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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Monsanto’s Oregon GMO wheat scandal puzzles investigators
Published time: July 18, 2013 19:49
A farmer in Oregon discovered in May that a GMO wheat crop manufactured by biotech company Monsanto and discontinued years earlier had mysteriously sprouted in his field. But after an array of testing was waged from the United State Department of Agriculture and others, it’s still uncertain months later where the crop came from.
A Monsanto-made GMO wheat strain was tested on the field between 1998 and 2005 before the St. Louis, Missouri-based agro-giant withdrew its application from the USDA’s regulatory approval process. By that point, though, it had spent seven years planting a particular strain of wheat that could withstand exposure to Monsanto’s own “Roundup” pesticide. When an Oregon farmer realized two months ago that some plants in his wheat field were surviving despite dousing them with Roundup, he became suspicious. Soon after the USDA did too, even launching a federal investigation.
The zombie crop raised concern around the world when foreign buyers of US goods objected over possibly buying a harvest infected with hybrid seeds unapproved of overseas. Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley went on to call the entire incident “suspicious” and generated calls of potential sabotage, but even still the mystery remains unsolved.
The result, NPR reported this week, could mean hundreds of millions of dollars if Asian buyers exit from contracts with American farmers.
Weighing in weeks after he touted the possibility of the incident being the result of sabotage, Fraley still seemed unsure. "The fact pattern indicates the strong possibility that someone intentionally introduced wheat seed containing the CP4 event into his field, sometime after that farmer initially planted it," Fraley told NPR, referring to Monsanto's patented Roundup resistance gene
Fraley also said that anti-GMO activists upset with his company could have orchestrated it to discredit the company. Monsanto was in fact the focus of a day of international protests earlier this year held by GMO activists on six continents, and like-minded advocates continue to petition against Washington’s ties to the biotech industry.
“There are folks who don’t like biotechnology and who would use this as an opportunity to create problems,” Fraley previously told reporters.
But as the investigation remains unresolved, the entire incident may unfold to be nothing more than an honest mistake. Oregon State wheat breeder Bob Zemetra told NPR that Fraley’s claim seemed a bit of “a stretch” and suggested it was something much simpler.
"Or you have a bag that gets mislabeled and gets put on the shelf and just sits there," he said.
Others, like Oregon State University weed scientist Carol Mallory-Smith, say it really could be anything.
“There are so many places in the system where errors can be made,” she told Nature. “Once we release these genes into the field, we should just assume that they are going to stay in the environment.”
“We may never know who actually released it,” added Washington State University Director of Agricultural Research James Moyer.
George Zimmerman Sues NBC
Last weekend George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges after shooting and killing black teen Trayvon Martin.
But his road to freedom was long and hard. Many believe that Zimmerman racially profiled Martin, and shot the teen simply because he was black. This narrative was also played out by many in the mainstream media. Take, for instance, when NBC released an edited version of Zimmerman’s initial 9-11 call in such a way to portray him as a racist.
Now George Zimmerman is suing NBC for releasing the doctored 9-11 call.
Here is how NBC edited and showed the 9-11 call on their network:
Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good… He looks black.But here is the actual, full 9-11 call (unedited):
9-11 Operator: Did you see what he was wearing?
Zimmerman: Yeah, a dark hoodie.
Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about.Although a few NBC employees were fired as a result of the edited call, Zimmerman and his lawyers think the network still must pay for deliberately portraying him to the public as a racist.
9-11 Operator: Okay and this guy, is he white, black or Hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.
9-11 Operator: Did you see what he was wearing?
Zimmerman: Yeah, a dark hoodie.
FOX News Legal Analyst Lis Wiehl argues that NBC firing the employees responsible for the incident is not enough. They are on the hook for defamation, a serious charge, she asserts.
It is the media’s job to relay facts to us — not to distort them. NBC must be held accountable for what it has done. But I won’t hold my breath. Your thoughts? Let us know below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h5oxeJmbGvU#at=79
Criminal Enterprise Operations of the Police
After
moving to the border state of Arizona, I learned quickly that it isn’t
prudent to drive a car into Mexico because the Federal Police like to
pull over “American-looking” tourists and shake them down for cash (yes, Virgina, the Mexican national police force does profile).
The
practice of Mexican police harassing traveling Americans for their cash
is so prevalent, most insurance companies require a special rider on
one’s insurance policy before covering a car trip into Mexico.
I
used to think that this abuse of traveling Americans was just a
“Federal Police” problem and could never happen here. However, as I
opened both of my eyes and saw the big picture, I realized that American
law enforcement was doing the same thing and that the American officers
were much more efficient at theft by cop than are the Mexicans. While a
Mexican Federal Policeman might shakedown a tourist for $50 in cash,
the American officials are more adept at stealing houses, businesses and
large amounts of cash even when the cash is not connected to a crime.
What Is RICO?
The game in America is called theft by law enforcement and RICO is the name. Much of the growth of federal criminal procedures has been tied to the expanded use of RICO. RICO stands for the Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970. RICO has succeeded in
blurring the lines between state and federal law enforcement and in
overturning the protections inherent in the due-process guarantees of
the U.S. Constitution, namely due process.
The Fifth Amendment states that government cannot deprive citizens of
life, liberty and property without due process of law. As the Patriot
Act negates the Fourth Amendment protections, RICO does the same with
the Fifth Amendment due process rights.
RICO
is essentially the seizure of good and assets obtained as a result of
ACCUSED criminal activity. At the inception of RICO in 1990, there were
only three named federal criminal acts subject RICO confiscation of assets and they were treason, piracy,
and counterfeiting. Now there are literally thousands of federal laws
and regulations related to RICO. The mere violation of any one of them,
no matter how unintentional and harmless the transgression, can lead to
years of imprisonment for the convicted person and the forfeiture of all
personal assets.
Here
is where the police and federal law enforcement are no better than the
criminals they purport to fight. Even when an individual is not charged
or found innocent, their confiscated assets are still the property of
the law enforcement agency. If a person is found not guilty in court, or
the charges are dropped, the person can spend years trying to recover
their assets. And sometimes, they never recover their stolen property.
Gangster Cops in Meridian MS.
During a July 9 traffic stop in
Meridian, Mississippi, police found $360,000 tucked away in an obscure
compartment of a man’s car. Certainly the amount of money in question
would get our collective attention, however, the driver was let go. And
if the Meridian city government has a problem with large amounts of
cash, then pass a law forbidding the carrying of cash over a certain
amount. Until then, this man committed no crime.
The cops simply stole the man’s money. The unidentified motorist may or may not get that cash back.
Under
RICO all cops can seize your property, and it’s up to you to prove that
the money isn’t connected to a crime. This is an obvious violation of
the Fifth Amendment which requires the government to prove in court that
the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This application of RICO is unconstitutional on its face and it is still being allowed. Why? Because
RICO money is being used by the law enforcement agencies to enrich
their department as well as to host lavish department/agency parties.
This is no different than what the Mafia or the Mexican Federal Police
does.
Your Property Is Not Safe
For
those who think that the Meridian, MS. motorist got what he deserved
because nobody should be carrying that kind of cash on them, consider
the Russell Caswell case which demonstrates that, under RICO statutes,
one can lose everything even when they have never been suspected of a
crime.
Motel owner Russell Caswell,
of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, has fought with government for three years
over his right to keep his own motel. Caswell has never been charged
with a crime, yet he faces the loss of his business. Caswell, having successfully managed to keep his property,
is the victim of guilt by association. From 1994 to 2008, police have
made 15 drug busts at his motel. That come to only one drug bust per
year in a motel. This is a remarkably low number. However, it is not
stopping law enforcement for trying to get their hands on the motel by
stating that under RICO, the motel is considered to be part of a
criminal enterprise.
One
does not have to be the owner of a motel or carry large amounts of cash
to be a victim of the law enforcement Mafia. If you give a ride to
someone who has marijuana in their possession, you can lose your car. If
your teenage daughter brings drugs into your house, you could lose your
house. This is no more than criminal theft committed by criminal law
enforcement agencies.
Motives for RICO Enforcement
The
money that law enforcement seizes, is money that goes towards the
purchase of office equipment, new vehicles, larger expense accounts and
the list goes on. However, agency assets are not the only destination
for RICO obtained assets.
In a town of less than 3,000 people, in Bal Harbor, FL, police spent more than $23,000 flying out to
Chicago, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. While there, the police rented out
Cadillac SRX and a Lincoln Town car. Yet, other Bal Harbor police were
also living it up as the department spent $7,000 holding a banquet for
police chiefs and $21,000 on an “anti-drug beach bash.”
Sheriff Bill Smith,”No questions boys, I am just doing my job so I can play lots of golf.”
Sheriff Bill Smith in Camden County, Georgia, spent $90,000 on a Dodge Viper for the county’s Drug Awareness and Resistance Education (DARE) program. According to a sheriff’s spokesman, “the whole point of this car is to grab the kids’ attention” and by impressing kids, they would stay off of drugs. In the past two decades, Bill Smith’s department brought in over $20 million in asset forfeiture proceeds. The motive to arrest and steal assets is quite clear.
In Romulus, MI., the police chief, Michael St. Andre, spent more than $40,000 in asset forfeiture funds on marijuana, booze, and prostitutes.
In many of our communities, the ones with the badges are the
prostitutes. And this is not just a case of a few bad apples spoiling
the whole bunch. It would be difficult to find an agency or department
that is not experiencing RICO corruption.
Conclusion
Is
there any element of government that is not filled with corruption? Has
becoming a public servant become synonymous with massive corruption? If
we cannot trust the police, then who could we trust? I find it almost
humorous that we are still debating whether soldiers and police would
fire on American people in a time of national emergency? If they will
steal us blind under these flimsy pretenses, then are there any real
limits placed upon their behavior?
If
we want to RICO criminal organizations, then why are we not going after
the banks like HSBC and Goldman Sachs for money laundering and MERS
mortgage fraud?
There
is no shortage of stories related to RICO abuse. The law itself is an
affront to the Constitution and all American citizens. Subsequently, all
RICO laws should be abolished.
Texas Police Officer Knocks Teeth Out of Female Pedestrian
Infowars.com
July 17, 2013
A Texas police officer has been jailed after he assaulted 22-year old Alexis Alpha, who had the audacity to walk by the scene of his traffic stop.
San Marcos, Texas Cpl. James Angelo Palermo
During a midnight shift, 40-year old Corporal James Angelo Palermo, pulled over a Toyota Prius on May 29 around 1:00a.m. for traveling the wrong way down a one-way street.
When the female pedestrian passed by his traffic stop, Cpl. Palermo questioned the woman, asking why she was walking by his stop. He then insisted she provide her identification.
After Alpha pronounced her innocence, she told the officer he must be having a bad day and called him a “dick.” Cpl. Palermo proceeded to take immediate action and slammed her against the Prius and onto the concrete.
He then arrested her and charged her with obstruction, a third degree felony, resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor, and public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor.
Police Commander Penny Dunn said Alpha was not guilty of any of those crimes. Adding “Cpl. Palermo had no reason to detain Ms. Alpha nor did he ever develop probable cause to arrest her for any offense.”
Cmdr. Dunn said, “Ms. Alpha made no contact with either the driver or Cpl. Palermo. She did not look at them as she walked by and made no suspicious movements, gestures or comments that would indicate she was anything more than a passerby [and] appeared unaware of the actions of either the driver or Cpl. Palermo.”
Once Cpl. Palermo’s supervisors reviewed the case, the woman was released but shockingly her charges have not been dropped. She is scheduled to be arraigned on August 2.
Cpl. Palermo, who had been with the San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) for 13 years, was arrested on July 16 for aggravated assault by a public servant.
In a statement issued by the SMPD, “Cpl. James Palermo was charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury by a public servant, a first degree felony, in connection with an incident that occurred May 29 in which a woman suffered serious injuries during an arrest.”
The incident took place in San Marcos, Texas, a popular college town just twenty miles south of Austin, home to Texas State University.
Police Chief Howard Williams ordered an internal investigation on the veteran officer a few days after the incident occurred.
Since June 10, Cpl. Palermo had been placed on administrative leave while an investigation was conducted by the Hays County District Attorney’s Office and by a prosecutor with the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
Cpl. Palermo is currently sitting in the Hays County Jail while he awaits magistration. He now faces “indefinite suspension” without pay and could receive up to life in prison for his charges.
Obamacare Socialized Medicine Set To Destroy Everything In It’s Path
Thursday, July 18, 2013 14:33
If you thought the delay in the employer mandate was bad news for Obamacare, just wait. On Friday, Sarah Kliff and Sandhya Somashekhar of the Washington Post discovered that the Obama administration had buried in the Federal Register the announcement that the government won’t be able to verify whether or not applicants for Obamacare’s insurance exchange subsidies are actually qualified for the aid, in the 16 states that are setting up their own exchanges. Instead, until at least 2015, these states will be able to “accept the applicant’s attestation [regarding eligibility] without further verification.”
Without employer mandate, Feds to rely on applicant ‘attestations’
If you’ve been following the latest news around Obamacare, you know that on Tuesday evening, just before the Independence Day holiday, the White House announced that it would be delaying the implementation of the health law’s employer mandate—requiring all firms with more than 50 employees to provide health coverage to their workers—until 2015.
I, and several others at the time, said “wait a minute.” According to the law, you aren’t eligible for Obamacare’s subsidies if your employer has offered you what the government considers “affordable” coverage. But if employers are no longer going to report whether or not they’ve offered “affordable” coverage, how can the government verify whether or not workers are eligible for subsidies?
Now we know the answer. The government is going with what Kliff and Somashekhar call “the honor system.” “We have concluded that the…proposed rule is not feasible for implementation for the first year of operations,” say the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “The exchange may accept the applicant’s attestation regarding enrollment in an eligible employer-sponsored plan…without further verification, instead of following the procedure in §155.320(d)(3)(iii).”
And it’s not just there. The feds will also allow people to gain means-tested subsidized coverage on the exchanges without having to…test their means. “For income verification, for the first year of operations, we are providing Exchanges with temporarily expanded discretion to accept an attestation of projected annual household income without further verification.”
Presumably, since the IRS knows your income, it could claw back these excess subsidies afterwards, if it chooses to. But the IRS’ record of impartiality is, shall we say, contested. And people who don’t file tax returns—such as those with incomes below the poverty line—would probably not be subject to that enforcement mechanism. That’s a route to enhanced benefits for poor residents of states thatdon’t expand Medicaid.
Subsidize first, ask questions later?
The goal here is plain as day. The Obama administration is laser-focused on making sure that enough Americans enroll onto Obamacare-subsidized health insurance platforms, because if they do, it will be politically impossible for Republicans to repeal Obamacare in the future.
Politics ain’t beanbag, they say. But deliberately encouraging tens of billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse in order to achieve a political objective is profoundly immoral. It’s a breach of faith with the hard-working taxpayers whose paychecks are being harnessed to a cause many of them don’t support.
My Apothecary colleague Chris Conover has been out front with the argument that the entirety of Obamacare should be delayed for a year until the severe operational problems with the law have been sorted out. Not long ago, I thought this was a quixotic idea, one that the White House would never accept, because of their aforementioned political objective of enrolling as many people under Obamacare as they can.
But at this point, it’s hard to argue that even Obamacare’s supporters will benefit from activating this law in 2014. A smooth rollout of the law at least has a fighting chance of winning over the skeptics. Between the administration’s implementation of rate shock and its encouragement of outright fraud, conservative opposition to Obamacare will only intensify.
These problems will make it harder for advocates of market-based insurance exchanges—like me—to bridge the partisan divide. For true health reformers, a delay wouldn’t just be the responsible thing to do. It would be the ethical thing to do. source – Forbes
The post Obamacare Socialized Medicine Set To Destroy Everything In It’s Path appeared first on Now The End Begins.
Source: http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=14355
Michael Hastings Cremated Immediately Without Family Consent
July 18, 2013
I have to agree. Cremating the body of a
so-called “accident victim” without consulting the family and simply
sending the urn to them is a dead giveaway of foul play—pun intended. The Illuminati has done this before. They try to cover their tracks, but we always know when they murdered someone to keep their dirty little secrets.
VIDEO: Was Journalist Michael Hastings Murdered? Police and Firefighters on the Scene Told not to Comment
Mercedes Benz debunks the theory that the car of Wikileaking journalist Michael
Hastings “just blew up” upon impact. Journalists have consulted leading
University Physics professors in the Los Angeles area, who all agreed
that the placement of the engine defied expectations of a normal crash
scenario.
Police and reporters on the scene confirm there were NO skid marks, both explaining the videos of the speeding car. (Gag order issued for Police and Firefighters responders to scene of Wikileaking Journalist assassination, The Political Blind Spot July 11, 2013)
The crime scene has made investigative journalists as well as former
military doubt Hastings’ car crash was an accident and claim that
Michael Hasting’s car could have been manipulated through remote
control. Adding to the murder suspicions is an email Hastings wrote to
his coworkers only a few hours before he died:
Subject: FBI Investigation, re: NSA Hey
(redacted names) — the Feds are interviewing my “close friends and
associates.” Perhaps if the authorities arrive “BuzzFeed GQ,” er HQ, may
be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations
or interviews about our news-gathering practices or related journalism
issues.
Also: I’m onto a big story, and need to go off the rada[r] for a bit.
All the best, and hope to see you all soon. (Melissa Jeltsen, Michael Hastings Sent Email About FBI Probe Hours Before Death, Huffington Post, June 23, 2013)
WhoWhatWhy published a lengthy article on July 14 in which author Michael Krikorian quotes ”Terry Hopkins, a former U.S. Navy military policeman who served in Afghanistan”:
“I’ve never seen an explosion like that…
I’ve seen military vehicles explode, but never quite like that. Look,
here’s a reporter who brought down a general. He’s sending out emails
saying he’s being watched. It’s four in the morning and his car
explodes? Come on, you have to be naïve not to at least consider it
wasn’t an accident.” (Michael Krikorian and David J. Krajicek, The Michael Hastings Wreck–Video Evidence Only Deepens the Mystery, WhoWhatWhy, July 14, 2013)
The Political Blind Spot states further:
The most traditional explanation
is that the breaks were cut, but the “remote control” hacking of the
vehicle has proven exceedingly easy in recent years.
More disturbing still, perhaps is that a
gag order has also been placed on cops and firefighters who both
responded to and investigated the crash, which occurred in the early
hours of June 18 in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
‘Police and firefighters in Los Angeles
have been ordered not to speak to the media about the deadly crash
involving Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings, fueling speculation
that some form of cover-up could be underway.’
Find out more in the video report below…
Fascism: Big Brother Records Your Every Move, From Financial Transactions to Vehicle Movements
(Video, CNS News) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is looking to create a "Google Earth" of every financial transaction of every American, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) warned today in a Senate speech opposing confirmation of Richard Cordray as CFPB director.
"This bill (creating the CFPB) was supposed to be about regulating Wall Street. Instead, it's creating a Google Earth on every financial transaction. That's right: the government will be able to see every detail of your finances. Your permission - not needed," Sen. Enzi said.
"They can look right down to the tiny details of the time and place where you pulled cash out of an ATM," Enzi warned.
And, there's nothing you can do about, since Americans don't have the ability to "opt out" or prohibit the government from collecting their personal financial data, Enzi said:
"You can't tell 'em to stay out of your records. It's not possible. If your data is being collected, you do not have the option to opt out. Nor, does the CFPD need any kind of permission from you to gather your personal information."
Enzi called for greater congressional oversight authority to ensure the CFPB does not abuse its power, but Republican still dropped plans to filibuster the nomination, caving to threats by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to change the filibuster rules. - CNS News: Gov't Bureau 'Creating a Google Earth on Every Financial Transaction,' Senator Warns
Driving somewhere? There's a government record of that
Using automated scanners, law
enforcement agencies across the country have amassed millions of digital
records on the location and movement of every vehicle with a license
plate, according to a study published Wednesday by the American Civil
Liberties Union. Affixed to police cars, bridges or buildings, the
scanners capture images of passing or parked vehicles and note their
location, uploading that information into police databases. Departments
keep the records for weeks or years, sometimes indefinitely.
As
the technology becomes cheaper and more ubiquitous, and federal grants
focus on aiding local terrorist detection, even small police agencies
are able to deploy more sophisticated surveillance systems. While the
Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that a judge's approval is needed to track a
car with GPS, networks of plate scanners allow police effectively to
track a driver's location, sometimes several times every day, with few
legal restrictions. The ACLU says the scanners assemble what it calls a
"single, high-resolution image of our lives."
"There's
just a fundamental question of whether we're going to live in a society
where these dragnet surveillance systems become routine," said
Catherine Crump, a staff attorney with the ACLU. The civil rights group
is proposing that police departments immediately delete any records of
cars not linked to a crime.
Law
enforcement officials said the scanners can be crucial to tracking
suspicious cars, aiding drug busts and finding abducted children.
License plate scanners also can be efficient. The state of Maryland told
the ACLU that troopers could "maintain a normal patrol stance" while
capturing up to 7,000 license plate images in a single eight hour shift.
"At
a time of fiscal and budget constraints, we need better assistance for
law enforcement," said Harvey Eisenberg, chief of the national security
section and assistant U.S. attorney in Maryland.
Law
enforcement officials also point out that the technology is legal in
most cases, automating a practice that's been done for years. The ACLU
found that only five states have laws governing license plate readers.
New Hampshire, for example, bans the technology except in narrow
circumstances, while Maine and Arkansas limit how long plate information
can be stored.
"There's no expectation
of privacy" for a vehicle driving on a public road or parked in a public
place, said Lt. Bill Hedgpeth, a spokesman for the Mesquite Police
Department in Texas, which has records stretching back to 2008, although
the city plans next month to begin deleting files older than two years.
"It's just a vehicle. It's just a license plate."
In
Yonkers, N.Y., just north of the Bronx, police said retaining the
information indefinitely helps detectives solve future crimes. In a
statement, the department said it uses license plate readers as a
"reactive investigative tool" that is only accessed if detectives are
looking for a particular vehicle in connection to a crime.
"These
plate readers are not intended nor used to follow the movements of
members of the public," the department's statement said.
But
even if law enforcement officials say they don't want a public location
tracking system, the records add up quickly. In Jersey City, N.J., for
example, the population is only 250,000 but the city collected more than
2 million plate images on file. Because the city keeps records for five
years, the ACLU estimates that it has some 10 million on file, making
it possible for police to plot the movements of most residents depending
upon the number and location of the scanners, according to the ACLU.
The
ACLU study, based on 26,000 pages of responses from 293 police
departments and state agencies across the country, also found that
license plate scanners produced a small fraction of "hits," or alerts to
police that a suspicious vehicle has been found. In Maryland, for
example, the state reported reading about 29 million plates between
January and May of last year. Of that amount, about 60,000 — or roughly 1
in every 500 license plates — were suspicious. The No. 1 crime? A
suspended or revoked registration, or a violation of the state's
emissions inspection program accounted for 97 percent of all alerts.
Eisenberg,
the assistant U.S. attorney, said the numbers "fail to show the real
qualitative assistance to public safety and law enforcement." He points
to the 132 wanted suspects the program helped track. They were a small
fraction of the 29 million plates read, but he said tracking those
suspects can be critical to keeping an area safe.
Also,
he said, Maryland has rules in place restricting access for criminal
investigations only. Most records are retained for one year in Maryland,
and the state's privacy policies are reviewed by an independent board,
Eisenberg noted.
At least in Maryland, "there are checks, and there are balances," he said. My Foxy News: Driving somewhere? There's a government record of that
WEB Notes: I see cameras atop stop lights all over, not red light cameras, monitoring cameras. Local hardware stores have cameras on each isle with a monitor of yourself as you walk by.This will only continue and as it does more and more people will become numb to it and consider it a fact of life and "normal".
Scientists Discover Quadruple Helix: Four Strand DNA In Human Cells
We now know that G-quandruplexes form in the DNA of human cells. If anybody had mentioned this earlier, they would probably be labelled as crazy.
Photo: Collective Evolution
Collective Evolution
July 18, 2013
The human race knows very little of itself, almost like a race with amnesia. As we continue to move forward through time, new discoveries are made that make old theories obsolete and false. It’s a good lesson that shows us how we can attach ourselves to “truths” and believe them whole-heartedly, often forgetting that truth is constantly changing and new paradigms of perception always lurk around the corner.
Decades after scientists described our “chemical code” of life using the double helix DNA, researchers have discovered four-stranded DNA within human cells. The structures are called G-quadruplexes, because they form in regions of DNA that are full of guanine, one of the DNA molecule’s four building blocks. The others are adenine, cytosine and thymine. A hydrogen bond is responsible for holding the four guanines together. The four stranded DNA usually presents itself right before cell division.
The discovery was published online in Nature Chemistry, and you can take a look at it here. The study was led by Shankar Balasubramanian at the University of cambridge, UK.
For us, it strongly supports a new paradigm to be investigated – using these four-stranded structures as targets for personalized treatments in the future.We have found that by trapping the quadruplex DNA with synthetic molecules we can sequester and stabilise them, providing important insights into how we might grind cell division to a halt — Shankar BalasubramanianThe study went on to show certain links between concentrations of four-stranded G-quandruplexes and the process of DNA replication, which is crucial to cell division and cell production. G-quadruplexes, (when targeted with synthetic molecules responsible for trapping and holding these DNA structures) prevent cells from replicating their DNA, thus blocking cell division. Scientists believe that this discovery could possibly lead to a stop in cell proliferation at the root of cancer
We are seeing links between trapping the G-quadruplexes with molecules and the ability to stop cells dividing, which is hugely exciting. The research indicates that G-quadruplexes are more likely to occur in genes of cells that are rapidly dividing such as cancer cells. It’s been sixty years since its structure was solved but work like this shows us that the story of DNA continues to twist and turn” – Shankar BalasubramanianWe now know that G-quandruplexes form in the DNA of human cells. If anybody had mentioned this earlier, they would probably be labelled as crazy. Maybe we could take this as a lesson and accept the fact that there are always new discoveries to be made about our biology, as well as the nature of our reality. For all we know, our DNA could be multidimensional in nature? It could be 12 stranded DNA? Maybe we have yet to discover it? Maybe a majority of our DNA, and the biological functions it serves are largely undiscovered. Maybe some portions of our DNA have yet to be activated? The more we discover about our own biology, the better, as we are witnessing with the discovery of the G-quandruplex.
Sources:
http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v5/n3/full/nchem.1548.html
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/four-stranded-‘quadruple-helix’-dna-structure-proven-to-exist-in-human-cells
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=four-strand-dna-structure-found-cells
Florida: Drone Crashes & Explodes (Videos)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 13:21
A United States Air Force drone has crashed and exploded in Florida, shutting down a highway. Was it shot down out of the sky or maybe did someone hack into it and bring it down? Strangely enough, this is the 2nd time in a week that a drone has been destroyed at the same Air Force Base. Sure seems pretty dangerous having all those drones flying around in the skies, aren’t they supposed to be protecting us? According to TruthTube451 (AKA MrGlasgowTruther) in the 2nd video below, don’t blame Zimmerman…
For the second time in a week, a Drone has been destroyed at Tyndall Air Force Base, WJHG.com reports.
The latest crash came Wednesday morning around 8:25 when the drone
crashed alongside US 98 in the Silver Flag area on the east side of the
base.
Eye witnesses say the QF 4 drone crashed while taking off, exploded and sent up a large black cloud.
Base and local police and safety officials have closed Highway 98
and are anticipating that it will remain closed for up to 24 hours.
10 Things The Media Aren’t Telling About The Zimmerman Case
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:56
In the wake of the Zimmerman not-guilty verdict, the media’s outright lies, race-baiting, misinformation, shrillness,downplaying of events inconvenient to their narrative, and hysterical and dangerous stoking of racial animus, have been in fifth-gear 24/7 for going on five days now. And they are just getting started. NBC’s Al Sharpton is currently arranging for 100 weekend protests in 100 cities.
Cutting through the muck to the truth is therefore New Media’s job; and here are ten things the media are either ignoring or downplaying in their partisan effort to turn a loss into a win…1. There is Zero Evidence Race was Involved In the Shooting
Early last year, as the tragic and fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin was just starting to bubble up, the media falsely described George Zimmerman as “white.” The name Zimmerman apparently fooled the media into believing they had a white versus black narrative on their hands. Once they learned Zimmerman was Hispanic, rather than change course, in order to cover up their mistake, the media put the pedal to the metal in pushing a racial angle.
This crusade, however, is anti-science. A thorough federal investigation into Zimmerman found absolutely no evidence that there was any racism in his past or in his motivations the night of the shooting.
During the trial, the prosecution did not accuse Zimmerman of having any kind of racial motive.
The one juror who has spoken out said the jury saw no evidence of a racial motivation.
The media’s racial narrative is based on nothing more than partisan lies, speculation, innuendo, and a cynical alchemy conjured from nothing to enflame division and hate.
Moreover, it is reasonable to assume the media have been swarming Zimmerman’s life looking for anything that might point to racism. But as of yet there have been no media reports (that weren’t later debunked and retracted) reporting Zimmerman has been found to be a closet racist.
On the contrary…
2. Zimmerman’s Admirable History of Being Colorblind Toward Blacks
Zimmerman’s past indicates he is color blind. He has dated black women, tutored black children, once stood up for a black homeless man against the police (we’re told he so desperately wants to impress), has black relatives, and voted for the first black president.
3. Zimmerman is Hispanic, Not White
Like President Obama, Zimmerman has one white parent. Quite properly, the media have never referred to Obama as “half-black,” a “self-described black,” or a “white black.” Obama is black. Period.
Zimmerman, however, has been stripped of his Hispanic racial identity across almost every media outlet in America. Though he is as Hispanic as Obama is black, because it is inconvenient to the white versus black racial narrative the media are hyping, the media refuse to identify Zimmerman as a Hispanic.
A full fifteen months after the media learned they had made a mistake and that their prey was Hispanic, some in media are still referring to Zimmerman as “white.“
Those not referring to him as white are either ignoring his racial heritage altogether, or describing him as a “white Hispanic” or some variation of a “self-described Hispanic.”
As far as I know, this is an unprecedented editorial decision.
Speaking of unprecedented…
4. Obama’s Justice Department Has Launched a National Fishing Expedition Against Zimmerman
Probably because the reporting of such a frightening and Orwellian act of federal overreach might make look Zimmerman look sympathetic and hurt Obama, the media have apparently decided to ignore Attorney General Eric Holder’s public witch hunt. The Justice Department is setting up a public tip line for Americans to “help build a case against Zimmerman.”
In order to build a civil rights case, the government needs evidence of racism.
The federal government crowd-sourcing for evidence against a single American is both chilling and something heretofore unheard of.
5. Like Some Conservatives, President Obama Feared Violence After the Verdict
One of the false racially-charged talking points some in media are using against conservatives is that we are racist for fearing there might be violence in the wake of the verdict.
Something inconvenient to that narrative is the fact that a black, leftist American president beloved by the media also feared there would be violence in the wake of the verdict. After the verdict was announced the president released a statement that said in part:
I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.
Unfortunately for a race-baiting media, this, one of the president’s better moments, has to be ignored in order to serve an artificial narrative.
Which brings me to number six…
6. There Has Been Widespread Violence After the Verdict
The fear President Obama and those “racist” conservatives shared about the possibility of violence in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict has been vindicated.
In just a few days, Breitbart News has documented over two dozen separate acts of violence and lawlessness throughout the country.
The media are dutifully covering this widespread violence up. Yes, they report on each separate act, but always with a “mostly peaceful” qualifier. The media also refuse to connect the dots and widen their reportorial context to show the entire picture.
One aspect of this lawless spree the racially-obsessed media adamantly refuse to report on are the reported “hate crimes” being committed by black against whites and Hispanics.
Which brings me to…
7. Zimmerman Protesters Commit Numerous Racially-Motivated Assaults:
While the irresponsible media is inventing from whole cloth a racial narrative in the Trayvon shooting, at the same time, they are willfully ignoring actual racially-motivated assaults occurring in the wake of the verdict.
Thus far, there have been three reported hate crimes — actual assaults — committed by Trayvon supporters. But like the awful murders taking hundreds of black lives in Chicago, the media refuse to call national attention to these verdict-inspired hate crimes because there is no political upside in doing so. How can a liberal media call attention to the violence in Chicago when liberals and liberalism are the problem?
The same thinking holds true for these reported assaults by blacks against Hispanics and whites. To focus on reality might undermine the fabricated narrative that an innocent black teenager was stalked and murdered by a racist white man.
8. “Stand Your Ground” Has Nothing to do With the Zimmerman Case
Other than ginning up black turnout for Obama’s re-election effort in the crucial swing state of Florida and enflaming racial tensions (which solidifies the Democrat base), another partisan goal the media hopes to achieve from the Zimmerman case is to toxify the “Stand Your Ground” laws that currently exist in 30 states.
But like the fact that Zimmerman is not white and that there is zero evidence showing race was in any way involved in his actions the night of the shooting, the media have also bumped into another inconvenient reality: “Stand Your Ground” had nothing to do with Zimmerman’s defense or acquittal.
The Zimmerman case was a simple case of self-defense:
The jury received standard instructions. Zimmerman did not invoke the Stand Your Ground provision. Zimmerman later waived his right to a pretrial immunity hearing under the Stand Your Ground procedures.
And as National Review’s Sterling Beard points out, “The only time Stand Your Ground came up during the trial proper was when a prosecution witness stated that he’d taught a class Zimmerman had attended that covered Stand Your Ground.”
Even the prosecution rejects the cynical attempt to tie Martin’s death to Stand Your Ground. Prosecutor John Guy couldn’t have made it clearer during the trial: “This case is not about standing your ground.” During their post-trial press conference, as conservative talk show host Victoria Taft first noted, a Miami Herald reporter asked the prosecution team specifically whether Stand Your Ground “affected the facts in this case and whether this case could have been won, perhaps, pre the changes in the law.”
Prosecutor Bernie De La Rionda replied: “You know, self-defense has existed for a long time. And we’ve dealt with it in Jackson for a long time.
These facts, though, have failed to stop Eric Holder or the media from pretending the complete opposite is true.
9. Rachel Jeantel Might Be Responsible for the Deadly Confrontation
An unfortunate mix of marijuana, homophobia, and a friend whispering warnings in your ear at night, could go a long towards explaining why a physical altercation occurred:
[CNN's PIERS] MORGAN: And he was freaked out by it [Zimmerman following him]?
JEANTEL: Yes. Definitely after I say may be a rapist, for every boy, for every man, every — who’s not that kind of way, seeing a grown man following them, would they be creep out?
She continued:
“And people need to understand, he didn’t want that creepy ass cracker going to his father or girlfriend’s house to go get — mind you, his little brother was there. You know — now, mind you, I told you — I told Trayvon it might have been a rapist.”
Evidence that shows why Trayvon might have been the aggressor, though, is inconvenient to a media desperate to enflame racial tensions. Moreover, bringing the issue of homophobia into the personal narratives of Trayvon and Jeantel just can’t be allowed to happen.
This bombshell has been swept under the rug just as effectively as the other nine.
10. The Florida Justice System’s Leniency Towards Trayvon Led to His Death
In order to make his crime statistics look good, Police Chief Charles Hurley of the Miami-Dade School Police Department is suspected of juicing the numbers by treating outright crimes as simple disciplinary problems. As Robert Stacy McCain reports in the American Spectator, Trayvon Martin ended up being a victim of this practice.
Instead of being arrested and charged after being found with a burglary tool and 13 pieces of jewelry stolen from a house a half-mile from the school, Trayvon was suspended from school. Trayvon was also caught with marijuana:
Either of those incidents could have put Trayvon Martin into the custody of the juvenile justice system. However, because of Chief Hurley’s attempt to reduce the school crime statistics — according to sworn testimony, officers were “basically told to lie and falsify” reports — Martin was never arrested. And if he had been arrested, he might never have been in Sanford the night of his fatal encounter with Zimmerman.
What we have here is a case of police corruption the media have shown no interest in, even though you can connect the dots to Trayvon’s tragic death.
But to report this story would mean upsetting the narrative that Trayvon was an innocent (like many of us at 17, he got in trouble) and that the only cause of his death was a racist white man protected by racist white laws (passed almost unanimously by Republicans and Democrats).
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While the simple and noble act of reporting the full truth might help to ease tensions, as racial violence breaks out across the country, the media have shown no remorse for enflaming citizens with falsehoods.
Sadly, the media have not even signaled that they might slow down.
If anything, the media are just warming up for what they seem to hope will be “a long, hot weekend.“
Piers Morgan Gets Owned By Larry Elder About Zimmerman Case (Video)
Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:37
Larry Elder is a KABC radio host called “The Larry Elder Show” and he appeared on the Piers Morgan show and absolutely ripped into Morgan for treating Rachel Jeantel like a “victim” and being condescending to her, then goes on to quote statistics about murder in America, and calls Morgan a “disgrace”, “stupid” and explains “racism isn’t a major problem in America anymore.”
It Wasn’t Just ‘Skittles’ Trayvon Was Carrying
Monday, July 15, 2013 13:39
Exclusive: Andrea Shea King recaps online buzz in wake of verdict
WND
by Andrea Shea King
Twitter was in meltdown when the verdict came Saturday night in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial. Facebookers like this one were among many writing their fair share of posts on the trial and its outcome.
One online site in particular captured considerable attention – well over 100,000 visits a day and a public post-trial thank-you from Robert Zimmerman, father of the younger Zimmerman: “I have thanked Mark Omara and Don West. Now I would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to you, our friends at CTH.”
The Conservative Treehouse (aka “CTH” and “The Last Refuge”) earned Zimmerman’s grateful acknowledgement because of its extraordinary investigative work undertaken throughout the saga, particularly in obtaining through Freedom of Information Act and publishing public records that revealed the corruption and racism connected to the charges and the trial itself, naming who was involved regardless of how high up the political food chain it went, in what the investigative bloggers called “The Zimmerman Railroading.”
Among its reports, Trayvon Martin’s drug use, explaining how the Skittles and Arizona Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail drink he carried that night are ingredients that, when mixed with dextromethorphan (DXM) cough syrup, create “Lean”, a concocted high which can cause psychosis and aggression over the longer term. According to the autopsy report, Martin’s liver showed damage consistent with DXM abuse.
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