Following are excerpts from my journal entries recording in the six months prior and on the day of September 11, 2001. As with most seemingly “unconnected” events in our daily lives, hindsight is indeed 20/20 vision. This was originally posted on my other site, Life’s Journeys on Aug 08, 2008.
May 10 2012: That “strangeness” again began to reveal similar patterns in my personal surrounding on January 13, 2012 – the most recent being this morning as I worked in my garden. Almost immediately, I took note that the birds are very quiet today, the dogs are making low groaning sounds intermittently – the Universe seems to be holding its breath. The number “5″ was a theme that was weaving throughout the six months before 911 (for me). Since January this year, that pattern is again emerging. I strongly sense another “globe shaking” event before the end of May 2012.
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The Strangeness In My World Before Sept 11 2001
03/02/01: I read today that Islamic fanatics are calling for the destruction of ancient Buddhist statues. IT IS A RUSE is screaming through my thoughts. This is a major red flag with the words let the games begin written all over it, and it is waving at the American public. If this act is allowed to occur, forces will be after us next. This has nothing to do with righteousness. Dark forces are vying for control and power. But it is the Light that will ultimately prevail.
03/21/01:I have been feeling that subtle vibration under my feet again. I first began to notice it around Palm Springs about ten months ago. Wherever I planted my feet, this vibratory “droning” captured my senses. It abruptly stopped when I reached the AZ/NM border. For some reason, the sensation is calling up a memory about an ominous scene I witnessed somewhere near Ruby, Arizonain 1998. Aaron and I had traveled in no-man’s-land for most of the day. We rounded a bend in late afternoon, and saw a huge canvassed tent. It flew the skull and crossbones. The men wandering around had a paramilitary appearance and were not at all happy to see us. As they approached the dirt road, I immediately turned to Aaron and pleaded with him to step on the gas! I don’t know why this vibratory sensation under my feet called up that memory, but it feels like something big is about to happen. (Note: With hindsight in 2008, I now have learned about the “Skull and Bones Society” and I really don’t think these guys were out playing weekend pirate games anymore.
03/25/01:California is in the throes of yet another “energy crisis”. At some point, the people are going to pop like kernels of corn and once there is enough popcorn to fill the bag, we can hit the dark forces over the head with it–hah!
03/29/01 Dream:
I am somewhere in the Bahamas I think. I enter a cave and find Indiana Jones throwing a ‘cave party’! I mingle for a bit, then turn to leave. As I do, I pick up a stack of CD’s on a table then turn back to ask him if he is mining for silver. He says no, and I reply ‘Well you better start. Silver is going to become a priceless commodity.’ I don’t have a clue about the stock market, but my sense is that something hidden is going to surface soon.
04/01/01: The decision to bring down the MIR space station at this time must have something to do with the peak cycle of the sun. MIR is basically space junk anyway, but the sun’s intensity right now has the potential to disturb and even destroy a number of objects in the solar system. The planetary environment is sending phenomenal messages. The total solar eclipse will occur exactly on summer solstice this year. What a surge of restless energy this is going to bring! It will occur in the constellation of Cancer, so this could bring up energies that have to do with water resources, structural foundations, and major family issues, especially since the Moon is ruler of Cancer. The Moon will also be filtering a greatly increased solar energy, so alot of deeply buried stuff could easily rise into the collective consciousness after this. So this is about family, homeland, subconscious. This may signal a cycle in which much chaos and disruption will undermine what we know to be security. But perhaps its time to rethink that issue, anyway. Solar photons are information carriers, and there may be a pretty powerful message coming down the pipeline…ummmmm?
04/03/01: What a strange day at work! Two coworkers were hearing voices, the supplies I ordered were lost; conference calls were disconnecting. It was pretty interesting to observe. I kept mumbling I’m willing to give up difficulty as I struggled to get a used toner cartridge to fit back into the box for recycling! Totally erratic energy is permeating the atmosphere—totally.
04/04/01 Dream:
I am coming down a stairway leading to a fenced garden. Dead doves or pigeons are neatly laid out in wing-to-wing fashion. I am astonished. But the scene repeats. This time the birds are gone and a beautiful green grass carpets the yard. Someone awaits me, watching for my reaction. Well, this is pretty straight forward to me…a major probability is coming up. I vote for the green grass.
04/05/01: I read in the local paper that the co-founder of Microsoft Paul G. Allen has purchasedthe building in town that he and Bill Gates had occupied when they started the Microsoft business. His company is named Genesis. My first thought? This is not a nostalgic act. Placing the MS energy back into secretive military NM seems like much more than a trip down memory lane. It so happens that Sandia Labs is planning some sort of Peace Lab that will straddle the US/Mexico border at Santa Teresa. It is stated that this project is an outreach to the poor communities by introducing new technology into their lives. I think it is not as altruistic as it appears. I’m also reading that President Bush has proposed slashing the budget for nuclear environmental funding for Los Alamos and Sandia. This means a massive reduction of federally controlled nuclear waste disposal alternatives and opens a wide door for private enterprise to make big-time profits at the expense of the environment . These have been presented as three separate news items, but a Genesis-Peace Lab-Government combo doesn’t feel right. In the same breath, the government has announced a major grant for the education of the Native American communities in this state. While this is wonderful for the children, my hunch is that it is a carrot to dangle out there so our brothers and sisters who have largely remained so close to the earth energies, will not fuss over this environmental issue. Magicians are indeed masters of illusion.
04/06/01: Went with a friend to the casino this morning. As we walked in, security guards were just everywhere! As we walked further in, it seemed almost comical to me to see more guards than customers! An “a-ha” flashed in my mind. It had to be about moving money! It struck me that all this intense, dense, paranoid energy was expended on a cart full of basically worthless paper! Why do we place such value on a pile of paper backed by nothing? With this insight, I broke out in a fit of laughter seeing all this energy focused on fear and greed. Boy, are our priorities screwed up…
04/09/01: It amazes me how the media thinks people are so disconnected. Two or three news articles have come through the pipeline about the solar flares. The Sun’s surges of photon energy are reaching all the way to planet Jupiter and beyond. They have measured the more intense electromagnetic hits Jupiter is receiving from these photons. Yet, the SAME media tells us that these rays are “dodging” earth. That is so blatantly illogical, I laughed myself to tears (I’ve been doing alot of that lately). The bottom line is that earth IS re-entering a powerful photon belt after a 2,100 year cycle. It promises to bring a phenomenal cycle of renewal to this planet, but the only way we can know this is by intuition and faith. The controlled media is not going to discuss it.
04/19/01: I have noticed how the morning sun has been filtering through very tiny particles of dust, and I just learned that this dust is coming from the Gobi Desert in Asia! Imagine that—all the DNA and ancient life we are receiving from that part of the world; into our bodies, our minds, our souls. I also saw an incredible sight the other morning as (J) and I gazed out our 8th floor office window facing the eastern mountains—a very strange cloud formation. There were two distinct zigzag lightning-shaped formations. The awesome thing about this was that one “bolt” was fluffy white, while the mirror image of it was very dark and dense. (J) couldn’t make it out, but it seemed so clear to me. My first thought was that a tremendous energy is amassing in the atmosphere, but it would be useless to say that to someone who could not see it. “You’re reading more into it than there is”, is becoming a stale and old statement to make to me, so I’ll just jot it down right here. 04/20/01: I got a call from the home office today, and it really put things in perspective for me. (K) was calling about the month-end billings, and said “Oh! It would be devastating if we can’t get month-ends out in time.” Huh? Compared to what? If late billing cycles are “devastating”, then how would watching a child’s brains scatter in a street under the wheel of a cement truck seem to you? I have witnessed this. How about the feeling of having your arms protectively wrapped around a wife and daughter while helplessly witnessing the drowning of the husband and father? I have witnessed this. I really wanted to ask: “What is it that you value here? What is it that drives you to exhaust so much time and energy over a billing cycle? Doesn’t anyone see the Great Cycle to end all cycles, here? I resisted the temptation, though. Perhaps I’m feeling an internal alarm clock about to go off. A thrust of irrational forces seems to be pushing me off-center. I acknowledge the warning and silence myself. I cannot seem to find the concise words to express this, but “Give me liberty, or give me death” is running through my mind right now. I have no idea what that has to do with billing cycles. I am working in the corporate world, but I am not OF it. When I enter into this energy, it feels like a machine programmed to treat folders of paper like demigods. I push it away, but the lessons I am learning here are priceless.
05/03/01: It’s been an interesting morning at work. I’m feeling great, excited and expectant, but It seems to me like everyone is moving around the environment as though they are walking against the wind. A wave of feeling came over me just before lunch time. My solar plexus and heart chakras felt an expansive pull, but then it subsided, only to rise again. I had the thought that something great is about to happen. I don’t think it’s going to be a pay raise.
05/22/01: The workplace has lately evolved into an odd quiet. February, March, and April seemed to float by in a blur. But May has brought with it some sort of stepping back and resting stage. Even the office meetings are unusually sedate. I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s like the calm eye of a storm, or like the Universe is holding its breath. 05/24/01 (Dream):
I recall discussing multidimensional concepts with a man. We are in a vast, endless void of space. I get the sense that something is moving under our feet – secrets. I recall being advised to have courage and inner strength wherever I find the ‘dark’ as it really is–a force requiring Light. Also recall a man in a very bright white shirt. Well, this dream totally eludes me. My dreams are usually far more optimistic than that. Maybe someone is withholding information. Patterns do have a way of revealing themselves. Oh well, I just record these things.
05/29/01: We are experiencing a major manifestation of moths right now. The attending biologist is telling us that an unusual second hatching has occurred. This reminds me of the solar cycle which is unexpectedly surging back to a maximum instead of subsiding in it’s own cycle. Well, everything is connected, huh? Anyway, these moths somehow infiltrated our offices on the 8th floor despite tightly sealed windows. I began thinking about how moths are so attracted to light, they are willing to commit suicide by landing on hot halogen bulbs! And they do nest in dark places, too. My dream is coming up as I think about this moth phenomenon: Coming out of the dark in search of the light. These moths are signaling a message. I’m going to have to think about this one. In the meantime, it’s comical to watch the boss trying to kill them all.
June 02, 2001: The King and Queen of Nepal (near India), along with several members of their royal family, were murdered yesterday by the 1st prince, says the news. Quite a story, but this gets me thinking that worldwide political and religious powers and figureheads are facing their demons now. We will, no doubt, see more and more irrational events from these ensconced powers. A major shift seems to be in play here.
Chakra (my cat) has captured, then let go of yet another bird. Three birds in the past two weeks. What’s up with this? I have buried two birds and a lizard (That’s Maya.. hah!) in the backyard, thanks to Chakra. But she is now catching them and letting them go once she presents them to me. I have been able to hold these three, give them a little Reiki energy boost, and send them off. Nature is fascinating.
June 03, 2001: That vibrational sound in my ears came back while I was washing the kitchen floor. It has come and gone a lot since my trip to the Mayan ruins, but is not a ringing sound. The tone prompts me to close my eyes and focus on it. This time I saw five vague orbs or spheres in my mind’s eye. Very interesting to explore. I just observe it, then let it go.
June 06, 2001: I have been having a GREAT morning, but I must be having it in another dimension (hah!). I’ve been making all sorts of silly little mistakes this morning. It is a good day to double check all my work, that’s for sure. While in this very “light” mood, I again saw the faces of some of my coworkers transform into very youthful, innocent, glowing auras–even as they were seemingly agitated about something. I have been getting glimpses of this for a few weeks. But now, I just have to tell someone when it happens, because it is so beautiful to see. It’s like a mask melts off and an ageless beauty emerges for a very brief moment. Certainly they think I’m wacky, but it does elicit a smile. That’s what matters.
June 11, 2001:Timothy McVeigh was executedthis morning. So, now you are in the mists of life reflection. You are now being judged in the only true way anyone can be judged. Let your mark on this planet be a reminder to all that in choosing life we must also take personal responsibility for it; but also that the act of revenge killing keeps the killing fields alive–a double-edged sword. Goodbye, Timothy McVeigh.
June 12, 2001: Lots of negative energy operating in the environment. Now, if I really step out and away from the events, I can see a timeline; that’s the only word I can use to describe it. There seems to be a force present that resists this drawing in of positive cooperation and inspired thinking. It is a constraining rather than expanding energy, and it feels like the only way to stop it is to find it and shut down the feeding source. But what is it? Where is it? The scientific mind of the ancient Maya would identify it as a property of measure and movement (time and space), so this must be leading somewhere. We do have a very effective total solar eclipse coming up next week. It appears that many of us are poised for eventful things. Many of us are sensing something. Well, I’ll just have to let this go. But it is interesting to me that in the mists of all this, the building air conditioner broke down, leaving us all stifling in the heat.
June 10, 2001Dream:
“I am riding in a car with others as we go to the ‘snow country’. A TV screen is mounted on the dashboard. I watch it from the back seat as two people in the front explain what is going on (I don’t recall what that was). We are viewing a ‘live broadcast’ and the newsman is giving a guided tour on what we can expect when we get there. The further we drive, the more intense is the snow, and we ‘know’ we are approaching the place where the broadcast is being televised. On arrival, the newsman takes my arm and leads me to the summit to assist a circle of people as they seek shelter. They seem to be almost buried in a white, powdery snow. Well, thats about as close to watching TV as I have come for a few years!”
June 19, 2001: As we approach the total solar eclipse, there has been an unusual amount of shark attacks on the east coast. The eastern coastline has been the focus of intense negative energy for some time now. The Egyptian airliner that crashedjust off the east coast; the Elian Gonzales drama; JFK, Jr. That seaboard is awash in dense energy. I think it will be a catalyst of some major proportions, though. The eclipse in Scorpio in March of 1996 occurred in tandem with Comet Hale-Bopp, and manifested the Heaven’s Gatesuicides. The time between now and the Autumn Equinox in September could be quite intense for family/home/emotional issues (Cancer/Water). We’ll see. I know I have seen a big increase in communication within my own family. I also know that is a good period to surf the wave—bend like the tree. (Note: With hindsight in 2008, having come to research deeper into the Egyptian airliner crash and the JFK Jr. crash, my hunch is that this “dark energy” was being generated by….I’ll just say “black magik.”)
(Later–) The winds have picked up to gusts of almost 65 mph. The forecasters say it came as a complete surprise to them, but it definitely has the stamp of the current planetary alignments on it. All this, along with the sudden drop of pressure in the bathtub piping, feels like a prelude of some sort. With that, I now end this journal and take it to meet with all the others-a record of my journey. I am now ready to begin logging the events of the total solar eclipse and to observe a new cycle.
June 21, 2001: I begin this summer solstice volume puttering in my yard and drinking in the sights and sounds of the life going on around me. I began watering when three birds flew loudly into my pine tree. They were making such a racket, I was disturbed from my plaintive mood. But I somehow sensed the birds were calling a message. As I bent down to tend the garden, they came in so close to me I was a bit unsettled. But suddenly they all fluttered off and a lone dove remained, cooing against the sirens that have been heard around the city since 5:30 this morning.
(Later–): Very sad news. On the very eve of summer solstice and total solar eclipse, a Texas mother has allegedly murdered her five childrenin what is initially being blamed on postpartum depression. She apparently drown them (extremely strong Cancer/Moon symbiology here). Texas is the home state of our President. I understand he was born under the sign of Cancer and so was the USA. Whoa. “Something is happening here; what it is ain’t exactly clear”—that old Buffalo Springfield song is dancing in my thoughts now.
June 22, 2001: Carroll O’Connor who made famous the character of Archie Bunker has died. His TV role as a symbol of the uninformed bigot has passed on with him. I send my Light in honor of his contribution to society; to learn to see how prejudice is so unfruitful. With the death of “Archie”, this perhaps is another signal of how the term “family values” is going to totally recreate itself—transform. Goodbye, Mr. O’Connor.
(Later–) The boss and I did a little unexpected “George and Gracie” routine that still has me laughing! He walked up to me and said “Why is it that eagles sit in dead trees all the time?” I spontaneously replied “They’re waiting for the resurrection?” In one of those awkward delayed reaction moments, we continued working when he turned around and said “Is that a Native American joke?” We were almost rolling on the floor in laughter! Hah! Only now, I’m wondering why in the world he even asked that question!?!?!
June 26, 2001 (Dream):
Shopping in a mall I see a cash register. I see the number 119, or 911, or 117 on an LDS screen. I become very aware that a very great debt has been incurred; something about this being charged to someone’s credit card, I think, and I want justice. I confront the ‘instigator’ and say I know all about what’s going on because I saw it come up on the cash register screen. Then, I begin walking amidst a group of people ‘looking for a way out’, and I show them another way. The feel of this dream was as though I were fully awake among sleeping people. Huh?
June 28, 2001: I received an e-mail from my granddaughter. We are both so excited about our journey through the southwest together! In just three weeks I will be heading out to California to see my family and to pick her up. I guess I’d better start making my travel arrangements.
July 02, 2001: I have a bowl on my desk that has “angel cards” in it. My coworkers have had lots of fun over the past few months picking out a joy card, or creativity card, or strength card; provides a little boost, I think. But interestingly, one employee left a little note, scribbled on a Post-It, inside the bowl today. On it was written “Continuously choosing the lesser to two evils is still choosing evil.” Seeing that note sent a chill through me.
July 4, 2001: Darn it! Chakra has brought yet another bird to the door! Perhaps there is an unusually high population this spring, or she has suddenly become an expert hunter.
The little life is in the process of transition now, and the other birds have been particularly watchful of this. They are coming right up to the patio door to try and help their little comrade despite Chakra’s presence. How unusual. But, nature has been very intense with odd behavior lately. A red-breasted bird has landed in the pinion pine’ on a lower branch. The deep red color struck me with its primitive, intense energy. Nature is aware of something and, on some level, I am feeling it deeply.
(10 min later–) The little bird has expired. It was amazing to see that final burst of unfettered energy that seems to precede death. After lying there so still and quiet, it suddenly flapped its wings and I was sure it had come back to renewed, vigorous life. But it was brief, and the soul lifted off. Just hours before Poppy passed away, he seemed to glow, too; his energy was immensely vigorous. I do believe that what must be happening is that a tremendous energy gathers to propel us to the other side. Some sort of rush of pure energy assists us in the journey and makes us whole again–restores us. What a miracle. The other birds are gathering around me, the dead bird, and even Chakra. Together, we are waving goodbye. This is no typical cat/bird tale–not to me. The other birds were tremendously tuned in and focused on the loss of their comrade/family member. Something is up here.
July 08, 2001: Why am I not surprised that [former] CongressmanGary Conditof California has admitted to authorities his affair with Chandra Levy? Politicians are great examples of hippocracy. This same man came down hard on President Clinton over the fiasco with Monica Lewinsky. I believe Miss Levy was last seen on April 30th.
I also see that the United Kingdom is experiencing a demonstrative rise in racial tension; apparently, it is whites against Asians this time. I wish that each human being could have the experience of looking down UPON our earth to see how useless it is to swing swords at imagined fears. Yet, most do live in the illusion—even now.
(02/21/2009: 7 years 8 months later:Arrest in Chandra Levy Case ‘Imminent“)
July 09, 2001: Wow! Planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are all coming together in the next several days in Gemini and Cancer. Holey, moley; the next several weeks could bring some real explosive news, and by year’s end, The Weather Channel will probably be right up at the top of the ratings!
July 20, 2001: Vacation begins! I’m FREE! In the morning I will be on my way to California via Utah and Nevada; Britt (granddaughter) and I are planning an interstate cave/canyon adventure tour…yes!
I bought “The Way of the Peaceful Warrior” to give to my son before I leave, for a “happy 2nd drug-free year” gift. I somehow feel he is ready for this book, or the book is ready for him. When he saw it he reflected a minute and then said “Mom! Remember that friend I had years ago? Mike? He had a red Mustang. I got in to it one day, and THIS BOOK was on his car seat. At the time, I thought it was a weird book but I never forgot it. But for you to give it to me now is even weirder! Thanks!” That’ interesting… .
Well, California, here I come, right back where I started from… .
July 22, 2001: Well, here I am in Springerville, Utah. I saw some awesome scenery right after Blanding and on in to Moab. Then, it was desert all the way to Price. I cruised in to the city with the Beach Boys singing “Round, round, getta around—I get around”. Cool!
July 25, 2001: I just heard on the news that Yosemite Park has broken out with a fire. This is interesting, because when I was leaving Springerville a few days earlier, a fire had broken out on the nearby mountain, and I also just read that Calico Ghost Town, near Barstow, is also burning. Yosemite and Calico are the first two stops on our trip back to New Mexico! What’s up with that?
July 31, 2001: Britt and I have had a great adventure! We’ve been to Yosemite-on-fire, and to a half-burned-down ghost town, and to the Grand Canyon (where the southern plateau is on fire!), and to Canyon de Chelly (where a man had fallen over the cliff just before we arrived). Oh, yes! We also were greeted by a dead albino cow at the entrance to the Hubble Trading Post in Arizona! Signs, signs, everywhere a sign. We motored into Albuquerque talking about dreams. She told me she has had dreams about spheres in space, which is interesting because I have many such dreams. Maybe it runs in the family.
August 01, 2001 (Dream):
I am about to take an elevator with others. A fun-loving man is the elevator attendant. We are suppose to go to the 5th floor, but before we do this, he takes us on a “test run” to see if I will be comfortable with this; he calls it an “adjustment period”. I’v also been having a lot of dreams about the number 5 lately; 5, and 11, and 711 or 911, or 119. Humm..
August 03, 2001: Reading “Song of the Deer”. I just read the part where it speaks of how our animals absorb human energy and when present during a healing, they will take up the negative energy. “Your animals will literally die for you”, it says. Bandit, my beloved cat friend who comforted me while I took care of Poppy, was a great teaching in this. My 1998 journal entries attest to his honor and sacrifice.
When I am doing a Reiki session for a client, Chakra is always present. She moves into an intensely focused mode of quietude and usually positions herself at the feet of the client, but when the energy is particularly negative, she will back into the corner of the room and remain like a little sphinx through the entire session. My little healer cat.
August 05, 2001: In this moment, perhaps all of today, an undercurrent is running through me. It is a deep feeling, like I am unsure about something, but I do not know what that something is. This “sudden change” feeling has been with me since springtime, and I seem to be hearing my thoughts asking questions like What now? What’s next? All of a sudden it is this feeling that a culmination of the past several months, perhaps back to last September in Yucatan and the Mayan ruins, is about to occur in some manifested way.
August 06, 2001: I just glanced over the CNN website and discovered that a major flooding is occurring around the earth. Even in Massachusetts, where a water channel was discovered. They claim it is 100 times larger than the greatest channels on earth! Water, Cancer, Total Solar Eclipse; I have a feeling all this is setting the tone for the next major solar eclipse to occur in December, 2002.
August 06, 2001: I have been studying the Sacred Science of Geometry. Fascinating. I randomly reopened it to a page that talks about the unreality of matter. It talks about electromagnetic currents from the brain; left brain/right hand (electro); right brain/left hand (magnetic). As I apply this to my work in Reiki healing therapy, I am coming up with a concept on why it is that most of my clients remark that when the energy is being transmuted around their head, this is when they feel the most release and relaxation, and they experience some answers and insights about themselves. Being a left-handed individual, my magnetic hand is placed on their electro or left side of the brain, and my right electro hand is placed on their magnetic or right side of the brain. It seems to follow that my left hand/right brain dominance, placed with right hand/left brain dominance would naturally heighten a balanced sense of energy. I wonder how many left-handers are healers? After all, only about 10% of the population is left-handed. I want to explore this more thoroughly.
August 08, 2001: What a strange experience I had today! I was passing by the office of one of my coworkers, when I glanced out the window and thought for sure I had seen the 15-story hotel across the street full of black smoke and flames arising from the higher floors. But, just as I registered the scene, it was gone! The building was completely intact and normal. It was just a flash vision that melted in a nanosecond, it seems. Whoa. I told a coworker about it but, as usual, I get the “rolling eyes” look. Agh!
August 09, 2001: Another one of those precious, spontaneous, humorous moments happened today. I have a note on the kleenex box: “Do not remove”. When asked why I did that, I replied that someone keeps moving it, and I want it right there because someone is always sneezing and in need of a tissue around here and I want them to have easy access to this box. A moment of silence, then (D) says “Bless you, my child.” We all broke out in healthy, unfettered laughter! Laughter that comes that spontaneously is one of life’s greatest restorative gifts.
August 16, 2001 (Dream):
Literally, a knight in shining armor is standing on a board/plank, in front of me and elevated about 6 feet. This swashbuckler fellow is swinging a sword about as I look at him quizzically. Then he stops, and with the most sincere, intense, and focused demeanor he says to me ‘You must believe that no matter what you see, no matter what you hear or feel, this sword will not harm you in any way. It is all an illusion. Do not forget that.’ How could I forget THAT! Wow! You know, this male guide or protector has been appearing in different disguises over the last several months. Sometimes he is a clown, or a comic jazz pianist, or sometimes just standing around on the periphery of my dreamscapes, observing and protecting. Whoever you are, thank you!
AUGUST 18, 2001: About a week ago, I lost my healing-hand pin, a little silver hand with a ruby heart on the palm. I was planning to go get another one. But today, I noticed that the backing had been placed on my desk . OK, so the janitor must have seen it, and the other part must be close by. About that time, (J) comes by to tell me she noticed the backing and wondered what the rest of it looked like. After I described it, her eyes threw open wide, and she said “It’s sitting on my window sill at home!” She had kept feeling something on the bottom of her shoe while shopping after work last week and finally discovered it was this pin! At the time, she had no idea where it came from. I could not resist commenting on the vision that then arose in my mind, and I said “So….I guess you needed a healing hand on your…sole….huh?” We need to take this company act on the road!
August 25, 2001: A Sacramento, Ca. man has allegedly killed 5 membersof his family and is still at-large. The number 5 is become more and more prevalent in my awareness. Five is the number of upheaval and spontaneous change. Something great is about to happen, I just know it.
August 28, 2001: What is this with all the car accidents in the area? Just today, I came across two of them, at intersections, within about 10 minutes. Then, while talking with a coworker, we hear a clashing of metal and look down into the street to see another accident has occurred! Then, coming home this evening, yet another intersection accident occurs, off the main roads, and only a block from my home! I swear there are erratic energies just flying through the atmosphere! I walked in to find Chakra walking cautiously around as though stepping around land mines or something. She totally refused to go outside. Something is awry, that’s for sure. I hope my swashbuckler friend is close by; geezh!
August 29, 2001: The apparent string of auto accidents over the past few days is being manifested by a highly erratic, defocusing energy. The people driving these vehicles are not focused at all; it’s as though some sort of hypnotic energy is breaking down the ability to concentrate, focus. This also explains the memory lapses some of my coworkers have been experiencing, right the middle of a thought. My own boss temporarily forgot how to spell the last name of HIS boss. He said the way he was spelling just suddenly did not look right to him…whoa. This is a good period for staying highly aware of surroundings, and noticing when those mental lapses are creeping up because this could get dangerous. Know thyself comes to mind as I write this.
August 30, 2001: My Native American friend phoned today. She said it is “too quiet“, echoing my own thoughts. It is like the Universe is holding its breath….still.
August 31, 2001: Oh, my Lord…another man has allegedly killed 5 family members[turned out to be a total of seven people], in Iowa this time. Three family mass slayings have been in the news just since summer solstice. These family/friend mass murders are humanly tragic and spiritually chalk-full of the signs of erratic, drastic energy shifts that are now underway. And there is the number 5, again.
(Later–) Dear Journal: We are just simply not in Kansas anymore. My cell phone suddenly became so hot in my hand a few days ago, I had to drop it. I took it over to the store on my lunch hour today, but the technician could find nothing wrong. He popped in a new battery for free, and off I went. But when I reached the car, the voice message signal alerted me. As I sat listening to the message, I got chills. It was a woman named “Donna”; she said she had been held by five Cuban men at gunpoint for five hours and just escaped. She was pleading to have someone be at a bus stop in Ft. Collins, Co. Obviously, she had dialed the wrong number; she was calling “James”. As soon as the message was over, the cell phone heated up quickly and again died on me. So, what am I suppose to do with THIS bit of information?
I have no idea when this message was taped. Three days ago? Three hours ago? My phone did not register a call number. There is absolutely nothing I can do, and I just wonder why it was MY number that had to get this call. My phone is not the only thing heating up around here. And, by golly, there is the number 5 — AGAIN! I have seen more ambulances and fire engines over the past five days than I have seen in five months. All these signs are pointing more and more to a Uranian-like abruptness and upheaval. My plan? Observe; just observe and watch the illusion unfold, right Mr.Swashbuckler man?
Sept. 01, 2001(Dream):
Well, Mr. Swashbuckler Man appeared again, and he is dressed like Indiana Jones this time; just jumping around and pumped up with energy and action. But this time, I grab him by the white shirt he is wearing, and I say to him ‘Listen! It’s time for you to RELAX!’ With that, I push him backwards into a white porcelain bathtub. HAH! I’m really getting to like this guy!
Sept. 03, 2001: I am reflecting on the wonderful celebration and friendship I experienced at the Acoma reservation a few days ago. My Native American friends and I had gathered for a meal, and began talking about how the ancient Anazasi and Egyptian structures could have been built. Even the direct descendants of the builders of these structures are stunned with the feat! Well, out of nowhere, a strong concept pierced through my darting thoughts: An ant carries 100x its own weight. A rather simple thought, I guess, but it reminded me of the Hopi ancient texts with the story of ants who protected and fed the survivors of each world age. These “ants” had extraordinary mental power.
Sept. 04, 2001: I just have this nagging feeling that an abrupt change is about to energize my life existence. I know that, ever since April, I have been acutely aware of some great change. But, I believe I have become pretty resilient with change and flux, so, whatever. I’m learning to surf the wave. Yes!
Sept. 05, 2001: I’ve been reading Taking the Quantum Leap; quantum physics at its finest. The author explains Einstein’s early theories, among which was that the discontinuities in the emission and absorption of light and heat were not to be found in the oscillating bits of matter producing heat and light; rather they were IN the heat and light energy itself! Bravo! This instantly brought up in my mind a fascinating dream I had back in 1998, before I even gave a conscious thought to the Maya or the southwest, or to the Native American culture at all. But it was this:
A shaman (probably Mr. Swashbuckler in another disguise) is shaking a rattlesnake tail as he approaches me. With piercing and intense eyes, he comes right up to me and he says ‘Remember this; it is what is IN the tail that matters.’
That dream remained a puzzle until two years later, when I found myself visiting ancient Mayan ruins in Yucatan. At Chichen Itza, the sun manifests a perfect serpent during the fall equinox. The “tail” points up to the heavens from the top of the pyramid—to the Pleiades, the ancient lore tells us. Well, perhaps it is what was (or is) in the pinnacle of the pyramids that matters; something that perhaps has been overlooked, or cannot be seen with a 3D lens on life. I wonder what that could be. My hunch is that Einstein came very close to the answer to that mystery.
Sept. 07, 2001 Dream:
I am on a luxury cruise. The ‘excursion of many days’ is now winding down. Some crew members are preparing the ship cabins for new arrivals as I go into a wide open cabin/hall. There, people are receiving parting gifts. I am then told of a marriage that will be taking place between a crew member and a cruise guest. I then see other crew members hosing down beautiful, translucent crystals to make them clean and whole again. I am a little nostalgic that the cruise has ended, but it does seem like we have been on this cruise for a very, very long time.
Sept. 08,2001: Dream:
I dreamt about the numbers 1 and 5. Something about these two numbers being endpoints of some kind.
I awoke and immediately reread the ancient teachings on the vibration of the number 5, and it finally hit me that many ancient texts talk about the “5th and last world.” That’s it! We are approaching the age of transformation now! The five-pointed star represents the 4 directions, with the “mental man” at the pinnacle, striving for higher unity. In the natural cycle of the Universe, we have come back around to some sort of “opening”; an opportunity to reach up into higher thought, higher dimensions. This must be the reason for the erratic Uranian energies now. It is always darkest before the dawn, and I think that maybe we are at the stage now where we are reaching the midpoint of the dark, and coming in to an age of light and renewal. Time to start anchoring the light.
Sept. 09, 2001: I begin this new journal on the same day as I finished the last one, because it just seems like a good time for new beginnings. (^_^).
Sept. 10, 2001 Dream:
“Holey moley! A night of quite explosive dreaming! I am just stunned! I am standing on a wide open desert plain, but it feels somewhat like a surrealistic New Mexican town. I am getting reports that planes will crash ‘in the east.’ I look to the east and see 5 or more jetliners crash and explode in flames. I think that they have crashed in Iowa or Indiana because the letter ‘I” is impressed upon me. But then, as I measure the distance in my dream mind, it occurs to me that the trajectory of the planes would put this further east than that. Then, after a pause, I look to the west into a fiery sunset, and I see the ‘mother of all airships’ flying at stunning speed. I turn to a woman standing with me who simply and calmly says,‘And so it has come…’. This beast of an airship is spewing out flames all around and although it is flying at incredible speed, I am somehow able to see its detail. It is dark and monstrous and fierce; then it, too, crashed in the east. It just disintegrated. I recall saying over and over as the planes were crashing, ‘They are now atoms and particles pressed out into space, remnants of the human race.’ I awoke spontaneously and cannot even imagine why I would have such a dream.”
(Later) Strange morning: First thing, the front door alarms at work malfunctioned and created all sorts of problems. Then I get a letter from my son’s former wife and containing his birth certificate. With it was a short note, “I think Brian may need this soon.” After all this time, she sends it now? Then, I go to the bank to get petty cash, and the teller suddenly could not count out the money! It took four tries on her part; and the company phone systems screwed up and started disconnecting everyone! But the strangest thing for me was that when I went to pour myself some coffee, the energy buzzing through the pot was incredible. I turned to (G) and said “We are most assuredly not in Kansas anymore, Todo.” That pot almost vibrated out of my hand! I don’t know why no one else remarked about that. The air feels like a rubber band is about to snap. I told one of my coworkers about this dream. We were dumbfounded as to why I would dream such a violent dream when I am not experiencing trouble in my personal life. But it gave us a chance to share some dreams and enjoy a discussion.
Sept. 11, 2001: I am sitting in my van trying to absorb what has just happened on the East Coast. The World Trade Center and the Pentagon have been attacked. I don’t watch TV, but when I came to work this morning, my coworkers were gathered around one. They told me two planes had crashed into the WTC; all I could say was “more are coming.”
I just heard Sen. Joe Bidensay on the radio, “We are coming into a new reality.” He may never know how much Truth was spoken in those words.
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Since that horrific day in September, I have heard alot of talk about getting “the terrorists.” But, we have seen terrorism emerge from virtually every region of the world since the beginning. These “fanatics” are only the “swords”. But, what about the powerful forces using those swords, turning them INTO fanatics? The wars in our world will end when they are ended in our minds. And who is feeding those minds? Those who watch behind the scenes in high places and who understand the power of FEAR. That is the real war we need to win.
Added 04/30/12 Today, a witness to the Robert F. Kennedy assassination spoke out, claiming there were TWO shooters. It is said a new court case will be opened.
Arriving at the Truth about how we have lost several U.S. Presidents (and RFK, and MLK) by assassination will finally begin the healing.
Below are raw notes on information collected by me recently as part of my research for a planned book about the 19th-Century theater. This represents just a small portion of my overall research thus far but just these bits, sewn together, make a compelling case that John Wilkes Booth was supported by Union leaders, as well as Confederate leaders and was not killed on April 26, 1865 but eventually settled in Bombay, India until he died in 1883 after living a “comfortable life” largely funded by banks in England and Canada—and at times by his own family.
Interestingly, it would also appear that one of JWB’s stated accomplices, Michael O’Laughlin, did not in fact die in prison in 1867 of Yellow Fever but was secretly released and went on to live out his life in the United States under the pseudonym of John Henry Stevenson. He apparently left an autobiography to be published after his death (in 1890), which was done by a Miss Lottie Eaton.
If a solid case can be made that elements in President Lincoln’s administration had a hand in his assassination, namely his Vice President Andrew Johnson, then this would invalidate Johnson’s presidency in history. Interestingly, a later Vice President Johnson would also be implicated by “conspiracy” facts in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As far as Sec. of War Stanton, while he may have been a “target” and was wounded, so was Texas Gov. John Connally, when he was riding in the car with JFK. Much evidence (that’s another story) supports Connally’s part in that conspiracy, so it could be said that when one wants fiercely to target their prey without being implicated, sustaining a planned “courtesy” wound would be a small price.
It is never too late to get to the truth of our American history in order to set the records straight and ensure that such shenanigans never again deprive We The People of our right to control our collective will to be a free and enlightened nation.
As a work in progress, this page will be modified and updated as needed. If you are reading this page and might have additional information to complement mine, I would love to hear from you.
daughter of a John B. Wilkes, who had lived in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her name was Harriet Emily Wilkes, the first wife of William Wood Parsons. It concerns a Will made by a John Byron Wilkes, who died in 1883 in Assam (Bombay), India.
More on William Wood Parsons:
• Past president of Indiana Normal School, which is now Indiana State University.
• Took great interest in “how his father-in-law figured into the history of John Wilkes Booth”, and discussed this with John C. Schaffer, the editor of the Terre Haute Star and the Indianapolis Star, among others.
The Will made by this John Byron Wilkes in India interestingly bequeathed money to several people who were intimately involved with John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Listed as beneficiaries in this Will are (in order of appearance):
1. Ogarita Rosalie Wilkes (“heir to my body” per Will.) – [Ogarita’s mother was Izola d’Arcy Mills Booth]
2. Harry Jerome Stevenson (alleged to be a son of John Wilkes Booth by Ogarita, although not stated in Will as “heir to my body”).
3. Mary Louise Turner (“heir to my body” per Will.)
4. Sarah Katherine Scott (“heir to my body” per Will.)
5. Izola Martha Stevenson.
6. Ella Turner (mother of Mary Louise Turner, above)
7. Kate M. Scott (mother of Sarah Katherine Scott, above)
8. Henry Johnson (same name as JWB’s theatre valet in the States) “…in grateful appreciation for great and faithful service and to whom I owe my very life,“
9. Sarah Johnson (mother of Henry Johnson, above).
10. Elizabeth Marshall [Burnley] Wilkes (“my beloved wife and mistress…”)
Gen. Lew Wallace
11 and 12. Roger McCracken, his appointed executor of the Will.
In 1886, General Lew Wallaceassigned one Mr. Andrew Potter the task of handling “….the Indiana side of the estate of John Byron Wilkes of India.” Wallace wants this investigation “…to determine whether the India Wilkes had in fact died and whether he was in fact the assassin of President Lincoln.” Wallace wanted to find what connection there was to this India Wilkes and funds that were on deposit in U.S. and Canadian banks under the name of John B. Wilkes. Curiously , Ulysses S. Grant asked Wallace to begin this investigation after his own investment firm of Grant and Ward failed in NYC [in 1884].
[NOTE: From the book My Thoughts Be Bloody by Nora Titone (Free Press 2010): Circa 1858-59: “Booth was billed as ‘J.B. Wilkes.’ It had been agreed among his family that John would not use ‘Booth’ professionally until he had more acting experience.” [page 261]
Ulysses S. Grant
More on Andrew Potter:
• Lived in Ladoga, Montgomery Co., Indiana.
• Former member of National Detective Police, later to become a railroad detective.
• Former business colleague of General Lew Wallace of Crawfordsville, Indiana.
• Andrew Potter is named in the Will of John Byron Wilkes as the Trustee for the inheritance of Sarah Katherine Scott (JWB’s daughter by Kate Scott).
• Was asked by Gen. Wallace (at the request of Ulysses S. Grant) to “investigate an oddly high number of deaths among people associated with the War Department at the conclusion of the Civil War.” (This report never materialized despite “significant evidence of murderous activity.” )
• Potter enlisted the aid of one John Watson Foster, lawyer, general, diplomat,
John Watson Foster, Sec. of State to President Harrison
and then Sec. of State under Benjamin Harrison. Foster’s two grandsons would be John Foster Dulles (Sec. of State under Eisenhower) and Allen Dulles (chief of the CIA).
• When Potter undertook the investigation, neither he nor Wallace knew about the Terre Haute John B. Wilkes.
• Andrew Potter ultimately wrote that indeed JWB had escaped to Assam, India (circa 1931) Excerpt: “But after the death of Baker someone decided to take a hand in discovering the truth. Much of the truth had leaked out and the questions were being asked which could lead to answers which the government and the bankers did not want known. Lew Wallace was at that time representing some New York bankers who were aware of the John B. Wilkes who was trying to get funds released and was threatening to make loud noises if he did not get his money.The money, along with the interest, amounted to a pretty sum and could cause a great wrinkle in certain banks. It then became essential that the exact truth be determined, not for release to the public but for the information of those in charge. We were sent out to investigate.”
Enter one Lola Alexander (born Harriet Stover), who was born in VA. Her first husband was Thomas Snedaker. As it turns out, she was close to both the family of the Terre Haute John B. Wilkes and to JWB. She was a linchpin here; “pictures of her were found in Booth’s room at the Washington Hotel shortly after the assassination. Therefore, she could provide the ‘necessary information’ to allow him to commit an early version of identity theft.”
The author questions the conflict between Booth’s body not being positively identified until mid-afternoon on 04/27/1865, yet at 9:20 a.m. that morning, Secretary of War Edward Stanton sent a telegram already identifying the body as that of JWB.
The two diaries of John Wilkes Booth:
• A red diary found two days before JWB’s alleged death was recovered, as revealed in the diary of one George W. Julianby his daughter Grace Clarke. According to the entry, Sec. Stanton held meeting in his office regarding this diary. It was announced at this meeting that, “…if the diary got out they would be ruined.” They removed six photos from the diary and locked the diary away well as.
• A black diary was found on what was allegedly the body of JWB two days later. This diary was never publicly produced; only the red diary (with many pages removed) was presented in court.
Kate was born on October 5, 1837 in Ebensburg, Cambria, PA, daughter of John Armat Scott and Hannah (Gray) Scott. She was raised in Brookville, Jefferson, PA.
After quite an ordeal, Kate arrives in Washington on November 26, 1861 and reports as an Army nurse to Camp Jamerson (105th Regt. Of Pennsylvania Volunteers) on November 28, 1861 under the command of Col. McKnight.
Kate leaves Camp Jamerson in March 1862 and moves to a boarding house in Washington.
Rebecca Vallieleo/Helen Western
Kate mentions Rebecca Vallieleo as a girl she met at the boarding house.
(NOTE: Rebecca Vallieleo was a budding actress. Her stage name was Helen Western. Rebecca/Helen had a “dubious connection” with John Wilkes Booth before her marriage to James A. Herne (U.S. playwright and actor).
Shortly thereafter, Kate Scott moves in with Mr. and Mrs. Judson Weaver. Mr. Weaver is employed by the Census Bureau.
The Weavers take her to military balls, which is how she first meets John Wilkes Booth, who begins to call on her at the home of the Weavers.
Kate returns to Brookville, PA in June 1862.
In the fall of 1862, two of her male cousins come to the Brookville farm for hunting and leisure. They are identified as “Capt. John Evan Scott of Manchester”, England and “John Celestina”, both ship captains of Canadian registry. They bring John Wilkes Booth with them.
[NOTE: Interestingly, there is a photo of a "John Celestina" sitting with William Bernard, a Civil War spy for the Union. This photo accompanies quite an interesting memoir by Bernard published after his death. It would be quite odd for a Union spy to be sitting with a Confederate smuggler, but is it possible this John Celestina was Kate Scott's cousin? Bernard mentions in his memoir that Kate "was the love of my life", so through knowing Kate, he probably knew her cousin. ]
Kate reflects in this affidavit that cousin John Celestina was arrested after the assassination and later left the sea life. As of October 1906, he was living a “quiet life” in New Orleans. She wonders what happened to John Evan Scott, as she could find no information.
[NOTE: I may have found what happened to her cousin John Evan Scott. The website Monument Australialists a monument of the ship “Sierra Nevada”, which crashed in 1900 outside Port Phillip Heads. The Captain of that ship was “John Scott from Manchester”.]
Kate states that on February 06, 1865, John Wilkes Booth came to the Brookville farm. The next day, she goes with him to “Meadeville” (Meadville) PA, then they go on to Washington City. Their daughter Sarah Katherine is born in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 08, 1865.
[NOTE: The essay by Charles Huppert (above) gives a different reason for her trip to Washington City. He states that, “Kate’s father was the publisher of the Brookville Republican and he had sent Kate to Washington City to cover Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural in early March, 1865. There she met…” with John Wilkes Booth.]
After the April 1865 assassination of President Lincoln, Kate receives a handwritten letter in July 1865 that she states was “unmistakably” the handwriting of JWB. He signs it “John Byron Wilkes.” He wants her to pick up an envelope from Winston Weaver (a partner of his in the PA oil business in Oil City) and then meet him at the Brookville farm on Sept 15 (1865).
JWB tells her that he had sent his valet Henry Johnson (Henry was named as beneficiary in the John Byron Wilkes 1883 Will from India, above) to NY [apparently to get detectives off his trail] then he would go on to Niagara Falls and cross into Canada.
[NOTE: Dayton History Books website: Credible Story About Booth Uncovered
In this narrative, a Mr. Kelley [who had shared a dressing room with JWB in the 1860s]
Edwin Booth, older brother of JWB and a famous actor in his time
unexpectedly meets up with Henry Johnson, JWB’s former theatre valet, several years after the Civil War. Henry tells Kelley that he has “been with Marse Edwin [JWB’s famous brother] ever since Marse John got away.” He goes on to say that a British sailing ship picked up JWB and took him to Liverpool. From there, he secured passage to Bombay, India and was living under the name of John Wilkes.
JWB tells her that “he had ample funds in the Bank of England and that his financial future was assured.”
Michael O’Laughlen (O’Laughlin” aka John Henry Stevenson
Brief Summary:
In 1858, Michael wins a Bill of Sale for a 31-acre farm in Virginia, after a very tense card game.
Izola d’Arcy Mills Booth
Shortly thereafter, he runs into John Wilkes Booth (a childhood neighbor), who reminds him that he owes him money. Michael offers the Bill of Sale to the farm, which Booth accepts. Booth’s wife Izola, and later their daughter Ogarita [born October 23 1859) live at this farm.
He doesn’t see JWB until “about six months after his marriage”, (or about June 1859). JWB tells him that his wife (Izola d’Arcy Mills Booth) is pregnant [with Ogarita], which he is unhappy about. He opines that he never should have married her.
Ogarita Booth
Michael next meets JWB (sometime in August/September 1859) at JWB’s request. JWB introduces him to a “Major Harris”, who offers Michael a job as courier, delivering a package from Montreal to NY, where Harris is located. Michael does this and is paid “handsomely.”
Michael only occasionally sees JWB between the start of the Civil War until the spring of 1863. JWB has this Col. Harris with him for this meeting. Harris gives him another assignment, which takes him to Owenboro, Kentucky. He meets a Mr. Watson, who is “anxious to hear about Booth and ‘his plan.”
Michael, unaware of what this plan is, later asks JWB about it. He learns from JWB that the plan is to kidnap the President, Vice President and the Secretary of State and take them someplace where they could not be found.
Michael makes an interesting observation here:
“There were a number of Confederate secret service men assigned to the plan. The main backing was in the North however, and was from here that most of the money was to come. I have in later years thought much of this and I cannot think that all of the persons involved had the same motives. It appears that many persons with completely opposite desires were assisting the plan, each thinking that in the end he would control the activity.”
The money to be made here involved more than a quarter of a million dollars in a mix of Treasury notes and greenbacks, as well as gold coin of foreign mintage.
JWB had “a fortune” but could not spend most of it because the large amounts the Treasury notes represented and the fact that they were stolen from the Treasury. These Treasury notes also have duplicate numbers-part of a “treasury scandal” at the time. Trying to utilize the foreign gold coinage would have caused much suspicion. JWB buried most of these at the farm in Virginia.The money was also “building up in the Canadian banks and the English banks.”
About this time, JWB becomes involved in smuggling operations with a Canadian shipping firm.
[NOTE: Perhaps the Black Ball Line that operated out of Canada and for who Capt. John Scott worked about that time?]
On one of his courier missions. Michael meets a Dr. Magill to make arrangements for smuggling quinine to the South. This Dr. Magill “had made contracts with Gen.__________ and Col.________ of the union army and they supplied ways of getting the stuff to the Confederates.”
[NOTE: The blank lines after “Gen.” and “Col.” are in this original, unedited narrative. I do not know if Mr. O’Laughlin did not want to state their names at the time he narrated his story or if Lottie Eaton, who made this original transcription, intentionally left out their names. More research needed here.]
In Spring 1864, Michael and JWB meet in Washington City. JWB tells him that he “had been approached by a ‘high government official’ and asked to carry out an assignment for the Government.” He goes on to say that a “man high in the government” offered to pay JWB to kidnap President Lincoln. JWB tells Michael that, “…we would all be heros (sic) in both the north and the south.”
Michael states that the scenario was never to kill the President, just to kidnap him. He goes into some detail of how men were trained and dressed in stolen Union uniforms to carry this out.
He goes on to state that the whole thing fell apart on April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theatre when many of the fake “Union solders” did not show up, nor did the “genuine major [who was] close to Lincoln” (Maj-Gen Grant? ). Another “officer” at Ford’s that night lost his nerve “after so much went awry and refused to go through with it.” When JWB told this “officer” that they would proceed, he attacked JWB with a knife. “That much I know”, comments Michael.
At this point, everyone involved started leaving Washington because of the mishaps.
Michael can’t explain at all why JWB went in and shot President Lincoln. According to him, it was never part of the plan.
Michael can only deduce on reflection that JWB was utterly frustrated by the failed kidnap attempts (apparently five in all) that he went suddenly went berserk.
Vice President Andrew Johnson acceded to Presidency on Lincoln’s death
existed before Booth visited with(Vice President Andrew) Johnson sometime after five o’clock in the afternoon of Friday, April 14, the day of the assassination.” Griffin speculates that it was VP Johnson who “pushed Booth over the edge to murder Lincoln…”
And, his book, “…also corroborates our implication of security officer Lafayette Baker being in cahoots with Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s Secretary of War, as another major architect of the plot.”]
Sec. of War Edwin Stanton
Michael gives a very descriptive narrative of his time in prison and states that in 1867, a W.G. Pollock visited him there and wanted to know where Booth had hidden the gold and if Michael would help him, he would make sure Michael got out of prison.
Michael was given a sedative a week later and awoke in New Orleans on October 5, 1867. He saw in a mirror that he “was a yellow as an oriental.” Apparently, a dye had been put on him and he had been reported as a victim of the Yellow Fever, which was rampant on the island at the time.
While Pollack is following his every move, Michael gives a detailed account of how he slips out of Pollack’s view and contacts Izola at the Virginia farm. It is at this time that she tells him JWB was still alive—she had heard from him in September 1867 and they were to meet in San Francisco in the spring of 1868.
Michael and Izola travel west to San Francisco together, leaving VA on December 23, 1867. He gives a harrowing account of how they covertly managed to take as much gold and Treasury notes from the ranch as they could while remaining under cover as they traveled west.
Michael and Izola reach San Francisco on April 8, 1868 and place an ad in the newspaper: “John, come home, your mother is ill.” JWBcontacts them. Soon, Michael heads to Sacramento and Izola leaves with JWBout of the City.
Michael buys a smelter in Sacramento and is soon a millionaire. In just under a year, he meets a Frank Bailey, who apparently wants to “corner the gold market.”
Michael states: “Through contacts in New York, Bailey found out that there was going to be an attempt to buy up gold in New York and that the government of President Grant had promised to remain aloof to the manipulations.”
Michael receives a letter from Izola in late 1869, who is in San Francisco and needs help.
Izola tells him an “incredible story”:
When the Booths and Michael go their separate ways in April 1868, JWB and Izola sail immediately. [The ship was The Indian Queen out of Nova Scotia and the master of this ship was a Captain Scott.]
Izola relates that after several months sailing “west and south”, a mutiny over the gold occurred. She states that Capt Scott and JWB were both killed and that she was left in a whale boat. She was later picked up by a British ship and brought back to San Francisco.
[NOTE: Quite likely, this is the same Captain Scott that Kate M. Scott names as her cousin. See above. Izola may either have been wrong about JWB's "death" or was misleading Michael on orders of JWB. As shown above, Captain Scott appears not to have died in this incident but much later in 1900]
Harry Jerome Stevenson
Izola tells Michael that she is pregnant (by JWB). They both return to Baltimore and Izola gives birth to a son on February 22, 1870. He is given the pseudonym name that Michael uses: John Harry Stevenson . (Later to go by the name of Harry Jerome. He is named in the Will of John Byron Wilkes, above].
Michael later receives a letter from Frank Bailey telling him that he had lost his investments in California. Frank had “embezzled money”, “pyramided it into a fortune”, and suffered heavy losses in bad investments.
Just before Christmas in 1878, Michael leaves Doylestown, Pennsylvania to Ohio, where he resides when this narrative is taken down by Lottie Eaton.
Michael talks with Harry before leaving and tells him that his real father was JWB. He also relates that “later in the mid 70’s” (?), Harry told him he had met a Mr. Purdy, who told him someone in the theatre had received a letter that was certainly in the handwriting of JWB.
[NOTE: This probably was a typo and meant to read“mid-80's”. Jerome would only have been five years of age in the mid-70's]
“It is indeed a time to celebrate our blossoming…to get excited about finally Knowing.Our awareness is expanding…we see what we have never seen…The Truth is shining brighter than ever before.The veil is really lifting. Of course there will be chaos…there will be confusion…the transition will reveal what we have not wanted to see.But there is no turning back.It is inevitable that what is false will end.Illusion can never be True.What is not real,will not last. “ Stephen {parkstepp}–Stephen Parker
The Great Awakening_Humanitys Finest Hour is unfolding
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I feel inspired to give my humble opinion about what I believe is going on in our world now and the way in which I perceive it will transform us all over the next 13 months.
Consider this event, the latest thus far in a string of rather extraordinary events:
11/07/11: Cyber weaknesses should deter U.S. from waging war “A former top U.S. cybersecurity official says America’s computer systems are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations. “
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Anonymous works through cyberspace – so do the Mayan crystal skulls to some extent. Perhaps even the Altarmarians are getting active here. I suspect the Norway Spiral and CERN inadvertently precipitated some contribution as well. We will know that Truth in time. Whether or not the core of the Anonymous collective ( or truth seekers in high places elsewhere) is conscious of this matrix of “infinite consciousness”, It is nevertheless very subtly lending a helping hand by opening access to a vast pool of knowledge (tweaking DNA “light bulbs) that will assist in bringing incredible evil to a halt on this planet. [Light = Information = Knowledge = Truth = Resolution.]
From my perspective, there are at least two operative “Layers” at play here now. “Layer I” is currently working through the three-dimensional perspective of the Individual (i.e. Arab Spring, OWS movement , Anonymous, Wikileaks) to bring Justice to the people. “Layer II” is working across dimensions through the crystal skulls and other media, into which Global Mind in general exists, to “pump up the volume”, so to speak. “Layer II” could scatter the “Purveyors of War” (or any other carrier of perverse, negative/dark energy) to the winds in a nanosecond, not with bullets but with “shifting” them out of this dimensional hologram.However, this cannot be realized until “Layer I” (within 3-dimensional limits) first fully Awakens the masses (over the course of 2012) so that such a feat will not cause catastrophic shock damage to the human system.
Layer II was “blasted” (for lack of a better term) by the severity of the shock to the human psyche that occurred on earth the day of September 11, 2001. It was an event that created an enormous undercurrent of intense passive schizophrenia. Again, from my point of view in the bleachers, this brought in what I will call a “Layer III” Council, who worked to stabilize this tsunami of collective psyche threatening the vitality of Humankind. I sense this is why, after a long 10-year “taboo” on the who/what/where/when/why Truth about that day, the willingness to step out of the comfort zone of what resulted in mass denial is gaining momentum now. “Layer III” does not want to risk even greater vast global collective trauma so is subtly establishing more harmonious, sustainable neural- and DNA-vibrations. There is a high probability that the entire Truth about that event will finally be laid bare within the 13-month time frame before us because illusion/lies/darkness cannot exist in a higher frequency of Light. With root and cause accounted for and dealt with, a massive Mind barrier will be removed.
One may say, “What about the Attack on Pearl Harbor? Surely, that was a massive blow to the collective psyche.” Ah, but in Dec 1941, no one had access to viewing it in real time around the world. Except for those at or within close vicinity of Pearl Harbor on that day, Humanity around the world heard the news from a radio box, or Morse code, or by letters that took more than a week to communicate the message. Without a collective visual witnessing in real time across the world, the ripples remained in proximity to the Pacific islands.
It was a very different story in 2001. With a click of the mouse, we could access Internet sites globally or simply switch on a TV set, many millions around the world were collectively experiencing and sharing events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania VISUALLY …in real time, creating such a massive wave through the Matrix of Consciousness, it wreaked havoc on neural systems everywhere. Such a massive shock requires extensive healing. In terms of the concept of “time” as we experience it, we have been a long healing phase of ten years, partly because in the years following 2001, we were subjected to numerous blows re-injuring that collective psychic wound—illegal foreign wars, Katrina, gulf oil spill, and the brutal plundering of our very economic support system that very dark forces generated in 2008, to name just a few.
Our earth ship now is beginning to ride a rising galactic wave of infinite consciousness that has not been experienced on this planet for roughly 25,000 years. I perceive that at the very moment that young man in Tunisia immolated himself in defiance, this one act, like the hundredth money, tipped the global collective consciousness into critical mass, which first spawned the Arab Spring. It was the cutting edge of the monolith announcing that the global stream of consciousness was on a rising wave. It may also have been the very point in time that the “Layers” I spoke about above were able to make far more intimate “contact” with earth consciousness. The rise in social media and global sharing of information (Light = Information) over these last turbulent years played a major role as well.
Occupy Wall Street in America (Layer I cohesion) came a little late to the healing because this continent was the very “ground zero” of the massive psychic shock wave. The fact that OWS is a leaderless movement coincides exquisitely with the Matrix of Collective Consciousness because consciousness itself is leaderless. Every conscious thing contributes to the stream of Collective Consciousness.
Systems such as Anonymous (at it’s core), also Layer I with 3-dimensional limitations, have been endowed with the technology required to emerge at the front lines globally through cyberspace to assist, thus (probably unknowingly) allowing Layer II to subtly raise the overall vibration on this planet.
Yes, the fierce anger and lashing out is prevalent now because it has been so supremely repressed, but it will transform once the human mind sees through the haze before us on the near term and onto an equilibrium and calmer path as progress is made.
Humanity will progress through this monolith of change when we completely change how we perceive this planet.
Not all will be transformed, however.
The Gmorks and the mind parasites infiltrating this world derive their sustenance from the energy of violence, greed, conflict, sexual perversion, fear and death. This is about to come to an end. There is no room left for that venom in the world. World leaders had no vision to see that this was all coming; they don’t have a clue what’s happening and how, because they have been self-absorbed in a tiny little narcissistic bubble. They now find themselves having to explain their own cozy alliances with Layers of evil . The point is, human endeavors that promote negativity and pain will not survive in the World To Come. Parallel realities are merging, as well. This will aid humanity in the long term but can be unsettling for many in the short run. No one said it would be easy.
The children of our great-grandchildren will be aghast over how vicious our world leaders had become by the time we reached the dawn of the 21st century. Political, economic, and military monoliths of 3-dimensional power (i.e. NATO, WB, EU, IMF, UN, AIPAC, Fed Res), can not but fail in the New Energy permeating the planet. If they do not bend like the tree, they will simply snap. Entities without vision, foresight, and respect for Mother Nature and the living forms She creates will be out because She is taking off her nourishing apron and putting on her coat of armor to throw off Her disease, with a little help from her “Universe of Friends.”
There is still much to do over the next several months. The struggles will be many as we move through the initial chaos that shakes our worldview; sometimes there are false starts individually and sometimes, there are those who fail to rise above fear and anger. Many will remain in denial and fail to leave their “comfort zone”, so the shock will be even greater on them. The Global Movement will ebb and flow for a short time but will then burst forth in Enlightening waves not seen before; far more powerful in the long run (I perceive an awesome Spring Offensive). But, my feeling is that the task of bringing down the completely entangled, corrupt and fiercely brutal economic, political, and military apparatus clutching at this earth will be well under way before the month of July 2012 passes IF enough of Humanity is Awakened and connected in unity to ride the rising wave of Infinite Consciousness, providing immunity against severe neuropsychological damage.
Guardian: The LuzSec hacking arrests won’t make it safer online
“Indictments show Sabu encouraging other online aliases during attacks, and suggesting thousands of passwords publicly. On Twitter, Sabu’s account continued to threaten the “Feds” and post encouragingly on new attacks.”
“Through Sabu, the FBI were aware of the attack on Stratfor’s servers even as it was ongoing – and seemingly did not inform the company. An FBI storage server was even offered to Anonymous on which to store the hacked documents.”
Some insight from Democracy Now!
So, the FBI sacrifices StratFor to catch this Level I spinoff from Anonymous? Although TPTW have not even begun to breach the “core”, Level II, nevertheless (IMHO) is going to get more transparently action oriented now. This absolutely is going to strengthen the determination of Level II to intercede and accelerate the inevitable – the take down of pure, unadulterated energy of darkness. I still sense July will be pivotal along these ends.
02/29/12
NPR: Interpol: Suspected Anonymous Hackers Arrested
“[Subprefect Jamie ]Jara said the arrests resulted from a recently begun investigation and officials do not yet know if those arrested are tied to any ‘illicit group.’
” ‘For now, we have not established that they have had any special communications among themselves,’ he said.”
“Anonymous has no real membership structure. Hackers, activists, and supporters can claim allegiance to its freewheeling principles at their convenience, so it’s unclear what impact the arrests will have.” IMHO, they are arresting strategic decoys and small wannabes in desperation, to provide the illusion to corporate-fascist (their “shareholders”) that deceit and corruption can continue to live on. At some point, TPTW will realize that they cannot continue their antics—this is an “idea” that will multiply exponentially until this planet is purged of a thousands-year-old tyrannical and self-adulating gene pool. No more.
Athens News same date reports: “A text uploaded to the site demanded the release of an 18-year-old boy arrested on Monday and withdrawal of charges against two other high-school pupils, aged 16 and 17, all of whom are accused of being involved in the first hacking.”
” ‘The GHS kids had nothing to do with this site. Free them, you’re making a big mistake, this was done by the Anonymous and not by the GHS kids’, the message pasted to the ministry site said.”
It really is a kick for TPTW to focus on teenage mischief makers, as it gives evidence to their inability to stop what is absolutely a peaceful but absolute offensive on global thugs by far more advanced intellects than they.
Added 12/17/11: Being reported by Ynet: “Is Iran in possession of satellite jamming technology? A European intelligence source claimed Iran stunned Western intelligence agencies when it managed to “blind a CIA spy satellite by aiming a laser burst quite accurately,” in a never before reported incident.”
“According to an article in The Christian Science Monitor, this unreported incident might suggest that the Iranians have successively gained access to jamming technology, allowing them to track unmanned aerial vehicle navigation capabilities. “
Here is an excerpt from the CSM article referred to: “According to a European intelligence source, Iran shocked Western intelligence agencies in a previously unreported incident that took place sometime in the past two years, when it managed to ‘blind’ a CIA spy satellite by aiming a laser burst quite accurately.’ ”
Neither Iran nor Russia NOR the US has the sort of technology (unless reverse engineered) that “blinded” this CIA spy satellite. No “…former top U.S. cybersecurity official” would admit that “America’s computer systems are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations ” if this was just about a 3-dimensional, nation-to-nation, dealing-with-purely-earth-beings problem . [see 11/07/11 article:Cyber weaknesses should deter U.S. from waging war ]. This is off-world technology sending a strong message to their “target.”
Added 12/15/11: I sense major synchronicity emerging today. After I heard about yet another U.S. drone crash in Mauritius a few days ago, the thought “The Higher Beings are downing the drones” raced through my consciousness. I had made a decision not to post it, as I had nothing to base that on; too flimsy, I thought.
Just now, I came across the following video on FB. I have heard of Mr. Wilcock and in the distant past read some of his literature. However, I listened to this video due to the “urgency” of its title. In the last several minutes, he discusses that “extraterrestrials” did “hack” the drones.
Anonymous is not a group of hackers or extremists, it is not even a group. It is a collection of our fellow americans (sic) from all walks of life who are tired of being trampled by the system that benefits the wealthy 1% and violates our rights. This is the story of one such individual who chooses to identify himself as anonymous and chooses to fight against the system.”
With all the tense and frustrating events lately filling the mind with earthly chaos demanding Justice and Truth, I thought it about time to take a break and get back to writing a bit on the more esoteric encounters in life as a reminder to us all that we are far more than we believe capable if we simply observe the road signs. Pay attention to roads that appear to tax your beliefs and dare to explore that which you think you do not know. It may be a path toward understanding Wholeness.
I have had some dreams that seemed more out-of-body in nature than the usual run-of-the-mill dreams, as many others have had to be sure.
A few years ago, I had a dream where:
“I’m watching from above as lines of beautiful Asian (or similar) people dressed in white garments are passing from a central garden or courtyard into an iron-wrought gated breezeway. They all appear to have given up a battle or in some manner seem resigned to entering through that gate. I feel something is wrong. My ‘dream eyes’ turn around to see that below me in the opposite direction, two very politically powerful persons are talking together as they watch this ‘march of the white-garmented people’. As I hover above them, one turns, looks up at me, and says ‘I see we have a visitor.’ I immediately realize that they are nastily tricking these people to take a route that will be their demise. I quickly fly around as many people as I can huddle together at a time and scoot them gently away from that gate and through another gate—a ‘gate of promise.’ Although I am invisible to them, they appear to feel a nudge to put them on the other track.”
Okay. I’m sure a dream interpretor out there would tell me that this dream was about something going on in my personal environment. Perhaps about being more aware of a person around me who might be tricking me into something, that I need to change paths in my thinking about something, or that I should drive a different road to work the next day. Whatever.
However, without seeking out or even actively attempting to make Spiritual connections—I can’t even quiet my mind enough to meditate for 20 minutes!—Otherworldly experiences have just found their way to me, particularly since 1980. So, by the time I had the above dream (one of several with “visitor” overtones), it did not surprise me at all to consider that this was exactly what it was: The human 6th sense that reaches out and operates in Dreamtime or even in waking life. While the scene was a metaphoric stage, the “visitor” aspect was real for me. My view is that our brain waves in sleep sometimes simply coincide with waves in other worlds—usually just randomly caught but sometimes directed . We all have a 6th sense, no surprise there. It works in Spirit time, not earth time.
Just a few months after the UFO “Flying Strawberry” episode, the next strange occurrence for me (consciously) was with my dying Italian grandmother whose name was Orsolina, meaning “Little Bear”. As several relatives stood around her bed in the hospital with only a dim light over the headboard to illuminate the room, I was the one holding her hand. At the moment she died, an amazingly powerful shock went from her fingers into mine. It was so powerful, I was knocked backward and was caught by a relative standing behind me. At the same time, I saw a very thin wisp of “smoke” arise from the back of her head, up through the dim light and out the ceiling. I was so stunned from these two simultaneous events, I could not speak for quite a while.
When we returned to my childhood home (my parents held the funeral reception), I began to ask family members one by one if they had seen anything weird occur when grandma died. I just kept getting a blank stare. My parents were worried that I was suffering shock from her death, getting a little ditsy. Because most wondered why I fell back with such a jolt (they thought I had sort of fainted although I was alert through it all), none saw anything of any kind around grandma’s headboard, so I tucked it all away in the depths of the unconscious mind. But since then especially, episodes of otherworldly phenonmena have just randomly dropped into view without notice. One of the more unforgettable and endearing recollections in this area surfaced in a conversation with my mother while we were celebrating a birthday at a Chuckee Cheese pizza parlor in 1987 for one of the foster children she and my father were caregiving.
For background, my mother was straight-laced in her thinking. Over the years, she would roll her eyes at me when I dipped into esoteric subjects such as Astrology. “You don’t believe that stuff, do you?” She refused to discuss anything of an esoteric nature with me. In fact, the family nickname for mom was “Puritan Pilgrim” because of her Quaker background and Pilgrim ancestry. Nuff said there.
In 1987, mom suffered a completely unexpected heart attack and was in the hospital. A pacemaker was placed during that hospitalization. One day after she was home and we were chatting together, she suddenly looked up from the knitting she was doing to see if anyone was around other than us. Then, she put down her knitting and stared at me for a moment over her eyeglasses. She said quietly, “I have something to tell you….I’m telling you because you seem to understand these things and won’t criticize.” WOW! I was all ears and opened a page in my ever-present journal. This is what she told me (per my journal):
“I was lying in the recovery room after the pacemaker operation. I opened my eyes to see a beautiful lady floating, hovering over the foot of the bed. She was somewhat transparent but had on a beautiful lavender gown that flowed with the air as she hovered. She stretched her arms out to me and said ‘Do not worry. Everything will be okay and you will be home soon.’ Then she slowly disappeared. I closed my eyes and I must have fallen back to sleep. The next time I woke up, I saw a Pink Lady (hospital volunteer) in the room tidying up things and asked her who had been in the room earlier. She said that no one had been in the room since the time I was wheeled in there. She told me I had been in a ‘ very deep sleep’ so they monitored me from the nurse’s station outside but that someone would be in soon since I was now awake.”
I remained riveted and silent as mom told me of this Spiritual experience. I knew it was very hard for her to comprehend and for my part, I simply suggested that she was being watched over and that it should come as a comfort to all of us. Since we seemed to be opening up to Spirit here, I told mom about the “electrical shock” from grandma’s fingers into mine at the moment she died. Mom simply said, “Grandma was right about alot of Spiritual things. I used to think that coming from the Old Country, she held strange ideas but you know, she was right on many things. I know that now.”
Okay, so grandma “Little Bear” had now brought mom and I together on what had been a long-time taboo to discuss. But she asked me to promise I would not tell anyone, and I never did—until now.
Now to the Chuckee Cheese pizza party in 1987. All the children were having fun playing games and were scattered throughout the parlor. After doing some supervision duties, I came back and sat with mom. No sooner did I sit down than she said without a blink or a blush:
“I came from Neptune honey.”
What could I do? What could I say? Oh, that’s cool…i have a mom from Neptune?Her matter-of-fact declaration floored me not only for the strangeness of it but because I knew my mom was a Pisces….and she did not as far as I knew! She had never wanted to know her Zodiacal “sign”. I never had a chance to follow up with her on that revelation of hers, as the children all started piling back to the table for cake and ice cream. I had meant to ask her about it later that evening but it was not to be.
Mom died two days later. Just before her death, I was sitting at her bedside. She reached out her hands and the only words that I could hear were “take me home“. At first, I thought she was talking to me and asking me to take her home but she appeared to be staring at the ceiling. Then it hit me. The “lavender angel” was there. Then, mom was gone from this world.
She must have received alot of Spiritual training on the Other Side of the Veil (perhaps on Neptune!), as both Little Bear and my Mother The Neptunian were to play a major role in helping my father and I to facilitate his own transition 11 years later but that is another story.
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
here are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Studies and Stories on the near-death experience
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12/30/11
KXAN: Worldwide attention on Ben Breedlove
“During the last two years of his life, Ben posted videos on YouTube where he spoke about his faith and his life experiences. He even dispensed advice on dating.”
“In his final videos he silently held up cards that revealed his near-death experiences and being at peace with death. “
Ah, Ben. Thank you. It is beautiful where you are. I, too, have glimpsed it. You will be greatly missed. Sharing your experience will inspire millions.
09/25/11
Coast To Coast A.M. Shared Death Experiences “Near-death experience (NDE) expert, Raymond Moody, joined George Knapp to discuss shared death experiences – deathbed moments when entire families see the light, the room changes shape, or everyone is witness to a film-like review of a loved one’s life, giving us a new understanding of the journey that we potentially will take at the end of our lives.”
On Oct 05, 1998, I recorded in my journal my own experience of sharing a pre-death experience with my dying father, which can be viewed HERE
08/10/10 Consciousness Beyond Life, The Science of the Near-Death Experience“Dr. Pim van Lommel, a renowned cardiologist, is the first medical practitioner to have undertaken a full, systematic study of near-death experiences (NDEs).”
“For more than twenty years van Lommel systematically studied such near-death experiences in a wide variety of hospital patients who survived a cardiac arrest. In 2001, he and his fellow researchers published his study on near-death experiences in the renowned medical journal The Lancet. The article caused an international sensation as it was the first scientifically rigorous study of this phenomenon.”
08/05/10
BBC: On death’s doormat“A magazine and website have been launched which discuss the topic of death and dying, using a mixture of celebrity culture and real-life experiences. “
“Jim Thornton is hoping to add his journal to this roster of titles. Called Eulogy, it is a newly-launched magazine and website that discusses death, dying, and the practicalities faced by those left behind. It doesn’t sound like the sort of publication one would leap up from the sofa and tear open on hearing it drop through the letterbox each month. Mr Thornton, a 47-year-old creative director of a communications company, says he was prompted into bringing Eulogy to life after suffering tragedy in his own family.”
07/16/10
Fortean Times: Near-death experience transformed psychologist Carl Jung “On 11 February 1944, the 68-year-old Carl Gustav Jung – then the world’s most renowned living psychologist – slipped on some ice and broke his fibula. Ten days later, in hospital, he suffered a myocardial infarction caused by embolisms from his immobilised leg. Treated with oxygen and camphor, he lost consciousness and had what seems to have been a near-death and out-of-the-body experience – or, depending on your perspective, delirium.”
“Jung was convinced that he hadn’t simply hallucinated, but that he had been granted a vision of reality. He had passed outside time, and the experience had had a palpable effect on him.”
07/13/10 (DMT)
NineMSN: Paraplegic British man ‘blinks’ to stay alive“A paraplegic British man whose life support machine was about to be switched off managed to blink to save his own life.”
“His relatives agreed to it was time to let him go after recalling a conversation where he had told them he would not want to be trapped in a useless body [but] as the Rudd family, including his two teen daughters, was preparing to say goodbye to him, attending consultant Professor David Menon discovered Richard was able to move his eyes to respond.“ This is a different kind of NDE but if he recovers to tell his story, my bet is that he will have had a genuine NDE. Hope therei is follow up on this.
06/22/10
AOL News: What to Do If Your Child Really Does See Dead People“Turns out, what’s really shocking is how many kids can actually communicate with spooks — or at least feel they do. So says Caron Goode, a Fort Worth, Texas-based psychotherapist and author of the new book “Kids Who See Ghosts: How to Guide Them Through Fear” (Weiser Books).”
“”One way to tell the difference between whether the child is seeing something more than an imaginary friend is when they mention recognizable details about someone you know, such as a dead relative they never met.” To this I would add from my personal experience: If the “apparition” responds appropriately in the conversation, it likely is a true experience.
05/06/10
Jeff Wise Blog: Near Death Experiences: Science and Skepticism“…was Tamara’s experience an untimely glimpse into the world that awaits us beyond death? Or was she simply experiencing a hallucination brought on by elevated levels of carbon dioxide, asthis studysuggests?”
05/01/10:
MSNBC: Waking up dead: Kansans share near-death experiences“ ‘I can hear voices and then all of a sudden I could see them working on someone but I didn’t realize at that point it was me, because I was looking down at them,” said Williams. ‘They were working feverishly to get me to come to.’ “
” ‘The reason I don’t think this is quote just a dream is the consistency of what they, patients, tell you, that it’s almost always a similar story which you hear,’ said Dr. [Cardiologist Ravi] Bajaj. “
12/30/09:
Denver PostColo. mom, baby revived after Christmas Eve birth: “Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife’s hand when her life slipped away in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve, and then he cradled his newborn son’s limp body seconds after a medical team delivered the baby by Cesarean section. Minutes later he saw his son come to life in his arms under the feverish attention of doctors, and soon he learned his wife had inexplicably come back to life.” An amazing story, and it is wonderful to hear of a happier outcome for this family. I perceive we will more spontaneous reversal-of-crisis events such as this as we move toward 2012.
Mellen-Thomas Benedict’s NDE story:“I had been an information freak in the1970’s, and I had become increasingly despondent over the nuclear crisis, the ecology crisis, and so forth. So, since I did not have a spiritual basis, I began to believe that nature had made a mistake, and that we were probably a cancerous organism on the planet. I saw no way that we could get out from all the problems we had created for ourselves and the planet. I perceived all humans as cancer, and that is what I got.”And then….
National Geographic 04/08/10: Near-Death Experiences Explained?“Bright lights, angelic visions products of too much CO2 in the blood, study says.” My The problem I have with this theory is that while my father was experiencing a “near death”, I was fully healthy and conscious, when we BOTH experienced the very same OOB:
“I laid there at the side of the bed with my hands on his heart chakra. Through my closed eyes, I could see the vague flicker of light from the mini TV set. But then, while deeply into meditation and prayer, I felt my brow chakra pull and extend out over the room. Very suddenly, it was black as black can be—I cannot put down in words the rich depth of this blackness. I know that Poppy and I were now in another place together. I felt my brow chakra pulsating and radiating, searching for a light. I felt my hand in Poppy’s hand as we drifted through the darkness in front of us. I kept calling to my mother. Help me please I heard in my calmed mind. Suddenly, I saw a pinhole of light, a beautiful blue-white light. It looked very distant, but I was so drawn to it that I wanted to rush ahead of Poppy to get to it. But I received a strong, strong mental message telling me No! No! It’s not for you to go! We were immediately transported into some sort of mental metaphor, immersed in a quasi-dream. I first saw a boat, with me firmly grounded at the shore and Poppy on the boat. A cord anchored the boat, but I was holding a knife to cut the cord if Poppy made the choice to sail. My mother then sailed in on another boat to Poppy. Although she was ready to take him with her, she made it clear that I could not cut that cord unless Poppy made the decision to go. I was also reminded through this surrealistic living metaphor that I was to remain on shore and not try to go, as much as I would like. Then, I watched while hearts and flowers were being heaped on Poppy’s waiting boat. He was suddenly young and handsome again. He saw mom and expressed his joy, but he then looked at me and feared the cutting of the rope.”
“Just as suddenly, we were back in the room.”…and it goes on.
Dr. Allan Hamilton, Neurosurgeon: Do We Just Die Or Don’t We?“What sense of design can we find? For starters, there’s the Big Bang. Why start the whole Universe? Why not eternal emptiness? Because nothingness, the void, has no purpose. The Bang occurred because the Universe had to begin with something to spark a cosmos so splendidly grand and inconceivable in the depth and breadth of its creation. It is something an eternal, almighty deity could imagine. This Universe seems to abound with an imprimatur, a love of life, wherever we are able to look for it. There is beauty, symmetry, and logic on a cosmic scale. It is difficult (but not impossible) to assume that all this is just random.”
Dr. Jeffrey Long, Radiation Oncologist: Evidence of the Afterlife“Jeffrey Long, M.D. is a physician practicing the specialty of radiation oncology (use of radiation to treat cancer) in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Long has served on the Board of Directors of IANDS (International Association for Near-Death Studies), and is actively involved in NDE research.”
Telegraph UK 09/18/08: Scientists study ‘out of body experiences’“Doctors in hospitals in Britain and the US will study 1,500 heart attack patients to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have ‘out of body’ experiences.”
“Dr Sam Parnia, an intensive care doctor who is heading the study, said: “If you can demonstrate that consciousness continues after the brain switches off, it allows for the possibility that the consciousness is a separate entity.”
The Israeli government, as well as their AIPAC satellite now occupying our U.S. Congress, is edgy over the Arab Spring, to say the least. Given the bloody, brutal history they carved out as far back as the Vikings (VI-Kings), and in more recent times, in collusion with extremist Christian/Jewish elements in the U.S./European governments, it is time for reaping of the fruits of self-magnification. Extremist Muslims won’t fare any better when genuine Light in the world comes forth to set the Earth record straight—I give it three years max. No—no religious figure descending from heaven, no physical spaceships landing on the planet, but simply the lifting (with the help of ”energetic friends”) of a long-imposed partition from Truth in the minds and hearts of Mankind.
AJE: French ‘aid ship’ sails toward Gaza “A French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists which set sail from a Greek island at the weekend, is expected to reach the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, organisers said.
“The Dignite Al Karama left the Greek island of Kastellorizo late on Saturday following a troubled stay in Greece after Athens imposed a ban on the departure of any ships planning to join an international aid flotilla heading for Gaza.”
“At least 16 people are aboard the boat, including three crew members and journalists from Al Jazeera and Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper.” (emphasis mine)
07/11/11
The “Flytilla” activists have been detained/deported.
Here is the story according to Jersusalem Post” ‘Right now there is information of a few hundred people who want to disturb the peace,’ [Netanyahu] continued. ‘ I don’t know with what level of violence, but we have very reliable information that they want to come and disturb the peace and cause a provocation. We are taking the necessary steps.’ ”
Here is the story according to Al Jazeera: “Ten men were crammed into a space of roughly 3X5 square metres that was infested with cockroaches. The activists on the bus started singing and chanting and demanded to see a lawyer, but were told by the Israeli border police to ‘shut up’ and were threatened with violence if they didn’t. You decide who is the irrational party here, who is “disturbing the peace”. For my part, the Israeli government is making some very panicky decisions that will only amplify the Light onto the Truth behind their self-magnification.
The "Flytilla" activists have been detained/deported July 11 2011
07/06/11
MSNBC: Israel airport gears for pro-Palestinian activists “Hundreds of pro-Palestinian foreign activists planned to fly into Tel Aviv this week, prompting Israeli warnings Wednesday that security would be beefed up at the country’s already heavily fortified international airport. “
“Greek authorities have blocked the flotilla from sailing from the Greek ports where they are docked and have arrested four people. Athens, which has improved ties with Israel in recent years,said it issued the ban for security reasons, pointing to a similar blockade-busting effort last year that ended in the deaths of nine activists after Israeli commandos stormed a Turkish ship.” (emphasis mine) Whoa! Athens is banning the activists to protect them from Israel’s commandos?!?!?!? WAIT ONE! The international community should be demanding that Israel cease and desist in their absolutely paranoid, hubric aggressions against people seeking HUMAN JUSTICE!
The Greek rationale here is as though telling families in a neighborhood to stay away from the neighbor who is wielding guns and shooting randomly rather than arresting the neighbor wielding the guns and shooting randomly!
07/05/11
French Flotilla Boat Sets Sail for Gaza “A French boat has set sail for Gaza from Corsica in the latest attempt by activists to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory, according to a journalist aboard the vessel.”
“The Dignite al Karama, which left the western Mediterranean island overnight is, thus far, the only boat in a flotilla organised by pro-Palestinian activists to successfully sail for Gaza, with most confined to ports in Greece.
“The vessel’s passengers include Olivier Besancenot, head of the New Left Party in France, French politician and member of the European Parliament Nicole Kiil-Nilsen, and other well-known French personalities.”
AJE: Captain of “Tahir” boat to Gaza released with no charges
“The captain [of the Audacity of Hope] has just emerged and all charges against him have been dropped. He has not been fined for anything, and he is a free man. This after Greek authorities arrested him or detained him late of Friday as he tried to bring his ship out and take the passengers to Gaza.”
“Many viewed that the case today would be indicative of how likely it would be that this flotilla would actually set sail altogether. And it seems that there is reason for optimism on the part of the participants, since now that their captain has been set free.“
more…. “Activists aren’t taking this lying down. The Spanish contingent of the flotilla has occupied the Spanish embassy here in Athens and has been almost taking it hostage since about 12pm local time, so for around 4 hours. The Greeks in this coming hour will try and make a break for international waters with one of their vessels. So there is still very much a standoff from which no one seems to be willing to back down from.”
Spanish Embassy in Greece Occupied by Gaza Flotilla Activists July 05 2011
“Spiros Spirou, the provincial official in charge of the Ionian islands, told the Guardian that he ‘admires and supports the activists’ struggle’ and said he would make no attempt to stop the ship if it left harbour. ‘Greece loves peace, but at this moment it can’t confront more powerful economic forces,’ claimed Spirou, adding that official attempts to tie the flotilla up in bureaucracy and paperwork were merely a pretext to preventing it from sailing at all.” (emphasis mine).
Spiros Spirou totally misses the point. Spiros, you and your descendants will be friggin’ Spiritless slaves if you allow these “powerful economic forces” and Israeli/US/EU bullies keep the thumb to the screw of Greece. The only power they have is the power we give them! Take it back or Greece will be the next Gaza! Wake up and smell the coffee, man.
As for the Obama Admin participating in this violation of human rights ON THE VERY DAY WE CELEBRATE AMERICAN INDEPENDANCE is hypocritical to say the least and a sign of his groveling to Israel. Our country was not set up as the United States of Israel no matter how much Christian/Zionist extremists want to make it that way.
Henry Norr US needs a declaration of independence – from Israel
Listening Post: A look at the media war over the Gaza freedom flotilla “Even before the boats of Freedom Flotilla II set sail for Gaza, the PR and media machine was rumbling. The flotilla is as much a media effort as it is an aid mission. Pro-Palestinian activists have been using the second flotilla journey to bring Gaza back into the media spotlight.”
“When activists set out last year on the same journey, an Israeli military attack killed nine people on board one of the ships and Israel was internationally condemned. This time around, Israel has been trying to control the story even before the ships have set off. In our News Divide this week we look at how successful both camps have been in getting their stories covered in the media and Israel’s PR strategy in containing this story.” The fact is, this flotilla is largely made up of American, European, and Israeli activists and journalists, which probably terrifies them most because this represents what the real public opinion is these days. We are Awake! I’m absolutely sure the Obama Admin had a big hand in this and it is disgraceful and immoral—he will be a one-term president but Repubs won’t fare better. And the people of Greece? They were just screwed royally by the IMF/EU-WB. Now they take orders from Israel/US? Enuf is enuf.
Listening Post – Gaza Flotilla a humanitarian mission or political PR
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I find it very sad, very telling, that too often, the only way I can get the bigger and more accurate news picture is to peruse news organizations outside America. I was talking with neighbors yesterday and brought up the huge union strike that took place in the UK and none of them had any idea that it was as big as it was. They all thought it was just a few hundred people. Same with Greece—they were not aware of the much larger picture there, just that they saw “youthful anarchists” rioting. They had no idea the rioting was just a very small part of a much larger mass of peaceful protesters of all ages and many in higher income levels. I asked them what stations they watch. Of course, they were the samo-samo NBC, CNN, CBS, Fox, etc. Today, they are discovering a plethora of news stations around the world that they didn’t even know existed. I fully expect that the next time we discuss and debate world issues, we’ll all have much richer, deeper insights to share.
San Francisco Sentinel: Greece Arrests Captain of US Gaza-Bound Boat July 02 2011
“The boat, which is part of a Freedom Flotilla aiming to break Israel’s blockage of the Palestinian territory, set sail on Friday from the Greek port of Perama was towed back to shore by the Greek coast guard.”
“Jane Hirschmann, a member of ‘Jews Say No!’ and national organiser for the boat, dubbed The Audacity of Hope, said the captain was being held in police custody and is due to appear in court on Tuesday. ‘“This is totally a political manoeuvre, nothing illegal about his mission. This has been orchestrated by the Israeli government and probably the US government,’ Hirschmann said.”
Alert Greek Authorities Intercept US Boat For Gaza Minutes After It Set Sail
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AJE: US Gaza-bound boat in Greek stand-off:
“Witnesses say a boat carrying dozen of US activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has set sail from a Greek port, but the Greece coast guard has insisted that the boat return to port for inspection. The boat, dubbed The Audacity of Hope, is one of nine vessels carrying several hundred activists who say they want to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory. The boat left the port of Perama on Friday.”
“Joseph Dana, a journalist for the Nation magazine on board the US boat told Al Jazeera that the boat left the port of Perama and sailed for an hour after which it was intercepted by one Greek coast guard ship that demanded it return to the port. ‘Fully armed commando’s (sic)have joined the Greek vessel and they are now pointing live weapons at the activists on board the ship,’ Dana said. (emphasis mine)
“The Greek embassy in Tel Aviv put out statement confirming that the Greek coast guard has enforced a decision by the Civil Defence to prevent all flotilla vessels from leaving Greek ports. Greece’s Civil Protection Ministry said coast guard authorities had been ordered to take ‘all appropriate measures” to implement the ban. It also said the broader maritime area of the eastern Mediterranean will be continuously monitored by electronic means for tracking, where applicable, the movements of the ships allegedly participating” in the flotilla. Israel’s extremist paranoia is beyond disturbing. Greek citizens getting screwed by IMF now takes orders from Israel? What is more disturbing is that governments around the world are so paralyzed by Israel, they let them get away with murder and mayhem at every turn. Why? I suspect the world will come to know why as events unravel over the next 18 months, and it won’t be pretty.
The latest flotilla is named “Stay Human” in honor of Vittorio Arrigoni, a peace activst who did so much good and gave so much of himself, imploring the world to Stay Human. If your eyes are still half open, this should get you to smell the coffee. Here is his documented story:
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that Israel, et.al. had some hand in this killing. Just before Vit’s death, the Arab Spring took off, Hamas and Fatah came together in a show of Palestinian unification, and talk about this current flotilla was just coming onto the public radar. While the Salafists (apparently rivals of Hamas) involved in this tragedy can be seen as Vit’s killers, an argument could reasonably be made that forces outside their sphere and unseen by them would insert agitators to encourage his killing in the hope it would deter what has now developed into the “Stay Human” flotilla from sailing, as well as causing agitation within the newly found voices in and around the Palestinian cause. These “unseen” are masterminds of the axiom: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
“You sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money. Well, it doesn’t, Mister Potter! In the — in the whole vast configuration of things, I’d say you were nothing but a scurvy little spider.” George Bailey to Mr. Potter in film “It’s A Wonderful Life.“
Matt Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive (no, not all Rothschilds followed the greedy path of Amschel and Sons)
Ruth Conniff, Political Editor of The Progressive
Bill Franks, of American Federation of Teachers- Wisconsin
Laura Flanders, GRITtv
Ed Garvey, FightingBob.com
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) Jim Hightower Closing Music from Bill & Bobbie Malone
Cheddar Revolution – VO5 – music video (Wisconsin protests)
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03/08/11 If you think it is a great idea to allow ANY state in our United States to become a privatized corporation, would you then just shrug your shoulders when your State corporation decides to SELL YOUR STATE right along with YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS, and your LAND as you become trapped helplessly in the middle of a company sale or hostile corporate takeover? Corporations do that, you know.
…..in Michigan - YOUR TURN to show us what democracy looks like!
Michigan is screwed.
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Michigan Capitol protest 03/16/11 Live action starts at 2:59
PoliticusUSA: Five Student Protesters Arrested at Michigan Capitol During Sit In ”Governor Synder is begging for a protest tougher than this. He’s driven the good people of Michigan to drastic action. The protests today had an edge we didn’t see in Wisconsin yet, probably because Snyder is coming for their very voting rights on top of collective bargaining and other Draconian measures. While all of the protests have been inspiring and moving, the Michigan protests were heart-breaking at the same time, because no human beings in a so-called democracy should be driven to such desperation by a despotic leader. It’s shameful that the people of Michigan have less rights in many ways at this point than a few nameless countries we supposedly liberated in the name of freedom.” [emphasis mine]
Canadian Government Falls after Vote of No Confidence Friday March 25, 2011
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Seattle Times 03/23/11: Opposition says they’ll topple Canadian PM Friday “The trigger that’s expected to bring Harper down are allegations – supported Monday by a Parliamentary committee – that Harper has acted in contempt of Parliament by failing to disclose the full financial details of his tougher crime legislation, corporate tax cuts and plans to purchase stealth fighter jets.”
“But Harper is a center-right prime minister in a traditionally liberal country, and his plan to cut corporate tax rates has given the opposition, led by the left-leaning Liberals, an opening to argue that Canada is running a record deficit that will only worsen if taxes are cut.”
Portugal
03/22/11 The Hindu: General strike paralyzes Portugal: “Prime Minister Jose Socrates’ economic policies ‘demand too many sacrifices from workers, while leaving out many (wealthy citizens) who could pay much more,’ UGT leader Joao Proenca said. Far-left leader Francisco Louca hailed the strike as an ‘enormous success’ which would force the government to reconsider its policies.”
03/26/11 CNBC: Thousands Crowd Central London in Budget Protest“As many as half a million public sector jobs will be lost, about 18 billion ($28.5 billion) axed from welfare payments and the pension age raised to 66 by 2020, earlier than previously planned.”
“The TUC, the main umbrella body for British unions, says it believes the cuts will threaten the country’s economic recovery, and has urged the government to create new taxes for banks and to close loopholes that allow some companies to pay less tax — an argument that chimes with many of the protesters.”
“They shouldn’t be taking money from public services. What have we done to deserve this?” said Alison Foster, a 53-year-old school teacher. “Yes, they are making vicious cuts. That’s why I’m marching, to let them know this is wrong.”
Boston Com: Walker foe asks for legal defense fund explanation
“MILWAUKEE—One of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s potential recall opponents called Wednesday for Walker to clarify why he has set up a legal defense fund to pay expenses related to an ongoing investigation that’s led to criminal charges against five former close aides and associates.”
“Under state law, officeholders may only set up a legal defense fund in one of two cases: if they’ve been charged with, or are under investigation for, violations connected to campaign finance laws; or with violations connected to election laws.”
03/30/12
FindLaw/AP: Recall election ordered for Wis. Gov. Scott Walker
“MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Embattled first-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will face a recall this spring after an election was ordered Friday following the collection of more than 900,000 signatures in the wake of his push against union bargaining rights.”
“The elections board also voted Friday to order a recall against Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, after nearly 809,000 signatures were gathered on recall petitions against her.”
03/07/12
Courthouse News Service: Wisconsin Voter ID Law Enjoined as ‘Restrictive’
“ MADISON, Wis. (CN) – Wisconsin’s Voter ID law has been overturned and will not be in effect for the state’s April 3 presidential primary.”
“Dane County Judge David Flanagan called the Voter ID law ‘the single most restrictive voter eligibility law in the United States’ “
01/28/12
Crooks and Liars: Two More Former Walker Staffers Charged; One Makes Deal As Informant
“Two staffers who worked directly for Gov. Scott Walker while he was county executive were charged Thursday with illegally doing extensive political work while being paid by taxpayers to do county jobs.”
“One of the two, Darlene Wink, cut a deal with prosecutors under which she agreed to provide information in a related investigation about the destruction of digital evidence and to aid in further prosecutions. This is the first indication that the multifaceted John Doe investigation may be pursuing charges of evidence tampering.” [emphasis embedded in original] Walker and his corrupt whipsters are toast.
01/20/12
Courthouse News Service: Milwaukee in Uproar as County Sues Sheriff
“The county axed the 27 jobs in its 2012 Budget, but Sheriff David Clarke Jr. ‘directed his Human Resources Manager Marlo Knox to contact those deputies sheriffs [sic] who received layoff notices, and order them to report to work as usual, disregarding the action taken by Milwaukee County,’ according to the Superior Court complaint.”
“Clarke hired his own counsel, Michael Whitcomb, who said the case should be thrown out. Whitcomb told WISN-TV that Clarke is a constitutional officer and ‘no one can interfere with’ the decisions he makes to protect ‘the citizenry of Milwaukee County.’ “ This will be an interesting court test of our Constitution.
01/18/12
Washington Examiner: Walker opponents to submit recall petitions
“The signature drive started two months ago, largely in reaction to a law pushed by the governor last year that ended nearly all collective bargaining rights for most public workers. Organizers say they have gathered far more than the 540,208 signatures required to force the election against both Walker and GOP Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. If so, it would mark the first time such a recall campaign has been mounted against a Wisconsin governor.”
01/12/12
Raw Story: Scott Walker accused of violating over 1,000 campaign finance laws
“Wisconsin law requires that a candidate disclose contributions which exceed $100 — something that Scott Ross, director of One Wisconsin Now, says he repeatedly declined to do. “
“The allegations are just the latest in a string of recent scandals for Walker, who found himself making national headlines in 2011 for stripping collective bargaining rights from public sector unions. Just last week, one of his former aides was charged with enticing a child to sexual activity, and a broader investigation into embezzlement was still ongoing. “ Walker epitomizes what is wrong with this country. We The People should make 2012 the year that corporate megalomaniacs are brought to justice, starting at the very top of this global corporate/bankster food chain.
01/05/12
Guardian UK: 3 arrested as part of probe into ex-Walker aides
“Associated Press= MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former close aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and a Walker appointee were arrested on embezzlement charges Thursday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation centered on people who served during Walker’s tenure as Milwaukee County executive. “
“A third person, who worked six months for the state Department of Public Instruction until being fired Thursday, was charged with child enticement in a case the county prosecutor said was discovered while investigating the others. “ What goes around comes around. In 2012, the turnaround will kick into high gear.
Nation: Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures
“The petition drive to recall and remove Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has surpassed all expectations in its first two weeks, collecting more than 300,000 signatures.”
“The truly remarkably thing about the total so far is not, however, that it is so large.”
“What is truly remarkable is where the signatures are coming from: rural and small-town Wisconsin communities are contributing disproportionally high numbers of signatures to the total.”
11/08/11
Time: A Banner Night for Democrats As High-Profile Ballot Initiatives Go Blue “In a hard-won victory for Democrats and their labor-union allies, Ohioans decisively rejected the state’s collective-bargaining law on Tuesday night, repealing Republican Governor John Kasich’s signature legislation in a referendum that could reverberate into 2012.”
” ‘The repeal of SB5 is a monumental victory for working families not only in Ohio, but all across the country,’ said Michael Sargeant, executive director of Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. The lesson, according to Sargeant? ‘There is a price to pay for right-wing extremism and partisan overreach.’ ” YES! Now go help an Occupy camp near you and make YOUR voice heard!
10/11/11
TPM: Wisconsin Dems Announce Timeline For Effort To Recall Gov. Scott Walker
“Wisconsin Democrats have announced the date at which they will begin attempting to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, whose anti-public employee union legislation polarized the state and made it a center of national attention and activism: The petitions will begin being gathered November 15.”
08/25/11
TomDispatch: Andy Kroll, Political Crossroads in Wisconsin? “[Ohio Republican Gov John] Kasich is now urging union leaders to ‘avoid the bitter political warfare’ — having initiated it himself. It’s not surprising that he made his gesture now, since We Are Ohio, a union coalition, gathered a staggering 1.3 million signatures (only 231,000 were needed) and got a referendum to repeal the law onto the November ballot. Now, Kasich wants a compromise deal in which the unions would call off the referendum vote. We Are Ohio, however, has no urge to cater to Kasich’s sudden yen for compromise. A spokesman for the coalition fired back that the governor ‘should either repeal the entire bill or support our efforts and encourage a no vote’ in November.”
The right went way too far in their push to put their corporate interests above human rights. They will pay for it at the voting booths. Replacing publically elected officials with corporate CEOs is not only repugnant in any democratic society, it is insanely arrogant and vain, with very little understanding of the Nature of Mankind.
08/10/11
USA Today: Dems take back 2 seats, Repubs retain 4 seats in recall “In Tuesday’s races, Republican incumbents Alberta Darling, Rob Cowles, Sheila Harsdorf and Luther Olsen comfortably defeated their challengers. Democratic state Rep. Jennifer Shilling ousted veteran Republican Sen. Dan Kapanke, and Democrat Jessica King defeated Republican Sen. Randy Hopper.”
“Activists in both parties, unions and conservative groups poured record amounts of money into Wisconsin’s recall races — an estimated $30million.” Having listened to the live broadcast on this recall election from beginning to end, it is clearer than ever, from my perspective, that the politicoeconomic schizophrenia occurring in America is going to manifest in 2012 as a complete U-turn from traditional politics and a massive cleanout of Wash DC amid a huge groundswell of secessionist support. My mind’s eye seems to be zooming in on a huge crisis around Nov/Dec 2011, perhaps in OH, FL, and/or CA, as the spark point. Time will tell.
08/07/11
Mother Jones: Wisconsin Recall Elections: The Dark Money Pours In “Ordinarily, such parochial races would not attract this kind of big money, but they have taken on national implications. Notwithstanding an effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker, they’re viewed as the last of the big battles that began when Walker went to war with the state’s unions, sparking weeks of protest in the state capital.”
“While the spending is more or less even, here’s the big difference between the two sides: The left-leaning groups usually disclose their donors, while the right-leaning groups mostly don’t. For McCabe, the geyser of dark money is the big story of the recalls. He says two-thirds of the recall spending derives from undisclosed sources, and he blames the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision for allowing so much anonymous spending.” (emphasis mine)
Salon Com: A whiff of Koch-backed foul play in Wisconsin recalls “Something is rotten in the state of Wisconsin — and the Koch-backed advocacy group Americans for Prosperity is behind it. The second round of state Senate recall elections is scheduled for Aug. 9 — when six Republicans will face Democratic challengers — and voters have been sent absentee ballot applications. The problem is, Democratic voters in a number of districts received mailers advising that they return absentee ballots by Aug. 11 (two days too late to be counted). The misleading notices came from AFP.”
“The Wisconsin Democratic Party, Politico reports, is now filing a formal complaint against the conservative group for ‘falsely representing the time frame’ of the recall elections. ‘[AFP] has displayed a continued pattern of tampering with the electoral process in Wisconsin with elaborate, illegal and fraudulent schemes designed to suppress Democratic votes,’ Margaret Brick of the WDP told Politico.” This isn’t even about politics for Koch, Walker, and their ilk. It’s about lust for power and corporate self-glorification at the expense of anyone who stands in their way.
07/19/11
HuffPost: Democratic State Sen. Dave Hansen Wins First Wisconsin Recall Election “Wisconsin state Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) handily won Tuesday’s recall election, giving Democrats a victory in the first of nine contests being held this summer.”
“With 65 percent of the vote in, the Associated Press called the race for Hansen, who had more than double the votes of his Republican challenger, David VanderLeest.”
WISTV Com: Poll: 59 pct disapprove of Wis. gov’s performance “A majority of Wisconsin residents disapprove of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s performance and are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the state, according to a new poll released Wednesday.”
“Nine state senators – six Republicans and three Democrats, are facing recall elections in the next few weeks – the fallout from the bitter fight over Walker’s collective bargaining law, which eventually survived a court challenge and took effect. The Democrats would need a net gain of three seats to give them control of the Senate and check on Republican power.” While countries in the ME are sacrificing their lives just to get a quarter of the rights Americans enjoy, we are facing the real danger of losing ours. WAKE UP and MEET THE STREET.
The Cost of Minnesota’s Shutdown: A Warning to Washington July 12 2011
“Nobody knows what the economic impact of the shutdown will be until the government reopens. But add all the indicators — lost revenue from closure of the state lottery, lost revenue from closure of state parks, lost purchasing power of laid-off state employees, lost revenue from the truckers opting to patronize fueling stations across Minnesota’s borders — with the fact that lawmakers are nowhere near an agreement, and the equations appear bleak. One of the more serious impacts that the shutdown has had on the Minnesota economy is the downgrading of its debt by Fitch Ratings, making it more expensive for the state to borrow money.”
“Claton estimates that for every day the trucks sit idle, the company is losing $5,000 in top-line revenue. “I’ve made a multimillion-dollar investment in our business, purchasing equipment. I’ve got drivers for those trucks. I’ve got customers purchasing freight for those trucks. But I can’t put those trucks to work,” he says. “The economy is at a pretty precarious point right now, and I think the last thing you want to do is negatively impact the movement of goods and services through it.”
“Claton estimates that for every day the trucks sit idle, the company is losing $5,000 in top-line revenue. “I’ve made a multimillion-dollar investment in our business, purchasing equipment. I’ve got drivers for those trucks. I’ve got customers purchasing freight for those trucks. But I can’t put those trucks to work,” he says. “The economy is at a pretty precarious point right now, and I think the last thing you want to do is negatively impact the movement of goods and services through it.” These Tea-party Republicans have the vision of blind mice. Telling the people, especially during an economic crunch caused by our own corrupted Federal Reserve, that the ”little people” must take the burden and let the uber rich keep all their spoils of this economic war against the welfare of the public by paying no taxes is not only greedy, miserly, and arrogant—it is criminal. They would be very hardput to prove in a court of law that not taxing the rich is bolstering the U.S. economy–they don’t even invest here anymore. Of course they don’t want to be taxed—it would leave their tax returns open to public scrutiny and they don’t want that ! It will not be long before The Public, whom the government is supposed to serve, will be on the streets. Not in hundreds, not in thousands, but in greater than 750 thousand around the country before this year is over.
Budget crisis causes Minnesota government shutdown
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Tea Partiers step aside. The Street Party is coming.
confidence in the court. His comments came after a liberal member of the court accused a conservative justice of putting her in a chokehold — a charge he has denied.”
“Justice Ann Walsh Bradley told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Justice David Prosser tried to choke her during an argument in her office on June 13, the day before the court handed down a decision upholding a new law eliminating most public employees’ collective bargaining rights. Walker had pushed the polarizing proposal, saying state and local officials needed more flexibility to deal with the state’s deficit and coming budget cuts.” My neighbors, recently relocated from Wisconsin, don’t know whether to cry or laugh over the “sick puppy syndrome” that has overtaken their home state. Pathetic that such good citizenry must have to deal with such corrupted and self-magnified “leadership.” But, the demand for recalls is alive and well in Wisconsin.
Recall elections surge in local and state governments June 22 2011
06/14/11
Yahoo: Court allows Wisconsin’s union law to take effect “ A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court handed Republican Gov. Scott Walker a major victory Tuesday, ruling that a polarizing union law that strips most public employees of their collective bargaining rights could take effect. In a 4-3 decision that included a blistering dissent, the court ruled that Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi overstepped her authority when she declared the law void. She sided with a lawsuit that claimed Republicans didn’t provide proper public notice of a meeting that helped get the original legislation approved.”
“An avalanche of lawsuits is expected, since legal challenges couldn’t be brought until the law took effect.” “Justice” bought, sold, and paid for….it’s all so obvious, especially when one reads the history of this fight. Okay, this may be the kick off a major showdown confronting sleazy politicocorporate powers. Every working American, Union or not, must know that privatizing States in our American Union will strip you of your right to safety, fair wages, and health in the workplace—it will eventually strip you of land ownership if this is allowed to play out. I have never been in a union in all of my career life but I have always known that because of union laws, my employers were held to higher standards. They may have won a battle but not the war. It is not in the cards that their plans will come to fruition over time but in the meantime, humanity needs to give that Ace some help.
“I hope [that] we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength and [to] bid defiance to the laws of our country.”Thomas Jefferson [I quote Jefferson not as a patriotic act but to promote the wisdom and sagacity of our founders]
04/19/11
Daily Kos: Benton Harbor, MI; The Political Story of the Decade“As I watched the last story on Rachel Maddow tonight I was left with a true sense of disbelief and rage. The governor of Michigan and his corporate toddies in the state house have enacted and executed a law that suspends democracy in Benton Harbor, MI. This is just the first action taken under what is called “financial martial law.”
“I had to share this, write about it, scream about it, do something to vent the outrage I feel toward what I perceive as nothing less than a fascist corporate movement building and gaining real power, if not credibility, in the American political landscape.” (emphasis mine). If all corrupt banksters, corporate mafiosos, and dictators, as well as dysfunctional Christian, Muslim, Catholic, Zionist, You-Name-It people were placed on one side of the world —and everyone else on the other side of the world—we could then see clearly that they would fill an area maybe the size of an island in the Aleutians. Can you imagine a tiny island of thugs causing so much misery on the other 6.9996 billion on the other side of the world? Of course not. Our currency is self-empowerment. THINK BIGGER. BE THE CHANGE.
Benton Harbor, MI Story On The Rachel Maddow Show 4182011
Wisconsin Republicans Find Votes They Need to Overturn Election Result April 11, 2011
“In a shocking twist, a clerk in a conservative Wisconsin county announced Thursday that she had discovered a net gain of 7,582 votes for an embattled conservative Supreme Court justice, a total that would make him the winner of an election in which his challenger declared victory Wednesday.”
“Rep. Peter Barca, the Assembly minority leader, in a statement noted that Nickolaus had worked for Republicans in the Legislature when Prosser was a leader there. “Her approach raises questions about the integrity of the election to the highest court in our state.”
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I have two friends from that county who are very familiar with the controversial use of the fiercely protected private computer—not connected to the county network—of Ms. Nickolaus, as well as her long record of “mishaps” in her years as County Clerk.
04/06/11
Business Insider: Wisconsin Election Results: Crucial Supreme Court Election Headed for Recount:
“Wisconsin held a special election for a Supreme Court seat yesterday. The seat represents the swing vote in a ruling on whether Wisconsin governor Walker’s legislation to limit the power of public-employee unions is legal.”
Dayton Daily: Wis. judge halts gov’s union law, at least for now “Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a declaration stating in no uncertain terms that the collective bargaining law that led to weeks of large protests at the state Capitol had not taken effect, contradicting Republican arguments that it had because a state office published it online. Hours later, Walker said his administration would comply, despite misgivings about the order.”
“Democrats and union leaders said Sumi’s declaration showed the arrogance that Walker and his allies, including top aide, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, have shown in trying to push through the polarizing law. Mr. Walker and Mr. Huebsch chose to ignore her warning that they were jeopardizing the finances and stability of state government, apparently believing they are above the law. This morning with her added order she has taken away their last excuse,” Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca said.”
The Cap Times: Sen. Fitzgerald leaned on bureau staffers to publish law, testimony suggests “Three visibly uncomfortable staffers of the Legislative Reference Bureau, including the bureau director, testified Tuesday about what appears to be a pivotal, early morning meeting with Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald that led to the bureau publishing the controversial collective bargaining bill.”
03/29/11 Showdown America: Demand Justice “TODAY, we call upon our Attorneys General to hold the big banks accountable for their crimes.”
Forbes: Oklahoma Bill Strips Municipal Employees of Collective Bargaining Rights “Yet another blow to organized labor in America. The only way to really view this is from a mile high: this is a coordinated, state-by-state assault on public sector unions and public education. I don’t know what role ALEC is playing in all of this*, but one thing seems certain: each of these right-wing bills – from Wisconsin, to Florida, to Indiana, to Oklahoma – is strikingly similar to the next. They are going for the jugular of the public unions while avoiding taking on traditionally more conservative members like cops and firefighters. This is followed by a push to reform public school systems by introducing more charters, voucher programs, or virtual schools. Coincidence?”
Politico: Ohio Senate OK’s public union limits “COLUMBUS, Ohio — The bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio would be dramatically reduced and strikes would be banned under a bill narrowly passed by the state Senate on Wednesday.”
“The GOP-backed measure that would restrict the collective bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees squeaked through the state Senate on a 17-16 vote. Six Republicans sided with Democrats against the measure.”
“Firefighters and teachers shouted ‘Shame!’ in the chamber as the legislation was approved and moved on to the GOP-controlled House, where it is likely to receive strong support.”
Johnson Cty, Indiana deputy prosecutor Carlos Lam admits writing the “false flag” email and resigns March 24 2011
“The email came to Gov. Scott Walker from the personal account of a deputy prosecutor and Republican activist in Indiana.”
“After praise for Walker, the email — sent Feb. 19, during union demonstrations against Walker’s budget repair bill — then took a darker turn. It suggested that the situation in Wisconsin presented “a good opportunity for what’s called a ‘false flag’ operation.”
Excerpt: “Employing a false flag operation would assist in undercutting any support that the media may be creating in favor of the unions. God bless, Carlos F. Lam.”
Prosecutor email to Gov Walker urges false flag attack against protesters
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03/25/11 Politicus USA: Scott Walker Kills His Wisconsin Union Busting Bill By Publishing It: “Wisconsin Republicans stunned the nation today when they published Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill in seeming violation of a restraining order. The legislation was enjoined from publishing by a judge who ruled that Republicans violated the Open Meeting law when passing it. By publishing their anti-union legislation and turning it into law, Scott Walker and the Republicans may have killed the bill.”
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.”
Channel3000:Judge Issues Restraining Order To Block Collective Bargaining Bill “A Dane County judge has issued a restraining order on Friday to block publication of the state’s collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi issued the order to temporarily block the law as Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne had requested as part of his lawsuit.”
“”A Dane County judge has issued a restraining order on Friday to block publication of the state’s collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi issued the order to temporarily block the law as Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne had requested as part of his lawsuit.”
03/14/11
WKOW Wisconsin: Veterans Affairs: Walker budget endangers trust fund
“The Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs says the 2011-13 budget proposed by the governor would endanger the Veterans Trust Fund.”
“In a letter to Governor Scott Walker released Monday, Secretary Kenneth Black said Walker’s budget plan would “not provide additional support to ensure the solvency of the Veterans Trust Fund.”
Shakin’ up the “status-quo” – keeps people THINKING!
Frozen Grand Central
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If all extremist Christian, Muslim, and Catholic, and Zionist people were placed on one side of the world, along with corrupt banksters, corporate mafiosos, and dictators—and everyone else on the other side of the world—we could then see clearly that they would fill an area maybe the size of an island in the Aleutians. Can you imagine a tiny island of thugs causing so much misery on the other 6.1999 billion on the other side of the world? Of course not. BE THE CHANGE.
I had an incredible dream last night that Humanity had at last arrived. Although it involved the birthing of a “wayshower” baby from the “East”, I understood it to mean “birth” in the abstract. In essence, this dream said to me: The DNA Lotus Flower is in bloom; We have arrived at the tipping point of evolutionary consciousness.
We have arrived at a monumental window of Enlightenment on this planet and we have the power to move forward and into a much more Enlightened world. The uprisings in the East are showing the way by resisting but ALSO proactively recreating. From my perspective, DNA unfolding is playing a big part in this. Some “tweak” in the DNA language is uplifting the Positive Forces on this planet while diminishing and even shutting down those DNA components that drive Tyrants and Self-Absorbing Hubris. I call it a silent planetary ”Fail-Safe” programmed in DNA. Our only real hurdle is learning to recognize the wolves pretending to be lambs, which should not be too hard soon; their shifting behavior is far too transparent and far less clever as we aim the flashlight into their Souls.
Will “civilization” as it has been created, defined, and contained for us for a couple of thousand years collapse? Perhaps, but if so, it would be a “soft” collapse, as it has all been built on illusion, containment, and lies—a puff of smoke, a cloud of dust blocking our full creative potential. The force of critical mass stretching and sustaining across the planet now can blow it down like a house of straw while simultaneously discovering and developing the greatest feats of human potential to bring the planetary consciousness back into the balance it aches for, and deserves.
Taken together with the hyperdmensional forcesin our Universe now tweaking up to recreate new realities, this is an awesome time to be alive.
The “change” is taking place at the molecular level, then it will accelerate into a quantum leap; far, far more of humanity (albeit in advanced form) will survive the changing earth than is presently thought, due to the DNA/quantum change, if we have our Hearts in order. As we move ever closer to Enlightenment, the darkness between the twilight and the dawn will be subsumed. There is always dishonor among thieves and in 2010 the factions are in a fight to the death for ultimate control of Earth—both will fail disastrously and live or die in their impotence;many wannabe thieves will soon find themselves starving for Light as their cohorts go down one by one….it is the nature of the Beast.
Humanity’s Ride Through The Galactic Car Wash (Revisited) from 05/07/10
Surely, our world leaders must know our position in the Universal scheme, yet they continue to lead us into wars and ruination of our planet. I perceive that some of them have connections to intelligent beings on other planets or dimensions, and Earth is somehow a strategic location—an ongoing battle is being waged to control it. However, because these Powers That Be are blocked from the Light entirely, they somehow seem to believe that they can make provisions to survive while the rest of humanity suffers. They have it all wrong. They will ride through the Galactic Car Wash right along with the rest of all living things and planetary bodies with no place to hide. The sprays of “water” will seep into the deepest caves and and the driving blowers will push aside the highest mountains. Going off planet for them will not be an option since the entire solar system will be affected and cleaned. Escaping through interdimensional portals would simply force them to confront Self.
Parasitic elitists (and yes, there are non-parasitic ethical elitists—different story) are in the end the bottom feeders in this world. 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.” 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.
Astrologically, planet Uranus [Meet-up groups, social discussion, future planning] is now beginning the first of two major entries into the constellation of Aries (action, force, aggressivelydoing). We are beginning to see talk about the need for change becoming a worldwide coalition of action on ethically, morally, and ecologically guided change in politics, economics, military, social, and cultural aspects bringing together humanity, not separating it. Resignations, election upsets, and moves to both fire up the extremes and quell the restlessness are signs of major change. Pluto (media, corporate, mafia/ activity) in Capricorn opposing America’s Moon in Cancer (domestic issue, public relations) indicates that public relations efforts will be in damage control for quite a while as corporate, finance, government attempt to “paper over” Truth will find their plans thwarted at every turn.
Although elitists behind the push for World dominance (NWO) have quietly planned and thoroughly considered their every step to achieve their goal for many centuries now, there is a component that they did not calculate. They always seem to underestimate (and are thoroughly incapable of considering) the determination in the hearts and minds of humanity when pushed to the edge of the envelope of Freedom. They cannot factor in understanding love, compassion, unity…they are simply incapable.
Such essays have always had a thread portending an action of some sort deflecting upon those who repress, suppress, and radiate negative, tyrannical power over people. I could not crystallize in my mind exactly how this would occur, but after my very detailed and enlightening dream last night, I awoke realizing that Humanity has reached a point where they can hold up the mirror and reflect the Darkness back onto the Powers That Be, who have so permeated humanity in ignorance and repression for centuries. Those negative, parasitic energies are now reflecting back upon the Powers That Be to attack one another as they go down in impotence.
The times, they are a-changin’ (cover) Bob Dylan a …
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It seemed to begin overtly with Y2K when we were warned incessantly to store water, food, and other supplies, all because of a software computer glitch. It is noteworthy that the “Father of ASCII”, Bob Bemer, had close military ties including the RAND Corporation, a military think tank. To his credit, he tried to warn the industry as far back as 1971, but “… as [with] all prophets no one listened and eventually an estimated $122 billion was spent in the United States alone to fix the Y2K problem.”
The Y2K threat groomed the masses in the art of scaremongering even as we entered into the 21st century. Then in relatively short succession, we experienced a series of devastating events: The attacks of 09/11/01, the Katrina disaster, the AIG bailout fiasco, and now the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill. Almost seems to reflect the story of the Four horsemen of the apocalypse, However, I am more inclined to view these events as simply sourced from those in geopolitical realms without Soul, without Heart, without Love.
CFR Meeting Zbigniew Brzezinski Fears The Global Awakening
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Yes, Mr. Brzezinski, The world IS watching!
I have transcribed an important segment of this speech, which serves as a clear indication that those at the very capstone of geopolitical power are in panicked disarray because humanity is poised to deliver a checkmate on their Grand Chessboard:
“The other major change in international affairs is, that for the first time in all of human history, mankind is politically awakened. That’s a total new reality…total new reality. It has not been so for most of human history until the last 100 years. And in the course of the last 100 years, the whole world has become politically awakened and no matter where you go, politics is a matter of social engagement and most people know what is generally going on, generally going on in the world and are consciously aware of global iniquities, inequalities, lack of respect, exploitation. Mankind is now politically awakened and staring. The combination of the two, the diversified global leadership, politically awakened masses, makes a much more difficult context for any major power including, currently, the leading world power, the United States.”
“Plutonian energies are beginning to emerge from the dark depths. A subversive wave is rocking America now. President Clinton represents progressive ideals and the so-called “moralists” in this country—and I think foreign countries have a hand in this; in fact, I think Jerry Falwell’s agenda is far, far more sinister than ranting about gays and sexcapades—are engaged in a desperate attempt now underway to bring Clinton down and it has very little, if anything, to do with sex and morals in the oval office.
A path is being cut with a mighty sword. It is almost as though there is a race against time in the world of politics—those with powers we think only happen in mystical movies are aware that whoever has the power in America over the next 12 years, has the power to shut down the Light that is coming in to heal this planet. These forces are as desperate as drowning rats to remove Clinton.
This is not to say that Clinton is a bed of roses; anyone who strives to be at the seat of power has a hidden agenda somewhere, but these forces are laboring over probably the only thing that will keep the masses distracted from what’s really going on behind the scenes—subversion. Most of us are just not willing to admit that the Emperor (or the Evil Empire?) is, indeed, not wearing any clothes. I am convinced now that America is on the verge of a ‘religious’ war…which will have very little to do with religion and even less to do with what side of the aisle you are on in Congress.”
Many, many people back then sensed this Force, whether consciously or unconsciously, and in 2010 we will see the tangible manifestation of that sensation. Astrologically, planet Uranus [Meet-up groups, social discussion, future planning] is now beginning the first of two major entries into the constellation of Aries (action, force, aggressivelydoing). We are beginning to see talk about the need for change becoming a world wide coalition of action on ethically, morally, and ecologically guided change in politics, economics, military, social, and cultural aspects bringing together humanity, not separating it. Resignations, election upsets, and moves to both fire up the extremes and quell the restlessness are signs of major change. Pluto (media, corporate, mafia/ activity) in Capricorn opposing America’s Moon in Cancer (domestic issue, public relations) indicates that public relations efforts will be in damage control for quite a while as corporate, finance, government attempt to “paper over” Truth will find their plans thwarted at every turn. Personally speaking, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be seen as the most powerful catalyst in this respect. Addendum 06/03/10: The completely disasterous Israeli attack on the Gaza aid Flotilla a few days ago is a penultimate example of these intense energies busting open the lid on media manipulation for all the world to see.
I am creating this chronology with snippets of news on how Awakened masses across the planet are struggling to find a voice in this election year and beyond as the political, religious, and economic landscapes transform, as well as the prejudicial struggle for theold school that is kicking and screaming to hang on to the tightly controlled comfort zone of the past.
Both are valid and both are expected when the rope is stretched as tight as it is currently. Ultimately, the severe crises we face and deal with head on will bring us to The Choice: Birthing of Enlightenment or a Great Darkness.
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05/31/12
Politico: Illinois politician explodes on state House floor
“A state representative blew his top Tuesday on the floor of the Illinois State House of Representatives, flinging a copy of a new pension reform proposal into the air and telling his stoic colleagues that they ‘should be ashamed’ of themselves.” Unless and until the corporate structure of our defacto government is eradicated, we will see more and more lose their cool. The people are fed up. A first ever Congressional Pots-And-Pans Brigade should happen in the halls of Congress!
U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald stepping down (photo credit not stated) May 23 2012
“U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgeraldis leaving his post effective June 30, his office has just announced.”
“Mr. Fitzgerald, the man responsible for convicting and imprisoning former Govs. George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich and numerous other top pols, has no immediate employment plans and will take the summer off, his statement said.”
ZURKER social network:
“Zurker is a brand-new social network released in ‘stealth mode’ on December 1, 2011. Since January 1, 2012, Zurker has been in non-public beta testing. “
“Zurker is the only social network owned by its members. Not only do you own your content on Zurker, you own part of the actual social network itself! Members get vShares (a stake of ownership, or equity) in Zurker for referring their friends (without which a social network doesn’t function anyway). “ I am going to try this out. Facebook is getting wayyyyy too invasive and corporatized.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko says he will step down (Alex Wong/Getty Images) May 21 2012
soon as a successor is confirmed to lead the country’s nuclear safety agency, a decision that comes after fellow commissioners publicly rebuked Jaczko and accused him of acting like a bully.”
“He was the agency’s public face during its response last year to an earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan.”
05/08/12
Yahoo: Richard Mourdock defeats Sen. Dick Lugar in Indiana
“Dick Lugar, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, was defeated Tuesday as Indiana Republicans chose state Treasurer Richard Mourdock over Lugar as the party’s nominee.”
“With 76 percent of precincts reporting, Mourdock received 60 percent to 40 percent for Lugar in the Hoosier state’s Senate primary, marking a huge win for tea party supporters and conservatives across the country.” Yikes. Another Tea Partier in the running in Indiana? Oh, well, the 2012 elections will likely be a mute subject by the end of June, anyway.
05/06/12
Find Law: Conn. Senate passes medical marijuana bill
“State senators voted 21-to-13 in favor of the measure early Saturday, after nearly 10 hours of debate dominated by bill opponent Republican Sen. Toni Boucher.”
Boston Com: Conn. legislature approves repeal of death penalty
“The Connecticut legislature has voted to repeal the state’s death penalty, and the Democratic governor is expected to sign it into law. That would make the state the 17th to end capital punishment.” Connecticut – the 17th state to take a big step forward in the march to the Evolution of Consciousness.
Vermont Senate Votes to Amend Constitution making clear that corporations are not people and money is not speech! April 11 2011
“Vermont is poised to become the first state to call for an amendment to abolish the doctrine known as ‘Corporate Personhood’ which gives corporations constitutional rights meant to protect people.”
“Hawaii and New Mexico have passed resolutions against the Citizens United v. FEC ruling by the Supreme Court, but the Vermont resolution goes beyond simply overturning that case and aims to remove corporations from the constitution altogether and make clear that money is not speech and that campaign spending and political contributions can be regulated by the government.”
NYS Committee To Vote On Anti-Super PAC Legislation sponsored by NY Sen. Daniel Squadron (Photo: NYS Senate) March 03 2012
” ‘As we all look on in horror at the effect of Citizen’s United on the political process, here in New York, we have a chance to do something about it. This bill would reign in unchecked corporate influence in a way that the Supreme Court still allows,’ [NY Senator Daniel] Squadron told The Politicker. ‘It would require shareholders of corporations to approve political spending, it would require disclosre of political spending and it would require corporations to justify the corporate puprose of that spending. Too often people are using corporations to grind their own political axe. It’s not good for shareholders and it’s not good for the political system.’ “ While this is a good way to patch the holes around the damage the Supreme Court did to this nation when they birthed Citizens United into existence, it is of utmost importance to pressure, pressure, and pressure more the Supreme Court to reverse this rancid decision.
02/21/12
Huff Post:Supreme Court To Rule On Corporate Personhood For Crimes Against Humanity
“The case, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, arises out of a suit by a dozen Nigerian plaintiffs claiming that Royal Dutch and two of its Shell Oil subsidiaries worked with the Nigerian government to torture and extrajudicially execute individuals protesting against the companies’ oil exploration.”
“The D.C. Circuit and 7th Circuit split with the 2nd Circuit shortly after its Kiobel decision. Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit, in his opinion for a unanimous panel, found the ‘factual premise of the majority opinion in the Kiobel case incorrect,’ citing the allied powers’ dissolution of German corporations that had aided the Nazi government in violation of customary international law.” Well, our illustrious Supreme Court is rapidly painting itself into a corner. They are an embarrassment to our country.
New Mexico House Passes Bill To Reverse Citizens United Feb 02 2012
“Another blow has been struck against Citizens United, and this time it’s not by a city council. The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday, calling for Congress to overturn Citizens United via Constitutional Amendment. The final vote was 38-29 with one independent and one Republican joining Democrats to rebuke the controversial Supreme Court case that has allowed corporations and the super wealthy to donate unlimited amounts of money to candidates through the unfettered use of Super PACS.” The Supreme Court really needs to answer to the American people on how it is they could possibly have thought their outrageous decision was even remotely compatible with justice and ethics. They were bought and it is imperative that we scrutinize those justices sitting in our Supreme Court who accepted that.
12/21/11
MSNBC Dylan RatiganRep. John Yarmuth: “Money Is Speech” Was Tragic For This Country
“Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) has proposed a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United along with Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC). His proposed amendment declares that spending on elections does not qualify as protected speech under the First Amendment. It would also give Congress the authority to create a public financing system as the sole source of funding for federal elections and designates a national holiday for the purpose of voting.” [emphasis mine] YES!
12/16/11 TruthDig: Bernie Sanders Explains Why Congress Fears Citizens United “It took just 12 minutes and 29 seconds on the Senate floor for Sen. Bernie Sanders to expose the real power of corporate America over our elections. It should be a rallying cry for the embattled minority trying to clean up the system.”
“The Los Angeles City Council supports the constitutional amendment. Another supporter, progressive activist Mark Green, said Occupy Wall Street should join in. He wrote in The Huffington Post, ‘Nothing could enhance American democracy more than if Occupy Wall Street helped enact the 28th Constitutional Amendment to end the pretense that corporations are people who speak with money. The 99% can stop the privatization of government.’ ”
02/14/10 Fix Congress First:Congress’s response to Citizens United“What we need to do is show members of Congress that they’re also dependent on another constituency: the voters. We’re following this issue. We know the difference between fake reform and real reform. And come November, we’ll make our decisions based on who had the courage to stand up to the funders, and who tried to sell America a bill of goods while protecting the status quo.” Congress needs to feel the full brunt of the anger of our citizenry by pledging to vote—and vote only those people in your region-state-nation who have a proven record of being completely independent of lobbyists, banksters, or any enity other than the interests of We The People. We are in the very midsts of great change on this planet and we need to get our political Soul in order to meet that change with Grace.
03/16/12
In These Times: Rule of Law or Rule of President?: Congressional War Powers Are Heart of ‘Impeachment Bill’
“The bill, H. Con. Res. 107, is a concurrent resolution that would serve as a reminder to President Obama and future presidents that such use of force is ‘an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor.’ Even if passed, the bill would not be submitted to the president and thus would not have the force of law. But, following a long period in which Congress appears to have abdicated its Constitutional authority to declare war, the bill could mark the beginning of a push to curb executive powers.”
“Both sides of the debate over Jones’ bill are missing, or intentionally distorting, the key issue at stake in this effort. Beneath all the rhetoric circulating around the bill is one critical question: Should one person continue to have the de facto power to lead our nation into war? “ I watched the inauguration of Mr. Obama with such pride in 2009, hoping he would be a true voice for the People. How dead wrong I was. We need to wake the White House up big time with our banging pots and our votes! All Americans live under the same U.S. Constitution; it is not a right or left or up or down issue – it is an American issue.
“Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, section 4 of the Constitution.“
PDF of Bill can be readHERE (click “Continue to GPO site”)
The resolution has been referred to the following committees: House Judiciary (Chair: Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX21], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI14], Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL24], Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV2]
…and this announcement by Leon Panetta is one good reason to act now….
WaPo: New York Rep. Gary Ackerman to retire
“Ackerman’s retirement was not expected, but it will not put a Democratic seat at risk. Under a new redistricting plan created by the courts, Ackerman’s district remains heavily Democratic, while a nearby district held by Rep. Bob Turner (R-N.Y.) gets eliminated.”
03/02/12
Oregon Live: Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington state to retire
“WASHINGTON — Veteran Washington state lawmaker Rep. Norm Dicks announced his retirement Friday, bringing to an end a generation of powerful members from the Northwest whose ability to direct federal spending reshaped the region.”
“Dicks, who was first elected in 1976, is the last in a long list of powerhouse lawmakers from Washington who held senior positions on the Appropriations Committee and used that power to steer billions of dollars to Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.” I don’t buy that this recent string of congresspersons abruptly resigning is only because of “partisan bickering.” Something big is going down, here.
02/29/12
Politico: Bob Kerrey running for Senate in Nebraska
“The decision comes on the heels of Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe’s surprise announcement Tuesday to not seek re-election in Maine. And the twin events breathe new life into Democratic hopes of holding onto the Senate.”
[...] “As late as Monday night, flying back to Nebraska, he was still skittish in private conversations, but was decidedly more confident Wednesday after time in the state and met with Nebraska reporters to formally announce his intentions.
Times Online/Beaver County: Major Puerto Rican politician resigns amid probe
“The minority leader in Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives resigned Tuesday and dropped out of the race for mayor of the island’s capital amid allegations of domestic violence, delivering a heavy blow to his party.”
“Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz demanded Tuesday that Garcia resign, noting that another member of Garcia’s party, longtime Barceloneta Mayor Sol Luis Fontanes, was recently arrested on federal bribery charges.” I don’t buy that this recent string of congresspersons abruptly resigning is only because of “partisan bickering.” Something big is going down, here.
Macon Com: Maine GOP Sen. won’t seek re-election
“In a surprise announcement, moderate GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday she would abandon her campaign for a fourth term – a contest she was expected to win easily – because she is frustrated by a polarized atmosphere in Washington.”
“The news came as a surprise to officials in both national parties. Snowe, 65, is in good health and for months had been laying the groundwork for a strong re-election effort, putting together a campaign team, keeping a busy schedule of events in the state and raising campaign money.” There is more to this story than meets the eye. Time will tell.
02/23/12
Solari Com/Corbett report The Breakaway Civilization
“Catherine Austin Fitts of Solari.com joins us to discuss the problem facing us in the wake of the financial coup d’etat — the breakaway civilization who believes themselves to be history’s actors — and the solution, what she calls Rethinking Diversification . We discuss what a decentralized, wealth-building society would look like and what we can do to take the power away from our would-be tyrants.” Straight-forward, informative.
Real Wealth vs The Debt Bubble Catherine Austin Fitts
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02/17/12
WaPo:
New Ethics panel members named to probe Rep. Maxine Waters after recusals
“Last year, the committee hired veteran defense lawyer Billy Martin Jr. to conduct an outside review of the probe. In a letter Friday to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), six committee members said Martin had found no evidence of any ‘actual bias or partiality’ by the lawmakers, but they were voluntarily recusing themselves from the case anyway to ‘eliminate the possibility of questions being raised’ and ‘move this matter forward.’ “
08/01/10 Real Clear Politics: California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial“Waters, 71, has been under investigation for a possible conflict of interest involving a bank that was seeking federal aid. Her husband owned stock in the bank and had served on its board.”
“Waters came under scrutiny after former Treasury Department officials said she helped arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at Boston-based OneUnited Bank without mentioning her husband’s financial ties to the institution.”
01/27/12
Spiegel: Republican Debate Veers Toward the Absurd
“The US Republican candidates’ debate in Florida quickly devolved into a horror show of absurdities on Thursday night as candidates argued about immigration and moon colonies. Mitt Romney was branded the winner, but the real losers were the viewers, the truth and politics in general.”
“For 120 minutes they “debated” the “hot topics,” producing sound bites but offering no insight into how these men would cope with the enormous challenges facing the US. The most important topic for voters, the economy, wasn’t addressed at all.” While I pretty much ignore this election circus, I really think Dr. Ron Paul won this one with his remark; ‘Well, I don’t think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.’ “ Yes! Hi Five, Dr. Paul!
WaPo: Clinton: Done with the ‘high wire’ of politics. Really.
“The famously workaholic secretary said she has ‘no idea’ what she will do in the future, and doesn’t want to think about it because it might divert attention from today’s diplomatic tasks. The election, she said, is going to ‘suck up a lot of the attention from following areas that we think are so important,’ including ‘trying to resolve frozen conflicts’ and ‘trying to build up America’s reputation’ in the world.” Reiterating her position here, after her initial announcement about one year ago, must say alot about exactly what’s going on in the White House that ruffled up feathers.
03/16/11
FPJ: Clinton says she won’t serve in Obama’s second term “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she doesn’t want to stay on in her post if President Barack Obama is re-elected to a second term — and she doesn’t want any other job in the administration.”
“Clinton made the remarks in Cairo in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. She also said she does not want to be defense secretary or vice president and will not run for the presidency in 2016. ‘There isn’t anything that I can imagine doing after this that would be as demanding, as challenging or rewarding,’ Clinton said. “
01/26/12
Guardian UK: Tim Geithner: Obama will not select me to run Treasury again
“US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner expects president Barack Obama will not ask him to stay if he’s re-elected.”
“Geithner was instrumental in organising the massive bailouts that followed the 2008 credit crisis, and has more recently been Obama’s voice in Europe as the continent has attempted to tackle it’s own debt problems.” A constitutional amendment should be considered that forbids Wall Street/Corporate from having any governmental finance position. We have excellent economic experts who are independent of these gangsters and they should be considered.
01/19/12
The Republic: Idaho Democrats continue push for added ethics legislation with 3 bills
“BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Democrats continued their push for lawmaker financial disclosure, limits on when former government officials can become lobbyists and increased protections for whistleblowers, announcing they’d be introducing these additional ethics-reform bills later this week.” And Idaho citizens will see to it that they walk the talk.
01/10/12
Darcy G. Richardson, running as a 2012 Democratic challenger to Obama
“Long active in independent and third-party politics, Richardson has rubbed shoulders with some of the best-known political figures of the past three decades. In addition to managing one of the late Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s presidential campaigns and serving as a senior advisor in another, Richardson ran for Pennsylvania Auditor General in 1980 and for the U.S. Senate eight years later on the Philadelphia-based Consumer Party ticket. He was also an alternate delegate to the Citizens’ Party founding national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1980, and served as campaign manager for Dr. John J. Logue, founder and director of Villanova University’s Common Heritage Institute, during his 1982 bid for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination from Pennsylvania. “ We need a challenger to debate Obama and force him to come clean on why he decided to make his administration a Bush third term. Unconscionable!
Rational Review: Obama Campaign Fails To File Delegate Slate for New Hampshire Primary “”New Hampshire election law required presidential primary candidates to submit delegate slates to the Secretary of State last November. President Barack Obama didn’t bother. … The beneficiary? Darcy G. Richardson.”
Obama’s Chief of Staff Bill Daley Resigns (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) Jan 09 2012
“Daley handed in his letter of resignation last week, and President Obama will announce the move thisafternoon. Officials say Daley’s resignation caught Obama by surprise; he had been counting on Daley to help navigate the impending budget showdown with Congress. “
WSAU Com: Iowa caucus ends in a virtual tie
“Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul finished in a virtual three-way-tie in Tuesday night’s Iowa caucus. Each will get 7 delegates to the GOP National Convention.” [emphasis mine]
“With 99-percent of the precincts reporting, Mitt Romney was leading the overall vote total by the narrowest margin. Romney had 30,015 votes to Santorum’s 30,007. Each had 25% of the overall ballots cast. Ron Paul had 26,219 votes.” This was the only news piece I could find that was the least bit objective in this reporting. It is worth noting that Dr. Ron Paul did very, very well in Iowa and received the same amount of delegates as the other two. Although I sense the 2012 elections will see none of the current candidates running (including Obama) being elected, it is shameful for MSM to try to snuf out the great popularity Dr. Paul enjoys.
01/03/12
Rolling Stone/Matt Taibbi: Iowa: The Meaningless Sideshow Begins
“This widespread and growing movement against the twin corrupting influences of money on our politics and state patronage on big business is going on everywhere – on the streets, in these courthouses, in the homes of people refusing to move after foreclosure, even in the antitax movements and the campaigns against state pensions.”
‘The only place we can be absolutely sure this battle will not be found is in any national presidential race between Barack Obama and someone like Mitt Romney.” He gets it, and so do most of the rest in this country. We The People will be voting with peaceful but transformational activism such as has never been seen in this country.
12/29/11
Daily Beast: Can Juries Ignore ‘Immoral’ Laws by Nullifying Them?
“What can a jury do to protest an “immoral” law? Return a verdict of “not guilty” to nullify it. Mansfield Frazier on why jury nullification is back in the news—and why the feds are cracking down.”
“While this issue has simmered on the back burner of America’s judicial stove for more than a century, Heicklen’s arrest has garnered national attention and is sparking a debate the feds probably are wishing would not take place.” What separates the human from the rest of the animal kingdom on this planet is not our ability to reason [Wash DC's "reasoning" abilities are self-interested at best], but our keen sense of knowing what is morally right – not by man-made laws but by our capacity to revere LIFE and feel empathy for it.
12/27/11
The Nation: Iowa GOP Seeks to Suppress Occupy’s Push for ‘Uncommitted” Caucus Voting
“Dubuque—Iowa caucus voters have frequently rejected announced candidates and chosen uncommitted delegate slates.”
“But the Republican Party of Iowa now wants to shut down the ‘Uncommitted’ option.” Do these Republican megalomaniacs foam at the mouth? They’re rabidly trying to clutch to power no matter how many new rules they need to make up to do it, and breaking rules is considered their “compassionate conservative” side. Again, I continue to perceive that by the time we reach the summer of 2012, the meme “reset” will rise into mass consciousness.
Raw Story: Report: Sen. Ben Nelson to announce retirement
“Nelson, 70, has been at the epicenter of major ad buys by both parties and outside groups, and he’s become seen as one of the most endangered Democrats in the Senate. A total of 23 seats held by Democrats are up for reelection in 2012, while just 10 Republican Senators will be defending their jobs.” This little birdie on my shoulder just keeps chirping “expect the unexpected in the 2012 elections…” . Whatever unfolds, this is going to be an election season like no other in the history of this country. I do not perceive any of the current candidates heading this country. “Reset” will be the watchword.
12/26/11
Courthouse News Service: City Officials Face Claims of Snuffing Free Speech
” CHICAGO (CN) – Two Waukegan city officials must face civil rights claims over their treatment of residents protesting a new towing law, the 7th Circuit ruled Thursday.”
12/23/11
WaPo: Journalists complain the White House press office has become overly combative
” ‘They don’t seem to realize or care that [e-mails sent from the White House] will become part of the official archives of the presidency,’ says Mason, who last month became host of a national talk show about politics on Sirius XM Radio.” [emphasis mine] Along with the NDAA, SOPA, and other egregious acts against U.S. citizens of late, I’m not surprised they “don’t seem to realize or care…”. We all need to wake up together and ensure—immediately and effectively—that we will not stand for this “silent coup” and that whatever is afoot here, We The People will stop it in its tracks. I am confident we will prevail, but we must first generate positive events in concert to get there.
After 3 yrs of Pres Obama letting us down in so many ways, here is my “Last Song” to this administration
The Last Song Edward Bear 1972
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12/22/11
The Hill: Border chief resigns:
“Alan Bersin said in a statement that he informed Obama of his decision earlier in the day and his last day will be next Friday.”
” ‘Earlier today, I notified the President of my intent to resign as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection effective Dec. 30. I have expressed my deep gratitude and appreciation to President Obama and Secretary Napolitano for the opportunity to have led such an exceptional organization and for the confidence they have shown in me,’ Bersin said.”
WaPo: House GOP agrees to 2-month extension of payroll tax cut
“Bowing to crushing political pressure, top House Republicans have agreed to extend the payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans through February, House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday evening. As part of the deal, Senate leaders will appoint a conference committee to negotiate a full-year tax cut after Jan. 1.”
12/22/11
Guardian UK: House Republicans under fire over payroll standoff
“House Republicans were desperately searching Wednesday for a face-saving way to end their opposition to Barack Obama’s proposed extension of tax breaks targeted at millions of working-class Americans.”
“Their obstructionism is backfiring badly, with the House Republicans being assailed from not just Democrats but Senate Republicans and usually supportive media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal.”
(Related) Think Progress: Boehner Dismisses Nebraska Keystone XL Pipeline Concerns As ‘Nonsense‘. The Repubs have tied this bill to a “speed up” on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. THIS is what they are really battling over. Watch the powerful documentary “The PRIZE:Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power” and you will understand more fully exactly the type of pompous, imperialistic, greedy people Boehner serves.
BTW, creating jobs in industries that promote destruction of one’s own “home” (environment) is more than counterproductive, it’s self-destructive madness. Demand that Boehner and Repubs DROP the Keystone XL pipeline from the Payroll Tax Extension Bill – STOP THE BRIBERY!
12/21/11
Boston Com: New election rules a win for labor unions
” ‘This rule is about giving all employees who have petitioned for an election the right to vote in a timely manner and without the impediment of needless litigation,’ board chairman Mark Pearce said.”
“Unions say the old rules allowed companies to file frivolous appeals, stalling elections for months or years. The new rules could help unions make inroads at businesses like Target and Wal-Mart, which have successfully resisted union organizing for years.”
11/28/11
Raw Story: Democratic Rep. Barney Frank announces retirement “Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), a long-serving member of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, will not seek reelection, according to published reports Monday morning. “
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank announces retirement Nov 28 2011
11/23/11
Eurasia Review: Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Issues Execution Reprieve: Calls for Action on Capital Punishment
“It has been carried out just twice in last 49 years in Oregon. Both were during my first administration as Governor, one in 1996 and the other in 1997. I allowed those sentences to be carried out despite my personal opposition to the death penalty. I was torn between my personal convictions about the morality of capital punishment and my oath to uphold the Oregon constitution.”
“They were the most agonizing and difficult decisions I have made as Governor and I have revisited and questioned them over and over again during the past 14 years. I do not believe that those executions made us safer; and certainly they did not make us nobler as a society. And I simply cannot participate once again in something I believe to be morally wrong.” (emphasis mine) Here is an enlightened man. He looked into his Soul and didn’t like what he saw. He healed it with this decision to do the right thing, the moral and ethical thing.
11/06/11
Technorati: Federal Courts Rule it is Not Illegal To Film Police “The First Court of Appeals has reached a decision that would allow the general public to video-tape police officers while they are working. This decision comes right after several well-known public cases have come to light involving citizens being arrested for video-taping police.” Taxpayers pay their salaries; we absolutely have the right to check their on-the-job performance and document abuses. No brainer.
10/05/11
NOLA: Pennsylvania, Nebraska Republicans want electoral vote changes “Republicans in Pennsylvania and Nebraska want to change the way their states award Electoral College votes, moves that could hinder President Barack Obama‘s re-election chances. Lawmakers in the Democratic-leaning battleground of Pennsylvania are weighing whether to give the presidential nominees one electoral vote for each congressional district they win, rather than giving all its votes to the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote, like Obama did in 2008. In GOP-tilting Nebraska, lawmakers want to go to a winner-take-all system four years after Obama won the 2nd Congressional District and its single electoral college vote.” Translation: We don’t have a snowball’s chance of winning on our platform, so we’ll bend the rules and tweak the playing field by changing the rules.
California Passes First-Ever State Bill on Congo Conflict Minerals Sep 13 2011
“It began with individuals, spread to campuses, was taken up by cities, and last Friday California became the very first U.S. state to take action on conflict minerals from Congo.”
“By a vote of 67 to 11, the California state assembly passed a bill that prohibits state agencies from signing contracts with companies that fail to comply with federal regulations aimed at deterring business with armed groups in eastern Congo. The California bill builds off the momentum of the Dodd-Frank bill passed by the U.S. Congress last year, by further incentivizing companies to help build a legitimate mining industry in Congo.” That’s the Spirit!
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.” (read more…)
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.
08/16/11
Follow-up comment 08/16/11 on Rick Perry:
Ya know, ever since I wrote on 07/07/11 (see “Death Row Case…” below) “ I’m getting the word ‘treason’ surrounding Perry cropping up within 5 weeks ”, two articles about Perry since then actually have linked Perry with the word treason, one way or the other, within five weeks plus a couple of days. Whoa.
The latest one: Rick Perry Accuses Bernanke of Treason The first one was an article that appeared on 07/13/11 titled “Yes, I’ll dare call it treason“ , in which Perry was one of a few targets of the piece.
08/15/11
WP: Perry welcomed Chinese firm despite security concern “Perry’s relationship with Huawei ‘raises questions he’s going to have to answer in this race,’ said Michael Wessel, a former Democratic aide who is a member of a bipartisan congressional advisory panel that unanimously agreed that Huawei posed a cyber-security risk to the United States. ‘Was he willing to put short-term economic interests ahead of broad national security concerns?’ ”
“In August 2010, eight Republican senators, including Jon Kyl of Arizona and Richard Shelby of Alabama, urged the Obama administration to investigate Huawei’s effort to sell equipment to upgrade Sprint Nextel’s mobile network. They argued that Huawei’s involvement “could create substantial risk for U.S. companies and possibly undermine U.S. national security.” The Committee on Foreign Investment rejected Huawei’s partnership with Sprint later that year.”
It seems to me that most in any other point in our history, this would border on a treasonous path. Other than that, why are any foreign nationals being hired to run companies in the U.S.; surely, we have plenty of our own with the grassroots creativity and talent to take on higher positions. I really question Perry’s ulterior motive here.
07/07/11 [5:07 p.m.] Texas Death Row Case With Implications for Foreign Policy and Presidential Politics Quick note: If Gov. Rick Perry allows this execution to occur, he will set the machine in motion over a steep hill into personal downfall. Is he really willing to bet on Schroeder’s Cat? This is Perry’s “We don’t need no stinkin’ common human rights” moment. Political impatience, no wisdom, no vision.
5:32 p.m. 7/07 Just heard the news that the execution took place. I”m getting the word “treason” surrounding Perry cropping up within 5 weeks. You know, if a family member of his were facing the same thing in another country, he sure would learn to appreciate the meaning of “common human rights” then. They never learn.
Update: An article appeared on 07/13/11 titled “Yes, I’ll dare call it treason“ , by Cliff Schecter. Interestingly, though not directed at Perry in relation to treason per se, his name appears in that article. Imagine that. ]
LA Times: Bachmann wins Iowa straw poll as Perry looms “Bachmann made history as well, becoming the first woman to win the event. She received 4,823 votes out of the almost 17,000 votes cast. The turnout was a significant leap over four years ago but didn’t approach the record of more than 23,000 votes cast back in 1999.
“The Minnesota congresswoman narrowly outpaced LibertarianRep. Ron Paul, who had 4,671 votes, and whose red-T-shirt-wearing supporters flooded the campus of Iowa State University and packed the arena when Paul spoke.”
The media (and the Republican party) is frantic to sweep under the rug the fact that Dr. Ron Paul took 2nd place and was only 152 votes behind Ms. Bachmann, likely because she was born in Iowa; home-state loyalty votes. So, now they are ramping up Bachmann and…Rick Perry? Anyway, my sixth sense informs me that there will come such a one unknown today that bursts out of the gates around Oct 2011 and breaks the matrix on a two-party system altogether.
Time for a Main Street Contract: Heal America/Tax Wall Street“The modest pensions and health benefits we have earned, the pay that supports our families, the improved conditions for our patients did not deplete public treasuries or jeopardize the survival of our employers. The banks and other financial giants did — and were rewarded with bailouts and bonuses while our communities pay the price. Over the past 30 years, while wages have fallen or stagnated and insurance premiums and other basic costs skyrocketed, wealth has been shifted from working families to Wall Street. It’s not shared sacrifice when only working people make concessions.”
08/08/11
MLive (AP) 45,000 Verizon landline workers on strike “Stalled contract negotiations led thousands of workers in Verizon Communication Inc.’s wireline division to go on strike Sunday,
45,000 Verizon landline workers on strike Aug 07 2011
potentially affecting landline operations as well as installation of services like FiOS, its fiber-optic television and Internet lines.”
“[Union spokesman Bob] Master said the company wanted worker concessions at a time when it was making billions in profits and top executives were making millions in salary. ‘ We have never seen such a sweeping attack on the quality of life of our members,’ he said. ‘This is an unprecedented and in our opinion completely unjustified attack on middle-class jobs.’ “
Although I have never belonged to a union, I support their efforts. I realized a long time ago that it is because of the union labor laws that my private-sector employers did more to show their employees how highly valued our contribution was to the very existence of their company—besides, they feared we would unionize otherwise.
Nixon’s secret Watergate testimony ordered released July 29 2011
“More than 36 years later, the secret grand jury testimony of President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal was ordered released on Friday by a federal judge because of its significance in American history. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth granted a request by historian Stanley Kutler, who has written several books about Nixon and Watergate, and others to unseal the testimony given on June 23 and 24 in 1975.”
“Lamberth ruled in the 15-page opinion that the special circumstances, especially the undisputed historical interest in Nixon’s testimony, far outweighed the need to keep the records secret. Grand jury proceedings typically remain secret.”
US cyber security chief quits after hacker attacks July 26 2011
“The head of the US body responsible for combating cyber-attacks has resigned unexpectedly following a string of online assaults on the CIA and other government agencies.”
Think HAL and think bigger. Any “hacking” going on there is a front story to a far deeper event, which has world power mongers scurrying. I have to laugh when they trot out 14- and 18-year-old hacking decoys and say they caught the little buggers behind all this mischief. NOT! There is a battle for planetary control that is being waged way over the heads of the average human citizen. Soon, it will spill out in spades (witness 2011 just so far) because the “white-T-shirt team” is actively winning this battle to clear the rot in the 2011-2012 period. From my view in the bleachers, they aren’t all from around here.
Flashback to 03/09/09: US cybersecurity chief quits over NSA power grab “Rod Beckstrom was named last year to head the NCSC, or National Cybersecurity Center, an office within the Department of Homeland Security that’s responsible for coordinating the defense of civilian, military and intelligence networks. In a widely circulated resignation letter (PDF) dated last Thursday, the former Silicon Valley entrepreneur warned that a power grab by the NSA threatened the success of the office’s mission.
” ‘ the threat to our democratic processes are significant if all top government network security and monitoring are handled by any one organization (either directly or indirectly). ”
07/25/11
Narconews: NFL Football Players Showed the Power of Organizing Strategically “You don’t have to be obsessed with, or even like, American football to get that this was a most important story, one that marks the largest victory by labor on a national scale in the United States in a long time, and therefore carries lessons for all workers and others who organize to improve their lives. “
“Read the whole [Dave Zirin article at the The Nation], and you’ll see the significant victories the players won. I would opine that one of the most important advances came at the beginning of the conflict, in that this movement would not allow itself to be defined by others and instead defined itself: rather than letting the media call it a “strike” by players, the NFL Players Association set to work defining the conflict as a “lockout,” putting the responsibility squarely where it belonged, on the owners, some of whom stewed in resentment since the last Collective Bargaining Agreement also won great advances for the players.
07/23/11
Seattle Times: Partisan dispute to partially shut down FAA “But underlying the dispute on rural air service subsidies was a standoff between the GOP-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate over a provision in long-term funding legislation for the FAA that would make it more difficult for airline and railroad workers to unionize.”
“FAA employees whose jobs are paid for with trust fund money will be furloughed, including nearly 1,000 workers at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, 647 workers at FAA’s technology and research center in Atlantic City, N.J., and 124 workers at the agency’s training center in Oklahoma City.”
” ‘These are real people with families who do not deserve to be put out of work during these tough economic times,’ FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in a statement.”
That cinches it. As much as I have been writing about “these days” over the years, it still amazes me to see such blindsided behavior now that we approach them. In this sector, American geopolitics, the charge of the government to promote the general Welfare* has been replaced by a policy of disenfranchizing and delegitimizing the very Public Welfare in favor of welfare for the International Corporations. This coordinated viscious attack by the far-right wing in our government, as is the theme of the Euro/IMF crowd, to kill the ability of The People to assemble peacefully in a Union to ensure their rights in the workplace is so hubristic as to border on pure evil. We’ll have strong third party and maybe even fourth-party candidates in 2012—that is, unless the revolution comes first, in which case the Walkers of Wisconsin, Tea Partiers, Corporate-beholden blackguards, and insincere Dems in Washington will be busy running toward the hills anyway. U.S. Constitution, Article 8.
Get rid of the Fed Res. We should not be paying a private corporation for the currency that should be free—Greenbacks
Get us out of these billion dollar+ illegal, ideologically fought wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Securing our borders needs to be done here at home, not all over the world and particularly not as a cover to expand “The Empire”. Stop outsourcing the military with private contractors. If we do not have enough volunteers to protect our country, there is a reason—they’re sick of fighting and dying for a corporate cause.
Get rid of corporate welfare subsidies and other perks for the uber rich. If corporations insist that they are “an individual” then they need to pay their fair share of taxes, too.
07/12/11 Seeing Red AZ: Political tyranny in Quartzsite, AZ “Compounding matters, the council issued a declaration putting controversial police Chief Jeff Gilbert in charge. Foster referred to the act as making him the “deputy chief executive of nothing right now.” The declaration also allows the five-member council to meet without public notice and suspend all public comment at the meetings until they declare the state of emergency over.”
Quartzsite Corruption, Fighting for the Constitution in Arizona “It seems we all see a common trend across america. The abuse of power at the expense of the common people. Quartzsite, AZ is just one of the many small towns struggling with tyranny. We at the Ron Paul Arizona R3VOLUTION find this unacceptable and decided to do everything we could to help. “
Quartzsite Corruption Fighting for the Constitution in Arizona
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Those who still count themselves as part of the silent ma/jority in our country should start joining their voices with the rest who are Awakened and start screaming loud and strong about this.
06/15/11
RealClearPolitics: White House defends legality of Libya mission “A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers stepped up the congressional pressure on Obama Wednesday, suing the president for taking military action against Libya without war authorization from Congress. The lawmakers said Obama violated the Constitution in bypassing Congress and using international organizations like the United Nations and NATO to authorize military force.”
“Previous presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have largely ignored the War Powers Act.” [emphasis mine] That last sentence is at the crux of the issue. Whether you are pro or con on the Libyan bombing, this is [as Congressman Kucinich states below] about our Constitution. Our congress is suppose to represent We The People (and that they often don’t— i.e. The 2008 Bailout—begs for an investigation there, too) and our taxes pay tabs for these ventures. We The People, through our congress, are meant to have a voice in how our money is spent. The impunity of our presidents over the past 40+ years to act unilaterally must stop and this is the time to take legal action to break this cycle. When a teacher needs to deal with a problem child, s/he goes to the parents and the principal for their input, not to a regional military base commander.
Note: Michele Bachmann supporters can’t agree how to spell her first name. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters June 13, 2011
“What are the three most exciting words in the American lexicon? “National donut day” of course. But surely a close runner-up is: “Republican presidential debate”.
“We’ll be live-blogging the event right here from the halls of St Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Here’s a quick run-down of the cast of characters we’ll be meeting tonight: FollowHERE From my perspective, both the Repubs and the Dems are going to fail miserably. For what it’s worth, this just flashed through my mind: This will be the year of the ‘freshman’ [or 'Fresh Man?]‘. Look for initials ‘CSR’ in the mix. Time will tell.
BTW, a debate question concerned Muslims and Republican contestant Herman Cain essentially said no, they can’t be trusted. This should be billed the most misinformed, fear-mongering statement of this century. Excuse me, but we already have Zionist and Christian extremists infiltrated all over this government—but that is okay? Not! We need our country back and we need leaders who follow the wisdom of our American Constitution only; I don’t care if the leaders are Little Green Men if they understand the wisdom and uniqueness of this pact with the American people, INCLUDING separation of church (religious ideology) and State.
06/10/11
Gingrich remains a candidate, but how serious? June 10, 2011
Sign On San Diego: Gingrich remains a candidate, but how serious? “ Rocked by the stunning walkout of his entire senior campaign brain trust, Newt Gingrich is nonetheless vowing to remain in the race for president. “But whether the former House speaker remains a viable candidate is now in serious doubt.”
“Already, his opponents in the Republican field are scrambling to capitalize on the upheaval, courting disillusioned Gingrich donors and picking off key campaign supporters.” When will these power-hungry politicians learn? As I have said in previous posts, they are beginning to eat their own and in the end—all fall down.
Timing of Sen. Ensign resignation raises questions April 22, 2011
“U.S. Sen. John Ensign’s decision this week to resign marked a mysterious change of heart for the Nevada Republican, raising questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered while also muddling the field of candidates for congressional seats now held by the GOP headed into a key election year.”
“Ensign announced in June 2009 that he had an extramarital affair with Cynthia Hampton, a former member of his campaign staff. Amid the scandal, his parents provided the Hamptons with $96,000, described as a gift, and Ensign helped find Doug Hampton, the husband, a lobbying job. Doug Hampton has been indicted for illegally lobbying the senator’s staff. Federal law prohibits a former senior Senate aide from lobbying the Senate for one year after terminating employment.”
Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s brother Williamis new WH Chief of Staff (ah, switching places with Rahm Emanuel…isn’t that special. “President Obama’s selection of William Daley as his new chief of staff is not an example of a ‘Chicago mafia,’ Mayor Richard M. Daley, William Daley’s brother, said Thursday. “
Former Clinton adviserGene Sperlingwill be his new director of the National Economic Council: “Known as ‘Gene the Machine’ for his indefatigable work ethic, it wasn’t at all clear that Sperling would be a part of the Obama administration as he supported Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential contest.”
Jason Furman the principal deputy director of the NEC: ” ‘He is a very bright fellow, but he is an unalloyed cheerleader for the trade policies that have been very destructive to manufacturing jobs in this country,’ Marco Trbovich, a senior aide to United Steelworkers President Leo W. Gerard said. ‘There are very serious concerns’ about his appointment.’ “
Heather Higginbottom as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget: “As Democratic President Barack Obama’s national policy adviser, Higginbottom reported directly to David Axelrod, senior adviser to the campaign. She helped shape the campaign’s strategies on everything from education to health care.”
12/30/10
Anti-War Com: Will 2011 Become 1848?
“As in 1848, there is a clear division between the people and their leaders. In Europe, opinion polls indicate that the voters want nothing to do with wars like Afghanistan, but the respective governments continue in their folly, even when they recognize that the conflict is unwinnable. In the United States, support for the wars being fought by the White House and Congress is both low and sinking, but no voters had a chance to express dissatisfaction in the November elections because war was not on the ballot and few candidates even bothered to mention it. The media, which should be exposing the lemming-like march over a cliff, is instead a cheerleader for the catastrophe, fully embracing the concept that the United States has some kind of God-given obligation to intervene everywhere in the world and at any time for the good of mankind.”
“The United States badly need a change of course, and 2011 will be a good opportunity to see if the American people will take up the challenge and march to the barricades. If they do not, there is evil in the air and we have a long and dreary future ahead of us.” [emphasis mine]
11/03/10
Chron: Republicans ride voter unrest to control of House
“The capital awoke — if it ever slept — to a new political order, Republicans scoring the biggest party turnover in more than 70 years with their lopsided win in the House. In doing so, they will usher in a new era of divided government and dethrone Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi — a prime target of their campaign — who had crashed a political glass ceiling and made history with her elevation to speaker four years ago.”
“In a footnote to the brutal politics of the campaign, Republican-turned- independent Lincoln Chafee was elected governor of Rhode Island. Obama campaigned in the state in the campaign’s final week. But he declined to endorse the Democratic candidate, Frank Caprio, out of what the White House said was respect for Chafee, who had endorsed the president in his own presidential race two years ago.” President Obama practically handed these elections to the GOP as if that was the plan all long (maybe it was? Two sides of the same coin). On a higher level, however, this had to happen because what I believe we will see over the next two years is a disintegration of our failing Government, as the new “team” AGAIN will not do all that is necessary and MORAL to bring to justice all those who on 09/11/2001 essentially conducted a power coup d’etat and desecrated our Constitution. In the end, this will make the 2012 elections one that will never be forgotten in the annals of history as we know it since Rome burned. I predict a massive movement to dissolve government in its current form and replace it around 2012–but with what? That remains to be seen but despite the gloom today, I see a Light at the end of this tunnel.
Congressman DeFazio (Ore.) Considers Move to Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts Oct 25 2010
“Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio is an unbought and unbossed member of Congress—a true heir to the best tradition of another Oregon rabble-rouser, former Senator Wayne Morse—so it should come as no surprise that the maverick Democrat is responding with appropriate boldness to the flood of corporate cash that threatens to overwhelm the 2010 mid-term elections.”
“So DeFazio is focusing on the real wrongdoer—the jurist who schemed to make it possible for shadowy players to warp the political process without identifying themselves. Specifically, the congressman says, he is “investigating” the prospect of impeaching Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.”
10/17/10
BBC News: US Tea Partiers explain what they stand for
“I think the silent majority have found their voice, and they’re speaking through the Tea Party. They have made progress in local, regional and state elections.” Pretty much sums up the entire theme of this post, huh? This part is scary, though. They’ll fall.
Judge orders dont ask, dont tell injunction Oct 12 2010
“A federal judge has issued a worldwide injunction stopping enforcement of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, ending the military’s 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.”
“U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips’ landmark ruling Tuesday was widely cheered by gay rights organizations that credited her with getting accomplished what President Obama and Washington politics could not.” About time. Governments forcing anyone (straight or gay; man or woman; child or adult) to live a lie is the subtlest. yet a most oppressive form of eradicating individuality.
National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones Resigning Oct 08 2010
“WASHINGTON — Gen. James Jones, President Barack Obama‘s national security adviser, is stepping down and will be replaced by his top deputy Tom Donilon, two senior administration officials told The Associated Press on Friday.”
“The move, though expected, is the latest high-profile departure among Obama’s leadership team. Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel left just last week, and the president is expected to see more change at the top as Obama’s tenure nears the two-year mark and the grinding pace of the White House takes a toll.” Ah yes, seems all these resignations were “expected.” They all really wanted to do something else, right? If that were the case, I would question closely their dedication to America [and not foreign interests] in the the first place. Just MHO.
chairman of the Tea Party of Nevada resigned Tuesday after a recording was made public capturing Republican Sharron Angle badmouthing GOP leaders (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) Oct 06 2010
“The chairman of the Tea Party of Nevada resigned Tuesday after a recording was made public capturing Republican Sharron Angle badmouthing GOP leaders during a meeting with the shadowy group’s U.S. Senate candidate.
“The exit of chairman Syd James is another blow to the candidacy of Tea Party of Nevada nominee Scott Ashjian, who has been denounced by state tea party leaders who say he has no connection to the movement that advocates limited government and tightfisted public spending.” I don’t know which is worse, the Goldman Sachs casino games or the elections casino games! When will we EVER just conduct elections with each candidate conveying what s/he will do and then shut up! No more slandering and maneuvering for positions and gambling wth the emotions of We The People. I want a candidate who is secure enough to represent their Truth and let the others represent theirs. Period. Be that change!
Scott Ashjian Slams GOP, Sharron Angle and Says Tea Party Express Is Racist
Bank bailout supporters struggling for re-election Oct 05 2010
“Longtime Republican lawmakers—tarred by their votes for the emergency aid to banks, insurance and auto companies—have been sent packing in primaries. Fresh political attack ads are lambasting candidates from both parties for supporting the $700 billion package that Republican President George W. Bush pushed through Congress at the height of the financial crisis in October 2008.”
“The Government Accountability Office, a congressional watchdog, said Monday that the Treasury bailed out dozens of banks with known financial problems. It called for better monitoring of banks seeking to tap a new $30 billion lending fund proposed by the administration and passed by Congress last month to spur lending to credit-starved small businesses.
“The administration’s plans to use $41 billion in TARP money to help people refinance mortgages to avoid foreclosure has been a bust so far. Less than $1 billion has been spent on the program.”
Congress sends first intelligence authorization bill since 2004 to Pres. Obama meant to strengthen oversight of sensitive spy operations Sep 29 2010
“The authorization bill the House passed 244-181 — the Senate had approved it in earlier in the week — is a compromise, hewing to White House insistence that only eight key congressional leaders attend briefings on the nation’s most secretive programs.”
“It also seeks to satisfy lawmakers’ desire for more information by ensuring that all members of the House and Senate intelligence committees will receive a “general description” regarding the intelligence finding or notification. However, the bill gives the White House leeway in deciding what to tell the committee members in its notification.”
” ‘The chief of staff is important, but chiefs of staff come and go,’ said Roy Neel, former deputy chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. ‘If it’s a signal, it’s a short-term signal. … At the end of the day, after the announcement, it’s back to business.’
“Still, the sudden absence of a man who played such a huge role in Obama’s first 21 months in office leaves many intriguing questions about the post-Emanuel White House — and the post-White House Emanuel.”
AP-GfK Poll: Dems disliked, but so is GOP Sep 24 2010
“In an Associated Press-GfK Poll this month, 60 percent disapprove of the job congressional Democrats are doing _ yet 68 percent frown on how Republicans are performing. While 59 percent are unhappy with how Democrats are handling the economy, 64 percent are upset by the GOP’s work on the country’s top issue. Just over half have unfavorable views of each party.”
“Reflecting that discontent, 54 percent who strongly dislike Democrats in the AP-GfK Poll express intense interest in the election, compared with just 40 percent of those with very negative views of Republicans. Extreme interest in the campaign is expressed by nearly 6 in 10 saying their vote in November will signal their opposition to Obama. Only about 4 in 10 say they want to show support for the president with their vote.” The Awakening getting is its voice. Exercise those vocal cords!
John Hogue adds wit and wisdom in his article 2012 — “Willie Horton Hears a Hooey” Sep 19 2010
“It might be time to ruffle the fragile belief systems of Dumbopublicans and Donkeycrats and Tea Baggers alike by reprising a prophetic satire posted exactly one year and five months ago on 18 and 22 April 2009. I review today my naughty and nebulous ersatz biblical predictions, cast as a jiving-prescient joke-in-earnest. It has a lot more forbearing bang for its bucks and kicks delivered to the asinine Left, and rogue elephant Right, right now. It also forecast Sarah Palin ascendant. She has become a real king and queen maker and perhaps a president grizzly running in 2012.” Great Prophetic Political Punning from John Hogue! But with embedded wisdom if one is Aware of it.
Lawrence Summers, director of National Economic Council, leaving to return to Harvard Sep 22 2010
“The White House said Tuesday that Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council, would leave at the end of the year to return to Harvard University. Though administration officials said Obama had known for some time that Summers would depart this year, news of his pending exit comes amid deep concern over the sluggish pace of the recovery, as well as criticism of the team that conceived the administration’s economic policies.”
“Obama has already lost two other high-level economic advisers: budget director Peter Orszag and the chief of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, both of whom resigned this summer. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would be the only one of Obama’s top-tier economic advisers to remain with the administration should he stay through the end of the year.” President Obama, fire Geithner and Bernanke! Put in economic advisors who understand your constituency and not just the all-mightly $. You might gain some credibility if you do….and do so publically.
09/16/10
Sac Bee: Calif. sues leaders of city hit by pay scandal
“LOS ANGELES — The California attorney general’s office sued eight current and former officials of the scandal-ridden city of Bell on Wednesday, accusing them of defrauding taxpayers by granting themselves salaries so high they were illegal and a disgrace to public service.”
“”You can’t just take the public’s money and give it to yourself or give it to your friendly employees or members of the city council just because you want to,” said Attorney General Jerry Brown, a candidate for governor. “There’s a standard and that standard is that the pay must be commensurate with the duty and the work.”
07/26/10
SF Gate: Calif AG subpoenas LA suburb’s records“Attorney General Jerry Brown said Monday that he’s demanding to see employment contracts from the city of Bell within 48 hours to determine whether to file charges.”
“The move follows last week’s resignation of Bell’s city manager, assistant manager and the police chief. They each earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to run a poverty-plagued city of about 40,000 people.” If a town of 40k citizens can effect such great change, imaging what a city of 40M can do…400M!
07/23/10
SF Gate: Calif. council accepts resignations of 3 managers “Three administrators whose huge salaries sparked outrage in this small blue-collar suburb of Los Angeles have agreed to resign, the City Council said Friday.”
“Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they’d accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams.” Yep, We The People are takin’ care of business (crooks)
Residents in the city of Bell near Los – Media (2 of 10) Calif. council accepts resignations of 3
Big night for tea party: ODonnell wins Delaware (Rob Carr/AP) Sep 14 2010
“Virtually unknown a month ago, Christine O’Donnell of Delaware rode a surge of support from tea party activists to victory in the Republican Senate primary Tuesday night, dealing yet another setback to the GOP establishment in a campaign season full of them. A second upstart led for the GOP nomination in New Hampshire.”
“With unemployment high and President Barack Obama’s popularity below 50 percent, Republicans said the primaries reflected an enthusiasm that would serve the party well in the fall, when control of Congress will be at stake.”
Okay, I have resisted long enough…I have wanted to post this video for too long now
Chicago Mayor Daley won’t run for re-election “Mayor Richard Daley says he will not run for re-election in 2011, saying it’s “time for me, it’s time for Chicago to move on.”
“His announcement comes as he faces a record $655 million budget shortfall. Last month, the mayor said he’s looking at hiring private firms to take over more city functions, including potentially running the Taste of Chicago, as a way to cut costs.”
Digital Journal: Opinion: When will Obama resign – or does he wait and stand down in 2012? “Right now, everyone is focused on the elections in 2010, yet the bigger event is the one in 2012. Obama’s 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe meanwhile says that the president is ‘not concerned’ with being re-elected. Does Obama perhaps want to get out?”
“Does he stay on because it provides opportunities to give brilliant speeches once in a while or to get a price for something noble you’re actually unable to achieve? I’m sure he could get the prime-time slots on TV and the speeches just as well after resigning from his post and by telling the world just how the presidency sucks, how the corporate-military system sucks, how little you can actually achieve or change while being besieged by lobbyists and betrayed by disloyal party members.” Ummmm…maybe he has been listening to Mayan Scholars about 2012, too. Or maybe there is no plan for a 2012 election cycle? Ya think?
08/25/10
Boston Com:
Alaska GOP Sen. Murkowski in jeopardy “Murkowski would be the seventh incumbent — and fourth Republican — to lose in a year in which the tea party has scored huge victories in GOP Senate primaries and voters have shown a willingness to punish Republicans and a handful of Democrats with ties to Washington and party leadership. Miller is a Gulf War veteran and self-described ‘constitutional conservative.’’ “ As you may recall, Sen. Murkowski refused to Hold BP accountable for the Gulf oil spill. That is not the vote of a “constitutional conservative”; that is the vote of a senator bought and sold by oil interests.
Raw Story: Investors urge Target to look at political giving “Walden Asset Management and Trillium Asset Management Corp., both of Boston, and Bethesda, Md.-based Calvert Asset Management Co. filed shareholder resolutions with both companies. Together, the three firms control less than 1 percent of each company’s outstanding shares — 1.1 million Target shares worth $57.5 million and 344,000 Best Buy shares worth $11.3 million — but they are moving the debate over the political giving to a new arena.”
” ‘A good corporate political contribution policy should prevent the kind of debacle Target and Best Buy walked into,’ said Trillium vice president Shelley Alpern. ‘We expect companies to evaluate candidates based upon the range of their positions — not simply one area — and assess whether they are in alignment with their core values. But these companies’ policies are clearly lacking that.’ “ Whoa! Investors with a conscience
07/24/10 Target CEO Defends Minnesota (Political) Donations “Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel said gay employees have been raising concerns about the money helping state Rep. Tom Emmer, who opposes gay marriage. Target gave $150,000 to MN Forward, a group staffed by former insiders from outgoing Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s administration. MN Forward is running TV ads supporting Emmer.
Target donated to MN Forward under new laws allowing corporations to spend company money on election campaigns. Corporate donations have been flowing since the U.S. Supreme Court threw out parts of a 63-year-old law that prohibited companies and unions from donating to campaigns for or against candidates.”
” ‘I think Target is making a huge mistake,’ said Laura Hedlund, a former Democratic campaign worker who picketed outside a suburban Minneapolis Target store on Saturday, urging shoppers to spend their money elsewhere. “
08/20/10
Raw Story:: Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose war in Afghanistan “A majority of Americans see no end in sight in Afghanistan, and nearly six in 10 oppose the nine-year-old war as President Barack Obama sends tens of thousands more troops to the fight, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.”
08/16/10
Boston Herald: Woman hits Senate Armed Services chairman with pie“Michigan authorities have filed felony stalking charges against a woman they say hit U.S. Sen. Carl Levin in the face with an apple pie during a meeting with constituents in northern Michigan.”
“Levin is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Mohsen told the Big Rapids Pioneer she hoped ‘to send a message that liberals and Democrats are just as implicated’ in war as Republicans.” Hope it was the All-American Mom’s apple pie Actually, I’m not surprised that the entire Congress has not had a pie fight or two by now.
Access NorthGa Com: Sec. Gates plans to retire next year “In an interview published Monday, Gates told Foreign Policy magazine that leaving in 2011 makes sense. It would give him time to oversee the major offensive under way in Afghanistan but bow out before the 2012 presidential elections.” Will Petraeus be next to retire or….? We The People desperately need someone of their caliber who actually believes and acts in the knowledge that war is a last, very last, resort only in defense of the nation, period. Not a “perceived” threat and not a “preemptive” strategy. Yeah, we may see many people in power trying to get “out of the way” in 2012.
08/12/10
The Nation: Rep. Dennis Kucinich Seeks to Ban Assassinations of US Citizens“Most lawmakers have been mute about the Obama administration’s policy to target a US citizen for assassination. Representative Jane Harman, who serves on the Homeland Security Committee, said recently that Awlaki is ‘probably the person, the terrorist, who would be terrorist No. 1 in terms of threat against us.’ One of the few who has spoken against the policy is Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich. ‘The assassination policies vitiate the presumption of innocence and the government then becomes the investigator, policeman, prosecutor, judge, jury, executioner all in one,’ Kucinich told me in April. “That raises the greatest questions with respect to our constitution and our democratic way of life.” He called the policy ‘extrajudicial.’ “ It’s comforting to know that there still are a few people (a precious few) still in the halls of Congress to fight for what is right and not for what is convenient.
Seattle Times: American boy plans N. Korea trip to pitch peace idea“A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea this week and perhaps meet leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a ‘children’s peace forest’ in the demilitarized zone.”
“We know, it sounds crazy,” said Lee’s mother, Melissa. ‘When he first said, “I think we need to go to North Korea,” I looked at my husband and said, ‘What?’ It was a radical idea.” …and the meek shall inherit the earth....
08/09/10
Jurist: Federal appeals court rules against warrantless GPS tracking “The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that prolonged use of global positioning systems (GPS) to monitor suspects’ vehicles violates the Fourth Amendment [text] protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
“The court discussed the expectations of society, stating:
‘Society recognizes Jones’s expectation of privacy in his movements over the course of a month as reasonable, and the use of the GPS device to monitor those movements defeated that reasonable expectation. As we have discussed, prolonged GPS monitoring reveals an intimate picture of the subject’s life that he expects no one to have — short perhaps of his spouse.’ “
08/09/10
CBS: 20 States Respond in Health Care Overhaul Lawsuit“Twenty states and the nation’s most influential small business lobby said Friday a federal court in Florida must hear their challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul because they face imminent harm from its mandates.”
” ‘If Congress can regulate the failure to have health care insurance coverage, it can equally regulate the “failure” to meet any other requirement it chooses to impose,’ Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum wrote in the response.” Therein lies the danger. It sets a terrible precedent against individual rights.
08/04/10
St. Louis Today: Missouri voters overwhelmingly reject fed mandate to purchase health insurance “With most of the vote counted, Proposition C was winning by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1. The measure, which seeks to exempt Missouri from the insurance mandate in the new health care law, includes a provision that would change how insurance companies that go out of business in Missouri liquidate their assets.”
” ‘I’ve never seen anything like it,’ Cunningham said at a campaign gathering at a private home in Town and Country. ‘Citizens wanted their voices to be heard.’ “
Chron: Another incumbent down as Michigan Rep. loses “Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick lost her bid for an eighth term on Tuesday, her son’s legal woes dragging her down in a year when fickle voters seem eager to fire longtime lawmakers.”
“She’s the sixth — and the fourth in the House — to lose so far this year. And the frustrated electorate could deal others the same fate in primaries over the next two months, not to mention the general election in November, when nothing less than the balance of power in Washington will be at stake.”
07/30/10
RT: US Congresswoman wants to kick out Palestinians “The Obama administration has decided to allow the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington, DC to fly the Palestinian flag as an official delegation representing the Palestinians.”
“Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen is a pro-Israel advocate and seen as an ‘AIPAC attack dog’, said Adam Shapiro of the Free Gaza Movement. He also argued that some in the House may share her views; however the US Senate is not as likely to sympathize with her stance. Either way, it will likely be a meaningless effort aimed at gaining political support in the election year, said Shapiro.
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However, there is a growing Jewish lobby in Washington that counteracts AIPAC with their message. I saw this video in Oct 2009 but have not heard more about it. It’s worth looking into, IMHO. YouTube
New Jewish lobby hits Washington scene – 26 Oct 09
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07/27/10
1st Amendment Center: Va. privacy advocate can publish SSNs of private, public citizens“A Virginia privacy advocate can post public records containing Social Security numbers of private citizens as well as government officials on her website, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.”
” ‘The unredacted SSNs on Virginia land records that Ostergren has posted online are integral to her message,’ Judge Allyson Duncan wrote in the unanimous opinion, Ostergren v. Cuccenelli. ‘Indeed, they are her message.’ Displaying them proves Virginia’s failure to safeguard private information and powerfully demonstrates why Virginia citizens should be concerned. The court also agreed that the state cannot punish Ostergren for posting on her website the same public records that the government makes available online.”
US News & World Report: House Panel Charges Rangel With Ethics Misdeeds “A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, a blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and an election-year headache for Democrats. [Read 10 Things You Didn't Know About Rangel.]“ Ah, seems that the Ethics Committee has suddenly realized they should be monitoring Ethics violations, not covering them up. If they get proficient enough and actually do the job correctly, we probably will see a 85% turnover at the Capital building and WH by 2012.
07/08/10
Seattle Times: Groups launch effort to change campaign money law“Two groups that have long advocated public financing of elections plan to spend at least $8 million this year to prod Congress to vote on proposed legislation aimed at reducing the influence of big donations in politics. The joint effort by Common Cause and Public Campaign, called the Campaign for Fair Elections, will launch its first wave of advertising this week aimed primarily at Democrats who have yet to sign on in support of the bill.“
“[David] Donnelly and Bob Edgar, a former congressman and now president and CEO of Common Cause, said anti-Washington sentiment, bank bailouts and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico make the timing ripe to shake up how politicians raise money.”
06/25/10 EveningSun PA Big Island launching publicly funding (sic) elections“Hawaii is moving forward with its test run of publicly funded political campaigns this election year, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a similar setup in Arizona.”
“Advocates including Hawaii County Council candidate Barbara Lively said publicly paid elections help take the corrupting influence of money out of political campaigns. Lively anticipates receiving more than $23,000 in government money to seek her first run for office. She is vying for the Puna district seat. ‘ It’s trying to weed out the special interests and influence groups,’ said Lively, who is unemployed but has worked for the county in the past. ‘It’s absurd that offices are bought and paid for with ridiculous sums of money.’ “
06/28/10
Most recent political faux pas: RNC Chairman Michael Steele Opposing the Troops in Afghanistan
Subtly, but more and more as we move through the next few years, those in power with ill intent or personal gain in their hearts and minds (elected or not) are going to feel the brightness of this mass Awakening, shining like a spotlight over their heads. They can’t seem to keep their cover no matter how hard they try. The ride is rough now but calmer winds eventually will prevail. Friends, it’s not about this man or that lady…it’s about a Force of Benelovance sending waves of energy that benefit the hearts of the Good and confuse and make blatherers out of the Dark ……IMHO. Ask Tony Hayward from BP.
Townhall: Justices extend gun owner rights nationwide“The Supreme Court held Monday that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live, advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights.”
“Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court, said that the Second Amendment right “applies equally to the federal government and the states.” Although I personally do not want to own a gun, this decision helps push us back to the Constitutional right to defend ourselves from enemies, both foreign and domestic. Especially during crises such as Katrina and the Gulf Oil calamity, Americans need to feel secure in protecting their families and possessions. I dearly hope that we as a humanity get to a point of putting the concept of senseless killing behind us in history altogether, but, until then, this was a very sensible ruling.
06/22/10
Politico: Peter Orszag to bail next month; likely successors are inside“White House budget director Peter Orszag plans to leave government in July, becoming the first member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet to depart, administration officials said Monday. Orszag is likely to join a think tank, colleagues said.”
06/17/10
Ex-Marine Kenneth O’Keefe was on the Mavi Marmari when it was attacked by Israeli commandos. Mr. O’Keefe did an interview on The Ugly Truth radio show with c-host Phil Tourney who was with Kenneth on that ship. Mr. Tourney was a survivor of the USS Liberty, which was also attacked by the Israelis in 1967. As I listened to this interview, I realized I was hearing from a man who sets the standard for the 21st century man. Light Workers come to us in many forms, in this case a rough and tumble ex-Marine (yang) who is unafraid to be in touch with his (yin) energy of compassion, Love for humanity, justice, and Truth. Let his Voice be heard far and wide.
06/14/10
North Carolina Congressman ‘Bob Etheridge’ Attacks Student
3 New Mexico Cabinet Secretaries resign“As Governor Bill Richardson’s second and final term winds down a lot of his workers are looking for new jobs. Friday, not one, not two, but three Cabinet Secretaries announced they’re jumping ship.”
06/07/10
Kansas City Com: Incumbent Lincoln survives in Arkansas primary; California Republicans choose Whitman, Fiorina“Embattled Democrat Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas narrowly won nomination to a third Senate term Tuesday night, overcoming a labor-backed challenger and defying a nationwide anti-establishment tide. California Republicans installed a pair of wealthy businesswomen, first-time candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, atop their ticket for the fall campaign.”
“Nearly two decades after California Democrats helped fashion a “year of the woman” in national politics, Republicans served notice they hope to turn the tables.”
Dr. Finkelstein, thank you for helping to Awaken your own people to the Truth and cracking open a door to breaking this cycle. Another point of Light.
05/28/10
Political Ticker: President Obama shares little about Sestak job speculation “Amid a press conference that largely focused on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama refuted allegations of impropriety surrounding reports that his administration offered Rep. Joe Sestak a position several months ago if he would drop his Pennsylvania Senate bid.” Um, I guess I was late to the party on this news item, just reading about it today. Wow. Might this be phase I of #13 in my 2010 predictions? Perhaps this will come down to whatever “is”…is. “Resounding calls for impeachment of President Obama will be heard and action will start; however, the President will reveal……”
Firedoglake: Obama Fires MMS Director…. “Elizabeth Birnbaum, the Director of Minerals Management Service, who testified before Congress only yesterday, will be fired. But the question is: is she just a scapegoat? Birnbaum has only been Director since last July, while most of the deficient environmental and safety reviews for the Deepwater Horizon permits occurred before her tenure. Why her and not Salazar?“
CBS News: Ex-congressman Stops Campaign For Senate In Conn. “Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons said Tuesday that he’s no longer campaigning in the Connecticut U.S. Senate race, days after vowing to challenge former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in a Republican primary.”
“Simmons says he was disappointed with the convention because he thought he was going to win because of his experience. The decorated Vietnam veteran served three terms in the U.S. House before losing the 2006 election by just 83 votes to Democrat Joe Courtney .” It seems to me that WTP are almost completely Awake now. Candidates who use their “war experience” as a criterion for political office just aren’t cutting it anymore. We’re looking for candidates who will help get us out of the war mentality, resist lobbyists’ bribes, are not financed by corporate hit men.
Washington Times: Primary voters buck establishment“The Washington order suffered big losses Tuesday, with establishment-backed candidates losing or facing a fight for their political survival in all three marquee Senate primaries on both the Republican and Democratic sides.”
05/21/10
Daily Caller: Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum“The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of the civil rights movement, slavery, America’s relationship with the U.N. and hundreds of other items.”
“The ideological dispute contributed to the defeat of one of the board’s most outspoken conservatives, Chairman Don McLeroy, in the March state Republican primary.” If the false-flag terror mongers, illegal wars, nuclear threats, Muslim and Zionist extremism, and environmental disasters haven’t sent us back to the stone age—Christian religious fanaticsare taking their turn at it, huh?
05/18/10
CBS News: Rand Paul Wins Kentucky GOP Primary“In an unambiguous demonstration of the muscle of the Tea Party movement, Dr. Rand Paul has defeated Secretary of State Trey Grayson in the Kentucky GOP Senate primary, according to an estimate by the Associated Press.”
‘It cannot be overstated that people want something new,’ he said. ‘They don’t want the same old, same old politicians, and I think they think the system is broken and needs new blood.’ “Mario Cuomo Opens Campaign for NY Governor
I think the media is missing the fact that this is not just a “Tea Party” voter revolution [I'm certainly no fan of Sarah Palin]. Voters across the board are fed up with the financial, political, and corporate ganstas who continue to protect the 9/11 true mass murderers, cozy up with the Federal Reserve, take bribes from lobbyists, run fear campaigns, breed war mongers, and run an operation Of the rich, By the rich, and For the rich. One need not join a movement to turn the tables with their vote. Period point.
05/16/10
Mother Jones: Protesters Swarm Wall St. Lobbyists’ Homes“Late Sunday afternoon, the well-heeled residents of Chevy Chase, Maryland, a bucolic suburb northwest of Washington, DC, witnessed a commotion rare for their neighborhood. Toting signs and megaphones, fired up and chanting at the top of their lungs, some 700 demonstrators from around the nation paid a visit to two residents who work as powerful lobbyists for the United States’ biggest banks: Gregory Baer, a deputy counsel for Bank of America, and Peter Scher, a high-ranking executive and lobbyist for JPMorgan Chase.”
04/20/10
The BP Oil Spill calamity begins IMHO, The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be seen as a sharply defining powerful catalyst in moving toward a Higher Consciousness on the planet.
CIA Officer- Robert Steele stresses the importance of Blogging – MONTAGE:
GRITtv: The F Word: Aren’t We Cheneyed Out Yet?“At what point do we call them the family of mass intimidation and simply stop playing into the Cheney clans tired old terror tactics?”
03/12/10
Rethink Afghanistan: Kucinich Anti-War Resolution Defeated But Number Of Democrats Voting Against Obama Afghan Policy Doubles“Before Dennis Kucinich’s resolution was even debated yesterday, the Republicans tried to derail even the concept of Congress talking about it. Their attempt was defeated 225-195, only 5 Republicans– John Campbell (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Tim Johnston (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), and Ron Paul (R-TX)– joined the Democrats to allow the debate.” I’m with Mr. Lessig here: Fix Congress First!
03/11/10
Speaking from the heart, he is. Unfortunately, most politicians veil their true feelings on important issues until they are ready to leave office. We need them to get passionate about what their constituents want no matter what lobby stops supporting them.
TPMDC: Ralph Reed Makes It Official: He’s Not Running For Congress“‘After much thought and prayer, I have decided not to be a candidate for Congress in Georgia’s Seventh district in 2010. I believe I can best advance conservative principles by continuing to serve asCEO of Century Strategies, LLC, [my link] and founding chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition,” Reed said in a statement. Reed had been considering a run for the House seat of Rep. John Linder (R-GA), who is retiring this year.”
Sourcewatch: “Century Strategies LLC was founded in 1997 by Ralph Reed and Timothy R. Phillips. The company describes itself as “one of the nation’s leading political and corporate consulting firms.”
Early on, Reed discovered the potential for synergy between the business and political worlds. For instance, one of his first and highest-profile consulting jobs was for Enron, a client that he garnered in 1997, reportedly through his connections to Karl Rove, who later made Reed a consultant in the 2000 presidential campaign. Century Strategies earned more than $300,000 from Enron for mounting grassroots lobbying campaigns to help build backing for energy deregulation.” [ He has also been associated in interests working with Jack Abramoff .] Great robber-baron minds think alike.
03/04/10
Dprogram Net: Recent CEO/CFO/OTHER Resignments (150+) I saw this headline on all sorts of forums but this is the only site I’ve found that actually lists and links with who has resigned with this massive exodus in just the past few weeks. A lot of people seem to think this is a sign of an imminent event. I wonder if Interpol has any hand in this. I want to research this more but it is worth the read.
02/17/10
Washington Post: Congressman Evan Bayh (D-Sen IN) to retire “Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this year, a decision that hands Republicans a prime pickup opportunity Add another one to the“resign”list. But not so fast Republicians; We The People are looking much more seriously at alternative political candidates these days..”
02/14/10
Fix Congress First: Congress’s response to Citizens United“What we need to do is show members of Congress that they’re also dependent on another constituency: the voters. We’re following this issue. We know the difference between fake reform and real reform. And come November, we’ll make our decisions based on who had the courage to stand up to the funders, and who tried to sell America a bill of goods while protecting the status quo.” Congress needs to feel the full brunt of the anger of our citizenry by pledging to vote—and vote only those people in your region-state-nation who have a proven record of being completely independent of lobbyists, banksters, or any enity other than the interests of We The People. We are in the very midsts of great change on this planet and we need to get our political Soul in order to meet that change with Grace.
MSNBC: Congressman says US should break the Gaza blockade “Rep. Brian Baird, a Democrat from Washington state, also urged President Barack Obama’s Mideast envoy to visit the Hamas-ruled territory to get a firsthand look at the destruction caused by Israeli’s military offensive last year. Refreshing to hear a government official speaking out on this issue, but here is another official who states he will resign in 2010.
AIR AMERICAUK’s Gordon Brown to testify before Iraq inquiry: “British leader Gordon Brown won’t testify before his country’s investigation of the Iraq war until after the next general election, the committee behind the inquiry said Wednesday.”
” [The committee's] mandate is limited to offering recommendations on how to prevent a repeat of the mistakes that dogged the invasion and its bloody aftermath.” Seems to me there is only one way to encourage leaders not to “repeat the mistakes”, which is to bring charges and prosecute all who participated in manipulating the world into enduring these terrible wars and forcing draconian Homeland Security measures on its people. “Mistake” hardly describes these illegal actions and hand slapping just will not do.
The Real News: Washington D.C. Protest targets Goldman’s billions: “A crowd of protesters have gathered outside the Washington DC headquarters of banking giant Goldman Sachs. The protesters were angry at the more than $20bn in bonuses paid to Goldman Sachs executives. Now the company is spending millions more lobbying the US congress against legislation giving the government the authority to break up big financial institutions.” Congress, if you want to keep your jobs, just say “no.” Period. Stop lobby-lining your pockets with blood money.
02/12/10
Yahoo/Bloomberg: Few Want Members of Congress Re-Elected, Poll Finds “Just 8 percent of Americans want the members of Congress re-elected, according to a CBS News-New York Times poll taken nine months before roughly one-third of the Senate and the entire House face voters.” Read it and weep, Congress. Americans are ready to clean shop.
11/17/09
Huffington Post: AP POLL: Tax The Rich To Pay For Health Care“When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.”
“The poll tested views on an even more punitive taxation scheme that was under consideration earlier, when the tax would have hit people making more than $250,000 a year. Even at that level the poll showed majority support, with 57 percent in favor and 36 percent opposed.” More specifically, how about diverting the bonuses for Wall Street (i.e. Goldman Sachs), lobbying bribes to Congress members, and the war chest of the Pentagon and using that for healthcare? The Court of Public Opinion should sentence these villains to 100 years of Community Health Service.
Powerful. Never stop demanding that we retrieve our moral compass and wipe out this savage mentality and see proceedings start on Nuremberg—The Sequel.
12/06/09:
PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness: “It’s hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.”
” ‘This administration started with a bang, saying this was going to be a new day, and we had really high expectations,’ Cardozo said. ‘We haven’t seen much of a change. The Justice Department said there would be a stronger presumption in favor of disclosure, but that hasn’t been the case.’ “ Ok, now we need a workshop on citizenry openness that is closed to the government—is that even possible in this surreal surveillance society?
Senator Bunning to Bernanke: “You are the definition of a moral hazard. Your Fed has become the Creature From Jekyll Island“. Actions speak louder than words. Bernake, Geithner, McChrystal, Holdren et. al. gotta go!
10/19/09
Cleveland Com: Obama, liberals split on security, media issues: “President Barack Obama’s desire to continue many of his predecessor’s tactics in combating terrorism and his opposition to giving reporters a stay-out-of-jail pass are opening more cracks in his relationship with many of his Democratic allies in Congress.” Cracks? More like canyons, I think. We The People are getting up to speed now in bringing this Jekyll/Hyde mentality in government to a halt, and that gives me inspiration.
“All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”Victor Hugo
05/10/09
CNN: Cheney backs Limbaugh over Powell on GOP future “As Colin Powell fires back against Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh in the latest skirmish in the battle over the future of the Republican Party, a new national poll indicates that Americans have a much more favorable opinion of Powell than Cheney or Limbaugh.”
“In an appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation, Powell dismissed attacks from Cheney and Limbaugh, saying they are “not members of the membership committee of the Republican Party.”
C-SPAN VIDEO: The Future of the American Presidency “A discussion was held on the future of the presidency. Panel members were asked to consider five questions: has to presidency become too powerful, would the founders approve of today’s presidency, does the presidency threaten our system of checks and balances, do Americans rely too much on presidential leadership to solve problems, and the extent to which the presidency contributes to public distrust. Although sponsored by conservatives, it is a well-balanced discussion and analysis regarding presidents from both the left and the right.
Ready to quit public life if charges are proved: PM (photo: PTI) May 30 2012
“Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that he was ready to give up his public career if there was even an “iota” of truth in the allegations of graft made against him by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team. “
“Earlier this week, Team Anna levelled charges of corruption against Dr. Singh and 13 Ministers, issuing a “charge sheet” against them, and demanding the setting up of a special investigation team to probe the charges. “
Fed up with corruption, activist strikes achord across India Aug 17 2011
“It began early Tuesday morning, when Delhi police detained a 74-year-old former freedom fighter named Anna Hazare, lately reinvented as the saintly face of the anti-corruption movement, as he was setting out to stage a fast-until-death for anti-graft legislation.”
” ‘I think they thought that by arresting him this movement would slowly fade away,’ said Bakhshish Singh, 42, a clothing shop owner who brought his children to a vigil Tuesday night. ‘But they’re wrong.’ ” लोगों को बिजली! Power to the People!
Thousands stage antigraft rally in India
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05/25/12
Guardian UK: Scottish independence would allow economy to grow, says Sturgeon
“Speaking before Alex Salmond launched the Scottish National party’s official campaign for independence, Sturgeon, the deputy first minister, said the central point of independence was to hand political power over to the people of Scotland.”
“What we’re arguing is that it’s best to have a situation where the big decisions about Scotland, about our future, are taken by the people who care most: the people who live here,” she told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme.” [emphasis mine]
05/21/12
NineMSN AU: Anti-corruption body needed: Xenophon
” ‘It is a glaring anomaly that the federal government, in control of a $350 billion-a-year budget, doesn’t have a peak anti-corruption body that will cover public servants, government departments and politicians,’ [Nick Xenophon] said in a statement on Tuesday.” Senator Xenophon, we need you to come and speak to our congress and our White House. Butl…then, again….you might end up on our government fascist “terrorist list” before you finish.
05/01/12
Miami Herald: Bolivia’s president nationalizes electrical grid
“Morales said only $81 million had been invested in Bolivia’s power grid since it was privatized in 1997. “
“The government, meanwhile, ‘invested $220 million in generation and others profited. For that reason, brothers and sisters, we have decided to nationalize electricity transmission,’ he said.
“Bolivian soldiers peacefully took over the company’s offices in the central city of Cochabamba, hanging Bolivia’s flag across its entry.”
04/17/12
Guardian UK: Argentine leader moves to nationalize oil shares
“Associated Press= BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Cristina Fernandez on Monday presented a bold plan to seize control of leading oil company YPF by nationalizing shares owned by Spain’s Repsol, moving to expand the state’s control over Argentina’s energy reserves despite fierce criticism from abroad.”
” ‘We are the only country in Latin America, and I would say in practically the entire world, that doesn’t manage its own natural resources,’ Fernandez said. She said her proposal ‘is not a model of statism’ but ‘the recovery of sovereignty.’ “ The latest in what appears to be a string of countries now in the process of repatriating their gold and oil.
04/16/12 Zero Hedge:At Least One Italian Export Is Soaring: Gold
“Uhm, when the country is exporting the only real asset it has for when it will need to backstop its own currency following the inevitable collapse of the EUR, this is not exactly a sign that the country’s reforms are taking effect, but rather that everyone else in Europe is stockpiling the precious metal in advance of ‘some’ event, which is coming.” [emphasis mine] Sounds like a Plan to me.
03/22/12 Zero Hedge:Turkish Government “Goes For Gold”; Seeks To “Transfer” Private Gold Holdings Into Bank System
“In other words, ‘sequester’ the population’s hard assets (politely of course), and convert these to paper to fund the country’s creditors, both foreign and domestic. Mostly foreign. In other words, Southeast Europe is slowing becoming the staging ground for the 21st century equivalent of Executive Order 6102, where first Greek, and now Turkish gold, is about to be pulled from point A to point B, where point B is some top secret vault deep under London.”
03/08/12Zero Hedge:Switzerland Wants Its Gold Back From The New York Fed
“[...]” (I)t begs the question: how many more international grassroots outcries for if not repatriation, then at least an audit of foreign gold held by the New York Fed have to take place, before Goldman’s (and New York Fed’s) Bill Dudley relents? And why are the international central banks not disclosing what their people demand, if only to confirm that the gold is present and accounted for, even if it is at the Federal Reserve?
03/07/12 Zero Hedge:Germany to Review Bundesbank Gold Reserves in Frankfurt, Paris, London and New York Fed “German lawmakers are to review Bundesbank controls of and management of Germany’s gold reserves. Parliament’s Budget Committee will assess how the central bank manages its inventory of Germany’s gold bullion bars that are believed to be stored in Frankfurt, Paris, London and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, according to German newspaper Bild. “
“The German lawmakers are following in the footsteps of US Presidential candidate Ron Paul who has long called for an audit of the US’ gold reserves.”
08/17/11 NewsCom AU: Venezuela recalling $11B in gold reserves “VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez announced today he is nationalising Venezuela’s gold mining industry and intends to bring home $11 billion in gold reserves currently held in US and European banks.”
“Venezuela has nearly $4.6 billion of its gold reserves in the Bank of England, according to a report by Finance Minister Jorge Giordani that was leaked to the media yesterday by an opposition lawmaker. The report said additional Venezuelan gold reserves are held by the US bank J.P. Morgan Chase, British banks Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered, France’s BNP Paribas and Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia.” Uh, oh. Something is going down.
04/05/12
Vancouver Sun: F-35 program proving a political pain for Tory government
“OTTAWA — The Conservative government found itself grappling Tuesday with the fallout from a scathing auditor general’s report that found major problems with the Defence Department’s handling of the troubled, multi-billion-dollar F-35 project.”
“Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s report, tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday morning, indicated Defence Department officials twisted government rules, withheld information from ministers and Parliament, and whitewashed cost overruns and delays on the F-35 program.” What goes around comes around or, more prosaically, we reap what we sow.
Finextra: Canadian govt told to take m-payments lead; banks seen as barrier to innovation
“Following an 18 month investigation, the task force for the payments system review warns that Canada is being left behind by the EU, Bric countries and even the likes of Peru, in the transition to digital payments.”
“The road to modernisation is blocked because the system is currently dominated by major banksand ‘their interests are best served by keeping at bay new entrants to the system‚ the very entrants who would bring the innovations that Canadians need,’ argues the task force.” The days of the megalomaniacal bankster mindset are coming to a close relatively rapidly now.
The Northern Echo: Truckers to blockade UK refineries in support of striking tanker drivers
“County Durham farmer Andrew Spence, leader of the Fuel Lobby which nearly brought the country to a standstill in 2000, said supporters were ready to prevent soldiers moving fuel around the UK. “
“Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, said the Government should ‘come clean’ on its role in the dispute. He said: ‘Over the past few days its every move has been designed to whip up unnecessary tension at the expense of the public.’ “ The Voice of the People grows louder and stronger.
04/01/12
Reuters: Myanmar opposition claims by-election win for Suu Kyi
“Her National League for Democracy (NLD) party announced to loud cheers at its headquarters that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate had won in Kawhmu, south of the commercial capital Yangon, paving the way for her first role in government after a two decade struggle against dictatorship.”
“Some U.S. restrictions such as visa bans and asset freezes could be lifted quickly if the election goes smoothly, diplomats say, while the EU may end its ban on investment in timber and the mining of gemstones and metals.” A breath of fresh air for Myanmar, it appears. Let’s hope she knows how to generate enough pressure to make the international Global “Investment” Vultures back off from snatching control of Myanmar’s valuable resources from the rightful hands of its own people.
03/29/12
SMH Com AU/AP: Swedish minister resigns amid Saudi row
“Sweden’s defence minister has stepped down, citing the pressure he has faced from the country’s media over leaked plans to build a weapons plant in Saudi Arabia.”
“Two criminal investigations were started: One to find out whether a shell company was set up to avoid any direct links between a Swedish military agency and the Saudi regime, and another to determine whether the document leak was a breach of national security.” …and another one gone, and another one gone…
03/26/12
The Hindu: Army Chief’s charge pits military brass against Ministry officials
“Chief of the Army Staff General V.K. Singh’s charge that he was offered a bribe of Rs.14 crore for purchasing sub-standard trucks has sparked a crisis that threatens to escalate into a frontal confrontation between the military brass, the Ministry of Defence’s civilian bureaucrats and the political leadership. “
“Even as the Ministry ordered a CBI probe into the allegation, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned minutes after the proceedings began, as vociferous Opposition members waved copies of The Hindu and demanded a statement from the government. “
Falkvinge Net: Pirate Party WINS in Saarland Elections, Enters Parliament
“With all of the districts counted, the Piratenpartei in Saarland has achieved 7.4% of the vote, way above predictions of 5-6 per cent. SEVEN point FOUR!”
“There are 51 seats in Saarland’s parliament. With all the votes counted, we see that the Piratenpartei has won four seats, twice that of the Green Party. The FDP party has been effectively eliminated, clocking in at a mere 1.2%, which will pose problems for Angela Merkel’s CDU next year.”
03/02/12 Spiegel:Web Platform Makes Professor Most Powerful Pirate
“Martin Haase doesn’t have to give any hard-hitting speeches at party conferences, nor does he spend time at board meetings or in back rooms to hone his power. When the 49-year-old professor wants to engage in politics, he just opens his laptop and logs in to Liquid Feedback, the Pirate Party’s online platform for discussing and voting on political proposals.”
“The open source Liquid Feedback software — developed in Berlin and launched by the Pirates in 2010 — is unique in German party politics. With the platform, issues that would previously only gradually find their way to the national leadership through local, district and state organizations can quickly gain momentum and importance, so that they can then be voted on at party conferences.”
03/25/12
Reuters: Australia’s ruling Labor Party crushed in state polls:
“While having no direct impact on federal politics, the result is likely to be a worry for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her Labor Party who hold a knife-edge, one-seat majority in the federal parliament with the backing of the Greens and two independents.”
” ‘This result is absolutely shattering for the Australian Labor Party,’ [Premier Anna] Bligh [who has now resigned] said. ‘This is much more than a loss, it is without doubt a devastating defeat.’ “
02/27/12
AJE: Australia’s PM retains Labor Party leadership
“Rudd’s supporters earlier put Gillard on notice that whatever the leadership result, she must lift the government’s standing in opinion polls or she could still be dumped as prime minister before the next election.”
“The leadership vote has exposed deep divisions within the unpopular government, which opinion polls show would lose an election by a landslide.” So, the chasm between the “bought” Parliament and the Voice of the People has grown ever so vast.
Australia’s foreign minister resigns in leadership row Feb 22 2012
“Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced his resignation during a news conference in Washington, where he was visiting on official business, saying speculation that he planned to seize power from Gillard had become a distraction.”
“Gillard ousted Rudd as prime minister in June 2010 in an internal coup, and their center-left Labor Party scraped through elections later that year to lead a minority government. Polls now suggest Labor would suffer a devastating defeat, but Gillard maintains she has her colleagues’ support.” The boomerang of just deserves now lands at Gillard’s feet during its latest world-tour stop.
03/16/12
Deseret: German court orders Nazi-seized art returned
“BERLIN — Germany’s top federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from the U.S. thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Gestapo, saying that for the institution to keep them would be perpetuating the crimes of the Nazis.”
“The ruling appears to bring to an end some seven years of legal battles to have the vast collection of posters dating back to the late 19th century returned.” It’s pathetic that it took seven years of court battles to give this man what was rightfully his in the first place—the conclusion of this court should have been a no brainer to prior courts from the beginning.
03/15/12
Montreal Gazette: French spies to stage labour protest
“The head of the SNOP union, which represents senior police officers and is the main labour body for members of the DCRI security agency, said his members planned a ‘gathering” at their Paris headquarters on Friday.’ “
“Union secretary general Jean-Marc Bailleul said his members were protesting ‘human resources management’ at the spy agency, and in particular the recent naming of a senior administrator to a post normally held by a field agent.” Ummm…maybe the headline could read The Spy Who Loathed Me?
Peace activists denied entry into South Korea, Jeju Island March 15 2012
“According to reports from Veterans for Peace, the denied activists were: Tarak Kauff, Elliott Adams, and Mike Hastie… ‘who were met by South Korean authorities when they landed on Jeju Island via Shanghai, China. The South Korean authorities had a photo of each of them in their hands and told them they would not be allowed to enter Jeju Island.’ “
“On the fourteenth of March Angie Zelter and Benji Monnet were deported from South Korea after being arrested for protesting against the works to build the navy base.”
“Mr Gagnon says the South Korean corporation Samsung is the lead contractor building the Navy base on Jeju and suggested a boycott of Samsung.” [emphasis mine]
More from Ward Reilly on FB: “This case though illustrates just how much the South Korean puppet regime fears the growing international movement to support the fight against the Navy base on Jeju Island. We know where the South Korean authorities got the photos of the three American veterans. They got them from the US military who is pressuring the South Korean government to build this base that will be used to port U.S. warships that will be used in Obama’s military “pivot” into the Asia-Pacific region.” [emphasis mine]
03/14/12
AJE: China premier calls for political reforms “Wen Jiabao warns of risk of ‘Cultural Revolution’-style chaos, as parliament passes reforms on criminal detentions.”
“Wen’s comments came after China’s parliament approved revisions to a key criminal law that, at least on paper, will restrict police powers to secretly detain people, a tactic which human rights campaigners say is increasingly used against activists and government critics.” A little progress made in this area. Ultimately, NO living individual anywhere in the world should be kept in “secret” prisons anywhere. Incarcerations should be published, along with the reason(s) and families notified immediately. Period, point. Sunlight indeed is the best disinfectant.
03/11/12
AJE: Slovak opposition in landslide election win
“With the results coming in on Sunday, votes from 5,811 of the 5,956 polling stations counted by the Statistics Office have the Smer-Social Democracy Party of Robert Fico, former prime minister, as the clear winner with 44.8 per cent of the vote, or 84 seats in the 150-seat parliament.”
“The Social Democrats stood on a pledge to tax the rich and better protect the working class as the country grapples with high unemployment and economic turmoil.”
“At the core of the SDKU rout lies the leaking of a secret so-called Gorilla fraud scandal.” [link added by me]
03/08/12
Canada Com: Conservatives about-face, now support NDP move to boost Elections Canada’s powers
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, in a sudden flip-flop, have revealed they are prepared to support giving more investigative powers to Canada’s chief electoral officer.
“Mayrand had sought new powers to force parties to verify their election expenses with detailed records and receipts – a responsibility the Tories said should instead rest in the hands of private-sector compliance auditors hired by the parties themselves.” Private-sector interests should notbe running anything involving the right of the public citizenry to a voice with its vote. Their participation can only mean that attempts are made to cover up voting fraud, political sleight-of-hand and illegal financial transactions.
France24: Ivorian PM steps down to make way for change
“REUTERS – Ivory Coast’s prime minister Guillaume Soro and his cabinet resigned on Thursday, paving the way for the formation of a broader coalition government after parliamentary elections late last year.”
03/03/12
Telegraph: German town hunts mysterious philanthropist
“The first recipient of the Samaritan’s generosity was a local who had thousands of euros in cash stolen in a burglary. Since then a soup kitchen, a seriously disabled boy and a museum have been among those to receive an envelope.”
“The philanthropist last struck last week leaving an envelope stuffed with 20 EUR 500 notes under the doormat of a hospice.” This may be a very charitable but remorseful duo – a man and woman team. Just a thought.
06/24/10
Gillard Becomes Australian Leader, Ousting Rudd“Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female prime minister, ousting Kevin Rudd as Labor Party leader after his plans to boost taxes on the mining industry deepened a slump in opinion polls.”
” ‘This is the most dramatic leadership change in Australian political history,’ Nick Economou, a lecturer in politics at Monash University in Melbourne, said in a phone interview.“
PM Kevin Rudd stands down media conference (multipart)
German President Christian Wulff Resigns ( photo: Michael Kappeler dpa/lbn Bildfunk) Feb 17 2012
“Following the announcement by prosecutors that they would seek to lift his immunity, German President Christian Wulff announced Friday morning he would resign as the country’s head of state. Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her deep regret and stated she would seek out a joint candidate supported by the major parties.” Down and down they go, round and round they go, in a spin…..
02/15/12
Spiegel:Prosecutors May Petition to Lift [German President] Wulff’s Immunity “The list of dubious dealings involving scandal-plagued German President Christian Wulff just keeps getting longer. But public prosecutors are hampered from investigating the allegations because of Wulff’s immunity as head of state. Now they are considering the nuclear option: asking parliament to revoke his protection.”
“Wulff could avert all this trouble by resigning. But no one in the CDU in Lower Saxony has dared to call for his resignation yet.”
“Sending in the public prosecutor’s office would be a much more elegant approach.” This is an idea whose time truly has come.
02/15/12
Yahoo: World Bank President Leaving
“WASHINGTON (AP) — World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday he is stepping down, raising the possibility that a non-American might be chosen for the first time to head the 187-nation lending organization.”
“White House spokesman Jay Carney said he did not know if President Barack Obama had spoken with Zoellick and had no information on possible successors. ‘There has been much speculation but I’m not going to confirm any of it,’ Carney said.” This important news definitely could be signaling a “changing of the guard”, posited in the Financial Tyranny investigation.
Chris Huhne resigns over criminal charge in speeding case (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA) Feb 03 2012
face a criminal charge in connection with allegedly dodging a speeding offence.”
“In a televised announcement, Keir Starmer said Huhne’s former wife, Vicky Pryce, would also be prosecuted over allegations she took speeding penalty points on his behalf in 2003.” There very likely is a much deeper issue going on than resigning over a 9-year-old “dodging” of a traffic ticket. It feels to me as though a much more damaging revelation was threatening to surface if he remained—it may still. Time will tell.
02/01/12
Journal News: Nobel peace prize jury under investigation
“STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Nobel Peace Prize officials were facing a formal inquiry over accusations they have drifted away from the prize’s original selection criteria by choosing such winners as President Barack Obama, as the nomination deadline for the 2012 awards closed Wednesday.”
“‘Do you see Obama as a promoter of abolishing the military as a tool of international affairs?’ Heffermehl asked rhetorically.” Good time to revisit this issue.
01/28/12
ZDNet: Pirate Bay to allow real-object downloads
“”Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like three-dimensional printers, scanners and such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future, you will print your spare parts for your vehicles,” The Pirate Bay predicted in its post yesterday.”
“The site, well known due to accusations of it aiding and abetting copyright infringement, took a philanthropic approach to the announcement, saying that it would likely change the world in a matter of years.” Now, this is an awesome “voice” for our future, utilizing technology to enable the masses to share and build on each others visions.
01/26/12
France24: Sarkozy confession to press sets rumour mill spinning
“According to reports on Tuesday by AFP news agency, Le Monde and Liberation newspapers, and other media organisations, Sarkozy told a small gathering of reporters that “for the first time in my life I am faced with the possibility that my career is coming to an end.”
“The exchange, which occurred during the president’s visit to French Guyana on Sunday, immediately became a subject of intense speculation in France. Were Sarkozy’s words a from-the-heart confession or a calculated move to garner sympathy?” C’est la vie.
01/19/12
France24: Russian stars launch ‘Voters’ League’ to fight fraud
“AFP – Russian celebrities including TV presenters, writers and a rock star on Wednesday launched a Voters’ League aimed at fighting fraud in March 4 polls where Vladimir Putin is seeking a third term.”
” ‘It’s clear to everyone that a new public mood has developed, a desire of people to vote consciously and to know where their vote goes.’ “ Absolutely. And this “new public mood” spans continents and is far more aware and AWAKE to what has repressed the masses for 26K years. In 2012, we begin the end of giving our power to delusional tyrants.
01/18/12
Denver Post: Cyprus air traffic controllers strike over wages
“The latest strike action on the island nation comes in the wake of last month’s package of cost cuts and tax increases, which are intended to boost investor confidence. Cyprus is struggling to convince investors it has a strategy to deal with its problems and its credit rating was cut last week to junk status by the Standard & Poor‘s ratings agency largely because of the country’s sizable financial sector’s heavy exposure to Greek debt. “ The only really smart investor is the one who invests in their local community. Investing locally means the investor will be much more careful and mindful of the health of the community. Invest in your farmers; in your neighbor’s small business; and in public schools that teach your children how to navigate the world and respect nature, not destroy it. To global bankster investors, you are just a statistic, which is why they have put themselves, and humanity, in the mess they have created.
01/08/12
Spiegel: China Puts the Brakes on Foreign Automakers
“The sea change is coming slowly, as if to protect those affected from being startled out of their festive mood. At the end of last year, the Chinese government’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved a new industrial plan that could have a devastating effect on German car manufacturers like Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes once it takes effect in late January.”
“To protect the ‘healthy development’ of their domestic auto industry, the NDRC said it would remove car manufacturing from the list of industries where it encourages foreign investment. The goal of the change is clear: Beijing wants to help its own carmakers break into the market. “
Countess of Wessex ‘should return bloodstained’ gems to Bahrain (Photograph: Ali Fraidoon/AP) Jan 07 2012
“Gems accepted by the Countess of Wessex from Bahrain‘s royal family should be sold to benefit victims of the regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners, according to a former foreign office minister.”
“Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who has supported the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain, said: ‘Given the bloody repression of peaceful protests by the king of Bahrain, the foreign secretary, William Hague, should have never authorised Edward and Sophie to visit the country – let alone accept these extravagant gifts.’ “ Before the age of global social media, we wouldn’t have heard such a sudden case of “latent morality” burst from elites at all regarding human rights abuses anywhere. Yes, Sunlight is a potent disinfectant, is it not?
01/07/12
AJE: Jamaica ‘to cut ties with British Monarchy’
“Jamaica’s new prime minister has said that it is time for her country to cut ties with the British monarchy and declare itself an independent republic.”
“Speaking at her inaugural address on Friday, Portia Simpson Miller, said her government would ‘initiate the process of detachment from the monarchy’, establishing a republic with a president as head of state, and breaking off links with the former colonial power.” Good start for Jamaica’s new PM.
01/05/12
TorrentFreak: US Threatened To Blacklist Spain For Not Implementing Site Blocking Law
” In a letter dated December 12th and sent by US Ambassador Alan D. Solomont to the Spanish Prime Minister’s office, the US expressed ‘deep concern’ over the failure to implement the SOPA-style censorship law.”
“Solomont’s threat was that should Spain not pass the Sinde Law (described by some as the Spanish SOPA) then the country would be degraded further and placed on the Priority Watch List. This serious step would mean that Spain was in breach of trade agreements and could be subjected to a range of ‘retaliatory actions’.” Hundreds of millions of lives are suffering and human rights are stripped for what? For the sake of collectivist, monopolistic, psychopathic corporatists. Fortunately, 2012 will be seen as the Year of Cleaning House around the world.
01/04/12
UPI: Caterpillar Inc. locks out 500 Canadians
“The workers at Electro-Motive Diesel in London, Ontario, are members of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, who were given an ultimatum to accept a reduction from $35 to $16.50 per hour, as well as a cut in benefits, the QMI Agency reported.”
“The union has stated it wouldn’t accept cuts of any kind and says Caterpillar is posting record profits, the report said.” Nothing here about CEO’s/execs taking 50% pay cuts. Fellow job seekers should avoid signing up to Caterpillar in the spirit of Justice and unity. Humanity must break down these Castles of Greed. These 500 locomotive workers have the collective experience to design a clean-energy monorail system that benefits Humanity. Forget these tyrants.
12/28/11
Procurement Leaders: Japan and China agree currency deal
“In an effort to reduce costs for businesses and promote trade Japan and China have agreed on a plan to promote the direct exchange of the yuan and yen between the two Asian giants.” So, that’s sort of the “yin-yang” of this story.
12/21/11
Global Research CA Bank of Canada Challenged in Legal Action
“Canadian constitutional lawyer, Rocco Galati, on behalf of Canadians William Krehm, and Ann Emmett, and COMER (Committee for Monetary and Economic Reform) on December 12th, 2011 filed an action in Federal Court, to restore the use of the Bank of Canada to its original purpose, by exercising its public statutory duty and responsibility. That purpose includes making interest free loans to municipal/provincial/federal governments for “human capital” expenditures (education, health, other social services) and /or infrastructure expenditures.”
“The action also constitutionally challenges the government’s fallacious accounting methods in its tabling of the budget by not calculating nor revealing the true and total revenues of the nation before transferring back “tax credits” to corporations and other taxpayers.” Stay strong, Canada, against the global banksters.
WaPo: Russian blogger Alexei Navalny released from jail
“Early Wednesday, police played a cat-and-mouse game with Navalny’s release, trying to avoid a rally from popping up the moment he was sprung from custody. A crowd gathered at the building where he had been held, but he was smuggled into a van and taken to a police station in his Moscow neighborhood, with supporters trudging through the snow to find him once they realized what had happened.”
” ‘For so many years we blamed the Russian people for doing nothing, for not taking to the streets, for not caring about politics,’ said Ilya Klishin, a blogger who has been organizing social media for the protests. ‘Now they’ve taken to the streets. It’s a real challenge, what to do with that. We’ve called for it and here it is.‘”
12/10/11 Photos of Moscow rally “for fair elections”, from helicopter “December 10 in Moscow at the Swamp area held a protest rally in the all-Russian action against the rigging of elections to the Duma. We present the aerial photographs of the rally. It was made by means of radio-controlled model helicopter, which in the process several times to no avail was fired from the pistol.” [Google translation]
10/31/11
Miami Herald: Palestine Becomes Member of UNESCO “White House spokesman Jay Carney called UNESCO’s decision ‘premature’ and said it undermines the international community’s goal of a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. He called it a distraction from the goal of restarting direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.” This “International Community” delusion is bull crappy, comprising the voices of <0.001% of the world. When the world population is given a referendum on decisions, then it will be “international.” Until then, its just a minute number of “groupies” tossing their MegaEgo around.
10/27/11
Denver Post: Tunisia’s moderate Islamists win landmark vote “TUNIS, Tunisia—Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahda, banned for decades, emerged the official victor in the nation’s first free elections, taking 41.47 percent of the vote and 90 of 217 seats in an assembly that will write a new constitution, the electoral commission announced Thursday.”
“The announcement of final results in Sunday’s landmark voting capped an ebullient period for this small North African country, which inspired the Arab Spring as it moves toward democracy after more than a half-century under one-party systems.”
Italian author wins free-speech prize for mafia expose Oct 12 2011
“London:Italian writer Roberto Saviano, who has lived under police protection since penning 2006 bestseller ‘Gomorrah’ about Naples’ mafia, has won the PEN/Pinter International Writer of Courage Award.”
” ‘Roberto Saviano took on the Neopolitan mafia, first in the novel Gomorrah and then in the film made from it,’ playwright Hare said at an awards ceremony in London on Monday. ‘He did so at great risk to his own safety. My hope in sharing my prize with him is that a measure of recognition from PEN may, in however small a way, make his life easier.’ “
10/07/11
MSNBC: Arab uprisings’ women celebrate Nobel recognition “Karman’s Nobel Peace Prize draws attention to the role of women in the Arab Spring uprisings; they have rebelled not only against dictators but against a traditional, conservative mindset that fears women as agents of change.”
“Women have participated in all the protests sweeping the Arab world, working both online to mobilize and on the ground to march, chant and even throw themselves into stone-throwing clashes with security forces — side by side with men.”
“A 32-year old writer, Karman shared the $1.5 million prize with two other women, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist. It was the first time an Arab woman has won a Nobel Peace Prize.” Ultimately, the women will always push our world forward to positive change; they birth the world’s progeny and have a big stake in nurturing a better world for them, which is why all strictly patriarchal systems have for ages distained the feminine. Congratulations!
Saudi king allows women to vote in local elections Sep 25 2011
“Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation’s women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.”
“Seizing on the season of protest in the Arab world, Saudi women’s groups have also staged public defiance of the kingdom’s ban on female driving. Saudi authorities went relatively easy on the women, who took to the roads earlier this year and gained worldwide attention through social media.” For someone who lives in a relatively free part of the world, it’s incredulous that in the 21st century, these woman only now win a right to vote! We are roughly one-half of the world population and one-half the voices in Saudi Arabia have not even been heard!
Berlusconi told to quit over new sex scandal Sep 19 2011
“Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is facing growing pressure to resign after embarrassing new revelations of parties and young women prompted questions about his ability to govern a country rocked by financial crisis.”
“Opposition parties stepped up calls for Berlusconi to resign after the latest disclosures, saying a country immersed in a debt crisis that threatens the entire euro zone could not afford a premier who governs in his spare time.” What a pathetic excuse for a “leader”.
Denmark’s ‘red bloc’ topples government (AP Photo/Jens Dresling/POLFOTO) Sep 16 2011
“Social Democratic leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 44, is set to become Denmark’s first female head of government after her alliance secured 92 seats and a narrow majority in the 179-seat Folketing.”
“The outcome of the ballot Thursday ended 10 years of center-right rule and cut the influence of the Danish People’s Party, an anti-immigration group that had used its leverage in the legislature to clamp down on asylum-seekers, especially Muslims.” People Power in action.
08/17/11
MSNBC: Chile faces 2-day shutdown over ‘utopian’ demands “They want to replace Chile’s dictatorship-era constitution, which concentrates vast power in the presidency, with a new charter enabling popular referendums and making free quality education a right for all citizens. They also want pension reforms, a new labor code and more health care spending.” “Students delivered a letter to the palace Tuesday asking for Pinera’s direct intervention to resolve the conflict. University of Chile student leader Camila Vallejo described it as a plea for Pinera to clarify whether ‘he really has the willingness to see education as a universal social right, and not as a consumer good, as he has suggested.’ “
A free education is a birthright of every generation! If we are going to bring them into this world, we are obligated to provide freely the proper skills they need to navigate this planet, find their own happiness, and help humanity move forward. It’s a no-brainer! Private corporations trying to profit off the very lifeblood of this planet are parasites of the worst kind. Our collective health and well-being depends on our children, too many of which are being starved emotionally and intellectually by these megalomaniacs, while our natural environment is ruthlessly being destroyed. Chile’s government says the demands of the protesters are ‘utopian’— bully crappy—it is the twisted ’dystopian’ view of NWO power mongers that needs to change.
08/17/11
NewsCom AU: Venezuela recalling $11B in gold reserves “VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez announced today he is nationalising Venezuela’s gold mining industry and intends to bring home $11 billion in gold reserves currently held in US and European banks.”
” ‘At the time of these disturbances, it’s preferable to recover our assets, in this case the gold, and have it here in the vaults,’ Merentes said.”
“Venezuela has nearly $4.6 billion of its gold reserves in the Bank of England, according to a report by Finance Minister Jorge Giordani that was leaked to the media yesterday by an opposition lawmaker. The report said additional Venezuelan gold reserves are held by the US bank J.P. Morgan Chase, British banks Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered, France’s BNP Paribas and Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia.” Uh, oh.
07/29/11
News International scandal just tip of icebrg of unelected oligarchies and corporate power… July 29 2011
London School of Economics and Political Science: News International scandal just tip of iceberg of unelected oligarchies and corporate power… “Simply put, the cost of the financial crisis has been successfully transferred onto taxpayers, and public anger displaced from the bankers onto the governments which are slavishly following their favoured prescriptions for addressing the deficit in the public finances. The latest European bailout of Greece is following a similar pattern in transferring the risk of a future Greek default from the financial institutions which have made good money from the crisis onto the shoulders of Europe’s taxpayers. The old saying ‘privatise the profits, socialise the losses’ is being fulfilled in its most extreme form. We have seen this principle in operation repeatedly whenever private sector management of a public service runs into difficulty and is judged unprofitable, or when the cherry-picking of profitable parts of a public service leaves the remainder financially unviable. It is the taxpayer who foots the bill for putting things right, and paying the cost of corporate incompetence or profligacy.”
Hugo Chavez’s cancer puts 2012 Venezuela elections in doubt (Reuters photo) July 01 2011
“CARACAS — The political future of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s socialist experiment hangs on a critical issue: just how sick is he?”
“The ailing president told a stunned nation Thursday night that he has cancer, but did not say what kind or at what stage. Doctors consulted in Miami and Venezuela agree that from the few details Chávez shared, he most likely has colon cancer and could face treatment for the next eight to nine months.” The era of the “old guard” is rapidly closing in our world. World leaders hanging on to obsolete ideologies are falling quickly now. The rubber band of extremism in all forms (politics, economics, religion, sports, etc) is ready to snap at its own weak links. The vibrations of that energetic release will expand into whole new Truths and realities over the 18 months. Leaders who cannot release their contracted, self-magnified energy will simply be slung into the Abyss of past. [Okay, probably sounds convoluted but I just transcribe words that "inspiration" gives me.]
A Brief History of the Corporation: 1600 to 2100 – June 2011
momentary bounce-back in the stock ruined his plans, and he skipped town leaving £550,000 in debt. Much of this was owed to the Ayr Bank, which imploded. In less than three weeks, another 30 banks collapsed across Europe, bringing trade to a standstill. On July 15, the directors of the Company applied to the Bank of England for a £400,000 loan. Two weeks later, they wanted another £300,000. By August, the directors wanted a £1 million bailout. The news began leaking out and seemingly contrite executives, running from angry shareholders, faced furious Parliament members. By January, the terms of a comprehensive bailout were worked out, and the British government inserted its czars into the Company’s management to ensure compliance with its terms.”
“If this sounds eerily familiar, it shouldn’t. The year was 1772, exactly 239 years ago today, the apogee of power for the corporation as a business construct. The company was the British East India company (EIC). The bubble that burst was the East India Bubble. Between the founding of the EIC in 1600 and the post-subprime world of 2011, the idea of the corporation was born, matured, over-extended, reined-in, refined, patched, updated, over-extended again, propped-up and finally widely declared to be obsolete. Between 2011 and 2100, it will decline — hopefully gracefully — into a well-behaved retiree on the economic scene.” (emphasis mine) It is very rare that I find insights from an author who truly has the “eyes to see.” This is one of them, IMHO.
06/17/11
Saudi Women Driving: Saudi Women Driving Cars with Relative Impunity “Today, a number of Saudi women cruised through the streets of Saudi Arabia in automobiles, protesting the country’s male-only driving rules. Fortunately, it appears the rogue drivers got away with the protest with relative impunity, according to reports on Twitter and wire services.”
#Women2Drive in Saudi Arabia – An Interview with a Saudi Woman Driver
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Go, girls!!! The patriarchal war against women started with ancient “religions” that were so frightened by The Feminine, they created cultural taboos to suppress and subject it. Women, who have risked their lives to birth the children of this breed of arrogantly dominent men over the centuries; women, who have understood most the laws of economics because they are the ones who provide a home rather than just a house; women, who have nurtured and stabilized civilization itself have been made for centuries to suffer at the hands of men who somehow find them a threat…but to what? Their own completely repressed Feminine aspect? Fortunately, the patriarchal thumb-on-screw mentality in many areas is dying, albeit kicking and screaming as they go. Get with the Awakening or step aside.
06/12/11
AJE: Anti-Rape ‘Slut Walk” Hits London “Thousands of women marched through the streets of London proclaiming their right to dress as they choose – without fear of being attacked. Their rally followed a similar event in Canada, prompted by comments made by a Toronto policeman to a group of students.“ Why is it that there is a breed of male in this world that just cannot admire The Feminine without proceeding to savagely destroy it? Rape is not about women dressing “like sluts.” It is about exercising domination over something they perceive as vulnerable and therefore an object to subject , whether a woman (of any age) or Mother Nature Herself! Maybe its the lack of mtDNA in most males?
Protest in the Med: rallies against cuts and corruption spread (Photo: ANdrea Comas/Reuters) May 22, 2011
“A youth-led rebellion is spreading across southern Europe as a new generation of protesters takes possession of squares and parks in cities around Spain, united by a rejection of mainstream politicians and fury over spending cuts. Protests are also planned in Italy, where the tag #italianrevolution is a trend on Twitter. Plans have been announced for a piazza occupation in Florenceon Thursday night, and for further protests in Italian cities, including Rome and Milan, on Friday.”
“”Everyone is here for their own reasons and with their own proposals,” said Luis de Pinedo, 20, an anthropology student who was handing out flyers in the Puerta del Sol explaining that the protesters did not represent any political party. ‘We are having to pay for an economic crisis that we didn’t cause but which was provoked by the banks,’ he said.”
Spanish protest at dropping living standards (21May11)
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So, now the Medi Spring flowers and spreads its seeds. As with the Arab Spring, the reasons for these revolutions may not always be articulated well but it ALL points to a growing world citizen army building consensus against the Global/International Banksters and the collective government leaders who serve them. I would look for the virus coming to America by Summer with demands including an end the Federal Reserve, a cut of billions in military funding overseas and investment in the citizens our govt is SUPPOSED TO SERVE, and bringing war criminals who have occupied our own government to trial.
UPI: Forecast: Spain’s protests to ‘go global’ “Growing unrest in Spain will spread throughout Europe this summer and ‘go global’ by winter, a U.S. trends forecaster said in an interview posted Friday.”
” ‘Young people have wised up. They know the score, ‘ Trends Research Institute Director Gerald Celente told King World News. ‘Those are the people that are ahead of all of these revolutions.’ “
Scottish Spring – Tables Tip in Scottish elections May 06, 2011
“Scotland emerges from its election completely and utterly changed.”
“Whatever one thinks of Alex Salmond’s brand of populist, opportunist, catch-all politics, it has paid rich dividends. Scottish politics and Scotland have been remade and will never be the same again. The SNP has been utterly changed and looks like it is morphing into an inclusive nationwide movement for change. The Nationalists under Salmond have developed a convincing story of what the Scottish Parliament should be: the fulcrum of public life and aiding the evolution of self-government.”
Scotland independence looms after SNP win – Press TV News
Leaked report alleges that Harper Govt illegally handed 50M taxpayer dollars to a single Conservative riding – and then covered it up as G8 summit spending April 17 2011
“This week, a leaked report alleged that the Harper Government illegally handed 50 million taxpayer dollars to a single Conservative riding – and then covered it up as G8 summit spending. With Canadians heading to the polls in mere weeks, we need to know the truth about Harper and his loose-fisted ministers.”
“We call on all party leaders to urgently file an official request with the Auditor General to publicly release the G8 spending report before election day on May 2nd, and we call on the Auditor General to comply with that request. There is no legal barrier to this release, and Canadians have a right to know the truth about G8 spending before we choose our next government.” Sign the petition here
Finnish nationalists could derail Europe bailouts April 17, 2011
“A huge surge in support for a Finnish nationalist party that opposes eurozone bailouts is complicating Europe’s plans to rescue Portugal and other debt-ridden economies.”
“The sharp rise of the True Finns in Sunday’s nation election represents a watershed moment in Finnish politics, which have traditionally been dominated by the Social Democrats, the Center Party and the conservative National Coalition party.”
In Britain, many are weary of royal wedding mania March 30 2011
“Two specially commissioned airline style sick bag for people who have had too much of the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, are seen in a London gallery, Friday, March, 25, 2011. While millions around the world are following every detail of the wedding planning, the guest list, the decor and the dress, others are trying to tune it out. In the British press, scores of stories about the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton sit alongside grimmer news: Earthquake and tsunami destruction in Japan, war in Libya, and at home a diet of spending cuts, job losses and inflation. It’s no surprise many people are not in a party mood. The couple are scheduled to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29. (Alastair Grant / AP)”
Merkels party set to lose power in German state March 27 2011
“An exit poll indicates German chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has suffered a defeat in a state election after almost six decades in power there.”
“The exit poll published Sunday by public broadcaster ARD in Baden-Wuerttemberg state also says the opposition anti-nuclear Greens could win their first-ever governorship.”
“Russian elder statesman Mikhail Gorbachev has said Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, should not stand again for the presidency amid speculation he is planning a return to the Kremlin in 2012. In comments published on Wednesday on the former Soviet leader’s 80th birthday, Gorbachev told Russia’s Argumenty i Fakty magazine that Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, the current president, needed to understand ‘their time is limited’.”
“But Gorbachev, who was the Soviet leader from 1985 until the collapse of the Communist government in 1991, said: “Vladimir Putin has already served two terms, and one more as prime minister. I would not run for president if I were in his place… People … do not want to be a mass, a flock led for decades by the same shepherds.” [emphasis mine]
10’000 Egyptian protesters force police to retreat over bridge. 28TH jan 2011
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The bridge… it is soooo symbolic, crossing from the old regime to a new prosperity….we hope. It may well be that The Cradle of Civilization will be the Grave of Tyrants.
Israel watches Egypt uprising with fear “Writing in the Haaretz daily, columnist Aluf Benn speculated that President Hosni Mubarak’s ‘fading power’ leaves Israel with few friends in the Middle East.”
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi released Nov 13 2010
“Myanmar’s military government freed its archrival, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Saturday after her latest term of detention expired. Several thousand jubilant supporters streamed to her residence.”
“The 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whose latest period of detention spanned 7 1/2 years, has come to symbolize the struggle for democracy in the Southeast Asian nation ruled by the military since 1962. The release from house arrest of one of the world’s most prominent political prisoners came a week after an election that was swept by the military’s proxy political party and decried by Western nations as a sham designed to perpetuate authoritarian control.”
10/21/10
Las Vegas Sun: Google: 244,000 Germans say ‘no’ to Street View
” ‘The high number of objections to Google Street View shows that citizens want to decide which data about themselves is published on the Internet,’ said Peter Schaar, the head of Germany’s data protection watchdog.”
“The California-based company lost the trust of many in Europe this spring when it had to acknowledge that the technology used by its Street View cars had also vacuumed up fragments of people’s online activities broadcast over public Wi-Fi networks for the past four years. Authorities in Spain, meanwhile, said Thursday that Google faces two probes there over Street View, after the country’s data protection agency said it had found evidence that the company may have committed five offenses by capturing and storing data from users connected to Wi-Fi networks while it collected material for its mapping feature, and transferred this data to the United States.”
Druids recognized as religion for first time in UK Oct 02 2010
“Druids have been worshipping the sun and earth for thousands of years in Europe, but now they can say they’re practicing an officially recognized religion.”
“Ancient Druids were known to be religious leaders, judges and sages among the Celts during pre-Christian times, although little evidence about their lives survived. There are now various Druid orders and about 10,000 practitioners in Britain — and believers said the numbers are growing because more people are becoming aware of the importance to preserve the environment.
USA: Shadow over justice: Absence of accountability and remedy casts shadow over opening of trial of former secret detainee accused in embassy bombings Oct 01 2010
“In essence, [Judge Lewis Kaplan] found, the Bush administration’s failure to bring Ahmed Ghailani to trial stemmed from its policy decision to prioritize intelligence gathering over due process, and its decision to treat him as a captive in a situation of armed conflict (i.e. a pervasive global war with al-Qa’idain which the USA has claimed human rights obligations are simply inapplicable). Whatever the judge’s characterisations and conclusions regarding domestic US law, however, the fact that the USA has for a number of years now chosen to disregard its clear obligations under international human rights law and to rely on distortions of the international law of armed conflict, provides no justification under international law for the violations the USA has committed against Ahmed Ghailani, including enforced disappearance and violations of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
Ecuador police riot, Pres. Correa assaulted Oct 01 2010
“Ecuador teetered on the brink of chaos early today as rebellious police officers protesting against austerity measures blocked airports and roads, occupied the national assembly and besieged the president in a hospital after physically assaulting him. The drama was sparked by a vote in congress on Wednesday which cut the benefits of police and members of the armed forces. The response was swift and underlined Ecuador’s reputation as South America’s most volatile country.”
“Correa, who has a Belgian wife, was elected in 2006 promising to spread the benefits of oil, gas and other revenues to the poor in the Andean mountains, Amazon forests and Pacific coast slums. He defaulted on a $2.8bn (£1.8bn) debt, calling it illegitimate, and boosted spending on education and health. He was re-elected under the new constitution last year but since then public sector workers and indigenous groups, among others, have accused him of breaking promises.”
RT Ecuador’s presidentdefiant over mutiny
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Archival from 04/10/08: Ecuador: ‘CIA Infiltration’ Charges Prompt Shake-Up in Armed Forces“President Rafael Correa’s allegations that intelligence services in Ecuador had been infiltrated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have led to a shake-up in the armed forces of unforeseeable consequences.”
[A high-level Ecuadorean military officer stated,]“It is necessary”… for ‘independent and progressive sectors to regain control over the institution.’ He also called for ‘a reduction of the power of a group that answers to former president Lucio Gutiérrez’ (2003-2005), a former army colonel who was removed as president by Congress and replaced by his vice president Alfredo Palacio.”
MEPs demand explanation on US plan to monitor all money transfers Sep 29 2010
“The EU commission and MEPs have requested clarifications from Washington on reported plans to expand an anti-terrorism programme targeting financial transactions – a move that would render void the long-debated ‘Swift agreement‘ enacted in August.”
“Under current rules, US officials can request European data relevant to a specific terrorist investigation from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift). The request needs to be approved by the EU’s police co-operation unit, Europol, and has to meet certain requirements. But if the new plans go into effect, the Washington Post said: ‘transactions between European and US banks would be captured regardless of whether there is a substantiated need.’ “
Colombian “Democracy” at Work as Government Removes Elected Senator and Human Rights Defender Sep 27 2010
“Colombia’s Attorney General Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado today announced he was firing opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba from the nation’s Congress, barring her from public service for 18 years. Sen. Piedad Cordoba, a member of the country’s Liberal Party and an outspoken critic of the government’s drug war policies, was dismissed for allegedly aiding members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group (FARC in Spanish initials).”
“For years Piedad Cordoba has continued to criticize US-backed anti-drug operations, which she says have only contributed to countless murders and human rights abuses at the hands of paramilitary and police forces in the country. In a 2004 interview with Narco News, Piedad Cordoba said ‘Every day the crisis gets deeper. There are people who have made the decision to look for a military solution for a problem that is connected, inarguably, to the drug trade, but also to misery and poverty.’ ”
Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
“Anti-austerity protests erupted across Europe on Wednesday — Greek doctors and railway employees walked out, Spanish workers shut down trains and buses, and one man even blocked the Irish parliament with a cement truck to decry the country’s enormous bank bailouts.”
” ‘It is a bizarre time for the European Commission to be proposing a regime of punishment,’ said John Monks, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, to AP Television News. ‘How is that going to make the situation better? It is going to make it worse.’ “
UN rights chief chides world powers over human rights records Sep 14 2010
“[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Monday opened the fifteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] by addressing human rights violations [statement] in countries including the US, France, China and Russia. Pillay began her remarks by noting the current condition of human suffering caused by natural disasters, violence and attacks on individuals and by reiterating the need for protection of human rights in both emergencies and on an ongoing basis.”
“In a statement addressed toward the US, Pillay noted that countries must be allowed to protect their citizens from terrorist threats, but that ‘anti-terrorism measures should never imperil human rights and due process.’ “
09/11/10
Metro Canada: EU ministers discuss relationship with Turkey ” ‘Arguably, today Turkey is more influential in the world than any of our member states together or separately,’ Stubb said. ‘It has a great influence in the Middle East, in the African Horn in the Persian Gulf, in Iran. It’s a truly global player and we need to work together with Turkey right now on foreign and security policy.’ “ Another strong signal that Israel is not looking well in the eyes of the world
09/08/10
Chron: Britain likely to tighten US-UK extradition law “Britain is likely to overhaul its extradition laws amid concerns the United States is able to fly suspects out of the U.K. with little proof they have committed a crime, a senior government minister said Wednesday.”
” ‘Britain’s rotten extradition system is in urgent need of overhaul and we welcome this much-needed review,’ said Shami Chakrabarti, director of U.K. civil rights group Liberty. ‘No one should be parceled off to a foreign land without due process or when they could be dealt with here at home.’ “
09/05/10
Star Telegram UK: Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin“About 200 demonstrators chanted that Blair had “blood on his hands” as the former prime minister arrived at a Dublin bookstore. Shoes, eggs and other projectiles were thrown toward Blair as he emerged from a car, but did not hit him. A flip-flop could be seen lying on the roof of a BMW in Blair’s motorcade.”
08/31/10
Common Dreams: Court says US-Colombia Base Deal Unconstitutional“Colombia’s constitutional court Tuesday declared a US-Colombian accord that gave the US military access to at least seven Colombian bases to be unconstitutional.”
“The lawsuit claimed the October 2009 military accord was invalid because it was signed by the government of President Alvaro Uribe without prior discussion in Congress, as mandated by the constitution.” Dismantling Empire, one country at a time.
Bogota/Washington military pact allowing US troops to use Colombian bases draws fierce criticism; Unconstitutional and “affront to Colombian/Latin American sovereignty” AFP Aug 18 2010
Al Jazeera: Brazil scrubs down its politics “Brazil’s Fecha Limpa – or “Clean Slate” – is a new law aimed at changing an endemic culture of corruption in the country’s political life.”
Digital Journal: British Conservative MP announces he is gay “A 50-year-old Conservative MP with two children has announced that he has left his wife is gay. Crispin Blunt made a statement on the subject on August 27.”
“Blunt, who is prisons and probation minister in the coalition government and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Reigate, issued a statement which is on the Conservative Home web site.” It took great courage to make this statement. He can move on now to making a life that is more real for him, more honest. It is really a shame that with all his service to his country, society induced him to “pretend” and not allow him to be himself all these years. I hope his courage will help the gay community in their fight for equality and the end of bashing by those who fear what is not like them. They should look into the mirror and face their own fears and overcome bigotry in this world, IMHO.
VOA: Kenya’s New Constitution Will Signal Country’s ‘Rebirth’, Says Kenyan Justice Minister “Kenya’s Constitution and Justice Minister said the country will be going through a rebirth after President Mwai Kibaki promulgates the newly adopted constitution Friday at Uhuru Park in the capital, Nairobi.”
” ‘It’s 46 years since independence and our constitution up to date was negotiated in London under the supervision of the British colonial administration. But, over the last 20 years, we have negotiated our own new constitution, which is a far reaching document with enormous bill of rights and governance improvements that will make this country shoot like a star,’ he said.”
Kenyans wait in long line up to cast their votes during the referendum for Kenya constitution in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, 04 Aug 2010
The Globe and Mail UK Ditch the Queen: U.K. public’s wild ideas for budget cuts ‘Britons advise their government to sell the Queen’s swans, have prisoners generate electricity, share embassies with allies.”
“In June, Mr. Osborne said the £7.9 million (C$12.8 million) in annual government funding to Queen Elizabeth II’s royal household, used to pay salaries and the costs of official functions, would be frozen for a year. Contributors to the website say that doesn’t go far enough — calling for Queen Elizabeth II either to step down, or drastically reduce the number of her family members who receive public money. “The French have not had a monarchy for more than 200 years and tourists still flock to Versailles,” one of the ideas posted on the Treasury site reads.” Good point!
07/24/10
France 24: Anti-CCTV activists force British police to bag Muslim-trained cameras “Birmingham residents have won Britain’s first battle in the war against CCTV after forcing police to stop using hundreds of cameras in a predominantly Muslim area. The campaign began when local residents launched an investigation into why the city’s two largest Muslim communities had been ringfenced by hundreds of CCTV cameras in April.”
“They revealed that local authorities had lied about where the £3m [3.6m euro] used to pay for the operation had come from. The money was not, as had been claimed, from the Home Office, but rather from an anti-terror arm of the police.“ Score 1 for Birmingham’s Awakened citizens!
07/19/10
Chron: Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote“Argentina became the first Latin American nation to legalize gay marriage Thursday, granting same-sex couples all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexuals.”
“The law’s passage — a priority for President Cristina Fernandez’s government — has inspired activists to push for similar laws in other countries, and a wave of gay weddings are expected in Buenos Aires. Some gay business leaders are predicting an economic ripple effect from an increase in tourism among gays and lesbians who will see Argentina as an even more attractive destination.”
The approval came despite a concerted campaign by the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical groups, which drew 60,000 people to march on Congress and urged parents in churches and schools to work against passage. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio led the campaign, saying “children need to have the right to be raised and educated by a father and a mother.” The hypocracy of the Roman Catholic church is stunning in light of their own sex abuse scandals of young children! Human rights for adult gays is only fair. Sexual predators manipulating young children is on the other hand disgusting. As for the Evangelicals, they appear to support the annilation of any Muslim culture anywhere in the world in support of Israel so they can manifest this “Second Coming”. By contrast, gay rights is based on the right to love, not the right to hate and wreak havoc on innocents.
07/18/10
Politico: Fox to partner in Arabic news channel“The National’s Ben Flanagan (disclosure: my successor at the Abu Dhabi-based paper) reports that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is planning to partner with Murdoch’s Fox network on a 24-hour Arabic-language news channel. They’ve recruited Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, former editor of Al Watan, to head the station. No launch date has been reported.” This spurious partnership of super controlling media moguls seems more frightening to me than being caught in the middle of an armed robbery. Something might change down the road, though. #10 in my little amateur “2010 predictions” page was, “Rupert Murdoch (media monopolist) will lose his grip on either his news empire or on his personal fortune.” Only time will tell.
Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain“More than a million people are marching in Barcelona to call for greater autonomy for the Catalan region.” That turnout represented ~14% of the people of Catalan! Imagine 14% of Americans marching on Washington D.C.!
Aljazeera: Panama strikers seize police “Panamanian banana workers protesting over a new law that weakens the power of labour unions have seized four police officers, according to the president’s office.”
“‘Look at how many injured people are here. President, place your hand on your heart and sort this problem out because you are in power thanks to us Panamanians,’ Simon, a Changuinola resident, told the Reuters news agency.
“Last month, Ricardo Martinelli, Panama’s president, signed a law which limits the power of unions and gives companies the right to suspend the contracts of striking workers and hire replacements.”
Press TV: Anti-war activists win two cases in UK“A court of appeal in Britain has given a reprieve to anti-war campaigners who are facing eviction from London’s Parliament Square.”
“In related news, seven anti-war campaigners, who broke into an arms factory and damaged computer equipment and precision machinery in 2009, were acquitted of all charges in another court in the UK.”
07/08/10
NY Times: Cuban Government Vows to Release 52 Prisoners“The announcement, which would reduce the number of prisoners of conscience on the island by about a third, came after a meeting that included President Raúl Castro of Cuba; Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the archbishop of Havana; and the Spanish foreign minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos.“
“The prisoners to be released, five initially, and then, 47 others, were all detained during a major crackdown on dissent in 2003, when the government of President Fidel Castro rounded up 75 activists and journalists who were accused of acting as ‘mercenaries’ on behalf of the United States.“
“’I want to die in my country right under the noses of the dictators who have the guns, rifles, cannons andbombs,” he wrote on an opposition blog. ‘I have the moral weight of the people from below, who have been deceived and repressed for 51 years by those who have the weapons, the violence and totalitarian laws they use to govern poorly from above. ”
07/05/10
France 24: Two Junior Ministers resign amid spending scandals“French Junior Ministers Christian Blanc and Alain Joyandet resigned Sunday after becoming entangled in scandals over spending thousands of euros of taxpayers’ money on a private jet and cigars. The pair had been in office since March 2008.”
“Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry at the weekend charged that France was ‘damaged by three years of Sarkozy rule’ and pointed to the Bettencourt scandal to show that there was an unhealthy relationship between politics and money. ‘We just need to remember what has been happening over the past weeks with our politicians. Where has their sense of public duty gone?’ Aubry said.“
06/27/10
Aljazeera: Lebanon march for refugee rights“Salvatore Lombardo, the director of Unrwa, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, in Lebanon, said a proposed law to grant Palestinian refugees in Lebanon basic civil rights will promote their sense of dignity and well-being in refugee camps across the country.”
“Lombardo praised Lebanese civil rights groups which plan a country-wide march on Sunday calling for Palestinian rights.
” ‘Participation is … important for Lebanese themselves to explain to their own compatriots that this is not about politics, this is not about having Palestinians forever in this country.’ “
Plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
06/25/10
News 9 NC: Several Thousand Egyptians Protest Police Abuse“Several thousand Egyptians, joined by top opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, protested on Friday what they call authorities’ systematic use of torture in the largest demonstration yet sparked by the alleged beating death of a young man by police this month.”
” ‘It’s a clear-cut message to the regime that the Egyptian people are sick and tired of practices that are inhumane,’ said ElBaradei to reporters after the protest.”
Demonstrators in Egypt rail against brutality, man’s death – CNN
06/13/10
Denver Post: Separatist party wins big in Belgian election“A separatist party that advocates independence for the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, leaving the country’s Francophones to fend for themselves, scored an unprecedented win in Sunday’s general election. Final results gave the Dutch-speaking New Flemish Alliance—a fringe factor until now—27 of the 150 legislative seats, up 19 from the 2007 vote.“
“The election outcome was seen as a clear warning to Francophones to negotiate seriously about granting Dutch- and French-speakers more self-rule, or Dutch-speakers will bolt.” Perhaps this can also be seen as a clear in-your-face rejection of Belgian NWO wannabe Van Rompuy? Van Rompuy and the secret Belgian plot to rule Britain
Guardian UK: Royal wedding triggers monarchy debate in Sweden “The June 19 wedding in Stockholm Cathedral between Crown Princess Victoria and her personal trainer Daniel Westling has triggered debate about why an otherwise egalitarian country like Sweden retains such an archaic — and expensive — institution.”
“‘ People have woken up and are saying that this cannot be right; that in the 21st century we still haven’t come further with equality,’ said Peter Althin, chairman of the Swedish Republican Association.” Sweden leads the way to set the concept of “Royalty” on its royal butt.
AlJazeera: Arrest order for boss of only remaining independent TV station“Authorities in Venezuela have issued an arrest warrant for the head of the only remaining independent television station critical of Hugo Chavez, the country’s president.”
“Chavez has long accused Globovision and other opposition media outlets of conspiring against him.”
“The TV station has been the only anti-Chavez channel on the air since another opposition-aligned channel, RCTV, was forced off cable and satellite TV in January. Yep, forces are still kicking and screaming to keep the people in the dark. But, like Father Time, the old needs to go for the new to arrive.
06/12/10
Guardian Films: Former elite officers in Revolutionary Guard reveal increasing tensions in Iran regime
Full report (without ad) can be viewedhere. If this report is accurate and it can be proven that these former revolutionary guards–by the hundreds per this report–were not “turned” by the lure of money and beneficial deals from Western powers, then it does help us immensely in grasping the larger picture and to rethink our positions, whatever they may be. It absolutely does not absolve Israel of its own crimes, however, IMHO. Per this report, it seems to me that what’s going on there is a human rights injustice that must find justice. We need to address that issue rather than this rigamarole about a “nuclear option” for Iran. Obviously, these people are suffering enough already.
Doing research for a planned historical novel, I recently stumbled onto some information I have not yet seen elsewhere. Part of my research involves constructing genealogies for reference points. A few days ago, I ran across this obituary:
“NORMAN HILL NESBITT DIED: EX-JOURNALIST AND TEACHER Oakland, California, November 21, 1937 — Norman Hill Nesbitt, 62, former journalist in India and a teacher of French, died here today. He is a son of the late John Nesbitt, former painter in the Scottish Academy and a nephew of Prof. [Frederick Caesar] De Sumicrast [sic] of Harvard University, lately retired. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Booth Nesbitt, is a niece of the late Edwin Booth, actor.” [emphasis mine]
Of course, this led me to learn more about family grouping, as my novel will be covering the Civil War era.
Now, if it is true that Elizabeth (Booth) Nesbitt was a niece of the actor Edwin Booth, she was also a niece of John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth allegedly had only one daughter and her name was Olgarita (update 04/27/12 – appears to have had other daughters (Mary and Sarah) not formally recognized. See HERE). Two of JWB’s brothers died without issue (Henry and Frederick). Junius Booth, Jr., reportedly had two daughters, neither of whom was named Elizabeth. This would leave JWB’s youngest brother Joseph Adrian Booth as the possible father of Elizabeth (although she certainly could have been an unreported daughter of Junius Jr. or even JWB himself!)
Here’s where it gets interesting, genealogically:
A son of Norman and Elizabeth (Booth) Nesbitt was Philip Booth Nesbitt, who, if the above obituary is accurate, was then a maternal gg-grandson of Richard Booth (JWBs grandfather). Richard lived in the Bloomsbury section of London and was part of a “highly educated clan of Jewish lawyers and silversmiths on his father’s side.” (1)
Descent from Richard Booth to Elizabeth Booth
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Junius Brutus Booth
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Joseph Adrien Booth (probable father)
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Elizabeth Booth
Nathan Rothschild moved to London, England in May 1804. Bloomsbury was a very wealthy section of London at that time. It is very likely that Richard Booth, the Jewish lawyer, was at the very least aware of Nathan Rothschild during this time. I’ve not yet found any concrete interaction between them, however.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of Rothschild Dynasty
Back to Philip Booth Nesbitt, gg-grandson of Richard Booth:
Philip married Lady Mary Faith Montagu , who was the paternal great niece of Annie Rothschild (Nathan’s granddaughter through son Anthony)
Nathan Rothschild
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Anthony Rothschild
↓ Annie Rothschild m. Eliot Constantine Yorke, MP for Yorke. Eliot’s sister Agneta married Victor Montagu. Their son George Charles Montagu was father of Mary Faith Montagu who married Philip Booth Nesbitt.
In a nutshell: Richard Booth’s gg-grandson Philip Booth Nesbitt m. Lady Mary Faith Montagu, great niece of Annie Rothschild, granddaughter of Nathan Rothschild. You can view these connections on my genealogy page
Coincidence? Maybe…..but then maybe not.
Charles Yorke 4th Earl Hardwicke and father-in-law of Annie Rothschild
Frederick C. Sumichrast was a Harvard Professor specializing in French. He was also president of the Boston-based Victorian Club. He was conspicuously pro-British-Empire, as can be seen by his writings “Americans and Britons“ and “Why Britain Is Great. He was also well known in his time for his works on yachting, and his probable close relation, E. Francis Sumichrast (father perhaps?) shared an interest in ornithologywith Lionel Walter Rothschild (2)
An interesting sidenote: Frederick C. Sumichrast (again, he was in the Booth-Rothschild family grouping above), as president of the Victorian Club, invited architect Ralph Adam Cram to deliver his lecture The significance of the great waron Oct 8, 1914 . It
Ralph Adam Cram, Architect
was Mr. Cram who was instrumental in the design of..wait for it.. amemorial (Simon) Rothschild Arch placed at Princeton University, with the arch positioned in such a way as to symbolize the link between religion and academia. Yes, it could be purely coincidence but….was the world really that small then?
Rothschild Memorial Arch, Princeton University
John Wilkes Booth
Thus far, this ancestral sketch is simply intriguing, given that JWB had joined the Know-Nothing Party (American Party), which was said to be partially backed by Albert Pike (allegedly a Rothschild agent). But I do suspect that John Wilkes Booth, the apparent assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, had far more backing for his ill-gotten “justification” than his own personal sympathy with the South. (update 04/27/12 – compelling evidence that this is so is in my new post. See HERE).
BTW, JWB’s father Junius wrote a letter threatening to assassinate President Andrew Jackson almost three years before son John Wilkes was born. This letter was just recently authenticated
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(1) “My Thoughts Be Bloody” by Nora Titone, Free Press Hardcover Ed., 2010 (2) “The Rothschilds–Family of Fortune” by Virginia Cowles, 1965 Ed.
WPTV News 5: Bomb squad determines suspicious package delivered to Rush Limbaugh was ‘business opportunity’
“Staffers didn’t know what it was, but thought it had the potential to be dangerous.”
“Some type of a plaque that was electronic in nature.Something to do with the assassination of President Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth,” Palm Beach Police Department Spokesperson Fred Hess said.” Am I the only one who thinks that an electronic plaque depicting the assassination of Lincoln by Booth is very weird here?
Astrologically, I am not at all surprised that the complex and explosive War with Wikileaks v. World Leaders v. Pentagon v. Media has manifest in great amplitude. Planet Pluto (destruction and transformation) transiting the constellation of Capricorn (government, patriarchy, etc.) is as much as I need to say on that subject. But, this brief post is not about Astrology; it is about gathering our thoughts and taking the opportunity at hand to transform our world from the energy of darkness to the energy of Enlightenment. I look for the first three weeks in Dec 2010 to introduce some truly unique and inspiring pathways for positive Change to emerge; an energetic Change that repressive, oligarchical regimes cannot survive.
It is self-evident that the US government has at the very least been complicit in aiding and abetting Iraqi-on-Iraqi torture and that the US has used privately contracted mercenaries that have been shown to commit horrendous civilian murders – ALL at the expense of the American taxpayer. Yet, the US is not the only country that needs to be brought to account for such vicious and amoral attitudes in war; it seems by the Wikileaks-leaked Iraq reports, all “Coalition of the Willing” countries have got to bring their own officials to account over the same sorts of heinous acts, as well as Iraq, Iran, and–though not specifically shown by these latest Wikileaks’ reports–the Mossad/Israel. For Americans, however, it is time we clean our own house by picking up the dirty laundry and washing away the filth.
Pres. Obama: You can’t beat back an informed citizenry. Please join the world and bring Evil to Justice, from 911 right to today.
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06/03/12
Guardian UK/Amy Goodman: Julian Assange and America’s vendetta against Wikileaks
“As the contrast with the extradition case of Augusto Pinochet shows, it’s one law for whistleblowers, another for war criminals.” [emphasis mine] This one sentence says it all. Julian Assange awakened the masses, and TPTB are acting out nothing more than a stupid vendetta because their corruption has been exposed globally.
If the masses around the world do not see Justice – REAL JUSTICE by rounding up the war criminals (and we all know who they are, from Bush/Cheney et. al. to elements in the global bankster cabal) and prosecuting them, this planet is going to see a worldwide uprising that has never before been witnessed here. We are very, very close to that critical mass. One way or another, these people must be held accountable and punished.
05/30/12
ABC Net AU: Unjust legal saga continues for Assange
“On May30, Britain’s Supreme Court turned down the final appeal of Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden. In an unprecedented move, the court gave the defence team of the WikiLeaks editor permission to ‘re-apply’ to the court in two weeks’ time.” Gov/Military/Corp power mongers continue to stalk and taunt Julian Assange andBradley Manning because JA and BM dared to shine flashlights into the Gmorks’ lairs, revealing the tools they use to perpetuate their dark, psychopathic, narcissistic and avaricious blackened souls – they are the treasonous among humanity.
04/16/12
SMH AU: Assange set to release TV talk show
“Assange announced yesterday he had completed 12 episodes of The World Tomorrow, a series that includes interviews with Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, and Moncef Marzouki, the human rights activist who was elected interim president of Tunisia last December.”
“The first episode will be aired on RT, the Russian English language broadcaster, and released online on Tuesday. Assange said he was responsible for all editorial decisions.”
03/17/12
AJE: Assange ‘to run for Australian senate’
“Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, plans to run for the Australian senate in elections next year, despite being under virtual house arrest in the UK and facing extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, according to the whistleblowing website.”
“We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained. Julian has decided to run,” Wikileaks said in a posting on the social networking site Twitter.” The man is smart, and he cares. He would be an asset to the Australian government in the 21st Century. In any case, we may be seeing a glimpse of what a true, enlightened 21st century government will shape up to be.
03/07/12
Guardian: The LuzSec hacking arrests won’t make it safer online
“Indictments show Sabu encouraging other online aliases during attacks, and suggesting thousands of passwords publicly. On Twitter, Sabu’s account continued to threaten the “Feds” and post encouragingly on new attacks.”
“Through Sabu, the FBI were aware of the attack on Stratfor’s servers even as it was ongoing – and seemingly did not inform the company. An FBI storage server was even offered to Anonymous on which to store the hacked documents.”
Some insight from Democracy Now!
So, the FBI sacrifices StratFor to catch this Level Ispinoff from Anonymous? Although TPTW have not even begun to breach the “core”, Level II, nevertheless (IMHO) is going to get more transparently action oriented now. This absolutely is going to strengthen the determination of Level II to intercede and accelerate the inevitable – the take down of pure, unadulterated energy of darkness. I still sense July will be pivotal along these ends.
03/02/12
Guardian UK/Amy Goodman: Stratfor, Wikileaks and the Obama administration’s war against truth
[...]“1917 is also the year when US Senator Hiram Johnson famously said, ‘The first casualty when war comes is truth.’ The White House is holding a gala dinner this week, honoring Iraq war veterans. Bradley Manning is an Iraq war vet who won’t be there. He is being court-martialled, facing life in prison or possibly death, for allegedly releasing thousands of military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks revealing the casualties of war. President Barack Obama would better serve the country by also honoring Assange and Manning.”
“We should pursue the truth, not its messengers.” Absolutely.
And from Real News:
02/28/12 (02/29/12 AU)
ABC Net AU: Greens call for details on secret Assange charges
“The Greens have called on the Federal Government to reveal whether it knew about secret United States charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.”
” ‘The Australian Government needs to take a very straight line on this with the Obama administration that we will not permit and we will not tolerate his transfer to the United States to face charges that could potentially land him in prison or in a hole like Guantanamo Bay, as David Hicks did, potentially for decades,’ [Greens Senator Scott Ludlam] said.” Australia still has at least a few honest, rational, and enlightened government officials who will stand up for what is right and just by standing behind its citizen Truth seekers. It has become so very obvious, especially from a reading of the Stratfor emails and its venom against this man, that there still is a Stalin-Hitler mentality coursing through our public/private institutions, characterized by extremist, sadistic, amoral, incredibly sociopathic malaise that needs to be totally exposed and dealt with. This time for real.
Rolling Stone: WikiLeaks Stratfor Emails: A Secret Indictment Against Julian Assange?
“On January 26, 2011, Fred Burton, the vice president of Stratfor, a leading private intelligence firm which bills itself as a kind of shadow CIA, sent an excited email to his colleagues. ‘Text Not for Pub,’ he wrote. “
‘ We’ – meaning the U.S. government – ‘have a sealed indictment on Assange. Pls protect.’ “
02/27/12
Haaretz: Israel, Kurdish fighters destroyed Iran nuclear facility, email released by Wikileaks claims
“In exchange released by website, worker at Stratfor intelligence firm doubts validity of a source claiming an Israeli ground force had already wiped out Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.”
“In one of the emails from November 2011, Startfor officials discuss the explosion at an Iranian missile base near Tehran and quote a source who ‘was asked what he thought of reports that the Israelis were preparing a military offensive against Iran. Response: I think this is a diversion. The Israelis already destroyed all the Iranian nuclear infrastructure on the ground weeks ago.’ “ Related on this site: Iran-US-Israeli Gmork-style chess game
7:20 a.m. EST: Did a quick search on reactions to this release. So far, none is mentioning the offshore insider trading involving Stratfor and a Texas Goldman Sachs rep, which I just heard detailed in this live press release. Update 7:50 a.m. EST: Daily Kos reports that Stratfor CEO has resigned. Also mentions Wachovia money laundering cartel.
02/26/12 Reuters: Wikileaks to publish security think tank emails
“In its latest high-profile disclosure, WikiLeaks said in a statement it had acquired access to a vast haul of internal and external correspondence of Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor), based in Austin Texas.”
“WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange told Reuters: ‘Here we have a private intelligence firm, relying on informants from the US government, foreign intelligence agencies with questionable reputations, and journalists.’ “
” ‘What is of grave concern is that the targets of this scrutiny are, among others, activist organizations fighting for a just cause.’ “
02/01/12
Courthouse News Service: Group Says FBI Snoops on Wikileaks Supporters
“The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and National Security Division, and the FBI, in a FOIA complaint in Federal Court.”
“EPIC claims that the “DOJ had not provided any factual basis for the claim that the withheld documents were actually compiled for law enforcement purposes and that disclosure would interfere with enforcement proceedings.”
“EPIC wants to see the records. It is represented by Ginger McCall. “ It is glaringly obvious that TPsTB behind this Crusade against Wikileaks and Bradley Manning is about protecting dark elements behind this govt not only condoned, but cheered on war crimes. Wikileaks shined the light of Truth into their eyes and these elements are paralyzed with fear of being caught—but these offenders of humanity will be caught.
01/21/12
NYT – Bits: A Move to Investigate the Investigators in Wikileaks Case
“On Friday, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation asked a federal court in Virginia to reveal the names of the other Internet companies from whom the Justice Department solicited information about the three people: Jacob Appelbaum, an American citizen; Birgitta Jonsdottir of Iceland; and Rop Gonggrijp of the Netherlands.”
“The brief filed Friday seeks to unseal court orders sent to other companies seeking information about the three people. Aden Fine, an attorney with the A.C.L.U., said in a statement, ‘This case is just one example of the unfortunate recent trend to make our court processes less open and transparent.’ “ It is impossible to make this government honest and respectful of its citizenry anymore without a complete overhaul—exposing corruption and supporting legitimate whistleblowers everywhere.
CBS 60 Minutes: Julian Assange, the man behind Wikileaks Jan 20 2012
When Steve Kroft first interviewed Assange last January, he was already under investigation by the Justice Department for publishing classified material and possible violations of the Espionage Act. He was also under house arrest in Britain fighting extradition to Sweden in connection with two sexual assault cases, which he has called part of a smear campaign against him.”
“None of that has changed and the battle between the freedom to publish and government’s need to keep secrets continues. In what is still his most extensive television interview, Assange talked to ’60 Minutes’ about the idea behind WikiLeaks and the prospect of facing criminal charges in the United States.” It is one thing to, say, publish strategic information on current troop movements during a just war. It is quite another to expose secrets kept by the government when it involves rampant corruption and war crimes. The government’s “need to keep secrets” in this case was simply to keep the public from catching them, and their global allies, with their devilish hands in a great big jar of corrupted, morally rotten cookies. The investigation and prosecution of the personnel involved in murdering those innocent people in the “Collateral Murder” video should immediately have been pursued transparently by this government. Instead, they went after the very people who want the people to know about the perversion we are paying with our taxes.
01/10/12
WakeUp World: Leaked Cable: US to Start ‘Trade Wars’ with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO Crops
“The United States is threatening nations who oppose Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops with military-style trade wars, according to information obtained and released by the organization WikiLeaks. Nations like France, which have moved to ban one of Monsanto’s GM corn varieties, were requested to be ‘penalized’ by the United States for opposing Monsanto and genetically modified foods. The information reveals just how deep Monsanto’s roots have penetrated key positions within the United States government, with the cables reporting that many U.S. diplomats work directly for Monsanto.” (emphasis embedded in article)
Guardian UK: Seven judges to hear Julian Assange extradition appeal
“The large number of judges employed reflects ‘the great public importance of the issue’, according to a statement from the UK’s highest court.”
“The supreme court said there would be a two-day hearing of the appeal by the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks beginning on 1 February.”
12/05/11
SMH: Assange can continue extradition fight
“A British court has given WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations. The decision means Assange does not face immediate deportation.”
“British judges said on Monday that Assange could apply to the Supreme Court to hear one specific point of his legal case – but there is no guarantee that the higher court will accept his request.” Our U.S. Government is sooo on the brink of delegitimizing itself; they had better leave Assange alone and drop this Crusader against Truth because if not, this, like many other stupid moves lately, will become another boomerang come smashing back into their faces.
12/04/11
AustralianSen. Scott Ludlam – Assange London support “Western Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam prior to his trip to London where he will be supporting Julian Assange for his December 5th European Arrest Warrant Hearing.”
12/01/11The Spy Files: “On Thursday, December 1st, 2011 WikiLeaks began publishing The Spy Files, thousands of pages and other materials exposing the global mass surveillance industry”
Wikileaks releases The Spy Files exposing the global mass surveillance industry Dec 01 2011
“A secretive multi-billion dollar industry is offering cutting-edge systems that enable governments to identify, track and monitor people through their phones and computers, a cache of hundreds of surveillance brochures and other marketing materials reveals.”
“These brochures and other marketing material, known as the ‘Spy Files’, are released today by WikiLeaks and London-based human rights group Privacy International. They shine a light on this shadowy industry, which is worth $5bn (£3.2bn) and is growing fast. These brochures are not readily available: instead, they are handed out to key contacts – often government agencies and police forces – at trade shows that are closed to the public and the press.”
12/01/11 WaPO: Trade in surveillance technology raises worries “Several years of industry sales brochures provided to The Washington Post by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, and released publicly Thursday, reveal that many companies are selling sophisticated tools capable of going far beyond conventional investigative techniques.” [emphasis mine]
11/26/11
WikiLeaks press conference on Dec. 1st
“On December 1st, WikiLeaks will host a press conference which will expose extraordinary privacy threats to journalists, sources and others as well as launch a new phase for WikiLeaks, just over a year after the Cablegate release. “
11/11/11
Guardian UK: US court verdict ‘huge blow’ to privacy, says fomer WikiLeaks aide “Last month the Inter-Parliamentary Union , which represents MPs from 157 countries, unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the move by the Justice Department. The IPU said the move threatened free speech and suggested it could violate Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which upholds the right of everyone to freedom of opinion and expression.”
“The Justice Department also sought the information without a search warrant. US authorities used a 1994 law called the stored communications act to demand that Twitter provide the internet protocol addresses of users, a move that would give the location of the computer they used to log onto the internet. They also asked for bank account details, user names, screen names or other identities, mailing and other addresses.” It is absolutely critical to investigate our Justice Department thoroughly. This is all about TPTB intimidating activists and truth seekers into fear, trying to stave off organizing opposition and getting the TRUTH out to the masses. If this is deceit is not nipped in the bud NOW, the next step will be to demand access to private information about ANY in-the-street protester!! There can be no other reason for TPTB to access your bank account except to incite further intimidation by manipulating your own money against you. STOP THE MADNESS.
11/09/11
SMH: Assange’s mother to protest at Obama visit “The mother of Australian-born whistleblower Julian Assange on Wednesday said she would picket a visit of US President Barack Obama to the capital, Canberra, to rally support for her son.”
11/01/11
Denver Post: Wikileaks’ Julian Assange loses extradition appeal “LONDON—WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer sex crime allegations, but said Wednesday he will now consider whether to take his protracted fight to Britain’s highest court. “ In the end, Julian Assange will be vindicated and free. Stay strong, Mr. Assange. Let’s keep him strong. We are entering a period now where those who are attacking this man mercilessly in order to protect the evil they do will be brought before the Highest courts of Justice in this world—soon, very soon.
10/27/11
Letter to the U.S. government on WikiLeaks “Citizens from around the world joined together to “speak” an open letter to the US government about its poor handling of WikiLeaks, its abuses of secrecy, and its egregious behavior in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars on film. Michael Moore joined us in this project.”
RevolutionTruth_Letter to the_US government on WikiLeaks
One Judge Who Is Leading the Charge Against Secret Orders: Oct 09 2011
“U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Smith of the Southern District of Texas published a paper in 2009 called ‘Kudzu in the Courthouse: Judgements Made in the Shade’ that argues that the secrecy of electronic surveillance orders means that “each magistrate judge has effectively become a law unto himself.”
” ‘We diminish our legitimacy when we do things under a blanket of secrecy,’ Judge Smith said in an interview. ‘The only way people can get confidence in what we’re doing is if they can get access to what we are doing and know why we are doing it.’ ” [emphasis mine] Our govt has been in the process of delegitimizing itself for at least ten years now, in many aspects. That’s going to change—it may take some months but it is going to be cleaned up whether PowersThatBe want thqt or not.
09/29/11
HealthyState: Why Wendell Potter Turned Whistleblower “Wendell Potter, the health insurance VP turned health insurance whistleblower, took a leap of faith. He told audience members at a talk in Clearwater Tuesday he was tired of being a tool, in more ways than one.”
“In 2007, Potter witnessed a mobile free clinic in rural Virginia near his hometown. What he saw – people being treated on the ground and even in barns – appalled him. He started to think maybe health insurance wasn’t the right place for him.”
09/22/11
The Dissenter: Wikileaks Cable: UN Special Rapporteur Urged US Government to Intervene Before Troy Davis
A communications log published by WikiLeaks from Philip Alston, US Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, shows Alston took direct interest in Davis’ case. Alston sent an email to the US Mission in Geneva, Switzerland on September 12, 2008, just before the Georgia Pardons and Paroles Board was to review the case. Alston recounted the Davis defense’s “numerous unsuccessful attempts to obtain a hearing to present post-conviction evidence.”
“Human rights violations being perpetrated by state governments in the form of executions, where defendants are not being given proper review, are earning increased international attention. Like the torturing of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the abuse by state governments has become increasingly problematic. In July, Texas Governor Rick Perry refused to respect the objections of the US government and went ahead with the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia, a Mexican national.”
ATF ‘Fast and Furious’ secret audio recordings reveal concerns about whistleblower Sep 20 2011
“In a series of secretly recorded audio tapes believe to have been recorded last March and obtained by CBS News, an Arizona gun dealer and an ATF agent involved with ATF’s “Fast and Furious” operation worried about the unraveling scandal.”
“The tapes were made just weeks after CBS News broke the story in February.”
Whistleblower ATF Agent Larry Alt Exposes Operation Fast Furious
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09/19/11 FPJ: Wikileaks Ethiopia Files: Ethiopia Bombs Itself, Blames Eritrea “Recently released Wikileaks Ethiopia files expose how Ethiopian security forces planted 3 bombs that went off in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on September 16, 2006 and then blamed Eritrea and the Oromo resistance for the blasts in a case that raises serious questions about the claims made about the bombing attempt against the African Union summit earlier this year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.”
“This exposes the history of how the Ethiopian regime has planted bombs and then blamed Eritrea and the Ethiopian resistance. The lies that make up the official version of this alleged terrorist attack raises serious questions about the credibility of the recently released report by the UN via its US State Department affiliate, the Monitoring Group for Eritrea and Somalia, which blames the Eritreans and the OLF for the January bombing attempt at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Identical lies about a nearly identical “terrorist attack”, all accepted as fact by the western media. This should also deliver another body blow to the Obama White House and its claims that Eritrea supports terrorism in the Horn of Africa.” [emphasis mine] And don’t think for a second that the Eastern governments are the only ones capable of killing their own.
09/07/11
BBC: Council of Europe Report – Dick Marty rendition report condemns ‘cult of secrecy’ “The Council of Europe investigated how countries like Britain, Germany, Romania and Lithuania assisted the US with the rendition of terror suspects. It said a ‘cult of secrecy’ had helped Western governments cover up abuses.”
“Defending ‘whistleblowers’, it singled out US soldier Bradley Manning, accused of passing secrets to Wikileaks. He had ‘acted as a whistleblower and should be treated as such’, CoE rapporteur Dick Marty wrote in the report, which was due to be submitted to the CoE’s Parliamentary Assembly.” [emphasis mine]
For any healing from this 10-year dark chapter in America is to occur, the Bush-6 and the Obama administration, who continued the Bush policies must be brought to account and served justice. Until then, We The People will never be able to make competent politicalsocial/economic decisions when our worldview is shaped by lies.
US troops did execute Iraqi civilians, leaked letter claims Sep 02 2011
“More than five years after the American military denied claims that its troops had executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians in cold blood, new evidence has emerged in a WikiLeaks diplomatic cable casting serious doubt on the US version of events.”
“A UN complaint contained in the latest batch of cables published by the whistle-blowing organisation suggests that in 2006 US troops killed at least 10 civilians, including five children and an elderly woman, in the central town of Ishaqi before ordering an air strike which destroyed the house where the alleged killings took place.”
In the Comments section at the bottom of this report, I think “FredUp” says it best: ” At some point all US claims of “a few bad eggs” in the military, unavoidable/unintentional civilian deaths and “in the fog of war”, reaches a critical mass showing, far from an aberration, this behaviour is in fact the norm for them. The doctrine of command responsibility applied to Saddam, Gaddafi, Serbian generals and the like, is never applied to Western powers for their crimes.The fact that membership of the UN Security Council provides this immunity is the cause. Why would the West ever change their ways when they know they’ll always get away with it? Abolishing the UN Security Council is our only hope for justice.”
Salon Com: Wikileaks: Breach has exposed unredacted US cables “In a 1,600-word-long editorial posted to the Internet, WikiLeaks accused the Guardian’s investigative reporter David Leigh of divulging the password needed to decrypt the files in a book he and another Guardian journalist, Luke Harding, published earlier this year.”
WikiLeaks said the disclosure had jeopardized the “careful work” it was doing to redact and publish the cables.”
This is going to get interestinger and interestinger
08/25/11
Wikileaks Press: US Espionage investigation against Wikileaks: Patriot Act ordered unsealed “WikiLeaks have just received a copy of the recently unsealed court Order from the United States, signed by a US magistrate judge on the 4th of January 2011. Using the terms of the PATRIOT Act the Order was issued to Dynadot, the domain registrars for wikileaks.org, for all information they hold on WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and wikileaks.org.”
The U.S. should stop pursuing Wikileaks altogether. They simply exposed Truth, uncovering corruption that has permeated politicoeconomic mafiosos all over the world. Wikileaks opened the door to Knowledge and should be applauded. The corruption is so obvious now, whistleblowers are much more likely to feel comfortable enough to go straight to proven, honest independent press. If the October Surprise I keep “sensing” in America does manifest, getting rid of the PATRIOT ACT will be a demand high on the list.
08/23/11
Wikileaks Press: U.S. helped Pfizer take on Ecuadoran presidential candidate “A cable sent to Washington from Ecuador forms the basis of an article published by El Comercio on U.S. influence in the country. The U.S. in 2006 decided to revoke the U.S. visas of then Ecuadoran presidential candidate Xavier Neira and seven others, including two judges, two lawyers and a former official of the Intellectual Property Institute, all of which where involved in a legal case against Pfizer. The decision coincided with the upcoming presidential elections, as well as with an impending court decision on a case filed against U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer for unfair competition, thereby achieving a double aim: It undermined Neira’s chances at political success, while strengthening Pfizer’s position in the legal case.” Next on my boycott list – Pfizer products
06/16/11
Herald Com: Julian Assange says Wikileaks work hampered ” ‘A lot of our resources are tied up in dealing with the situation in the United States and the grand jury and this Swedish extradition case and the banking blockade placed on us by Visa, Mastercard, Bank of America and so on,’ Assange said. ‘So, while we are still producing publications every day, a lot of those resources have been taken away to deal with these events.’ “ This is an excellent example of how the PowersThatBe insisted on figuratively slaying the messenger instead of listening to the message. THAT is one of the reasons they completely missed the coming of the Arab Awakening; trying to cut down a tree when they completely missed the forest on the horizon that bloomed the Arab Spring and flushed out an infestation of Evil (Gaddafi, Assad, Mubarak, and other politicocorporate criminals). Whatever you may think of JA, the world needed a strong, in-your-face personality completely open the eyes of the masses and give them the grand push to Be The Change.
06/09/11
The Nation: Wikileaks Haiti: Cable Depicts Fraudulant Haiti Election “The United States, the European Union and the United Nations decided to support Haiti’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections despite believing that the country’s electoral body, ‘almost certainly in conjunction with President Preva’l, had ‘emasculated’ the opposition’ by unwisely and unjustly excluding the country’s largest party, according to a secret US Embassy cable.”
Online Journalism News: Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism “The prize is awarded annually to a journalist whose work has ‘penetrated the established version of events and told and unpalatable truth that exposes establishment propaganda, or “official drivel” ‘, as Martha Gellhorn called it.”
“As publisher and editor, Julian Assange represents that which journalists once prided themselves in – he’s brave, determined, independent: a true agent of people not of power.”
Wikileaks: A battle to ‘carve up’ the Arctic May 21, 2011
“”The twenty-first century will see a fight for resources,” Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying in a 2010 cable. “Russia should not be defeated in this fight.”
“Along with exposing an estimated 22 per cent of the world’s oil, ice melting due to global warming will open new shipping lanes, the arteries of global commerce, which nations are competing to control. And Russia certainly is not the only country eyeing the frozen prize.”
“But verbose rhetoric about conflict could be linked to politicians who want to support the military-industrial complex and boost their own stature, rather than actual fears of impending violence, cables suggest. [emphasis mine] I live in a community of people with expertisein architecture, civil engineering, design graphics, and research/documention. Fully %75 of us have been pushed out of our jobs due to the economy. We put our talents together and have a vegetable garden and a working plan for sustainable living off the grid. Getting off the grid does not have to mean living like cave people. Smart planning and environmental responsibility can be done while maintaining a comfortable, easy lifestyle. THINK BIGGER. Stop feeding the agressions of these military, economic, and political parasites. While the young people around the world are rising up in massive protests and toppling corruption in governments around the world, we older people should be supporting ways to show them how to sustain themselves in new, responsible, self-sustaining, and fulfilling communities. Related posts: Planet Earth In Flux: 2010-2012 Humanity’s Ride Through The Galactic Car Wash (Revisited) ClimateGate Chronology of Deceit—Silence Was Betrayal Our Changing Solar System and Beyond
Wikileaks: Many at Guantanamo ‘not dangerous’ April 25 2011
“Files released by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks have revealed that the US believed many of those held at Guantanamo Bay were innocent or only low-level operatives.”
“The files – published in the Guardian among other newspapers – showed that US military analysts considered only 220 of those ever detained at Guantanamo to be dangerous extremists.”
“Another 380 were deemed to be low-ranking foot soldiers who travelled to Afghanistan or were part of the Taliban.”
“At least another 150 people were innocent Afghans or Pakistanis – including drivers, farmers and chefs – rounded up during frantic intelligence gathering in war zones.”
“Mistaken identity (-). These were then detained for years due to mistaken identity or because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, the memos say.” Related posts: Slaying Of The Gmork Hunt For Justice -or- Bagging the Collective Parasites Dysfunctional Tragedy Inherent in the Function of War
Wikileaks Exclusive – Netanyahu urged Olmert to initiate Israeli attack on Iran (AP photo) April 20 2011
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed willingness to join Ehud Olmert’s government in 2007 if Israel initiated an attack on Iran, a document from the Israeli WikiLeaks collection has revealed.”
“One of Netanyahu’s advisers, whose name was not revealed in the message, spoke with American officials on the matter. ‘The adviser commented that the possibility of a national unity government, bruited in the press, is a possibility, but only if Olmert initiated such a move in order to galvanize Israelfor action against Iran. He said that in such a scenario, Netanyahu would probably accept an offer of the Foreign Ministry,’ wrote Sievers.” (emphasis mine – “galvanize Israel for action”, huh? Like creating a false flag?) Related posts: Israel: Developing Pressure on the Bully in the Bloc Updated 04/18/11 Israeli Commandos Attack Gaza Aid Flotilla On Israel’s Seizure and Kidnap in 2009 of “Spirit of Humanity”
03/17/11
Forbes: Top lawmaker protests “whistleblower” demotion “The Homeland Security Department demoted a senior career employee who confidentially complained to the inspector general that political appointees were improperly interfering with requests for federal records by journalists and watchdog groups.”
“The new Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee told the Obama administration the decision appears ‘to be an act of retaliation’ and warns that ‘Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime.’ ” [emphasis mine] Good start. BTW, “Homeland Security” sounds soooo 1930s Germany – While we are Awake and standing, we need to rethink this entire mindset of “us” v. “them” in the 21th century, IMHO.
03/15/11
GAP: Blow the Whistle On Risch “Last December, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act—a popular, bipartisan bill that would have protected public workers who exposed corruption, waste, and illegality—died a sudden and surprising death, not by vote, but by a legislative tactic called an anonymous hold. Basically, one senator killed that bill, and doesn’t have to be publicly accountable to his constituents for doing so.”
“NPR’s ‘On the Media’, along with the Government Accountability Project, set out to identify the secret senator, by asking listeners to contact their senators and ask, ‘Were you the person responsible for killing the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act?’ As of yesterday, the field has been narrowed down to three—Jon Kyl of Arizona, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, or James Risch of Idaho. One of these men refused to protect government whistleblowers, and doesn’t want the people who voted for him to know that he did it, or why. If you’re a resident of Arizona, Alabama, or Idaho, maybe you can help unravel the mystery. ” [emphasis mine]
Angry Gnome Risch is Angry
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Risch’s arrogance is stunning – left-wing news is not “legitimate”? Where do these gnomes come from? Neptune?
WaPo: IRS pays Enron whistleblower $1.1 million ” ‘If the IRS had pursued this information in 1999 when my client first informed them of these abusive tax shelters, the government might have realized the depth of Enron’s problems and perhaps taken steps that might have helped avoid a total meltdown,’ lawyer Erika A. Kelton of the Washington firm Phillips & Cohen said in a news release.”
Crowleys public criticism angered some at the Pentagon and across the administration (AP photo) March 13, 2011
“State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned after publicly crossing swords with the Pentagon over the treatment of an Army soldier [ Bradley Manning] accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.”
“The chain of events that led to Crowley’s exit was set in motion Thursday when Crowley appeared at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology seminar and called the Pentagon’s handling of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is detained at the brig at Quantico, “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.” Truth is busting out all over. I sincerely hope Mr. Crowley now sees his way to contribute to the Awakening rather than being an accomplice in deceit.
02/24/11
BBC: Wikileaks’ Julian Assange to be extradicted to Sweden “At Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court in south London, District Judge Howard Riddle said the extradition would not breach Mr Assange’s human rights.
“Mr Assange said the ruling, which he will challenge, was due to a ‘European Arrest Warrant system run amok’.“
The United States said the case was solely a matter for Britain and Sweden. ‘Notwithstanding claims to the contrary, the US is not involved,’ State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said in a Twitter message.” I for one will metaphorically hold their feet to the fire on this one. In any case, we owe Wikileaks a positive place in the history books as the Voice of Conscience that yelled “fire” when there really WAS as fire! Whatever one thinks of Assange, et. al., they will go down as a great force behind the Game Changer in the world of corruption. Period, point.
01/25/11
MSNBC: U.S. can’t link Army private to Assange
“U.S. military officials tell NBC News that investigators have been unable to make any direct connection between a jailed army private suspected with leaking secret documents and Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.”
“The officials say that while investigators have determined that Manning had allegedly unlawfully downloaded tens of thousands of documents onto his own computer and passed them to an unauthorized person, there is apparently no evidence he passed the files directly to Assange, or had any direct contact with the controversial WikiLeaks figure.”
01/24/11
Washington Post Ombudsman: Can the Post regain its legacy of excellence?
“I’ve pondered that question while crafting this column, my last as ombudsman. So, too, have many of the tens of thousands who e-mailed or called during my two-year term as the readers’ representative. A dominant theme has been that The Post’s journalistic quality has declined. It’s a view I share.”
“(I)t has become riddled with typos, grammatical mistakes and intolerable “small” factual errors that erode credibility. Local news coverage, once robust, has withered. The Post often trails the competition on stories. The excessive use of anonymous sources has expanded into blogs. The once-broken system for publishing corrections has been repaired, but corrections often still take too long to appear. The list goes on.” [emphasis mine] That irritating caveat, speaking-anonymously-because-they-are-not-authorized-to-talk-about-it jive is totally unjustified. If they are willing to talk, they should be willing to be identified. A story is not a story if it cannot provide a proper source, IMHO.
Palestinians lash out at Qatar, Al-Jazeera TV
“A senior Palestinian official has accused the Gulf state of Qatar of using its Al-Jazeera TV channel to undermine the West Bank’s Palestinian leadership with a news report about Mideast peace talks.”
“Al-Jazeera aired late Sunday what it said were leaked documents showing the Palestinians agreed to deep concessions on two of the thorniest issues in negotiations with Israel: Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said on Monday the news network engaged in ‘media games … to trick and mislead the simple citizen.’ “ The “simple” citizen? I beg your pardon, but it is the “simple” citizen who deals with the most complex and deeply affecting issues that Powers That Be simply dish to them.
Whistleblower Rudolf Elmer to hand over Swiss bank documents to Wikileaks (Photograph: Rene Soobaroyen for the Guardian) January 16 2011
over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London tomorrow by the most important and boldest whistleblower in Swiss banking history, Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland.”
“Elmer, who after his press conference will return to Switzerland from exile in Mauritius to face trial, is a former chief operating officer in the Cayman Islands and employee of the powerful Julius Baer bank, which accuses him of stealing the information. He is also – at a time when the activities of banks are a matter of public concern – one of a small band of employees and executives seeking to blow the whistle on what they see as unprofessional, immoral and even potentially criminal activity by powerful international financial institutions.” Update 11/17/11: The CD with the information has now been turned over via The Frontline Club to Wikileaks
01/14/11
WSJ: Wall Street Journal: Treasury cannot sanction WikiLeaks or Julian Assange
“The Treasury Department said it doesn’t have enough evidence to place sanctions on Wikileaks or its leader Julian Assange, Dow Jones Newswires reported.”
“Responding toRep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who asked the department to add it to its blacklisted entities list maintained at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Treasury said none of its current programs can reach either Wikileaks or Assange. The Treasury administers but doesn’t create the criteria for sanctions; that power comes either legislatively or by executive order.” The USG vengeance against Wikileaks/Assange is utterly breathtaking and really unveils the absolute corruption and evil embedded in the halls of congress.
Crikey: Assange legal team’s skeleton argument on strong ground
“Julian Assange’s lawyers are going for the jugular in their attack on the Swedish and UK government’s attempts to extradite Assange to Sweden where there is an investigation under way concerning his alleged in involvement in sexual offences. Not only do Assange’s lawyers run the usual arguments about the offences not being extradition offences — that is, there are no like charges in English law — but they say that the Swedish prosecutor who wants Assange extradited has no authority to do so, and that the whole thing is an abuse of process.”
12/23/10
The Echo: Secrecy is the problem, not Wikileaks
“Oxford University Internet analyst John Naughton says that what WikiLeaks is really exposing is the extent to which the western democratic system has been hollowed out. It is not that what it publishes will endanger lives or make government impossible. It is that it forces power out into the open. That is why those in power are attacking it. WikiLeaks worries them because it protects its sources and gives the evidence directly and in great detail and scale to the citizen.” [Emphasis mine]
“It’s great to smell the fresh air of London again.
First, some thank yous. To all the people around the world who have had faith in me, who have supported my team while I have been away. To my lawyers, who have put up a brave and ultimately successful fight, to our sureties and people who have provided money in the face of great difficulty and aversion. And to members of the press who are not all taken in and considered to look deeper in their work. And I guess finally, to the British justice system itself, where if justice is not always the outcome at least it is not dead yet.
During my time in solitary confinement in the bottom of a Victorian prison I had time to reflect on the conditions of those people around the world also in solitary confinement, also on remand, in conditions that are more difficult than those faced by me. Those people also need your attention and support.
And with that I hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter and to reveal, as we get it, which we have not yet, the evidence from these allegations. Thank you.”
12/14/10
Poynter Org: Columbia j-school staff: WikiLeaks prosecution ‘will set a dangerous precedent’
“Journalists have a responsibility to exercise careful news judgment when classified documents are involved, including assessing whether a document is legitimately confidential and whether there may be harm from its publication.”
“But while we hold varying opinions of Wikileaks’ methods and decisions, we all believe that in publishing diplomatic cables Wikileaks is engaging in journalistic activity protected by the First Amendment. Any prosecution of Wikileaks’ staff for receiving, possessing or publishing classified materials will set a dangerous precedent for reporters in any publication or medium, potentially chilling investigative journalism and other First Amendment-protected activity.” ..read entire statement
News Com Australia:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted bail by UK court, but in jail pending appeal
“Julian Assange has won his battle for bail, but he is not a free man just yet. Swedish prosecutors announced they would appeal against the ruling, meaning Mr Assange could remain in custody for at least another two days. ‘We have heard Sweden wants to put Mr Assange through more trouble expense and hurdles,’ he said outside court after the appeal had been made. ‘It is an unfortunate state of affairs but given but given their history of the past treatment of Mr Assange, it’s hardly surprising.’ “
WikiLeaks ‘rape’ victims had hidden agendas … and I’ve seen the proof says Julian Assange’s lawyer
“Björn Hurtig, who is representing Mr Assange in Sweden, said the papers, which form part of the official Swedish investigation, reveal both women had ‘hidden agendas’ and lied about being coerced into having sex with Mr Assange, 39.”
” ‘If I am able to reveal what I know, everyone will realise this is all a charade,’ he said. ‘If I could tell the British courts, I suspect it would make extradition a moot point.But at the moment I’m bound by the rules of the Swedish legal system, which say that the information can only be used as evidence in this country. For me to do otherwise would lead to me being disbarred.’ Hurtig, a top sex-crime defence lawyer, is ready to fly to London and present the evidence when Mr Assange appears in court this week – if he is given the all-clear.”
Assange accuser may have ceased co-operating Dec 10 2010
“Anna Ardin, one of the two complainants in the rape and sexual assault case against WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, has left Sweden, and may have ceased actively co-operating with the Swedish prosecution service and her own lawyer, sources in Sweden told Crikey today.”
“Ardin, who also goes by the name Bernardin, has moved to the West Bank in the Palestinian Territories, as part of a Christian outreach group, aimed at bringing reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. She has moved to the small town of Yanoun, which sits close to Israel’s security/sequestration wall. Yanoun is constantly besieged by fundamentalist Jewish settlers, and international groups have frequently stationed themselves there.”
Perth Now: Julian Assange held in UK jail on Swedish rape charge
“The 39-year-old Australian was refused bail after a British judge ruled that there was a danger he might flee the country because the judge felt he had
Julian Assange held in UK jail on Swedish rape charge Dec 08 2010
weak links to the UK and access to large amounts of money and support through his activity with the whistleblowing website. Senior District Judge Howard Riddle remanded Mr Assange in custody until December 14, when the extradition hearing will begin on whether the internet activist should be forced to return to Sweden to face the sex charges.”
“Mr Assange denied the charges and high-profile support John Pilger said outside the court that the allegations were a political stitch-up designed to stop him from publishing more embarrassing cables about US military operations and diplomacy.”
“The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has begun releasing a giant trove of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables that is sending shockwaves through the global diplomatic establishment. Among the findings: Arab leaders are urging the United States to attack Iran; Washington and Yemen agreed to cover up the use of U.S. warplanes to bomb Yemen; the United States is using its embassies around the world as part of a global spy network and asking diplomats to gather intelligence; and much more.” “We host a roundtable discussion with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg; Greg Mitchell, who writes the Media Fix blog at The Nation; Carne Ross, a British diplomat for 15 years who resigned before the Iraq war; and As’ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus.”Rixstep: A huge shift has taken place in US government form. More and more people are suddenly aware again there’s meaning to life, that life can truly be worth living again. And all this even as the intensity of Cablegate increases and the desperation of those exposed does so as well.
Time Magazine: TimeFrames Issue: What Really Happened 2000 – 2010 Dec. 6, 2010
11/22/10Russia Today: RT crew arrested in US filming at ‘School of Assassins’11/18/10Press release by counsel for Julian Assange – LONDON, 2pm Thursday November 18, 2010
“We are now concerned that prosecutor Marianne Ny intends to apply for an arrest warrant in an effort to have Mr. Assange forcibly taken to Sweden for preliminary questioning. Despite his right to silence, my client has repeatedly offered to be interviewed, first in Sweden before he left, and then subsequently in the UK (including at the Swedish Embassy), either in person or by telephone, videoconferencing or email and he has also offered to make a sworn statement on affidavit. All of these offers have been flatly refused by a prosecutor who is abusing her powers by insisting that he return to Sweden at his own expense to be subjected to another media circus that she will orchestrate. Pursuing a warrant in this circumstance is entirely unnecessary and disproportionate. This action is in contravention both of European Conventions and makes a mockery of arrangements between Sweden and the United Kingdom designed to deal with just such situations. This behavior is not a prosecution, but a persecution. Before leaving Sweden Mr. Assange asked to be interviewed by the prosecution on several occasions in relation to the allegations, staying over a month in Stockholm, at considerable expense and despite many engagements elsewhere, in order to clear his name. Eventually the prosecution told his Swedish lawyer Bjorn Hurtig that he was free to leave the country, without interview, which he did.”
“Eva Finne’s decision to drop the “rape” investigation was reversed after the intervention of a political figure, Claes Borgstrom, who is now acting for the women. The case was given to a specific prosecutor, Marianne Ny.” Some background on Claes Borgstrom connections : Claes Borgstrom [prosecuting lawyer], connections with Swedish govt. Partner in law firm is Thomas Bodström, “son of Lennart Bodström, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs 1982–1985 in the Olof Palme government.” Bodström, has been heavily criticized by advocates of privacy and liberal think-tanks for his “work towards giving the police the possibility of monitoring people that might be involved in minor crimes.”
Claes Borgstrom is brother to journalist/author Annette Kullenberg and journalist/priest Kerstin Vinterhed.
BOYCOTT, DIVEST, SANCTION SWEDEN. 11/16/10Reuters: INTERVIEW-UN expert urges full U.S. torture investigation
“The new U.N. torture expert urged the United States on Tuesday to conduct a full investigation into torture under the Bush administration and prosecute offenders as well as senior officials who ordered it.“
“A previous investigation by a U.S. special prosecutor into torture allegations was limited in scope, and congressional inquiries focused on the Pentagon but not the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to Mendez. ‘There is a lot more to the story than has been revealed. It is important to get to the bottom of what happened and under whose orders, and if necessary to bring charges,’ he added.
“Mendez dismissed as ‘very disingenuous’ comments by former President George W. Bush, who in his memoir “Decision Points” strongly defends the use of waterboarding as crucial to his efforts to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.” Had Pres. Obama immediately initiated such an investigation into Bush admin and a new Independent investigation of 9/11, he probably would not have had a Republican congress now–because by doing so, we would have discovered the REAL cause of these illegal wars and our subsequent economic disaster. How embarrassing for an American population that values morality and restraint to be pitifully neglected and abused by our own govt to the point that outside entities must intervene. Tom Spender: Wikileaks puts ICC credibility on the line
“Afghanistan war logs leaked by Wikileaks could eventually be used in a war crimes trial with Americans in the dock, according to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He was speaking at a Q&A session attended by my friend James Reinl in New York.”
“Afghanistan is a party to the treaty that established the ICC, which is based in The Hague. The ICC is thus empowered to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Afghanistan when the national authorities are unwilling or unable to investigate themselves.” 11/14/10ABC Australia: Wikileaks registers company in Iceland
“Wikileaks is now mulling over whether to use the firm to fundraise or for information gathering, Kristinn Hrafnsson said.
” ‘We want WikiLeaks to have a global presence and having a business in Iceland is part of this plan,’ said Hrafnsson of the new entity, called Sunshine Press Productions. ‘We have registered Sunshine Press Productions as a business in Iceland… but we don’t have an office or activity at the moment,’ he added.” Daily Mail UK: Bank raid could have been warning against planned WikiLeaks Russian corruption expose says Alexander Lebedev
“Millionaire newspaper magnate Alexander Lebedev could have been targeted in a raid by secret service agents as a warning against co-operating with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to expose Russian corruption. “
“Asked if that could have provoked the raid, he said: ‘It is just a guess – one of the possibilities. But I don’t think the information [on Russian corruption] is being contained in one place. The information is all over the world, in dozens of jurisdictions such as Belize, Luxembourg, Monaco, involving lots of front companies and what I call “dirty lawyers”.’
Mr Lebedev declared yesterday that ‘the fight against corruption should be compared to the fight against apartheid’.” 11/13/10 Invictus: UK Guardian Releases British Torture Tape
“The UK Guardian yesterday released a videotape of a 2007 interrogation of a suspected Iraqi insurgent, one of 1,253 tapes made by interrogators at a secret British military center near Basra, run by the Joint Forces Interrogation Team (JFIT). The release came only days before the U.S. Justice Department investigation into the CIA’s destruction of videotapes of the torture of three high-value detainees at secret black site prisons was closed, with no charges brought. The news about torture was not a complete surprise as revelations last month showed torture techniques were taught to British interrogators in secret training manuals.” 11/12/10ABC News: WikiLeaks registers company in Iceland
“”The new firm appears to be WikiLeaks’ first known legal presence in a country, though its Internet site functions thanks to servers based in Sweden. Iceland, which is currently considering far-reaching freedom of information legislation, counts among the countries where WikiLeaks has its most solid base.”
“In June, the country’s parliament voted unanimously in favour of the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI), a resolution developed with the help of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – who travels regularly here – and aimed at protecting investigative journalists and their sources.” Companion Post: Iceland Centerstage: On Volcanic Blow, Economic Woe, Information Flow11/11/10Global Policy Brief: Punish the Whistleblowers, reward the passive onlookers; the staggering double standards around U.S.policy
“The US Justice Department has announced that it would not press charges over the destruction of CIA videotapes depicting the “enhanced interrogation” of terrorism suspects. In 2005, Jose Rodriguez Jr, a top CIA official, authorized the destruction of 92 tapes showing two detainees being repeatedly waterboarded. Although the CIA was instructed by a court law not to destroy evidence of torture, CIA officials argue that their motive was innocent: they were only trying to protect the identity of the interrogators.”
“Accusing Wikileaks of having blood on its hands was not enough. Now the US government has seemingly launched a campaign of harassment and intimidation against Wikileaks and its supporters. Meanwhile, in the name of “looking forward,” charges are being dropped against the people responsible for covering up the systematic torture of detainees. How long will it be before looking backward becomes a crime?” Washington Times: Iceland Investigates possible U.S. Embassy spying
“The government of Iceland is investigating whether the U.S. Embassy is spying on Icelandic citizens. The Icelandic Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has launched an inquiry after other Nordic countries said they were investigating the practice in their countries.”
Marietje Schaake on EU-US Data Protection Agreement
EU Observer: MEPs pressing for Wikileaks Iraq torture follow-up at US summit
“Euro-deputies on Thursday (11 November) called for a “transatlantic inquiry” into Iraqi torture cases described in US war logs published by Wikileaks and pressed EU leaders to follow up on the issue at a meeting with US President Barack Obama next week.”
” ‘The European Parliament is “highly concerned over the recent serious allegations that torture has been condoned in Iraq’ and demands an ‘”independent transatlantic inquiry,’ a resolution adopted Thursday in the plenary reads. MEPs also call for this issue ‘to be raised in the context of the EU-US summit,’ which is set to take place on 20 November in Lisbon.” Twextra:
MSNBC: Russian journalist beaten, Second one in two days
“A reporter for a suburban Moscow paper was beaten up Monday, two days after another Moscow journalist was bludgeoned on the head, arms and legs in a brutal attack that was captured on video and has caused a national uproar.”
“No motivation for either attack has been determined, but both men wrote about efforts to stop developers from cutting down trees in forests around Moscow to build highways. In addition, an opposition activist also trying to protect the Khimki forest near Moscow had his skull fractured in assault last week. Road construction is considered one of the most corrupt sectors in Russia, offering huge profits to the businesses and officials involved who may see the journalists and activists as a direct threat to their bank accounts.” Journalists from every country, no matter how diverse their views, should come together NOW. There is a war on for Freedom of the Press! 11/07/10CNN: Sweden Investigating Alleged U.S. Spying
“The Swedish security police have launched an investigation into “unlawful intelligence activities” conducted by the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, according to a statement
Swedens Justice Minister Beatrice Ask speaks about Stockholms knowledge of the U.S. Embassys surveillance of Swedish citizens during a press conference in Stockholm Nov 07, 2010
released Saturday. The investigation was opened one day after the U.S. Embassy there told authorities its employees had been conducting surveillance activities, similar to what was recently discovered in Norway, according to the security police statement.“
“The scale of surveillance is not known, but according to the statement, operations have been ongoing since 2000. They were conducted without the knowledge of the Foreign Affairs office, the Justice Department, the security or the local police in Sweden, the statement said.“ Vancouver Sun: Leading Russian journalist in coma after assault
Leading Russian journalist in coma after assault Nov 06, 2010
“A leading Russian journalist was in a coma on Saturday after two men broke his legs, jaw and fingers in an attack which his editor said was likely to be linked to his coverage of banned opposition groups.”
“[Kommersant editor Mikhail] Mikhailin said the motive was unclear, but likely to be linked to Kashin’s recent investigations into extremist youth groups, including banned opposition group the National Bolshevik Party. ‘He undertook investigations into various informal organisations. I feel something he wrote might have upset someone who decided to take these vicious measures,’ he said.”
Scribd: CIA Response will neither confirm nor deny plans to assassinate Julian Assange [click on letter image to enlarge]:
11/04/10Julian Assange Wikileaks founder Press Conference, Geneva, Switzerland 11/04/2010
VIEW REMAINING THREE SEGMENTS HEREYahoo!: Human rights campaigners voice disappointment with Obama
“Speaking before the United States faces its first public review by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, representatives of US and international groups said Washington had been unable to turn the page on violations under the previous administration.”
” ‘Many of us would have been much happier two years ago, we expected very much deeper change. The momentum has been lost,’ said Gerald Staberock, speaking on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).”
“Not only is justice not being done, it is also prevented from being done.” Asia Tribune: The United States created Iraqi terror groups for torture Wikileaks doc: “DURING THE INTERROGATION PROCESS THE ***** THREATENED THE SUBJECT DETAINEE THAT HE WOULD NEVER SEE HIS FAMILY AGAIN AND WOULD BE SENT TO THE WOLF BATTALION WHERE HE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE PAIN AND AGONY THAT THE WOLF BATTALION IS KNOWN TO EXACT UPON ITS DETAINEES.” [December 14, 2005]“
“The Wolf Brigade/Battalionwas created and supported by the US in an attempt to re-employ elements of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard, this time to terrorise insurgents. Members typically wore red berets, sunglasses and balaclavas, and drove out on raids in convoys of Toyota Landcruisers. They were accused by Iraqis of beating prisoners, torturing them with electric drills and sometimes executing suspects. The then interior minister in charge of them was alleged to have been a former member of the Shia Badr militia.” Global Investigative Journalism Network: Journalists from 38 countries join in support for WikiLeaks
“Journalists from every region of the world have joined together to support the whistle-blowing organization Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange who, they say, have
Journalists from 38 countries join in support for WikiLeaks Nov 04 2010
provided an extraordinary resource for journalists around the world and made “an outstanding contribution to transparency and accountability on the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars”.
“The journalists, many of whom are prominent investigative reporters, come from countries as diverse as Russia and Namibia, and Israel and Indonesia, plus many from European countries and North America. The journalists, who are linked through investigative journalism networks, decided to speak out publicly after watching a growing campaign of threats and unfair criticisms againstAssange and Wikileaks.” Balance of Power is moving where it should; in the hands of global citizens! 11/03/10Denmark Politics, International: Wikileaks provides access to documentation for Iraq investigation
Wikileaks provides access to documentation for Iraq investigation Nov 03 2010
“The Danish military has formally requested access to the material for their inquiry, after having apparently been rebuffed access by its NATO partner, the United States. We have looked into the matter and have decided to provide the Danish investigation with the necessary information,« says Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson.”
Yesterday, the Danish Defence Command said that it had been unsuccessful in getting access to the 391,383 leaked Iraq logs despite having worked on its investigation of revelations in coverage of the logs for a week (link to article in Danish). According to the Defence, access to the logs is necessary in order for the Defence to carry out the investigation ordered by Danish Defence Minister Gitte Lillelund Bech which is to establish the facts of Danish soldiers’ involvement in the taking of prisoners left in the custody of Iraqi police. Now we shall begin to unravel which leaders are really for peace and and cooperation in this world and which are the very leaders holding transparency back to save their arses continue to profit from all the death and destruction. 10/31/10The Listening Post – Missing the mark on Wikileaks? VIDEO: ABC News (Australia): Iraq War: Mission Accomplished? “Look back on key milestones in the Iraq War, from the search for weapons of mass destruction to the surrender of control back to Iraqis.” 10/30/10 Fascinating discussion re #Yemen supposed bomb threat at #ATS HEREABC (Australia) News: Arab League demands justice after leaked war files
” ‘These documents and what they have unveiled… constitute a crime equivalent to crimes against humanity and violations against the Iraqi people,’ said Ahmed ben Helli, the Cairo-based organisation’s deputy secretary general. ‘We must pursue those who committed this crime,’ in cooperation with the Iraqi government, he said, quoted by Egypt’s official news agency MENA. Mr Ben Helli called for more documents to be released.” Beginning with their own backyard and extending to all countries who allow torture to foment I might add, but that our own US government practiced torture in secret prisons and “turned a blind eye” is unforgivable and must adamantly be reversed by We The People.
“But as it turns out, this latest document dump includes lots and lots of reports from troops on the ground about how all hell was breaking loose in the aftermath of the Samarra bombing, including troops stumbling on piles of bodies killed by sectarian militias increasingly at war with one another. You should never be surprised when your government lies to you. You should still be appalled though.“
“It is not fashionable within the circle of Washington ‘elites,’ both in the media and in government, to take part in anything that resembles ‘looking backward’ or ‘re-litigating the past,’ or whatever euphemism currently passes for seeking accountability. There was plenty of evidence before Wikileaks came along to undertake a comprehensive prosecution of any and all who were involved in the murderous fraud that was and is the war in Iraq, but it was never done. With the arrival of these 400,000 new pages, however, a new urgency must be injected into the argument.”
“They knew, and now we have the proof. They lied, they stole, they murdered by the tens and tens of thousands, and if there is no accountability for crimes of such scope and breadth, then ours is a doomed and eternally discredited nation. Mr. Obama’s Department of Justice has officially run out of excuses for not pursuing criminal action against the previous administration and all the players involved. The criminal acts were documented, in meticulous detail, and those facts are now in the public eye for all to see.”
The Statesman: Russia calls on USA to probe Wikileaks papers “The statement pointed out that Washington regularly ticked off other countries for human rights violations and said it should live up to its own standards by investigating the allegations of abuses by troops in Iraq.
“ ‘We are convinced that such a position will demonstrate the United States’ adherence to the high standards in the human rights sphere that it constantly calls on other countries to observe,’ it reads. The ministry called for the results of the investigation to be published and made available to human rights groups.“
Voice of Russia: WikiLeaks to publish classified documents from Russia, China “The WikiLeaks website, which provoked a scandal by posting the Pentagon’s classified documents about US military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, says it will gather and make public documents from Russia, China and other countries.”
“Zaeef says the night raids and the targeted killings are strengthening the Taliban and inspiring more people ‘to become extremist against the Americans.’ US political and military leaders, he says, ‘are thinking, ‘” ‘When we scare the people, they should be quiet.” But this is a different nation. When you are killing one person, four or five others rise against you. If you are killing five people, twenty, at least, are rising against you. When you are disrespecting the people or the honor of the people in one village, the whole village becomes against you. This is creating hatred against Americans.”
“Saying that it was vital to stop “WikiLeaks from hiding like a coward behind a computer mainframe,” Senator John Ensign (R – NV) announced today that he intends to push forward with legislation that aims to formally criminalize WikiLeaks as well as severely curtailing the ability to release classified documents.” To that I would add: And the Pentagon is hiding its voyeurism behind its drones.
In any case, I strongly intuit that if Wikileaks is taken down or if one hair of harm comes to Julian Assange or his employees, or his document donors, there will be Force of citizenry rise up on this Earth as never seen before (including soldiers, vets) marching to the halls of every capital city.
“You can see the impact of decisions made by U.S. military and civilian officials – decisions that the government has sought to keep secret from the public. The horrors of widespread civilian casualties, death squads, armed contractors, targeted assassinations, support for sectarian militias, city sieges and arrest sweeps have consistently been downplayed by U.S. officials and media.“
Help us counter the mainstream media notion that these documents do not reveal anything new. Send a letter to the editor, demanding that our government acknowledge and investigate the crimes detailed in these reports, and take the only action that will ensure they are ended – complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops, bases, and contractors from Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The former minister said in the period before the US invasion he was ‘very disturbed’ by the battle between US Secretary of State Colin Powell – who opposed a pre-emptive strike – and the hawkish Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld.”
“By creating complex legal hurdles, issuing on the scene immunities, and failing to ensure an environment of transparency, oversight and accountability, we are shielding the true costs of our wars, not only financially but in human terms as well. The release of these documents showcases just how terrible that cost is.
Let’s continue to call for accountability in conflict zones. Tell President Obama and Congress to respect human rights and counter terror with justice. “
“Salon media critic Glenn Greenwald hammers at a point we mentioned in our first read of the WikiLeaks coverage on Friday afternoon. That is, that as with the Afghanistan dump, there was an obvious disparity between the way that the Times reported out and framed its Iraq War Logs package and the way that Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and particularly The Guardian did.”
“In October 2006, an Iraqi army unit reportedly robbed a number of people living in Sunni neighbourhoods in western Baghdad. The unit was arrested on October 11 – and told its captors that it was operating under the authority of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.”
“The frequent crackdowns on his political rivals help to explain why al-Maliki was the target of so many often-violent plots. Dozens of reports describe assassination attempts; others, plots designed to intimidate the prime minister into changing his policies. Not all of them have been previously reported.”
“The secret files record graphic detail of extensive abuse at Iraqi police stations, army bases and prisons. Electricity used on feet and genitals; electrocuted; sodomised with a water bottle; sodomised with a hose; beaten to death; raped by a Major. There are many such reports.”
“Through an extensive manual count, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal that 681, more than 80 per cent of those killed in similar incidents, were civilians. Fifty families were shot at and at least 30 children reported killed. In contrast, only 120 insurgents died in checkpoint
incidents in the same period.”
“Navi Pillay said the files suggested US forces had continued to hand detainees to Iraqi authorities despite evidence that they had been tortured. Meanwhile, the UN’s adviser on torture, Manfred Novak, called for a wider inquiry to include alleged US abuses.
“The Obama administration’s cynicism is revealed in these exchanges. It’s betting that the American public, thoroughly distracted by Christine O’Donnell’s anti-onanism and Brett Favre’s cock, simply won’t care about a seemingly desperate attempt to intimidate Iran and prevent further collapse in the economy.”
10/19/10Salon Com: Joe Miller’s private “guards” were active-duty military
“One of the more disturbing election incidents took place in Alaska on Sunday night, when private “guards” working for GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller forcibly detained and handcuffed a journalist as he tried to ask the candidate questions which he did not want to answer. “
“But revelations today have made the story much, much worse still. ADN now reports that not only was Joe Miller’s excuse for why he had hired private guards a lie, but two of the guards who handcuffed the journalist and threatened others are active-duty soldiers in the U.S. military:” Impeach Bush Org:
“…the IndictBushNow movement has reached tens of thousands of new people who have joined our movement this week in the aftermath of the release of 400,000 documents that prove that horrible war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed in Iraq.” 10/17/10The Nation (Notion Blog): Could WikiLeaks Have Prevented 9/11? Former FBI Agent Says Yes
“Less than a month before 9/11, an FBI supervisor sent a warning to officials in Washington. He pleaded that he was ‘trying to keep someone from taking a plane and crashing into the World Trade Center.’ “
“It doesn’t get much more specific than that. But FBI officials in Washington refused to act, or make any public statement about Moussaoui.”
09/26/10Fox News: Pentagon Paid $47,000 to Destroy Veteran’s Memoir “The Department of Defense paid $5 per book to burn the 9,500 copies of “Operation Dark Heart,” Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer’s memoir about going undercover in Afghanistan that the Pentagon claims revealed too many national security secrets.”
Our tax money paid for this Nazi-style suppression of intellectual freedom! Outrageous. Remember this? 09/03/10Alternet: 5 Jaw-Dropping Stories in Wikileaks’ Archives Begging for National Attention
“..today there are many files, beyond the much-publicized Afghan War Diary and the “Collateral Murder” video of a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter mowing down people in Baghdad in 2007, that continue to hide in plain sight on Wikileaks’ Web site. Below are just five examples of the types of documents available at Wikileaks.org that deserve in-depth analysis and national media attention.”
“Our source talked with members of the 3rd Infantry Division and 4th Infantry Division who nailed the Mossad agents and ordered they be let go. As a result, when these US Army personnel returned to the US, they left their army careers and refused to serve the likes of George Bush and Israel. What could their deeper reasons possibly be?”
“Our source would take solace, great solace, if those men and women who witnessed any of these events would step forward and blow the whistle, especially on the cabal of ruthless Mossad aggents who killed American soldiers.”
“Numerous reports for many months have stated that with collaboration from American occupation forces, Israel’s espionage apparatus, Mossad, slaughtered at least 530 Iraqi scientists and academic professors.”
“Persistent Israeli hit squads against Iraqi scientists had been active in Iraq since April 2003, but the latest chapter was uncovered on Tuesday, 14 June 2005 by the Palestine Information Center which, citing a report compiled by the United States Department of State and intended for the American President, stated that Israeli and foreign agents sent by Mossad, in cooperation with United States, to Iraq, killed at least 350 Iraqi scientists and more than 200 university professors and academic personalities .
“Vice President Cheney’s office has refused to comply with an executive order governing the handling of classified information for the past four years and recently tried to abolish the office that sought to enforce those rules, according to documents released by a congressional committee yesterday.”
“Since 2003, the vice president’s staff has not cooperated with an office at the National Archives and Records Administration charged with making sure the executive branch protects classified information. Cheney aides have not filed reports on their possession of classified data and at one point blocked an inspection of their office. After the Archives office pressed the matter, the documents say, Cheney’s staff this year proposed eliminating it.”
My Dream: 2 see 10% of the world's citizens rise up on the same day, march 2 their capital cities & shout "We're taking back this planet!" 14 hours ago
Following are excerpts from my journal entries recording in the six months prior and on the day of September 11, 2001. As with most seemingly “unconnected” events in our daily lives, hindsight is indeed 20/20 vision. This was originally posted on my other site, Life’s Journeys on Aug 08, 2008.open desert plain, but it feels somewhat like a surrealistic New Mexican town. I am getting reports that planes will crash ‘in the east.’ I look to the east and see 5 or more jetliners crash and explode in flames. I think that they have crashed in Iowa or Indiana because the letter ‘I” is impressed upon me. But then, as I measure the distance in my dream mind, it occurs to me that the trajectory of the planes would put this further east than that. Then, after a pause, I look to the west into a fiery sunset, and I see the ‘mother of all airships’ flying at stunning speed. I turn to a woman standing with me who simply and calmly says, ‘And so it has come…’ . This beast of an airship is spewing out flames all around and although it is flying at incredible speed, I am somehow able to see its detail. It is dark and monstrous and fierce; then it, too, crashed in the east. It just disintegrated. I recall saying over and over as the planes were crashing, ‘They are now atoms and particles pressed out into space, remnants of the human race.’ I awoke spontaneously and cannot even imagine why I would have such a dream.”
So, the FBI sacrifices StratFor to catch this Level I spinoff from Anonymous? Although TPTW have not even begun to breach the “core”, Level II, nevertheless (IMHO) is going to get more transparently action oriented now. This absolutely is going to strengthen the determination of Level II to intercede and accelerate the inevitable – the take down of pure, unadulterated energy of darkness. I still sense July will be pivotal along these ends.
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“President Obama’s selection of William Daley as his new chief of staff is not an example of a ‘Chicago mafia,’ Mayor Richard M. Daley, William Daley’s brother, said Thursday. “
