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“There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture, and it will change the political structure only as its final act. ”
Charles A. Reich- 1970
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I had an interesting dream on 04/23/09:
I am standing in a large crowd of people. Many have some sort of tweed cap on their head (symbolizing the working man?). We are all facing notable politicians and businessmen who stand on a stage. We all very slowly move forward with no weapons—nothing to harm them physically—we move in unison with first a deliberate right foot down, then deliberate left foot down while raising a fist in the air and shouting “Nevermore!” Then the deliberate right foot moves us one step ahead…then the left foot and rising fist. As we all move toward the stage, it begins to tumble and the “elite” realize we see them for what they are and lose their power. Then, my (deceased) father appears to my left. I ask him, “Father, how were we able to do this with no weapons?”. He replies, “Daughter, look around you. No longer are there fortresses to hide in, only houses made of glass.” I look around and see that he is right and the glass begins to shatter everywhere.
I have kept a personal dream journal for many years, I have come to recognize a “message” dream when it appears.
I immediately understood the essence of my dream 14 months later while watching a pro-Palestinian rally right after the news of the attack on the Gaza Flotilla. It was this statement by Kareem Dennis aka Lowkey that brought that dream to fore and provided the context of meaning in my dream:
“There is only one line of division.”
“It is a line of division between those who stand for the equality of all, and those who stand for the supremacy of some.” [Gaza Flotilla Solidarity Speech 05/31/10 ]
Power is energy and basically either contracts or expands. Non-parasitic power used sparingly and with benign wisdom is beneficial to mankind (expanded, love: Gandhi, Jesus…), but power parasitically housed in a weak host (contracted, fear: Hitler, Stalin…), provides it the vehicle to manipulate the power malevolently. Parasitic symbiosis pushes that power forward.
Jonathan Zap in his 2003 treatise titled Mind Parasites, Energy Parasites and Vampires provides some insight into energetic parasites with a biological example:
In Parasite Rex examples are given of how much more sophisticated, evolved and sinister parasites are than is generally known. Parasites have the ability, in some cases, to take over the will of a seemingly much more evolved animal. For example, there is a parasite that attacks a certain type of crab and eats up all nonessential soft tissue inside of it, but leaves the basics that allow locomotion—key muscles, the optic nerves, etc.
It is then able to take over this partly hollowed out crab and use it in the manner of an Imperial Lieutenant in the Star Wars fantasy operating an Imperial Walker.
As I attempt to transpose the poor crab’s dilemma as a physical event into controller parasites of the unseen mind, I try to wrap my own mind around the thousands-of-years-old battle between the culture of self-appointed supremacy over the masses and the struggle of the masses for the natural right of human beings to life and liberty.
I tend to break down the projected events that take place in our world into positive and negative energy or—for the purpose of this post—hosts and parasites. From my perspective, I recognize a host-parasite symbiosis going on whenever a group gravitates to a leader without question, just gives their essential energy to authority to feed off without question (i.e. Jim Jones Guyana Temple, covert recruitments, etc.)
“(T)he nature of a parasite is to not make itself known. A smart parasite lives without being detected because if it is detected, of course, something is going to be done to eradicate it. Parasites are ‘clever’ in their ability to survive and reproduce…”.
The above information is from Healing Daily and describes the physical nature of a parasite, but with a little imagination, one can begin to see that parasitic Mind-destroying ideologies could easily be described above. ideologies that feed off and drain the energies of mind and emotions of the vulnerable in this world rather than uplift and inspire.
When infinite electrical brain capacity is chronically forced from birth into a limited world view molded first by family, culture, and peers and later by relationships, co-workers, and political/media/economic control, it becomes vulnerable to parasitic Mind-controllers and deprives the mind of expanding its consciousness to the full limit of its natural state. It is no wonder that 6.8 billion people on this planet have been blocked from moving collectively to push past the illusions of this world. However…..
Without the host, the parasite flounders, weakens, and dies. It cannot survive in its own right, and in turn Mind parasites are useless without the ability to manipulate a host.
Parasitic elitists (and yes, there are non-parasitic ethical elitists—different story) are in the end the bottom feeders in this world, stretching back thousands of years with ancestors probably “not from around here” —not Earth-indigenous. They are no more than frightened children without the mind-planting illusion passed down through their generations that they have both Power and Control over the rest of mankind. We have played into their illusion naïvely—until now. No longer will We The People give away our Mind power to such weakened Souls.
THE CULT TEST
If the Awakening taking place on this planet runs its natural course, we will witness an exponential takedown of Parasitic Energy that has allowed the Powers That Be to huddle unseen in the nest of Mind Parasites.
Perhaps as my dream suggested, it may be no more difficult than to recognize that we no longer need to ram the fortresses. We simply need to move forward, together, in unity (and in freedom of thought) to welcome Justice and bag the Collective Parasite.
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Age of Acceleration
Since that breathtaking event we call the Norway Spiral manifested for the world to see on December 08 2009 [local date], the rate at which information and time seems to be speeding up is phenomenal to me. Until that time, it seemed as though the Collective Mind was shifting dramatically in awareness but was anxiously simmering beneath the surface of forces holding the lid on the pressure cooker. The actual cause of that amazing Spiral may have been manmade [HAARP, Cern, etc.] or may have been celestially manifested—we have yet to know that Truth—but subsequent explosive and chaotic events worldwide point to a massive blowing off of the lid held by secretive forces—at what seems like record speed—who can no longer contain it. Insights and information that have taken years to surface now condense into weeks and days and even sometimes hours since that Spiral appeared. From my perspective, the Norway Spiral, intentionally or unintentionally, opened a pathway for hyperdimensional forces to alter time and information flow as we know it, perhaps injecting some plasma-like “truth serum” into the human discussion. The Universe has stopped holding its breath and is exhaling hard to move from debate to major, major action.
Astrologically, one could say that the Plutonian energy [breakdown, transformation] transiting the constellation of Capricorn [traditional institutions] is wreaking havoc on global political/financial/religious stalwarts as expected, but could the Norway Spiral have had a hand in hyperdimensionally altering, speeding up, intensifying those forces? I am starting this blog to observe the 1-2 punch effects in many Earthly arenas since that time. Sometime in September 2010 [interestingly around the week of September 11, 2010], we may see authentic and earnest planetary waves of healing–cathartic events, I would term it—that begin us on our path to true Enlightenment, if we so choose.
We should also consider that perhaps BOYLAN’S ALTIMARIANS are indeed at work here to take those greedy parasitic fingers off the Dark Forces’ lid of malignant secrecy ? 
I for one would not doubt that much more Enlightened lifeforms than ours are helping us to prevail.
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[A collection of news that, while not all dealing with elitist activity, give glimpses into how parasitic, self-oriented activity feeds on the Soul of a neighborhood, community, region, nation, and the world]
ADDED:
02/21/12
Baltimore Sun:
Prince of Monaco in barroom brawl in New York
Prince of Monaco in barroom brawl in New York Feb 20 2012
“Punched along with the prince was Stavros Niarchos, a Greek shipping scion and former boyfriend of hotel heiress Paris Hilton, and two other men, according to the criminal complaint.”
” ‘An individual now known to me from the criminal complaint as the prince was with others harassing my client and acting like little children, name calling and trying to attack my client,’ said Hock’s attorney Sal Strazzullo.”
Sniveling little spoiled brats.
02/15/12
Courthouse News Service:
Times Reporter Balks at Grapple by Prosecutors for His CIA Source
“Former CIA operative Jeffrey Sterling stands accused as the leak. Risen, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, allegedly incorporated information he received from Sterling into Chapter 9 of his 2006 book ‘State of War.’ Chapter 9 focuses on ‘Operation Merlin,’ a botched attempt by the CIA to have a former Russian scientist pass obviously fake nuclear blueprints to Iran.”
” ‘Some government officials may not personally favor the scrutiny that Mr. Risen’s reporting – in Chapter 9 and elsewhere – has subjected them to,’ [Risen's attorney, Joel] Kurtzberg concluded. ‘There is little doubt, however, that this reporting presents exactly the kind of public interest value that animates reporter’s privilege jurisprudence.’ “
Absolutely.
02/14/12
Scoop NZ:
On the Law Commission plan to scrap jury trials
“One of the arguments being put forward for making this change is that some witnesses find the current adversarial system to be ‘aggressive and traumatising.’ Well, I don’t know about you – but if I were being charged by the state with an offence, I would want the advocate defending me to be able to question the state’s witnesses quite aggressively. There is someone present to prevent that interrogation from exceeding the bounds of acceptability and causing the witness wilful harm. That person is called the judge. That’s one of the roles he’s expected to play.”
No citizen in their right mind would support a proposal diametrically opposed to fair, impartial justice.
Courthouse News:
Scientology Forced Labor Claims Hit the 9th Circuit
“The Headleys worked at the church from the early 1990s until 2005. Claire Headley claimed that the church prohibited her from having children and was coerced into having two abortions. She also alleged that members who tried to leave the church were followed, brought back, and deprived of food and sleep, among other punishments.”
Sick puppies, all.
02/11/12
Courthouse News Service
No Secrecy for Fumbling Sen. Stevens Case
“The report concluded that tthe investigation and prosecution of Senator Stevens were permeated by the systematic concealment of significant exculpatory evidence which would have independently corroborated [his] defense and his testimony, and seriously damaged the testimony and credibility of the government’s key witness.’ “
” ‘The government’s ill-gotten verdict in the case not only cost that public official his bid for re-election, the results of that election tipped the balance of power in the United States Senate,’ the 55-page decision states. ‘That the government later moved to dismiss the indictment with prejudice and vacate the verdict months after the trial does not eradicate the misconduct, nor should it serve to shroud that misconduct in secrecy.’ “
” The full report must be made public by March 15. “
Sen. Stevens died in a plane crash on 08/10/10
Related 09/27/10
SF Gate:
Prosecutor in Ted Stevens case commits suicideNicholas A. Marsh, Justice Dept prosecutor, commits suicide Sep 27 2010
A Justice Department prosecutor killed himself while “under investigation over whether he and other attorneys in the prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens acted improperly in the case, officials said.”
“Nicholas A. Marsh, 37, committed suicide on Sunday, two years after being part of the Justice Department team that convicted Stevens on corruption charges that were eventually thrown out. Marsh’s suicide was confirmed by his lawyer, Robert Luskin.”
WaPo:
For SEC, investigating insider trading in Congress presents complications
“The matter puts the SEC in a potentially uncomfortable position. Bachus is one of the agency’s primary overseers in Congress, and the committee he chairs holds power over the SEC’s budget.”
“He can make life very unpleasant for the agency,” former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt said.”
It is completely unacceptable that we would have people in the SEC who don’t have the COHONES to do their job under threat of retaliation! We need people in there who work for the protection of the people. That they would be timid about rocking the boat, they act like slaves to masters. These are not your masters, SEC—get with the program!
02/10/12
Zero Hedge:
Bachus Under Investigation For Insider Trading – What About Nancy?
“Yesterday the Washington Post reported that House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus (Ala.) is under investigation for possible insider-trading violations.”
“One can’t help but wonder how Nancy Pelosi escaped a similar ethics investigation?”01/26/12
Washington Times:
Senate passes insider trading ban for its members
“After spending the afternoon voting on a score of amendments that had hampered negotiations earlier in the week, the Senate overwhelmingly passed on a 96-3 vote the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Only Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina, both Republicans, and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Democrat, were opposed.”
11/17/11
USA Today:
Column: Actually, congressional insider trading is illegal
“… trading on congressional secrets is already decidedly illegal. The ‘misappropriation theory’ of insider trading prohibits corporate outsiders from breaching duties of confidentiality to sources of non-public information in connection with securities transactions. To the extent it’s constitutional, it’s the theory that prevents, for instance, staffers of this publication from trading on information learned at work before it’s made public. Those who exempt Congress from this rule typically argue that congressional insider trading violates no duty, or that congressional information is inherently ‘public’ and therefore non-confidential. Neither is true.”
11/15/11
CBS:
Senators introduce “STOCK Act” to stop “insider trading” in Congress
“Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., today introduced the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2011, which would prohibit members or employees of Congress, as well as executive branch employees, from using nonpublic information obtained through their public service for investing or any attempt at personal financial gain. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is introducing a slightly different version of the legislation on Wednesday. “
11/14/11 BusinessInsider: THE CONGRESS INSIDER TRADING SCANDAL IS OUTRAGEOUS: Rep. Spencer Bachus Should Resign In Disgrace
11/13/11 The Hill: Report questions whether lawmakers are trading stock on inside information
02/09/12
Dallas Blog:
Mexico Orders UN Cocaine Investigation
“The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just launched a full-scale criminal investigation of a mysterious shipment of 18 Kg. Of cocaine mailed from Mexico to the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City. The package failed to specify a sender or addressee, which still remain a big mystery in the halls of the Mexican federal government.”
“Prensa Latina reports that, ‘the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Saturday a joint probe between the governments of Mexico and the United States to throw light on the singular cargo received January 16 in the UN through international mail cargo service.’ Apparently, the Latin news agency is implying that the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is investigating UN officials over this matter.”
Other than this Dallas news source, I have not found a single American MSM source report this yet.
01/26/12
BBC UK: Cocaine seized at UN headquarters in New York “Spokesman Paul Browne said they seemed to have been delivered by accident.”
“There was no name or address on the shipment sent from Mexico City through Cincinnati, he added.”
Is it just me or is there a thou-protesteth-too-much quality to this? No address at all and it made it through the mail system all the way from Mexico? Delivered by “accident” but clearly had a “forged” UN logo? Not one station along its route wondered about this? If this story goes away quickly, one can be sure it was meant for someone in a high place. Whew! BTW. instead of whisking the stash away, why didn’t they just wait around to see who would come pick it up? Ummm?
Courthouse News Service
Alarming Claim Against Methodist Hospital
“HOUSTON (CN) – Married lawyers in their 60s say security guards refused to let them leave The Methodist Hospital, then had the husband taken to jail while the hospital held the woman overnight, injected her with Ativan against her will, and checked her needlessly into its psych ward.
“The hospital did this even though a doctor said ‘he saw no reason why they couldn’t leave,’ Lisa and Russell Guttshall say in their complaint in Harris County Court.”
Guards gone wild. Totally weird. There’s got to be a whole lot more to this.
01/18/12
Courthouse News Service:
Lego Called a Ruthless Monopolist
“In a federal antitrust complaint, Mega Brands, of Canada, says Lego falsely claimed ‘exclusive rights to the functional cylindrical stud element that is commonly used in construction blocks,’ even though courts have ruled that Lego ‘cannot re-monopolize a once patented invention under the guise of trademark law.’”
“Mega Brands seeks declaration that its products do not infringe upon Lego’s ‘valid trademarks,’ an injunction to stop Lego from interfering with the importation of its products, damages for monopolization and attempted monopolization, unlawful and unfair competition, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and treble damages for Sherman Act violations.”
Sounds like Lego is a chip off the old Rockefeller block.
01/16/12
York Dispatch/AP:
Pakistani court orders contempt notice against PM
“ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s Supreme Court ramped up the pressure on the nation’s beleaguered government Monday, beginning contempt proceedings against the prime minister for failing to carry out its order to reopen a corruption case against the president.”
“The Supreme Court has ordered the government to ask Swiss authorities to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari that dates back to the 1990s and involves the jurisdiction of the Swiss courts. The government has refused, saying Zardari has immunity, and supporters say the court is pursuing a vendetta against the country’s civilian leadership. “
This year, we will see the “elite” cashing in their political chips.
Related (?)
01/09/12 PakTribune: French Scandal Exposed Global Corruption“In this regard former French President Sarkozy case of “$900 million deal of Agosta Submarines with Pakistan in 1994″ almost emerged as hallmark of global corruption. The French Investigating Authorities probed the said deal and proved that Sarkozy when he was a budget minister has signed the Agosta deal in 1994. Alleges stated that under the terms of the said deal, Pakistani officials would receive 338 million francs as a commission, while another 216 million would be added to the price of the contract and returned to Balladur’s campaign account as kickbacks.”
01/15/12
Las Vegas Sun:
Crash and burn time for Spain’s crusading judge?
“He indicted late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on genocide charges and became an instant hero to many around the world. A decade later he launched a similar crimes-against-humanity probe over atrocities by the right-wing victors of Spain’s Civil War.”
“Now Judge Baltasar Garzon is finding himself in the dock.”
This honorable judge is being thrashed because he tried to investigate torture and illegal detention at Guantanamo by the U.S. government. Although he successfully brought to justice several incredibly evil violators of human rights around the world, the U.S. put pressure on Spain to drop his case. THIS, and Spain’s fright that he is looking into crimes against humanity in his own country is why he is being dragged through the fire. It’s shameful….just shameful….that the U.S. and Spain practice this double stands. Torture is torture, no matter what country or individual does it. I hope Mr. Garzon will rise above this with the help of friends and support.
From Democracy Now! on 05/12/11: Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón on Holding Torturers Accountable, Why He Opposes the Killing of Osama bin Laden, and His Threatened Ouster from the Bench
And I would not be surprised if elements responsible/covering up 911 want to send a message to another admirable Spanish judge:
01/07/11 Guardian UK: Bringing the ‘Bush Six’ to justice
“Today, the Centre for Constitutional Rights filed papers encouraging Judge Eloy Velasco and the Spanish national court to do what the United States will not: prosecute the “Bush Six”. These are the former senior administration legal advisors, headed by then US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who violated international law by creating a legal framework that materially contributed to the torture of suspected terrorists at US-run facilities at Guantánamo and other overseas locations.”
“Friday’s filing provides Judge Velasco with the legal framework for the prosecution of government lawyers – a prosecution that last took place during the Nuremberg trials, when Nazi lawyers who provided cover for the Third Reich’s war crimes and crimes against humanity were held accountable for their complicity.” [emphasis mine].
01/13/12
WaPo:
U.S. probe relied heavily on firm’s own investigation, FBI memos show
“When a former employee in 2010 accused a California company called Sempra Energy of paying bribes to advance its interests in Mexico, the U.S. government responded as it often does in white-collar cases: It asked the company to investigate itself.”
[Mike] Koehler [assistant professor of business law at Butler University] said he was surprised that the government closed the case without enforcement action because information in the documents ‘would seem to support’ charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.”
DOJ outsourcing/delegating criminal investigations into an accused company must end. What exactly is Eric Holder being paid to do if not to independently investigate white-collar crime on behalf of We The People?!?
01/12/12
Jurist:
New Jersey legislature passes one-year fracking ban
“The New Jersey Legislature [official website] passed an amendment to a bill [A567 text, PDF] on Monday that establishes a one-year ban on a natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking [JURIST news archive]. “
In June New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman [official profile] sued the US government [JURIST report] for its alleged failure to study the risks of fracking. In May France’s lower house approved a nationwide ban on fracking [JURIST report].
Courthouse News Service:
Ski Resorts Say Uncle Sam Illegally Grabbed Their Water
“DENVER (CN) – The National Ski Areas Association claims the U.S. Forest Service illegally seized privately owned water rights without compensation from 121 resorts on federal lands, via a ‘stunning and unprecedented directive’.”
” In its federal complaint, National Ski Areas Association says the Forest Service and Department of Agriculture have no authority to demand water rights that resorts must acquire under state laws ‘at great expense and effort’.”
01/11/12
Courthouse News Service:
Reporter Demands Information on Fox’s Bill O’Reilly & Police
Reporter Demands Information on Fox's Bill O'Reilly & Police Jan 11 2012
” ‘Petitioner seeks these records for the purpose of reporting on a story ‘about O’Reilly’s attempts to pressure the NCPD into launching an internal affairs investigation into an NCPD detective whom O’Reilly believed to be romantically involved with his wife,’ Petition (Oct. 11, 2011) ¶ 9, a story that ‘raised serious questions about the NCPD and whether it was contracting out its law enforcement capabilities for the private, personal benefit of a prominent broadcaster and potential NCPD Foundation donor.’ Id. ¶ 12.”
He, he, he…yeah.
Cincinnati Com:
Whistleblower suit alleges police chief misconduct
“Sgt. Gary Darty accuses Peskin of using excessive force, “using police devices for practical jokes,” having a man “pour beer over himself as an alternative to being charged with an open-container violation,” and other acts of police misconduct, a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court says.”
Related posts: Part I: Wikileaks, Whistleblowers, and Dismantling Psychopathic Empire in the 21st Century and Part II: Complex and Explosive Wikileaks v. World Leaders v. Pentagon v. Media War
Telegraph UK:
‘Mass suicide’ protest at China Foxconn factory
“Several reports from inside Foxconn factories have suggested that while the company is more advanced than many of its competitors, it is run in a “military” fashion that many workers cannot cope with. At Foxconn’s flagship plant in Longhua, five per cent of its workers, or 24,000 people, quit every month. “
“‘Because we could not cope, we went on strike,’ said the worker. ‘It was not about the money but because we felt we had no options. At first, the managers said anyone who wanted to quit could have one month’s pay as compensation, but then they withdrew that offer. So we went to the roof and threatened a mass suicide’.”
Yet another reason to enlist the help of local electronics geeks and encourage them to keep their business LOCAL. Word spreads very quickly in communities when injustices are seen—global companies, on the other hand, have mastered the art of ‘spin’ that is unconscionable.
01/06/12
Sky News:
US Unemployment Rate Nears Three-Year Low
“Dan Greenhaus, an analyst at the brokerage firm BTIG, said: ‘There is no question that today’s employment report is a positive and there is also no question that the pace of job growth has accelerated of late.’ “
Good news, but where in the private sector are these jobs being offered? Are the jobs actually here in the US? How many of these jobs went to military private contractors? How many jobs are providing domestic goods? Let’s see the breakdown.
In truth, I sense that a “boost” in jobs and a “leaner” Pentagon (as Obama recently phrased it) is not going to cause us to sit back and relax. The entire economic apparatus is bankster controlled. The entire political apparatus is bought. The entire military structure breeds warmongering. Our Constitution has been mutilated. Americans are awake now. The Parasites must go. Until these areas are completely reformed and trustworthy, we are setting up for yet another collision. No more.
01/02/12
WaPo:
Roberts defends Supreme Court colleagues on recusal issue
“In his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary, Roberts for the first time addressed a growing controversy about when justices should recuse themselves from cases and whether a code of conduct that covers lower-court judges should apply to the justices as well.”
“Federal law requires judges and justices, including those on the Supreme Court, to disqualify themselves when their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned,” as well as for specific reasons such as a financial interest or the involvement of a family member in the litigation.”
IMHO, the Supreme Court will spill out a scandal of unmeasured proportions in 2012, which will “open the gates” to more Truth. The “chatter” may get really loud around mid-July 2012.
12/28/11
Courthouse News Service:
$500 Million Claim in Alleged Diamond Thefts
“ (CN) – Lazare Kaplan International, a publicly traded diamond company, demands more than $500 million in damages from two Belgian banks it claims aided and abetted the theft of $135 million in diamonds.”
“Lazare Kaplan International sued KBC Bank and Antwerp Diamond Bank in a federal RICO complaint in Manhattan.” [links added by me]
More on this at Diamonds.Net
Lazare Kaplan Sues Antwerp Diamond Bank – Claims the bank misappropriated Lazare’s proceeds.
CMKM Diamonds and the $3.87 trillion lawsuit you didn’t hear about “Right now, the hot button issue for mainstream news outlets is healthcare reform, and its myriad implications for our society; this doubtlessly ensures the aforementioned media will continue to overlook unprecedented accusations brought forth in a recent $3.87 trillion lawsuit against U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Shapiro, as well as several other current and former SEC commissioners, among others.” [complaint embedded in article]
12/27/11
Courthouse News Service:
Your ‘Human-to-Animal’ Tweets Aren’t Safe, Privacy Watchdog Says
“ (CN) – Homeland Security spies on Facebook and Twitter users, recording the activity of people who search for terms like ‘human to animal,’ ‘collapse’ and ‘infection,’ according to an online privacy advocacy group that has sued to peruse the agency’s data.”
“A request under the Freedom of Information Act to access the documents has gone unanswered after the department forwarded it to several components for processing and future response, according to the federal complaint.”
I strongly sense that this offensive govt department calling themselves “Homeland Security” will be dismantled before we reach 2013. Let’s kick The Patriot Act out the door with it.
12/26/11
Voice of Russia:
Spat with Qatar fraught with serious fall-out
Russian diplomat beaten up by security guards at Doha Airport in Qatar Dec 26 2011
“Russia is demanding an explanation and an apology in connection with a serious diplomatic incident in Qatar. Its Ambassador to that Gulf country Vladimir Titorenko is in an Emirates hospital with eye and head injuries after being seriously beaten up by security guards at Doha Airport for refusing to surrender a briefcase with diplomatic mail for inspection. “
“There is evidence to suggest that other forces are also at play. According to Mr Titorenko, the guards that beat him were taking orders from a man of Caucasian appearance. Airport officials in Qatar said at the time they had received instructions to inspect the briefcase from Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim. This man has vast economic interests in the UK and also in the United States, which keeps an important naval base in Qatar.”
Ummm, might this have anything to do with “panicking” in light of the recent explosive “financial tyranny” scandal?
12/22/11
Democracy Now!
In Exiting Iraq, U.S. Military Discards Trove of Found Documents on 2005 Haditha Massacre of Iraqis
“As the U.S. military leaves Iraq, the New York Times has recovered hundreds of pages of documents detailing internal interrogations of U.S. Marines over the 2005 Haditha massacre of Iraqi civilians. The documents — many marked secret — were found among scores of other classified material at a junkyard outside Baghdad as an attendant used them as fuel to cook his dinner.”
“The documents reveal testimony of Marines describing killing civilians on a regular basis. “In some ways, this is one of the most grotesque episodes of the entire war in Iraq and I’m afraid to say this is part of our legacy,” says Time magazine contributor Tim McGirk who first broke the story of Haditha in 2006. “
Either charge the U.S. Govt for “treason” for “releasing secret info” and for attempting to destroy evidence of war crimes or DEMAND THE RELEASE OF MANNING & ASSANGE! NOW! “Universe” has just thrown yet another Enlightening wrench into the dark elements of these “globalists”; we must grab this opportunity and turn it back on them.
NYT: Junkyard Gives Up Secret Accounts of Massacre in Iraq “The 400 pages of interrogations, once closely guarded as secrets of war, were supposed to have been destroyed as the last American troops prepare to leave Iraq. Instead, they were discovered along with reams of other classified documents, including military maps showing helicopter routes and radar capabilities, by a reporter for The New York Times at a junkyard outside Baghdad. An attendant was burning them as fuel to cook a dinner of smoked carp. “
ACLU:
Trashing Transparency [US govt throws out docs instead of complying with FOIA request]
“Last week, The New York Times reported that it had found hundreds of pages of records relating to the horrific incident in Haditha . . . in a junkyard, being burned as kindling to cook a dinner.”
“The U.S. government could have turned these documents over and, in the process, helped Americans obtain the information they need in order to critically reflect on our conduct in Iraq and other theaters of war. Instead it chose to trash transparency, and as a result, strangle any chance of proper accountability.”
Courthouse News Service:
Grieving Family Says Cop Killed 3 Unarmed Men
“ALBUQUERQUE (CN) – Parents say an Albuquerque police officer shot to death their unarmed, mentally disabled son, in his back, at his home – and that their son was the third unarmed man the officer had killed in 7 years – two of them shot in the back.”
08/23/11
KOB Albuquerque:
Commission: APD must comply with up to 500 standards for re-accreditation
Commission: APD must comply with up to 500 standards for re-accreditation Aug 23 2011
“People are gathering at the City Council Chambers of Albuquerque to give public feedback on APD. According to the commission, also known as The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA, APD has to comply with almost 500 standard in order to be re-accredited.”
“The agency said one of their goals is to increase community and staff confidence in the police agency, so they want to hear from the public if APD is meeting those standards. At recent city council meetings, several families have talked about the 19 officer-involved shootings since January of 2010.”
08/08/11 KOB ABQ: Albuquerque says it will cooperate with DOJ
“ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The city of Albuquerque says it will cooperate with any U.S. Justice Department investigation into a recent escalation in police shootings.”
“Since January 2010, 19 people have been shot by police, 13 fatally. The DOJ told the Associated Press on Tuesday it is reviewing allegations against the department to determine if it should launch a full investigation.”
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06/14/11 KRQE: Autopsy shows (Albuquerque) man shot in back by cop
“News 13 has gotten a hold of an autopsy report on a man shot and killed by Albuquerque police. The report shows he was shot three times in the back at point blank range.”
“The officers confronted Torres in the backyard, and they said he went for one of their guns. It only took a minute and a half from the moment they first made contact him till they killed him.”
“But Kathy Love, attorney for the Torres family, said no way. ‘We think the evidence will show that he was not struggling for a gun,’ said Love. She said Torres was murdered. ‘An execution-style shooting is never justified,’ she said. The Torres family is preparing a lawsuit against the city and APD. ‘We hope to gain some better policies that will protect the citizens of Albuquerque,’ said Love.”
“ ‘Justice for all those that were needlessly killed at the hands of APD,’ she said.05/14/11 KOB: Protesters gather in Albuquerque after 17th police-involved shooting in just 17 months
Related: 07/28/11 KOB ABQ:
Albuquerque firefighters vote no confidence in chief
Albuquerque firefighters vote no confidence in chief July 28 2011
“Union President Diego Arencon said Thursday, ‘The crisis in Public Safety leadership continues in Albuquerque. Only 36% of Firefighters have confidence in Chief Breen’s ability to lead the Albuquerque Fire Department. Despite this crisis, Albuquerque Fire Fighters will continue to stand strong in protecting your life and property, committed to the public we serve and not the Mayor’s political agenda.’ “
07/23/11 KASA: Firefighters doubt confidence in chief “Albuquerque Fire Chief James Breen is trying to head off a no-confidence vote by rank-and-file firefighters next week.”
“There’s been a lot of tension since city Chief Public Safety Officer Darren White retired last week in the face of controversy over his role at the scene of a one-car crash involving his wife. Police officers and firefighters on the scene were also caught up in the scandal. An an e-mail sent to firefighters Friday night, Breen said there’s ‘blood in the water.’ “Related 07/02/11 KRQE:
Source of trashed FBI records ID’ed – MDC investigating one of its officers
“Two weeks ago News 13 reported on a woman who found hundreds of fingerprint records of Metropolitan Detention Center inmates at a Big Brothers Big Sisters drop-off site on Coors Boulevard NW.”
“MDC officials say they’ve tracked the files back to an officer at the jail who apparently put them in a storage locker. The contents of the locker were later auctioned off, and the person who bought the contents tossed the paperwork. MDC says the files never should have been stored in that locker the first place. Now there’s an internal investigation to figure out what to do with the unnamed officer.”
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12/21/11
Green Is The New Red:
FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists
“The animal activists caused ‘economic loss’ to businesses, the FBI says. And they also openly rescued several animals from the abusive conditions. This was not done covertly in the style of underground groups like the Animal Liberation Front — it was an act of non-violent civil disobedience and, as the FBI agent notes, the activists distributed press releases and conducted media interviews taking responsibility for their actions.”
“Based on these acts — trespassing in order to photograph and videotape abuses on factory farms — the agent concludes there “is a reasonable indication” that the activists “have violated the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, 18 USC Section 43 (a).”
With our currently evolving fascist State, anyone who interferes with the profits made by corrupted politicoeconomic status-quo crooks, and/or brings attention to their illegal activities, is a “terrorist” now. This is going to end. The “terrorists” are the banksters and incredibly self-adulating PTB and they will be punished for this….peacefully and through the rule of law in this country.
EPIC:
EPIC Sues DHS Over Covert Surveillance of Facebook and Twitter
“EPIC has filed a Freedom of information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to force disclosure of the details of the agency’s social network monitoring program. In news reports and a Federal Register notice, the DHS has stated that it will routinely monitor the public postings of users on Twitter and Facebook. The agency plans to create fictitious user accounts and scan posts of users for key terms. User data will be stored for five years and shared with other government agencies.The legal authority for the DHS program remains unclear. EPIC filed the lawsuit after the DHS failed to reply to an April 2011 FOIA request. “
Telegraph UK:
Argentina president Cristina Kirchner launches broadside at UK over Falkland Islands
“She said: ‘Malvinas [Falklands] is not an Argentine issue, it is a global issue because they are taking our energy and fishing resources out of the Malvinas and when they require more resources – and those of you who have resources think about this – they who have (armed) forces will go and seek out those resources wherever and however they see fit.’ “
Watch the powerful documentary “The PRIZE: Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power” and you will understand more fully where President Kirchner is coming from.
12/15/11
Merco Press:
‘We are in a war of attrition…and we can’t let Argentina win’, says Falklands MLA
“The Falkland Islands are effectively ‘under a sea-blockade from Argentina’ and after years of quiet diplomacy behind the scenes ‘we are now in a war of attrition and we need to take the war to the enemy’ according to Dr Barry Elsby who on Thursday was elected to fill the vacant seat at the Falkland Islands eight member Legislative Assembly.”
” ‘This one field (Sea Lion) alone may yield billions of pounds worth of oil and if this is to happen, I want to help this community take a cold, clear look at options for our future development. We need to decide where we want to be in ten, twenty and forty years’ time’.” [emphasis mine]
Courthouse News Service:
[Fire Dept] Union VP in Arizona Alleges Retaliation
“John Vicente sued the City Of Prescott, the Prescott Fire Department and several officials in Federal Court. Vicente claims his longtime role as local vice president of the International Association of Fire Fighters caused the chief and city leaders to threaten him with criminal charges unless he agreed to enter an early retirement program.”
” Vicente says defendant Fire Chief Bruce Martinez wanted him out because he had helped two members of the union file sexual harassment complaints against Battalion Chief Donald Devendorf, also a defendant.”
12/20/11
Richard Branson:
Time to end the war on drugs
“Now with a decade of experience Portugal provides a valuable case study of how decriminalization coupled with evidence-based strategies can reduce drug consumption, dependence, recidivism and HIV infection and create safer communities for all. “
“Portugal’s 10 year experiment shows clearly that enough is enough. It is time to end the war on drugs worldwide. We must stop criminalising drug users. Health and treatment should be offered to drug users – not prison. Bad drugs policies affect literally hundreds of thousands of individuals and communities across the world. We need to provide medical help to those that have problematic use – not criminal retribution.”
ZeroHedge:
Bureau of Labor Statistics Caught Red Handed Leaking Confidential Employment Data
” North Carolina ‘Gov. Bev Perdue’s press office has received access to confidential employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics hours if not days before its scheduled release, quite likely in violation of federal law.’ Once again the rabbit hole, which these days is pretty much everywhere, emerges: ‘Documents and correspondence obtained by Carolina Journal show that the Division of Employment Security, formerly known as the Employment Security Commission, sent a draft of the press release each month to Perdue’s press office. The governor’s spokesmen typically rewrote the text and added a positive spin, even if the data did not support Perdue’s talking points.’ “ [emphasis embedded in article]
12/17/11
IntelNews:
Trial announced for Swiss nuclear smugglers said to be CIA agents
“Switzerland has officially charged three Swiss citizens with assisting the nuclear smuggling network of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, who gave nuclear information to North Korea, Libya and Iran. But the scope of the trial will be severely limited under a peculiar plea bargain struck with the three defendants, which will prevent the court from examining their claims of having worked as agents of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. “
12/16/11
Narcosphere:
Zambada Niebla Case Exposes US Drug War Quid Pro Quo
“But even the US government makes mistakes, and in this case it’s the government’s own agents and prosecutors who have that egg on their face via affidavits filed in early December in a controversial criminal case now pending in the Windy City. The pleadings supposedly advance the government’s case against a major Mexican narco-trafficker, Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla. In reality, though — for any person of a critical mind reading them — the court documents demonstrate the insidious nature of the cooperation that exists between the US government and Mexico’s Sinaloa mafia organization.”
12/12/11
WKSU:
News: Proof of secret redistricting process surfaces
“A group critical of Ohio’s new congressional and legislative maps says it has a cache of documents that prove politics – and even U.S. House Speaker John Boehner – shaped those maps.”
“The redistricting maps are in limbo right now. Democrats are gathering petition signatures to put the congressional map on the ballot. Meetings have been taking place behind closed doors to come to some bipartisan agreement to keep that from happening and to keep the maps from ending up in the hands of a court. But if it does go to court, Jim Slagle says he thinks the report he’s produced could be good evidence.”
12/11/11
NarcoNews – The Field:
All They Are Saying Is Give War a Chance: “Narco-Mania!” Premiers in Mexico“In the United States, you have not succeeded in organizing a mass movement against this war, despite decades of trying. Your steps are as repetitive and unimaginative as those of the drug warriors you oppose. The events in this video are so ridiculous and yet at the same time tell an awful truth. You may not know whether to laugh or to cry. But perhaps if you can laugh with us, together we can wield the weapon of ridicule to weaken the prohibition policy and gain more heart and strength to organize ourselves for the nonviolent battle required – and long overdue – to defeat it once and for all.”
12/07/11
WashTimes:
Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption
Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption Dec 07 2011
“Frowning and pulling nervously at his tie, the disgraced former governor seemed like another person as he stepped up to address the sentencing judge. Bluster once as conspicuous as his famously lavish head of dark hair was wiped out, a victim of his June convictions on charges that included attempting to sell President Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat.”
One more political parasite down, many more to go that are much higher in the political food chain.
06/27/11
HuffPost:
Blagojevich GUILTY: Jury Convicts Rod Blagojevich On 17 Of 20 Counts
Blagojevich GUILTY: Jury Convicts Rod Blagojevich On 17 Of 20 Counts (AP photo) June 27 2011
“A jury has convicted Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and other corruption charges. Jurors delivered their verdicts Monday after deliberating nine days.”
“Blagojevich had faced 20 charges, including that he sought to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat and schemed to shake down executives for campaign donations.”
12/02/11
CBS Las Vegas:
Suit Filed After New Mexico Teen Cuffed For Burping In Class
“The suit was one of two filed Wednesday by civil rights attorney Shannon Kennedy, who says she has been fighting the district and police for years over the use of force with problem children. She says a review of school and Bernalillo County records shows more than 200 school kids have been handcuffed and arrested in the last three years for non-violent misdemeanors.”
11/30/11
Think Progress:
Movers And Sheriff’s Deputies Refuse Bank’s Order To Evict 103-year-old Atlanta Woman
“Yesterday, a Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had requested the eviction of Vita Lee, a 103-year-old Atlanta woman, and her 83-year-old daughter. Both were terrified of being removed from their home of 53 years and had no idea where they’d go next.”
“…In a huge victory for the 99 Percent, the movers ‘took one look at’ Lee and decided not to go through with it.”
Revolujah!
11/22/11 UPDATE - The Wall: #QantasLuxury Twitter campaign spectacularly backfires for Qantas “Qantas asked passengers to be creative as they shared their ‘luxury’ experiences. Bad move. They were very creative and a trending storm has been unleashed that has jumped from Twitter to YouTube in a brilliant Downfall parody that is well worth a watch.”
Qantas Airways grounds global fleet due to strikes Oct 28 2011
10/28/11 Dawn Com:
Qantas Airways grounds global fleet due to strikes
“”Bookings already collapsed after unions warned travellers to book with other airlines through the busy Christmas-New Year period, and Joyce told a news conference in Sydney the unions’ actions have caused a crisis for Qantas.”
“Qantas infuriated unions in August when it said it would improve its loss-making overseas business by creating an Asia-based airline with its own name and brand. The five-year restructure plan will cost 1,000 of Qantas’ 35,000 jobs.”
11/21/11
Nation Of Change:
Super Committee Deadlock: Heads They Win, Tails We Lose
“…Congress could reclaim the power to issue money from the banks and fund its budget directly. The U.S. could pay its bills using debt-free U.S. Notes or Greenbacks, just as President Lincoln did to avoid a crippling debt during the Civil War. Congress could do this without changing any laws. Congress is empowered to “coin money,” and the Constitution sets no limit on the face amount of the coins. It could issue a few one-trillion dollar coins, deposit them in an account, and start writing checks.”
We will see a massive, all-inclusive march on Washington D.C. in the spring of 2012, much like Egypt is experiencing today, with demands for many in Congress to step down, the end of the Fed Res, and immediate prosecutions. I just feel it in my bones.
11/11/11
Fox:
U.N. Judges Charge Ban Ki-moon with Power Grab, Distortions of Their Rulings
“Little more than two years after United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon inaugurated a new justice system to safeguard employee rights, the judges he appointed to the main tribunal have unanimously charged that the U.N. chief is trying to “undermine the integrity and independence” of their court in a bid to crimp their powers.”
“Ban’s intended changes in how the court operates, they say, ‘raise serious concerns regarding the respect for the rule of law within the Organization,’ give ‘power without accountability’ to a variety of U.N. institutions, remove important avenues of legal recourse for U.N. staffers and could make the exercise of the court’s recently enshrined authority ‘meaningless.’ ”
10/31/11
Center For International Studies:
Tools Of Influence: The Arms Lobby And The Super Committee
“The defense industry has a major stake in the deliberations of the budget super committee, which is empowered to propose reductions in military spending. The tools of influence that the arms lobby can bring to bear on the super committee are impressive:” read summary of findings…
10/14/11
Statesman/AP:
UK defense minister quits after scandal
UK defense minister Liam Fox quits after scandal (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) Oct 14 2011
“LONDON — Britain’s defense minister Liam Fox quit his postFriday after days of allegations about the influence-peddling of a close personal friend who joined key visits overseas and posed as an unofficial aide. Fox acknowledged he had blurred the lines of his professional and private lives in allowing Adam Werritty, who had previously worked as a defense lobbyist, to organize meetings and join him during 18 trips overseas.”
” ‘I mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred,’ Fox told Prime Minister David Cameron in the letter.”
Capital Tonight:
Democratic Senators Call On AG to Investigate NYPD
“A group of seven Senate Democrats are calling on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the New York City Police Department for his wide-ranging counterintelligence program.”
“The AP found the surveillance program being conducted by the NYPD operates with little oversight from the City Council and rivals the CIA in its ability to track suspects in terrorism investigations.”
09/17/11
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET hits the streets of Manhattan to pressure a MAJOR parasite: Wall St!
09/14/11
Wired Danger Room:
FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical’
“Focusing on the religious behavior of American citizens instead of proven indicators of criminal activity like stockpiling guns or using shady financing makes it more likely that the FBI will miss the real warning signs of terrorism. And depicting Islam as inseparable from political violence is exactly the narrative al-Qaida spins — as is the related idea that America and Islam are necessarily in conflict. That’s why FBI whistleblowers provided Danger Room with these materials.
“ ”Teaching counterterrorism operatives about obscure aspects of Islam,’ says Robert McFadden, who recently retired as one of the Navy Criminal Investigative Service’s al-Qaida-hunters, ‘without context, without objectivity, and without covering other non-religious drivers of dangerous behavior is no way to stop actual terrorists.’ ” [emphasis mine]
I stand by my earlier remark:
“The only difference between Western (Christian/Israeli) right-wing-supremist terrorists and ME fanatic terrorists today is that the former do it vicariously by whipping up a public frenzy, then utilizing the Western Military Machine (which dwarfs any other military on earth) with private contractors (mercenaries) to do the terrorism and killing for them. “
08/27/11 CAIR: Islamophobic Report “American Muslim reflections on Islamophobia in the United States occur in full recognition that virtually every minority in our nation has faced and in most cases continues to face discrimination.”
During Abraham Lincoln’s time, The American Party [alias The Know-Nothings] was spewing the same devisive, racist/religious, paranoid hate against the Irish and Catholics. Among their number were Albert Pike and John Wilkes Booth.
The only difference between Western (Christian/Israeli) right-wing-supremist terrorists and ME fanatic terrorists today is that the former do it vicariously by whipping up a public frenzy, then utilizing the Western Military Machine (which dwarfs any other military on earth) with private contractors (mercenaries) to do the terrorism and killing for them.
Well, A new era is upon us, and IMHO, human love will defeat narcissistic, self-important, ”supremist” idealogy, finally, and it will fall to the wayside as a pock mark in world history.
08/26/11 Haaretz: The extreme Israeli’s right’s alliance with lunatics “In recent years the extreme Israeli right has developed an alliance with the heads of the evangelical movement, who define themselves as Christian Zionists. National religious rabbis and politicians connect with these preachers, including those who spread the belief in the need for another Holocaust of the Jews in order to ensure the resurrection of Jesus. These rabbis and politicians accept donations from these preachers. It is mystifying that people from Israel’s ruling party, Likud, foremost among them Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon and World Likud Chairman Danny Danon, have joined the circle of Beck’s fans. So has Atzmaut MK Einat Wilf.”
This editorial hits it all right on the head. I’m sure these “lunatics” are viewing the events in the Middle East as some sort of sign of their conviction that the “end is near” and the Second Coming is afoot. Well, an “end” is near, but only an end to the 2160-year Piscean era of delusion, illusion, and “looking through the glass darkly.” More than 270,000 (and climbing) Israeli citizens who are actively protesting for social reform in Israel surely are not looking to participate in this so-called “2nd Holocaust.” Sure, various fundamental religious idealogists will be brought to their knees by a “2nd coming” that completely rearranges the geographic map on this planet, but it will not be followed by Jesus physically descending, or golden temples dropping from the sky, or even UFOs landing at capitols around the world. The “2nd coming” is already arriving—an “advanced consciousness” quietly, almost imperceptively working within those carrying positive Life Force (particularly among our young) to transform this planet, which itself is bringing down a long cycle of (negative force) brutal religious, political, and economic dysfunction, although not without waging viscious media wars, and with dictators, social fanatics, and supremists putting up major bloody battles to hang on.
08/22/11
Caribbean 360:
State of Emergency declared in Trinidad, Tobago
“Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced a limited state of emergency and curfew in ‘hotspots’ in Trinidad and Tobago to deal with escalating crime. The measure, which gives military personnel powers to search and seize and powers of arrest, took effect at midnight Sunday. “
“The decision followed Persad-Bissessar’s meeting with the National Security Council and a special Cabinet session which lasted several hours. She said the limited state of emergency will help government ‘achieve a number of things’ which she felt would not be prudent to disclose.” [emphasis mine]
Apparently, this decision is a response to “escalating” drug cartels, which are penultimate parasites in our world, and if you do the research, you will find that big business and governments are the greatest drivers of this underworld activity.
07/30/11
NY Daily News:
Presidential historian Barry Landau charged with stealing millions of dollars worth of documents
“A respected presidential historian has been charged with trying to steal millions of dollars worth of documents from the Maryland Historical Society, authorities said.”
07/27/11
TodayOnline:
Europe’s top clubs threaten FIFA revolt
“MUNICH – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), has called for a club-led “revolution” against the ‘corrupt people’ who govern football and called for his members to have a say in FIFA’s decision-making process.”
“The ECA replaced G14 as the representative body for the leading European clubs and numbers among its members Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. Rummenigge said there was a groundswell of public support for his stance in the wake of recent scandals, the life-ban for Mohamed bin Hammam and ‘questions about the Qatari World Cup’ “.
06/19/11
AJE:
Missing Iraq cash ‘as high as $18bn’
“Osama al-Nujaifi, the Iraqi parliament speaker, has told Al Jazeera that the amount of Iraqi money unaccounted for by the US is $18.7bn – three times more than the reported $6.6bn.
“The Bush administration flew in a total of $20bn in cash into the country in 2004. This was money that had come from Iraqi oil sales, surplus funds from the UN oil-for-food programme and seized Iraqi assets.”
“The Los Angeles Times reported last week that Iraqi officials argue that the US government was supposed to safeguard the stash under a 2004 legal agreement it signed with Iraq, hence making Washington responsible for the cash that has disappeared.”
“Pentagon officials have contended for the last six years that they could account for the money if given enough time to track down the records. The US has audited the money three times, but has still not been able to say exactly where it went.”
And the world population is still being asked to suspend belief and “just know” that our money is in safe hands? NOT! When is enuf going to be enuf for us? These parasites and criminal elite banksters are ramming the forts around the world to get at our money! Libya now knows it MUST demand full accountability when their new govt gets back the frozen, stolen money. These viscious, psychopathic money grabbers must be stopped. And IMF? Same thing, bigger scale. The world is in crisis – the IMF is helping that along - let them fall on their swords; then we can pick up the pieces and start rebuilding our lives. No more bailouts!
06/08/11
BAHRAIN AND FORMULA ONE: Gracia’s report leaked online “A representative of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) called the report “disastrously unbalanced”. ‘The report is disastrously unbalanced. The FIA has chosen to turn a blind eye to the ongoing violations in Bahrain,’ said Maryam Al-Khawaja of BCHR. ‘The government should allow independent human rights groups to do their work in Bahrain.’ ” READ FULL REPORT
06/03/11
Denver Post:
Criminal charges likely…against John Edwards
Money charges liely Friday against John Edwards June 03, 2011
“Criminal charges were likely to be filed Friday against John Edwards, the culmination of a two-year federal investigation into money used to cover up an extramarital affair during the 2008 presidential election. “
“Edwards’ attorney Greg Craig was traveling to meet with prosecutors in North Carolina, an indication that the former presidential candidate will likely be charged, either in a grand jury indictment or in a negotiated charge to which he would plead guilty.”
05/26/11
Think Progress:
After Promising To End Earmarks, Tea Party Freshman Hog Defense Pork
“This betrayal of Tea Party principles isn’t new for the freshmen members, who seemed to have discovered the benefits of cozying up to lobbyists the second they set foot in Washington. According to The Washington Post, GOP freshman Kristi Noem (SD) is just one of at least 13 new Republican lawmakers who hired lobbyists to run their offices. During her campaign, Noem railed against special interest groups for “throwing money at the feet of a member of Congress,” and made a big issue of her opponent’s marriage to a lobbyist. In their first few weeks in office, dozens of freshman lawmakers “had fundraisers to collect millions of dollars from lobbyists and other deep-pocketed interests.”
“Dana Milbank noted that it was probably inevitable the Tea Party base would be betrayed, “but the speed with which congressional Republicans have reverted to business-as-usual has been impressive.” Hartzler’s novel justification — that the earmark moratorium doesn’t apply to defense spending — is revealing. Apparently pork isn’t pork if it’s for big hairy weapons systems. The unspoken reasoning is that the freshmen are confident they won’t get tagged for violating their pledge if they can spin it as being “tough on defense.”
“They shouldn’t bet on it. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 51 percent of Americans support cutting defense spending to reduce the deficit. Nevertheless, the Tea Party freshmen’s rapid turnaround illustrates an unfortunate political truth: it’s only pork when your opponent does it.” (Emphasis mine).
2012 elections should be the most interesting since the birth of this country. Stunning surprises will meet us at every juncture, no doubt. That which has been buried will rise and that which has risen will fall.
05/17/11
CNBC:
Hill panel limits Obama’s authority on nukes
“The defense blueprint takes a step toward reviving an extra engine for the next generation F-35 fighter plane despite objections from the administration and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the engine is not needed. The Pentagon recently notified General Electric/Rolls Royce that it had terminated its contract and work was stopped a month ago, saving $1 million a day. The company said last week it would spend its own money to build the engine.”
“The bill would force the Pentagon to reopen competition for the engine if defense officials have to ask Congress for more money so Pratt & Whitney can build the chosen design. The provision would apply to Pentagon spending in the next budget year.”
“Eighty House members — 41 Republicans and 39 Democrats — own stock in General Electric, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.”
Although the article talks about the Hill panel decision, what I think is important to note is found later on the page—congress members heavily invested in private enterprises. This has to stop! It should come as part of condition for serving We The People that our representatives on all levels NOT have this major conflict of interest. Enuf is enuf. Major parasitic activity here.
05/03/11
London Evening Standard:
G20 victim Ian Tomlinson unlawfully killed: Riot officer could face trial
G20 victim Ian Tomlinson unlawfully killed: Riot officer could face trial May 03, 2011
“They found: ‘The baton strike and push were excessive and unreasonable and as a result Tomlinson suffered internal bleeding which led to his collapse and death.’ “
“At the time of the baton strike and push Mr Tomlinson was walking away from police lines and complying with instructions – he posed no threat. The 47-year-old father-of-four had been walking from his sales pitch at Monument back to his hostel room in Smithfield when he was caught up in the G20 protests in April 2009. Pc Harwood came up behind Mr Tomlinson and struck him on the leg with his baton then pushed him to the ground.”
“The officer already faces an internal disciplinary panel, which is expected to sack him.”
Finally, some Justice. Those G20 and bankster-protecting jackboots are servants of really nasty parasites.
04/20/11
Chris Hedges – Throw Out The Money Changers
Chris Hedges - Throw Out the Money Changers April 18, 2011
“We stand today before the gates of one of our temples of finance. It is a temple where greed and profit are the highest good, where self-worth is determined by the ability to amass wealth and power at the expense of others, where laws are manipulated, rewritten and broken, where the endless treadmill of consumption defines human progress, where fraud and crimes are the tools of business.”
“The two most destructive forces of human nature—greed and envy—drive the financiers, the bankers, the corporate mandarins and the leaders of our two major political parties, all of whom profit from this system. They place themselves at the center of creation. They disdain or ignore the cries of those below them. They take from us our rights, our dignity and thwart our capacity for resistance. They seek to make us prisoners in our own land. They view human beings and the natural world as mere commodities to exploit until exhaustion or collapse. Human suffering, wars, climate change, poverty, it is all the price of business. Nothing is sacred. The Lord of Profit is the Lord of Death.” [emphasis mine]
We need to proclaim loudly in massive numbers that we are NOT the United States of Corporatocracy, NOT the United States of Israel, NOT the United States of Europe, NOT the United States of Pentagon -We are still the We-The-Tax-Paying People of the United States of America and we need to drive that message hard through the halls of congress and Wash DC.
04/15/11
Law Com:
First Person: Don’t Muzzle the Whistleblowers
Reuben Guttman at Law Com: "Doing business with the government is a privilege and not a right. Compliance with government contracts and regulations is part of the deal."
“RIPPING OFF THE U.S. government has reached epidemic proportions. The Department of Justice estimates that fraud costs the Medicare system alone between $30-$60 billion annually. But instead of fines and jail time, fraudsters are frequently rewarded with more government business. And if the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its allies have their way, these fraudsters will gain enhanced legal protection.”
“Curiously, the Chamber of Commerce – whose web site purports to favor promotion of American jobs – disagrees with an application of the False Claims Act which would allow for enhanced compliance with, for example, ‘Buy American’ obligations that are written into government contracts. In its ‘friend of the Court’ brief in Schindler, the triumvirate of big business protectors deemed such obligations that are conditions of receiving taxpayer dollars ‘legal technicalities.’ ” [emphasis mine]
Another major parasitic organism feeding off taxpayers and in need of potemt citizen intervention.
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Slaying Of The Gmork
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04/06/11
iPolitics Canada:
Conservatives seek to ‘muzzle’ commission’s Afghan detainee report
Conservatives seek to muzzle commissions Afghan detainee report April 06 2011
“The Conservative government is looking to limit the findings of an independent report into whether the Canadian military police knew that detainees transferred to Afghan custody faced a substantial risk of torture. “
“The Justice Department went to court last week in a bid to curtail what the Military Police Complaints Commission can include in its final report, requesting the exclusion of evidence gleaned from key witnesses such as former Afghanistan-based diplomat Richard Colvin, who alleged last fall the government turned a blind eye to warnings that detainees were routinely tortured in Afghan facilities.”
” ‘The fact that they’re going to court shows either that they’re nervous or that they’re not wanting to be accountable to the public,’ said Bryon Wilfert, a Liberal MP seeking re-election in Toronto and a member of the defence committee conducting its own probe into detainee abuse.” [emphasis mine) Parasites identified. We need a strong legal "antibiotic" against these parasites that infiltrate independent investigations in a bid to suppress Truth.
Media Reform Information Center:In 1983, 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the U.S. At the time, Ben Bagdikian was called "alarmist" for pointing this out in his book, The Media Monopoly. In his 4th edition, published in 1992, he wrote "in the U.S., fewer than two dozen of these extraordinary creatures own and operate 90% of the mass media" -- controlling almost all of America's newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, books, records, movies, videos, wire services and photo agencies. He predicted then that eventually this number would fall to about half a dozen companies. This was greeted with skepticism at the time. When the 6th edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 2000, the number had fallen to six. Since then, there have been more mergers and the scope has expanded to include new media like the Internet market. "
"In 2004, Bagdikian's revised and expanded book, The New Media Monopoly, shows that only 5 huge corporations -- Time Warner, Disney, Murdoch's News Corporation, Bertelsmann of Germany, and Viacom (formerly CBS) -- now control most of the media industry in the U.S. General Electric's NBC is a close sixth." (emphasis mine)
Number of corporations that control a majority of U.S. Media
03/22/11
OurFutureOrg:
Koch And Native-American Reservation Oil Theft “Just what is this Koch Industries? Should it be called a “company?” If so we need to re-think the idea of what a company and a business is supposed to be. Even the brother of Koch Industries owners David and Charles Koch called the company an “organized crime” operation.”
“Koch money is a key driver of the conservative movement. Almost every [1] conservative-movement rock [2] you turn over [3] has Koch money [4] crawling around [5] under it. As the movement becomes more and more of a pay-to-play operation, conservatives of every stripe do more and more to protect and enrich the Koch operation. This has included blocking, disrupting and avoiding official investigations of accusations. It also includes funding front groups to advance the political and financial interests of the company and its owners.”
03/17/11
Rep. Gohmert: FBI outreach to Baptists or Catholics? Or just Muslims?
The Holy Land Foundation trial discussed at Democracy Now!
ter-ror-ism “noun \ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm\ the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion.” Does anyone see anywhere in this definition that terrorism is nessessarily associated with specific religious, political, economic groups? Terrorism is an ideology, a method threatening people unless they do their bidding. In this regard, Scott Walker (Wisconsin) and Rick Snyder (Michigan) and their political/religious allies fit this definition could easily fit this definition in that they have threatened to overthrow the very fabric of American democracy – I call that a hallmark of domestic terrorism. The Bush Admin for terrorizing Iraqi citizens for something they were NEVER involved in as an excuse to get a foothold for oil and other prizes, and for the “Israeli cause”. The use of terrorism has no boundaries and we need to get that straight. It is what I call the “Godfather complex”, a tool used by self-adulating parasitic bullies of all shapes, sizes, color, and religious/cultural/political persuasion. Period, point.
03/16/11
HuffPost:
Matthew Hoh: “Winning” in Afghanistan
“Nearly two-thirds of Americans now believe that the war in Afghanistan is no longer worth fighting and close to three-quarters say Obama should withdraw a “substantial number” of combat troops this summer according to a new Washington Post / ABC News poll. These figures show the highest level of public disapproval yet for the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. They were released the same day that Gen. Petraeus traveled to Capitol Hill to testify in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on his first nine months in charge of the war.”
“One would think that such overwhelming evidence of their constituents’ opposition to the war would prod the senators on the committee into asking some tough questions about the Pentagon’s claims of success. But in four hours of testimony the senators failed to push back on any of the assertions of progress being made in the stacks of pie charts and bar graphs handed out by Petraeus’ staff. For all the accolades and slow pitch questions tossed his way, the general might well have mistaken the senate hearing for softball practice. Here’s the link to the C-Span video: Don’t watch it while operating heavy machinery.”
03/05/11
‘America Is NOT Broke’: Michael Moore Speaks in Madison, WI — March 5, 2011
![America Is Not Broke [HQ] – Michael Moore – Madison, …](http://videos.videopress.com/slfCSbOl/america-is-not-broke-hq-michael-moore-madison_scruberthumbnail_0.jpg "Watch: America Is Not Broke [HQ] – Michael Moore – Madison, …")
Iraq Veterans Against the War in Occupied Capitol, Madison, WI
I SO admire principled men and women endowed with high moral and ethical intellect. They are so beautiful and attractive. Men and women of our US armed forces, thank you for your service and thank you for standing for Justice and standing with your countrymen to stamp out government parasites.
Related post: Wisconsin Shows Us What Democracy Looks Like: Welcome home, America!
02/23/11
DN! “We’re Witnessing the Violent Lashings of a Dying Beast”:
Libyan Novelist Hisham Matar on the Gaddafi’s Brutal Crackdown in Libya
See post: Slaying of the Gmork for updates
01/24/11
ABQ Examiner:
Seattle activist Phil Mocek wins case against TSA
Without presenting any witnesses or testifying himself, a jury of 6 women found Phil not guilty of all charges against him.”
“The only disorderly conduct the jury found was that of the TSA officers.” 
01/16/11
Wikileaks:
Guatemala President described Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu “a fabrication”
“Álvaro Colom, the president of Guatemala, described Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu as ‘a fabrication’ rather than an authentic leader representing the interests of indigenous peoples.”
“Colom made these remarks to U.S. ambassador James M. Derham when the diplomat paid a farewell call on the president in July 2008. The meeting was described in a subsequent cable sent by Derham to Washington.”
“Colom said Menchu was a ‘fabrication’ of French anthropologist and author Elizabeth Burgos, who wrote the book, ‘I, Rigoberta Menchu,’ that brought Menchu to international attention. Colom said that Menchu is widely disliked by Guatemalan indigenous people, as demonstrated by her poor showing in the 2007 presidential election. He said he was present at a 1997 ceremony at which Mayan leaders formally pardoned Menchu for ‘betraying her people.’ “
Reflect on all the parasites who have actually won a Nobel prize (Obama, Gore, Annan… others who belong in a Hall of Framers and Defamed).
Related post:Complex and Explosive Wikileaks v. World Leaders v. Pentagon v. Media War
01/07/11
Frederick News Post:
Maryland mailrooms close after packages ignite
“Mailrooms of government buildings in Frederick County were shuttered Thursday in response to the combustion of two packages at Maryland state government buildings 20 miles apart that slightly burned the fingers of two employees. One of the parcels was addressed to Gov. Martin O’Malley.”
“The second package was addressed to the state Transportation Department and was unraveled about 15 minutes later at the agency’s building in Hanover, near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall International Airport. The employee who burned his fingers at the transportation agency building was taken to a hospital, as were three other people who were concerned because they were near the package when it was opened.”
Related: Gov. O’Malley appoints Swaim-Staley to DOT…
For now, this news belongs in the “parasite” category because in no way am I convinced that, as other articles suggest, a “disgruntled ‘lone wolf’ griping about highway signs” was responsible for this, particularly since this is the “tag” given even as the story leaves the gates. I feel “collusion” all over this story. Fort Detrick in MD is notorious for its biological weapons, too. I see there is a concurrent story about contractor layoffs at Detrick. [DHS has cut $8 million from its contract with Battelle National Biodefense Institute]. Battelle retaliation? No? Detracting from Wikileaks’ stories, perhaps? Or an attempt to put the nation’s eyes to a place famous for biological weapons to instill more “terror”? Remember the Anthrax scare? Only time will tell. Right now, I sense “parasitic” activity from high places.
Update 01/07/11: Parcel addressed to Napolitano (DHS) ignites
12/31/10
NYT:
Lobbyist Lanny J. Davis client list includes coup supporters in Honduras, dictator in Equatorial Guinea, for-profit colleges accused of exploiting students, and a company that dominates the manufacture of additives for infant formula (photo: Alex Wong/NBC News, via AP) Dec 31 2010
Lobbyist’s Client List Puts Him on the Defensive
“Since leaving the White House (Lanny J.) Davis has built a client list that now includes coup supporters in Honduras, a dictator in Equatorial Guinea, for-profit colleges accused of exploiting students, and a company that dominates the manufacture of additives for infant formula. This month, he agreed to represent the Ivory Coast strongman whose claims to that country’s presidency have been condemned by the international community and may even set off a civil war.”
” ‘You look at who he represents, and the list is just almost unseemly, tawdry,’ said Meredith McGehee, a lobbyist for California WIC Association, which represents agencies that serve poor women with infant children, and who faced off against Mr. Davis this year in the fight over baby formula, which his client won. ‘It is an illustration of what most of the American people think of as wrong with Washington.‘ ” [emphasis mine]
12/27/10
Miami Herald:
Wikileaks cables: How U.S. tried to stop Spain’s torture probe
“It was three months into Barack Obama’s presidency, and the administration — under pressure to do something about alleged abuses in Bush-era interrogation policies — turned to a Florida senator to deliver a sensitive message to Spain:
“Don’t indict former President George W. Bush’s legal brain trust for alleged torture in the treatment of war on terror detainees, warned Mel Martinez on one of his frequent trips to Madrid. Doing so would chill U.S.-Spanish relations.”
This is despicable. Just when are we going to see the Bush/Obama administration culprits brought to justice?!?
12/02/10
Will Bunch:
The day that Barack Obama lied to me
“On Jan. 20, 2009, Obama became the 44th president of the United States, and in the 22 months since then there’s no reason to believe there’s what he promised – any serious Justice Department review of torture or any other likely war crimes that were ordered up and carried out during Bush’s presidency. So what he said up on the 12th floor of the building where I now sit was, in essence, a lie. But tonight, thanks to some on-the-ball reporting from David Corn at Mother Jones, we learn that it’s even worse than that, that the Obama administration actively protected Bush’s minions from any accountability, anywhere in the world:” more….
11/13/10
The National Security Archive:
Justice Department Censors Nazi-Hunting History
Justice Department Censors Nazi-Hunting History Nov 13 2010
“The Department of Justice censored dozens of pages of a candid history of Nazi-hunting (and Nazi-protecting) by the U.S. government to such a self-defeating extent that former officials leaked the entire document to the New York Times this week, instead of fulfilling the Freedom of Information request and lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive and its counsel David Sobel.”
” ‘Embarrassment suffered by public officials is the price they pay for public power,’ remarked Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive. ‘It goes with the territory, but here, their coverup is not nearly as bad as the crime, which was to shelter Nazi war criminals in the name of national security. This the public needs to know and has a right to know.’ “
11/07/10
NYT:
C.I.A. Role Is Faulted in Air Crash Over Peru
“The declassified 2008 report by John L. Helgerson, then the C.I.A.’s inspector general, documents a culture of negligence and deceit inside the C.I.A. program in Peru. The report also details a pattern of C.I.A. stonewalling that included keeping results of a C.I.A. review of the 2001 downing of the plane from the White House and the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
11/02/10
Narco News:
After the Deluge, The Media
“As Jon Stewart put it so well on Saturday, the real threat to democracy stands naked before us all: It’s the media.”
After the Deluge, The Media: Ralley to Restore Sanity Oct 30 2010
“There is nothing threatening about a free press, which is a wonderful thing, always. But the bought-and-paid-for ‘news organizations,’ an entire system of them, the ones with that permanent ‘for rent’ sign pasted to their foreheads – including the ones that claim to be on our side – now must be identified as Public Enemy number one, and dispensed with as such.”
“I have a feeling that was what Jon Stewart’s words meant for a lot of people on Saturday, and since. And starting Wednesday, the organizing begins anew to do something big about it, to make and be the change we might not have made electorally in 2010. We have it in our collective power to organize something really, truly, authentically historic, to make history once again: To get this yoke of “the media” off our necks. Never mind the scoreboard at the end of a single Election Day. Elections come and go. It’s the other 360-something days a year when we really control our destinies or not. Elections are important. There is no denying it. But every single other day and night of the year has import, too. Let’s keep perspective, and never panic. Yes, we will. And we shall overcome.”
10/29/10
KOB Albuquerque:
Las Cruces police probe tampered voter reg. cards
“County Republican party chairman Mark Van Dyke says it appears someone in his organization tampered with the forms and
Las Cruces police probe tampered voter reg. cards Oct 28 2010
he said on Thursday evening that he was “deeply sorry. Las Cruces police spokesman Dan Trujillo say seven prospective voters chose a “no party” affiliation when they filled out the cards last month. But the cards had a handwritten “R” on them when they were turned in to the Dona Ana County Clerk’s Office and were rejected.”
10/22/10
Veteran’s Today:
Top Corporations Aid U.S. GOP Chamber of Commerce Campaign, Oligarchy in the U.S.A
Top Corporations Aid U.S. GOP Chamber of Commerce Campaign, Oligarchy in the U.S.A. Veterans Today Oct 22 2010
“Dow Chemical delivered $1.7 million to the chamber last year as the group took a leading role in aggressively fighting proposed rules that would impose tighter security requirements on chemical facilities.”
“And Goldman Sachs, Chevron Texaco, and Aegon, a multinational insurance company based in the Netherlands, donated more than $8 million in recent years to a chamber foundation that has been critical of growing federal regulation and spending. These large donations — none of which were publicly disclosed by the chamber, a tax-exempt group that keeps its donors secret, as it is allowed by law — offer a glimpse of the chamber’s money-raising efforts, which it has ramped up recently in an orchestrated campaign to become one of the most well-financed critics of the Obama administration and an influential player in this fall’s Congressional elections.”
Prime example of collective parasitic nesting. More than ever, money has to stop talking! And, more than ever, We must be guided by our collective conscience and not power mongers.
10/19/10
Jurist:
Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal
Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal Oct 18 2010
“[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website, JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certorari [order list, PDF] in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd [docket; cert. petition, PDF] to determine whether former US attorney general John Ashcroft [JURIST news archive] is entitled to absolute or qualified immunity against claims that he used the material witness statute [18 USC § 3144 text] as a “pretext” to preventatively detain terrorism suspects. Ashcroft appealed the September 2009 ruling [JURIST report] of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website], which upheld a lower court decision [JURIST report] rejecting his immunity claims in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on behalf of Abdullah al-Kidd. Al-Kidd was detained for 15 days [ACLU backgrounder] in March 2003 pursuant to a material witness order, as the government lacked probable cause to hold him as a terrorism suspect. Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project and lead attorney for al-Kidd Lee Gelernt said … .”
Mega-parasitic.
09/26/10
Guardian UK:
Former UN official demands War Crimes investigation into coalition link to deaths revealed by WikiLeaks
“A United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan should be launched to identify and prosecute individuals responsible, says a former top-ranking UN official on extrajudicial killings.”
“Afghanistan is a signatory of the treaty that established the Hague-based ICC, which means that any war crime committed on its territory by Afghan nationals or foreigners is relevant to the court. Sources said the UK is among a number of Nato states contacted by the ICC as part of a ‘preliminary examination’ into whether there is sufficient evidence to launch a full war crimes investigation.”
It’s about frigging time that these war crimes have met with serious international consideration. Also see post: Wikileaks, Whistleblowers, and Dismantling Psychopathic Empire in the 21st Century
09/22/10
Chron:
APNewsBreak: Poles urged to probe CIA prison acts
“The legal move in Poland could spawn similar efforts in Romania and
Poland: Poles urged to probe CIA prison acts, prosecutors investigating possible abuse of power by Polish public officials re closed CIA black site Sep 21 2010
Lithuania, which former U.S. intelligence officials and critics have identified as nations that hosted some of the CIA’s so-called black sites. Public outcry against the abandoned CIA program remains strong in Europe while lawyers for detainees and civil liberties activists have had limited success in U.S. courts in shedding new light on the secret prisons.”
09/21/10
Washington Times:
Internal report raps FBI’s probes of advocacy groups
“The FBI investigated several advocacy groups on ‘factually weak’ information, extended those inquiries ‘without adequate basis,’ improperly retained information on some groups, and wrongly listed others under terrorism classifications, according to a report.”
“In a response, FBI Deputy Director Timothy Murphy noted that the bureau had not targeted any groups for investigation on the basis of their First Amendment activities, but instead on concerns about potential criminal acts. He also said the FBI regretted that incorrect information had been given to Congress.”
Regretted? How about lamentable and irresponsible? Parasitic mind games.
09/19/10
SFGate:
Authorities search for 13 from ‘cult-like’ sect
“Deputies searched a wide swath of Southern California early Sunday for a break-off religious sect of 13 people that included children as young as three and left behind letters indicating they were awaiting an apocalyptic event and would soon see Jesus and their dead relatives in heaven, authorities said.”
“The items came from a purse that a member of the group had left with her husband Saturday and asked him to pray over. He eventually looked inside and he and another member’s husband called authorities, Parker said. The men told investigators they believe group members had been ‘brainwashed’ by Chicas, and one expressed worries that they might harm themselves, Parker said.”
Very unfortunate that children are involved here. Mind control has no boundaries, does it?
09/17/10
WND Information Clearing House 10/21/09:
Pentagon Used Psychological Operation On US public, Documents Show
“In a January 2005 memorandum to active members of both offices from then-Pentagon press office director, Navy Captain Roxie Merritt, who now leads the community relations office, emphasized the necessary “synergy of outreach shop and media ops working together” on the military analyst program. [p. 18-19].
“Merritt recommended that both the press and community relations offices develop a ‘hot list’ of analysts who could dependably ‘carry our water’ and provide them with ultra-exclusive access that would compel the networks to ‘weed out the less reliably friendly analysts’ on their own.”
Remember: “Parasites have the ability, in some cases, to take over the will of a seemingly much more evolved animal.”
09/10/10
Glenn Greenwald hits the nail on the head on media parasites for sure. in his essay: ”The pastor and cheap, selective concern for ‘blood-spilling‘ “This “endanger-the-Troops” theme has been used to justify everything from demonizing war opposition as vaguely Treasonous to re-writing FOIA to suppress torture photos. We’re frequently told that what our Troops fight for is our core freedoms, so demanding that those freedoms be curtailed in the name of the Troops — either forcibly or through self-censorship — makes little sense. What actually endangers the Troops by spawning anti-American hatred is what Ted Koppel described: sending them to invade other countries, dropping bombs on civilians with robots from the sky, imprisoning the invaded populations without due process and torturing them, etc. etc. Those who claim to be so concerned by the welfare of Our Troops would be well advised to oppose those policies rather than demanding that American citizens refrain from expressing their views on U.S. soil.”
Catherine Fitts at Solari
The Layman’s Guide to Mind Control “As unnerving as learning about it can be, mind control is a topic essential to your health and safety. To protect yourself, you must protect your mind and maintain an accurate map of the world around you – including the ways that others are trying to use your mind as a weapon against you.”
Project MKULTRA was the code name for a covert, illegal CIA human research program, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. This official U.S. government program began in the early 1950s, continuing at least through the late 1960s, and it used U.S. and Canadian citizens as its test subjects.[1][2][3] The published evidence indicates that Project MKULTRA involved the surreptitious use of many types of drugs, as well as other methods, to manipulate individual mental states and to alter brain function. [Wikipedia]
Cato Political Analysis:
Capital Crimes Political Centers as Parasite Economies“As ancient Rome lived in splendor off the tribute raised in the provinces, so in modern America the political capitals are prospering economically at the expense of the rest of the nation. The productive, private citizens in outlying regions of our nation and states are financially burdened to pay for a parasite public economy of lawmakers, lobbyists, contractors, and bureaucrats in the political centers.”
“At the time of the birth of Christ, Rome was a prosper- ous, thriving place, with a standard of living that was probably significantly higher than that of any other city in the western world, if not on the entire planet. Ancient Rome did not become relatively rich through capital formtion and technological advance, the usual causes of economic progress and prosperity. It thrived as a government center living largely off the tribute (taxes) of the provinces and conquered lands. An ever-growing share of the income that was earned through the work of people living in the provinces was transferred each year to those living in the capital. Rome did not produce wealth; its prosperity came at the expense of individuals living in Spain, France, northern Africa, and elsewhere. The parasitic nature of Rome’s opulent existence contributed to its eventual downfall.”
“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” Mahatma Gandhi
