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Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian Party potential presidential candidate R.J. Harris

June 17, 2011 R.J. Harris, a potential candidate for the 's presidential nomination, took some time to speak with Accredited Wikinews Reporter William Saturn about his campaign and issues positions.

Harris is an officer in the, currently serving in Afghanistan. He is also in his third year as a law student at the. Harris previously worked as an and small business owner. He plans to enter the race in September after completing his tour in Afghanistan.

Others seeking the nomination include Libertarian activist, radio host Jim Duensing, former Nevada Libertarian Party chair Jim Burns, marketing executive Roger Gary and attorney Carl Person. 2008 Vice presidential nominee is also expected to make a run.

Interview
Ten personal questions were asked followed by ten policy questions.

Personal
What are your some of your personal achievements?

Being chosen by Jennifer R. Friend and her family to be her husband and keeping them happy for the last 20 years. Helping her raise our five children. Serving as a Soldier and Officer of the Republic for the last 20 years at home and on four deployments with honor, award and distinction.

Completing my training and certification as an Air Traffic Controller in the. Continuing my education in Philosophy and Law when time, convenience and the rigors of leading a family easily could have dissuaded me.

Running a principled U.S. Congressional Campaign which was based upon the and the  and which NEVER personally attacked my opponent but engaged him rigorously on policy and the issues. Getting up, when Life knocks me down.

What are your goals in life?

To love and be loved by my family. To reason well. To be Free. To protect the innocent. To defend the Lives, Liberty and Property of my fellow Citizens of the Republic. To restore the Constitution and the Republic. To help ensure ' vision of Freedom is finally realized by the entire body politic.

Have you ever been arrested or charged with a crime?

No.

What historical or contemporary figures do you admire?

The Philosophers who argued for the importance of Reason, Freedom and Liberty. The statespersons who were audacious enough to put those philosophies into practice, even at the expense of their own Lives, Liberty or Property.

Every single Soldier, Sailor, Airperson, Marine, Doctor and/or Nurse who has fought with honor to defend the Republic, even if I will never know all their names, as well as their spouses who supported them in that endeavor. Every person -- great and not -- who has struggled for the full equality of the body politic.

First among these for me are, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Charles Allen Rochelle, Dr. Richard Michael Settainte Harris, Sam W. Barnes, Ron Paul and. ,, , every woman tortured to death for refusing to either declare herself a witch (or renounce the same) to the Church, , , , , , , , , Rosalie Rochelle, , , , D. Jill Barnes, and Jennifer R. Harris.

Who did you support in the, , and  presidential elections?

, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Ron Paul. Earlier on in my adult life, my political activities were limited to voting for the same party candidates as had my parents. However, as I began to read the Constitution thoroughly, and in the wake of its many abuses perpetrated by those same candidates, I began looking for others who espoused to strictly follow the Constitution as well as the Founders' Philosophies which underlie it.

This pursuit led me to Ron Paul and the discovery of Libertarianism. I will never again vote for any candidate based upon their party affiliation. What will now and forever dominate my decision is a candidate's demonstrated commitment to the Constitution and the Philosophy of Liberty.

Have you run for public office previously?

Yes, I was a. Due to no in Oklahoma for Libertarian Party Candidates at that time, I ran as a "Ron Paul" Libertarian. Though Ron himself has a policy of non-endorsement of GOP [] primary challengers against GOP incumbents, I was able to secure the endorsement of Senator for my congressional campaign.

Why did you choose to run as a Libertarian?

Because no other party so ardently champions the Philosophy of Liberty over and Constitutional Governance over Tyranny. Were they alive today, every single one of the Founders would be Libertarians. Since that age, each new generation's battle to tear down the scourges of racism, sexism, classism, bigotry, political persecution and/or religious intolerance, has been made possible by appeal to the principles espoused in the Constitution even if the people who ratified it were limited by the tolerance levels of their own generation.

Thus has the time come for candidates running on our Founders' Platform to rise up, proud of the political lineage whose generations' long aim has been the complete equality of the body politic, yet humble and weary of how prejudice undermines that legacy as well as the Philosophy of Liberty itself. Giving in to socialism will not erase the moral mistakes of the past, but it will return our children to the states of slavery and involuntary servitude against which we have so long struggled.

What do you feel sets you apart from your fellow contenders for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination?

I do more than preach Libertarianism, or prognosticate about all the ways the GOP or the DNC [] candidates will most certainly carry on with their tyrannies and usurpations of power, given the opportunity.

I articulate bold policy positions, as well as the means to institute them, based upon the Philosophy of Liberty and the Constitution with the aim of restoring Freedom, Liberty and the Republic. This is the definition of political courage, as taking these strong positions makes me a target for the bullets and blows of the enemies of Liberty.

But we are in the fight of our age and we must have champions willing to trade blows with the enemy, not merely repeat Libertarian platitudes. Educational campaigns have been the mainstay of the Libertarian Party since its founding; but if we are going to take that next step — to actually convince the body politic that we can put into policy that which we preach, then we must nominate a candidate who is not afraid step out, armed with the courage of conviction and lead on every issue.

Of course our ability to do this is tied to cogent articulation of the philosophy which underlies our political ideology, but for too long have our other candidates engaged in academic debates for their own sake, and not actually deigned to apply that for which they argue to that which they will do. That being said, the biggest thing that separates me from my Libertarian Colleagues is that I am not running this race merely to educate or to increase the Party's ballot access; I am running to win and I believe with all my heart that we can be -- and that we must be -- victorious.

How often do you campaign and how would that change if you won the nomination?

I campaign for several hours each day. Once I win the nomination the only thing that will change is that I will have to add much more travel to the schedule.

If elected, what would you do as president?

I will defend the Republic and the Lives, Liberty and Property of. This I will do by way of projecting to the world our strength at home and in ; and by ending all government infringements of the Constitution and of the. The authority to act on this promise is found in the to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." I will do no more than this and certainly no less.

Policy
What necessary freedoms are currently lacking in American society?

With the exception of the, the Natural Rights codified in, and the privileges and immunities established by, the remaining nine amendments of the , along with elements of the and  amendments, are routinely infringed by all  through their collective and Progressive Establishment of Socialism in place of Freedom and Liberty.

These charges are made manifest by appeal to some of the very same made by the Founders of this Republic against the for promulgating some of the same tyrannies which are now being foisted upon We the People by our own federal government.

To enumerate only a few levied by the our federal government has

1. "…erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance."

2. "…kept among us, in Times of Peace, [and at our expense] standing Armies…"

3. "…combined with others [ NATO and the United Nations] to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws; giving [its] Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation."

4. "…[cut]off our Trade with all Parts of the World [for products or services with which the elected majority finds disfavor]"

5. "…[imposed] taxes upon us without our consent [by way of deficit spending which will have to be repaid by those not yet old enough to vote]"

6. "…suspended and deprived "…us in many Cases of the Benefits of Trial by Jury [ and ]

7. "…[taken] away our Charters, [abolished] our most valuable Laws, and [altered] fundamentally the Forms of our Governments" [this referring to the federal government's many infringements of out states' sovereignty]

8. "…[declared] themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in [nearly] all Cases whatsoever" [by way of gross misuse of the, the as well as many others to pass, sign and uphold onerous legislation which would never be countenanced by a free People]

9. waged the and  "…War(s) against us [and in so doing] has plundered our Seas, ravaged our Coasts, burned [or seized] our [property], [invaded our privacy, killed citizens attempting to defend their property, sexually assaulted women and children attempting to travel] and destroyed the Lives of our People."

"In every stage of these Oppressions we have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble Terms [by begging for the cessation of: bailouts, social welfares , undeclared foreign Wars (, , , Iraq and ), and the devaluation of our Wealth ( and the over-printing of a declining and unconstitutional ), the theft and destruction of our Property  along with the killing and incarceration of our People (the Civil War on Drugs), the sexual assault of our Women and Children in the name of security , the gross infringements of our Privacy (the Patriot Act) ]:

Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated Injury [after TARP came bailouts for a host of corporations, the social welfares are too numerous to list, the War in Libya goes on despite its gross unconstitutionality as does the despite having met the objectives contained in the Letter of Reprisal authorizing our actions there, the debt limit is about to be raised once again, the  continues its  (money printing), the Civil War on Drugs rages on despite the previous failure of prohibition and trillions spent to curb private behavior in the name of morality all to no avail, the sexual assaults being perpetrated by the TSA continue despite several state legislatures attempting to nullify them, the Patriot Act was just extended and all of this despite most of these actions not having the approval of the VAST majority of the People].

A Prince [or central Government] whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People." It should be clear then by the enumeration of this "long Train of Abuses and Usurpations," which represents but a tiny fraction of the same which our central government is using to pursue "invariably the same Object" and that it "evinces a Design to reduce [us] under absolute Despotism."

Thus by the precedent established by the Declaration of Independence, and the Founding of the Republic itself under similar, if not even less trying circumstances, that it is the Right and Duty of We the People to use the political process still available to us to "throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for [our] future Security" as well as restore our Constitution and our Republic. As a potential Candidate for the Libertarian Party's Presidential Nomination I would encourage the People to begin this restorative political process by electing to the Office of President the MOST Constitutionally Libertarian Candidate available and to continue it by doing the same in the election of all future federal representatives to the Congress REGARDLESS of their perceived political experience.

For certainly it is the case that nearly every single member of all three branches of the federal government are very experienced career politicians and yet the state of our Republic and the condition of our Freedom and Liberty are worse off now that they have been at any time since our founding.

When is government necessary?

To protect the Lives, Liberty and Property of the Citizens of the Republic.

In a market with little or no government regulation, what prevents an entity from seizing the entire means of production and becoming the new main regulator?

The freedom and innovation of inventors and the entrepreneurialism of their investors to produce substitute markets, products and/or services to compete with any of the same being seized or monopolized.

In context of government's role, what are your stands on the legality of, and ?

As reprehensible as are incest and bestiality, policing them remains a matter of state sovereignty under the. However, allowance of child pornography entails the government's enforcement of, 13th and 14th Amendment violations against children and could therefore be policed by the Federal Government should the States or fail to do so.

Do you disagree with any parts of the Bill of Rights?

No.

Should the people of the United States have a right to constitutionally amend the Bill of Rights to increase the power of the federal government and limit individual rights?

Yes, according to, our Founders, and the Philosophy of Liberty, no government actions conducted outside the consent of the People are legitimate. The Constitution is our codification of that consent and, as such, it is supreme over all other political ideologies. Of course I would very publicly argue, using the Philosophy of Liberty, for the People to NEVER consider such measures but it is their right to affect them by way of the amendment process.

Should the lives of American citizens be valued above citizens of other nations?

As it applies to the Natural Rights, those being Life, Liberty and Property, of all People found to be under the jurisdiction of the United States; no. However, as it applies to providing for the common Defense of We the People and the Republic; yes.

What are your views on immigration?

I will fight to eliminate the social and the high taxes required to pay for it, which are chasing our jobs and prosperity overseas. Simultaneously, I will seek from the Congress a very robust and permissive immigration policy to help grow our, making us more competitive with other emerging markets around the world.

I will deploy the backed up by the  to protect Border State property owners from violent cross-border organized crime enterprises and syndicates.

When is war necessary?

When the Lives, Liberty or Property of We the People are being infringed by a foreign entity.

Are you a, , neither or both?

Neither, although I do intend to ensure the highest level of executive and administrative transparency which will do much to resolve the propensity of some towards conspiracy theories, as well as expose potential conspiracies before they can fully develop. Since this has been sorely lacking from our government of late, I will direct the  to fully investigate any reasonably perceived recent lapses in the executive oversight of the federal government's activities.


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Talk:Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian Party potential presidential candidate R.J. Harris

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Personal questions:

What are your some of your personal achievements?

Being chosen by Jennifer R. Friend and her family to be her husband and keeping them happy for the last 20 years. Helping her raise our five children. Serving as a Soldier and Officer of the Republic for the last 20 years at home and on four deployments with honor, award and distinction.

Completing my training and certification as an Air Traffic Controller in the Federal Aviation Administration. Continuing my education in Philosophy and Law when time, convenience and the rigors of leading a family easily could have dissuaded me.

Running a principled U.S. Congressional Campaign which was based upon the Constitution and the Philosophy of Liberty and which NEVER personally attacked my opponent but engaged him rigorously on policy and the issues. Getting up, when Life knocks me down.

What are your goals in life?

To love and be loved by my family. To reason well. To be Free. To protect the innocent. To defend the Lives, Liberty and Property of my fellow Citizens of the Republic. To restore the Constitution and the Republic. To help ensure our Founders’ vision of Freedom is finally realized by the entire body politic.

Have you ever been arrested or charged with a crime?

No.

What historical or contemporary figures do you admire?

The Philosophers who argued for the importance of Reason, Freedom and Liberty. The statespersons who were audacious enough to put those philosophies into practice, even at the expense of their own Lives, Liberty or Property.

Every single Soldier, Sailor, Airperson, Marine, Doctor and/or Nurse who has fought with honor to defend the Republic, even if I will never know all their names, as well as their spouses who supported them in that endeavor. Every person -- great and not -- who has struggled for the full equality of the body politic.

First among these for me are King Leonidas, Pericles, Jesus, Cicero, Pelagius, Galileo Galilei, Leonardo Da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton, John Locke, Voltaire, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Paine, John Paul Jones, Fredric Bastiat, Abraham Lincoln, Fredrick Douglass, Col. Robert Gould Shaw, Settainte(White Bear), Set-ankeah (Sitting Bear), George Patton, John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Charles Allen Rochelle, Dr. RichardMichael Settainte Harris, Sam W. Barnes, Ron Paul and Rand Paul. Aspasia, Hypatia, Mary Magdalene, Every woman tortured to death for refusing to either declare herself a witch (or renounce the same) to the Church, Anne Boleyn, Mary Wollstonecraft, Betsy Ross, Annie Oakley, Molly Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Rosalie Rochelle, Nicole Kidman, Danica Patrick, Debra Medina, D. Jill Barnes, and Jennifer R. Harris.

Who did you support in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 presidential elections?

Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Ron Paul. Earlier on in my adult life, my political activities were limited to voting for the same party candidates as had my parents. However, as I began to read the Constitution thoroughly, and in the wake of its many abuses perpetrated by those same candidates, I began looking for others who espoused to strictly follow the Constitution as well as the Founders’ Philosophies which underlie it.

This pursuit led me to Ron Paul and the discovery of Libertarianism. I will never again vote for any candidate based upon their party affiliation. What will now and forever dominate my decision is a candidate's demonstrated commitment to the Constitution and the Philosophy of Liberty.

Have you run for public office previously?

Yes, I was a U.S. Congressional Candidate from Oklahoma's 4th District. Due to no ballot access in Oklahoma for Libertarian Party Candidates at that time, I ran as a "Ron Paul" Libertarian Republican. Though Ron himself has a policy of non-endorsement of GOP primary challengers against GOP incumbents, I was able to secure the endorsement of Senator Rand Paul for my congressional campaign.

Why did you choose to run as a Libertarian?

Because no other party so ardently champions the Philosophy of Liberty over Socialism and Constitutional Governance over Tyranny. Were they alive today, every single one of the Founders would be Libertarians. Since that age, each new generation's battle to tear down the scourges of racism, sexism, classism, bigotry, political persecution and/or religious intolerance, has been made possible by appeal to the principles espoused in the Constitution even if the people who ratified it were limited by the tolerance levels of their own generation.

Thus has the time come for candidates running on our Founders’ Platform to rise up, proud of the political lineage whose generations’ long aim has been the complete equality of the body politic, yet humble and weary of how prejudice undermines that legacy as well as the Philosophy of Liberty itself. Giving in to socialism will not erase the moral mistakes of the past, but it will return our children to the states of slavery and involuntary servitude against which we have so long struggled.

What do you feel sets you apart from your fellow contenders for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination?

I do more than preach Libertarianism, or prognosticate about all the ways the GOP or the DNC candidates will most certainly carry on with their tyrannies and usurpations of power, given the opportunity.

I articulate bold policy positions, as well as the means to institute them, based upon the Philosophy of Liberty and the Constitution with the aim of restoring Freedom, Liberty and the Republic. This is the definition of political courage, as taking these strong positions makes me a target for the bullets and blows of the enemies of Liberty.

But we are in the fight of our age and we must have champions willing to trade blows with the enemy, not merely repeat Libertarian platitudes. Educational campaigns have been the mainstay of the Libertarian Party since its founding; but if we are going to take that next step — to actually convince the body politic that we can put into policy that which we preach, then we must nominate a candidate who is not afraid step out, armed with the courage of conviction and lead on every issue.

Of course our ability to do this is tied to cogent articulation of the philosophy which underlies our political ideology, but for too long have our other candidates engaged in academic debates for their own sake, and not actually deigned to apply that for which they argue to that which they will do. That being said, the biggest thing that separates me from my Libertarian Colleagues is that I am not running this race merely to educate or to increase the Party's ballot access; I am running to win and I believe with all my heart that we can be -- and that we must be -- victorious.

How often do you campaign and how would that change if you won the nomination?

I campaign for several hours each day. Once I win the nomination the only thing that will change is that I will have to add much more travel to the schedule.

If elected, what would you do as president?

I will defend the Republic and the Lives, Liberty and Property of We the People. This I will do by way of projecting to the world our strength at home and in International Waters; and by ending all government infringements of the Constitution and of the People's Natural Rights. The authority to act on this promise is found in the President's constitutional Oath of Office to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." I will do no more than this and certainly no less.

Policy questions:

What necessary freedoms are currently lacking in American society?

With the exception of the 3rd Amendment, the Natural Rights codified in, and the privileges and immunities established by, the remaining nine amendments of the Bill of Rights, along with elements of the 13th and 14th amendments, are routinely infringed by all three branches of the federal government through their collective and Progressive Establishment of Socialism in place of Freedom and Liberty.

These charges are made manifest by appeal to some of the very same made by the Founders of this Republic against the King of England for promulgating some of the same tyrannies which are now being foisted upon We the People by our own federal government.

To enumerate only a few levied by the Declaration of Independence our federal government has 1. "…erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance."

2. "…kept among us, in Times of Peace, [and at our expense] standing Armies…"

3. "…combined with others [NATO and the United Nations] to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws; giving [its] Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation."

4. "…[cut]off our Trade with all Parts of the World [for products or services with which the elected majority finds disfavor]"

5. "…[imposed] taxes upon us without our consent [by way of deficit spending which will have to be repaid by those not yet old enough to vote]"

6. "…suspended Habeas Corpus and deprived "…us in many Cases of the Benefits of Trial by Jury [The Patriot Act and GITMO]

7. "…[taken] away our Charters, [abolished] our most valuable Laws, and [altered] fundamentally the Forms of our Governments" [this referring to the federal government's many infringements of out states' sovereignty]

8. "…[declared] themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in [nearly] all Cases whatsoever" [by way of gross misuse of the Commerce Clause, the Supremacy Clauses as well as many others to pass, sign and uphold onerous legislation which would never be countenanced by a free People]

9. waged the Drug and Terror "…War(s) against us [and in so doing] has plundered our Seas, ravaged our Coasts, burned [or seized] our [property], [invaded our privacy, killed citizens attempting to defend their property, sexually assaulted women and children attempting to travel] and destroyed the Lives of our People."

"In every stage of these Oppressions we have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble Terms [by begging for the cessation of: bailouts (TARP), social welfares (Obama Care), undeclared foreign Wars (Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq and Libya), taxation without representation and the devaluation of our Wealth (deficit spending and the over-printing of a declining and unconstitutional paper currency), the theft and destruction of our Property (Eminent Domain) along with the killing and incarceration of our People (the Civil War on Drugs), the sexual assault of our Women and Children in the name of security (TSA), the gross infringements of our Privacy (the Patriot Act) ]:

Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated Injury [after TARP came bailouts for a host of corporations, the social welfares are too numerous to list, the War in Libya goes on despite its gross unconstitutionality as does the War in Afghanistan despite having met the objectives contained in the Letter of Reprisal authorizing our actions there, the debt limit is about to be raised once again, the Federal Reserve continues its quantitative easing (money printing), the Civil War on Drugs rages on despite the previous failure of prohibition and trillions spent to curb private behavior in the name of morality all to no avail, the sexual assaults being perpetrated by the TSA continue despite several state legislatures attempting to nullify them, the Patriot Act was just extended and all of this despite most of these actions not having the approval of the VAST majority of the People].

A Prince [or central Government] whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People." It should be clear then by the enumeration of this "long Train of Abuses and Usurpations," which represents but a tiny fraction of the same which our central government is using to pursue "invariably the same Object" and that it "evinces a Design to reduce [us] under absolute Despotism."

Thus by the precedent established by the Declaration of Independence, and the Founding of the Republic itself under similar, if not even less trying circumstances, that it is the Right and Duty of We the People to use the political process still available to us to "throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for [our] future Security" as well as restore our Constitution and our Republic. As a potential Candidate for the Libertarian Party's Presidential Nomination I would encourage the People to begin this restorative political process by electing to the Office of President the MOST Constitutionally Libertarian Candidate available and to continue it by doing the same in the election of all future federal representatives to the Congress REGARDLESS of their perceived political experience.

For certainly it is the case that nearly every single member of all three branches of the federal government are very experienced career politicians and yet the state of our Republic and the condition of our Freedom and Liberty are worse off now that they have been at any time since our founding.

When is government necessary?

To protect the Lives, Liberty and Property of the Citizens of the Republic.

In a market with little or no government regulation, what prevents an entity from seizing the entire means of production and becoming the new main regulator?

The freedom and innovation of inventors and the entrepreneurialism of their investors to produce substitute markets, products and/or services to compete with any of the same being seized or monopolized.

In context of government's role, what are your stands on the legality of incest, bestiality and child pornography?

As reprehensible as are incest and bestiality, policing them remains a matter of state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment. However, allowance of child pornography entails the government's enforcement of 5th, 13th and 14th Amendment violations against children and could therefore be policed by the Federal Government should the States or Native Nations fail to do so.

Do you disagree with any parts of the Bill of Rights?

No.

Should the people of the United States have a right to constitutionally amend the Bill of Rights to increase the power of the federal government and limit individual rights?

Yes, according to Locke, our Founders, Bastiat and the Philosophy of Liberty, no government actions conducted outside the consent of the People are legitimate. The Constitution is our codification of that consent and, as such, it is supreme over all other political ideologies. Of course I would very publicly argue, using the Philosophy of Liberty, for the People to NEVER consider such measures but it is their right to affect them by way of the amendment process.

Should the lives of American citizens be valued above citizens of other nations?

As it applies to the Natural Rights, those being Life, Liberty and Property, of all People found to be under the jurisdiction of the United States; no. However, as it applies to providing for the common Defense of We the People and the Republic; yes.

What are your views on immigration?

I will fight to eliminate the social welfare state and the high taxes required to pay for it, which are chasing our jobs and prosperity overseas. Simultaneously, I will seek from the Congress a very robust and permissive immigration policy to help grow our middle class, making us more competitive with other emerging markets around the world.

I will deploy the U.S. Marshals backed up by the National Guard to protect Border State property owners from violent cross-border organized crime enterprises and syndicates.

When is war necessary?

When the Lives, Liberty or Property of We the People are being infringed by a foreign entity.

Are you a truther, birther, neither or both?

Neither, although I do intend to ensure the highest level of executive and administrative transparency which will do much to resolve the propensity of some towards conspiracy theories, as well as expose potential conspiracies before they can fully develop. Since this transparency has been sorely lacking from our government of late, I will direct the Department of Justice to fully investigate any reasonably perceived recent lapses in the executive oversight of the federal government's activities. ***

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Mumbai again on target but fails
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Thread:Comments:French broadcasters barred from saying "Facebook" or "Twitter" on air/J'adore la France/reply

I'm also quite sick of CNN ending every story with "and let's see what Twitter says about this" or their constant pushing for people to join their corporate facebook groups.


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Thread:Comments:US congressmen sue Obama for military action in Libya/They should sue for iraq and Afghanistan too

Congress has NOT made a formal declaration of war since 1942 in World War II, the last country of that war, against Romania. This lawsuit will fail because Congress already technically agreed to the measure by having a seat on the United Nations Security council, which is funded by the US congress. From Wikipedia: "In many instances, the United States has engaged in extended military engagements that were authorized by United Nations Security Council Resolutions and funded by appropriations from Congress." The US voted along with the majority of the Security Council to allow NATO intervention. See Wikipedia: Declaration of war by the United States. 2011 Military Intervention in Libya also known as Operation Odyssey Dawn. No one nation voted against the operation. They did however abstain. This is just another ploy to rob taxpayers of their money. It is because of wasteful spending like this that the important things in this country cannot be funded or taken care of. It is because of politicians and their lies, cheating, and stealing, that this country, and the world are going to shit, and no one can stop it.


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Study says young stars 'shoot water bullets'

June 17, 2011

According to Dutch astronomers at, a distant star is "shooting" water bullets into space. Astronomers say the amount of water released from the young sun-like is 100 million times what the  produces every second.

"If we picture these jets as giant hoses and the water droplets as bullets, the amount shooting out equals a hundred million times the water flowing through the Amazon River every second. We are talking about velocities reaching per hour, which is about 80 times faster than bullets flying out of a machine gun," said lead scientist and author of the study, Lars Kristensen.

The discovery was made by the, of the European Space Agency. The astronomers studied the lights of particles they saw while looking through the clouds of a young star in the constellation, about 750 from earth. Both oxygen and hydrogen atoms were detected and are believed to be created inside the star. When the drops of water are pushed out by the star's gases, they are released as a superheated steam, before they are cooled by the surrounding space, just enough to condense them into water.

"We are only now beginning to understand that sunlike stars probably all undergo a very energetic phase when they are young," added Kristensen. "It's at this point in their lives when they spew out a lot of high-velocity material—part of which we now know is water."


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Thread:Comments:New York Assembly passes same-sex marriage bill/marriage of the same sex

its really funny to see american laws,how can u changed nature in so called developed nation.its total disgrace to mankind infact in my opinion its worse than the law of the jungle.do the americans believed in god or the religion allows that,what peculiar country even people in third world country is making joke of america


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Thread:Comments:New York Assembly passes same-sex marriage bill/marriage of the same sex/reply

looking at the laws they pass and other things I believe that the USA is NOT a Godfearing country. 156.8.251.250 (talk) 14:09, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


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User talk:Housewife~enwikinews

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Thread:Comments:New York Assembly passes same-sex marriage bill/marriage of the same sex/reply (2)

I'm really not sure what youre trying to say beyond "third world countries are making fun of us". Regardless even if it makes me want to tear out my hair at times, it is often our diversity that makes the US the powerhouse it is today in the end. All it means is we've retained a more potent conservative element than Europe. That entails positives and negatives, and there are various reasons why its more potent than them.

It doesn't mean one group or another is inherently better.


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Its really funny to see people trash america when we saved europe and asia many years ago and contiune to up hold the balance of the world. We are the only ones who follow the U.N. Laws which including stoping other nations from killing their own people, but no one cares about that.


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Thread:Comments:Study says young stars 'shoot water bullets'/Water Bullets from Stars

I found this recent discovery to be really fasinating as I have always had an interest in the subject of Stars and Planets and their moons


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Wikinews:A nice cup of tea and a sit down/Mattisse

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I enjoyed working with you on US Representative Anthony Weiner resigns over sexual conduct. You're a great writer and copyeditor! :) Thanks, and I hope to work with you again in the near future. Ragettho (talk) 19:18, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


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UN passes LGBT rights resolution

June 18, 2011

The United Nations has for the first time passed a proposal condemning discrimination against LGBT people. The vote in Geneva passed 23–19, with opposition coming from African and Islamic Arab nations.

South Africa proposed the resolution, which calls for a report on global discrimination based upon sexual orientation and announces "grave concern at acts of violence and discrimination, in all regions of the world, committed against individuals because of their sexual orientation and gender identity." "The resolution before us today does not seek to impose values on other states," said South African delegate Jerry Matthews Matjila, presenting his nation's proposal on the final day of the council's latest eighteen-day session. "It seeks to initiate a dialogue which will contribute to us ending discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity."

The European Union, United States, and Latin American nations including Brazil agreed. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Russia were among the opposition; five members did not take either side — China, Burkina Faso, and Zambia entered abstentions, Kyrgyzstan failed to vote and Libya is suspended.

Nigerian delegate Ositadinma Anaedu said, "We are dealing with a matter that falls outside of human rights," and Pakistani Shafqat Ali Khan said on the 's behalf "We are seriously concerned at the attempt to introduce to the United Nations some notions that have no legal foundation in any international human rights instrument."

Amnesty International rejected this notion. "The principle of non-discrimination and equal protection of the law applies even to people who are excluded sometimes based on their sexual orientation and gender identity," Whitney Brown said for the organisation. "You can see [the resolution] as an authoritative interpretation of binding treaty law, which does prohibit discrimination." Amnesty claims 76 nations prohibit same-sex relationships.

South Africa was accused by other African nations of failing to support its neighbours in favour of Western nations. A Mauritanian diplomat alleged the resolution seeks "to replace the natural rights of a human being with an unnatural right." South Africa is the first nation to specifically address sexual discrimination in its constitution, which was written in the 1990s.

welcomed the move. "The Human Rights Council has taken a first bold step into territory previously considered off-limits," said Graeme Reid, head of LGBT rights at Human Rights Watch. "Today’s resolution breaks the silence that has been maintained for far too long," said gay rights campaigners 's John Fisher. Hillary Clinton,, also welcomed the resolution: "This represents a historic moment to highlight the human rights abuses and violations that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face around the world based solely on who they are and whom they love."

The review of anti-LGBT discrimination is anticipated to be over by the year's end.

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Massive flooding in China; over 550 thousand evacuated

June 18, 2011

Heavy June rainfall has forced China to evacuate more than 550,000 people from their homes. Massive floods have devastated the central and southern parts of the country,  causing rivers to overflow their banks and triggering mudslides. The rains follow the worst in China in over 50 years, which has decimated  crop yields.

Overall, 40 rivers have risen above safe limits, stressing dykes and dams including those on China's largest waterway, the, which is flooding downstream while experiencing a severe drought near its source in the north. China's disaster level has been raised to four, the highest on the scale. In a statement on its website on Friday, China's said, "Since June 13, the damage caused by the rainstorms has led to ... the emergency evacuation of 671,200 people to safety."

The current round of heavy rains began in early June. Since then, more than a million and a half people have been displaced in the central and southern regions of the country and at least 168 deaths have been reported. Meteorologists in are predicting more heavy rain in , , and  this weekend.

The government has mobilized its forces to aid in the massive evacuations. According to, local authorities are distributing a box of and a carton of bottled water to those affected by the flood. But villagers have reported that survival is difficult, especially for those still trapped by the flood waters in small villages, and distribution of aid is slow, with some not receiving any.

A villager was quoted by Reuters: "To be frank, those rescue boats cannot go through those narrow lanes inside the village. A lot of them depend on their relatives rowing small wooden boats to get to them... It is hard to help these people inside there." Another villager, Shou Pengfei said, "Some did not even get any relief items. There is no electricity and you get bitten by mosquitoes all the time."

According to the Beijing Climate Centre, weather trends have shifted drastically. Currently the rain is coming in shorter but fiercer bursts, with  protracted periods of drought in between the torrential rain. The heavy rainfall is not likely to reduce the crop failure caused by months of drought, especially in the north, the heart of China's grain-growing bread basket, where many rivers have dried up. According to reports, the northern countryside has been left devastated by the droughts. Huge dams hundreds of meters wide are now small, muddy pools. Large cities such as are draining the underground water sources and China is facing a long-term water crisis.

Meanwhile, China is engaged in a huge multi-year engineering project designed to move water to the parched north and away from the flooded south. The North-South water project is a massive series of canals and pipes designed to carry water from the Yangtze and rivers to Beijing.

It is likely, analysts predict, that Chinese crop shortages will increase food prices worldwide. Even before the latest flooding, the severe drought in the north caused a shortfall in China's crop yields that will likely  affect the price of wheat and may propel a price increase in global markets.


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Excellent as always, thanks. —67.142.178.22 (talk) 22:53, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:US Representative Anthony Weiner resigns over sexual conduct/The Down Side of Being a Celebrity.

Celebrities of all types: When you insist in standing in the spotlight, you're going to cast harsh shadows. Get used to it. Adjust your behavior, or get out of the light.


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User talk:Sun.animator07

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Thread:Comments:Apples top most contaminated produce list/I already eat organic/reply (3)

Wow, you know between this and the outbreak of poisening in germany due to contaminated produce i just don't know what to do.......Oh wait that was organic beansprouts...and E. Coli....so you mean I can get worms and E. Coli in my organic produce? Where is the Fungicide sprayed apple, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


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Thread:Comments:US Representative Anthony Weiner resigns over sexual conduct/sex scandal without actual sex

Ironically, Weiner didn't even have any physical relationships with these women! I think people may have overreacted to the situation a bit much... after all, Bill Clinton wasn't forced to resign after his little "scandal", and he had physical sex!


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Thread:Comments:UN passes LGBT rights resolution/Yes!!

If it involves only CONSENTING ADULTS, it's no one else's concern.


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South Korean troops mistakenly attack passenger jet

June 19, 2011

Troops in South Korea attacked a passenger jet Saturday after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft. The plane was out of range and escaped undamaged; the 119 on board were unharmed.

Soldiers fired 99 rounds, including two blanks, from their at the  as it approached  on a flight from China. That airport serves Seoul and is 25 miles (40.2 kilometres) from the border between the two Korean states.

The plane's route is disputed. One aviation controller said that the plane was "flying normally" and "did not deviate from its normal route," a claim with which Asiana agrees. However,  reports that the South Korean marines who attacked the aircraft say it was off-course. A Marine Corps official said the shooting lasted ten minutes as the plane flew over island. The marines fired from nearby. Relations between the two Korean countries have been tense since the end of open hostilities in the 1953. The South Korean military has recently used photos of North Korean leader 's family for target practice, with the north threatening retaliation. South Korean media claimed yesterday that the south has US-built missiles capable of reaching the northern capital, Pyongyang, and blamed the north for twin bombings that killed 50 people last year.

One current dispute involves nine refugees arriving in the south by boat on June 11. Yesterday, the south said that all wish to defect and, per its policy, refused to hand them back. The north's warned on Thursday that failure to do so could lead to further deterioration in Korean relations.

South Korean troops have been told by Defence Minister to fire at attacking North Koreans without waiting for or seeking instructions. "Don't ask your commanders whether to fire back or not. Take actions first and then report afterwards," he said on the front line in March. The South Korean military was criticised in November for a slow response to the north's shelling of island, which killed four.

The two marines who attacked the plane yesterday had recently been told that the North was increasing military action due to heightened tensions. As a result of the incident, increased training on aircraft identification will be performed. Asiana said they were unaware of the attack until contacted by the military and asked if the jet had been hit.


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Thread:Comments:UN passes LGBT rights resolution/Yes!!/reply

Now if only the UNHRC would get some sense knocked into them concerning their defamation of religion resolutions...


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Talk:South Korean troops mistakenly attack passenger jet

Aviation Herald
While I appreciate the unfamiliar may raise eyebrows at this source, I have used and trusted it for years. It's actually by far the most accurate source on such matters I've ever encountered. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:01, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll second that.  wacky wace  16:46, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Pope speaks with astronauts in orbit for first time/Poor taste/reply

The current Pope didn't slaughter anyone so I fail to see why he shouldn't send greetings to the astronauts.


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User talk:BIKERBILL~enwikinews

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Thread:Comments:Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian Party potential presidential candidate R.J. Harris/almost no chance

I'm a huge fan of libertarianism, and I appreciate this guy's evident enthusiasm and dedication to party values. But sadly, the Libertarian Party's often extremist views on the role of government, along with the two-party system that we are currently entrenched in, makes it nearly impossible for this man and any other Libertarian candidate to win elected office on the state or national level. I think Libertarians need to nominate a more moderate candidate that has enough charisma to appeal to a substantial portion of independent voters. That would at least increase people's awareness of third parties and increase the viability of a multi-party system in the future.


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User talk:BEN SALAH

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Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/2011/June

Announcing our new community liaison
I’m delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has engaged Maggie Dennis (User:Moonriddengirl) to serve as our first Community Liaison. The Community Liaison role is envisioned to be a rotating assignment, filled by a new Wikimedian each year, half year or quarter. One of Maggie’s responsibilities is to begin to lay out a process for how this rotating posting would work.

Maggie has been a contributor to the projects since 2007 and is an administrator on the English Wikipedia and an OTRS volunteer. She has over 100,000 edits, including edits to 40 of the language versions of our projects. Her broad experience and knowledge made her a natural fit for this role.

This role is a response to requests from community members who have sometimes felt they didn’t know who to ask about something or weren’t sure the right person to go through to bring up a suggestion or issue. Her initial thrust will be to create systems so that every contributor to the projects has a way to reach the Foundation if they wish and to make sure that the Foundation effectively connects the right resources with people who contact us. If you aren’t sure who to call, Maggie will help you. Obviously, most community members will never need this communications channel - they’re happy editing, doing the things that make the projects great - but we want to make it as easy as possible for people to communicate with the Foundation.

The job of the liaison will have two major parts. First are standard duties that every liaison will perform which may include maintaining a FAQ about what each department does, making sure that inquiries from email or mailing lists are brought to the attention of appropriate staff members, etc. However, we also want liaisons to be free to pursue unique projects suited to their particular skill sets. Maggie will develop such projects in the coming weeks.

Maggie will be on the projects as User:Mdennis (WMF) and can be reached at mdennis (at) wikimedia.org. Her initial appointment runs for six months. I look forward to working with Maggie in this new role!

Philippe (WMF) (talk) 22:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Philippe, whilst I welcome the creation of a community liaison post, having a new community liaison ever 3, 6 or 12 months is not gonna be much of a help for those who don't know who to go to with stuff. Once you get used to a community liaison, they should be the person you contact.  Keep changing the holder of the post up to 4 times a year is only gonna serve to confuse stuff. BarkingFish (talk) 22:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, BarkingFish. You raise a very good point. Because of it, I'm getting a new e-mail address: liaison (at) wikimedia.org. :) That way, when the job does shift, the communications will still go to the same address. (Address is not yet live, but I hope it soon will be.) I don't think that the role is really envisioned as lasting for only three months; as I understand it, this is more of a possibility to accommodate future liaisons who may be available for a limited time. I hope, though, that passing the baton will be relatively painless. One of my tasks is making sure that I leave behind clear enough systems (once they're created) that my successor won't have to start over, but can easily pick up where I left off, while also implementing new projects that suit his or her individual skills. --Mdennis (WMF) (talk) 19:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That wasn't quite what I had in mind, Mdennis (WMF) - my idea was more along the lines of getting used to a name, and you're it :) You have the job, and it shouldn't be one that rotates, unless you decide for whatever reason, to leave the post.  It's always good to have a known, named person at the other end, and having to get used to another new person every few months, who may operate differently to you, is gonna be tricky for some.  Maybe it should be a permanent-unless-you-decide-otherwise kinda post.  Still, welcome to the team! BarkingFish (talk) 19:07, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, naturally, I can see some advantages to your suggestion. ;D But at least a consistent e-mail address will mean that people are reaching out to the same place. I'm working on systems that would make me pretty much invisible in the process, but it's early days yet. Because it is a rotating position, I'm not meant to make myself personally central just so that we avoid unsettling people when the position rotates. By the way, please call me Maggie. "Mdennis (WMF)" is just so formal. --Mdennis (WMF) (talk) 19:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * /me waves @ Maggie. Don't think we've seen you on "The wiki for grumpy would-be journos" ;-) Despite what you may have heard elsewhere, we only bite if you ask! :P --Brian McNeil / talk 07:27, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

copyright violation
The following article seems to have some paragraphs copied out of Gay couple elected prom king and queen in Maine's Sanford High School without attribution, in violation of the Creative Commons license:

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-headlines-in-portland-me/gay-male-couple-crowned-prom-king-and-queen-at-sanford-high-c-nelsen-and-c-jett

Does Wikinews have any sort of recourse for these kinds of violations? Ragettho (talk) 19:22, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You could try to contact Jay Walsh about that. -- Cirt (talk) 19:51, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

 * Ragettho, I've examined the two articles, check publication timestamps, and I concur. Thus, I've emailed notice to the Examiner of their contributor's plagiarism, with a courtesy copy to Jay. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:04, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks Brian! ;) -- Cirt (talk) 07:04, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Got to do something for entertainment since I'm signed off from work for two weeks post-stroke. Dropping a "Polly Filler" in the crapper was too good an opportunity to miss. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 07:10, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh no, I hope you rest and get better soon! -- Cirt (talk) 07:25, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No rest for the wicked. I very quickly regained full motor control, I just get tired pretty easily. My mind is still the same – "Like a steel trap"; rusted, and illegal in 27 states. :-D --Brian McNeil / talk 07:43, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Ragettho (talk) 14:15, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * And I do hope that you get better. Ragettho (talk) 14:16, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Google anti-competitive behaviour
Mostly for those who recall the issue being brought up in relation to YouTube...

Has any further work been done regarding Google apparently favouring Chrome over other browsers with their websites? I appear to have run into this problem with Google Docs; a link emailed to me simply refuses to work in Firefox, and I get a "connection interrupted" error. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:31, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Try Error loading web sites -> Interrupted or reset connection and safe mode, will any of them work? Gryllida 08:04, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

main page

 * Just tried to add a welcome message to User talk:111.93.40.130, the title was saying "editing user talk:111.93.40.130", hit save, the change went to main page, but wasn't sighted, I rejected it. Did same thing two times (100% sure was editing the right page the second time, but it still happened).
 * Not sure if related, I also installed Firefox 7 (trunk) today. Is someone else notices odd thins happening, post here, I'm just using another browser for a while.

-Gryllida 12:36, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Happened again (in Chrome). I rejected the change so it probably didn't go "live", but it may be a site issue. -175.38.228.205 (talk) 12:56, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * (Its disgusting that firefox is on version 7...). That's really odd. You should perhaps consider filing a bug. Whats really odd is it only seems to be affecting you (but that could be because you're doing something different to trigger the bug that other's aren't). I have no idea what could cause this. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:18, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * My Firefox updated itself to 5 this morning, and has crashed about 10 times in the last several hours. I don't know what's going on. Mattisse (talk) 00:32, 27 June 2011 (UTC)


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User talk:Erin.smr

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User talk:Maxhaase

-- 20:41, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:ALOBROWN

-- 20:48, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Monty32

-- 20:58, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Leo Paiva

-- 21:15, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Glefeng

-- 21:36, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Dorjiks

-- 21:44, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Aelus Grupo

-- 21:48, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Daniel G.

-- 21:51, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:Massive flooding in China; over 550 thousand evacuated

40 rivers
I'm having trouble finding the source for the statement that 40 rivers have been affected by the floods. Perhaps I missed it.--William S. Saturn (talk) 22:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

 * I'll find it for you. I removed a couple. Mattisse (talk) 22:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/17/china-evacuation-floods I'll add it back.  Mattisse (talk) 22:10, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Just saw it in the history.--William S. Saturn (talk) 22:11, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, the reference is still there. (If you can't find something, I can see if it is in one of the sources I removed.) Mattisse (talk) 22:17, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Map of area
A coworker wants a map of the flooded area. We cannot find one, just "South and Central China," which I've interpreted to mean "about 85% of China, with a bit at the top right and top left tips becoming peninsulas. God has delivered unto them a repeat of the Great Flood." --199.173.226.229 (talk) 15:35, 21 June 2011 (UTC) Three of the areas mentioned in the sources that were hit over the weekend:
 * The BBC article in the sources has a map.
 * Sichuan
 * Guizhou
 * Zhejiang

Hope this helps! Mattisse (talk) 16:28, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


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User talk:Paranormaltaskforce

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User talk:Gonza evolucion

-- 22:07, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:IGScience

-- 22:29, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:1999OLTL

-- 22:32, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Abubakar1986

-- 23:43, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Aschmidt

-- Cirt (talk) 23:55, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Reweichman

-- 00:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Diego alfredo brito dominguez

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User talk:Puntip

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User talk:Maiyumi

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User talk:Steroidsr4losers4

-- 01:36, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Arp10-50~enwikinews

-- 02:26, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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User talk:Polinanaz12

-- 03:02, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Mbhskid520

-- 04:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Derekleungtszhei

-- 04:32, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Rsantoso

-- 04:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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US Food and Drug Administration proposes new regulations on sunscreen labeling

June 19, 2011

The US (FDA) has proposed new regulations, set to come into effect next year, to clarify sunscreen labels regarding the product's effectiveness against  (UV) rays.

The regulations, which the FDA has been considering since 1978, would prohibit claims that a sunscreen is "waterproof" or "sweatproof", since the FDA believes these terms are misleading. Instead, the word "water-resistant" must be used, and the label must specify how long the product lasts in water. Sunscreens that are not water-resistant must include a warning.

Only sunscreens that protect against both UV-A and UV-B rays could be labeled "broad spectrum". Currently, the SPF reflects protection against only UVB, not UVA. If the SPF is less than 15, then the label also must warn the consumer that the product is less effective at protecting against skin cancer or sunburn. Labels would not be able to claim an SPF higher than 50, since there is little evidence that suggests that anything higher offers significantly better protection against UV. Dermatologist Dr. Neil Korman supports this regulation, saying that it would reduce consumers' inclination towards buying products with unnecessarily high SPFs.

The FDA is also investigating the safety of aerosol-spray sunscreen, until more is known about its effects on breathing. The (EWG) warns that the spray could cause lung damage. The EWG also discourages the use of sunscreens with bug repellant, and recommends practices that avoid substantial exposure to UV rays.


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User talk:Qantasplanes

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User talk:BamaBala

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User talk:Nirely Landa

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User talk:Olegkagan

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User talk:Vivek.chechu

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User talk:Anubhav 001

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User talk:Prateek49

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User talk:Cleanthis

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User talk:AvicBot/archive

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User talk:Henry yu

-- 07:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:SergioRibichini

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User talk:Premnath.T.Murkoth

-- 07:57, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Sasaki takashi

-- 07:59, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Iarua

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User talk:Movazzaf

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User talk:Bellafan99

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User talk:Kelemensanyi

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User talk:Orange Suede Sofa

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User talk:MiniWardRobeUK

-- 08:37, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Handcuffed

-- 08:45, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Guerin gaetan

-- 09:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Renny maldonado

-- 09:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Kazakh34

-- 09:13, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Ugronugron

-- 09:16, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Liouzhenyu

-- 09:26, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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