-these-countries-prove-it-1476725801.html
Going 100% renewable energy is possible and these countries prove it
Costa Rica, Iceland, Scotland, Uruguay, Denmark, Portugal, Paraguay, Germany

http://www.infowars.com/exclusive-fbi-mutiny-reopened-clinton-investigation/
FBI Mutiny Reopened Clinton Investigation
Devastating new info causing internal struggle at FBI

http://www.infowars.com/lol-democrat-doug-schoen-first-to-flee-hillarys-sinking-ship-as-fbi-probe-relaunched/
Democrat Doug Schoen First to Flee Hillary's Sinking Ship As FBI Probe Relaunched
You know things are bad when Democrats are turning on one another

http://www.infowars.com/putin-mocks-clinton-claim-of-russia-election-meddling-is-u-s-a-banana-republic/
Putin Mocks Clinton Claim Of Russia Election Meddling: 'Is U.S. A Banana Republic?'
"Is the U.S. a banana republic? America is a great power. If I'm wrong, correct me."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EU7P8OCss
DataMeet Hangout: Pune Chapter
>> I'm in this one <3
Streamed live on Oct 25, 2016
The Pune chapter of DataMeet has been working on freeing the 40,000 village shapefiles for Maharashtra through community and volunteer work. Here they describe the motivation behind the effort, the process, the problems, and the uses for this work. There is still a lot to do but an incredible effort by all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMrWn6tOVuM
America is tired of the Elites - Putin
Russian agents, spies, hackers, and Trump's "secret affiliations" to Putin - it's all bollocks, as masterminded by Team Clinton.
>> at the Valdai Discussion Club, Sochi, 27 Oct 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMQZnQR1TU
Europeans have no future - Putin on Migrant Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4YV-Bpr3eI
Putin: Russia may lose patience over Syria accusations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHr42N8b0B0
HILLARY'S AIDE VANISHES AFTER ABEDIN'S 'DEADMAN' SWITCH 'LIFE INSURANCE' IS DISCOVERED BY FBI
http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/10/huma-abedin-just-flipped-just-will-make-hillary-cry/

http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/10/breaking-julian-assange-back-just-put-nail-hillarys-coffin/
The FBI has just announced that they are reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server, according to multiple sources.

http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/10/breaking-chicago-voters-getting-nasty-surprise-voting-trump/
Chicago Voters Are Getting a NASTY Surprise After Voting For Trump

http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/08/breaking-hillary-clinton-just-silenced-internet-covers-massive-secret/
Hillary Clinton has just completed an internet-wide sweep to cover up the one thing she knows will ruin her.
... Earlier today it was revealed that Hillary Clinton is on an old anti-epileptic drug called Diazepam and has a medical handler with her at all times to administer it


http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/08/urgent-hillarys-medical-handler-exposed-look-sick-thing-injects/
Hillary's Medical Handler Exposed! Look What SICK Thing He Injects Her With…

http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/08/breaking-hillary-clinton-just-admitted-defeat-donald-trump/
This is It! Hillary Clinton Just Admitted Defeat to Donald Trump

http://www.libertywritersnews.com/2016/08/video-proves-hillary-clinton-owns-media-look-just-trump/
This Video Proves that Hillary Clinton Owns the Media, LOOK What They Just Did to Trump!
...The stream was fine up until the very second Donald Trump blames Hillary Clinton for creating ISIS, which she did. That's when ABC cut him off cold due to "technical errors".
...Clinton has both received money from and been on the board of a company called GEMS which financially sponsors ISIS directly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ermbbz1vw5s
HILLARY CLINTON'S BEST FRIEND JUST SOLD HER OUT! THE DOCTORS WERE RIGHT…