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Nigerian man was in terror database

2009-12-27T21:40:00.000-08:00

Nigerian man was in terror database
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A Nigerian man charged Saturday with attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day was listed in a U.S. terrorism database after his father told State Department officials that he was worried about his son’s radical beliefs and extremist connections, officials said.

The suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was granted a two-year tourist visa by the U.S. Embassy in London in June 2008 and has traveled to the United States at least twice before, officials said. His name was added to a catch-all terrorism-related database last month, when his father reported concerns about his son’s “radicalization and associations” to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, a senior administration official said.

Abdulmutallab, 23, was subdued by passengers and crew members aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Friday after he ignited an explosive device that set his pants leg and part of the airplane, which was preparing to land in Detroit, on fire. The incident marks the latest apparent attempt by terrorists to bring down a U.S. aircraft through the use of an improvised weapon and set in motion a series of urgent security measures that disrupted global air travel during the frenetic holiday weekend.

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Fractures in the Truth Movement, Part III The Fissure Becomes a Gulf

2009-12-20T21:43:00.000-08:00

Fractures in the Truth Movement, Part III
The Fissure Becomes a Gulf

http://waronyou.com/topics/fractures-in-the-truth-movement-part-iii/
http://waronyou.com/topics/fractures-in-the-truth-movement/
http://waronyou.com/topics/fractures-in-the-truth-movement-part-ii/

“Strange powers have our enemies, and strange weaknesses! But it has long been said: oft evil will shall evil mar.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Two Towers

“This fracture in the truth movement between the anti-zionists and the Alex Jones automatons was building gradually for a few years until [Jason] Bermas blew the issue wide open on Alex Jones’ show in April. Since then the fracture has become a fissure, and the fissure will soon become a gulf.“

–from Part 1 of “Fractures in the Truth Movement”

As covered in part 1 of this series, the split between anti-zionists and those who equate anti-zionism with anti-semitism was blown wide open last April by Jason Bermas of Loose Change fame, while guest-hosting the Alex Jones Show. He accomplished this by berating a caller who had the audacity to ask about Jewish control of the Hollywood media. This split widened to a fissure with the firing of Jeff Rense from GCN’s radio network, with Texe Marrs writing an article critical of Jason Bermas, and with Nathaniel Kapner opening the debate on whether Alex Jones is a zionist shill–or just a useful idiot.

Well, a new fissure has appeared between Alex Jones and those who honestly seek the truth in politics and history, which has been building gradually–along with the anti-zionist rift–since the PrisonPlanet.com forums were created in 2007. The two rifts, side by side, represent what has now become a gulf between the Alex Jones world and the rest of the war for truth and justice. As explained in Parts 1 and 2 of this series, when Alex Jones had the PrisonPlanet.tv forums deleted in a hissy fit live on air, it was just before this time that the PrisonPlanet.com forums were created. Because the members only .tv forums were un-moderated, Alex Jones equipped the new free forums at PrisonPlanet.com with moderators who would make Pol Pot flinch. These moderators have been suppressing the flow of information on PrisonPlanet.com’s forums ever since.

What information is there to suppress on an internet forum, you ask? It’s funny you should ask, because that’s one of the things I’d like to address. I made the case for anti-zionism in part 2 of this series, and it just so happens that this is one of the subjects under extreme scrutiny at PrisonPlanet.com. It seems Alex Jones has a reason to suppress any talk of Jews or zionism. I will leave it up to you to decide why that might be, although if you’ve been reading this series, I think I’ve made my opinion on the matter abundantly clear. When someone claims that Arabs own Hollywood, I have to sit back and smile at the sheer arrogance of the statement. Not to mention, my first thought is: “Who the hell is paying this guy to say that?” Yet Alex Jones has made this exact statement not once, but a number of times.

And how does one go about suppressing the flow of information on an internet forum? How do you go about the seedy business of appearing to be for truth and uncovering political crimes, while hiding and removing any trace of your own lies and crimes? It’s easier than you may think. People who are used to being lied to their entire lives sometimes have a hard time seeing through new lies, even if this is their main desire. But as with all lies, eventually the jig is up. A home built upon a foundation of lies is no home at all…

Following are four main tactics I have observed, which are used by internet forum moderators to suppress the free flow of information:

The first tactic is ridicule. Any idea outside of the accepted bubble must be ruthlessly vilified by both moderators and sycophantic registered users alike.

The second tactic is moving threads to “dunce” boards, which are basically forum boards where moderators can quarantine all “kooky” threads. This effectively quarantines the idea of the thread, along with the thread itself and the person who posted the thread. New users naturally shy away from these boards, not wishing to be outcasts. Included in this tactic is changing the title of threads to make the poster appear ignorant or even hateful, and merging “dunce” threads with other “dunce” threads in order to confuse the issues.

The third tactic is deleting posts and threads altogether… Forum posts which are critical of the moderators, or whose topics are taboo, can be simply deleted.

The fourth tactic is banning registered members from using and viewing the forums outright. The ban can be temporary or permanent. This is the tactic that appears to be the downfall of the PrisonPlanet.com forums.

PrisonPlanet.com’s forum moderators apply all of the above tactics to their forums with ruthless efficacy. Many users become disgusted by the blatant abuse of authority, and simply leave, not waiting to get banned or ridiculed. So some see the scam for what it is, and leave on their own terms. Others, as mentioned earlier, are too used to being manipulated to see through the charade.

There is an immediate danger the internet poses for the powers-that-be, and those powers have every motive–financial and political–to attempt to stifle dissent on the internet. It only makes sense considering the effort they’ve expended on suppressing truth through the mainstream media. They would be stupid to not attempt control of their opposition…

Fractures in the Truth Movement, Part III: The Fissure Becomes a Gulf

The Rich Have Stolen The Economy

2009-10-17T01:14:00.000-07:00

The Rich Have Stolen The Economy

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s closest aides earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other Wall Street firms. Bloomberg reports that none of these aides faced Senate confirmation. Yet, they are overseeing the handout of hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds to their former employers.

The gifts of billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money provided the banks with an abundance of low cost capital that has boosted the banks’ profits, while the taxpayers who provided the capital are increasingly unemployed and homeless.

JPMorgan Chase announced that it has earned $3.6 billion in the third quarter of this year.

Goldman Sachs has made so much money during this year of economic crisis that enormous bonuses are in the works. London Evening Standard reports that Goldman Sachs’ “5,500 London staff can look forward to record average payouts of around 500,000 pounds ($800,000) each. Senior executives will get bonuses of several million pounds each with the highest paid as much as 10 million pounds ($16 million).“

In the event the banksters can’t figure out how to enjoy the riches, the Financial Times is offering a new magazine–”How To Spend It.” New York City’s retailers are praying for some of it, suffering a 15.3% vacancy rate on Fifth Avenue. Statistician John Williams (shadowstats.com) reports that retail sales adjusted for inflation have declined to the level of 10 years ago: “Virtually 10 years worth of real retail sales growth has been destroyed in the still unfolding depression.”
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Merck Wins U.S. Approval for Gardasil Vaccine in Boys

Merck & Co.’s Gardasil, a vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer in women, won U.S. regulatory approval for preventing genital warts in boys.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the vaccine for use in males ages 9 to 26, Merck said today in a statement.

Gardasil protects against a sexually transmitted infection called human papillomavirus, or HPV, that can lead to cervical cancer in women and genital warts and cancer of the penis and anus in men. Gardasil, approved for females ages 9 to 26, is given mostly to school-age girls as a U.S.-recommended routine vaccination. Expanding the shot’s use could revive sales, which declined 5 percent last year, analysts have said.
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IOF troops kidnap 200 workers, blast Palestinian homes

2009-07-29T02:25:00.005-07:00

Palestinian Information Center

July 28, 2009
JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale search campaign in the village of Barta’a, Jenin district, at a late hour on Monday and rounded up more than 200 workers before leaving the village at dawn Tuesday.
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Rogue kidney brokers resell organs from poorest nations on black market

2009-07-29T02:25:00.003-07:00

The international black market for kidneys — preying on the desperate and run by a shadowy network of greedy organ brokers — is flourishing, a Daily News probe found.

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Reviews prompt suspension of Iraqi jobs program

2009-07-29T02:25:00.001-07:00

The top U.S. aid agency has suspended a $644 million Iraq jobs program after two outside reviews raised concerns about misspending, including an inspector general's audit that found evidence of phantom jobs and money siphoned to insurgents.

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How Boeing engineer spied for Chinese for 30 years� and stole secret space shuttle designs

2009-07-17T22:01:00.007-07:00

By Mail Foreign Service
Undercover: Dongfan ‘Greg’ Chung spent 30 years supplying information to the Chinese
An American engineer was convicted of waging a 30-year campaign of industrial espionage after police found 300,000 pages of sensitive material at his home.
Chinese-born Dongfan ‘Greg’ Chung, 73, stole the documents while working for Boeing and Rockwell International as a [...]

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Obama Crushes Army Majors Attempt to Get Justice

2009-07-17T22:01:00.005-07:00

As if our usurper President hasn’t been mean and nasty enough with all the new taxes and burdens he has decreed, most likely in an illegal way, or at least until he can PROVE he is qualified to hold that office according to the United States Constitution, he has just one-upped himself in nastiness.

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It’s Not An Option

2009-07-17T22:01:00.003-07:00

When we first saw the paragraph Tuesday, just after the 1,018-page document was released, we thought we surely must be misreading it. So we sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee.

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[Uruknet 56102 18-jul-2009 01:44 ECT] Live Blogging from Tehran!

2009-07-17T22:01:00.001-07:00

... Today Friday 17 July, in various sections of Tehran, we are once again witness to mass demonstrations in Iran. There are reports that there are more than 2 million people giving slogan in the main streets and squares of Tehran. Some of the slogans are: 'Down with Dictator,' 'Free all Political Prisoners,' 'Coup d'etat government; resign, resign,' 'Down with Ahmadinejad;' 'Our Neda isn't dead; it is the government that dead,' amongst others. There were also slogans saying 'People didn't get killed to make concessions' (ma koshteh nadadeem keh sazesh koneem), referring to a rejection of any behind the scene wheeling and dealings between the opposing factions of the regime...

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[Uruknet 55929 13-jul-2009 03:07 ECT] Marxists Must Stand Firm Against Ahmadinejad Open letter to the workers of Venezuela on Hugo Ch�vez's support for Ahmadinejad

2009-07-12T20:57:00.003-07:00

....The capitalist government of Iran has no fundamental disagreements or contradictions with US imperialism. It is in a 'cold war' with America and when it receives enough concessions, it will quickly enter into political dealings with the US and will turn its back on you. Indeed, the Iran regime has already helped the Americans in their military invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq - and installing the puppet regimes of Karzai and Maliki through significant trade, security and other deals. The capitalist government of Iran, despite the current apparent differences, is busy in close negotiations with the Obama government on resolving the problems of Afghanistan. This government, despite the "anti-imperialist" rhetoric, is heading towards re-establishing old links with the US. Ahmadinejad's selection demonstrates the final turn of the regime towards resolving its problems with imperialism. Despite all the "enmity" and "anti-imperialist" gestures the regime is ready to resolve all its differences with America...

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Barack Obama tells Africa to stop blaming colonialism for problems

2009-07-12T20:57:00.001-07:00

President Barack Obama has told African leaders it is time to stop blaming colonialism and "Western oppression" for the continent's manifold problems.

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Near Convergence Point: Marchers, President, Armed Forces Move toward Airport

2009-07-05T20:39:00.001-07:00

Three Lines of Force Move to Converge at the Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

By Laura Carlsen

Americas Policy Program

July 5, 2009

http://americasmexico.blogspot.com/2009/07/near-convergence-point-marchers.html

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Government Motors

2009-07-05T01:21:00.007-07:00

For those of you interested in my view on GM's bankruptcy and the future emergence of Government Motors, please see my article at HumanEvents.com. (My agreement with Human Events does not permit me to post the text of the article here.)see �GM Bankrupt: Obama Takes Over", Ross Kaminsky, HumanEvents.com, 6/1/09 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32085

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Massachusetts: A Model Not to Copy

2009-07-05T01:21:00.005-07:00

The Obama-Kennedy health plan is modeled after the Massachusetts plan which, when adopted, many applauded as innovative and destined for success. In fact, the Massachusetts plan has been a massive failure and is a model for what not to do.

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The Green Nazi Hell and America’s Future?

2009-07-05T01:21:00.003-07:00

Mark Musser, AIM

Some 100 years before the Nazis rose to power, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) ominously wrote that “we owe the animals not mercy but justice, and the debt often remains unpaid in Europe, the continent that is permeated with Foeter Judaicus...it is obviously high time in Europe that Jewish views on nature were brought to an end...the unconscionable treatment of the animal world must, on account of its immorality, be expelled from Europe."

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This Day of Freedom’s Birth

2009-07-05T01:21:00.001-07:00

“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”  

John Quincy Adams

It’s more than just a banner

Framed in azure skies,

And more than just a country--

This land o’er which it flies.

To call this day a birthday

Is to miss its deeper worth:

‘Twas more than just a nation born,

This Day of Freedom’s Birth.

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UN to Study Potential Threats to Canada-U.S. World Heritage Site

2009-07-05T01:16:00.001-07:00

by Cindy Chan

Decades-long concerns over energy and mining development proposals near a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Canada-U.S. border have prompted the agency to launch a fact-finding mission to investigate potential threats to the region.

UNESCO's 21-member World Heritage Committee voted unanimously last week for a mission to evaluate and recommend requirements to protect Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park .

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The Launching of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). Offensive Operations in Cyberspace

2009-07-05T01:15:00.003-07:00

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a memorandum on June 23 that announced the launch of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). A scheme by securocrats in the works for several years, the order specifies that the new office will be a "subordinate unified command" under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM).

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House passes $44B Homeland Security spending bill

2009-07-05T01:15:00.001-07:00

The House passed a $44 billion spending bill Wednesday that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.

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US Marines locked in �hell of a fight� with Taliban

2009-07-05T01:07:00.003-07:00

Published: Friday July 3, 2009
US Marines are in a “hell of a fight” as they storm into Taliban strongholds in [...]

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The Significance of Washington�s Coup Attempt in Honduras

2009-07-05T01:07:00.001-07:00

The Significance of Washington’s Coup Attempt in Honduras
By Shamus Cooke
There should be no doubts about the U.S.� decisive role behind the now-crumbling military coup in Honduras.�� As commander and chief of the U.S. armed forces, the blame for this intervention lies solely on President Obama.
The White House, however, would like you to believe that they [...]

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Santander to rebrand UK banks

2009-05-31T19:24:00.001-07:00

Abbey, Bradford & Bingley and Alliance & Leicester will become Santander from the beginning of next year
Customers of three British banks will become Santander customers next year when the Spanish bank rebrands its UK holdings.
Abbey and Bradford & Bingley will change their name in the first three months of 2010, while Alliance & Leicester will [...]

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An Open Letter to President Obama; Why Is Corporate America Destroying Our Economy?

2009-05-25T15:27:00.001-07:00

by William Cormier Page 1 of 2 page(s)
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This is a re-print of a comment I made on an article I published on May 16th, �As the Economy Worsens, A New America Is Emerging, Part 1? I believe this comment was important enough to qualify for a letter to you as we seek solutions for stabilizing [...]

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�JIHAD� GIRLFRIENDS: FBI SNITCH USED GIFTS TO TRICK OUR MEN

2009-05-23T22:34:00.001-07:00

A slick FBI informant roped four Muslim converts into a horrific terror plot to blow up synagogues and military jets by handing them piles of cash and gifts and even bags of weed, relatives of the suspects said today.
“Brother whatever you need, I will get it for you,” said the man who the four petty [...]

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Under-fire Speaker meets leaders

2009-05-18T21:31:00.001-07:00

The Commons Speaker will convene an urgent meeting of party leaders later to discuss reforming MPs’ expenses, as he battles to hold onto his position.
Michael Martin has been fiercely criticised by some MPs and faces calls to quit over his handling of the row.
He told MPs on Monday he was "profoundly sorry" for his [...]

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Top Senate Democrat: bankers �own� the U.S. Congress

2009-04-30T21:46:00.003-07:00

Top Senate Democrat: bankers “own” the U.S. Congress

Sen. Dick Durbin, on a local Chicago radio station this week, blurted out an obvious truth about Congress that, despite being blindingly obvious, is rarely spoken:� “And the banks — hard to believe in a time when we’re facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created [...]

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To Stockpile Or Not To Stockpile

2009-04-30T21:46:00.001-07:00

By Darryl Mason
A “run on the shops” to stock up on enough food and water to last your household for two weeks of voluntary home isolation is exactly what’s needed to pump those $900 bonuses straight back into the economy :
The Federal Government’s pandemic plan, a 132-page manual issued to medics, media and the public, [...]

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The Long Arm of the NRA: Guns in Parks

2009-04-29T22:45:00.001-07:00

The NRA has gotten pretty much everything it’s wanted in the past decade, and has to figure out how to maintain the membership rolls–and keep those all important dues flowing in. Too many successes, and it ceases to really need to exist, but it’s got staff to maintain and offices to keep and Congresspeople to [...]

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911 & Sec. 13(1): Coincidence or Collusion? By Arthur Topham

2009-04-19T14:01:00.001-07:00

April 18th, 2009

911 & Sec. 13(1): Coincidence or Collusion?

By Arthur Topham
April 18, 2009

�The reason men are silenced is not because they speak falsely, but because they speak the truth. This is because if men speak falsehoods, their own words can be used against them; while if they speak truly, there is nothing which can [...]

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Author Liveblog: Karen Greenberg�s "The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo�s First 100 Days"

2009-04-05T19:07:00.001-07:00

The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days By Karen Greenberg $27.95, 288 pages Oxford University Press, New York, March 16, 2009
On December 27, 2001 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made the announcement that Guantanamo had been chosen as the public prison site for combatants picked up in Afghanistan’s battlefields.
“I would characterize Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, [...]

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Oakland police murders, President Obama�s teleprompter, and implicit processing

2009-03-23T23:42:00.001-07:00

The Oakland police murders, President Obama�s teleprompter, and implicit processing by Kevin MacDonald

In recent years, it became fashionable to talk about how Karl Rove was George W. Bush's brain. Suggestions that David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel are Ob...

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In support of Obama�"s search for Hip-Hop with a positive message: The Real Thing, Hip-Hop at its Best (Part 2)

2009-03-10T21:32:00.001-07:00

There has been a lot of talk lately regarding one of the main elements of Hip-Hop, Rap: �Sthe rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry.⬝

This discussion has even reached the presidential palace. In 2008 Obama stated that:

�SHip-Hop is not just a mirror of what is, it should also be a reflection of what can be⬦ Imagine something different, imagine communities that aren�"t torn up by violence, imagine communities where we are respecting our women, imagine communities where knowledge and reading and academic excellence are valued. Imagine communities where fathers are doing right by their kids. That�"s also something that has to be reflected.

�SArt can�"t just be a rear view mirror, it should have a headlight out there, you know, pointing towards where we need to go. [So Hip-Hop needs to have] the audacity of hope.⬝

Based on the above comments, I can only assume that Obama is in search of hip-hop with a positive message. He is looking for leadership through music that can help us build sustainable communities for future generations - music that not only reflects reality, but also provides us with solutions. As he puts it, hip-hop that has the �Saudacity of hope⬝.

Obama�"s search is admirable. One of the best ways to disseminate information and help improve our society is by sharing a positive message through music. After all, it is not just change that we want, but positive change.

Being a hip-hop aficionado, I believe that I can help Obama in this search.

Below you will find some amazing hip-hop that you will most likely never hear on commercial corporate mainstream media: the real thing, hip-hop at its best sharing a positive message that has the �Saudacity of hope⬝ (excerpts from the lyrics have been included):

Dead Prez: - Sellin D.O.P.E.: Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1 - 2002 (4:08)

Ask my aunt and my brother and my stressed out mother

How realistic it gets it�"s sadistic

Statistics show it�"s sick how we livin

The one thing bigger than dope games is prisons

One million niggas inside

Over three million is tied and plus the president lied

Because the white house is the rock house

Uncle sam the pusha man

This is for my people on the island

Jedi Mind Tricks: - A History of Violence: Trail of Lies - 2008 (4:28)

Turn the television off, cousin, it�"s a tool for them to clog the mind

Conservatism and Liberalism they divide the line

the natural feelings of a child will still be common kind

then they show you ads for the marines and they decide its time

so they can send you to a war behind they fog of crime

then send you homeless in a limb and not provide a dime

and the news tell you that cops is on the block for people

I�"mma put it simple and plain, cops is evil

take the television show cops for example

that�"s the shit that they want America to watch and sample

never showing you how dirty that they really is

and that they hide behind they badge and that they really bitch

I aint never met a pig in my life,

and I aint want to catch a body on the jig of my knife

yeah, that�"s another fucking topic for another day

I�"m gonna try to tell you how they get you in another way

they tell you that there�"s something wrong with you, you need they drugs

but there ain�"t nothing fucking wrong with you, they thieving thugs

they sell drugs and commercials at the same time

lock a motherfucker up for the same crime

South park Mexican: - Never Change: The System - 2001 (4:53)

99 percent of all criminals are dope dealers

get busted by bullets or fuckin squeelers

And the One percent that made it was pure luck

but even he'll tell that his life aint worth a fuck

cause in his mind he was caught a thousand times

and in his mind he was shot a thousand times

Without peace there can be no happiness

I wear a cross around my neck like the catholics

Im not sure exaclty what my religion is

I just know I thank god for my little kids

this is the baddest sellin drugs like sum guinnie pigs

then they arrest us after we done make it big

they take our money our cars and our houses

now tell me whos really sellin the ounces

and any cash that we might have hidden

goes to the system tryin to stay out of prison

Immortal Technique : - Revolutionary Vol. 2: The 4th Branch - 2003 (5:19)

The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish

A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist

Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond

And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran

They bombed innocent people, tryin' to murder Saddam

When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran

This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings

Cause Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings

I break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish

The Judas I hang with, the guilt of betraying Christ

You murdered and stole his religion, and painting him white

Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy

Conservative political right wing, ideology

Glued together sloppily, the blasphemy of a nation

Got my back to the wall, cause I'm facin' assassination

Guantanamo Bay, federal incarceration

How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?

Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves

Corporate America, dancin' offbeat to the rhythm

You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?

Human rights violations, we continue the saga

El Savador and the contras in Nicaragua

And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison

Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism

Blackalicious: - The Craft - 2005 (3:35)

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Gift of Gab - Verse One]

I didn't have to be, given the gift to rip

I'll never master me, I know that it's from Him

or Her or It, dimensions that sit

Waitin' to sift through me, I fall short, still it hits me swift

I didn't have to see, I coulda hit the lick

I coulda drifted it quick, I coulda quit so quick

It's really a trip, I guess I was picked

I don't know what I did to deserve a ride like this (Damn!)

I didn't have to eat, I coulda been so thin

I didn't have to be, quoting these sentences

I didn't have to reap, the work put in but then

even the work in itself was such a blessin

I didn't have to see, the planet tip to tip

I didn't have to make, a livin' writ to writ

I didn't have to dream and then begin to live it

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Chorus]

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Verse Two]

I give thanks for my rhymin' ability

I don't front like it's not a responsibility

I can open a mind, if the youth will listen to me

I'm not goin' to front, like I'm on some killin' spree

and as hard as the times are, God is livin' through beats

that come not from minds, but that travel through spiritual reasons

Some of the time, I feel like, it's not even me

No mon-ey can buy gateways to infinity

Still I'm hun-gry to shine, when I know I should let it be

I want but I have, every single thing that we need

So help me align self with soul and then I'll be free

To sculpt and design verbal styles and experience freedom

[Chorus]

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

[Chief Xcel samples]

"Let go, do what's in front of you"

"Then, let go, then do what's in front of you"

[Verse Three]

This ain't leisure, although it feels

It is a duty, a way to live, another way to give

Another way to just, have communion

With the source of the sun and moon and, a way to pay the bills

Displayin' skills, I take it REAL serious

The vibe's so mysterious, not just one more day to kill

..and I could lose my connection

if I do not respect it enough, fffade away it will

Day to day it gives energies

That replenish me, if I believe and I say it will

and act on it, 'cause action is the key to freedom

Only way to be a leader, lead by the way you live

[Chorus 3X]

This Craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe

This style, they say music gives new life

From a source inside that is forever flowin'

This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show

This life, I've been given a gift tonight

And for that, I vow to be a vessel

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For a taste, here's what I mean:
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who since 2007 had led unsuccessful efforts in Congress to give bankruptcy judges authority to modify home loans, dispatched his senior economic policy adviser, Brad J. McConnell, to talk with lobbyists for JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. "Each agreed to take [the idea] back to their folks to see what they could do," says a person familiar with the talks...
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Importance of The Big Three
SGeneral Motors, Ford and Chrysler weren't labelled the Big Three just because they produced the most vehicles in North America. As giant employers, they had big influence, energizing entire economies with their big union wages and benefits packages. As giant manufacturers, they created style. Status was instantly signalled by black Lincolns and pink Corvettes. Seatbelts, reduced vehicle emissions and electric cars had to wait until the carmakers were good and ready. As giant political contributors, they had big power. The L.A. Times recently calculated that since 1990, the auto industry as a whole has donated $100 million US to Republicans and $34 million to Democrats.
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Collapse of The Big Three
GM, Sthe nation's biggest domestic automaker said Thursday it lost $30.9 billion for the full year and expects to state in its upcoming annual report whether its auditors believe the company remains a going concern."
SGM's loss for 2008 was the deepest among Detroit-based carmakers. Ford lost $14.6bn, while Chrysler, controlled by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, fell $8bn into the red.
SThe automakers were promised a total of $17.4 billion in direct loans from Washington and they had to present restructuring plans by Feb. 17, 2009, if they wanted a second installment. While Ford opted out of the process, saying it doesn't need a loan just yet, the plans GM and Chrysler came up with are costly.
SGM said it would need up to $30 billion from the U.S. Treasury Department to continue operating. GM has already received $13.4 billion of the money, but the other $16.6 billion would be new. Chrysler wants $2 billion on top of the $4 billion it has already received and the $3 billion it is expecting from Washington.
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In 2008, five of the relatively smallest Oil and Gas Companies in the world; Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips reported record profits of over $123 billion.
So just one year"s worth of profits for the oil industry is approximately three times what the auto industry is asking for in their bailout package. If these five companies bailed out the US auto manufacturers, they would still be able to report billions in profit.
Exxon Mobil's staggering $40.6 billion earnings for 2007 Sbeat its own one-year-old record for the biggest corporate profits ever by 3 percent. Put together with the announcement by the No. 2 U.S. oil company, Chevron, of an $18.7 billion year, up 9 percent over 2006, plus the earlier results of Shell and ConocoPhillips, and that's more than $100 billion in profits from four companies.
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Hundreds of thousands of former felons may regain their voting rights in two of the country's most restrictive states this year. As predicted last month, disenfranchisement reform is an election issue that is quietly gaining momentum as policymakers in Virginia and Kentucky battle for restoration of voting rights.
The two states are currently the only states in the nation that permanently disenfranchise all felony offenders. Virginia, however, has permitted certain former felons to apply for restoration, which then has to be approved by the governor, according to the Virginian Pilot last week. With less than 10,000 Virginians having regained voting rights under the last four governorships and at least 297,901 still disenfranchised, it appears more has to be done. But it appears this will not be accomplished without a fight.
Last week, the Virginia Senate passed one measure and defeated another that would restore voting rights, the Pilot reported. Constitutional amendment SJ 273, a measure that would give the General Assembly "constitutional power to restore voting rights to non-violent felons," is now in the House. However, an arguably more effective measure "that would automatically restore voting rights once a felon completes their sentence and subsequent parole or probation" died on a 19-19 vote. "Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who presides in the Senate, broke the tie and voted against it."
Nationally, more than five million people are not allowed to vote as a result of a past felony conviction. Policies on felony re-enfranchisement among the 50 states are so inconsistent as to create confusion among, not only those former offenders who wish to regain the right to vote, but also the very officials charged with implementing the laws. Fair and consistent felony re-enfranchisement laws can contribute to the rehabilitation process, and reduce the harmful impact on low-income and minority communities where a disproportionately high number of individuals are disenfranchised due to felony convictions. With that, voting rights advocates are pushing for automatic post-incarceration restoration of voting rights, as we reported in last month's blog entry.
Under a system of automatic post-incarceration restoration of rights, "citizens released from prison would be immediately eligible to vote while on probation and parole, as are those who are sentenced to probation without serving any time in prison," according to a 2008 report by Erika Wood of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. "These citizens would be permitted to register in precisely the same way as other eligible citizens, without submission of special paperwork."
"Restoring the right to vote to ex-offenders is an integral aspect of reintegration into society," according to a 2007 Project Vote report, which notes a disproportionate over-representation of low-income and minority citizens in the criminal justice system. "Consistent policies are necessary to prevent large-scale disenfranchisement not only of the ex-offenders themselves, but also of the communities to which they belong. Society as a whole benefits when a representative government truly represents all its citizens."
While the Virginia bill has support from both parties, it "must travel a difficult path to become law," the Pilot reports. "The first step is being approved by the Republican-controlled House of Delegates that has already killed similar proposals this year."
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2009-02-13T18:07:00.003-08:00
I've recently become aware that I have a few blog stalkers - ie. people who spend inordinate amounts of time blogging about how much they hate my writing (see here, here, here, here and here for just a few recent examples). Evidently, these people have oodles of time on their hands (and personally, I think the funniest of them are those who still insist Hillary Clinton never supported NAFTA, despite Clinton's own repeated public speeches promoting NAFTA). But I just want to give them a shout out - I sincerely love them all, both because they are providing a few extra links to OpenLeft, and because at a level far deeper than meta-narrative navel gazing, they reflect the broader societal anger that I think could make this the transformative historical moment we all want it to be.
On the link score - hey, the more traffic, the better. It's kinda like that exchange from the movie "Private Parts" about Howard Stern. After the station manager says "the average Howard Stern fan listens for an hour and 10 minutes" he then indignantly recounts that "the average Stern hater listens for 2 and a half hours a day." I don't aim to be Howard Stern, but the principle from that exchange is right-on. We'll take the traffic from the stalkers - traffic is traffic, after all, and readers are readers (and check it out - OpenLeft's traffic has been awesome of late).
But beyond just the self-interest of having blog stalkers inadvertently help us with traffic, I want to reiterate that I think the frenzied rage that's out there - whether directed at me, OpenLeft, or at any other progressive institution - is to be expected in times like this.
The country is coming apart, we're handing over $8 or $9 trillion to Wall Street, the government - as I and many others repeatedly warned - is being stacked with those who engineered this crisis, and people are violently angry. And so some of the angriest are desperate for scapegoats and conspiracy theories to help them make sense of it all. My good buddy Matt Taibbi documented this pretty well in his last book - the fringe left (from the LaRouchies to the "everyone is awful" Naderites to the Obama-hating Clintonites) and the fringe right (from the anti-immigrant lunatics to the militia sympathizers to the libertarian ideologues) find common cause in turning their righteous frustration at the Establishment into chest-thumping anger at phantom demons that seem more easy to slay than the massive institutions and powers that have destroyed the country.
And so if I or OpenLeft or any other good progressive institution/voice serves as one of those proxies that seems more easy and fun and tangible to scapegoat than giant concepts like The Government or The Establishment or The System or towering cultural icons like Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or George W. Bush, then, at a certain level, that's really OK with me. And I don't say that in any kind of martyr-like, please-fee-bad-for-me kind of way - I mean it sincerely.
If, for instance, the fringe left needs to blame me for Hillary Clinton losing to Barack Obama; or Hillary Clinton stupidly campaigning for NAFTA and the Iraq War; or Ralph Nader not being able to mount a real presidential campaign in a money-dominated system; or Barack Obama not fulfilling his campaign promises; that's fine by me. I can take it, even if I don't agree with it, even if I can acknowledge (like most rational human beings) that such a line of thinking is crazy, insane and absurd.
I can take it because it is entirely predictable in what Taibbi calls "The Great Derangement" - that is, in a country whose political system has made people feel so desperately powerless that they need delusional theories to make them feel they have some shred of control over the nation's destiny. If me serving as a punching bag helps make people feel they have some shred of control or vested interest in political engagement, then that's ultimately a good thing. Indeed, in Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky says that anyone truly committed to organizing and activism and political empowerment needs - at times - to be willing to serve as such a punching bag for precisely this reason.
The anger that's welling up across the country is real and it needs to be channeled somewhere, and if some of it is being channeled here at us, that's ultimately a positive. Why? Because for every one of the stalkers who has gone completely off the deep end - for every sociopath who spends oodles of time writing whacked-out Unabomber-like manifestos blaming me, or another individual writer, or a blog or or the progressive movement for the end of civilization in a country where individual progressive writers and blogs and movements are still incredibly outgunned by the monied Establishment - my guess is that there are 10 people just as angry but far more sane who can be brought into the fold to channel their anger into the kinds of constructive causes and movements that I have devoted my career to, that this community at OpenLeft is all about and that will ultimately bring lasting change to America.
UPDATE: Within moments of this diary posting, one of my most devout stalkers requested that I link to an extra one of his/her stalker posts. The timing, of course, reiterates the stalky-ness of it all. But in the interest of obliging, here's that link calling me a blind Obama loyalist. I'm guessing you'll find it pretty funny, if you've read any of my work.

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2009-02-13T18:07:00.001-08:00

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2009-02-11T18:50:00.005-08:00
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2009-02-11T18:50:00.003-08:00
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Another Individual Stands Up To Illegal Border Patrol Checkpoint Detention

2009-02-11T18:50:00.001-08:00
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2009-02-04T01:14:00.001-08:00
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2009-01-29T22:40:00.001-08:00

The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled the Ninth Circuit in the case of Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, and broadened absolute prosecutorial immunity to include district attorneys whose poor supervision of subordinates may result in wrongful convictions. I wrote about the case last April:Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of [...]No related posts.

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Iran to launch legal action against Israel over Gaza

2009-01-28T16:58:00.001-08:00

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FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders

2009-01-24T17:22:00.003-08:00
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The Zionist Wolf in Sheeps Clothing

2009-01-24T17:22:00.001-08:00

Change? Obama is controlled by the same Jewish extremist financial, political, media and financial forces that have led America to the catastrophe of 9-11, the disaster of the Iraq War and the financial robbery and economic crisis.A message to the world on the Obama InaugurationWake Up!ByDavid DukeIf you want to know who the real establishment [...]No related posts.

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Communities making their own currencies

2009-01-16T20:03:00.001-08:00

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Diana Felber brought her groceries to the checkout and counted out her cash — purple, blue and green bills that are good at only businesses in western Massachusetts.Known as “BerkShares,” the colorful currency is printed by a nonprofit group to encourage people to spend close to home in the state’s Berkshire [...]No related posts.

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Neocon Columnist Calls For Military Draft, Cites Possible Invasion Of Pakistan

2009-01-16T20:01:00.001-08:00

Says new American nationalism needed for survivalSteve WatsonInfowars.netTuesday, Jan 13th, 2009A Washington Times columnist has claimed that a universal military draft is a key necessity if America is to survive throughout and beyond the 21st century.Tony Blankley, also a former Reagan speechwriter, a former Newt Gingrich press secretary, and currently a Fellow at right wing [...]No related posts.

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Bin Laden urges jihad against Israel over Gaza

2009-01-15T01:03:00.000-08:00
Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel, seeking to harness anger over the Gaza offensive with a new message posted on the Internet on Wednesday.

The al-Qaida chief vowed to open "new fronts" against the U.S. and its allies beyond Iraq and Afghanistan and also criticized Arab leaders, accusing most of them of being allies of the U.S. and Israel.

The White House dismissed the call to jihad, saying it reflects bin Laden's isolation and shows he is trying to remain relevant at a time when his ideology and mission are being challenged.

Bin Laden spoke in a 22-minute audiotape posted on Islamic militant Web sites where al-Qaida usually issues its messages. The 51-year-old al-Qaida leader has been in hiding since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, believed to be living somewhere along the lawless Pakistan-Afghan border.

It was bin Laden's first tape since May and came nearly three weeks after Israel launched the offensive against Hamas that Gaza medical officials say has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians.

He said President-elect Barack Obama has received a "heavy inheritance" from George W. Bush — two wars and "the collapse of the economy." He predicted that burden will render the U.S. unable to sustain a long fight against the mujahedeen, or holy warriors.

There is "only one strong way to bring the return of Al-Aqsa and Palestine, and that is jihad in the path of God," Bin Laden said, referring to the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. "The duty is to urge people to jihad and to enlist the youth into jihad brigades."

He also appealed for donations to finance the fight, saying the "tithes from any of the great Muslim or Arab traders" would be enough "for jihad on all the fronts."

The authenticity of the tape could not be independently confirmed. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said he had no reason to question its authenticity but was not certain whether the U.S. had verified the voice.

"It appears this tape demonstrates his isolation and continued attempts to remain relevant at a time when al-Qaida's ideology, mission and agenda are being questioned and challenged throughout the world," said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House.

"This also looks to be an effort to raise money as part of their ongoing propaganda campaign," Johndroe said.

The tape, entitled "A call for jihad to stop the aggression on Gaza," was played over a picture of bin Laden and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites. There were no English subtitles or the flashy production graphics that usually accompany such messages.

That suggested the message had been hastily put together to exploit Muslim anger over the Gaza offensive. Israel says the offensive aims to halt rocket fire from Gaza against Israeli towns but Palestinian medical officials say half of those killed have been civilians.

"The bin Laden speech is an obvious and cheap attempt to capitalize on the Arab world's boiling anger about the Israeli invasion of Gaza," said terror expert Eric Rosenbach of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School.

He said links between al-Qaida and Gaza's Hamas rulers are "tenuous at best" and that Hamas, which seized power in Gaza in 2007, has historically distanced itself from bin Laden's terror movement.

Bin Laden and his lieutenants frequently use the Palestinian issue to try to rally support for al-Qaida and often call for holy war to free Jerusalem. But there has been little sign that the terror group has carried out attacks in Israel.

Bin Laden made no direct reference to Hamas, and al-Qaida leaders have frequently criticized the Palestinian militant group for participating in elections and failing to seriously pursue jihad against Israel.

The al-Qaida leader also accused Arab leaders of "avoiding their responsibility" to liberate Palestine.

"If you are not convinced to fight, then open the way to those who are convinced," he said. Bin Laden accused most Arab leaders of allying themselves with the U.S. and Israel.

Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group that monitors militant Web sites, said bin Laden was "attempting to convince Palestinians and the Muslims around the world that the only group that can help them is the jihadists" and that "Arab rulers and the Palestinian movements have failed them."

"His other purpose is to exploit the conflict to exhort others to jihad and build support for al-Qaida," she said.

Katz said the bin Laden's appeal for money to finance jihad was unusual and "might reflect financial difficulties facing al-Qaida."

Bin Laden pointed to financial problems facing the U.S., saying that was a sign that the U.S. power was falling apart.

"The Islamic nation's jihad is one of the main causes of these destructive results for our enemies," he claimed.

He pointed to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11 attacks, saying al-Qaida was prepared to fight "for seven more years, and seven more after that, then seven more."

"The question is, can America continue the war against us for several more decades? The reports and signs show us otherwise," he said. He said Bush had left his successor "with a heavy inheritance," forcing Obama to choose between withdrawing from the wars or continuing.

"If he withdraws from the war, it is a military defeat. If he continues, he drowns in economic crisis," bin Laden said.

What in the world? Cult members bidding on Alex Jones' bullhorn?

2009-01-13T15:19:00.001-08:00
yes, they certainly have most people trained to only have motor reactions about sex and violence. we push sports and gangster shows instead of art and learning. sign of a sick society led to the slaughter by an even more sick, secret society...

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Countering The Marxist Critical Theory

2009-01-12T22:28:00.003-08:00
Countering The Marxist Critical Theory

We need to defy Political Correctness at every level. We need to hold PC institutions such as the media responsible for obscuring the truth about the origins of violent crime and those responsible for it in our co...

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[Source: Ron Paul forum

National Safety Council seeks total* cell-phone driving ban

2009-01-12T22:28:00.001-08:00
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/13/cell_phone_ban/

National Safety Council seeks total* cell-phone driving ban
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco

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Report: Military may have to quell domestic violence from economic collapse

2009-01-01T21:20:00.001-08:00
Deepening economic strife in the US could lead to civil unrest and violence that would require military intervention, warns a new report from the US Army War College.

“Widespread civil violence inside the United States would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security,” writes Nathan Freier, a 20-year Army veteran and visiting professor at the college.

A copy of the 44-page report, “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development,” can be downloaded here. Freier notes that his report expresses only his own views and does not represent US policy, but it’s certain that his recommendations have come before at least some Defense Department officials.

The author warns potential causes for such civil unrest could include another terrorist attack, “unforeseen economic collapse, loss of functioning political and legal order, purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency, pervasive public health emergencies, and catastrophic natural and human disasters.” The situation could deteriorate to the point where military intervention was required, he argues.

“Under these conditions and at their most violent extreme,” he concludes, “civilian authorities, on advice of the defense establishment, would need to rapidly determine the parameters defining the legitimate use of military force inside the United States.”

While the scenario presented is “likely not an immediate prospect,” Freier concedes, it deserves consideration. Prior to 9/11, no one in the defense establishment would have envisioned a plot to topple skyscrapers with airliners, and the military should not be caught so off-guard again, he says.

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Information War: Strike a decisive blow

2008-12-31T04:37:00.001-08:00
http://whatreallyhappened.com/

http://www.giyus.org/

I strongly suggest not clicking the above link, but copy and pasting it into a new window as your browser may reveal the ref...

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volcano big enough to cause an ice age about to blow its top?

2008-12-31T02:55:00.001-08:00
A supervolcano or super volcanic eruption is a volcanic eruption which is substantially larger than any volcano in historic times (generally accepted to be greater than 200 cubic kilometres). This kind of eruption is typically sufficient to cause a long-lasting change to weather (such as the triggering of an ice age) sufficient to threaten the extinction of species, and cover huge areas with lava and ash.

I saw that over 250 small earthquakes have been reported in Yellowstone since Friday and 81 just yesterday. Small earthquakes and seismic activity is very common just before a volcanic eruption. Not good, guys. Yellowstone is the World’s Largest Supervolano. Supervalcanos are NOT mountains, but areas of the earth’s crust that are very thin. So much so, that the magma is right near the top, and geysers are common. The whol area blows like the top of a volvano when it is ready. According the the timeline, it doesn’t look good, for us anyway.

I was also informed of the massive amounts of chemtrails lately, and for those who know chemtrails, they are commonly used for weather manipulaiton and HAARP protocals. HAARP causes earthquakes and the such, watch the documentaries out there on it, its been talked about for years.

Anyway, The largest volcano on earth, the Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming (see map), has recently begun experiencing an earthquake swarm that may indicate an impending eruption. Yellowstone is labeled a super volcano, because the pool of magma under the ground is a stunning 34 miles x 45 miles in size. Large enough that an eruption is expected to eject sufficient material to plunge the entire planet into a new ice age. The ridge shown in the photo is the rim of the huge caldera from the last eruption. Ash recovered from sediment over wide areas of North America shows that Yellowstone has had previous super volcanic eruptions 2.1 million, 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago.
The last time any super volcano erupted was 74,000 years ago, and recent advances in genetic archeology have shown that this eruption reduced the world’s human population by over 90%, very nearly causing humanity’s extinction. And Yellowstone’s eruptions are still bigger.
Vulcanologists aren’t sure what to expect, since they have never observed a super volcano eruption, but they speculate that four warning signs are likely to precede the next eruption: 1. The ground rising due to magma building up beneath. 2. Increased geyser activity. 3. Earthquake swarms. 4. A release of volcanic gases.
Warning sign 1 & 2 have been going on for a number of years now, causing the Yellowstone caldera to be classified as a high threat for volcanic eruption by the U.S. Geological Survey back in 2005. USGS also warned that a Yellowstone eruption would produce “global consequences that are beyond human experience and impossible to anticipate fully.”
Now warning sign 3 has arrived, but scientist disagree on exactly how much this increases the threat of an imminent eruption. What scientist can agree on, is that Yellowstone remains an active super volcano certain to erupt again with catastrophic global consequences, and that our civilization has now entered the geological interval of maximum eruption risk … more … BBC/Discovery Channel docudrama of Yellowstone eruption (starts with a feint about a physics project, with Yellowstone eruption coming in at 1:22) … watch … History Channel documentary on Super volcano … watch (USA effects) … watch (global effects) … See also: The Humods Memes

Just look at the trend, does it look exponetnial?
Known super eruptions

Satellite image of Lake Toba, the site of a VEI-8 eruption ~75,000 years ago.

Estimates of the volume of ejected material are given in parentheses.

VEI 8 eruptions have happened in the following locations.

* Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand - Oruanui eruption ~26,500 years ago (~1,170 km3)
* Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia - ~75,000 years ago (~2,800 km3)
* Whakamaru, North Island, New Zealand - Whakamaru Ignimbrite/Mount Curl Tephra ~254,000 years ago (1,200-2,000 km3)[5]
* Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, United States - 640,000 years ago (1,000 km3)
* Island Park Caldera, Idaho/Wyoming, United States - 2.1 million years ago(2,500 km3)
* Kilgore Tuff, Idaho, United States - 4.5 million years ago (1,800 km3)
* Black Tail Creek, Idaho, United States - 6.6 millions years ago (1,500 km3)
* La Garita Caldera, Colorado, United States - Source of the truly enormous eruption of the Fish Canyon Tuff ~27.8 million years ago (~5,000 km3)

The Lake Toba eruption plunged the Earth into a volcanic winter, eradicating an estimated 60%[6][7][8][9][10] of the human population (although humans managed to survive, even in the vicinity of the volcano[11]), and was responsible for the formation of sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.

So the moral of the story is, if it is a supervolcano and it happens to blow, your screwed. Have a nice day.

[Source: Loose Change 9/11 Blog & Home Page

The Federal Reserve Abolition Act

2008-12-31T02:54:00.001-08:00
The Federal Reserve Abolition Act
Ron Paul introduced HR 2755: Federal Reserve Abolition Act. There were no co-sponsors, no further action was taken, and the legislation was referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and effectively pigeonholed and ignored.

It’s a bold and needed measure to “abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.”

The bill provides for management of employees, assets and liabilities of the Board during a dissolution period, and more as follows:

– it designates the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to liquidate Fed assets in an orderly and expeditious manner;

– transfer them to the General Fund of the Treasury after satisfying all claims against the Board and any Federal reserve bank;

– assume all outstanding Board and member bank liabilities and transfer them to the Secretary of the Treasury; and

– after an 18-month period, submit a report to Congress “containing a detailed description of the actions taken to implement this Act and any actions or issues relating to such implementation that remain uncompleted or unresolved as of the date of the report.”

On November 22, “End the Fed” protests were held in 39 or more cities nationwide (including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, DC), but you’d hardly know it for lack of coverage. Attendee demands were simple and emphatic:

– end a private banking cartel’s illegal monopoly control over the nation’s money supply and price;

– return that power to the US Treasury as the Constitution mandates;

– end a fiat currency system backed by the waning full faith and credit of the government; and

– return the country to a sound, hard currency monetary system.

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Police Informant's Death Brings New Law, Lawsuit

2008-12-28T00:18:00.001-08:00
The murder of a 23-year-old Florida woman in a botched drug buy-bust operation this May could lead to changes in how confidential informants are recruited and used by the state's law enforcement.

23-year old Rachel Hoffman, a recent graduate of Florida State University, was murdered during a botched sting operation earlier this year.
(Courtesy Leon County Sheriff's Offic)

An official investigation found the Tallahassee Police Department had violated its own rules by recruiting Rachel Hoffman, a Florida State University graduate who was facing a drug charge and likely jail time after arrests for marijuana possession, and sending her alone into a dangerous undercover sting without training.

Florida state legislators are putting the finishing touches on a bill they are calling "Rachel's Law," which would tighten up rules on how the state's police recruit and use confidential informants. The law, which was first proposed by Rachel's father, Irv Hoffman, would require police in Florida to be more judicious in their selection of confidential informants and ensure the potential recruit has access to a lawyer.

Its likely sponsors, State Sen. Mike Fasano and State Rep. Peter Nehr, expect the bill to be considered when the legislature begins its regular session next spring. Both are Republican.

Tallahassee Police Chief Dennis Jones has signed on as a supporter of the effort. "We need to do a better job with this," Jones said in September.

Jones' support was perhaps surprising. In the days after Hoffman's murder, Jones made public statements that Hoffman was a criminal who bore a large part of the blame for the botched sting and, by extension, her own death.

"I'm calling her a criminal," Jones told ABC News' Brian Ross in July. Jones said then that he did not accept that his department was in any way responsible for Hoffman's death. "Do we feel responsible? We're responsible for the safety of this community," he said.

Click here to watch the 20/20 investigation of the botched sting. http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5454035

Jones, who was reprimanded as a result of the investigation into Hoffman's murder, later apologized for those comments. "We were placing most of the blame on Rachel Hoffman. I regret that now," Jones said. "It made us look like we weren't taking responsibility for what happened."

Hoffman Parents Poised to Sue Tallahasssee

The two men Hoffman met as part of the May sting are in jail awaiting trial for her murder. One defendant, Andrea Green, has pled not guilty. The other, Deneilo Bradshaw, has not yet entered a plea, according to the court cleark's office.

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Bring more ID when crossing the borders

2008-12-27T19:21:00.000-08:00
If you’re planning a driving trip to Canada or Mexico, you’ll need to pack more identification in the New Year, thanks to a new U.S. law.

Starting Jan. 31, 2008, U.S. citizens — both adults and children — returning to the United States by land or sea from Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean must carry a document that shows their citizenship. Those who don’t have a passport must carry a birth certificate plus government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license or school ID for young students, to show at border inspection stations. The new rule affects all vehicle and train travelers, cruise and ferry passengers, and private boaters.

In recent years, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has urged travelers to carry a birth certificate and photo ID when traveling to those areas. The ID wasn’t a strict legal requirement, even though many travelers complied, but it will be law from Jan. 31 as the U.S. ramps up its border screening through what’s called the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (which grew out of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks).

U.S. travelers who don’t have proof of citizenship — either a birth certificate or passport — will face secondary screening and delays at border stations while their citizenship is checked, said Mike Milne, a spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. Non-U.S. citizens who live in the U.S. should carry proof of legal residency and their citizenship documents. Canadians trying to enter the U.S. without proof of their citizenship could be turned away.

Bring more ID when crossing the borders

Change? Obama Inner Circle Filled With Bilderbergers

2008-12-23T02:42:00.001-08:00

By Victor ThornFOR TWO YEARS, Americans have heard an unrelenting mantra of change emanating from the campaign trail. But now that President-elect Barack Obama has begun forming his cabinet, were seeing a cadre of more deeply entrenched insiders than any administration that has preceded it.In regard to key foreign policy advisors, all three of Obamas [...]

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[Source: War On You

Mass. Investor Saw Inside Madoff Scam 9 Years Ago

2008-12-19T17:21:00.001-08:00

Massachusetts investor saw inside Madoff scam 9 years ago, but few listenedBy JAY LINDSAYThe Associated PressBOSTONHis repeated warnings that Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme have cast Harry Markopolos as an unheeded prophet.But people who know or worked with Markopolos say it wasn’t prescience that helped him foresee the [...]

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President Bush and the Flying Shoes: A Cautionary Tale

2008-12-17T20:04:00.001-08:00

AP photo / Karim KadimA shoe is raised during a protest in Baghdad demanding the release of the journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush on Sunday.By Robert ScheerThey hate us for our shoes. Somewhere in what passes for the deeper regions of President Bushs mind might come that reassuring giggle of a thought [...]

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IEA sees peak oil in 2020

2008-12-15T19:37:00.003-08:00

Global oil output could peak by 2020 - much earlier than expected - amid a collapse in investment due to the financial crisis, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) chief economist Fatih Birol claimed.
In an interview published today Birol told London-based newspaper the Guardian that conventional crude output could plateau in 2020, a development that was "not good news" for a world still heavily dependent on petroleum.
The IEA has never before been specific about the point at which conventional oil would peak, although last month it said total crude output could peak in 2030.
Birol's comments follow other signs that the IEA is rapidly changing its view. In its 2007 World Energy Outlook, the IEA predicted a rate of decline from the world's existing oilfields at 3.7%, only to admit 12 months later that the speed of the fall was more likely 6.7%.
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[Source: ASPO International | The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas -

Qatar warns of crude supply shock

2008-12-15T19:37:00.001-08:00

The world faces a crude supply shock if oil prices remain below $70 per barrel, Qatar's Energy Minister Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah said on Wednesday arguing that lower prices would discourage investment in new capacity.
A price of $70 per barrel is needed "to avoid any (supply) shock in the future," he said, explaining that this price level should be sufficient to encourage companies and oil producers to continue investing in capacity expansion projects. "Below $70, it will be non-economical to invest in the hydrocarbon sector," Al Attiyah told the Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Association (GPCA) forum. "Today there is no cheap oil" he added.
Now that the price has fallen dramatically to below $50, this could discourage investment in finding new deposits and extracting them from difficult places. Countries and oil companies may postpone many upstream projects if they do not get a return on their investments.
"So this is our concern that when the economic crisis is over and demand starts (to pick up) again, then the world will face a big shortage of supply," Al Attiyah said.
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[Source: ASPO International | The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas -

Beethoven and the Illuminati: How the secret order influenced the great composer

2008-12-15T19:36:00.001-08:00

Ludwig van BeethovenIn 1779, a composer, writer, teacher, and dreamer named Christian Neefe arrived in Bonn, Germany, to work for the Electoral Court. Neefe (pronounced nay-fuh) was the definition of what Germans call a Schwrmer, a person swarming wi...

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[Source: Ron Paul forum

Video: Joe Grano: The Last Word.

2008-12-13T19:40:00.001-08:00
Joseph Grano, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Centurion Holdings, sits down with Lionel to explain our nation's financial woes and detail his plan to better define America's future.
http://911truthnews.blogspot.com/2008/12/video-joe-grano-last-word.html

[Source: Ron Paul forum

Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion

2008-12-12T17:27:00.001-08:00

The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

Bloomberg filed suit Nov. 7 under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act requesting details about the terms of 11 Fed lending programs, most created during the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

The Fed responded Dec. 8, saying it’s allowed to withhold internal memos as well as information about trade secrets and commercial information. The institution confirmed that a records search found 231 pages of documents pertaining to some of the requests.

“If they told us what they held, we would know the potential losses that the government may take and that’s what they don’t want us to know,” said Carlos Mendez, a senior managing director at New York-based ICP Capital LLC, which oversees $22 billion in assets.

The Fed stepped into a rescue role that was the original purpose of the Treasury’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. The central bank loans don’t have the oversight safeguards that Congress imposed upon the TARP.

Total Fed lending exceeded $2 trillion for the first time Nov. 6. It rose by 138 percent, or $1.23 trillion, in the 12 weeks since Sept. 14, when central bank governors relaxed collateral standards to accept securities that weren’t rated AAA.

‘Been Bamboozled’

Congress is demanding more transparency from the Fed and Treasury on bailout, most recently during Dec. 10 hearings by the House Financial Services committee when Representative David Scott, a Georgia Democrat, said Americans had “been bamboozled.”[...]

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[Source: War On You

Depression 2009: What would it look like?

2008-12-11T23:26:00.001-08:00
Over the past few months, Americans have been hearing the word “depression” with unfamiliar and alarming regularity. The financial crisis tearing through Wall Street is routinely described as the worst since the Great Depression, and the recession into which we are sinking looks deep enough, financial commentators warn, that a few poor policy decisions could [...]

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[Source: Mint Dollar