The Federal Crop Insurance Program paid for 17 billion dollars in crop losses in 2012, far more than normal, due to extreme weather that will keep getting worse.

The evidence that Assad's men used chemical weapons came from an Israeli signal interception unit.

Israel has been trying to get the US to fight Syria for a year or two. Thus, I have to wonder whether this "intelligence" was fabricated for the purpose.

The US is planning to fight in Syria on the side of al Qa'ida.

Obama's intended attack might be meant to keep Iran isolated (i.e., scupper the opportunity for a peace deal).

US citizens: call on Obama not to attack Syria without consulting Congress.

Barry Eisler suggests the arrest of David Miranda indicates that surveillance state is trying to make journalism harder, slower and less secure.

He may well be right; this does not contradict my theory, that it is trying to declare journalism criminal.