Myrtle Beach Real Estate by Mirela

“When a bear shot with a tranquilizer dart bolted into the water by a Florida neighborhood, it wasn’t long before he began to struggle against the effects of the dart. When wildlife biologist Adam Warwick saw what was happening, he raced into the water after the 375-pound bear and pulled him to safety. The bear was later released into a preserve.” Thank you so much Adam Warwick! ♥



Man Saves Black Bear From Drowning - CBS News

The Taipei City Government incinerates U.S. beef containing traces of the feed additive ractopamine March 12.

The use of ractopamine as a feed additive is an ongoing issue that involves U.S beef imports and in turn the development of Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade relations, Yang noted. While the U.S. allows the leanness-enhancing drug, it is still banned in Taiwan. http://bit.ly/Jbp4uN
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Livestock operations consume 80% of antibiotics used in the United States, that's a strong statement. The meat industry denies that its drug habit contributes to antibiotic resistance in diseases that affect people. The FDA is now on record contradicting that.

Unfortunately, the corporations will not be stopped from this dangerous practice, but will continue to regulate themselves. If you don't want the antibiotics resistance, don't eat the meat, or switch to a local, free range, organic source. No wonder our meat is not fit for consumption in so many other countries! http://bit.ly/JcEai8
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The European Parliament has backed a deal that will increase EU imports of beef from the US and Canada and help European food exporters.

A row over growth hormones used on North American cattle ranches led to a trade war lasting more than 20 years.

The new deal sets an annual EU quota of 48,200 tonnes for high-quality North American beef from cattle that have not been treated with growth hormones. http://bit.ly/JcEyx3
*Note: So, the Europeans get the meat WITHOUT the hormones. I wonder who gets the hormone laden meat? Hmm?!
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A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA.

The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.

Ractopamine is started as the animal nears slaughter.

How does a drug marked, "Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask" become "safe" in human food? With no washout period?

The drug is banned in Europe, Taiwan and China, and more than 1,700 people have been "poisoned" from eating pigs fed the drug since 1998, but ractopamine is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs and 30 percent of ration-fed cattle. http://bit.ly/cu5AWL
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The FDA ruled that ractopamine was safe and approved it for pigs in 1999, for cattle in 2003 and turkeys in 2008. As with many drugs, the approval process relied on safety studies conducted by the drug-maker — studies that lie at the heart of the current trade dispute. http://bit.ly/KWjA7S

Home Owners Across the Nation Sue All Bank Servicers and Their Offshore Havens; Spire Law Officially Announces Filing of Landmark Lawsuit Largest International Money Laundering Network in History Formed During Obama Administration; U.S. Banks' Theft of Home Owners' Money Laundered Through Cayman Islands, Isle of Man and Numerous Offshore-Based Affiliates

NEW YORK, NY, Apr 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- In a lawsuit alleged to involve the largest money laundering network in United States history, Spire Law Group, LLP -- on behalf of home owners across the Country -- has filed a mass tort action in the Supreme Court of New York, County of Kings. Home owners across the country have sued every major bank servicer and their subsidiaries -- formed in countries known as havens for money laundering such as the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg and Malaysia -- alleging that while the Obama Administration was publicly encouraging loan modifications for home owners, it was privately ratifying the formation of these shell companies in violation of the United States Patriot Act, and State and Federal law. The case further alleges that through these obscure foreign companies, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Bank, Citibank, Citigroup, One West Bank, and numerous other federally chartered banks stole hundreds of millions of dollars of home owners' money during the last decade and then laundered it through offshore companies. The complaint, Index No. 500827, was filed by Spire Law Group, LLP, and several of the Firm's affiliates and partners across the United States.

Far from being ambiguous, this is a complaint that "names names." Indeed, the lawsuit identifies specific companies and the offshore countries used in this enormous money laundering scheme. Federally Chartered Banks' theft of money and their utilization of offshore tax haven subsidiaries represent potential FDIC violations, violations of New York law, and countless other legal wrongdoings under state and federal law.

"The laundering of trillions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money -- and the wrongful taking of the homes of those taxpayers -- was known by the Administration and expressly supported by it. Evidence uncovered by the plaintiffs revealed that the Administration ignored its own agencies' reports -- and reports from the Department of Homeland Security -- about this situation, dating as far back as 2010. Worse, the Administration purported to endorse a 'national bank settlement' without disclosing or having any public discourse whatsoever about the thousands of foreign tax havens now wholly owned by our nation's banks. Fortunately, no home owner is bound to enter into this fraudulent bank settlement," stated Eric J. Wittenberg of Columbus, Ohio -- a noted trial lawyer, author and student of US history -- on behalf of plaintiffs in the case.

The suing home owners reveal how deeply they were defrauded by bank and governmental corruption -- and are suing for conversion, larceny, fraud, and for violations of other provisions of New York state law committed by these financial institutions and their offshore counterparts.

This lawsuit explains why loans were, in general, rarely modified after 2009. It explains why the entire bank crisis worsened, crippling the economy of the United States and stripping countless home owners of their piece of the American dream. It is indeed a fact that the Administration has spent far more money stopping bank investigations, than they have investigating them. When the Administration's agencies (like the FDIC) blew the whistle, their reports were ignored.

Read the rest of the article here:  Home Owners Across the Nation Sue All Bank Servicers and Their Offshore Havens; Spire Law Officially Announces Filing of Landmark Lawsuit

North Myrtle Beach Condos - Short Sales and Foreclosures  

We currently have 837 condos for sale in the North Myrtle Beach Area. Of these 837 active listings, 71 are distressed sales: either foreclosures/Bank owned, short sales, auction or court sale listings. So, 8.48% of the condo listings in the North Myrtle Beach Area are distressed sale listings.

Click here to see the 71 active distressed listings. When you land on the page, you’ll see all the MLS numbers and prices listed on the left hand side. As you click on each MLS number, the listing will open up in the main page. On the upper left side, you’ll find pictures. Use the green arrow at the bottom of the main picture to scroll through the pictures.

If any of these listings appeals to you, please contact me at your earliest convenience. Although we are still in a somewhat sluggish market, distressed sale listings typically sell faster than most and some even garner multiple bids.

Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Short Sale and Foreclosure Connection

I am in love with Short Sale Commander!

Short Sale Commander is a God sent! This is simply a program I will never be without, as long as I’m a Realtor.

For the casual short sale agent, or the inveterate, this is simply the most user friendly, comprehensive lead organizer, forms organizer, short sales organizer, deals organizer I’ve ever used! All the banks’ contact info and short sale packages are here.

All the forms can be filled out right on the computer. Everything is integrated, tracked: every email, every deal, and every form. Click, click and your loan number appears on every page, everything looks professional and organized.

You can assign guest access to your seller clients, so they can upload all the completed forms directly into short sale commander. From here you can dispatch them to the bank as many times as necessary. You can also assign guest access to the Buyers’ Agent, and they can track the short sale progress right online, without having to call you every week.

Thank you Short Sale Commander for the best program ever! Much appreciated!

Busy Myrtle Beach Short Sale Realtor, Mirela Monte

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Only 3 percent of the $7.6 billion in TARP funds that are targeted for troubled homeowners facing foreclosure have been spent, according to a report by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Fund.

The Hardest Hit Fund was created in 2010 to help struggling homeowners, but the Treasury Department has failed to distribute the vast majority of the money in the last two years due to "a lack of comprehensive planning," the report said.

Read More:  Important TARP funds targeted for homeowners have not been released

VERMONT BANS FRACKING! I hope this is contagious!

2:52 pm: Ban on fracking passes Senate 27-1!

2:53 pm: Clean Energy Associate Leah Marsters floods AT&T phone lines across the state with exclamation marks.

Right now: You click "LIKE" to join the celebration

Two more public interest victories just in...

The House proclaims that "corporations are NOT people" and "money is NOT speech" by passing JRS11 - asking Congress to amend the Constitution.

And, we can celebrate the Midwives Bill again! A fix to the insurance company loophole passed. Women, not their insurers, will at last get to choose who delivers their babies!

Spread the word!
VPIRG: https://www.facebook.com/VPIRG

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Argentina Nationalizes Oil, Ousts Big Oil Corporation
President sees 'the recovery of sovereignty' in take-back of natural resources from corporations:
*Note: This is exactly the opposite of what's currently happening in our own country!
**Note: Remembering history... the exact same reason that the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the CIA and British intelligence in 1953 - nationalizing the oil industry. More power to the Argentinians this time..
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EPA sued over dispersants used in BP oil spill  Two years after the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, research into the environmental effects is turning up evidence of sick fish. Video from Al Jazeera shows fish sickened by the gulf spill. Now, three environmental groups are filing a lawsuit demanding more study into this.

Center for Biological Diversity, the Surfrider Foundation, and Pacific Environment are suing the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard. The three environmental groups complain the government doesn't know enough about the effects of chemical dispersants used to break up big oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon.

Two years ago this Friday, the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank. In the months that followed nearly five million barrels of oil gushed into the gulf. Back then a lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity filed notice of intent to sue the EPA and the Coast Guard over the impact of chemical dispersants used in the cleanup.

This week, almost two years to the day of the spill, the suit was filed.

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The Autism Epidemic and Disappearing Bees: A Common Denominator?  On a recent front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, a frightening, oversized headline read, "Highest rate in the nation, 1 in 32 Utah boys has autism." Less well publicized, another national story ran the same day: "New pesticides linked to bee population collapse." If you eat food and hope to do so a few years from now, this should be equally frightening. A common denominator may underlie both stories. A recent Stanford University study, examining 192 pairs of twins, where one twin was autistic and one was not, found that genetics account for 38 percent of the risk of autism and environmental factors account for 62 percent.
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FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July

For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.

The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner, http://www.dcwg.org , that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet.
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Short Sales to Speed Up:  Following a recent settlement with the state attorneys general, new short sale requirements are to be adopted by the largest five mortgage servicers in the US, in the expectation that these will speed up what has become quite a lengthy process.

As part of the new requirements, servicers will be required to make a decision on a borrower’s request for a short sale within 30 days of receiving that request, reported Housing Wire. While this alone should help to reduce the processing time of short sales, a number of other requirements will help address key hold-ups in the process.

An old Cherokee told his grandson: “My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth.”

The boy thought about it and asked: “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”

The old man quietly replied: “The one you feed.”

It's 2012. This is my country. My heart aches!

Depleted Uranium Destroying DNA all over the occupied territories.

“The future of human existence is at stake due to the deliberate and indifferent use of destructive and carcinogenic wastes.” Italian Scientist Paola Manduca, Professor of Genetics at the University of Genoa

The radioactivity persists for over 4,500,000,000 years killing millions of every age for centuries to come. This is a crime against humanity which may rank with the worst atrocities of all time.
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Under a new kind of siege, Doctors and residents blame US weapons for catastrophic levels of birth defects in Fallujah’s newborns. ”We have all kinds of defects now, ranging from congenital heart disease to severe physical abnormalities, both in numbers you cannot imagine,” Alani told Al Jazeera at her office in the hospital, while showing countless photos of shocking birth defects.

“There are not even medical terms to describe some of these conditions because we’ve never seen them until now,” she said. “So when I describe it all I can do is describe the physical defects, but I’m unable to provide a medical term.”Most of these babies in Fallujah die within 20 to 30 minutes after being born, but not all. http://uranium-news.com/2012/01/29/effects-of-depleted-uranium-on-fallujahs-children/
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Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja: Iraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumors and deformities http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/13/falluja-cancer-children-birth-defects
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We heard many times that officials in Falluja had warned women that they should not have children. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8548961.stm
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The current silence of the U.S. press on the health crisis in Fallujah reflects an understandable, though problematic, desire to leave behind a shameful chapter in the history of U.S. foreign policy. If we give in to that desire, we risk losing sight of what is actually happening in Iraq right now. This has implications not only for how we understand the ongoing health crisis in Fallujah but also for how we understand the current and future role of the United States in Iraq more broadly.

For Americans who opposed the war, visions of a post-American Iraq are especially tempting. But they are also deceptive. In addition to sparking our consciousness about the health and environmental impact of the war, the ongoing crisis in Fallujah should wake us up to the fact that in multiple ways — most of which are currently ignored or suppressed by the U.S. spin machine — the legacy of the U.S. war in Iraq is far from over. http://thefallujahproject.org/home/node/87
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“All these weaponry and their discriminate use on civilians is outside all the international laws”, she emphasized. “I do not think of it as a matter of opinion, but facts”, Paola Manduca reiterated. Fact is the concern that the future of human existence is at stake due to the deliberate and indifferent use of destructive and carcinogenic wastes. http://www.perdana4peace.org/depleted-uranium-us-experiment-in-me-fields/
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 American Soldiers are ill and dying of “mysterious illness” – is it Depleted Uranium poisoning?  http://bit.ly/x63qBW

 Warning: Disturbing Pics (Beyond Belief) Fallujah babies: Under a new kind of siege: http://bit.ly/zNHDhv

In an act of stark cruelty, the US dominated Sanctions Committee refuses to permit Iraq to import the clean-up equipment that they desperately need to decontaminate their country of the Depleted Uranium ammunition that the US fired at them. Approximately 315 tons of DU dust was left by the use of this ammunition.The Sanctions Committee also refuses to allow the mass importation of anti-cancer treatments, which contain trace amounts of radio-isotopes, on the grounds that these constitute '...nuclear materials..' EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES: http://stgvisie.home.xs4all.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html

Nothing depleted about 'depleted uranium'- Disturbing photos of children: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=1777
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Clearly, with hundreds of thousands gravely ill in Iraq and at least a quarter of a million UK and US troops seriously ill, huge disability claims might be made not only against the governments of Britain and America if the harm done by DU were acknowledged. There might also be huge claims against companies making DU weapons and some of their directors are said to be extremely close to the White House.

How close they are to Downing Street is a matter for speculation, but arms sales makes a considerable contribution to British trade. So the massive whitewashing of DU over the past 12 years, and the way that governments have failed to test returning troops, seemed to disbelieve them, and washed their hands of them, may be purely to save money. US troops suffer cancers, children with birth defects, from depleted uranium.

US troops suffer cancers, children with birth defects, from depleted uranium: http://uranium-news.com/2011/01/08/us-troops-suffer-cancers-children-with-birth-defects-from-depleted-uranium/
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The industrial street in Fallujah District is subject to a radioactive contamination resulting from military operations that were carried out in the past years, a source told Alsumaria stressing that health authorities fear the outbreak of cancer diseases as a result of this contamination.

Discovering radioactive materials in Fallujah should push the central government to sue the so-called parties involved in bringing these materials, members of Anbar Local government revealed. The support of Central Government to help us investigate the increase of cancer in the province is below expectations, Health authorities in the province pointed out. http://www.uruknet.info/?p=85815
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Fallujah Birth Defect Spike Thought to Be Result of U.S. Chemical Weapons: http://youtu.be/Da2a1UPsnxY

Parliamentary questions: Fallujah birth defects (4th March 2010): http://youtu.be/r_H4cto4vYk
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Researchers have shown that uranium oxide, or DU, “travels the nerves from the nose to the brain,” in the words of a University of Chicago doc and researcher. A tiny amount (a milligram) of this radioactive poison quick marches up your smelling nerves right into your brain and keeps firing 1.2 Million bullets a day – forever.

The radioactive 850 rounds a minute automatic weapon is about as big as the period at the end of this sentence, never needs reloading and never jams. It’s a perfect killing machine for brain cells and other cells. http://www.sikharchives.com/?p=8757
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'An award winning documentary film produced for German television by Freider Wagner and Valentin Thurn. The film exposes the use and impact of radioactive weapons during the current war against Iraq. The story is told by citizens of many nations.' http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5146778547681767408&hl=de

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Children of Gulf War Veterans – A Facebook Page:   http://on.fb.me/yxy2QX

 Depleted Uranium 101: http://www.blatantworld.com/global_issues/depleted_uranium_du.html

The Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Home Market is really heating up this year.  We’ve sold THREE times as many Oceanfront Homes in Myrtle Beach in the past three months than we did during the same three months last year.  THREE TIMES as many!  That’s HUGE!

The sales activity for Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Homes in the past six months is up 54% compared to last year.   So, the 6-month reading shows a doubling of activity, while a 3-month reading shows a tripling of activity.  This is a HUGE ascent by any measure!

Here are all the Oceanfront Homes sold in the past 3 months, a total of 15 Homes ranging in price from $525,000 to $1,850,000:  Click Here

Here are all the Oceanfront Homes sold during the same period last year, a total of 5 Homes sold between $850,000 to $2,300,000: Click Here

Here are all the Oceanfront Homes sold in the Myrtle Beach Area in the past 6 months.  24 Homes sold between $525,000 to $2,450,000: Click Here

Here are all the Oceanfront Homes sold in the Myrtle Beach Area during the same period last year, a total of 11 Homes sold between $600,000 to $2,300,000:  Click Here

Based on the activity of the last three months, we are selling 3.85% of our Oceanfront Home inventory per month.  At this rate, we now have 2 years and 2 months worth of inventory.  

Here are all the Oceanfront Homes currently for sale in the Myrtle Beach Area:  Click Here To See

Three of them are Foreclosures:  Click Here to see

Seven of them are under 5 years of age:  Click Here to see

Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Home Connection

Oceanfront Lots for Sale in the Myrtle Beach Area: Click Here

Sold within the past 3 months:  Click Here 

Sold within the past 6 months:  Click Here

Sold within the past year:  Click Here

Contrast that with oceanfront lot sales for the year before:  Click Here

Based on the last 6 months’ activity: 

We are selling 1.33% of our inventory per month. At this rate, we have 6 years and 3 months worth of Oceanfront Lot inventory.

Mirela Monte, Your Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Lots Connection

As a Real Estate Agent specializing in short sales and foreclosures, I know first hand how devastating this market can be to scores of hard working Americans.  As Realtors and as consumers, I think it's important to know the latest foreclosure developments.  Here are some of the lesser known stories, not typically covered by the major media.  Each title is a link that will take you to the original post:

Pulling Back the Curtain: Exposing the 1% Behind the 2011 Big Bank Bonuses:

The nation’s top six banks—Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs—paid out $144 BILLION in bonuses and compensation this past year, making 2011’s payday the second highest on record for these six firms.

Just half of the banks’ bonus and compensation pools would be enough to write down the principal on all underwater mortgages in the country. (video provided at the bottom of this post)
 
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A Huge Housing Bargain -- but Not for You:

The largest transfer of wealth from the public to private sector is about to begin. The federal government will be bulk-selling the massive portfolio of foreclosed homes now owned by HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private investors -- vulture funds.

These homes, which are now the property of the U.S. government, the U.S. taxpayer, U.S. citizens collectively, are going to be sold to private investor conglomerates at extraordinarily large discounts to real value.

You and I will not be allowed to participate. These investors will come from the private-equity and hedge-fund community, Goldman Sachs(GS_) and its derivatives, as well as foreign sovereign wealth funds that can bring a billion dollars or more to each transaction.

In the process, these investors will instantaneously become the largest improved real estate owners and landlords in the world. The U.S. taxpayer will get pennies on the dollar for these homes and then be allowed to rent them back at market rates. 

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The Foreclosure-to-Rental Screwjob:

And, why–in heaven’s name–would congress want to take on more risk when they can keep millions of people in their homes by simply reducing the principle on their mortgages to the present value of the house?

Did you catch that? Taxpayers are going to get slammed for another $750 billion. That’s nearly as much as Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the fiscal stimulus that added 2 percent to GDP and kept unemployment from rocketing to 13 percent. Bernanke wants to throw that same amount down a Wall Street sinkhole.

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New York Federal Reserve Estimates 3.6 Million Foreclosures Will Occur In The Next Two Years:

While foreclosure rates hit a four-year low in 2011, the early signs for 2012 don’t look good when it comes to housing, as banks have begun to work through a backlog of foreclosures that were delayed by the foreclosure fraud scandal. In fact, the New York Federal Reserve anticipates that 3.6 million foreclosures will occur in the next two years, piling on to the 1 million in 2010 and the 800,000 last year. “The ongoing weakness in housing has made it more difficult to achieve a vigorous economic recovery,” said New York Fed President William Dudley. “Housing has inhibited economic activity through a number of channels.”
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The Democratically-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an enormous $662 billion defense bill, including a provision that would give the military the responsibility to indefinitely detain suspected terrorists, even if they are American citizens caught on U.S. soil.
Despite a vow from President Obama that he would veto the bill if it still contained the dangerous detainment provision, the Senate blocked not one but two attempts to strip it from the legislation, ultimately passing the bill in a 93-7 vote.

H.R. 1540: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-1540&tab=summary

S. 1867: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-1867

S.1867: http://bit.ly/S1867 and http://1.usa.gov/S1867b

Final Senate vote on the bill: http://1.usa.gov/NDAAvote

Final Vote in the House: http://bit.ly/NDAAHouseVote

How it unfolded in the Senate: http://1.usa.gov/NDAAsteps

Synopsis: http://bit.ly/NDAAsynopsis

NDAA Final Transcript from the Senate Floor: http://bit.ly/NDAAfinal

List of Twitter IDs for senators who voted for/against the NDAA: http://on.fb.me/TweetListNDAA

Impeach Every Senator Who Votes for "U.S. is a Battlefield" Bill that Violates Basic Rights": http://bit.ly/Impeach

1 Billion AGAINST Indefinite Detention without trial law: http://on.fb.me/NoIndefiniteDetention

Recall Every Congressman Who Voted for the NDAA: http://on.fb.me/RecallCongress


Interpretations and Opinions:

The upper chamber granted presidential authority to detain American citizens indefinitely without evidence or trials. As one lawmaker pointed out, this flagrantly defies the Constitution. http://bit.ly/NDAA3

Feinstein was able to include a largely symbolic amendment which states that “nothing in the bill changes current law relating to the detention of U.S. citizens and legal aliens,” but this measure is meaningless according to Republican Congressman Justin Amash, a fierce critic of the bill.
“Some have asserted that Sen. Feinstein’s amendment, S Amdt 1456, protects the rights of American citizens and preserves constitutional due process. Unfortunately, it does not. It’s just more cleverly worded nonsense.” http://bit.ly/NDAAscrewed4

The reason the compromise amendment worked is that it leaves the question of domestic military detention open, leaving the matter for Supreme Court to resolve should a future president decide to assert the authority to detain a US citizen on American soil. http://bit.ly/NDAAscrewed

They're not even pretending to do things in line with the Constitution anymore: http://read.bi/NDAAscrewed3

The only “silver lining,” if one can call it such, is that the military isn’t forced to detain American citizens without trial, it’s merely allowed to. The Senate has officially declared the entire United States to be a battleground. And you and I are potential enemies. http://bit.ly/NDAAscrewed5

“The detention mandate to use indefinite military detention in terrorism cases isn’t limited to foreigners. It’s confusing, because two different sections of the bill seem to contradict each other, but in the judgment of the University of Texas’ Robert Chesney — a nonpartisan authority on military detention — “U.S. citizens are included in the grant of detention authority,” http://bit.ly/NDAA9

Amnesty International: The new National Defense Authorization Bill (S1867) presented to the Senate by the Armed Services Committee is such a disaster for civil liberties and human rights it is difficult to know where to begin. http://bit.ly/NDAA4

The ACLU: "The bill is an historic threat to American citizens and others because it expands and makes permanent the authority of the president to order the military to imprison without charge or trial American citizens," said Christopher Anders, ACLU senior legislative counsel. "The final amendment to preserve current detention restrictions could turn out to be meaningless and Senators Levin and Graham made clear that they believe this power to use the military against American citizens will not be affected by the new language. This bill puts military detention authority on steroids and makes it permanent. If it becomes law, American citizens and others are at real risk of being locked away by the military without charge or trial. http://bit.ly/ACLUonNDAA

I guess we can now end the wars, since they can't hate us for our freedoms anymore!

s.1867, The 'National Defense Authorization Act' creates a police state:

The bill was drafted in secret by Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), before being passed in a closed-door committee meeting without any kind of hearing. http://mediamonarchy.blogspot.com/2011/11/senate-bill-to-turn-us-into-battlefield.html

Yes, Americans Will Be Targeted As Terrorists Under the NDAA - Dark Politricks
http://bit.ly/rBhHex

The U.S. Senate is considering the unthinkable: changing detention laws to imprison people — including Americans living in the United States itself — indefinitely and without charge. The ACLU petition: http://bit.ly/uNaKsM

The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself. http://bit.ly/t7egus

This bill is over 600 pages long, and even according to its sponsors, covers a wide variety of issues. Something as important and unique as criminal justice should not be part of a military authorization bill, but should be the subject of its own bill: http://bit.ly/twwNKA

Is Guantanamo forever?
The Senate contemplates a bipartisan bill to make permanent the failed system of indefinite detention: http://bit.ly/vIseRQ

Secret Bill To Be Voted On Today Would Allow The Military To Sweep Up US Citizens At Home Or Abroad: http://read.bi/vnp2sc

The language contained in sections 1031, 1032, and 1033 operates to create a dangerous framework certain to curtail civil liberties and hamstring effective policing. As written, these sections establish indefinite detention, military custody, and a “national security waiver” prohibiting certain transfers from Guantánamo Bay: http://bit.ly/vk7fcW

There's a problem: Within this year's NDAA bill are problematic new provisions that could allow the U.S. military to capture and indefinitely detain American citizens, even here on U.S. soil. Senator Udall's petition: http://bit.ly/uTLYhz

As the Occupy protests grow with each passing day, the threat to the 1% is growing as well. It is no wonder that our government, who is a decades long supporter of the police state as both a profit center and business model, has tried to slip this legislation through. http://bit.ly/vL3uSL

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 is mind-bogglingly unconstitutional, especially Sections Sections 1031 and 1032. It's unconscionable. http://bit.ly/t3ythO

Recent efforts to militarize our justice system and reimpose the use of torture during interrogation are ill advised. They can only further erode the safety of American citizens. In addition, this plan rejects the best advice of U.S. military and intelligence professionals. http://bit.ly/uxrlvu

This bill gives the president the authority to indefinitely imprison American citizens without a court hearing, both domestically and abroad. Senate Bill 1867 is bringing the battlefield to the homeland. Alex Jones, radio host of The Alex Jones Show, tells us what this could mean for America's future. http://bit.ly/tdPxyq

The NDAA is so expansive in scope & dangerous in nature that it makes the PATRIOT Act look like the Bill of Rights. http://bit.ly/rsrNpc

According to Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, the bill will “basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield.” http://bit.ly/vVcYWB

"I'm very, very, concerned about having U.S. citizens sent to Guantanamo Bay for indefinite detention," said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of the Senate's most conservative members. http://huff.to/tItjaQ