PNN #145 Show Notes http://bit.ly/1aE8PGx
Military Ousts Morsi
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/07/03/Egypt-military-ousts-Morsi
Manning Prosecution Rests, Defense Begins:
http://rt.com/usa/bradley-manning-trial-prosecution-rests-576/
Toy Gun
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/07/toy-gun-march-held-on-the-national-mall-90923.html
Magpul Floods Colorado with 20,000 Magazines
Inventor of Internet Joins Effort to End Warrantless Surveillance
This is your Peace News for Thursday, July 4th 2013.
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Early reports yesterday revealed that the Egyptian military ousted Muhammad Morsi, the man who (until yesterday) called himself the leader of all the people in Egypt. At this time, it’s unclear what this means for the people.
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This Independence Day, Russian media reports that in the land of the free, federal prosecutors rested their case against Bradley Manning, the Army private turned whistleblower who admitted to revealing incriminating video and communications to WikiLeaks in 2010.
Manning’s video leak embarrassed the army, and in response, they had Manning arrested and charged with, quote, “aiding the enemy.”
The 25-year-old Oklahoma native has maintained that he only sought to publicize wrongdoing by the US Army.
He is charged with 21 total offenses, having already pleaded guilty to reduced charges on seven counts of espionage and two counts of computer fraud. For those charges, along with a guilty plea for violating a military rule against storing information, Manning would spend no less than 20 years in prison.
Despite that, the government is seeking a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors questioned 80 witnesses since the trial began on June 3 at Fort Meade near Baltimore, Maryland.
The defense is expected to begin arguing its case when the trial resumes, which could be as soon as Monday, July 8. They are likely to request a dismissal of all the charges, a typical motion after the prosecution rests. Manning’s fate will be decided by the judge.
Despite 14 days of testimony over five weeks, experts said the prosecution struggled to prove Manning acted with malicious intent to aid Al Qaeda.
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Gun rights advocates marched to the National Mall from Arlington while “armed” with water pistols before hosting a rally and a water fight yesterday.
Organizers of the Toy Gun March said they were promoting responsible gun ownership and trying to place gun owners in a better light. Participants were asked to carry toy pistols with orange tips, water guns, & nerf guns.
Austin Petersen, editor of the Libertarian Republic, said, quote “The Toy Gun Marchers are here to say that we believe in the second amendment right to bear arms, we believe in the Supreme Court decision, and we are here to say we come in peace. … We are non-violent; we want to show people that we’re respectful, and that we are responsible gun owners.”
The kid-oriented focus extended beyond water guns & face-painting: The group was also protesting harsh punishments that some schoolchildren have faced for having or playing with toy guns.
The Toy Gun Marchers held a tongue-in-cheek contest in which competitors nibbled Pop Tarts into the shape of guns.
The group also collected toys and money for Toys for Tots. At the conclusion of Wednesday’s event, organizers presented a Toys for Tots representative with a $1,200 check and several boxes of donated toys.
Kudos to the Toy Gun Marchers for spreading peace!
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Magpul has already moved most of their massive magazine making operation out of the state of Colorado, as they promised they would if expanded background legislation was signed into law (it was). However, the company, not one for fading quietly into the night, decided to go out with a bang.
Just two days before a magazine ban went into effect in the state of Colorado, which would make it illegal to buy/sell/trade magazines that can hold over 15 rounds, Magpul flooded the state of Colorado with 20,000 of their 30 round, standard capacity AR-15 magazines.
An estimated 5,000 people lined up to get the magazines, the first 1,500 of which were given out for free and the rest were discounted.
Kudos to Magpul for doing it right!
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports this week that Over five hundred thousand people have signed onto the Stop Watching Us campaign, a nonpartisan, grassroots campaign opposing the surveillance programs of the NSA. The Stop Watching Us coalition is seeking public accountability and tangible reform to rein in unconstitutional surveillance.
Since launching just over two weeks ago, the campaign has already garnered the support of Internet companies like Namecheap, reddit, and Mozilla as well as dozens of advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum.
Yesterday, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, also added his support to the campaign. Other prominent supporters include Icelandic Parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir, author Cory Doctorow, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, and actor John Cusack.
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