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Saturday, January 12, 2013
U.S.: Bin Laden photos still too dangerous for release
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/u-s-bin-laden-photos-still-too-dangerous-for-release/31094/ just curious? ..if we killed the man responsible 4 9/11 ? ..Y R we still at war?
Orrazz
Twenty months after U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, the United States told a court on Thursday it is not ready to release images taken after the al Qaeda leader’s death because they still might lead to violence.
U.S.: Bin Laden photos still too dangerous for release
OrrazzTwenty months after U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, the United States told a court on Thursday it is not ready to release images taken after the al Qaeda leader’s death because they still might lead to violence.
A federal appeals court heard
arguments in a lawsuit over whether the government must release the
images under the Freedom of Information Act, a 1966 law that guarantees
public access to some government records.
President Barack Obama’s
administration points to an exception in the law that covers documents
classified in the interest of national defense.
“They’ll be used to inflame tensions. They’ll be used to inspire
retaliatory attacks,” Justice Department lawyer Robert Loeb told the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Riots or other forms of violence could threaten American soldiers as well as civilians in Afghanistan, Loeb said.
The government has 52 photographs
or videos – the medium has not been revealed – from the May 2011 raid
in which U.S. special forces killed bin Laden after more than a decade
of searching. The images show a dead bin Laden at his compound in
Abbottabad, Pakistan, the transportation of his body to a U.S. ship and
his burial at sea, the government has said.
Some of the photographs were
taken so the CIA could conduct facial recognition analysis to confirm
the body’s identity, according to court papers.
Two of the court’s three judges,
Merrick Garland and Judith Rogers, asked questions indicating they were
inclined to defer to the judgment of officials in sworn court affidavits
advising against release.
“They’re telling us that could
result in death – not just the release of secret information, but
death,” Garland said. “Is that not something we should defer to?”
Michael Bekesha, a lawyer for
Judicial Watch, a government watchdog group suing for the images, said
the government failed to show the danger of releasing the less-graphic
burial images.
Judicial Watch also claims that CIA officials might not have followed procedures when they classified the images as secret.
A decision from the appeals court is likely in the next few months. A lower court judge sided with the government in April.
The case is Judicial Watch Inc v. Department of Defense, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, No. 12-5137.
http://www.orrazz.com/2013/01/us-bin-laden-photos-still-too-dangerous.htmlGunning for revolution Exclusive: Larry Klayman says executive-order on firearms would be 'the final straw'
http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/gunning-for-revolution/
Since the fraudulent re-election of Barack Hussein Obama as
president – the “mullah in chief” not eligible to be president as he is
not a natural born citizen – he has thrown his weight around as if he
were our king.
First, virtually unopposed by a functionally dead Republican opposition, Obama rammed down the people’s throats considerable income tax increases to modest and top income earners and small businesses, increased the capital gains and estate taxes and eliminated so called loopholes in the tax code – all to socialize the American economy by having these individuals and businesses “pay their fair share” as punishment for their success in a heretofore capitalist system. Now, like drunken sailors, Obama and his socialist flunkies on Capitol Hill, notably House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, promise that more tax hikes are on the way to further their march toward dismantling our free-market freedoms and the body politic of the nation.
Then, our first Muslim president cleverly nominated former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be the next secretary of defense, a man who while senator had a “proven” track record as not only an anti-Semite and hater of Jews and Israel, but also advocated rolling over to the neo-Nazi mullahs in Iran. Hagel repeatedly not only mocked and disparaged the so-called “Jewish lobby” that defends Israel in Washington, D.C., but also advocated not imposing sanctions, however worthless in any event, on Tehran for its onward and unchecked march to acquiring atomic weapons, which the Islamic regime’s leaders have said they will use to wage a holocaust against the Jewish state and its people. Hagel is a truly repugnant man who fits in well with Obama’s own not too latent anti-Semitism and antipathy toward Jews and true Christians in general. Incredibly, even the so-called Jewish lobby – headed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), whose current president, Lee Rosenberg, is a sleazy “Chicago pol” and, not surprisingly, a friend of Obama – has rolled over to Hagel, and AIPAC has been rendered impotent in the upcoming confirmation hearing.
Finally, in the words of former Obama chief of staff and current Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel, not letting any good tragedy go to waste, our fraudulent president – by his own threats and through Vice President Joe Biden – has promised to his leftist supporters to act unilaterally and issue executive orders to extinguish or curb the right to bear arms guaranteed to all Americans by our Founding Fathers under the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The pretextual “trigger” for this: the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where young children were murdered by a mentally sick adolescent who somehow obtained control of his similarly murdered mother’s firearms.
To lay the foundation for this unilateral act of defiance, abuse and usurpation of our rights, immediately after the Sandy Hook tragedy Obama announced and designated a so-called Gun Control Task Force, to be headed by “his pliant imbecile,” Joe Biden. Since then, this task force, which constitutes an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”) (Pub. L. 92-463, 6 Oct. 1972), has met with special interests on both sides of the gun-control issue. The problem is, however, that these meetings are illegal, since they have not been announced with the 15 days notice required by the FACA law, and have excluded ordinary citizens. Instead the meetings are limited to special-interest lobbyists who are adept at lining the pockets of the Washington, D.C., political and legal establishment.
On Jan. 7, 2013, I filed a FACA request with the Office of the President demanding access to these meetings on behalf of not just myself as chairman and general counsel of Freedom Watch, but also all Americans who desire to participate. Predictably, I have not heard back from either Obama or his surrogates, so in the next few days we will be forced to file a lawsuit over this blatant violation of the rule of law. (Years ago, during the George W. Bush administration, when Vice President Cheney refused to open up his meeting with lobbyists on energy policy, I filed a lawsuit that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.) The people simply have a right under FACA and our Constitution to be privy to closed-door meetings with special interests who, without oversight, will pervert our legal rights to serve their own interests.
But quite apart from FACA and open government – to use the term government loosely these days, since in practice we no longer have a republic but a despotic monarchy – Obama’s threats to use executive orders to remove or curtail our right to bear arms constitutes the final straw. It is in effect a declaration of war against the American people and our way of life.
For our Founding Fathers bequeathed to us the right to bear arms primarily to protect us, should the need ever arise, against a tyrannical government. Their primary motive was not to allow us to defend ourselves against random criminals and madmen like Adam Lanza, however useful guns would have been and are in this regard.
So when Obama and Biden effectively threatened to seize our guns, or even just curtail our rights to gun ownership, they are making the same mistake King George III made when he sent his armies to seize and destroy the weapons caches of the colonies, which they had amassed to defend themselves against a British crown that had also raised their taxes without representation in parliament and committed other acts of tyranny. This gun grab by the king was the final straw before revolution, triggering the Declaration of Independence and subsequent war.
The irony today, as it was in 1776, is that that these miscalculations by our rulers will in the end serve to be their own undoing and result in our liberation from their evil clutches. Let us pray that Obama and Biden and the likes of Pelosi and Reid are so stupid as to carry through with their threats, so that the masses will finally be provoked to rise up as they did in colonial times. It is time that their political ilk be legally removed from our nation’s capital – along with their Republican accomplices like Chuck Hagel – before the nation is totally transformed and destroyed.
These arrogant, malevolent, political tyrants should thus take heed and beware of the words of our Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence, that “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act that may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be ruler of a free people.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/gunning-for-revolution/#iVFV4xSyix3l8tQH.99
WEAPONS OF CHOICE
Gunning for revolution
Exclusive: Larry Klayman says executive-order on firearms would be 'the final straw'
by
First, virtually unopposed by a functionally dead Republican opposition, Obama rammed down the people’s throats considerable income tax increases to modest and top income earners and small businesses, increased the capital gains and estate taxes and eliminated so called loopholes in the tax code – all to socialize the American economy by having these individuals and businesses “pay their fair share” as punishment for their success in a heretofore capitalist system. Now, like drunken sailors, Obama and his socialist flunkies on Capitol Hill, notably House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, promise that more tax hikes are on the way to further their march toward dismantling our free-market freedoms and the body politic of the nation.
Then, our first Muslim president cleverly nominated former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be the next secretary of defense, a man who while senator had a “proven” track record as not only an anti-Semite and hater of Jews and Israel, but also advocated rolling over to the neo-Nazi mullahs in Iran. Hagel repeatedly not only mocked and disparaged the so-called “Jewish lobby” that defends Israel in Washington, D.C., but also advocated not imposing sanctions, however worthless in any event, on Tehran for its onward and unchecked march to acquiring atomic weapons, which the Islamic regime’s leaders have said they will use to wage a holocaust against the Jewish state and its people. Hagel is a truly repugnant man who fits in well with Obama’s own not too latent anti-Semitism and antipathy toward Jews and true Christians in general. Incredibly, even the so-called Jewish lobby – headed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), whose current president, Lee Rosenberg, is a sleazy “Chicago pol” and, not surprisingly, a friend of Obama – has rolled over to Hagel, and AIPAC has been rendered impotent in the upcoming confirmation hearing.
Finally, in the words of former Obama chief of staff and current Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel, not letting any good tragedy go to waste, our fraudulent president – by his own threats and through Vice President Joe Biden – has promised to his leftist supporters to act unilaterally and issue executive orders to extinguish or curb the right to bear arms guaranteed to all Americans by our Founding Fathers under the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The pretextual “trigger” for this: the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where young children were murdered by a mentally sick adolescent who somehow obtained control of his similarly murdered mother’s firearms.
To lay the foundation for this unilateral act of defiance, abuse and usurpation of our rights, immediately after the Sandy Hook tragedy Obama announced and designated a so-called Gun Control Task Force, to be headed by “his pliant imbecile,” Joe Biden. Since then, this task force, which constitutes an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”) (Pub. L. 92-463, 6 Oct. 1972), has met with special interests on both sides of the gun-control issue. The problem is, however, that these meetings are illegal, since they have not been announced with the 15 days notice required by the FACA law, and have excluded ordinary citizens. Instead the meetings are limited to special-interest lobbyists who are adept at lining the pockets of the Washington, D.C., political and legal establishment.
On Jan. 7, 2013, I filed a FACA request with the Office of the President demanding access to these meetings on behalf of not just myself as chairman and general counsel of Freedom Watch, but also all Americans who desire to participate. Predictably, I have not heard back from either Obama or his surrogates, so in the next few days we will be forced to file a lawsuit over this blatant violation of the rule of law. (Years ago, during the George W. Bush administration, when Vice President Cheney refused to open up his meeting with lobbyists on energy policy, I filed a lawsuit that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.) The people simply have a right under FACA and our Constitution to be privy to closed-door meetings with special interests who, without oversight, will pervert our legal rights to serve their own interests.
But quite apart from FACA and open government – to use the term government loosely these days, since in practice we no longer have a republic but a despotic monarchy – Obama’s threats to use executive orders to remove or curtail our right to bear arms constitutes the final straw. It is in effect a declaration of war against the American people and our way of life.
For our Founding Fathers bequeathed to us the right to bear arms primarily to protect us, should the need ever arise, against a tyrannical government. Their primary motive was not to allow us to defend ourselves against random criminals and madmen like Adam Lanza, however useful guns would have been and are in this regard.
So when Obama and Biden effectively threatened to seize our guns, or even just curtail our rights to gun ownership, they are making the same mistake King George III made when he sent his armies to seize and destroy the weapons caches of the colonies, which they had amassed to defend themselves against a British crown that had also raised their taxes without representation in parliament and committed other acts of tyranny. This gun grab by the king was the final straw before revolution, triggering the Declaration of Independence and subsequent war.
The irony today, as it was in 1776, is that that these miscalculations by our rulers will in the end serve to be their own undoing and result in our liberation from their evil clutches. Let us pray that Obama and Biden and the likes of Pelosi and Reid are so stupid as to carry through with their threats, so that the masses will finally be provoked to rise up as they did in colonial times. It is time that their political ilk be legally removed from our nation’s capital – along with their Republican accomplices like Chuck Hagel – before the nation is totally transformed and destroyed.
These arrogant, malevolent, political tyrants should thus take heed and beware of the words of our Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence, that “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act that may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be ruler of a free people.”
Why boys are 'evil' Exclusive: Patrice Lewis insists young men should be fathered, not medicated
http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/why-boys-are-evil/
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School,
people have been endlessly pointing the finger of blame and trying to
come up with a one-size-fits-all solution that will prevent such a
massacre from ever happening again.
The blame has settled squarely on the issue of gun control since, of course, it’s so much easier to blame an inanimate object than it is to handle the complex logic of an insane mind. Gun control also conveniently advances the progressive agenda to dismantle the Second Amendment, one of the dearest desires of the left.
But one issue seems to have escaped the mainstream consciousness so far: whether boys, in and of themselves, are evil. After all, boys (young men, actually) are the ones who promulgate the vast majority of violence in our society. What’s wrong with them? Are they evil?
This point is addressed by Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook in a Dec. 19, 2012, CNN piece entitled “Masculinity, Mental Illness and Guns: A Lethal Equation.” In it, he writes: “Why are angry young men setting out to kill entire crowds of strangers? … Motivations are hard to pin down, but gender is the single most obvious and intractable variable when it comes to violence in America. Men and boys are responsible for 95 percent of all violent crimes in this country. … How does masculinity figure into this? From an early age, boys learn that violence is not only an acceptable form of conflict resolution, but one that is admired. However, the belief that violence is an inherently male characteristic is a fallacy. … Boys learn [violence]. … They learn it from their fathers. … They learn that if they are crossed, they have the manly obligation to fight back. They learn that they are entitled to feel like a real man, and that they have the right to annihilate anyone who challenges that sense of entitlement.”
Supposedly, Dr. Kimmel interviewed more than 400 young men to reach these conclusions. Since I have not read his book, I don’t know if he examines one critical factor: namely whether or not these young men have an active father in their lives.
Because Dr. Kimmel is wrong when he says boys learn violence from their fathers. The vast majority of boys don’t learn it from their fathers, because most violent boys don’t have fathers.
Our culture pretends that if it represses boys’ violent tendencies, violence will decrease. Society does this by trying to emasculate boys into girls. It encourages boys to play with gender-neutral toys, drugs boys into submission at school and otherwise suppresses their instinctive rough-and-tumble, smash-and-bang physical nature.
But none of these feminist-approved techniques erase the influence of genetics and testosterone. That persistent biochemical is something every boy must learn to handle. Testosterone gives boys less impulse control, more muscle strength and, yes, more violent tendencies. Unchecked, testosterone can cause boys to explode when they hit adolescence … unless they’re trained otherwise.
It takes a man – not a woman – to teach boys how to handle themselves. Without a male mentor, boys often give in to their animal nature and become violent.
“In 2011,” noted Dr. Kimmel, “more than 80 percent of all homicides among boys aged 15 to 19 were firearm related.” But how many of those firearm-related homicides were performed by fatherless boys?
“We need a conversation about gun control laws,” counsels Dr. Kimmel, “and far more sweeping – and necessary – is a national meditation on how our ideals of manhood became so entangled with violence.”
I have seldom seen an opinion piece that so blatantly disregards the obvious. We most certainly don’t need a “national meditation” on how our “ideals of manhood” became entangled with violence. We need men to be dads to the sons they create. That’s the “national meditation” we desperately need. Because nothing – nothing! – will change among America’s young men until they have fathers (or father-figures) to show them the proper way to behave. When young men perpetrate violence on society, it’s almost always because they are nothing more than boys in men’s bodies – a scary combination.
I don’t live in an area where it’s trendy to force boys to act like girls. I live in a rural area where boys hunt, fish, shoot, chop wood, plow fields and otherwise learn to shoulder the heavy burdens men have shouldered for millennia. Most rural boys grow up under the tutelage of their fathers, learning what is and isn’t appropriate.
In Real America, boys are not admired for their ability to act like girls. They are admired for their ability to channel their testosterone into acceptable areas, whether it’s rough-and-tumble games, hunting, sports, paintball wars, dirt bikes, or other manly expressions. Boys shouldn’t have to apologize for being boys. But men who do not shoulder the responsibility to lead, teach and train their sons should apologize for not “manning up” and being fathers to the boys they help create.
Let’s put it this way. Should every absent father in this nation suddenly recall his duty and begin the gratifying experience of actually parenting his own children, then a huge percentage of America’s problems would quickly disappear.
And if every woman learned to value marriage and stop ejecting men from the lives of their children, then we’d have far, far fewer “violent” boys who never learn how to become the men they were supposed to be.
Did you know that in the U.K., “a dad” was the tenth most popular Christmas list request for children? We have removed men as the spiritual and physical heads of households; then we mask their sons’ pain from that loss with psychotropic poisons. And we wonder why boys are violent?
The answer to our violent culture isn’t to curtail the Second Amendment. If you believe that, you’re not facing reality; you’re just pushing a nanny-state agenda. The answer to our violent culture is for men to father their sons and daughters and teach them that their worth comes from self-control, not the lack of it.
Boys aren’t evil. They’re just boys. But men are evil when they refuse to father their children. Women are evil when they deny their children a dad. Society is evil when it denigrates the importance of men. And the government is evil when it rewards men for abandoning their children and women for producing out-of-wedlock kids.
Don’t medicate our boys. Father them.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/why-boys-are-evil/#qMMiUfqKkTPwtEQQ.99
REAL AMERICA
Why boys are 'evil'
Exclusive: Patrice Lewis insists young men should be fathered, not medicated
by
The blame has settled squarely on the issue of gun control since, of course, it’s so much easier to blame an inanimate object than it is to handle the complex logic of an insane mind. Gun control also conveniently advances the progressive agenda to dismantle the Second Amendment, one of the dearest desires of the left.
But one issue seems to have escaped the mainstream consciousness so far: whether boys, in and of themselves, are evil. After all, boys (young men, actually) are the ones who promulgate the vast majority of violence in our society. What’s wrong with them? Are they evil?
This point is addressed by Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook in a Dec. 19, 2012, CNN piece entitled “Masculinity, Mental Illness and Guns: A Lethal Equation.” In it, he writes: “Why are angry young men setting out to kill entire crowds of strangers? … Motivations are hard to pin down, but gender is the single most obvious and intractable variable when it comes to violence in America. Men and boys are responsible for 95 percent of all violent crimes in this country. … How does masculinity figure into this? From an early age, boys learn that violence is not only an acceptable form of conflict resolution, but one that is admired. However, the belief that violence is an inherently male characteristic is a fallacy. … Boys learn [violence]. … They learn it from their fathers. … They learn that if they are crossed, they have the manly obligation to fight back. They learn that they are entitled to feel like a real man, and that they have the right to annihilate anyone who challenges that sense of entitlement.”
Supposedly, Dr. Kimmel interviewed more than 400 young men to reach these conclusions. Since I have not read his book, I don’t know if he examines one critical factor: namely whether or not these young men have an active father in their lives.
Because Dr. Kimmel is wrong when he says boys learn violence from their fathers. The vast majority of boys don’t learn it from their fathers, because most violent boys don’t have fathers.
Our culture pretends that if it represses boys’ violent tendencies, violence will decrease. Society does this by trying to emasculate boys into girls. It encourages boys to play with gender-neutral toys, drugs boys into submission at school and otherwise suppresses their instinctive rough-and-tumble, smash-and-bang physical nature.
But none of these feminist-approved techniques erase the influence of genetics and testosterone. That persistent biochemical is something every boy must learn to handle. Testosterone gives boys less impulse control, more muscle strength and, yes, more violent tendencies. Unchecked, testosterone can cause boys to explode when they hit adolescence … unless they’re trained otherwise.
It takes a man – not a woman – to teach boys how to handle themselves. Without a male mentor, boys often give in to their animal nature and become violent.
“In 2011,” noted Dr. Kimmel, “more than 80 percent of all homicides among boys aged 15 to 19 were firearm related.” But how many of those firearm-related homicides were performed by fatherless boys?
“We need a conversation about gun control laws,” counsels Dr. Kimmel, “and far more sweeping – and necessary – is a national meditation on how our ideals of manhood became so entangled with violence.”
I have seldom seen an opinion piece that so blatantly disregards the obvious. We most certainly don’t need a “national meditation” on how our “ideals of manhood” became entangled with violence. We need men to be dads to the sons they create. That’s the “national meditation” we desperately need. Because nothing – nothing! – will change among America’s young men until they have fathers (or father-figures) to show them the proper way to behave. When young men perpetrate violence on society, it’s almost always because they are nothing more than boys in men’s bodies – a scary combination.
I don’t live in an area where it’s trendy to force boys to act like girls. I live in a rural area where boys hunt, fish, shoot, chop wood, plow fields and otherwise learn to shoulder the heavy burdens men have shouldered for millennia. Most rural boys grow up under the tutelage of their fathers, learning what is and isn’t appropriate.
In Real America, boys are not admired for their ability to act like girls. They are admired for their ability to channel their testosterone into acceptable areas, whether it’s rough-and-tumble games, hunting, sports, paintball wars, dirt bikes, or other manly expressions. Boys shouldn’t have to apologize for being boys. But men who do not shoulder the responsibility to lead, teach and train their sons should apologize for not “manning up” and being fathers to the boys they help create.
Let’s put it this way. Should every absent father in this nation suddenly recall his duty and begin the gratifying experience of actually parenting his own children, then a huge percentage of America’s problems would quickly disappear.
And if every woman learned to value marriage and stop ejecting men from the lives of their children, then we’d have far, far fewer “violent” boys who never learn how to become the men they were supposed to be.
Did you know that in the U.K., “a dad” was the tenth most popular Christmas list request for children? We have removed men as the spiritual and physical heads of households; then we mask their sons’ pain from that loss with psychotropic poisons. And we wonder why boys are violent?
The answer to our violent culture isn’t to curtail the Second Amendment. If you believe that, you’re not facing reality; you’re just pushing a nanny-state agenda. The answer to our violent culture is for men to father their sons and daughters and teach them that their worth comes from self-control, not the lack of it.
Boys aren’t evil. They’re just boys. But men are evil when they refuse to father their children. Women are evil when they deny their children a dad. Society is evil when it denigrates the importance of men. And the government is evil when it rewards men for abandoning their children and women for producing out-of-wedlock kids.
Don’t medicate our boys. Father them.
Man filming Police charged with Obamacare violation.
http://dcclothesline.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/man-filming-police-charged-with-obamacare-violation/
Deputy Jacqueline Mueller then approached Andrew and snatched the camera from his hands saying “We’ll take that as evidence; If I end up on YouTube I’m going to be upset”. Andrew has the exact quote as he was also recording the audio with his phone. This audio is clear and you can hear the discussion. Andrew calmly insisted that what he was doing was perfectly legal and within his rights. Andrew refused to give his name since he was not being arrested.
The next day Andrew went to the Sheriffs office to get his property. The Deputy on duty told Andrew no report was made about him or his camera so he’ll have to wait. Andrew gave the Deputy his name.
A week later Andrew got a citation in the mail charged with Obstruction of legal process and disorderly conduct in accordance with Obamacare.
Andrew went to court and plead innocent on Jan 2nd. At that time he was informed the deputy wrote on the report, “While handling a medical/check the welfare (call), (Henderson) was filming it. Data privacy HIPAA violation. Refused to identify self. Had to stop dealing with sit(uation) to deal w/Henderson.” Andrew has a pretrial hearing set for Jan 2nd.
Andrew was again refused his camera by Deputy Dan Eggers stating “I think that what (the deputies) felt was you were interfering with someone’s privacy that was having a medical mental health breakdown,” Eggers said, as heard on another recording Henderson made. “They felt like you were being a ‘buttinski’ by getting that camera in there and partially recording what was going on in a situation that you were not directly involved in.” Eggers noted that the incident report said nothing was recorded on the camera. Andrew claims the police deleted the video. 2 days later his camera was released to him.
There are a few things going on here. Jane Kirtley, professor of media ethics and media law at the University of Minnesota says. “Somebody needs to explain to them that under U.S. law, making video recordings of something that’s happening in public is legal.” “Law enforcement has no expectation of privacy when they are carrying out public duties in a public place.” according to US courts.
The Sheriff’s office stated “It is not our policy to take video cameras. It is everybody’s right to (record) … What happens out in public happens out in public. One exception might be when a law enforcement officer decides that the recording is needed for evidence, he said. In that case, the officer would generally send the file to investigators and return the camera on the spot”. That clearly is not what happened here. You do not delete a file to “preserve evidence”; deleting a file is destroying evidence.
Deputy Mueller does not file a report or make any notation until AFTER Andrew tries to recover his property. Then she charges him with Obstruction of legal process and disorderly conduct in accordance with Obamacare and later changes it to HIPAA. HIPAA does not cover this situation. HIPAA or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, deals with how health care providers handle consumers’ health information. There is NOTHING in HIPAA that deals with recordings made in public.
It is my non Lawyer opinion that the seizure and alleged erasure of the recorded material “raises significant Fourth Amendment issues. Andrew is being charged to cover this Deputies ass. Andrew says he is going to have a trial because he did nothing wrong.
Muellner has been with the sheriff’s office since 1980. Her personnel file includes numerous awards, commendations and thank-you letters. There are two citizen complaints from the 1980s, found by the office to be “not sustained.”
Man filming Police charged with Obamacare violation.
Oct 29th a St Paul MN man cited for Obamacare violation when he recorded police. Andrew Henderson was sitting on a bench in front of his Apartment complex when he noticed Sheriffs Deputies frisking a man with a bloody nose before putting him in an Ambulance. Anytime Andrew sees the police frisking someone he pulls out his recorder and tapes it.Deputy Jacqueline Mueller then approached Andrew and snatched the camera from his hands saying “We’ll take that as evidence; If I end up on YouTube I’m going to be upset”. Andrew has the exact quote as he was also recording the audio with his phone. This audio is clear and you can hear the discussion. Andrew calmly insisted that what he was doing was perfectly legal and within his rights. Andrew refused to give his name since he was not being arrested.
The next day Andrew went to the Sheriffs office to get his property. The Deputy on duty told Andrew no report was made about him or his camera so he’ll have to wait. Andrew gave the Deputy his name.
A week later Andrew got a citation in the mail charged with Obstruction of legal process and disorderly conduct in accordance with Obamacare.
Andrew went to court and plead innocent on Jan 2nd. At that time he was informed the deputy wrote on the report, “While handling a medical/check the welfare (call), (Henderson) was filming it. Data privacy HIPAA violation. Refused to identify self. Had to stop dealing with sit(uation) to deal w/Henderson.” Andrew has a pretrial hearing set for Jan 2nd.
Andrew was again refused his camera by Deputy Dan Eggers stating “I think that what (the deputies) felt was you were interfering with someone’s privacy that was having a medical mental health breakdown,” Eggers said, as heard on another recording Henderson made. “They felt like you were being a ‘buttinski’ by getting that camera in there and partially recording what was going on in a situation that you were not directly involved in.” Eggers noted that the incident report said nothing was recorded on the camera. Andrew claims the police deleted the video. 2 days later his camera was released to him.
There are a few things going on here. Jane Kirtley, professor of media ethics and media law at the University of Minnesota says. “Somebody needs to explain to them that under U.S. law, making video recordings of something that’s happening in public is legal.” “Law enforcement has no expectation of privacy when they are carrying out public duties in a public place.” according to US courts.
The Sheriff’s office stated “It is not our policy to take video cameras. It is everybody’s right to (record) … What happens out in public happens out in public. One exception might be when a law enforcement officer decides that the recording is needed for evidence, he said. In that case, the officer would generally send the file to investigators and return the camera on the spot”. That clearly is not what happened here. You do not delete a file to “preserve evidence”; deleting a file is destroying evidence.
Deputy Mueller does not file a report or make any notation until AFTER Andrew tries to recover his property. Then she charges him with Obstruction of legal process and disorderly conduct in accordance with Obamacare and later changes it to HIPAA. HIPAA does not cover this situation. HIPAA or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, deals with how health care providers handle consumers’ health information. There is NOTHING in HIPAA that deals with recordings made in public.
It is my non Lawyer opinion that the seizure and alleged erasure of the recorded material “raises significant Fourth Amendment issues. Andrew is being charged to cover this Deputies ass. Andrew says he is going to have a trial because he did nothing wrong.
Muellner has been with the sheriff’s office since 1980. Her personnel file includes numerous awards, commendations and thank-you letters. There are two citizen complaints from the 1980s, found by the office to be “not sustained.”
If They Come for Your Guns, Do You Have a Responsibility to Fight?
http://dcclothesline.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/if-they-come-for-your-guns-do-you-have-a-responsibility-to-fight/ Arise my fellows ..ALL over this Great Land of OURS ...WE have slumbered 4 far 2 LONG :) Time 2 make America what it ought 2 be .
I
feel a tremendous responsibility to write this article though I am a
little apprehensive. Thinking about the possibility of rising up against
our own government is a frightening thing for many of us. I am not
Johnny Rambo and I will be the first to admit that I do not want to die.
The reason I feel compelled to write this, however, is simply because I don’t think the average American is equipped with the facts.
I feel that a lot of American citizens feel like they have no choice
but to surrender their guns if the government comes for them. I blame
traditional media sources for this mass brainwash and I carry the
responsibility of all small independent bloggers to tell the truth. So
my focus today is to lay out your constitutional rights as an American,
and let you decide what to do with those rights.
About a month ago I let the “democracy” word slip in a discussion with a fellow blogger. I know better. Americans have been conditioned to use this term. It’s not an accurate term and it never has been a correct term to describe our form of government. The truth is that the United States of America is a constitutional republic. This is similar to a democracy because our representatives are selected by democratic elections, but ultimately our representatives are required to work within the framework of our constitution. In other words, even if 90% of Americans want something that goes against our founding principles, they have no right to call for a violation of constitutional rights.
If you are religious you might choose to think of it this way… Say that members of your congregation decide that mass fornication is a good thing. Do they have the right to change the teachings of your God? The truth is the truth. It doesn’t matter how many people try to stray from it. Did I just compare our founders to God? In a way I did, but please note that I am not trying to insult anyone. For the purpose of the American Government our constitution and founders who wrote it are much like God is to believers. It is the law. It is indisputable.
Our founders did not want a “democracy” for they feared a true democracy was just as dangerous as a monarchy. The founders were highly educated people who were experienced in defending themselves against tyranny. They understood that the constitution could protect the people by limiting the power of anyone to work outside of it much better than a pure system of popularity. A system of checks and balances was set up to help limit corruption of government and also the potential for an “immoral majority” developing within the American People. We have forgotten in this country that we are ultimately ruled by a constitution.
Why is a democracy potentially just as dangerous as a monarchy? Let’s look at something that Benjamin Franklin said because it answers that question more fully and succinctly than I can.
I think in 2012 we are seeing evidence of what Franklin was trying to tell us. Just because a majority of people may support certain ideas it does not mean that those ideas are just. In simple terms, just because most Americans love our president and voted for him, it does not mean that he has the power to go against our constitutional rights.
Next I’d like to review the text of the second amendment. It is very clear. This is the law of this land. So when Senator Feinstein or President Obama talk about taking your guns, you need to think about something. Are they honoring their sworn oath to uphold the constitution?
This
is a pretty clear statement. The fact is that it took 232 years for the
Supreme Court to even rule on this amendment because it has never been
successfully challenged. In 2008 a case of Columbia v. Heller the Supreme Court ruled that a handgun ban in Washington D.C. was unconstitutional.
One also has to take this into consideration. The Supreme Court
supports your right to own guns. If you want to research this decision
further you can start here.
For those who try to debate the spirit of the 2nd amendment, they are truly no different from people who will try to take Biblical quotes out of context to try to support their immoral decisions. The founders were very clear on the intent of the 2nd amendment. Let me share a few quick quotes here:
I could find hundreds of quotes like these. This country was built on the right to bear arms.
It was built on the rights of an individual to bear arms, regardless of
what his government or neighbor happened to think. This is crystal
clear. Ironically the people who voice their opinions against this right
have their free speech protected by your guns. Without guns in
this country, all other amendments become null and void, simply because
“We the People” will lose our power of enforcement.
We need to keep this in mind as our “representatives” try to push gun bans. I don’t care if 99% of people are in support of gun bans (which is far from the case), it is a violation of our constitutional rights, plain and simple.
A constitutional republic protects the rights of the individual even when their ideas are very much in the minority. If I were the only person in America who believed in the 2nd amendment, I would still be within my rights to call upon it. You would all think I was insane and possibly celebrate if I was gunned down, but in the end I would be the only true American among us.
Our framers were very clear on this. If my government comes to take my guns, they are violating one of my constitutional rights that is covered by the 2nd amendment.
It is not my right, at that point, but my responsibility to respond in the name of liberty.
What I am telling you is something that many are trying to soft sell,
and many others have tried to avoid putting into print, but I am going
to say it. The time for speaking in code is over.
If they come for our guns then it is our constitutional right to put them six feet under. You have the right to kill any representative of this government who tries to tread on your liberty. I am thinking about self-defense and not talking about inciting a revolution. Re-read Jefferson’s quote. He talks about a “last resort.” I am not trying to start a Revolt, I am talking about self-defense. If the day for Revolution comes, when no peaceful options exist, we may have to talk about that as well. None of us wants to think about that, but please understand that a majority can not take away your rights as an American citizen. Only you can choose to give up your rights.
Congress could pass gun ban legislation by a 90%+ margin and it just would not matter. I think some people are very unclear on this. This is the reason we have a Supreme Court, and though I do not doubt that the Supreme Court can also become corrupt, in 2008 they got it right. They supported the constitution. It does not matter what the majority supports because America is not a democracy. A constitutional republic protects the rights of every single citizen, no matter what their “elected servants” say. A majority in America only matters when the constitution is not in play.
I just wrote what every believer in the constitution wants to say, and what every constitutional blogger needs to write. The truth of the matter is that this type of speech is viewed as dangerous and radical or subversive, and it could gain me a world of trouble that I do not want. It is also the truth. To make myself clear I will tell you again. If they come for your guns it is your right to use those guns against them and to kill them. You are protected by our constitution.
Most of the articles I am reading on the subject are trying to give you clues without just coming out and saying it. I understand that because certain things in this country will get you on a list that you don’t want to be on. I may well be on that list. This blog is small and growing so I may not be there yet, but I have dreams. I also have my own list of subversives and anyone who attempts to deny my constitutional rights is on that list.
I am not the “subversive” here, it is the political representatives who are threatening to take away my inalienable rights. If they come to take my guns and I leave a few of them wounded or dead, and I somehow survive, I have zero doubt that I will spend a long time in prison and may face an execution. But I would much rather be a political prisoner than a slave.
If I go down fighting then I was not fighting to harm these human beings. I was simply defending my liberty and yours. It is self-defense and it is what our country was built on. We won our freedom in self-defense. We would not be ruled by a tyrannical government in the 1770′s and we will not be ruled in 2012 by a tyrannical government. There is no difference.
This is a case of right and wrong. As of now the 2nd amendment stands. It has never been repealed. If Feinstein or Barack have a problem with the constitution then they should be removed from office. They are not defending the constitution which they have sworn an oath to protect. It is treasonous to say the least. They would likely say the same about me, but I have the constitution, the founders, and the supreme court on my side. They only have their inflated egos.
I am not writing this to incite people. I am writing this in hopes that somehow I can make a tiny difference. I have no idea how many of my neighbors have the will to defend their constitutional rights. 2%? 20%? I am afraid that 20% is a high number, unfortunately. When push comes to shove many people may give up and submit to being ruled. I believe that our government is banking on this.
What I do know is that this country was founded by people who had balls the size of Texas and Patriotic Americans take shit off of no one, especially our own government. For evidence of that, you might research the Revolutionary War. My question is how many Patriots are left?
I would hope that our officials come to realize that, regardless of our numbers, we still exist because they are calling Patriotic Americans to action. They are making us decide if we want to die free or submit to their rule. I can not tell you where you should stand on that. I do know that it may make the difference between living a life of freedom or slavery.
You
must start thinking about this because I believe that the day is coming
soon and I personally believe it has already been planned. Not all
conspiracy theories are hogwash. They may throw down the gauntlet soon
and my suggestion is that you prepare yourself to react.
I mean no disrespect to our elected officials but they need to understand that “We the People” will not be disarmed. If they proceed then it is they that are provoking us and we will act accordingly. We are within our rights to do so.
For those who are in support of taking the guns, you need to ask yourself a very important question, and I am not just talking about the politicians, because if you support them, you have chosen your side.
Are you willing to die to take my guns?
IMPORTANT UPDATE From Dean Garrison!!! When this post originally went viral I was trying to answer every single comment and that lasted for almost 48 hours Then I came to grips with the fact that I am human and I can’t do it. If for no other reason I value my family and I can’t steal time from them to constantly be on the site. I want you all to know that I appreciate your support and good debate whether you agree or disagree. I also want to thank each and every American Patriot who has made the honorable choice to serve their country. Anyone who wants to repost this on their blog or website is also given permission to do so, so long as nothing is changed in the text of the article, and a link is provided back to this site. Again, thank you so much. I am humbled. This free wordpress blog has just gone from averaging 300 visitors per day 40,000-50,000 hits per day and I have no idea when things may return to normal. That was caused by the people that cared and not the author. I am just an average American that cares. Every Facebook share, retweet, and email is helping and please continue to support what you believe in. We make no money from this blog. We may someday, but for now it is our choice to offer the truth as we see it for the good of our country and not for anything material. Keep on sharing and let’s make them pay attention to us! No sane American really wants a Civil War. We want peace but we will not back down from a government that chooses to ignore our founding principles. I am forever in your debt and service. -Dean Garrison
If They Come for Your Guns, Do You Have a Responsibility to Fight?
I
feel a tremendous responsibility to write this article though I am a
little apprehensive. Thinking about the possibility of rising up against
our own government is a frightening thing for many of us. I am not
Johnny Rambo and I will be the first to admit that I do not want to die.
The reason I feel compelled to write this, however, is simply because I don’t think the average American is equipped with the facts.
I feel that a lot of American citizens feel like they have no choice
but to surrender their guns if the government comes for them. I blame
traditional media sources for this mass brainwash and I carry the
responsibility of all small independent bloggers to tell the truth. So
my focus today is to lay out your constitutional rights as an American,
and let you decide what to do with those rights.About a month ago I let the “democracy” word slip in a discussion with a fellow blogger. I know better. Americans have been conditioned to use this term. It’s not an accurate term and it never has been a correct term to describe our form of government. The truth is that the United States of America is a constitutional republic. This is similar to a democracy because our representatives are selected by democratic elections, but ultimately our representatives are required to work within the framework of our constitution. In other words, even if 90% of Americans want something that goes against our founding principles, they have no right to call for a violation of constitutional rights.
If you are religious you might choose to think of it this way… Say that members of your congregation decide that mass fornication is a good thing. Do they have the right to change the teachings of your God? The truth is the truth. It doesn’t matter how many people try to stray from it. Did I just compare our founders to God? In a way I did, but please note that I am not trying to insult anyone. For the purpose of the American Government our constitution and founders who wrote it are much like God is to believers. It is the law. It is indisputable.
Our founders did not want a “democracy” for they feared a true democracy was just as dangerous as a monarchy. The founders were highly educated people who were experienced in defending themselves against tyranny. They understood that the constitution could protect the people by limiting the power of anyone to work outside of it much better than a pure system of popularity. A system of checks and balances was set up to help limit corruption of government and also the potential for an “immoral majority” developing within the American People. We have forgotten in this country that we are ultimately ruled by a constitution.
Why is a democracy potentially just as dangerous as a monarchy? Let’s look at something that Benjamin Franklin said because it answers that question more fully and succinctly than I can.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -Benjamin FranklinEven 230+ years ago our founders were perceptive enough to realize that democracy was a dangerous form of government. How so? Because the citizens of a country can become just as corrupt as any government. We have seen evidence of this throughout history. Ask Native Americans and African-Americans if this population can become corrupt.
I think in 2012 we are seeing evidence of what Franklin was trying to tell us. Just because a majority of people may support certain ideas it does not mean that those ideas are just. In simple terms, just because most Americans love our president and voted for him, it does not mean that he has the power to go against our constitutional rights.
Next I’d like to review the text of the second amendment. It is very clear. This is the law of this land. So when Senator Feinstein or President Obama talk about taking your guns, you need to think about something. Are they honoring their sworn oath to uphold the constitution?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
This
is a pretty clear statement. The fact is that it took 232 years for the
Supreme Court to even rule on this amendment because it has never been
successfully challenged. In 2008 a case of Columbia v. Heller the Supreme Court ruled that a handgun ban in Washington D.C. was unconstitutional.
One also has to take this into consideration. The Supreme Court
supports your right to own guns. If you want to research this decision
further you can start here.For those who try to debate the spirit of the 2nd amendment, they are truly no different from people who will try to take Biblical quotes out of context to try to support their immoral decisions. The founders were very clear on the intent of the 2nd amendment. Let me share a few quick quotes here:
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. -Thomas Jefferson
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence … From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . the very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that is good. -George Washington
The Constitution shall never be construed….to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. -Samuel Adams
I could find hundreds of quotes like these. This country was built on the right to bear arms.
It was built on the rights of an individual to bear arms, regardless of
what his government or neighbor happened to think. This is crystal
clear. Ironically the people who voice their opinions against this right
have their free speech protected by your guns. Without guns in
this country, all other amendments become null and void, simply because
“We the People” will lose our power of enforcement.We need to keep this in mind as our “representatives” try to push gun bans. I don’t care if 99% of people are in support of gun bans (which is far from the case), it is a violation of our constitutional rights, plain and simple.
A constitutional republic protects the rights of the individual even when their ideas are very much in the minority. If I were the only person in America who believed in the 2nd amendment, I would still be within my rights to call upon it. You would all think I was insane and possibly celebrate if I was gunned down, but in the end I would be the only true American among us.
Our framers were very clear on this. If my government comes to take my guns, they are violating one of my constitutional rights that is covered by the 2nd amendment.
It is not my right, at that point, but my responsibility to respond in the name of liberty.
What I am telling you is something that many are trying to soft sell,
and many others have tried to avoid putting into print, but I am going
to say it. The time for speaking in code is over.If they come for our guns then it is our constitutional right to put them six feet under. You have the right to kill any representative of this government who tries to tread on your liberty. I am thinking about self-defense and not talking about inciting a revolution. Re-read Jefferson’s quote. He talks about a “last resort.” I am not trying to start a Revolt, I am talking about self-defense. If the day for Revolution comes, when no peaceful options exist, we may have to talk about that as well. None of us wants to think about that, but please understand that a majority can not take away your rights as an American citizen. Only you can choose to give up your rights.
Congress could pass gun ban legislation by a 90%+ margin and it just would not matter. I think some people are very unclear on this. This is the reason we have a Supreme Court, and though I do not doubt that the Supreme Court can also become corrupt, in 2008 they got it right. They supported the constitution. It does not matter what the majority supports because America is not a democracy. A constitutional republic protects the rights of every single citizen, no matter what their “elected servants” say. A majority in America only matters when the constitution is not in play.
I just wrote what every believer in the constitution wants to say, and what every constitutional blogger needs to write. The truth of the matter is that this type of speech is viewed as dangerous and radical or subversive, and it could gain me a world of trouble that I do not want. It is also the truth. To make myself clear I will tell you again. If they come for your guns it is your right to use those guns against them and to kill them. You are protected by our constitution.
Most of the articles I am reading on the subject are trying to give you clues without just coming out and saying it. I understand that because certain things in this country will get you on a list that you don’t want to be on. I may well be on that list. This blog is small and growing so I may not be there yet, but I have dreams. I also have my own list of subversives and anyone who attempts to deny my constitutional rights is on that list.
I am not the “subversive” here, it is the political representatives who are threatening to take away my inalienable rights. If they come to take my guns and I leave a few of them wounded or dead, and I somehow survive, I have zero doubt that I will spend a long time in prison and may face an execution. But I would much rather be a political prisoner than a slave.
If I go down fighting then I was not fighting to harm these human beings. I was simply defending my liberty and yours. It is self-defense and it is what our country was built on. We won our freedom in self-defense. We would not be ruled by a tyrannical government in the 1770′s and we will not be ruled in 2012 by a tyrannical government. There is no difference.
This is a case of right and wrong. As of now the 2nd amendment stands. It has never been repealed. If Feinstein or Barack have a problem with the constitution then they should be removed from office. They are not defending the constitution which they have sworn an oath to protect. It is treasonous to say the least. They would likely say the same about me, but I have the constitution, the founders, and the supreme court on my side. They only have their inflated egos.
I am not writing this to incite people. I am writing this in hopes that somehow I can make a tiny difference. I have no idea how many of my neighbors have the will to defend their constitutional rights. 2%? 20%? I am afraid that 20% is a high number, unfortunately. When push comes to shove many people may give up and submit to being ruled. I believe that our government is banking on this.
What I do know is that this country was founded by people who had balls the size of Texas and Patriotic Americans take shit off of no one, especially our own government. For evidence of that, you might research the Revolutionary War. My question is how many Patriots are left?
I would hope that our officials come to realize that, regardless of our numbers, we still exist because they are calling Patriotic Americans to action. They are making us decide if we want to die free or submit to their rule. I can not tell you where you should stand on that. I do know that it may make the difference between living a life of freedom or slavery.
You
must start thinking about this because I believe that the day is coming
soon and I personally believe it has already been planned. Not all
conspiracy theories are hogwash. They may throw down the gauntlet soon
and my suggestion is that you prepare yourself to react.I mean no disrespect to our elected officials but they need to understand that “We the People” will not be disarmed. If they proceed then it is they that are provoking us and we will act accordingly. We are within our rights to do so.
For those who are in support of taking the guns, you need to ask yourself a very important question, and I am not just talking about the politicians, because if you support them, you have chosen your side.
Are you willing to die to take my guns?
IMPORTANT UPDATE From Dean Garrison!!! When this post originally went viral I was trying to answer every single comment and that lasted for almost 48 hours Then I came to grips with the fact that I am human and I can’t do it. If for no other reason I value my family and I can’t steal time from them to constantly be on the site. I want you all to know that I appreciate your support and good debate whether you agree or disagree. I also want to thank each and every American Patriot who has made the honorable choice to serve their country. Anyone who wants to repost this on their blog or website is also given permission to do so, so long as nothing is changed in the text of the article, and a link is provided back to this site. Again, thank you so much. I am humbled. This free wordpress blog has just gone from averaging 300 visitors per day 40,000-50,000 hits per day and I have no idea when things may return to normal. That was caused by the people that cared and not the author. I am just an average American that cares. Every Facebook share, retweet, and email is helping and please continue to support what you believe in. We make no money from this blog. We may someday, but for now it is our choice to offer the truth as we see it for the good of our country and not for anything material. Keep on sharing and let’s make them pay attention to us! No sane American really wants a Civil War. We want peace but we will not back down from a government that chooses to ignore our founding principles. I am forever in your debt and service. -Dean Garrison
China Warns: Prepare For Worst
http://beforeitsnews.com/china/2013/01/china-warns-prepare-for-worst-2445112.html
China Warns: Prepare For Worst
Friday, January 11, 2013 11:23
Are we approaching the start of World War 3 in a way that was once though unimaginable? China has warned its’ citizens to “prepare for the worst” as tensions in the region escalate dramatically. Where will these ‘war games’ lead? Let’s all hope that this does not grow beyond the current proportions being seen now. From the Business Insider.:
After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, and Tokyo scrambling F-15s in response, China’s now sending fighters of its own on “routine flights” into the East China Sea.
China Daily:
Responding to China’s fighter deployment, Japan is considering permitting its F-15 pilots to fire tracer bullets, as warning shots, against Chinese planes. China’s state-run Global Times calls this, “a step closer to war,” warning a military clash is “more likely” while its people need to prepare “for the worst.”
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Though it’s a formal agreement to aid Japan if it comes under attack, there are few who believe the U.S. would risk a full-blown war with China over a few uninhabited islands, regardless of how much oil and gas lay beneath them.
That may, or may not be, a reassuring thought as it doesn’t look like the situation will de-escalate any time soon — and China has immense assets almost within the area itself — looking very well-equipped to enter an actual fight.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/china-fighter-jet-flights-diaoyu-senkaku-islands-2013-1#ixzz2Hgy37vqn
National disaster: Millions of children prescribed antipsychotic drugs they don't need
http://rt.com/usa/news/children-antipsychotic-taking-us-187/
Are doctors going crazy? US psychiatrists prescribe antipsychotic
drugs to children in one third of all visits, which is a rate almost
three times higher than during the 1990’s.
Roughly 90 percent of antipsychotic prescriptions written between 2005 and 2009 were prescribed for something other than what the US Food and Drug Administration approves them for.
Researchers say the increase in antipsychotic drug prescription is largely to treat disruptive behaviors, including attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – even though those disorders are not treatable by antipsychotics.
Medications such as Abilify and Risperdal, which are used primarily to treat patients with schizophrenia, are increasingly being prescribed “off label” to control youngsters with ADHD who have problems controlling their behavior.
“Only a small proportion of antipsychotic treatment of children (6 percent) and adolescents (13 percent) is for FDA-approved clinical indications,” said Dr. Mark Olfson, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, in an interview with Reuters.
Children with ADHD are most often taking drugs approved for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and irritability with autism.
“People from all walks of life are taking medications for mental-health conditions,” psychiatrist David Muzina told the Wall Street Journal.
In 2010, Americans spent $16.1 billion on antipsychotic drugs meant to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression.
But whether they are effective or not, the drugs have been known to cause other health problems, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, muscular tics and weight gain. A University of Massachusetts study found that kids taking antipsychotics were four times more likely to develop diabetes.
Between 1993 and 2008, 31 children died from taking Risperdal and more than 1,200 suffered serious health problems.
“We have a national catastrophe,” Dr. Peter Breggin told US News & World Report. “This is a situation where we have ruined the brains of millions of children.”
But in many cases, antipsychotic drug prescriptions are not even necessary to treat behavioral disorders. There are psychosocial interventions, such as parent management training, that are able to reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviors in kids, Olfson said.
Instead of taking the time and money to gradually reduce their children’s behavioral problems, parents are opting for antipsychotic medications for an instant fix.
Drugged from a young age onward, many American children will grow up dependent on serious antipsychotic drugs they had no need for.
National disaster: Millions of children prescribed antipsychotic drugs they don't need
Children in the US overprescribed antipsychotic drugs
Roughly 90 percent of antipsychotic prescriptions written between 2005 and 2009 were prescribed for something other than what the US Food and Drug Administration approves them for.
Researchers say the increase in antipsychotic drug prescription is largely to treat disruptive behaviors, including attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – even though those disorders are not treatable by antipsychotics.
Medications such as Abilify and Risperdal, which are used primarily to treat patients with schizophrenia, are increasingly being prescribed “off label” to control youngsters with ADHD who have problems controlling their behavior.
“Only a small proportion of antipsychotic treatment of children (6 percent) and adolescents (13 percent) is for FDA-approved clinical indications,” said Dr. Mark Olfson, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, in an interview with Reuters.
Children with ADHD are most often taking drugs approved for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and irritability with autism.
“People from all walks of life are taking medications for mental-health conditions,” psychiatrist David Muzina told the Wall Street Journal.
In 2010, Americans spent $16.1 billion on antipsychotic drugs meant to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression.
But whether they are effective or not, the drugs have been known to cause other health problems, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, muscular tics and weight gain. A University of Massachusetts study found that kids taking antipsychotics were four times more likely to develop diabetes.
Between 1993 and 2008, 31 children died from taking Risperdal and more than 1,200 suffered serious health problems.
“We have a national catastrophe,” Dr. Peter Breggin told US News & World Report. “This is a situation where we have ruined the brains of millions of children.”
But in many cases, antipsychotic drug prescriptions are not even necessary to treat behavioral disorders. There are psychosocial interventions, such as parent management training, that are able to reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviors in kids, Olfson said.
Instead of taking the time and money to gradually reduce their children’s behavioral problems, parents are opting for antipsychotic medications for an instant fix.
Drugged from a young age onward, many American children will grow up dependent on serious antipsychotic drugs they had no need for.
Over a quarter of US kids on food stamps, under-50s dying young – reports
http://rt.com/usa/news/us-poverty-kids-health-687/ hows herr osama working out fer U.S. ...u know cry's 4 OUR children, U know on Vacation over there In HI
Published: 10 January, 2013, 14:28
American health is in decline as new data finds that one in four US
kids are on food stamps as of fiscal year 2011 and the younger
generation is more prone to death and poorer health levels compared to
their counterparts in other developed nations.
Almost 20 million children out of 73.9 million under the age of 18 were in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, in 2011, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture and US Census Bureau.
Moreover, children accounted for 45 per cent of aid receivers.
The number of people using the food stamp program has been on a rise, since 2009 about 15.5 million more individuals have been added to SNAP.
Latest data released for the month of October 2012 shows the drastic increase with one in 6.5 Americans using SNAP, while in the 1970s only one in 50 were part of the program.
Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions argues that US is not working towards any real solutions for the problem.
“It has become sadly clear that Agriculture Secretary Vilsack wishes to make welfare part of the normal American experience, with no regard for social or economic consequences,” Sessions told The Daily Caller.
US men ranked last in life expectancy among the 17 countries in the study, and American women as second to last.
The 378-page report by a panel of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council was based on a broad review of mortality and health studies and statistics and included other countries such as, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Germany and Spain.
More specifically, US male deaths before the age of 50 account for two-thirds of the difference in life expectancy when compared to their counterparts in other countries and about one-third of the difference for females.
Americans have also a higher rate of death from guns, car accidents and drug addiction.
“Something fundamental is going wrong,” chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Steven Woolf told the New York Times. “Something at the core is causing the US to slip behind these other high-income countries. And it’s getting worse.”
The rate of firearm homicides was 20 times higher in the US than in the other countries, according to the report.
The US also had the second-highest death rate from the most common form of heart disease and the second-highest death rate from lung disease.
Americans even had the lowest probability of surviving till the age of 50.
The study attempts to explain such low results by highlighting American disjointed healthcare system with a large number of uninsured citizens and high levels of poverty in the country as possible reasons for the outcome.
These realities have taken their toll on the US annual rankings of World’s Happiest Countries as US has slipped from 10th to 12th place for the first time in the six-year history of the Legatum Institute‘s Prosperity Index.
The US is now behind Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Scandinavian countries, including Norway, Denmark and Sweden, which ranked top three in the index.
Over a quarter of US kids on food stamps, under-50s dying young – reports
Katie Busker and her family
eat dinner. Busker, who receives food stamps and is unemployed due to a
disability, stays home and watches the kids. (Reuters / Jessica
Rinaldi)
Almost 20 million children out of 73.9 million under the age of 18 were in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, in 2011, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture and US Census Bureau.
Moreover, children accounted for 45 per cent of aid receivers.
The number of people using the food stamp program has been on a rise, since 2009 about 15.5 million more individuals have been added to SNAP.
Latest data released for the month of October 2012 shows the drastic increase with one in 6.5 Americans using SNAP, while in the 1970s only one in 50 were part of the program.
Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions argues that US is not working towards any real solutions for the problem.
“It has become sadly clear that Agriculture Secretary Vilsack wishes to make welfare part of the normal American experience, with no regard for social or economic consequences,” Sessions told The Daily Caller.
Americans have lowest probability of surviving till 50
Also, new evidence revealed that younger generation of US citizens (those under 50) die earlier and have poorer health than their counterparts in other developed nations, according to a new study of health and longevity in US.US men ranked last in life expectancy among the 17 countries in the study, and American women as second to last.
The 378-page report by a panel of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council was based on a broad review of mortality and health studies and statistics and included other countries such as, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Germany and Spain.
More specifically, US male deaths before the age of 50 account for two-thirds of the difference in life expectancy when compared to their counterparts in other countries and about one-third of the difference for females.
Americans have also a higher rate of death from guns, car accidents and drug addiction.
“Something fundamental is going wrong,” chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Steven Woolf told the New York Times. “Something at the core is causing the US to slip behind these other high-income countries. And it’s getting worse.”
The rate of firearm homicides was 20 times higher in the US than in the other countries, according to the report.
The US also had the second-highest death rate from the most common form of heart disease and the second-highest death rate from lung disease.
Americans even had the lowest probability of surviving till the age of 50.
The study attempts to explain such low results by highlighting American disjointed healthcare system with a large number of uninsured citizens and high levels of poverty in the country as possible reasons for the outcome.
These realities have taken their toll on the US annual rankings of World’s Happiest Countries as US has slipped from 10th to 12th place for the first time in the six-year history of the Legatum Institute‘s Prosperity Index.
The US is now behind Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Scandinavian countries, including Norway, Denmark and Sweden, which ranked top three in the index.
Stealth Wear: New Counter-Surveillance Clothing Makes You Invisible to Drones
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Author:
Mac Slavo
Date: January 11th, 2013
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Stealth Wear: New Counter-Surveillance Clothing Makes You Invisible to Drones
In early 2012 the U.S. Congress authorized the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. Within this bill is a provision calling for the deployment of some 30,000 robotic drones over the skies of America
by 2015, arguably the boldest overt domestic surveillance initiative to
have ever been introduced in the land of the free. With an average of
some 600 drones allocated per state, this future network of highly
advanced surveillance systems promises to give law enforcement, military
and intelligence assets unprecedented video and audio access into the
lives of every single American.
Privacy advocates are justifiably outraged.
But whenever government attempts to institute a ban on contraband items, or pass draconian laws, or introduce new tracking and surveillance methods, rebellious elements within the target populace rapidly develop counter-strategies and technologies to marginalize the threat.
Oftentimes, billion dollar government initiatives and development projects are rendered almost useless by low-tech strategies and designs.
Artist and fashion designer Adam Harvey, who objects to the authoritarian nature of the global surveillance state, has done just that.
In an effort to counter the high-tech integrated drone surveillance systems soon to be fused into intelligence networks across the country, Harvey and a group of partners have developed a line of clothing dubbed Stealth Wear.
Making its debut on January 17th, the Stealth Wear line will include hoodies, scarves, hats, and t-shirts that will make the wearer invisible to thermal imaging cameras widely used throughout the unmanned aerial vehicle community.
They’ll also be launching a product called Off the Pocket for
your cell phone, a technology that is capable of zeroing out your
phone’s broadcast signal, making it invisible to GPS and mobile network
triangulation.
Privacy advocates are justifiably outraged.
But whenever government attempts to institute a ban on contraband items, or pass draconian laws, or introduce new tracking and surveillance methods, rebellious elements within the target populace rapidly develop counter-strategies and technologies to marginalize the threat.
Oftentimes, billion dollar government initiatives and development projects are rendered almost useless by low-tech strategies and designs.
Artist and fashion designer Adam Harvey, who objects to the authoritarian nature of the global surveillance state, has done just that.
In an effort to counter the high-tech integrated drone surveillance systems soon to be fused into intelligence networks across the country, Harvey and a group of partners have developed a line of clothing dubbed Stealth Wear.
Making its debut on January 17th, the Stealth Wear line will include hoodies, scarves, hats, and t-shirts that will make the wearer invisible to thermal imaging cameras widely used throughout the unmanned aerial vehicle community.
The idea is that the material blocks heat signatures, captured using infrared sensors, which give people away to surveillance helicopters or drones from the skies above. [link]The flagship Stealth Wear line will include:
Via: Adam Harvey Projects
- The anti-drone hoodie and anti-drone scarf: Garments designed to thwart thermal imaging, a technology used widely by UAVs.
- The XX-shirt: A x-ray shielding print in the shape of a heart, that protects your heart from x-ray radiation
- And the Off Pocket: An anti-phone accessory that allows you to instantly zero out your phone’s signal
Harvey and his project team aren’t just limiting the scope of their work to anti-drone technology either.
They’ve introduced new techniques to counter computer vision (CV), also known as facial recognition.
CV Dazzle is camouflage from computer vision (CV). It is a form of expressive interference that combines makeup and hair styling (or other modifications) with face-detection thwarting designs. The name is derived from a type of camouflage used during WWI, called Dazzle, which was used to break apart the gestalt-image of warships, making it hard to discern their directionality, size, and orientation. Likewise, the goal of CV Dazzle is to break apart the gestalt of a face, or object, and make it undetectable to computer vision algorithms, in particular face detection.Because face detection is the first step in automated facial recognition, CV Dazzle can be used in any environment where automated face recognition systems are in use, such as Google’s Picasa, Flickr, or FacebookSource: CV Dazzle
Building off previous work with CV Dazzle, camouflage from face detection, Stealth Wear continues to explore the aesthetics of privacy and the potential for fashion to challenge authoritarian surveillance. Presented by PRIMITIVE at TANK MAGAZINE HQ will be a suite of new designs, made in collaboration with NYC fashion designer Johanna Bloomfield, that tackle some of the most pressing and sophisticated forms of surveillance today.
Source: Primitive London
Accompanying each project will be videos and tests revealing the process behind each technology and counter technology.
Date: January 11th, 2013
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Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises: “The Government of the United States of America Was No Longer an ‘Administration’; It Was A Totalitarian Regime.”
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Date: January 11th, 2013
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Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises: “The Government of the United States of America Was No Longer an ‘Administration’; It Was A Totalitarian Regime.”
The following excerpt appears in the new book Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises,
by Max Velocity. Max has served in both, the British and the U.S.
armies, and also as a high threat security contractor. He has served on
six military operational deployments, including to Afghanistan
immediately post-9/11, and additionally he spent five years serving as a
security contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan. During his career in
the British Army he served with British SOF (The Parachute Regiment), to
include a role training and selecting recruits for the Regiment. More
recently, he has served in a Combat Medic and Civil Affairs role in the
US Army Reserves. He is the author of two previous books: Contact! A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival and Rapid Fire! Tactics for High Threat, Protection and Combat Operations.
His latest book, Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises, is a step away from the user friendly tactical manuals he is known for, and combines the excitement of an action-packed fictional novel with real-world battle hardened experience in offensive, defensive and counter-insurgency strategies and tactics.
The following excerpt appears in the prologue of Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises and takes place just after a large-scale terrorist attack on Washington D.C.
The
terrorist attackers were reported to have been recruited, abetted,
directed and sponsored by Iran, although the details were unclear and it
appeared that an investigation was not the top priority of the
Administration.
How had the terrorists managed to charter this plane, which had apparently originated in Dubai on a one stop flight to the US, loading it with two hundred heavily armed fighters, without alerting any suspicion?
However, the focus following the attack was not international but domestic, and the priority was the ‘safety and security’ of the public by the accelerated implementation of the massive domestic surveillance and policing drive.
Fear was paramount and the masses were even more convinced that giving up their freedom and rights was in their best interests for their ‘safety and security’. Many internet bloggers and alternative media sites were describing the attack as a ‘False Flag’, abetted by the ‘Powers That Be’, but those crackpots were soon shut down by the Department of Homeland Security, in order to prevent further ‘panic mongering’.
The attack also provided the justification for war against Iran. However, that war was prosecuted by the Administration in the form of a primarily naval and air campaign that limited the involvement of ground troops.
This limitation allowed for the deployment of troops as convenient to the agenda of the Administration and the military-industrial complex, but ensured that sufficient active duty units remained available for domestic operations.
The attack on Iran was however the final straw that preceded the total meltdown of the Middle East.
As part of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, measures were in place to allow Posse Comitatus laws to be ignored domestically. This was activated by executive order and active duty and reserve U.S. Army units were used to reinforce the National Guard in operations against domestic terrorists and sleeper cells.
The terrorist attack had precipitated the final mortal blow to liberty and the destruction of the United States of America as a Constitutional Republic. It was true that the erosion of liberty and the Bill of Rights had been going on for some time; the Constitution was viewed by many as a dead document, and the measures had already been put in place for the implementation of a state of emergency.
The attack had been a terrible thing, but at the same time it was so convenient to the agenda of the Administration. Everything since the attack had been the death rattle of liberty as the police surveillance state was fully imposed.
Due process and Habeus Corpus were suspended, and the NDAA allowed arrest and internment without probable cause or trial on the simple suspicion by the authorities that someone posed a terrorist threat; a system that was easily abused.
Everything in society was now centered on compliance and obedience to authority. Questioning of the orders of those in authority positions was not tolerated. America was no longer the land of the free, but anyone with a mind had seen that coming for a long time.
Anyone with ideas counter to the official line, or who argued or challenged authority, was labeled a ‘domestic terrorist’, arrested and interned in ‘corrective and reeducation facilities’.
Following the activation of the NDAA by Executive Order, a state of emergency was implemented. It was necessary, because another terrorist attack could happen at any time, and anyone could be a terrorist. There was a lot of talk about sleeper cells and many citizens were arrested and interned without trial. ‘Extremist terrorist’ organizations, including Patriot and conservative organizations such as the Tea Party, were outlawed.
It wasn’t really clear to the general public exactly what happened next, given that they only got their information from the Administration via the heavily state directed mainstream media, and the internet was now under heavy lockdown. However, the economic dangers that had been looming and fueled by the continuous policy of ‘Quantitive Easing’, or money printing by the Federal Reserve, finally came home to roost.
The economy went over the cliff. There was much discussion that the actual precipitator of the plunge was the cabal of bankers who were the real power behind the Regime; they had pulled the financial plug, causing a massive run on the banks and hyperinflation, just like they had done in 1929 to cause the Great Depression. But who really knew, given the lockdown?
The effect was ultimately to cripple the economy, destroying the middle classes. What better way to turn the screws of citizen compliance when so many were now reliant on entitlement handouts?
The ‘progressive’ agenda of collective socialism was nearing its ultimate fulfillment; coerced redistribution of wealth, except now no-one was generating any wealth to feed the monster of the dependent welfare classes.
Statist authoritarian big central government was the order of the day, even though those policies spelled the death of the country. Many ‘progressives’ yearned for that, so that the ‘United Socialist States of America’ could rise from the ashes.
The government of the United States of America was no longer an ‘Administration’; it was a totalitarian Regime.
You can continue reading the remainder of this prologue at Max Velocity Tactical
Order your copy of Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises at Amazon.com or Create Space
Also available for Kindle
His latest book, Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises, is a step away from the user friendly tactical manuals he is known for, and combines the excitement of an action-packed fictional novel with real-world battle hardened experience in offensive, defensive and counter-insurgency strategies and tactics.
The United States has descended into Civil War. The storm was rising for some time, a Resistance in the hearts of American Patriots to the strangulation of liberty by creeping authoritarianism. The scene was set. It just took a little push.
A terrorist attack on the United States leads to war with Iran, followed by collapse, as the economy goes over the cliff. The final blow is a widespread opportunistic Chinese cyber attack, taking down the North American Power Grid.
From the ashes, the Regime emerges. Liberty is dead. What remains of the United States of America is polarized.
The Resistance Rises.
Jack Berenger is a former Army Ranger Captain, living in northern Virginia with his family. Following the collapse, they fall foul of Regime violence and evacuate to the farm of an old Army friend. Jack is recruited into the resistance, to train the fledgling forces in the Shenandoah Valley. The fight begins. Resist.
The following excerpt appears in the prologue of Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises and takes place just after a large-scale terrorist attack on Washington D.C.
The
terrorist attackers were reported to have been recruited, abetted,
directed and sponsored by Iran, although the details were unclear and it
appeared that an investigation was not the top priority of the
Administration.How had the terrorists managed to charter this plane, which had apparently originated in Dubai on a one stop flight to the US, loading it with two hundred heavily armed fighters, without alerting any suspicion?
However, the focus following the attack was not international but domestic, and the priority was the ‘safety and security’ of the public by the accelerated implementation of the massive domestic surveillance and policing drive.
Fear was paramount and the masses were even more convinced that giving up their freedom and rights was in their best interests for their ‘safety and security’. Many internet bloggers and alternative media sites were describing the attack as a ‘False Flag’, abetted by the ‘Powers That Be’, but those crackpots were soon shut down by the Department of Homeland Security, in order to prevent further ‘panic mongering’.
The attack also provided the justification for war against Iran. However, that war was prosecuted by the Administration in the form of a primarily naval and air campaign that limited the involvement of ground troops.
This limitation allowed for the deployment of troops as convenient to the agenda of the Administration and the military-industrial complex, but ensured that sufficient active duty units remained available for domestic operations.
The attack on Iran was however the final straw that preceded the total meltdown of the Middle East.
As part of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, measures were in place to allow Posse Comitatus laws to be ignored domestically. This was activated by executive order and active duty and reserve U.S. Army units were used to reinforce the National Guard in operations against domestic terrorists and sleeper cells.
The terrorist attack had precipitated the final mortal blow to liberty and the destruction of the United States of America as a Constitutional Republic. It was true that the erosion of liberty and the Bill of Rights had been going on for some time; the Constitution was viewed by many as a dead document, and the measures had already been put in place for the implementation of a state of emergency.
The attack had been a terrible thing, but at the same time it was so convenient to the agenda of the Administration. Everything since the attack had been the death rattle of liberty as the police surveillance state was fully imposed.
Due process and Habeus Corpus were suspended, and the NDAA allowed arrest and internment without probable cause or trial on the simple suspicion by the authorities that someone posed a terrorist threat; a system that was easily abused.
Everything in society was now centered on compliance and obedience to authority. Questioning of the orders of those in authority positions was not tolerated. America was no longer the land of the free, but anyone with a mind had seen that coming for a long time.
Anyone with ideas counter to the official line, or who argued or challenged authority, was labeled a ‘domestic terrorist’, arrested and interned in ‘corrective and reeducation facilities’.
Following the activation of the NDAA by Executive Order, a state of emergency was implemented. It was necessary, because another terrorist attack could happen at any time, and anyone could be a terrorist. There was a lot of talk about sleeper cells and many citizens were arrested and interned without trial. ‘Extremist terrorist’ organizations, including Patriot and conservative organizations such as the Tea Party, were outlawed.
It wasn’t really clear to the general public exactly what happened next, given that they only got their information from the Administration via the heavily state directed mainstream media, and the internet was now under heavy lockdown. However, the economic dangers that had been looming and fueled by the continuous policy of ‘Quantitive Easing’, or money printing by the Federal Reserve, finally came home to roost.
The economy went over the cliff. There was much discussion that the actual precipitator of the plunge was the cabal of bankers who were the real power behind the Regime; they had pulled the financial plug, causing a massive run on the banks and hyperinflation, just like they had done in 1929 to cause the Great Depression. But who really knew, given the lockdown?
The effect was ultimately to cripple the economy, destroying the middle classes. What better way to turn the screws of citizen compliance when so many were now reliant on entitlement handouts?
The ‘progressive’ agenda of collective socialism was nearing its ultimate fulfillment; coerced redistribution of wealth, except now no-one was generating any wealth to feed the monster of the dependent welfare classes.
Statist authoritarian big central government was the order of the day, even though those policies spelled the death of the country. Many ‘progressives’ yearned for that, so that the ‘United Socialist States of America’ could rise from the ashes.
The government of the United States of America was no longer an ‘Administration’; it was a totalitarian Regime.
You can continue reading the remainder of this prologue at Max Velocity Tactical
Order your copy of Patriot Dawn – The Resistance Rises at Amazon.com or Create Space
Also available for Kindle
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Homeowner shoots naked intruder found choking dog, police say
Helpful TIP ? when the perp is down U gotta keep shooting ....um just saying. NOT LEGAL ADVICE !!! ..um just throwing it out ??? http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/02/16305397-homeowner-shoots-naked-intruder-found-choking-dog-police-say?lite&lite=obinsite watch vids :0
The bizarre incident happened around 5 a.m. when the occupants
of the home were awoken when they heard a commotion and dogs barking.
When the homeowner went to check out the noise, he confronted the suspect, who was completely naked and trying to choke one of the dogs, police said.
Read more at NBCMiami.com
"He comes out and spots a person who is not only fighting with this dog but is naked fighting with this dog," Miami Police spokesman Det. Willie Moreno said.
The homeowner opened fire twice, hitting the suspect in the leg once. The homeowner held the man until the police arrived.
The intruder was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where his condition was unknown. Police said he tried to bite the homeowners and police and workers at the hospital, and may be under the influence of drugs.
Watch US News crime videos on NBCNews.com
"For right now it does appear to be a justified shooting," Moreno said. "This individual was acting irrational, fighting with the dog, and not only that, but at the point that the homeowner attempted to get this individual's attention, he immediately jumped onto the owner and started fighting with him."
Police said the suspect, who refused to give his identity, will be charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault, animal cruelty, resisting arrest with violence and lewd and lascivious behavior.
Homeowner shoots naked intruder found choking dog, police say
View more videos at: http://nbcmiami.com.
A naked intruder who was trying to choke a pet Rottweiler was shot by a homeowner in Miami Wednesday morning, police said.
When the homeowner went to check out the noise, he confronted the suspect, who was completely naked and trying to choke one of the dogs, police said.
Read more at NBCMiami.com
"He comes out and spots a person who is not only fighting with this dog but is naked fighting with this dog," Miami Police spokesman Det. Willie Moreno said.
The homeowner opened fire twice, hitting the suspect in the leg once. The homeowner held the man until the police arrived.
The intruder was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where his condition was unknown. Police said he tried to bite the homeowners and police and workers at the hospital, and may be under the influence of drugs.
Watch US News crime videos on NBCNews.com
"For right now it does appear to be a justified shooting," Moreno said. "This individual was acting irrational, fighting with the dog, and not only that, but at the point that the homeowner attempted to get this individual's attention, he immediately jumped onto the owner and started fighting with him."
Police said the suspect, who refused to give his identity, will be charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault, animal cruelty, resisting arrest with violence and lewd and lascivious behavior.
View more videos at: http://nbcmiami.com.
Minority Report has arrived: Maryland and Pennsylvania using computers to predict future crimes Parole officers use software to decide level of supervision for ex-inmates Uses algorithm devised by American criminology professor Richard Berk
Thought Police :0 Were is 1 ....when u need em ? cuz ..kinda remember THERE was a bad guy ? hummmmm oops :0 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260609/Maryland-Pennsylvania-using-Minority-Report-style-computers-predict-crimes-Washington-D-C-next.html
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When police in Minority Report
predicted who would commit crimes and stopped them before they did it,
it was considered so futuristic, the film was set in 2054.
Now, however, law enforcers in two American states are using crime-prediction software to predict which freed prisoners are most likely to commit murder, and supervising them accordingly.
Instead of relying on parole officers to decide how much supervision inmates will need on the outside by looking at their records, the new system uses a computer algorithm to decide for them.
The Minority Report-style software is already being used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict future murderers, and will be extended to Washington D.C. soon.
It has been developed by Professor Richard Berk, a criminologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who believes it will reduce the murder rate and those of other crimes.
Prof. Berk says his algorithm could be used to help set bail amounts and also decide sentences in the future. It could also be modified to predict lesser crimes.
He told ABC News that currently parole officers are using their own judgment to decide what level of supervision each parolee should have, based on their criminal record.
His software, he said, replaces that 'ad-hoc' decision making, and should identify eight future murderers out of 100.
He said: 'People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future, but what really matters is what that person did as a young individual.
'If they committed armed robbery at age 14, that's a good predictor.
'If they committed the same crime at age 30, that doesn't predict very much.'
Prof. Berk's researchers used the details of more than 60,000 crimes then wrote an algorithm to find the people behind the crimes who were more likely to commit murder when they were out of prison.
Criteria including criminal
record, type of crime, location, and age at which the individual
committed the crime were analysed, with type of crime and age proving to
be the most reliable predictors of future crime.
He said even his students at the University of Pennsylvania compared his work to Minority Report, the 2002 film starring Tom Cruise in which gifted humans called 'PreCogs' can see into the future and predict who will commit crimes.
In the film, Cruise plays the elite crime squad head Chief John Anderton, who himself is accused of committing a murder in the future.
Prof. Berk's work has been described as 'very impressive' by Shawn Bushway, a professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany.
However he cautioned that human rights campaigners might see that the extra supervision mandated by the software for those deemed most likely to murder might amount to harassment.
Minority Report has arrived: Maryland and Pennsylvania using computers to predict future crimes
- Parole officers use software to decide level of supervision for ex-inmates
- Uses algorithm devised by American criminology professor Richard Berk
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Futuristic: Tom Cruise as Chief John Anderton in Minority Report
Now, however, law enforcers in two American states are using crime-prediction software to predict which freed prisoners are most likely to commit murder, and supervising them accordingly.
Instead of relying on parole officers to decide how much supervision inmates will need on the outside by looking at their records, the new system uses a computer algorithm to decide for them.
The Minority Report-style software is already being used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict future murderers, and will be extended to Washington D.C. soon.
It has been developed by Professor Richard Berk, a criminologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who believes it will reduce the murder rate and those of other crimes.
Prof. Berk says his algorithm could be used to help set bail amounts and also decide sentences in the future. It could also be modified to predict lesser crimes.
He told ABC News that currently parole officers are using their own judgment to decide what level of supervision each parolee should have, based on their criminal record.
His software, he said, replaces that 'ad-hoc' decision making, and should identify eight future murderers out of 100.
He said: 'People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future, but what really matters is what that person did as a young individual.
'If they committed armed robbery at age 14, that's a good predictor.
'If they committed the same crime at age 30, that doesn't predict very much.'
Prof. Berk's researchers used the details of more than 60,000 crimes then wrote an algorithm to find the people behind the crimes who were more likely to commit murder when they were out of prison.
Pre-cog: Samantha Morton plays a human who can see into the future in Minority Report
The software predicts future criminals like the 'PreCogs' in the Tom Cruise film who can see crimes not yet committed
Future murderer? Neal McDonough, centre, and Colin Farrell, right, co-starred with Cruise in Minority Report
He said even his students at the University of Pennsylvania compared his work to Minority Report, the 2002 film starring Tom Cruise in which gifted humans called 'PreCogs' can see into the future and predict who will commit crimes.
In the film, Cruise plays the elite crime squad head Chief John Anderton, who himself is accused of committing a murder in the future.
Prof. Berk's work has been described as 'very impressive' by Shawn Bushway, a professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany.
However he cautioned that human rights campaigners might see that the extra supervision mandated by the software for those deemed most likely to murder might amount to harassment.
Spielberg hit: Minority Report, directed by
Stephen Spielberg, features Irish actor Colin Farrell as Department of
Justice agent Danny Witwer
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures found on cellphone show TWO MORE girls semi-naked and face down in basement where 16-year-old was 'raped by Ohio school football stars'
we teach R children --they R descended from animals? & WE R shocked ! that they behave like um! HEY U nuts in the head BANNERS & LIB'S ..what WE gonna BAN Here ????? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260542/EXCLUSIVE-Pictures-cellphone-TWO-MORE-girls-semi-naked-face-basement-16-year-old-raped-Ohio-football-stars.html?ICO=most_read_module
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Laura Collins In Steubenville, Ohio
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Shocking images have been found on a cellphone showing two more girls, facedown and partially naked on the floor of the same basement where the Ohio rape of a 16-year-old girl allegedly took place, it can be revealed today.
The photographs were stored on a cellphone belonging to a teammate and friend of the Steubenville case accused, Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays – and raise the chilling possibility of two more, as yet unknown, victims.
The images were not taken on the night under investigation and it is not clear whether their subjects were conscious or aware of being photographed.
The friend, a
fellow wrestler and footballer, who cannot be named for legal reasons,
was present on the night in August when the girl was allegedly raped by
the two.
He provided eyewitness testimony at the probable cause hearing last October at which the rape charges were upheld.
MailOnline has seen the 300-page transcript of the hearing in which the full horror of that night in Steubenville is revealed.
The existence of these earlier photographs, retrieved by forensic analysts, emerged only under cross-examination and the witness repeatedly denied all knowledge of them in spite of their presence on his phone.
In a tense courtroom exchange Walter Madison, Richmond’s attorney questioned the witness: ‘There is a photograph here of a woman on the same carpet as the carpet in xxxx’s basement. Do you recall that photo on your phone?’
The witness replied ‘No sir.’ Asked about a second picture the witness claimed, 'I have never seen those pictures in my life.'
The pictures show
two girls, both face down and in a state of undress on the carpet. They
are strikingly similar to an image taken in August and produced as
evidence at the hearing. It shows the 16-year-old at the centre of the
current investigation stripped naked and lying face down, on that same
basement floor, identifiable by its distinctive carpet.
Her arms are tucked underneath her and, according to eyewitness accounts, she was silent, motionless and unconscious as the accused carried out sexual acts on her and some of those present recorded it on their cellphones.
Two of the three teammates who gave testimony in the probable cause hearing admitted to having taken photographs and in one instant filming the alleged assaults. Both deleted the evidence from their cellphones before police seized them.
In all police seized fifteen cell-phones and two iPods over a period of several days.
According to Judge Thomas Lipps, the only reason neither of the youths who admitted recording events in this way are facing criminal charges is ‘because we cannot find the photos you took.’
“Do you understand how lucky you are?’ he added.
His comments and
the discovery of these further pictures are sure to add fuel to the
anger of protesters who took to the Steubenville streets in their
thousands at a rally organized by hacking group Anonymous.
They voiced frustration that only two have been charged in this case and to claim that rapes have gone unreported for fear of retribution in a small town with a culture where footballers and their clique are deified and victims tarnished and blamed.
It is a case that has divided the economically deprived Ohio town and scandalized America.
In the hours after the alleged attack images were circulated among footballers who were present at the series of back-to-back High School parties that led to the alleged rape.
Boys who knew – even dated – the alleged victim tweeted and crowed with callous disregard for the fact that they were discussing an horrific ordeal suffered by the 16-year-old girl who goes to a religious school nearby.
One boy had ‘cheered and offered money’ to people to urinate on her as she lay in the street
One had ‘cheered and offered money’ to people to urinate on her as she lay in the street.
Among the most shocking elements was YouTube footage showing former Steubenville High student and baseball star, Michael Nodianos, laughing as he referred to her as ‘dead’ and ‘so raped.’
Nodianos also tweeted, ‘Song of the night is definitely, “Rape Me,” by Nirvana’ and ‘some people deserve to be peed on.’
Nodianos has since apologized for his words, saying he is ‘ashamed and embarrassed.’ Others who posted offensive tweets in response to a picture of the victim being carried by her arms and ankles have similarly retracted their words, seeking to dismiss them as merely ‘stupid.’
But the transcript seen by MailOnline chronicling the details of that night suggests something far more sinister and corrosive – a male gang mentality in which their teenage victim was, in the words of her attorney, ‘a toy to them that night.’
The Big Red teammates and their friends and supporter were in a party mood that day.
Mays tweeted ‘Huge party!!! Banger!!!’ as they embarked on their night of revelry. They had just won a game and a group, including the accused, were eating at a friend’s house when, according to witness statements, they started trying to get a group together to party.
They texted the alleged victim and encouraged her to come before heading to the first of the night’s party houses.
Mays and Richmond left along with two players, who subsequently testified at the hearing, and the alleged victim. By then, she was, one witness said: ‘Very loud… Her friends tried to get her to stay with them but she said she wanted to come with us.’
None of those quizzed by police recalled seeing her drink after that first party though each recalled her appearing increasingly, and ultimately catastrophically, intoxicated.
When she was drinking earlier in the night she was drinking from a cup and no-one said they could see what she was drinking.
Too much time had elapsed between the alleged assault and its report for a toxicology test to be run to establish whether or not she had been drugged.
Two days had elapsed before the crime was reported and any investigation started. It might all have gone unrecorded had it not been for the fact that the alleged victim’s mother was sent an text containing an image of her daughter from that night.
That shocking
discovery and the postings on social network sites is what prompted the
16-year-old’s parents to take her to hospital and to the police.
By then she had showered, washing away any hope of physical evidence.
She has no recollection of that night after leaving the first party.
By the time she had reached the second party, a five-minute car-ride away, she was ‘very drunk... she wasn’t fully capable of walking on her own. She was like stumbling as she was walking. Trent and Ma’lik helped her.’
She vomited in the street on leaving that party before getting into a car with Richmond, Mays and two other guys. The first alleged assault took place in the back of that car.
'She was ‘very drunk... she wasn’t fully capable of walking on her own. She was like stumbling as she was walking. Trent and Ma’lik helped her’
While
Mays sat in the middle the alleged victim sat behind the driver. On the
drive to the second house Mays allegedly digitally penetrated her and
exposed her breasts. One of the witnesses admitted to filming it but
subsequently deleted the footage.
‘She was kind of talking,’ he said. ‘But I couldn’t make out the words that she was saying.’
By the time thefinal house of the night was reached, ‘She wasn’t really saying anything. ‘
An image circulated of the 16-year-old slumped between two males, one holding her ankles, the other holding her wrists was posted on Instagram at 1.04am. In it she is clothed.
But by the time she was being carried into the final basement in a similar fashion according to one eye witness her shirt was off. She was sick one further time and, the transcript records: ‘Was sitting on the floor… then she fell to her side..’
Another
witness who arrived at the house shortly after described going down to
the basement to find the alleged victim, ‘completely naked... laying on
her stomach.’
He claims to have witnessed Richmond raping her while Mays apparently tried to wake her ‘by shrugging her shoulders.’ ‘But she didn’t respond.’
The witness’s reaction, like that of others around him, was to take pictures.
Nobody intervened. Nobody sought to cover her or help her or take her home.
Quite how or when the alleged victim got home is not recorded and she has no memory of the night beyond the first party. An eye witness recalls seeing Mays asleep on the couch next to the unconscious girl in the early hours but by morning he was on the floor.
Mays and Richmond go to trial on 13 February. Ma'lik Richmond is charged with rape. Trent Mays is charged with rape and disseminating photographs of a nude minor.
The only reason there are not more of Steubenville’s revered Big Red athletes joining them in the dock is because they had the presence of mind, and the time, to hit ‘delete.’
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures found on cellphone show TWO MORE girls semi-naked and face down in basement where 16-year-old was 'raped by Ohio school football stars'
- Undated photographs were stored on cellphone belonging to friend of the Steubenville case accused Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays
- Raises chilling possibility of two more, as yet unknown, victims
- They show two girls, both face down and in a state of undress on distinctive carpet - strikingly similar to image taken in August of alleged victim
- In that photo her arms are tucked underneath her as she was silent, motionless and unconscious as the accused carried out sexual acts on her
- MailOnline has seen 300-page transcript of hearing in which full horror of night in Steubenville is revealed
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Shocking images have been found on a cellphone showing two more girls, facedown and partially naked on the floor of the same basement where the Ohio rape of a 16-year-old girl allegedly took place, it can be revealed today.
The photographs were stored on a cellphone belonging to a teammate and friend of the Steubenville case accused, Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays – and raise the chilling possibility of two more, as yet unknown, victims.
The images were not taken on the night under investigation and it is not clear whether their subjects were conscious or aware of being photographed.
Sickening: A Big Red footballer was told by a
judge that he only escaped charges because he deleted incriminating
photos of the alleged assault... but others didn't and shared them on
social networking sites
Dieties: Protesters have complained the
footballers and their entourage are treated like gods while any
potential victims are tarnished
He provided eyewitness testimony at the probable cause hearing last October at which the rape charges were upheld.
MailOnline has seen the 300-page transcript of the hearing in which the full horror of that night in Steubenville is revealed.
The existence of these earlier photographs, retrieved by forensic analysts, emerged only under cross-examination and the witness repeatedly denied all knowledge of them in spite of their presence on his phone.
In a tense courtroom exchange Walter Madison, Richmond’s attorney questioned the witness: ‘There is a photograph here of a woman on the same carpet as the carpet in xxxx’s basement. Do you recall that photo on your phone?’
The witness replied ‘No sir.’ Asked about a second picture the witness claimed, 'I have never seen those pictures in my life.'
Laughing boy: Former Steubenville student and
baseball star Michael Nodianos was filmed grinning as the assault
allegedly took place - note the rifle on the floor in right-hand picture
Not laughing now: Nodianos has apologised for his 'shameful' tweets about the night
Her arms are tucked underneath her and, according to eyewitness accounts, she was silent, motionless and unconscious as the accused carried out sexual acts on her and some of those present recorded it on their cellphones.
Two of the three teammates who gave testimony in the probable cause hearing admitted to having taken photographs and in one instant filming the alleged assaults. Both deleted the evidence from their cellphones before police seized them.
In all police seized fifteen cell-phones and two iPods over a period of several days.
According to Judge Thomas Lipps, the only reason neither of the youths who admitted recording events in this way are facing criminal charges is ‘because we cannot find the photos you took.’
“Do you understand how lucky you are?’ he added.
Banger!!! Rape suspect Trent Mays tweeted his excitement at the party
Rocked: The small town of Steubenville - with the Big Red stadium at its heart - has been rocked by the allegations
They voiced frustration that only two have been charged in this case and to claim that rapes have gone unreported for fear of retribution in a small town with a culture where footballers and their clique are deified and victims tarnished and blamed.
It is a case that has divided the economically deprived Ohio town and scandalized America.
In the hours after the alleged attack images were circulated among footballers who were present at the series of back-to-back High School parties that led to the alleged rape.
Boys who knew – even dated – the alleged victim tweeted and crowed with callous disregard for the fact that they were discussing an horrific ordeal suffered by the 16-year-old girl who goes to a religious school nearby.
One boy had ‘cheered and offered money’ to people to urinate on her as she lay in the street
Among the most shocking elements was YouTube footage showing former Steubenville High student and baseball star, Michael Nodianos, laughing as he referred to her as ‘dead’ and ‘so raped.’
Nodianos also tweeted, ‘Song of the night is definitely, “Rape Me,” by Nirvana’ and ‘some people deserve to be peed on.’
Nodianos has since apologized for his words, saying he is ‘ashamed and embarrassed.’ Others who posted offensive tweets in response to a picture of the victim being carried by her arms and ankles have similarly retracted their words, seeking to dismiss them as merely ‘stupid.’
But the transcript seen by MailOnline chronicling the details of that night suggests something far more sinister and corrosive – a male gang mentality in which their teenage victim was, in the words of her attorney, ‘a toy to them that night.’
The Big Red teammates and their friends and supporter were in a party mood that day.
Mays tweeted ‘Huge party!!! Banger!!!’ as they embarked on their night of revelry. They had just won a game and a group, including the accused, were eating at a friend’s house when, according to witness statements, they started trying to get a group together to party.
Under fire: Jefferson County Sheriff Fred
Abdalla claimed to MailOnline that the second girl had recanted her
story, despite the investigation being ongoing
Mays and Richmond left along with two players, who subsequently testified at the hearing, and the alleged victim. By then, she was, one witness said: ‘Very loud… Her friends tried to get her to stay with them but she said she wanted to come with us.’
None of those quizzed by police recalled seeing her drink after that first party though each recalled her appearing increasingly, and ultimately catastrophically, intoxicated.
When she was drinking earlier in the night she was drinking from a cup and no-one said they could see what she was drinking.
Too much time had elapsed between the alleged assault and its report for a toxicology test to be run to establish whether or not she had been drugged.
Two days had elapsed before the crime was reported and any investigation started. It might all have gone unrecorded had it not been for the fact that the alleged victim’s mother was sent an text containing an image of her daughter from that night.
Accused: Court papers disclose that the girl was
allegedly sexually assaulted after she vomited and stumbled into a car
with suspects Ma'lik Richmond (pictured left and right when he was
younger with his guardian family), Trent Mays and two others
By then she had showered, washing away any hope of physical evidence.
She has no recollection of that night after leaving the first party.
By the time she had reached the second party, a five-minute car-ride away, she was ‘very drunk... she wasn’t fully capable of walking on her own. She was like stumbling as she was walking. Trent and Ma’lik helped her.’
She vomited in the street on leaving that party before getting into a car with Richmond, Mays and two other guys. The first alleged assault took place in the back of that car.
'She was ‘very drunk... she wasn’t fully capable of walking on her own. She was like stumbling as she was walking. Trent and Ma’lik helped her’
‘She was kind of talking,’ he said. ‘But I couldn’t make out the words that she was saying.’
By the time thefinal house of the night was reached, ‘She wasn’t really saying anything. ‘
An image circulated of the 16-year-old slumped between two males, one holding her ankles, the other holding her wrists was posted on Instagram at 1.04am. In it she is clothed.
But by the time she was being carried into the final basement in a similar fashion according to one eye witness her shirt was off. She was sick one further time and, the transcript records: ‘Was sitting on the floor… then she fell to her side..’
Fury: The case has scandalized America and prompted huge protests in the small town
He claims to have witnessed Richmond raping her while Mays apparently tried to wake her ‘by shrugging her shoulders.’ ‘But she didn’t respond.’
The witness’s reaction, like that of others around him, was to take pictures.
Nobody intervened. Nobody sought to cover her or help her or take her home.
Quite how or when the alleged victim got home is not recorded and she has no memory of the night beyond the first party. An eye witness recalls seeing Mays asleep on the couch next to the unconscious girl in the early hours but by morning he was on the floor.
Mays and Richmond go to trial on 13 February. Ma'lik Richmond is charged with rape. Trent Mays is charged with rape and disseminating photographs of a nude minor.
The only reason there are not more of Steubenville’s revered Big Red athletes joining them in the dock is because they had the presence of mind, and the time, to hit ‘delete.’
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