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Trending toward “Flabby Army" Building an "Army under the Budget Control Act" 

Nigel Farage ; Furious over Palestinian State Recognition European Parliament Vote

Nigel Farage ; Furious over #Palestinian State Recognition European Parliament Vote 

The European Parliament has passed a motion on the recognition of Palestinian statehood. As expected, its content was quite contested among parliamentarians. But for the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP), it was not so much the motion’s text that caused controversy but rather the fact that it was tabled at all. 


UKIP MEP James Carver called into question the legitimacy of such a vote. Nigel Farage went on to support his colleague arguing that it is “irrelevant what any of us think” on Israel and Palestine and that the motion should indeed be inadmissible as the European Commission does not have the power to recognize states. 


What powers does the EU have?


Mr. Carver based his argument on the answer to a written question he had previously sent to the Commission regarding the recognition of Somaliland. The former British colony that is now a territory within Somalia declared independence in 1991 but has not yet been recognized by any state. Within its answer to Mr. Carver, the Commission pointed out that the EU does not have the power to recognize states as this authority remains in the hands of its member states. And while Article 47 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) enables the EU to conclude international agreements and to join international organisations, member states have indeed not given up on various other powers, including the recognition of states.


Accordingly, Mr. Carver and Mr. Farage are quite correct in asserting that neither the European Parliament not the European Commission can recognize Palestinian statehood. However, this is not what the motion actually says. It merely “supports in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood,” explicitly acknowledges that “the recognition of the State of Palestine falls in the competence of the Member States,” and “calls on the HR/VP to facilitate a common EU position.”


The European Parliament’s legislative powers in external affairs are rather limited. Nonetheless, it quite regularly passes non-binding motions in order to put pressure on the member states or increase the prominence of certain issues. This practice is quite common among parliaments worldwide and recently various European ones have passed similar non-binding motions recommending their respective governments’ recognition of Palestinian statehood. This includes the British House of Commons, whose motion is not going to change the incumbent government’s position though.


Our verdict


The claim that the European Parliament cannot vote on unbinding motions making foreign policy recommendations to the member states is an insane whopper. But there is also good news for Mr. Carver: He might use the same mean in his advocacy for the recognition of Somaliland and table a non-binding motion himself. Whether such a motion would receive much support within the European Parliament and even within his own party is questionable though. At least Mr. Farage seems be slightly less enthusiastic about the territory’s independence: In his intervention he still refers to the former colony as “British Somaliland.”

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Countdown to #2015 Happy New Year

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The New (Suburban) #Homeless in 2015 

Panel Discussion - Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
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Raw Grand jury Verdict No indictment for Ferguson officer Darren Wilson

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A Missouri grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown.

Obama on Ferguson Appeals for Peace and Calm

Obama on #Ferguson Appeals for Peace and Calm. 
Obama spoke shortly after a grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown, amid mounting protests related to a case that has presented the president with a challenge from the outset

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Obama Announces #Executive Action on #Immigration Reform, 

Shielding 5 Million Illegal Immigrants.


President Obama announced a plan Thursday night to mainstream millions of illegal immigrants with an executive order allowing them to stay instead of facing deportation, bringing howls from Republicans who complained about so-called 'anchor babies' helping their illegal parents remain in the U.S.

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Reasons to Impeach Eric Holder; 
The Culture of Corruption Enforcer 
Impeachment is the only cure for an unethical and extremely partisan US Attorney General. Eric Holder has established himself to be beyond the jurisdiction of American law. This leaves only one solution that is to impeach the Attorney General.

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We're on the Verge of 3rd Intifada; Israel / Palestinian conflict

We're on the Verge of 3rd Intifada; Israel / Palestinian conflict

Hamas stepped up rocket fire at southern Israeli towns and Israel called up reserve troops on Monday in anticipation of a possible escalation of hostilities with the Islamist group that dominates the Gaza Strip.


The armed wing of the Palestinian group said it fired dozens of rockets within about an hour, after hundreds since mid-June.

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Montreal to hold memorial for three Israeli kidnapped teens murdered

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Tommy Yancy: Veteran Beaten To Death By Cops As He Pleaded For Ambulance - Pulled Over For Routine Traffic Stop,

Tommy Yancy: Veteran Beaten To Death By Cops As He Pleaded For Ambulance - Pulled Over For Routine Traffic Stop




Tommy Yancy, 32, father of two, was savagely beaten to death by five law enforcement officers during a routine traffic stop near the city of Imperial last Sunday, on Mother's Day. Yancy, a veteran who suffered from PTSD, served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 259th Field Service Unit following the 9/11 attacks.

Yancy was stopped on his way to the store after a highway patrol officer spotted a missing front license plate on his vehicle. He was subsequently pulled from his car and attacked by a police K-9 unit, hit by a taser, and attacked by five officers until he succumbed to the beating and died. A witnessed, who filmed the incident, can be heard screaming on the recording: "How long before you guys call an ambulance? Call an ambulance!" According to the source of the video, who asked not to be named, his family has not been permitted to see his body, nor have they been given a cause of death.


A close friend of Yancy described him as "shy, and a comedian" and told me, he was an "excellent dad, who kept in contact with his army buddies every week." He also enjoyed basketball and loved hip-hop music. His sister-in-law, Jaqueline Hernandez, described him to me as "a very loving guy, loved his kids to death... they were his everything. Very funny down to earth guy, and loved by all".




Officers claim Yancy swung at an officer and attacked the K-9, however, near the end of the video, posted to YouTube on May 12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqvX...), police are seen attempting to revive Yancy while a witness states, "All of this for one guy who wasn't even resisting arrest,". The officer is said to have received no serious injuries.




Deputies with the Imperial County sheriff's department were involved in another shooting last month, which took place on April 18. A teenager, Adrian Parra, was killed by multiple gunshot wounds. An honor roll student from Coachella Valley High School, Parra was described by loved ones as "a good person with great goals in mind." The Sheriff's department has refused to reveal whether or not the shooting was captured by one of their patrol car's dashboard cameras. Two officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave, but have since returned to their duties.

Do we have another Albuquerque on our hands, or is this just a systematic wide spread problem that is under reported in most instances? Hint- its the latter.



Its time to demand the demilitarization of police and for them to be held accountable for their actions. We have become complacent and conditioned to accept brutality as normal mode of operation. "They are just doing their jobs", "They need to get home to their families", "Its dangerous!", yet a report put out by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund highlights that 2013 has had the "Lowest Level of Law Enforcement Fatalities in Six Decades

So why is police violence escalating?

We read stories about a teenager with down syndrome being beaten in front of a crowd, a man who called the police to report his sons suicide being brutalized by the same police he turned to for help, and watch the video of Kelly Thomas being horrifically murdered while pleading for his life... But what do we do? We hit share, maybe retweet, shake our heads at the sad state of affairs and move on with our days. We are allowing this.