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Salem News | A large reason for why the Monsanto head of the FDA's food safety division is trying to get rid of raw milk has just raised its ugly head.

Huffington Post | 5 wrongful arrest and brutality lawsuits have been filed against Chicago PD in the last 60 days.

NY Daily News | Obama signs steel beam at One World Trade Center; Mr. Obama, why wasn't building 7's collapse mentioned in the 9/11 commission report?

Atlantic.com: An Eye Without an 'I': Justice and the Rise of Automated Surveillance by Ross Andersen:

Over the past decade, video surveillance has exploded. In many cities, we might as well have drones hovering overhead, given how closely we're being watched, perpetually, by the thousands of cameras perched on buildings. So far, people's inability to watch the millions of hours of video had limited its uses. But video is data and computers are being set to work mining that information on behalf of governments and anyone else who can afford the software. And this kind of automated surveillance is only going to get more sophisticated as a result of new technologies like iris scanners and gait analysis.

Yet little thought has been given to the ethics of perpetually recording vast swaths of the world. What, exactly, are we getting ourselves into?

Mac Slavo | CFR proposes that the U.S. Army be used to plan, command, and carry out (with the help of civilian law enforcement) domestic police missions.

Kurt Nimmo | Plan to impose a dictatorship on America now approaching its zenith.

Telegraph.co.uk | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, "mastermind behind 9/11," was denied request to wear military-style camouflage clothes to court.

London Telegraph | Consideration to take equity in state-owned banks to help Dublin return to bond markets and avoid a second bailout next year.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A body found in thick brush Friday morning is believed to be that of a special forces soldier-turned-trauma surgeon who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after the killing of his ex-girlfriend at a hospital, police said.

Authorities had been searching for 49-year-old Dr. Timothy Jorden ...

London Telegraph | Osborne unveils £140bn scheme to kick-start stagnant economy.

A.M. Freyed | UN seeding high-tech “company towns” around the world.

Quick thoughts on why Obama made the announcement now, and what effects it might have on the upcoming presidential election.

1. Avoid talking about the economy - Despite Obama's many promises to "focus like a laser" on the economy, the Obama administration has been focused on anything but. Every other week is a brand new "right thing to do" proclamation that "can't wait" any longer. First it was a phony "Republicans want to ban birth control" smear to excite women. Then it was the "I won't do anything different than Mitt Romney on gay marriage, but I totally like support it and stuff" move to get the gay vote excited. Now, toss in the pander-to-Hispanic move. There's already plenty of talk about future roll outs of mortgage and student loan bailouts. It's a surprise-a-month with the Obama administration. Ironically, thrusting over a million new legalized workers into the workforce will probably only increase the economic discussion.

2. Prevent Rubio from being VP pick - Conservatives were already 50/50 on Marco Rubio's version of the Dream Act, but Rubio has remained on the top of most polls when it comes to vice-presidential nominee. (Read Potential VP Selections). Though details are not fully completed, the Obama move is at least somewhat similar to Rubio's version. Obviously, if Rubio is the pick that leaves an opening for Obama to point out that his policy would basically do what Rubio wants to do, so how can it be that bad? The timing of this release seems to suggest that Obama does not want Rubio as the VP pick and is hoping this prevents that from happening. After all, why drop this bombshell this early when excitement over it will certainly fade by election time?

3. Executive Over-reach - Not that this is anything new with the Obama administration, but the president obviously has no respect for the separation of powers or the concept of federalism in general. He previously announced he would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. In battling state governments and federalism, his judicial department has sued states for implementing federal-law-enforcing legislation related to illegal immigration, as well as attempting to prevent states from implementing reasonable voter ID laws or even removing dead people from voter rolls. Once upon a time it was common to repeal legislation. Now, whatever Obama says, goes. But the bigger problem is if this is allowed to stand, it says that the President of the United States has the power to do anything, dismiss any law, and ignore any legislative acts. What would be to stop a President from offering blanket amnesty with the wave of a pen?

4. Open the Floodgates - A key component that conservatives have demanded is to first stop the leak before cleaning up the water. The borders remain open. If anything, this move will increase the amount of illegal activity. The requirements to "prove" you were in the country for 5 years and that you graduated high school will no doubt be very flexible by the "compassionate" decision-makers. I doubt there is any effective system that would stop someone from crossing the border tomorrow, obtaining a fake high school diploma (not exactly high tech documents) and become in effect a legal resident.

5. Economic Disaster - Reports have been stating that 800,000 illegal immigrants under 30 will be eligible to work legally in the country. This is probably a lowball number to make it not seem quite so bad as, say, "millions" would sound. With a country of over 12 million illegal immigrants, it certainly seems low. But even if accurate, that number would exponentially increase as it does not include non-working age aliens, who will turn working age by the tens of thousands every year. Now, an already depressed private sector will be flooded with workers that we do not need and lining up for jobs that are already attracting 100 applicants for every job opening.

Obama's Illegal Immigration Move originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Friday, June 15th, 2012 at 18:34:56.

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