26.6.17

Anonymous & The LatinHacker Group - #OpSaveMedicaid



#Senator #McConnell and Senator #Gardner, this video comes to you, courtesy of
#Anonymous and #TheLatinHackerGroup.


The main Civil Rights, disability rights organization of the United States, #ADAPT,
has been working for more than four decades to ensure people with
disabilities have the right to live in the community and receive the care
they need to get their basic needs met, like bathing, toileting, getting
dressed and being, active members of their community.

These brave citizens, have tried to meet with you about their issues, in the summer
of 2016 several members of ADAPT were arrested at your Denver office, asking
for you to meet with them about the Disability Integration Act.  In January of 2017, even more ADAPT members were arrested, once again at your Denver office asking for a meeting to discuss, the changes coming to the Healthcare System. 

Today, we mark the 18th anniversary of the Olmstead decision by the Supreme Court of
the United States, in that decision the Supreme Court ruled that people with
disabilities have the right to live in the community and receive services they need through Medicaid Programs.

Today, the U.S. Senate also released a draft copy of the healthcare plan that will
be presented next week, they were told that the Senate plan would be softer
than the House #AmericanHealthCareAct, they were told that you, Senator
Gardner, were influencing the process.

Unfortunately, the draft Bill, released on, June 22nd, 2017, was as scary as the House bill.
Changing the Medicaid funding structure will lead to people losing services.  There is no question that the goal of this is to cut federal spending.

If you cut federal spending, it will reduce services in the states.

They finally had the opportunity to talk to you in May, while in Washington DC.

Senator Gardner: Issues on disability law and Medicaid, certainly come up in every
discussion, they have on Medicaid, they actually agree with much of what you
said.

However, the bill introduced in draft form today does not address, the very issues, you discussed with ADAPT in May.  If this bill does not get heavily amended, as the disability community is demanding, that you vote no, this community and many other populations will
suffer the consequences.

5.4.13

“Corea del Norte no garantiza la seguridad de los extranjeros desde el 10 de abril” – RT


El Reino Unido afirmó este viernes que Corea del Norte no podrá garantizar la seguridad de los diplomáticos extranjeros y de los empleados de organizaciones internacionales en su territorio a partir del 10 de abril.
Anteriormente, la Cancillería de Corea del Norte había recomendado a Rusia que estudiara la evacuación de sus diplomáticos del país comunista debido a las crecientes tensiones en la península coreana. Una propuesta semejante también fue enviada a otras misiones diplomáticas en Corea del Norte.


N.Korea 'can't protect foreign embassies after April 10', Russia 'not evacuating' — RT News


Russian embassy in Pyohgyang (Photo from www.rusembdprk.ru/posolstvo)
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North Korea asked foreign embassies to consider evacuation amid growing tension, warning it will be ‘unable to guarantee’ their safety after April 10. Moscow says it is examining the request, but is not planning to evacuate diplomats anytime soon.
The Foreign Ministry of North Korea on Friday has “proposed that the Russian side consider the issue of evacuating the embassy staff in connection with the increasingly tense situation on the Korean Peninsula,” the spokesman of the Russian Embassy to the DPRK Denis Samsonov told RT.
The Russian side “is examining the suggestion,” but the embassy is working normally and there’s no sign of tension in Pyongyang, Samsonov said.
The notification was sent to all foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Pyongyang, and, according to Xinhua news agency, explained the deteriorating situation by “the increasing threat from the United States.”
“The current question was not whether, but when a war would break out on the peninsula,” Xinhua cited the North Korean document.
The British Embassy in Pyongyang has received a communication saying that the North Korean government “would be unable to guarantee the safety of embassies and international organizations in the country in the event of conflict from April 10,” according to a UK Foreign Office spokesman.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was in “close contact” with the United States, China, South Korea and Japan in connection with the unexpected announcement, which came shortly after Pyongyang threatened to launch a nuclear attack on the US.
This photo taken on March 23, 2013 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 24 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (4th R-in blue) inspecting the second battalion under Korth Korean army Unit 1973 at an undisclosed location. (AFP Photo/KCNA via KNS)
This photo taken on March 23, 2013 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 24 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (4th R-in blue) inspecting the second battalion under Korth Korean army Unit 1973 at an undisclosed location. (AFP Photo/KCNA via KNS)
Russia is “very concerned about increasing tension in the region,” although it is still “in verbal form,” Lavrov told RT. Moscow is now trying to shed the light on the motives behind the North Korean proposal.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday called for all sides to refrain from “war hysteria,” and stressed there’s “no alternative other than political and diplomatic solution” for the Korean crisis.
Diplomats are set to meet Saturday in Pyongyang to discuss North Korea’s proposal and possibly work out a joint plan. So far none of the foreign missions, including the UN staffers, are reported to be preparing to evacuate.
Meanwhile, in Cuba, Fidel Castro said the situation in the Korean peninsula is “unbelievable and absurd” in an article published on Friday, also calling it the most serious risk of a nuclear war since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Should a war break out, it would affect more than 70 per cent of the planet’s population, Castro noted. The people on both sides on the peninsula would suffer “terrible loss without any gains whatsoever” and the US President Barack Obama’s second term “would be buried in a deluge of images that would portray him as the most sinister personality in the history of the United States,” the former Cuban president stressed.
South Korean media said that North Korea moved another medium-range missile to its east coast on Friday. Earlier this week, the US announced it was strengthening missile defense system to its base on the Pacific Ocean island of Guam in response to the North Korean missile deployment.
Nevertheless, the South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin called the possibility of a full-scale provocation from Pyongyang “small” and the threats “rhetorical.”

20.3.13

Venezuela suspende canal de comunicación con Estados Unidos - YouTube



Venezuela suspende canal de comunicación con Estados Unidos - YouTube

Chavez’s successor asks US not to frame him with rival’s murder — RT News

Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro has claimed the CIA and the Pentagon are conspiring to kill his main competitor in the upcoming election and pin the blame on him. He urged US President Barack Obama to stop the plot.
Maduro cited “a very good source” as to why he believes such a conspiracy exists.
"I call on President Obama – Roger Noriega, Otto Reich, officials at the Pentagon and at the CIA are behind a plan to assassinate the right-wing presidential candidate to create chaos," Maduro said in a TV interview broadcast on Sunday.
The acting president first mentioned the alleged plot to kill his rival, Henrique Capriles, last week. Former Bush administration diplomats Noriega and Reich both dismissed the claim as defamatory and untrue.
Capriles kicked off his opposition campaign in Venezuela’s provinces ahead of the April 14 election. He said if anything happens to him, Maduro should be blamed.
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro (C) greets supporters during a gathering in Caracas March 16, 2013 in this picture provided by the Miraflores Palace. (Reuters/Miraflores Palace)
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro (C) greets supporters during a gathering in Caracas March 16, 2013 in this picture provided by the Miraflores Palace. (Reuters/Miraflores Palace)
During his years in office, late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez often accused the US of conspiring against his country. He blamed Noriega, former US ambassador to the Organization of American States, and Reich, former US ambassador in Caracas, of seeking to destabilize Venezuela.
Maduro is the preferred successor named by Chavez ahead of a cancer operation from which he failed to recover. Capriles was the leading opposition candidate in the previous election, which he lost to Chavez.
The ongoing campaign has been marked by a particularly nasty atmosphere, with both camps accusing each other of dirty tricks, and Capriles and Maduro trading personal insults.
Two polls taken before Chavez’s death on March 5 showed Maduro ahead of Capriles by around 10 percentage points.
Venezuela's opposition leader and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles (L) greets supporters during a rally in Maracaibo March 17, 2013. (Reuters/Isaac Urrutia)
Venezuela's opposition leader and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles (L) greets supporters during a rally in Maracaibo March 17, 2013. (Reuters/Isaac Urrutia)



Chavez’s successor asks US not to frame him with rival’s murder — RT News