CATCHING UP ON SOME NEWS

The 1% Bug-Out Plan:  Why Third-World Billionaires are Buying Fortresses in London, New York and Miami

Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/economy/1-bug-out-plan-why-third-world-billionaires-are-buying-fortresses-london-new-york-and-miami?akid=10289.9992.6TigNf&rd=1&src=newsletter820068&t=7

Citywide Water Monitoring System is Suspended After Agency Cuts Funding

Patrick Wall, DNAinfo New York

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130503/new-york-city/citywide-water-monitoring-system-is-suspended-after-agency-cuts-funding?utm_content=madmessnet@aol.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Citywide%20Water%20Monitoring%20System%20Is%20Suspended%20After%20Agency%20Cuts%20Funding&utm_campaign=Bike%20Share%20War%20Rages%20at%20Village%20Forumcontent

The Fascinating Ways Meditation Transforms Your Brain and Why it Makes You Feel Better

George Dvorsky

http://www.alternet.org/fascinating-ways-meditation-transforms-your-brain-and-why-it-makes-you-feel-better?akid=10289.9992.6TigNf&rd=1&src=newsletter820068&t=15

7 Chilling Facts About Retirement in America that Should Make Obama Tremble Before Cutting Social Security and Medicare

Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/economy/7-chilling-facts-about-retirement-america-should-make-obama-tremble-cutting-social-security?akid=10299.9992.Wm979R&rd=1&src=newsletter821207&t=4

The Corporate Betrayal of America – Ripping off the Public, Running off with the Profits to Avoid Taxes

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet

The huge multinationals have made it clear; they don’t feel obliged to give anything back to the people who made it all possible.

http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/corporate-betrayal-america-ripping-public-running-profits?akid=10299.9992.Wm979R&rd=1&src=newsletter821207&t=8

America’s Hired Death Squads and Torture Teams are still Operating in Iraq

William Boardman, Reader Supported News

A 15-month investigation exploring war crimes long denied by the Pentagon lays out the tragic truth.

http://www.alternet.org/world/americas-hired-death-squads-and-torture-teams-are-still-operating-iraq?akid=10299.9992.Wm979R&rd=1&src=newsletter821207&t=12

Pennsylvania Court Deals Blow to Secrecy-Obsessed Fracking Industry – Corporations Not the Same as Persons with Privacy Rights

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/fracking/pennsylvania-court-deals-blow-secrecy-obsessed-fracking-industry-corporations-not-same?akid=10315.9992.6Tkli5&rd=1&src=newsletter823405&t=7

Give the People What They Want!  Taxes that Pay for Jobs, Education, Healthcare and Science

Mattea Kramer, Tom Dispatch

http://www.alternet.org/give-people-what-they-want-taxes-pay-jobs-education-healthcare-and-science?akid=10315.9992.6Tkli5&rd=1&src=newsletter823405&t=21