Here is a tidbit about one of the emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-31/weiner-laptop-doc-assange-warrant-issued-2-weeks-after-swedish-election-leaks
It makes it appear that Hillary intervened in the rape case against Julian Assange to shut him up.
Isn't that kinda like what she did to silence her so-called "husband's" accusers?
And you wanted THAT to be your president?
By the way, there seems to be something unspoken lurking under all this - the possibility that Hillary and her coterie have been running a private spy ring which collects and utilizes dirt on everyone to the advantage of the Clinton Crime Family. This should remind you of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, no?
Sunday, December 31, 2017
What's Really Happening In Iran ???
It is ... important to question just how popular these protests are. While mainstream western media and various terrorist organizations also conveniently supporting them paint them as involving tens of thousands at each demonstration, video and pictures tend to show only dozens to hundreds at the most while others wander about around them.
“A video of that protest in Mashad showed some 50 people chanting slogans with more bystander just milling around,” writes MOA [Moon of Alabama] ... “Two videos posted by BBC Persian and others I have seen show only small active protest groups with a dozen or so people while many more are just standing by or film the people who are chanting slogans.”
You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-iran.html
And are these "demonstrations" aimed more at us than at the Iranian government? Clearly Israel wants US support for a war on Iran, and about the only way to get it is to persuade us that the poor Iranian people need to be "saved".
Unfortunately, the only kind of "saving" they're going to get is the kind which Iraq, Libya, and Syria received - another instance of destroying the village in order to save it.
“A video of that protest in Mashad showed some 50 people chanting slogans with more bystander just milling around,” writes MOA [Moon of Alabama] ... “Two videos posted by BBC Persian and others I have seen show only small active protest groups with a dozen or so people while many more are just standing by or film the people who are chanting slogans.”
You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-iran.html
And are these "demonstrations" aimed more at us than at the Iranian government? Clearly Israel wants US support for a war on Iran, and about the only way to get it is to persuade us that the poor Iranian people need to be "saved".
Unfortunately, the only kind of "saving" they're going to get is the kind which Iraq, Libya, and Syria received - another instance of destroying the village in order to save it.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Does Facebook Work For Israel ???
Just when you thought Facebook couldn't sink any lower, they do this:
In September of last year, we noted that Facebook representatives were meeting with the Israeli Government to determine which Facebook accounts of Palestinians should be deleted on the ground that they constitute “incitement.” The meetings – called for and presided over by one of the most extremist and authoritarian Israeli officials, its pro-settlement Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked – came after Israel threatened Facebook that its failure to voluntarily comply with Israeli deletion orders would result in the enactment of laws requiring Facebook to do so, upon pain of being severely fined or even blocked in the country.
The predictable results of those meetings are now clear and well-documented. Ever since, Facebook has been on a censorship rampage against Palestinian activists who protest the decades-long, illegal Israeli occupation, all directed and determined by Israeli officials. Indeed, Israeli officials have been publicly boasting about how obedient Facebook is when it comes to Israeli censorship orders.
You can read the rest @
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/
No surprise here, I guess.
Here are the names of some well-known US "inciters": Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin. We used to call them heroes. I'm sure they too were banned in their day for "incitement" and sedition.
The underlying question here is this - what is wrong (much less illegal) with complaining about apparent continual violations of international law by Israel and the US?
The Palestinian’s legal right to resist occupation - to fight for their ability to promote, sustain, and nurture human life, to fight for their right to grow, to flourish - comes from two documents: the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Fourth Geneva Convention and its subsequent protocols.
Taken together, people have the right to “fight against colonial domination and alien occupation in the exercise of their right to self-determination,” Brayer explained.
You can read the rest @
https://972mag.com/on-the-palestinians-legal-right-to-fight-the-occupation/30855/
Why is Facebook apparently conspiring with Israel to take away those moral and legal rights?
And why are we still supporting Facebook?
In September of last year, we noted that Facebook representatives were meeting with the Israeli Government to determine which Facebook accounts of Palestinians should be deleted on the ground that they constitute “incitement.” The meetings – called for and presided over by one of the most extremist and authoritarian Israeli officials, its pro-settlement Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked – came after Israel threatened Facebook that its failure to voluntarily comply with Israeli deletion orders would result in the enactment of laws requiring Facebook to do so, upon pain of being severely fined or even blocked in the country.
The predictable results of those meetings are now clear and well-documented. Ever since, Facebook has been on a censorship rampage against Palestinian activists who protest the decades-long, illegal Israeli occupation, all directed and determined by Israeli officials. Indeed, Israeli officials have been publicly boasting about how obedient Facebook is when it comes to Israeli censorship orders.
You can read the rest @
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/
No surprise here, I guess.
Here are the names of some well-known US "inciters": Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin. We used to call them heroes. I'm sure they too were banned in their day for "incitement" and sedition.
The underlying question here is this - what is wrong (much less illegal) with complaining about apparent continual violations of international law by Israel and the US?
The Palestinian’s legal right to resist occupation - to fight for their ability to promote, sustain, and nurture human life, to fight for their right to grow, to flourish - comes from two documents: the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Fourth Geneva Convention and its subsequent protocols.
Taken together, people have the right to “fight against colonial domination and alien occupation in the exercise of their right to self-determination,” Brayer explained.
You can read the rest @
https://972mag.com/on-the-palestinians-legal-right-to-fight-the-occupation/30855/
Why is Facebook apparently conspiring with Israel to take away those moral and legal rights?
And why are we still supporting Facebook?
Swatting Shows How Dangerous US Has Become
Another innocent person has been murdered by police during a "swatting prank":
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/30/kansas-swatting-suspect-arrested-in-los-angeles.html
This is not a "PRANK" people ... this is MURDER.
Compare these two scenarios:
(1) Russian intelligence gives US evidence that Tamerlan Tsarnaev is a potential terrorist. Response? FBI DOES NOTHING; and Tsarnaev goes on to become the accused Boston Marathon bomber.
(2) "Prankster" makes fake 911 call. Response? An immediate SWAT raid and the deadly shooting of an innocent person.
Something has to change here, people. THIS IS BEYOND STUPID.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/30/kansas-swatting-suspect-arrested-in-los-angeles.html
This is not a "PRANK" people ... this is MURDER.
Compare these two scenarios:
(1) Russian intelligence gives US evidence that Tamerlan Tsarnaev is a potential terrorist. Response? FBI DOES NOTHING; and Tsarnaev goes on to become the accused Boston Marathon bomber.
(2) "Prankster" makes fake 911 call. Response? An immediate SWAT raid and the deadly shooting of an innocent person.
Something has to change here, people. THIS IS BEYOND STUPID.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Beware Of Friendly FBI Agents
Here is a discussion of how FBI agents may seem to be your friend when they actually are digging your grave:
The interrogations of Winner and Papadopoulos were what the FBI likes to call “noncustodial,” so they were not read their Miranda rights — because, the FBI claims, they were not arrested or detained at the time of the interrogation. (Winner’s lawyers have argued in court filings that she was effectively detained and should have been Mirandized.) By avoiding the obligation to inform suspects of their right to a lawyer and the right to stay silent, the FBI makes it easier to get Americans to say things — whether truths or lies — that will be used against them. The Fifth Amendment protects people from testifying against themselves, of course, and the Sixth Amendment provides the right to legal counsel, but law enforcement authorities get around these constitutional protections by contending that some interrogations are noncustodial. The result is that suspects are enticed into talking before they realize the jeopardy they face and the rights they possess.
You can read the rest @
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/28/how-the-interrogation-of-reality-winner-reveals-the-deceptive-tactics-of-exceedingly-friendly-fbi-agents/
Does this sound like "justice" to you? I'm not certain what to call it.
Of course since we all "know what Winner did", this kind of tactic may seem reasonable ... but HOW do we know what she did; and WHY were such ideas planted in our heads; and BY WHOM?
By the way, why weren't such "tricks" used during the so-called interrogations of Hillary Clinton and her coterie?
The interrogations of Winner and Papadopoulos were what the FBI likes to call “noncustodial,” so they were not read their Miranda rights — because, the FBI claims, they were not arrested or detained at the time of the interrogation. (Winner’s lawyers have argued in court filings that she was effectively detained and should have been Mirandized.) By avoiding the obligation to inform suspects of their right to a lawyer and the right to stay silent, the FBI makes it easier to get Americans to say things — whether truths or lies — that will be used against them. The Fifth Amendment protects people from testifying against themselves, of course, and the Sixth Amendment provides the right to legal counsel, but law enforcement authorities get around these constitutional protections by contending that some interrogations are noncustodial. The result is that suspects are enticed into talking before they realize the jeopardy they face and the rights they possess.
You can read the rest @
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/28/how-the-interrogation-of-reality-winner-reveals-the-deceptive-tactics-of-exceedingly-friendly-fbi-agents/
Does this sound like "justice" to you? I'm not certain what to call it.
Of course since we all "know what Winner did", this kind of tactic may seem reasonable ... but HOW do we know what she did; and WHY were such ideas planted in our heads; and BY WHOM?
By the way, why weren't such "tricks" used during the so-called interrogations of Hillary Clinton and her coterie?
Is The DNC Server "Hack" Story A Complete Fabrication ???
Although it's rather long, I suggest you read this analysis of the DNC server "hack" claims:
https://disobedientmedia.com/2017/12/fancy-frauds-bogus-bears-malware-mimicry/
Is this why the DNC will not allow the FBI or anyone else to examine their servers?
This whole thing smacks of election fraud, sedition, and possible treasonous activity. So why are most of the "investigations" targeting Trump, whose election seems to have been the trigger for this apparent criminality in the first place?
As many have claimed, the US electoral system is indeed a fraud. But that is due AT LEAST as much to the DNC as to anyone else.
And you really have to ask why Seth Rich was murdered?
https://disobedientmedia.com/2017/12/fancy-frauds-bogus-bears-malware-mimicry/
Is this why the DNC will not allow the FBI or anyone else to examine their servers?
This whole thing smacks of election fraud, sedition, and possible treasonous activity. So why are most of the "investigations" targeting Trump, whose election seems to have been the trigger for this apparent criminality in the first place?
As many have claimed, the US electoral system is indeed a fraud. But that is due AT LEAST as much to the DNC as to anyone else.
And you really have to ask why Seth Rich was murdered?
Children As Weapons Of War ???
Here is a complaint from UNICEF:
Children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war – recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide bombers, and used as human shields – the United Nations children’s agency has warned.
In a statement summarising 2017 as a brutal year for children caught in conflict, Unicef said parties to conflicts were blatantly disregarding international humanitarian law and children were routinely coming under attack.
Rape, forced marriage, abduction and enslavement had become standard tactics in conflicts across Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as in Nigeria, South Sudan and Myanmar.
Some children, abducted by extremist groups, are abused again by security forces when they are released. Others are indirectly harmed by fighting, through malnutrition and disease, as access to food, water and sanitation are denied or restricted.
Some 27 million children in conflict zones have been forced out of school.
“Children are being targeted and exposed to attacks and brutal violence in their homes, schools and playgrounds,” said Manuel Fontaine, Unicef’s director of emergency programmes. “As these attacks continue year after year, we cannot become numb. Such brutality cannot be the new normal.”
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/28/children-increasingly-used-as-weapons-of-war-unicef-warns
While this is certainly true and deserves our condemnation, note well the report avoids mentioning that most of these conflicts were caused by the United States and US allies.
None of this will stop unless and until the UN confronts the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia and forces them to stop it. Doing so will require the entire world to BDS these three main culprits ... and I mean BDS to the extent of TOTAL isolation. I doubt such a thing could be done.
Children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war – recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide bombers, and used as human shields – the United Nations children’s agency has warned.
In a statement summarising 2017 as a brutal year for children caught in conflict, Unicef said parties to conflicts were blatantly disregarding international humanitarian law and children were routinely coming under attack.
Rape, forced marriage, abduction and enslavement had become standard tactics in conflicts across Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as in Nigeria, South Sudan and Myanmar.
Some children, abducted by extremist groups, are abused again by security forces when they are released. Others are indirectly harmed by fighting, through malnutrition and disease, as access to food, water and sanitation are denied or restricted.
Some 27 million children in conflict zones have been forced out of school.
“Children are being targeted and exposed to attacks and brutal violence in their homes, schools and playgrounds,” said Manuel Fontaine, Unicef’s director of emergency programmes. “As these attacks continue year after year, we cannot become numb. Such brutality cannot be the new normal.”
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/28/children-increasingly-used-as-weapons-of-war-unicef-warns
While this is certainly true and deserves our condemnation, note well the report avoids mentioning that most of these conflicts were caused by the United States and US allies.
None of this will stop unless and until the UN confronts the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia and forces them to stop it. Doing so will require the entire world to BDS these three main culprits ... and I mean BDS to the extent of TOTAL isolation. I doubt such a thing could be done.
Death In An Amazon Dumpster
Welcome to the American Dream !!!
The day before last year’s presidential election, a hungry homeless man named Jonathan Manley stopped at a dumpster outside a warehouse in San Francisco. Unmarked on the outside, the building was occupied by Amazon.
For those able to tolerate the grime and the smell, and who have no other choice but to risk eating expired or rotting food, the large dumpsters stationed there can be bountiful. Visitors say they have found ice cream, bananas, strawberries, grapes and frozen pizzas, not to mention cans and packaging that can be sold for pennies at recycling centers.
The lid was too high and too heavy for Manley to flip open from the sidewalk, so he climbed the side, pulled the lid back and dropped into the trash. It was full of things to eat.
“That’s when I noticed him,” Manley said.
At the front, on all fours as if he was struggling to stand up, was a middle-aged man wearing a T-shirt, pants and boots. He had a graying mustache and beard, his hands were caked with dirt and there was blood around his nose.
Manley tried to wake him but could not. He tried to lift him, but the man weighed too much and was too stiff. Poking his head out of the dumpster, Manley saw two passersby walking a dog across the street and yelled for them to call 911. When the paramedics arrived, they determined that the man was beyond resuscitation.
Dumpsters can be life-sustaining for people surviving on the streets. But a Guardian investigation has found that they are also implicated in dozens of homeless deaths.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/28/amazon-dumpster-death-homeless-man-frank-ryan
In a very real sense, much of the US is becoming an Amazon dumpster.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have taken over and are transforming life in the US and the world. In their world are only four classes of people:
The largest group by far is the "useless eaters". And Amazon and their ilk might as well be throwing us all into a dumpster for all they care about the general welfare of the US populace.
The day before last year’s presidential election, a hungry homeless man named Jonathan Manley stopped at a dumpster outside a warehouse in San Francisco. Unmarked on the outside, the building was occupied by Amazon.
For those able to tolerate the grime and the smell, and who have no other choice but to risk eating expired or rotting food, the large dumpsters stationed there can be bountiful. Visitors say they have found ice cream, bananas, strawberries, grapes and frozen pizzas, not to mention cans and packaging that can be sold for pennies at recycling centers.
The lid was too high and too heavy for Manley to flip open from the sidewalk, so he climbed the side, pulled the lid back and dropped into the trash. It was full of things to eat.
“That’s when I noticed him,” Manley said.
At the front, on all fours as if he was struggling to stand up, was a middle-aged man wearing a T-shirt, pants and boots. He had a graying mustache and beard, his hands were caked with dirt and there was blood around his nose.
Manley tried to wake him but could not. He tried to lift him, but the man weighed too much and was too stiff. Poking his head out of the dumpster, Manley saw two passersby walking a dog across the street and yelled for them to call 911. When the paramedics arrived, they determined that the man was beyond resuscitation.
Dumpsters can be life-sustaining for people surviving on the streets. But a Guardian investigation has found that they are also implicated in dozens of homeless deaths.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/28/amazon-dumpster-death-homeless-man-frank-ryan
In a very real sense, much of the US is becoming an Amazon dumpster.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have taken over and are transforming life in the US and the world. In their world are only four classes of people:
- owners
- creators
- users
- useless eaters
The largest group by far is the "useless eaters". And Amazon and their ilk might as well be throwing us all into a dumpster for all they care about the general welfare of the US populace.
Thought For The Day - 12/28/2017
It is impossible to seriously address a single major social issue without breaking the political and economic stranglehold of the financial oligarchy over society.
Source- http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/12/28/pers-d28.html
And that is going to be damned hard to accomplish.
Source- http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/12/28/pers-d28.html
And that is going to be damned hard to accomplish.
McCarthyism Is Back
The Senate committee probing alleged Russian interference in the U.S. political system has deemed anyone “of Russian nationality or Russian descent” relevant to its investigation, according to a document obtained by TYT.
In an email dated December 19, 2017, April Doss - who serves as senior minority counsel on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) - defined the scope of the committee’s inquiry as anyone a subject “knows or has reason to believe [is] of Russian nationality or descent.” The senior majority counsel for the SSCI, Vanessa Le, was cc’d on the emails.
You can read the rest @
https://tytnetwork.com/2017/12/27/anyone-of-russian-descent-now-targeted-in-senate-investigation/
Not only is this reminiscent of the Cold War "red scare", it appears to stem from the same mentality which put US citizens of Japanese descent into detention camps during WWII.
Jeez ... leave the Russians alone.
In an email dated December 19, 2017, April Doss - who serves as senior minority counsel on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) - defined the scope of the committee’s inquiry as anyone a subject “knows or has reason to believe [is] of Russian nationality or descent.” The senior majority counsel for the SSCI, Vanessa Le, was cc’d on the emails.
You can read the rest @
https://tytnetwork.com/2017/12/27/anyone-of-russian-descent-now-targeted-in-senate-investigation/
Not only is this reminiscent of the Cold War "red scare", it appears to stem from the same mentality which put US citizens of Japanese descent into detention camps during WWII.
Jeez ... leave the Russians alone.
When Does Human Life Begin ???
Today I received an email from Senator Rand Paul urging me to sign a petition. Here is part of what he wrote:
A Life at Conception Act declares unborn children "persons" as defined by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, entitled to legal protection.
This is the one thing the Supreme Court admitted in Roe v. Wade that would cause the case for legal abortion to "collapse."
Dear Senator - No, I am not going to sign this petition, and I do not support this bill.
The unborn are not "persons", and robots are not "persons" either.
However, if you introduce a bill which specifies that Barack Obama (the ad-Dajjal) is NOT and never was a natural born citizen, you have my full support in that regard.
A Life at Conception Act declares unborn children "persons" as defined by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, entitled to legal protection.
This is the one thing the Supreme Court admitted in Roe v. Wade that would cause the case for legal abortion to "collapse."
Dear Senator - No, I am not going to sign this petition, and I do not support this bill.
The unborn are not "persons", and robots are not "persons" either.
However, if you introduce a bill which specifies that Barack Obama (the ad-Dajjal) is NOT and never was a natural born citizen, you have my full support in that regard.
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Was Vegas Event An Air Assault Via Helicopter ???
Newly released footage of the October 1 massacre posted on YouTube by the NICK VEGAS channel appears to confirm what Intellihub’s founder and editor-in-chief Shepard Ambellas pointed out in late October when he presented evidence of the strategic air assault on The Alex Jones Show in great detail.
The video shows what appears to be muzzle flashes emanating from the airspace between the Delano Hotel and Mandalay Bay, an airspace that should be free of obstruction altogether.
A major analysis of this matter was done by Ambellas in mid-November which revealed that no aircraft should be occupying that airspace between the hours of 10:05 and 10:15 p.m. on the night of the shooting (i.e. no aircraft are visible on the radar in that airspace during that time.) Not to mention the fact that helicopters are not allowed to hover in the City of Las Vegas without a permit nor are they allowed to lurk behind buildings lower than their roof lines.
You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/conspiracy-fact-and-theory/new-footage-from-las-vegas-massacre-reveals-possible-muzzle-flashes-from-helicopters-that-may-have-conducted-air-assault_12272017
I have heard this claim many times before, but it's hard to tell anything from these videos.
The video shows what appears to be muzzle flashes emanating from the airspace between the Delano Hotel and Mandalay Bay, an airspace that should be free of obstruction altogether.
A major analysis of this matter was done by Ambellas in mid-November which revealed that no aircraft should be occupying that airspace between the hours of 10:05 and 10:15 p.m. on the night of the shooting (i.e. no aircraft are visible on the radar in that airspace during that time.) Not to mention the fact that helicopters are not allowed to hover in the City of Las Vegas without a permit nor are they allowed to lurk behind buildings lower than their roof lines.
You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/conspiracy-fact-and-theory/new-footage-from-las-vegas-massacre-reveals-possible-muzzle-flashes-from-helicopters-that-may-have-conducted-air-assault_12272017
I have heard this claim many times before, but it's hard to tell anything from these videos.
A Tale Of Two Worlds
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way ..."
HERE ARE THE BEST OF TIMES:
The world’s 500 richest people have increased their wealth by $1tn (£745bn) so far this year due to a huge increase in the value of global stock markets, which are likely to finish 2017 at record highs.
The big increase in the fortunes of the ultra-wealthy comes as billions of poorer people across the world have seen their wealth standstill or decline. The gap between the very rich and everyone else has widened to the biggest it has been in a century and advisers to the super-rich are warning them of a “strike back” from the squeezed majority.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/dec/27/worlds-richest-500-see-increased-their-wealth-by-1tn-this-year
HERE ARE THE WORST OF TIMES:
From his post at the edge of the bus-shelter bench, James Anderson spotted the two police patrol cars heading slowly towards him and snapped briskly to attention, or at least as briskly as humanly possible for a 53-year-old man with a bad back. He reached for his cane and struggled unsteadily to his feet, shielding his eyes from the vehicle’s blinding head beams.
Hauling everything they owned in two grocery carts, Anderson and his three teenage children had put in a good 12 hours in their trek from Silicon Valley’s northern edge en route to the Promised Land, Berkeley, which was still another 14 miles away as the crow flies. Fueled only by a 20-piece Chicken McNuggets divided unevenly among the four of them, they were bone-tired by nightfall, and had decided to settle down for the evening in the Bay Area suburb of San Leandro.
You can read the rest @
http://www.mintpressnews.com/since-2008-financial-crisis-wall-street-is-the-grinch-that-keeps-stealing-christmas/235856/
Note well that the rich aren't actually WORRIED about any "strike back", since the governments of the world (which universally work for the rich instead of the poor) will make certain that such a thing does not happen.
We live at one of the most wretched times in history. All humanity should be ashamed of what we have become.
Charles Dickens, from A Tale of Two Cities
HERE ARE THE BEST OF TIMES:
The world’s 500 richest people have increased their wealth by $1tn (£745bn) so far this year due to a huge increase in the value of global stock markets, which are likely to finish 2017 at record highs.
The big increase in the fortunes of the ultra-wealthy comes as billions of poorer people across the world have seen their wealth standstill or decline. The gap between the very rich and everyone else has widened to the biggest it has been in a century and advisers to the super-rich are warning them of a “strike back” from the squeezed majority.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/dec/27/worlds-richest-500-see-increased-their-wealth-by-1tn-this-year
HERE ARE THE WORST OF TIMES:
From his post at the edge of the bus-shelter bench, James Anderson spotted the two police patrol cars heading slowly towards him and snapped briskly to attention, or at least as briskly as humanly possible for a 53-year-old man with a bad back. He reached for his cane and struggled unsteadily to his feet, shielding his eyes from the vehicle’s blinding head beams.
Hauling everything they owned in two grocery carts, Anderson and his three teenage children had put in a good 12 hours in their trek from Silicon Valley’s northern edge en route to the Promised Land, Berkeley, which was still another 14 miles away as the crow flies. Fueled only by a 20-piece Chicken McNuggets divided unevenly among the four of them, they were bone-tired by nightfall, and had decided to settle down for the evening in the Bay Area suburb of San Leandro.
You can read the rest @
http://www.mintpressnews.com/since-2008-financial-crisis-wall-street-is-the-grinch-that-keeps-stealing-christmas/235856/
Note well that the rich aren't actually WORRIED about any "strike back", since the governments of the world (which universally work for the rich instead of the poor) will make certain that such a thing does not happen.
We live at one of the most wretched times in history. All humanity should be ashamed of what we have become.
Israel Kills Americans With Impunity
Last March, a Palestinian man fatally stabbed a tourist walking near the Tel Aviv coast. It was five months into the “Intifada of the Knives,” the name given to the spate of Palestinian attacks on Israelis that began in October 2015. By March 2016, these types of near-daily random stabbing acts had become just another violent chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, indistinguishable from all the rest.
The death of this tourist, however, was different. The victim’s name was Taylor Force, and he was an American combat veteran on a study trip to Israel. In the aftermath of his gruesome death, ensuring accountability for the death of Force became a celebrated cause in Congress. Senators and Congressmen rushed to condemn the stabbing attack, and praise Force for his service. Six months after the murder of Force, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slapped his name on a bill, called the Taylor Force Act, that would cut U.S. aid from going to the Palestinian Authority because of the authority’s practice of giving payments to militants and their families. On December 5, the House unanimously passed the act. The Senate is expected to pass it before the end of the year, and Trump administration officials have said the president supports the bill.
But not all American deaths in Israel-Palestine are treated equally — and the difference in reaction to the killings of Palestinian-Americans by Israeli forces is a stark reminder of how little Palestinian life is valued in the U.S. Congress. When Americans of Palestinian descent are shot dead by Israeli soldiers, no Senators or Congressmen rush to press for accountability from Israel’s army, or put the names of Palestinian victims on legislation that would tie U.S. aid to Israel to policy changes.
You can read the rest @
https://forward.com/opinion/390062/why-doesnt-congress-care-when-israel-kills-american-citizens/
Not even mentioned by the author is the murder of Rachel Corrie by an Israeli bulldozer, or the attack on the USS Liberty which killed 34 US sailors. You can read about their deaths here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
When Israel kills US citizens, no one in Congress really gives a damn. This should help tell you whom "our" Congress works for.
A nation which kills US citizens is NOT our friend. A Congress which does not protect us is NOT our Congress.
The death of this tourist, however, was different. The victim’s name was Taylor Force, and he was an American combat veteran on a study trip to Israel. In the aftermath of his gruesome death, ensuring accountability for the death of Force became a celebrated cause in Congress. Senators and Congressmen rushed to condemn the stabbing attack, and praise Force for his service. Six months after the murder of Force, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slapped his name on a bill, called the Taylor Force Act, that would cut U.S. aid from going to the Palestinian Authority because of the authority’s practice of giving payments to militants and their families. On December 5, the House unanimously passed the act. The Senate is expected to pass it before the end of the year, and Trump administration officials have said the president supports the bill.
But not all American deaths in Israel-Palestine are treated equally — and the difference in reaction to the killings of Palestinian-Americans by Israeli forces is a stark reminder of how little Palestinian life is valued in the U.S. Congress. When Americans of Palestinian descent are shot dead by Israeli soldiers, no Senators or Congressmen rush to press for accountability from Israel’s army, or put the names of Palestinian victims on legislation that would tie U.S. aid to Israel to policy changes.
You can read the rest @
https://forward.com/opinion/390062/why-doesnt-congress-care-when-israel-kills-american-citizens/
Not even mentioned by the author is the murder of Rachel Corrie by an Israeli bulldozer, or the attack on the USS Liberty which killed 34 US sailors. You can read about their deaths here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
When Israel kills US citizens, no one in Congress really gives a damn. This should help tell you whom "our" Congress works for.
A nation which kills US citizens is NOT our friend. A Congress which does not protect us is NOT our Congress.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Why Is There A Horse Problem ???
According to this report there are too many wild horses in the US, and we either have to kill them or let them starve:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/opinion/wild-west-horses.html
Jeez ... what arrogance and stupidity !!!
This wave of horses is here only because the Spaniards brought them when they slaughtered the natives.
Their numbers are exploding because humans have disrupted the environment and killed off their natural predators.
There is nothing for them to eat because humans have taken over their grazing lands.
There is a horse problem because there is a human problem. So why is the solution to kill horses?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/opinion/wild-west-horses.html
Jeez ... what arrogance and stupidity !!!
This wave of horses is here only because the Spaniards brought them when they slaughtered the natives.
Their numbers are exploding because humans have disrupted the environment and killed off their natural predators.
There is nothing for them to eat because humans have taken over their grazing lands.
There is a horse problem because there is a human problem. So why is the solution to kill horses?
What Really Happened In Boston Marathon Bombing ???
It seems like we'll never know:
It has been nearly five years since two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, and nearly three years since the conclusion of the trial of the sole surviving Tsarnaev brother, Dzhokhar. And yet, the government continues to maintain radio silence over many crucial questions related to the bombing.
Since the 2013 bombing, WhoWhatWhy has made dozens and dozens of records requests through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other records request laws, from multiple government agencies, in an effort to fill in some of the many holes in the story that remain after a secretive federal investigation and trial. The results have been mixed, to say the least.
Most of the ongoing secrecy relates to the deceased mastermind and main bombing perpetrator: the older brother Tamerlan.
The lead prosecutor who secured the conviction against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, William Weinreb, even admitted that “it is fair to say that there are still a number of questions unanswered about that case.”
And a surprising number of Boston’s local law enforcement question whether the FBI is coming clean about what it knows about the now-deceased Tsarnaev brother.
As we wrote back in July, some of these enduring questions are:
* How was Tamerlan able to travel back and forth to the country from which he sought asylum in 2012, despite being on multiple terror watchlists?
* Why was he not questioned about the 2011 murder of three of his friends?
* Was Tamerlan working for the US government in some capacity?
* Was the FBI or some other federal agency using Tamerlan’s desire to become a US citizen as leverage?
* Did the Tsarnaevs have help constructing the bombs?
* Was anyone else involved in planning or inspiring the plot?
Besides the big questions, our ongoing efforts to track down and verify even mundane details about the bombing reveal a flawed and seemingly arbitrary system for making government documents public.
You can read the rest @
https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/12/26/boston-bombing-right-know-zero/
There is a disturbing pattern here:
Note well the FBI appears to excel at protecting the Clinton Crime Family, but does a piss poor job protecting We The People. Why is that?
By the way, how can we be certain the Tsarnaevs were responsible for the bombing in the first place, since the available video evidence appears to prove otherwise? You can read about it here:
https://whowhatwhy.org/2013/05/20/official-story-has-odd-wrinkles-a-pack-of-questions-about-the-boston-bombing-backpacks/
It has been nearly five years since two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, and nearly three years since the conclusion of the trial of the sole surviving Tsarnaev brother, Dzhokhar. And yet, the government continues to maintain radio silence over many crucial questions related to the bombing.
Since the 2013 bombing, WhoWhatWhy has made dozens and dozens of records requests through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other records request laws, from multiple government agencies, in an effort to fill in some of the many holes in the story that remain after a secretive federal investigation and trial. The results have been mixed, to say the least.
Most of the ongoing secrecy relates to the deceased mastermind and main bombing perpetrator: the older brother Tamerlan.
The lead prosecutor who secured the conviction against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, William Weinreb, even admitted that “it is fair to say that there are still a number of questions unanswered about that case.”
And a surprising number of Boston’s local law enforcement question whether the FBI is coming clean about what it knows about the now-deceased Tsarnaev brother.
As we wrote back in July, some of these enduring questions are:
* How was Tamerlan able to travel back and forth to the country from which he sought asylum in 2012, despite being on multiple terror watchlists?
* Why was he not questioned about the 2011 murder of three of his friends?
* Was Tamerlan working for the US government in some capacity?
* Was the FBI or some other federal agency using Tamerlan’s desire to become a US citizen as leverage?
* Did the Tsarnaevs have help constructing the bombs?
* Was anyone else involved in planning or inspiring the plot?
Besides the big questions, our ongoing efforts to track down and verify even mundane details about the bombing reveal a flawed and seemingly arbitrary system for making government documents public.
You can read the rest @
https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/12/26/boston-bombing-right-know-zero/
There is a disturbing pattern here:
- OKC bombing - evidence hidden or destroyed by FBI and other government agencies
- 9/11 attacks - evidence hidden or destroyed by FBI and other government agencies
- Boston Marathon bombing - evidence hidden or destroyed by FBI and other government agencies
- Las Vegas shooting - more of the same?
Note well the FBI appears to excel at protecting the Clinton Crime Family, but does a piss poor job protecting We The People. Why is that?
By the way, how can we be certain the Tsarnaevs were responsible for the bombing in the first place, since the available video evidence appears to prove otherwise? You can read about it here:
https://whowhatwhy.org/2013/05/20/official-story-has-odd-wrinkles-a-pack-of-questions-about-the-boston-bombing-backpacks/
Death By Plastic
The global plastic binge which is already causing widespread damage to oceans, habitats and food chains, is set to increase dramatically over the next 10 years after multibillion dollar investments in a new generation of plastics plants in the US.
Fossil fuel companies are among those who have ploughed more than $180bn since 2010 into new “cracking” facilities that will produce the raw material for everyday plastics from packaging to bottles, trays and cartons.
The new facilities – being built by corporations like Exxon Mobile Chemical and Shell Chemical – will help fuel a 40% rise in plastic production in the next decade, according to experts, exacerbating the plastic pollution crisis that scientist warn already risks “near permanent pollution of the earth.”
“We could be locking in decades of expanded plastics production at precisely the time the world is realising we should use far less of it,” said Carroll Muffett, president of the US Center for International Environmental Law, which has analysed the plastic industry.
What we need is an organism which eats plastic, sucks in and immobilizes CO2, emits only O2, and which self-terminates once all the plastic is gone. How about it, all you bioengineers?
Fossil fuel companies are among those who have ploughed more than $180bn since 2010 into new “cracking” facilities that will produce the raw material for everyday plastics from packaging to bottles, trays and cartons.
The new facilities – being built by corporations like Exxon Mobile Chemical and Shell Chemical – will help fuel a 40% rise in plastic production in the next decade, according to experts, exacerbating the plastic pollution crisis that scientist warn already risks “near permanent pollution of the earth.”
“We could be locking in decades of expanded plastics production at precisely the time the world is realising we should use far less of it,” said Carroll Muffett, president of the US Center for International Environmental Law, which has analysed the plastic industry.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/26/180bn-investment-in-plastic-factories-feeds-global-packaging-bingeWhat we need is an organism which eats plastic, sucks in and immobilizes CO2, emits only O2, and which self-terminates once all the plastic is gone. How about it, all you bioengineers?
The Love Of Money
... is the root of all evil:
Federal agents discovered four preserved fetuses in the Detroit warehouse of a man who sold human body parts, confidential photographs reviewed by Reuters show.
You can read the rest @
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-federal-agents-found-fetuses-body-brokers-warehouse-131757219--finance.html
In America, everything has a price and everything is for sale.
Federal agents discovered four preserved fetuses in the Detroit warehouse of a man who sold human body parts, confidential photographs reviewed by Reuters show.
You can read the rest @
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-federal-agents-found-fetuses-body-brokers-warehouse-131757219--finance.html
In America, everything has a price and everything is for sale.
Google Is The Very Definition Of Fascism
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
Here is a prime example of what this means:
Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google parent company Alphabet, was appointed chairman of a Department of Defense program in 2016 that was established by former President Barack Obama’s administration.
A staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and critic of President Donald Trump, Schmidt still continues to lead the Defense Innovation Board (DIB), even well after the new administration took over in January. This begs the question: should Schmidt’s history of partisan advocacy and condemnation of Trump be a worrisome prospect for the current White House?
You can read the rest @
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/why-is-alphabet-ceo-eric-schmidt-technically-serving-in-the-department-of-defense/
Note well that Google-style fascism prevails no matter who is in the White House. All the whining about Trump is BULLSHIT.
Benito Mussolini
Here is a prime example of what this means:
Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google parent company Alphabet, was appointed chairman of a Department of Defense program in 2016 that was established by former President Barack Obama’s administration.
A staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and critic of President Donald Trump, Schmidt still continues to lead the Defense Innovation Board (DIB), even well after the new administration took over in January. This begs the question: should Schmidt’s history of partisan advocacy and condemnation of Trump be a worrisome prospect for the current White House?
You can read the rest @
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/why-is-alphabet-ceo-eric-schmidt-technically-serving-in-the-department-of-defense/
Note well that Google-style fascism prevails no matter who is in the White House. All the whining about Trump is BULLSHIT.
Monday, December 25, 2017
Some Final Thoughts For Christmas 2017
"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. I am strongly of the opinion that the great majority of people will always find these the moving impulses of our life."
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Over the next few weeks we're going to hear news reports and analyses about how "successful" this Christmas was. And the reports and analyses will be mainly about sales of goods and services, and how the dollar amounts of those sales compare to previous years.
They should, instead, be focused on how many of the hungry were fed, how many of the naked were clothed, how many of the sick were healed, how many of the homeless found shelter.
But they won't, and that will prove how little the Spirit of Christmas has come to mean in this country.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
President Calvin Coolidge
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Jacob Marley (former partner of Ebenezer Scrooge)
Over the next few weeks we're going to hear news reports and analyses about how "successful" this Christmas was. And the reports and analyses will be mainly about sales of goods and services, and how the dollar amounts of those sales compare to previous years.
They should, instead, be focused on how many of the hungry were fed, how many of the naked were clothed, how many of the sick were healed, how many of the homeless found shelter.
But they won't, and that will prove how little the Spirit of Christmas has come to mean in this country.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:24 KJV
New Synagogue Under The Western Wall ???
The Israeli authorities today unveiled a new Jewish synagogue under the Al-Buraq Wall – known to Jews as the Western Wall – in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
“Following 12 years of construction, the new synagogue was opened on Monday evening,” the Heritage Foundation of the Western Wall, an Israeli governmental body, said in a statement.
“The unique design of the prayer hall combines rare art and unique lighting, creating a wonderful contrast between ancient and modern,” the statement read.
In recent years, Islamic institutions in East Jerusalem have lodged repeated protests over excavations being carried out by the Israeli authorities under the flashpoint mosque compound.
In a statement, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, head of Jerusalem’s Supreme Islamic Council and a former Al-Aqsa imam, stressed that the Al-Buraq Wall was a component of the Al-Aqsa’s western wall.
“The wall is part of our Islamic heritage and will remain so until Judgment Day,” Sabri said.
You can read the rest @
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171219-israel-unveils-new-synagogue-in-jerusalems-al-aqsa/
WOW, that's pretty ballsy.
Prediction: Once Iran is "neutralized" (i.e., bombed into the Stone Age like Iraq was), Saudi Arabia will support Israel's destruction of the mosques of the Noble Sanctuary and the construction of the Third Temple.
“Following 12 years of construction, the new synagogue was opened on Monday evening,” the Heritage Foundation of the Western Wall, an Israeli governmental body, said in a statement.
“The unique design of the prayer hall combines rare art and unique lighting, creating a wonderful contrast between ancient and modern,” the statement read.
In recent years, Islamic institutions in East Jerusalem have lodged repeated protests over excavations being carried out by the Israeli authorities under the flashpoint mosque compound.
In a statement, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, head of Jerusalem’s Supreme Islamic Council and a former Al-Aqsa imam, stressed that the Al-Buraq Wall was a component of the Al-Aqsa’s western wall.
“The wall is part of our Islamic heritage and will remain so until Judgment Day,” Sabri said.
You can read the rest @
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171219-israel-unveils-new-synagogue-in-jerusalems-al-aqsa/
WOW, that's pretty ballsy.
Prediction: Once Iran is "neutralized" (i.e., bombed into the Stone Age like Iraq was), Saudi Arabia will support Israel's destruction of the mosques of the Noble Sanctuary and the construction of the Third Temple.
What's Up With Chick-fil-A ???
Here is a story about how Chick-fil-A decided to open on a Sunday:
https://www.inc.com/john-eades/chick-fil-a-opened-on-a-sunday-its-a-brilliant-lesson-for-any-business.html
Note well that nothing is said about Christianity or the Bible, although it always was my understanding that Mr. Cathy's policy was motivated by a desire to keep the Sabbath.
America is turning its back on Jesus and His Father. If this continues, I think it's time we turn our backs on America:
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
https://www.inc.com/john-eades/chick-fil-a-opened-on-a-sunday-its-a-brilliant-lesson-for-any-business.html
Note well that nothing is said about Christianity or the Bible, although it always was my understanding that Mr. Cathy's policy was motivated by a desire to keep the Sabbath.
America is turning its back on Jesus and His Father. If this continues, I think it's time we turn our backs on America:
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:35-37 KJV
Is Biowarfare Attack On Russia Being Planned ???
You may recall this previous report:
The US advanced military research body – DARPA – announced that it will invest tens of millions of dollars into genetic extinction research. While the official aim of this research is said to be fighting harmful insects, there are significantly darker speculations about the possible use of such a tool.
You can read the rest @
https://sputniknews.com/military/201712111059884236-darpa-genetic-research-united-nations/
Are Russians the targets of this "research"?
The Kremlin says foreign agents are collecting DNA samples from Russians of different ethnicities and sending the data abroad for scientific analysis.
The agents were often working for foreign NGOs, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Mr Putin told a Russian human rights committee that the DNA collection was "systematic and professional".
Some scientists quoted in the Russian media speculated that the data could be used in US biological warfare research.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41816857
Every time someone does something like this, everyone else wants to do it, too. That may mean that stockpiles of such weapons will start appearing throughout the world. If they get released, intentionally or otherwise, the extinction of all humanity may follow.
This is THE DUMBEST thing mankind has ever done. STOP IT NOW !!!
The US advanced military research body – DARPA – announced that it will invest tens of millions of dollars into genetic extinction research. While the official aim of this research is said to be fighting harmful insects, there are significantly darker speculations about the possible use of such a tool.
You can read the rest @
https://sputniknews.com/military/201712111059884236-darpa-genetic-research-united-nations/
Are Russians the targets of this "research"?
The Kremlin says foreign agents are collecting DNA samples from Russians of different ethnicities and sending the data abroad for scientific analysis.
The agents were often working for foreign NGOs, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Mr Putin told a Russian human rights committee that the DNA collection was "systematic and professional".
Some scientists quoted in the Russian media speculated that the data could be used in US biological warfare research.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41816857
Every time someone does something like this, everyone else wants to do it, too. That may mean that stockpiles of such weapons will start appearing throughout the world. If they get released, intentionally or otherwise, the extinction of all humanity may follow.
This is THE DUMBEST thing mankind has ever done. STOP IT NOW !!!
Are Biohackers Insane ???
Josiah Zayner, 36, recently made headlines by becoming the first person to use the revolutionary gene-editing tool Crispr to try to change their own genes. Part way through a talk on genetic engineering, Zayner pulled out a syringe apparently containing DNA and other chemicals designed to trigger a genetic change in his cells associated with dramatically increased muscle mass. He injected the DIY gene therapy into his left arm, live-streaming the procedure on the internet.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/24/josiah-zayner-diy-gene-editing-therapy-crispr-interview
I think this is nuts. I might consider doing something like this under medical supervision if I was sick, but to do it yourself for "enhancement" sounds like a recipe for self destruction.
You can read the rest @
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/24/josiah-zayner-diy-gene-editing-therapy-crispr-interview
I think this is nuts. I might consider doing something like this under medical supervision if I was sick, but to do it yourself for "enhancement" sounds like a recipe for self destruction.
Where Is The Senate ???
Where is J. William Fulbright when we need him? Or if not Fulbright, perhaps Robert M. La Follette or George W. Norris. Personally, I’d even settle for William Borah or Burton K. Wheeler.
During the 20th century, each of these now largely forgotten barons of the U.S. Senate served the nation with distinction. Their chief contribution? On matters related to war and peace, they declined to kowtow to whoever happened to occupy the office of commander in chief. On issues involving the safety and security of the American people, they challenged presidents, insisting that the Congress should play a central role in formulating basic policy. With the floor of the Senate as their bully pulpit, they questioned, provoked and thereby captured public attention.
You can read the rest @
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/12/16/american-statecraft-crumbles-dangerous-incoherence-where-senate
My guess is they are too busy soliciting and spending bribes from Israelis and other questionable sources.
During the 20th century, each of these now largely forgotten barons of the U.S. Senate served the nation with distinction. Their chief contribution? On matters related to war and peace, they declined to kowtow to whoever happened to occupy the office of commander in chief. On issues involving the safety and security of the American people, they challenged presidents, insisting that the Congress should play a central role in formulating basic policy. With the floor of the Senate as their bully pulpit, they questioned, provoked and thereby captured public attention.
You can read the rest @
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/12/16/american-statecraft-crumbles-dangerous-incoherence-where-senate
My guess is they are too busy soliciting and spending bribes from Israelis and other questionable sources.
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Lies From The Korean War, And Why They Still Matter
Here is partial confirmation that my thesis about US deployment of biological weapons during the Korean War and the subsequent cover-up is correct:
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/12/19/us-germ-warfare-apology-north-korea-could-advance-dialogue.html
You can read my original essay on the subject here:
https://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/lies-from-the-korean-war-and-why-they-still-matter/
By the way, I doubt the US will ever admit the truth. There are too many lies at stake which the criminals running this place need to protect.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/12/19/us-germ-warfare-apology-north-korea-could-advance-dialogue.html
You can read my original essay on the subject here:
https://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/lies-from-the-korean-war-and-why-they-still-matter/
By the way, I doubt the US will ever admit the truth. There are too many lies at stake which the criminals running this place need to protect.
Is Someone Mining Currency On Your Computer ???
Here is a report about how websites take over your computer to mine for cryptocurrency:
https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2017/12/23/programm-zapft-heimlich-rechenleistung-ab-um-digitalwaehrung-zu-generieren/ [translation required]
Although this seems to be something new and sinister, is it really? Haven't the banking system and Wall Street been doing this for decades - taking over "our" financial system and manipulating it to generate wealth for themselves, without our permission or knowledge?
The entire US system is rotten to the core. Someone please put these bastards in jail.
https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2017/12/23/programm-zapft-heimlich-rechenleistung-ab-um-digitalwaehrung-zu-generieren/ [translation required]
Although this seems to be something new and sinister, is it really? Haven't the banking system and Wall Street been doing this for decades - taking over "our" financial system and manipulating it to generate wealth for themselves, without our permission or knowledge?
The entire US system is rotten to the core. Someone please put these bastards in jail.
Is FBI's Main Function To Obstruct Justice ???
In yet another bombshell surrounding the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has revealed that there is evidence that the upper echelon of the agency planned too, and then gave Clinton special treatment.
Appearing on FNC’s “America’s Newsroom,” Gaetz told the network that a congressional committee currently has email evidence that Clinton supporter and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had indicated that Clinton was going to get an “HQ special” which apparently meant she going to receive special treatment in an investigation that was actually carried out by agents who supported her for president.
Gaetz also noted his belief that there was an extreme pro-Hillary Clinton bias running through the agency which benefited Clinton greatly.
“The Judiciary Committee is engaged in an investigation, particularly as it relates to the handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal and any potential investigations of the Clinton Foundation and the handling of bribes or other types of improper payments,” Gaetz noted.
You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/extreme-pro-hillary-clinton-bias-congressman-reveals-fbi-operation-to-help-clinton-get-out-of-the-email-scandal-with-an-hq-special_12232017
What is the solution?
Appearing on FNC’s “America’s Newsroom,” Gaetz told the network that a congressional committee currently has email evidence that Clinton supporter and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had indicated that Clinton was going to get an “HQ special” which apparently meant she going to receive special treatment in an investigation that was actually carried out by agents who supported her for president.
Gaetz also noted his belief that there was an extreme pro-Hillary Clinton bias running through the agency which benefited Clinton greatly.
“The Judiciary Committee is engaged in an investigation, particularly as it relates to the handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal and any potential investigations of the Clinton Foundation and the handling of bribes or other types of improper payments,” Gaetz noted.
You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/extreme-pro-hillary-clinton-bias-congressman-reveals-fbi-operation-to-help-clinton-get-out-of-the-email-scandal-with-an-hq-special_12232017
What is the solution?
- Don't let them "retire"; fire them all.
- Prosecute the ringleaders.
- Abolish the agency; it has botched nearly every major investigation since its inception.
Texas Woman Arrested For Reporting The News
If you report a story before the police department is scheduled to release it to local media, you can and will be arrested and charged with a felony. For those who seek proof that alternative media is under attack, one needn’t look any further than the case of Priscilla Villarreal.
Villarreal runs an alternative media platform out of Laredo and operates it on a news page on Facebook called LaGordiloca. Earlier this month, Villarreal was arrested and charged with two counts of “misuse of official information,” a third-degree felony for operating that page.
As Texas Monthly reports, Villarreal, 32, turned herself in to Laredo police on December 13 after being charged with two felony counts of “misuse of official information,” stemming from her reporting on a Border Patrol agent’s suicide last April. Villarreal denies that she did anything illegal, and her attorney says the police department is simply trying to silence her because it does not like the way she reports. She often swears while she narrates her live-streamed footage, and she sometimes captures graphic images. She has been known to verbally spar with police officers in public.
Villarreal did nothing illegal. She stole no secrets, was not some NSA whistleblower and the information she reported did not cause anyone harm nor place anyone in danger. Villarreal, who runs the Facebook page LaGordiloca - with nearly 84,000 fans - simply published the same information the police department published publicly - only before they did.
You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/alt-media-journalist-broke-story-local-news-arrested-charged-felonies.html
This could only happen in a police state.
And YES, that is exactly what the US post-9/11 national security state has become - a police state.
Villarreal runs an alternative media platform out of Laredo and operates it on a news page on Facebook called LaGordiloca. Earlier this month, Villarreal was arrested and charged with two counts of “misuse of official information,” a third-degree felony for operating that page.
As Texas Monthly reports, Villarreal, 32, turned herself in to Laredo police on December 13 after being charged with two felony counts of “misuse of official information,” stemming from her reporting on a Border Patrol agent’s suicide last April. Villarreal denies that she did anything illegal, and her attorney says the police department is simply trying to silence her because it does not like the way she reports. She often swears while she narrates her live-streamed footage, and she sometimes captures graphic images. She has been known to verbally spar with police officers in public.
Villarreal did nothing illegal. She stole no secrets, was not some NSA whistleblower and the information she reported did not cause anyone harm nor place anyone in danger. Villarreal, who runs the Facebook page LaGordiloca - with nearly 84,000 fans - simply published the same information the police department published publicly - only before they did.
You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/alt-media-journalist-broke-story-local-news-arrested-charged-felonies.html
This could only happen in a police state.
And YES, that is exactly what the US post-9/11 national security state has become - a police state.
Mormons Baptizing The Dead ???
A researcher says Mormons have posthumously baptized the late Lubavitcher rebbe, the grandparents of Carrie Fisher and Steven Spielberg, and hundreds of Holocaust victims, violating an agreement to halt the practice.
Helen Radkey, a Salt Lake City-based independent researcher who has been looking into the Mormon practice of posthumous baptisms for two decades, said there are hundreds of examples of Jewish Holocaust victims being baptized in Mormon churches around the world since 2012. In a report released this week, she shared names of 20 such people who had been baptized.
You can read the rest @
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Are-Mormons-posthumously-baptizing-Holocaust-victims-519876
This should tell us something - namely, that Jews don't like Christians, don't hold Christian beliefs, and don't want anyone to interfere with their beliefs.
That's fine with me, but why are we gifting them billions of dollars per year? You can bet your sweet bippy they are not doing anything which will help US get into heaven. Quite the opposite.
Helen Radkey, a Salt Lake City-based independent researcher who has been looking into the Mormon practice of posthumous baptisms for two decades, said there are hundreds of examples of Jewish Holocaust victims being baptized in Mormon churches around the world since 2012. In a report released this week, she shared names of 20 such people who had been baptized.
You can read the rest @
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Are-Mormons-posthumously-baptizing-Holocaust-victims-519876
This should tell us something - namely, that Jews don't like Christians, don't hold Christian beliefs, and don't want anyone to interfere with their beliefs.
That's fine with me, but why are we gifting them billions of dollars per year? You can bet your sweet bippy they are not doing anything which will help US get into heaven. Quite the opposite.
Trump's Accomplishments
Here is a list of what he has done so far:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/year-one-list-81-major-trump-achievements-11-obama-legacy-items-repealed/article/2644159
Considering the resistance he has encountered from the MSM and the DC swamp, it's amazing he was able to accomplish anything at all.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/year-one-list-81-major-trump-achievements-11-obama-legacy-items-repealed/article/2644159
Considering the resistance he has encountered from the MSM and the DC swamp, it's amazing he was able to accomplish anything at all.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Is Southern Poverty Law Center BSing You ???
Please read this blurb at the SPLC website:
The strange subculture of the sovereign citizens movement, whose adherents hold truly bizarre, complex antigovernment beliefs, has been growing at a fast pace since the late 2000s. Sovereigns believe that they get to decide which laws to obey and which to ignore, and they don't think they should have to pay taxes.
You can read the rest @
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/sovereign-citizens-movement
Then read this blog post about seasteading:
The proposal for a seastead - an autonomous oceanic colony; think homesteading, but wetter - took a significant step on Christmas Day, when a Silicon Valley group announced it had reached an agreement with the French Polynesian government, with officials poised to explore serving as the group’s host.
Seasteaders said it was a breakthrough that could change the world, but Taliercio worried that rich Americans simply wanted to use his home to dodge taxes.
“These millionaires,” he said, “lulled by an illusory desire to free themselves from the existing states, seem to have much more to gain than we do.”
https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-rich-want-their-own-countries.html
It is THE RICH who believe they can decide which laws to ignore and who don't think they have to pay taxes. Why is SPLC so against "sovereign citizens" (who typically are poor) but oblivious to a similar threat from seasteaders (who typically are rich)? Is SPLC really a friend to the poor, or just another tax dodge for the rich?
http://freebeacon.com/issues/southern-poverty-law-center-transfers-millions-in-cash-to-offshore-entities/
The strange subculture of the sovereign citizens movement, whose adherents hold truly bizarre, complex antigovernment beliefs, has been growing at a fast pace since the late 2000s. Sovereigns believe that they get to decide which laws to obey and which to ignore, and they don't think they should have to pay taxes.
You can read the rest @
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/sovereign-citizens-movement
Then read this blog post about seasteading:
The proposal for a seastead - an autonomous oceanic colony; think homesteading, but wetter - took a significant step on Christmas Day, when a Silicon Valley group announced it had reached an agreement with the French Polynesian government, with officials poised to explore serving as the group’s host.
Seasteaders said it was a breakthrough that could change the world, but Taliercio worried that rich Americans simply wanted to use his home to dodge taxes.
“These millionaires,” he said, “lulled by an illusory desire to free themselves from the existing states, seem to have much more to gain than we do.”
https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-rich-want-their-own-countries.html
It is THE RICH who believe they can decide which laws to ignore and who don't think they have to pay taxes. Why is SPLC so against "sovereign citizens" (who typically are poor) but oblivious to a similar threat from seasteaders (who typically are rich)? Is SPLC really a friend to the poor, or just another tax dodge for the rich?
http://freebeacon.com/issues/southern-poverty-law-center-transfers-millions-in-cash-to-offshore-entities/
Sailors Unfit ???
The Navy will grant a clean slate to nearly 50,000 sailors with fitness failures in their records, part of new shakeup for fleet-wide fitness rules announced Thursday.
A new Navy-wide message instructs commands to immediately stop discharging sailors for fitness failures and to cancel any pending discharges for sailors slated to be kicked out after March 31. The change applies to both enlisted and officers.
The message also unveils a new set of rules for the Physical Fitness Assessment, bringing to an end the rules forcing sailors to leave the Navy if they failed two fitness assessment tests in a three-year period.
You can read the rest @
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/12/21/navy-grants-fitness-amnesty-to-48000-sailors-who-failed-test/
Face it - it's difficult to stay fit when you're living on a boat and eating bad food, especially when it's a submarine with cramped space and polluted air.
Maybe they just need to eat more spinach:
https://youtu.be/ny1I3kFM7iI
A new Navy-wide message instructs commands to immediately stop discharging sailors for fitness failures and to cancel any pending discharges for sailors slated to be kicked out after March 31. The change applies to both enlisted and officers.
The message also unveils a new set of rules for the Physical Fitness Assessment, bringing to an end the rules forcing sailors to leave the Navy if they failed two fitness assessment tests in a three-year period.
You can read the rest @
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/12/21/navy-grants-fitness-amnesty-to-48000-sailors-who-failed-test/
Face it - it's difficult to stay fit when you're living on a boat and eating bad food, especially when it's a submarine with cramped space and polluted air.
Maybe they just need to eat more spinach:
https://youtu.be/ny1I3kFM7iI
Thought For The Day - 12/23/2017
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:
- From bondage to spiritual faith;
- from spiritual faith to great courage;
- from courage to liberty;
- from liberty to abundance;
- from abundance to selfishness;
- from selfishness to complacency;
- from complacency to apathy;
- from apathy to dependence;
- from dependency back again into bondage.
Sir Alex Fraser Tyler
Friday, December 22, 2017
What Was Facebook Designed To Do ???
Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide, including search warrants, subpoenas, or calls to restrict certain kinds of content. And, according to a new report, those requests are increasing at an alarming rate.
According to QZ.com, in the United States, the requests rose by 26% from the last six months of 2016 to the first six months of 2017, while globally, requests increased by about 21%. Since 2013, when the company first started providing data on government requests, the US number has been steadily rising - it has roughly tripled in a period of four years.
This is alarming many and causing a concern about privacy. Joe Joseph, from the Daily Sheeple, isn’t sugarcoating the reality of Facebook either. “Duh. This is exactly what Facebook was designed to do,” says Joseph.
“You have to remember that Zuckerberg had “seed money” and that seed money came from CIA front companies that put a lot of resources into this and ... basically think about it as like, sowing seeds; if you will. They knew that Facebook was gonna bear fruit. I don’t think they realized just how big it would become. But I can tell you that they get so much information and intel from social media: I don’t think that it would go away even if we wanted it to.”
You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/facebook-handing-over-more-info-to-us-government-this-is-what-facebook-was-designed-to-do_12202017
And it's my understanding that Facebook continues to track you even if you cancel your account. It is a monster which cannot be destroyed.
According to QZ.com, in the United States, the requests rose by 26% from the last six months of 2016 to the first six months of 2017, while globally, requests increased by about 21%. Since 2013, when the company first started providing data on government requests, the US number has been steadily rising - it has roughly tripled in a period of four years.
This is alarming many and causing a concern about privacy. Joe Joseph, from the Daily Sheeple, isn’t sugarcoating the reality of Facebook either. “Duh. This is exactly what Facebook was designed to do,” says Joseph.
“You have to remember that Zuckerberg had “seed money” and that seed money came from CIA front companies that put a lot of resources into this and ... basically think about it as like, sowing seeds; if you will. They knew that Facebook was gonna bear fruit. I don’t think they realized just how big it would become. But I can tell you that they get so much information and intel from social media: I don’t think that it would go away even if we wanted it to.”
You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/facebook-handing-over-more-info-to-us-government-this-is-what-facebook-was-designed-to-do_12202017
And it's my understanding that Facebook continues to track you even if you cancel your account. It is a monster which cannot be destroyed.
We Are BEYOND Peak Oil
The number of newly discovered oil fields has dropped in the current year to its lowest level in about 80 years, reports oilprice.com. This undershot the provisional low of 2016 once again.
Companies in the oil industry have therefore found crude oil reserves totaling less than 7 billion barrels (159 liters) this year. In 2016, the new discoveries amounted to about 8 billion barrels. At least as few new inventories were found as last in the 1940s. The figures for 2017 are still less than half of the approximately 15 billion barrels that were discovered in 2014 and 2015. In 2012, the total amount of inventories found worldwide was about 30 billion barrels.
You can read the rest @
https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2017/12/22/zahl-der-neu-entdeckten-oelfelder-geht-rapide-zurueck/ [translation required]
And the US is doing little or nothing to cope with that fact.
At this rate, we will NEVER be "great again".
Companies in the oil industry have therefore found crude oil reserves totaling less than 7 billion barrels (159 liters) this year. In 2016, the new discoveries amounted to about 8 billion barrels. At least as few new inventories were found as last in the 1940s. The figures for 2017 are still less than half of the approximately 15 billion barrels that were discovered in 2014 and 2015. In 2012, the total amount of inventories found worldwide was about 30 billion barrels.
You can read the rest @
https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2017/12/22/zahl-der-neu-entdeckten-oelfelder-geht-rapide-zurueck/ [translation required]
And the US is doing little or nothing to cope with that fact.
At this rate, we will NEVER be "great again".
Jesus Died For Our Debts
As many people turn towards their Christian and Jewish faiths this Christmas and Hanukkah in an attempt to make sense of the year that was, at least one economist says we have been reading the bible in an anachronistic way.
In fact he has written an entire book on the topic. In ... And Forgive them their Debts: Credit and Redemption (available this spring on Amazon), Professor Michael Hudson makes the argument that far from being about sex, the bible is actually about economics, and debt in particular.
You can read all about it @
https://renegadeinc.com/he-died-for-our-debts-not-our-sins/
Makes sense to me.
And here is the Woody Guthrie version of the story:
https://youtu.be/EDS00Pnhkqk
In fact he has written an entire book on the topic. In ... And Forgive them their Debts: Credit and Redemption (available this spring on Amazon), Professor Michael Hudson makes the argument that far from being about sex, the bible is actually about economics, and debt in particular.
You can read all about it @
https://renegadeinc.com/he-died-for-our-debts-not-our-sins/
Makes sense to me.
And here is the Woody Guthrie version of the story:
https://youtu.be/EDS00Pnhkqk
Conspiracy Or Fact ???
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
Here are ten "conspiracy theories" which turned out to be FACTS:
https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/top-ten-conspiracy-theories-turned-fact-2017.html
Arthur Schopenhauer
Here are ten "conspiracy theories" which turned out to be FACTS:
https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/top-ten-conspiracy-theories-turned-fact-2017.html
Shilling For War With Iran
Washington’s Pre-War Demonization Formula Is Targeting Iran, Again
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s grandiose performance in front of the UN on December 15 should send shivers down the spines of those who remember Colin Powell’s equally disturbing performance in the months leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This is just the beginning of the a new media campaign against Iran with regime change as the end goal.
You can read the rest @
http://www.mintpressnews.com/us-war-drums-beating-for-iran-again-what-youre-not-being-told/235833/
There is NO WAY this benefits We The People.
We should let the nations in the region sort this out for themselves. And if they wind up nuking each other, what's that to us?
You may consider that an extreme position, but ask yourself WHY the US has done nothing meaningful to eliminate the world's nuclear weapons. Does anyone REALLY think they protect us in any way?
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s grandiose performance in front of the UN on December 15 should send shivers down the spines of those who remember Colin Powell’s equally disturbing performance in the months leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This is just the beginning of the a new media campaign against Iran with regime change as the end goal.
You can read the rest @
http://www.mintpressnews.com/us-war-drums-beating-for-iran-again-what-youre-not-being-told/235833/
There is NO WAY this benefits We The People.
We should let the nations in the region sort this out for themselves. And if they wind up nuking each other, what's that to us?
You may consider that an extreme position, but ask yourself WHY the US has done nothing meaningful to eliminate the world's nuclear weapons. Does anyone REALLY think they protect us in any way?
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