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Cops would be able to remotely access home security cameras
The idea, forwarded by City Councilman Sam Liccardo, calls for
citizens to volunteer their own CCTV systems, registering them with
local law enforcement, so police can monitor whatever the cameras are
trained on.
While the proposal suggests that police would have access to the
cameras after a crime, remote accessibility means that cops could
potentially monitor camera feeds in real time, which would amount to a
violation of the Fourth Amendment.
The proposal is a desperate response to surging crime rates in the
city. The idea came about after local business owners volunteered CCTV
footage following a series of arson crimes in a downtown district.
“It became apparent that there’s a lot of evidence out there that
residents want to provide,” Liccardo said, adding that costs would be
limited because the security systems are privately operated.
Liccardo also suggested that a camera database would be compiled and
maintained by existing city officials. The new database “is something
that costs very little but could have a big impact in making San Jose
safer.” the councilor said.
San Jose’s independent police auditor, retired judge LaDoris Cordell,
lauded the idea, calling it a logical step and stating “You tend to
behave when the cameras are on you.” Dismissing the notion that the
proposed system would represent an “intrusion on privacy,” Cordell
instead described it as allowing residents to “know what’s going on in
their neighborhood.”
Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Hanni Fakhoury, noted that
the proposed system is wide open to abuse. “Once you give the police
unfettered access 24/7, you’re relying on them to exercise their
restraint.” Fakhoury said.
“To me the really interesting and troublesome part of it is the way
we are starting to privatize government surveillance — to enlist private
citizens in a way that is kind of unprecedented and could be
potentially really dangerous.” the attorney added.
The proposal is not limited to San Jose, cities such as Philadelphia
and Chicago, as well as towns such as nearby Los Gatos and Monte Sereno
have already launched similar systems of surveillance.
Officer Catherine Mann of the Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police
Department said “We haven’t had any negative responses, once we get it
out to them that this is not a ‘Big Brother’ ” situation. “We’re not
sitting around watching live videos from their home.” she added.
Police in San Jose say they are exploring the “merits of the idea”,
which is set to be discussed by a City Council committee this week.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com.
He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of
Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree
in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
What frustrates me about all of this — [the Privacy and Civil
Liberties Oversight Board] report, the president’s speech, and so many
other things — is that they focus on the bulk collection of cell phone
call records. There’s so much more bulk collection going on — phone calls, e-mails, address books, buddy lists, text messages, cell phone location data, financial documents, calendars, [smartphone apps] etc. — and we really need legislation and court opinions on it all. But because cell phone call records were the first disclosure, they’re what gets the attention.
Indeed, Schneier confirmed last
October what we’ve been saying for years … don’t get too distracted by
the details, because the government is spying on everything:
Honestly, I think the details matter less and less. We have to assume
that the NSA has EVERYONE who uses electronic communications
under CONSTANT surveillance. New details about hows and whys will
continue to emerge …but the big picture will remain the same.
By Olav Phillips Many
years ago I was introduced to the amazing videos of Ed Grimsley, who at
the time was discussing the idea that UFOs were engaging in some level
of extra-atmospheric combat. At the time I dismissed the idea, thinking
if a alien ship had come all this way that alien ship would posses
enough destructive power to render our defensive apparatus null and void
and simply blow anything we could throw at it out of the sky.
Now many years later, and especially given recent research into the
Secret Space Program as well as the actual composition of battle
platforms in space that maybe Grimsley was on to something. He was on
to something but I suspect it was not aliens duking it out with earthmen
but instead a space war between a breakaway civilization and its
earthly brethren.
There are a couple of alternatives here. It could be the United
States vs. the Russians in a battle royal but I suspect not because a
hot war in space should translate into a VERY hot war down here on
earth. Instead I have come to believe that the battle is between a Nazi
derived breakaway civilization and the combined governments of NATO and
the Russian Federation possibly even China as well. So why do I
believe this? I know it sounds fairly far fetched but to answer that we
need to take a small course in “Star Wars” both from a US perspective
as well as a Russian perspective. We also need to balance that against
Gary McKinnon’s findings and the Nazi UFO research which has been of the
forefront in my mind the last few years. SPACE WEAPONS: Glittering C-Beams off the Taunhauser Gate
Since the 1950’s both groups have embarked on a long range and costly
journey to build weapons systems in space. On the surface these
programs were put in place to destroy or prevent destruction. Billions
of dollars have been spent on both sides to do some very interesting
research, some of which will shock you. Project Thor –
Project Thor or Thor’s Hammer is a space based defense system utilizing
tungsten rods to create kinetic energy weapons. On the surface of it
Thor was designed to hit Soviet installations and military forces using a
very lethal but non-nuclear system. In reality as quick as Thor can be
used to target the surface of the Earth it could also be rotated to
fire these rods out into space at slow moving targets or with the proper
trajectory it could be fired against larger bodies like the Moon or
even Mars, theoretically. Project SeeSaw – Project SeeSaw was initiated by the
JASON group to build particle beam weapons. The project started in the
late 1960’s and later was publically abandoned though it did find some
success. It falling out of public view may have been to deflect its
true purpose. Once implemented as part of the larger SDI program SeeSaw
would have give us not only aircraft mounted particle beams but also
orbiting defense platforms. Project Sipapu – Originally an Army project to build
land based particle beam weapons. This is the kind of weapons system
which could be deployed to next generation fighting units on both a
handheld basis or via modifying tanks to carry the weapon system. Its
objective was to build space based weapons systems. The “Chair Heritage” Program – Little is known about Chair Heritage outside of it being a Navy project to build particle beam weapons for ships. Brilliant Pebbles -
Brilliant pebbles was a stroke of genius. The essential theory behind
Brilliant Pebbles was to build a delivery system which could fire a
canister of high velocity pellets at a target. These pellets or pebbles
traveling at a high rate of speed would effectively shred the target in
a cloud of kinetic energy weapons. It is the same principle as Thor
but on a smaller scale. Solar Warden 1 – The information about this Solar
Warden comes to us from a whistle blower who called into an interview I
was a part of on the Ground Zero radio show. He stated that in the
1970s he had worked, as an engineer, on a highly secret (protected by
Federal Marshals) program to build a constellation of three satellites.
The first two satellites would be parked in an equatorial orbit and use
a particle beam to hit targets (possibly the logical outcome of SeeSaw)
while the third satellite was an autonomous hunter killer satellite
which would patrol the skies. The whistleblower went on to say that the
system was deployed with the rest of the SDI system successfully in the
1980s. Solar Warden 2 – This is the infamous program
stumbled upon by hacker Gary McKinnon which described offworld ships,
troops and crews which functioned as a space fleet. He located
manifests, logs and registers of the ships including some rather odd
ship names. McKinnon’s findings are controversial but I believe they
past the sniff test for many reasons but one of which is the lengths the
United States government went to in order to attempt to try him. They
wanted him gone, and they worked hard at it. The other reason I believe
there may be some validity to the claims is around what he found. Much
of what he found appears to be logistical in nature and while secret
probably carried a lower secrecy rating then say specifications of the
ships. It should all be highly highly classified but one would suspect
that logistical data would be a little lower and probably was the cause
of the breech. MANNED BATTLE PLATFORMS: Have Space Canon, uh I Mean Particle Canon, Will Travel Ok
so at this point we can see starting in the late 1950’s there was an
aggressive line of research coming out of the military to build space
based weapons. At the same time the military, both Soviet and American,
embarked on a manned battle platform strategy.
We’ll never know how successful the programs were, but conventionally
we are told the plans were never completed or the carcass of the battle
station was deorbited and burned up. I can understand the logic of
believing the conventional but I think in this case and given what we’ve
seen over time I think there is a case which can be made that at some
level these stations were built and are up there, or maybe they have
been superceeded by automated defense systems. We do need to remember
that DARPA is almost 50 years ahead of us here in the conventional
world.
So what did they come up with? The Manned Observation Laboratory (The MOL) – United
States Air Force project to build and later deploy a manned battle
station equipped with a laser. The two man crew, both Air Force
astronauts, and yes the USAF does have its own astronaut corp. were
designated to spend three to six months onboard. Armed with a laser
canon, or possibly a particle cannon, their mission ostensively was to
be ready to attack then Soviet space based platforms or space planes
(maybe even UFOs?). The Almaz – The Almaz was the Soviet equivalent to
the MOL. It was indeed launched and crewed for sometime and was armed
with a 23mm cannon. The cannon was actually a massive engineering feet
since the designers actually had to place rockets on the sides of the
Almaz to counter act the force of the firing. Cosmonauts who served on
the Almaz report that it was quite an adventure to fire the canon and we
know that it was indeed fired several times.
Personal conversations I’ve had with several people who worked on the
Soviet space program indicate that there were possibly up to three
Almaz stations in orbit and they were fully equipped to attack if
ordered. Were there MOL’s in orbit? Yes there was at least one, and the
crew was carried up to it via a Gemini-B launch vehicle.
But what about SkyLab? There are rumors that Skylab was armed as
well but I have seen no concrete evidence of it, but that being said it
stands to reason that it could have been. It would make since
especially considering the compositions of the crew, all military, and
the proximity of the Skylab program and the ending of the MOL program. Now
the 2 billion dollar question, what is up there now? We’ve heard over
time from various researchers, including Bill Birnes who is definitely
in the know, that there are stations in geosynchronous orbit over key
sites. Birnes has maintained for some time there is a station locked
over Nellis AFB. Which would make sense since there is a significant
amount of research going on at Area 51 to this end and if the stations
or to defend against an outside threat (i.e. Nazi’s) then it would make
sense to park them in a stationary orbit over major defense facilities
or population centers. Given the technology today it also would not be
beyond the pale to expect crew changes, a la Solar Warden, were being
done via a next generation spacecraft.
The MOL and Almaz were very real projects with paper trails so we do
indeed know both of these battle stations were placed in orbit so I
think it is logical to assume others could have been built in orbit or
on the Moon and ferried over. The will was there as was the funding. MOON BASES: No Really! There is a Moon Base.
The 1960’s was a turbulent time, unpopular wars, social unrest and
apparently a vigorous space weapons program so it should not surprise us
that even while the MOL was being operated both the Army and Air Force
had also come up with plans to occupy the Moon. The Soviets had a
program to! Project Horizon
– A US Army project to build a Moon base by 1967. The base would have
offensive and defense capabilities as was to be staffed by a crew of
over 200 specially trained Army soldier/astronauts by 1965. Again as we
have seen this project was publically killed off but that doesn’t mean
it didn’t enter the special access projects realm where there is lots of
money and no oversight. Project Lunex
– Project Lunex was the Air Force equivalent to Horizon and called for a
crew of 21 to live on this underground defense station at a cost of a
mere $7.5 billion. The interesting part of this project is that it
pre-dated the Apollo program and if operational may explain why the Moon
Hoax theories swirl around even to this day. Project Zvezda – Zvezda was a Soviet project
similar to Horizon and included, at least at some level, conversations
between the Soviet space program and our own to jointly operate and
man the base. Again I think its safe to assume, given the direction of
weapons development, that this base too was almost certainly armed. THE MOON HOAX: Was there a Hoax and if so why?
When we look at the Moon theory one thing has always jumped out at
me. I don’t believe we fully faked the Moon landing. I know that will
draw the eire of some but I think there is penty of evidence we landed
including the ability to use a telescope and see the junk left behind by
the Apollo missions. Its true you can use a telescope and see the junk
we left behind. Obviously these projects did not include the basic law
of camping which is to leave it better then you found it. So why the falsification?
I think, given what we know about Horizon and Lunex it is not beyond
the realm to believe that Armstrong and Aldrin may have indeed seen
something they were not supposed to so steps were taken to coverup what
they saw.
Think of how defeating it would have been to Armstong to jump off the
LEM and pronounce “This is one small step man and one giant leap for
mankind, oh what why are those guys standing on the ridge staring at us?
This is the plausible scenario.
Apollo 11 was off course and missed its landing zone, so Armstrong
had to manually land the LEM so they landed in an unprepared location.
So by landing in a unprepared location they, the astronauts, may have
been exposed to technology or people they were unprepared for. What
followed was a tour de ‘force of covering up. Fake photos,
brainwashing, maybe even the involvement of Stanley Kubrick its all
there for the asking. In fact as evidence of the level of cover-up
perpetrated on the Apollo 11 program there is an interesting story Buzz
Aldrin relayed while being interviewed on C-SPAN which I think does
lend a level of credence to this line of research.
During the interview Aldrin was asked what it was like on the Moon,
and he responded by talking about seeing the tiny blue dot of the earth
and speaking about “Magnificent Desolation,” but he also said when he
originally came back to Earth he was at a dinner party and someone had
asked him the same question. Aldrin said he didn’t know how to answer
and started to panic, effectively having a panic attack, and headed off
to the bathroom where he threw up. This is a classic mind control
block, and is placed over a memory to stop that memory from surfacing.
Instead the victim feels physically ill to deflect the topic.
Something was obviously up because shortly after the fanfare had died
away Armstrong went into seclusion and only rarely granted interview.
Why would a national hero hide? Because he is just a shy guy who
doesn’t like the attention? Possibly but more then likely he knew that
he had participated in something amazing, amazingly dangerous because he
had seen things. SUMMARY
Its obvious something is happening, I think we can only continue to
overstate the obvious on that. We have independent confirmation from
sources that both NATO and the Russian Federation have a significant
investment in exotic and space based weapons.
We are told that investment was for a missile shield, we are told
that was for World War III but the truth is World War III never came.
There was no attack nor would there ever be because of the MAD principle
(Mutually Assured Destruction). War planners on both sides could see
no end state where a limited nuclear exchange took place, to initiate
that kind of armed conflict would only end with the destruction of the
entire planet.
So why all the weapons and weapons programs? Why is Ed Grimsley
getting some amazing footage, consistently, of a battle in space? I
would argue that it is because those weapons are not to protect us from
the Russians or vice versa. Instead I would argue there is a war in
space, right now and Grimsley has found a way to capture it. But who is
that war against? I know it sounds like the plot of a recent film but I
would say those platforms and weapons systems are design to keep people
way and I think the best candidate for that break away group is some
derivative of the Nazi regime. A regime in hiding on the Moon or more
likely Mars.
Need some proof? In the 1990’s there was a slate of triangular UFO
sightings across Europe and a few in the United States as well. These
UFOs tended to follow motor ways and hang out near military or
telecommunications facilities. They also were shoot beams of light into
select grave yards.
Now I know what you are thinking, aliens would do that? The obvious
question is why? Are they monitoring our nuclear reactors as space
brothers sent from Venus who want to make sure we protect our
environment? Probably not, more likely they are Nazi ships watching our
capabilities. That makes sense and passes the sniff test. I
will also give you one final element to ponder. Back in the 1950’s
there was a man named Valiant Thor. Valiant Thor claimed to have been
from Venus, and maybe he was, but he was taken to the Pentagon and along
with his two companions had some sort of briefing inside the Pentagon.
So who was he really? If you look at Valiant Thor, he, like many
aliens seen at that time, were called Nordics because they possess a
Nordic look, they were tall had blond hair (sometimes brown) blue eyes
and were known to converse in a strange language which may have indeed
been German. We also need to look at his name Valiant Thor which
represents the brave god of thunder (Thor) in Nordic legend. So its not
surprising to me at least his name is derived from Nordic mythos if he
is derived from a Nazi base. Nordics?
Nazi super soldiers? Possibly, I think that is more likely then people
from Venus unless of course there is a base there. It is also
interesting to point out that many abductees from that era have claimed
the aliens (Nordics) spoke in a funny language which sounded like German
and in some cases had German accents.
I thinkits also fair to point out that many of the UFO’s seen during
the contatee era largely match the designs of tha Haunebu style or Vril
style of Nazi UFO! These
facts with the space based weapons leads us to a conclusion that they,
the SDI systems, might actually be defensive weapons against German
based saucers and if what Grimsley is seeing is accurate (and I have
personally witnessed it) then I think we need to start to understand who
is fighting who for what objective and I think we need to take aliens
out of the equation. This is a fight for ideology and technology not an
advanced guard from the alien mothership coming down to take over out
planet.
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Jack Parsons: rocket pioneer and occult genius
Rocket scientist Jack Parsons was instrumental in creating
America’s Cold War missiles. But Parsons’ meddling in occult magic and
sex rituals would see him battle Howard Hughes, Scientology and the FBI
before his mysterious death.
There’s a large crater on the far side of the moon called
“Parsons”. An unremarkable circle of grey rocks, it’s named in
recognition of the pioneering work that rocket propulsion scientist Jack
Parsons did in his lifetime. Yet for all of his scientific brilliance,
there was a dark side to Parsons: he was obsessed with the occult,
becoming deeply involved in what many call “black magic”.
A key belief for Jehovah’s Witnesses was that the reign of kings
would end on October 2nd 1914. The “Gentile Times” would end, Jesus
would return and the end of the world would draw closer.
It doesn’t look like any of that actually happened, but Marvel
Whiteside Parsons was indeed born on that fateful day in a Los Angeles
hospital. Soon after the child’s birth, his mother discovered that her
husband had been visiting prostitutes. In 1915, Parsons’ parents
divorced. His maternal grandparents helped the family buy a large home
in Pasadena’s “Millionaire’s Mile”. Instead of using “Marvel”, the name
of his father, Parsons was called John, or Jack to his friends. Living a
comfortable life with domestic servants, the young Parsons child would
spend hours reading books on mythology, Arthurian legends and Eastern
tales. As he developed an interest in science fiction and mythology,
Parsons also became interested in the fledgling world of space flight.
Rocketry
Working weekends at the Hercules Powder Company offices, Parsons
began to learn about how seemingly inert powder could be used to power
rockets. A brief correspondence began between the young Parsons and
German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, the man responsible for the
V2 rocket project. The two would talk for hours on the telephone about
their research, but their friendship cooled after they both refused to
divulge technical details about their projects.
Wernher von Braun in his office
Working full time for the Hercules Powder Company, Parsons was sent
to work in their manufacturing plant, but repeated exposure to
nitroglycerine resulted in painful headaches.
After an aborted attempt at a degree in chemistry at Stanford
University, Parsons set his sights substantially higher: forming a space
rocket research team with students from Caltech. Dubbed the “Suicide
Squad”, the team worked on dangerous rocket experiments during the day,
and drank and smoked together in the evenings. Parsons also began to
indulge his political beliefs, writing about his fondness for Communism.
Jack Parsons (right side, nearest to camera) and his “Suicide Squad”
At a dance held in a local church, Parsons met a pretty local woman
named Helen Northrup. In the Summer of 1934, Parsons proposed and the
pair were married the next year. But the marriage did little to dampen
Parsons’ passion for rocket science, he spent most of his wages on the
research group, even pawning his wife’s wedding ring for extra funds.
The “Suicide Squad” experiments began to attract the eye of Caltech,
and they were given access to facilities on the University campus. But
despite their motor tests yielding successful results, a fracture split
the group when Parsons refused to join the American Communist Party.
Black magic
During his time with the young research group, Parsons had become
interested in the Church of Thelema, an occult religion founded by the
English occultist Aleister Crowley. A mysterious figure who had traveled
across India, climbed mountains in record time and become a chess
master, Crowley claimed to have been possessed by a spirit inside
Egypt’s Great Pyramid. His teachings mixed Egyptian religion, Gnostic
beliefs and what Crowley referred to as “sex magick”.
English occultist Aleister Crowley
Parsons attempted to explain Crowley’s occult beliefs using quantum
physics, believing that alternate realities had backing in science. The
young man impressed Crowley, with the occult master writing that Parsons
“is the most valued member of the whole Order, with no exception!”
Jack Parsons taking part in an occult ritual
Parsons’ rocket experiments had grown in scale, with the group’s
research area now dubbed “jet propulsion”. The US military provided
funding, requesting that the group prepare a feasibility report into
JATO (jet-assisted take off). The military wanted to be able to launch
rockets vertically, rather than having to build long runways for their
planes. The experiments were a success. Parsons’ research into jet
propulsion had grown into a commission from the US military for 2000
rocket engines.
With his rocket research proving a success, Parsons also grew his
occult research. A Thelemic lodge was created in Parsons’ home, which
was called “The Parsonage” by its residents. Parsons created a
laboratory in the garage, where he could experiment in peace. The local
police investigated the group after their cocaine-fuelled sex orgies
became notorious. No threat to national security was found.
The walls of the lodge were adorned with daggers and swords, as well
as a replica of The Stele of Revealing. Otherwise known as the Stele of
Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu, this Egyptian tablet was claimed to be an important
Thelemic artifact by Aleister Crowley after he discovered it listed
under catalogue number 666 in the Egyptian Museum.
The Stele of Revealing
One resident of the lodge was a young science fiction writer and Navy
veteran named L. Ron Hubbard. He moved into the Parsonage, and entered
into a relationship with Sara Northrup, the sister of Parsons’ wife.
L. Ron Hubbard during his years in the Navy
In February 1946, Parsons wrote to Aleister Crowley, informing him
that the young writer had begun to win over Parsons’ coterie of women:
“About three months ago I met Ron… He is a gentleman… He moved in
with me about two months ago, and although Maggy and I are still
friendly, she has transferred her sexual affections to Ron.”
The Babalon Working
After accepting L. Ron Hubbard into his inner circle, Parsons allowed
the impressionable science fiction writer to act as scribe for Parsons’
most daring occult experiment yet. The Babalon Working used Crowley’s
sex magick theories in an attempt to summon a manifestation of the
divine female goddess Babalon. If the ritual was successful, a scarlet
woman would make herself known to the pair. Parsons masturbated with
sigils and magical tablets, with L. Ron Hubbard assisting by also
masturbating and attempting to record any magical observances. To aide
them in their search for the divine goddess, they played classical
music, with Prokofiev a particular favourite. Crowley, notified in
advance of Parsons’ attempt, warned him that its effects could be
dangerous, yet the scientist continued.
After journeying out into the Mojave desert with Hubbard, Parsons
finally declared the goddess summoned when he felt his feeling of
tension suddenly dissipate at sunset on January 18th 1946. The pair
hurried back to the house, eager to see what the other residents had
observed.
A tall, red-headed woman had arrived at the Pasadena lodge. Marjorie
Cameron, a naval photographer who had suddenly been discharged from
military service, had been recommended by a friend to drop by Parsons’
house.
Cameron starring in Kenneth Anger’s 1954 short “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome”
Parsons was immediately struck by Cameron’s red hair. The pair spent
the next two weeks together in his bedroom. Unbeknownst to the
directionless Cameron, she had been caught up in Parsons’ ritual.
Parsons obsessively documented his occult experiment in a book that
would later be published as “The Book of Babalon”. Three days before the
arrival of Cameron, the diary entry reads as follows:
“Jan 15. Invoked twice. At this time the Scribe developed some sort
of astral vision, describing in detail an old enemy of mine of whom he
had never heard, and later the guardian forms of Isis and the Archangel
Michael. Later, in my room, I heard the raps again, and a buzzing,
metallic voice crying ‘let me go free.’ I felt a great pressure and
tension in the house that night, which was also noticed by the other
occupants. There was no other phenomena, and I admit a feeling of
disappointment.”
The con man
L. Ron Hubbard would go on to use much of what he learned with Parsons as the foundation for Scientology
Parsons invested his life savings in a company, Allied Enterprises,
which he founded with L. Ron Hubbard and his former lover, his wife’s
sister Sara Northrup. Parsons’ $20,000 went towards the purchase of
three yachts, which they planned to purchase on the East Coast, sail
through the Panama Canal, and then sell on for a profit in California.
Hubbard and Northrup traveled to Florida alone, where it soon became
apparent that they had no intention of returning the money to Parsons.
With L. Ron Hubbard living the high life with his girlfriend in a yacht
purchased with his money, Parsons was furious. Unable to pursue the
pair, Parsons set curses on Hubbard. Whether the “Banishing Ritual of
the Pentagram” worked or not, Parsons eventually resorted to suing
Hubbard in a Florida court. Hubbard was so shocked to find out that his
former friend and mentor had launched legal action against him that he
managed to crash the stolen boat.
Eventually, Hubbard agreed to return part of Parsons’ money, but
managed to keep the damaged boat. Northrup and Hubbard later married and
L. Ron Hubbard would go on to use much of what he learned with Parsons
as the foundation for Scientology, the religion that he founded in 1952.
The Church of Scientology has never denied L. Ron Hubbard’s
involvement in the Babalon Working, claiming that the writer was on a
top-secret Naval mission to bring down the black magic sect.
Downfall
Despite his brilliance, Parsons had fallen on hard times. After
divorcing his first wife, Parsons married Cameron, the mysterious woman
who appeared after the Babalon Working.
Jack Parsons and his second wife Marjorie Cameron
Continuing with his rocket propulsion work, Parsons contributed
researched to the SM-64 Navaho missile program, which led to the
creation of a powerful cruise missile that rivalled Soviet efforts in
missile research.
Parsons claimed that his sex magick transported him to the Biblical city of Chorazin, just north of Galilee.
But despite his brilliance, Parsons began to find it difficult to
gain employment in federal research projects. As the Cold War loomed, a
“red scare” spread throughout the US government and into the defence
industry. The FBI had long held a file on Parsons, describing him as
“potentially bisexual”. Parsons’ youthful interests in communism
eventually outweighed his scientific knowledge, his clearance was
revoked by the FBI and it became impossible for him to work for the
government.
At the dawn of the 1950s, Jack Parsons was working as a car mechanic,
finding it difficult to fund his wife’s creative endeavours and his own
magical experimentation. Eventually his wife moved to Mexico to join an
artists’ commune, leaving her husband to pick up odd jobs working with
chemicals and explosives in the film industry and for local police
forces.
But as his career reached new lows, Parsons was determined to
continue his occult research. Continuing his research alone, Parsons
began visiting prostitutes. In accounts published after his death,
Parsons claimed that his sex magick transported him to the Biblical city
of Chorazin, just north of Galilee. It was in this vision that Parsons
became convinced he would go on to become the antichrist in seven years,
but only if he remained alive.
The Israeli rocket program
An unlikely opportunity presented itself to Parsons after his
security clearance was re-instated by his connections inside the
government. A pro-Israel group of scientists offered Parsons a job
within the Israeli rocket program, which Parsons gratefully accepted.
However, his return to rocket research in the US had concerned the FBI,
who accused Parsons of being a spy as he attempted to migrate to Israel.
At the time of Parsons’ involvement with the Israeli government, he
was also working for the reclusive businessman Howard Hughes. Parsons
was found to have smuggled out secret documents relating to projects
that the Hughes Aircraft Company had been working on. An angry Howard
Hughes went straight to the FBI, accusing Jack Parsons of being an
Israeli spy.
Despite later having the charges dropped, the Israel incident had
permanently ended Jack Parsons’ career in rocket propulsion research. He
returned to his work in the film industry, bored but glad to be
reunited with his wife, who had returned from the commune in Mexico.
Jack Parsons successfully fought to have his Top Secret clearance returned to him
The explosion
Parsons managed to speak one final sentence before he succumbed to his injuries: “I wasn’t done.”
Cameron had returned to the home she shared with Parsons, yet she
remained enchanted by the thoughts of a bohemian lifestyle in Mexico.
Persuading Parsons to join her there, the couple packed up their
belongings. Just before they departed, an urgent request reached them: a
film desperately needed some explosives. On the night before their
trip, June 17 1952, Parsons went to work on one last explosive
concoction.
The official police report claims that Parsons was attempting to mix
fulminate of mercury in a small coffee tin. Working quickly, and with
sweaty hands, Parsons dropped the explosive mix. The blast ripped off
his right arm, broke his left arm and both his legs, and left a “gaping
hole” in his jaw.
Neighbours, alarmed by the explosion, rushed to Parsons’ aid. They
discovered him conscious, but severely-injured. Groaning with pain,
Parsons managed to speak one final sentence before he succumbed to his
injuries: “I wasn’t done.”
The scene of the blast in the Pasadena apartment that killed Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons was declared dead around 37 minutes after the explosion.
When his mother was informed, she overdosed on pills and died,
distraught at losing her son. Cameron carried her husband’s ashes into
the Mojave desert, scattering them at the intersection of two tall power
lines.
Friends, colleagues and former lovers were unsatisfied with the
official police report into Parsons’ death. Instead, they have their own
theories as to what killed Jack Parsons. Howard Hughes
Occult filmmaker and friend of Parsons’ second wife, Kenneth Anger
believes that the reclusive American businessman Howard Hughes ordered
Parsons’ assassination after he was caught leaking secret research
documents to the Israeli government.
Last year, Anger repeated his claim, stating in an interview for Esquire:
Howard Hughes was the kind of man you didn’t say no to, or if you did, there would be consequences.
Suicide
Parsons had been visibly depressed after the divorce and departure of
his lovers. Knowing that L. Ron Hubbard had successfully won over the
affections of many of his female friends, Parsons grew to resent the
young writer. Left with Cameron, who insisted on living in Mexico, away
from the desert and the rocket program, did Parsons instead kill himself
to escape the future life that would have began the day after the
explosion?
After Parsons’ death, UFO sightings across America skyrocketed
Aliens
Rumours have long persisted about Parsons’ involvement with Area 51, the
US Air Force’s secret military base that conspiracy theorists suspect
contains aliens and UFOs. It has been rumoured that as part of his top
secret work with the US government, Parsons traveled to the desert base
where he opened a portal to another dimension. After Parsons’ death, UFO
sightings across America skyrocketed, fuelling the idea that the rocket
scientist was involved in something extra-terrestrial. Another belief
is that Parsons and Hubbard opened a portal to an alien world when they
performed the Babalon Working in 1946. When they failed to close it,
aliens could freely pass into our universe, which lead to the first UFO
sighting by Kenneth Arnold in 1947. Black magic
Parsons’ involvement in occult experimentation had begun to consume his
life after his exit from government missile research. He had formed a
new occult group, “The Witchcraft”, and had written new tomes that laid
out his personal philosophy. Members of Parsons’ occult inner circle
claim that on the day of his death he was working on creating a
homunculus, a mythical miniature human.
Jack Parsons’ black magic box, discovered after his death
* * *
Today the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is an important part of NASA’s
space exploration program. Six years after Jack Parsons’ death, JPL
became part of NASA. Despite having such a large influence upon modern
space travel and the American rocket program, Jack Parsons has never
received the recognition that many of his former colleagues claim he
deserves. Instead, he is remembered mainly in occult circles, in the
underground groups that he sought solace in during his years as a
leading light of the scientific research community.
U.S. Economic Hegemony: Consolidation and Deepening of the Pacific Alliance Trade Bloc
(INTELLIHUB)
— In a short period of time, the Pacific Alliance has emerged as one of
the leading economic integration projects in Latin America. It aims to
succeed where others have failed by creating a gateway to Asian markets
and building a Pacific-rim trade deal. The U.S. and Canada are both
pursuing deeper ties with the group and have been granted observer
status. This is part of efforts to revive and expand their presence in
Latin America. In some areas of integration, the Pacific Alliance has
surpassed NAFTA. By merging the two together, it could be used to fill
the void left by the collapse of the Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA).
The Pacific Alliance was
officially launched by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru in June 2012.
Its objectives include to construct, “an area of profound market-driven
economic integration that will contribute to the free movement of goods,
services, capital and persons.” The group also seeks to, “become a
platform for economic and commercial integration as well as political
coordination with global outreach, particularly towards the Asia
Pacific.” A key requirement in joining the Pacific Alliance is to have
free trade agreements with all existing member states. Costa Rica
recently received approval to become a permanent member. Other countries
have also shown interest with a growing number requesting observers
status. The goal of the Pacific Alliance is to go beyond traditional
free trade deals and pursue even more liberalized economic policies.
The May 23, 2013 Pacific Alliance Summit in
Cali, Colombia marked the next steps in the consolidation and deepening
of the Latin American trade bloc. The presidents of the four founding
member countries agreed to remove tariffs on 90 percent of the goods
traded between them and to gradually eliminate duties on the remaining
10 percent. They also adopted measures to begin visa-free travel between
member states and moved closer towards full labor mobility. In
addition, the leaders announced the creation of a cooperation fund and
ratified agreements to open up joint embassies and trade offices in Asia
and Africa. They also pledged to continue to deepen regional financial
integration. The stock markets of Chile, Peru and Colombia have already
been merged together and Mexico is expected to join them within the next
year. While other Latin American countries are seeking to curb U.S.
influence, Pacific Alliance members have shown a willingness to maintain
and increase ties with Washington.
Just days after the Pacific Alliance Summit, Vice President Joe Biden met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos where
he praised the progress the economic bloc has made and also expressed
interest in the U.S. joining as an observer country. On July 19, the
Department of State announced U.S. participation as an observer in
the group. While full membership may be far off, the U.S. is expanding
cooperation with Alliance members. Over the years, there has been a
steady erosion of U.S.-Latin American relations. Some analysts have
pointed out that that both the U.S. and Canada’s grip on Latin America is loosening. This ties in with an article from Global Researchwhich
noted that the Obama administration is stepping up its strategy of
regime change against the left-of-center governments in the region. The
U.S. could use the Pacific Alliance as a means to recover political and
economic influence in Latin America.
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the Pacific Alliance Summit in May, it was expected that he would request full membership. Canada already achieved observer status back
in November 2012. While Harper acknowledged their accomplishments, he
said that it was too soon to decide whether Canada should join the trade
bloc. During his trip, Harper also took the opportunity to meet with
mining company executives. The Conservative government has been
criticized for not putting enough emphasis on corporate accountability
with regards Canadian mining operations in the region. Maude Barlow explained that,
“The Pacific Alliance, like Canada’s existing trade and investment
deals in Latin America, puts the profits of those companies above
anything else. The deals, like the Alliance, have nothing to say about
the environmental and human rights impact of mining in the region.” The
Pacific Alliance appears to be another attempt to accelerate the
privatization of natural resources. It goes against the efforts of some
Latin American countries that have joined together to fight the growing problem of investor-state privilegesfound
in NAFTA-style trade agreements. These rules allow foreign corporations
to sue for any potential profit losses related to government policies.
A recent article by Eric Farnsworth advocated linking NAFTA with the Pacific Alliance.
He recommended that the leaders from both trade groups, “should
consider meeting to forge a pragmatic economic agenda for cooperation.
This offers an important opportunity to kick-start a common agenda with
willing partners that has languished since the FTAA.” Farnsworth also
described how, “building out a NAFTA-Pacific Alliance economic
relationship would improve the collective regional approach toward the
Asia-Pacific region, which currently includes precisely the same Western
Hemisphere nations within APEC and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
negotiations except Colombia. It would also offer a means to improve
market efficiencies and update NAFTA without the need to re-open or
re-negotiate its provisions.” There is an overlap between the Pacific
Alliance and the much larger TPP trade talks.
Both initiatives seek to bridge the Americas with Asia and create
Pacific-based trade blocs. With the possibility of TPP negotiations
dragging on and the difficulty the deal might have getting ratified by
the U.S. Senate, the Pacific Alliance could open new doors to trade with
Asian countries sooner.
In Latin America, there is a growing divide over the future of
continental political and economic integration. Some countries have
banded together to resist U.S. imperialism and any attempts to
destabilize the region. There is also a move to end the destructive
cycle of investment treaties and replace it with an alternative economic
structure that better respects the sovereignty of nation states. The
Pacific Alliance stands as a counterbalance to some of the other
regional integration efforts that are trying to protect against the
dangers of globalization. It is designed to signal a commitment to free
trade and open markets to its neighbours and to the rest of the world.
In many ways, the Pacific Alliance represents a resurgence of the failed
U.S. initiated FTAA which was part of an agenda to consolidate
corporate control.
Dana Gabriel is a contributor to Intellihub News. You can also find his writings at Be Your Own Leader.
Enough Is Enough: Fraud-ridden Banks Are Not California’s Only Option
“Epic in scale, unprecedented in world history.” That is how William K. Black, professor of law and economics and former bank fraud investigator, describes the frauds
in which JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has now been implicated. They involve
more than a dozen felonies, including bid-rigging on municipal bond
debt; colluding to rig interest rates on hundreds of trillions of
dollars in mortgages, derivatives and other contracts; exposing
investors to excessive risk; failing to disclose known risks, including
those in the Bernie Madoff scandal; and engaging in multiple forms of
mortgage fraud. So why, asks Chicago Alderwoman Leslie Hairston,
are we still doing business with them? She plans to introduce a city
council ordinance deleting JPM from the city’s list of designated
municipal depositories. As quoted in the January 14th Chicago Sun-Times:
The bank has violated the city code by making admissions
of dishonesty and deceit in the way they dealt with their investors in
the mortgage securities and Bernie Madoff Ponzi scandals. . . . We use
this code against city contractors and all the small companies, why
wouldn’t we use this against one of the largest banks in the world?
A similar move has been recommended for the City of Los Angeles by
L.A. City Councilman Gil Cedillo. But in a January 19th editorial titled
“There’s No Profit in L A. Bashing JPMorgan Chase,”
the L.A. Times editorial board warned against pulling the city’s money
out of JPM and other mega-banks – even though the city attorney is suing
them for allegedly causing an epidemic of foreclosures in minority
neighborhoods. “L.A. relies on these banks,” says The Times, “for
long-term financing to build bridges and restore lakes, and for
short-term financing to pay the bills.” The editorial noted that a
similar proposal brought in the fall of 2011 by then-Councilman Richard
Alarcon, backed by Occupy L.A., was abandoned because it would have
resulted in termination fees and higher interest payments by the city.
It seems we must bow to our oppressors because we have no viable
alternative – or do we? What if there is an alternative that would not
only save the city money but would be a safer place to deposit its funds than in Wall Street banks? The Tiny State That Broke Free
There is a place where they don’t bow. Where they don’t park their
assets on Wall Street and play the mega-bank game, and haven’t for
almost 100 years. Where they escaped the 2008 banking crisis and have no
government debt, the lowest foreclosure rate in the country, the lowest
default rate on credit card debt, and the lowest unemployment rate.
They also have the only publicly-owned bank.
The place is North Dakota, and their state-owned Bank of North Dakota
(BND) is a model for Los Angeles and other cities, counties, and
states. Like the BND, a public bank of the
City of Los Angeles would not be a commercial bank and would not compete
with commercial banks. In fact, it would partner with them – using its
tax revenue deposits to create credit for lending programs through the
magical everyday banking practice of leveraging capital. The BND is a major money-maker for
North Dakota, returning about $30 million annually in dividends to the
treasury – not bad for a state with a population that is less than
one-fifth that of the City of Los Angeles. Every year since the 2008
banking crisis, the BND has reported a return on investment of 17-26%.
Like
the BND, a Bank of the City of Los Angeles would provide credit for
city projects – to build bridges, restore lakes, and pay bills – and
this credit would essentially be interest-free, since the city would own
the bank and get the interest back. Eliminating interest has been shown
to reduce the cost of public projects by 35% or more.
Awesome Possibilities
Consider what that could mean for Los
Angeles. According to the current fiscal budget, the LAX Modernization
project is budgeted at $4.11 billion. That’s the sticker price. But what
will it cost when you add interest on revenue bonds and other funding
sources? The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earthquake retrofit
boondoggle was slated to cost about $6 billion. Interest and bank fees
added another $6 billion. Funding through a public bank could have saved
taxpayers $6 billion, or 50%.
If Los Angeles owned its own bank,
it could also avoid costly “rainy day funds,” which are held by various
agencies as surplus taxes. If the city had a low-cost credit line with
its own bank, these funds could be released into the general fund,
generating massive amounts of new revenue for the city. The potential for the City and
County of Los Angeles can be seen by examining their respective
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs). According to the latest
CAFRs (2012), the City of Los Angeles has “cash, pooled and other
investments” of $11 billion beyond what is in its pension fund (page 85), and the County of Los Angeles has $22 billion (page 66).
To put these sums in perspective, the austerity crisis declared by the
State of California in 2012 was the result of a declared state budget
deficit of only $16 billion. The L.A. CAFR funds are currently
drawing only minimal interest. With some modest changes in regulations,
they could be returned to the general fund for use in the city’s budget,
or deposited or invested in the city’s own bank, to be leveraged into
credit for local purposes. Minimizing Risk
Beyond being a money-maker, a city-owned bank can minimize the risks
of interest rate manipulation, excessive fees, and dishonest dealings.
Another risk that must now be added to the list is that of
confiscation in the event of a “bail in.” Public funds are secured with
collateral, but they take a back seat
in bankruptcy to the “super priority” of Wall Street’s own derivative
claims. A major derivatives fiasco of the sort seen in 2008 could wipe
out even a mega-bank’s available collateral, leaving the city with empty
coffers.
The city itself could be propelled into bankruptcy by speculative
derivatives dealings with Wall Street banks. The dire results can be
seen in Detroit, where the emergency manager, operating on behalf of the
city’s creditors, put it into bankruptcy to force payment on its debts.
First in line were UBS and Bank of America, claiming speculative
winnings on their interest-rate swaps, which the emergency manager paid
immediately before filing for bankruptcy. Critics say the swaps were
improperly entered into and were what propelled the city into
bankruptcy. Their propriety is now being investigated by the bankruptcy judge. Not Too Big to Abandon
Mega-banks might be too big to fail. According to U.S. Attorney
General Eric Holder, they might even be too big to prosecute. But they
are not too big to abandon as depositories for government funds. There may indeed be no profit in bashing JPMorgan Chase, but there would be profit in pulling deposits out and putting them in Los Angeles’ own public bank. Other major cities currently exploring that possibility include San Franciscoand Philadelphia. If North Dakota can bypass Wall
Street with its own bank and declare its financial independence, so can
the City of Los Angeles. And so can the County. And so can the State of
California. Ellen Brown is an attorney, chairman of the Public Banking Institute, and author of 12 books including The Public Bank Solution. She is currently running for California state treasurer on the Green Party ticket.
32 Statistics That Obama Neglected To Mention During The State Of The Union Address
By Michael Snyder, on January 29th, 2014
Show
this article to anyone that believes that the economy has actually
improved under Barack Obama. On Tuesday evening, Barack Obama once
again attempted to convince all of us that things have gotten better
while he has been in the White House. He quoted a few figures, used
some flowery language and made a whole bunch of new promises. And even
though he has failed to follow through on his promises time after time,
millions upon millions of Americans continue to believe him. In fact,
you can find a list of 82 unfulfilled promises from his previous State
of the Union addresses right here.
Soon we will have even more to add to that collection. At this point,
you have to wonder if Obama even believes half the stuff that he is
saying. Of course it is extremely unlikely that he is going to come out
and admit that he has failed and that he has been lying to us this
whole time, but without a doubt the gap between reality and what he is
saying to the public is becoming ridiculously huge. To say that his
credibility is "strained" would be a massive understatement. No, things
have not been getting better in America. In fact, they continue to get
even worse. The following are 32 statistics that Obama neglected to
mention during the State of the Union address... #1 According to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, only 28 percent of all Americans believe that the country is moving in the right direction. #2 In 2008, 53 percent of all Americans considered themselves to be "middle class". In 2014, only 44 percent of all Americans consider themselves to be "middle class". #3 In 2008, 25 percent of all Americans in the 18 to
29-year-old age bracket considered themselves to be "lower class". In
2014, an astounding 49 percent of them do. #4 Right now there is approximately a billion square feet of vacant retail space in the United States. #5 There are 46.5 million Americans that are living in poverty, and the poverty rate in America has been at 15 percent or above for 3 consecutive years. That is the first time that has happened since 1965. #6 Barack Obama says that the unemployment rate has
declined to 6.7 percent, but if the labor force participation rate was
at the long-term average it would actually be approximately 11.5 percent, and it has stayed at about that level since the end of the last recession. #7 While Barack Obama has been in the White House, the number of Americans on food stamps has gone from 32 million to 47 million. #8 While Barack Obama has been in the White House,
the percentage of working age Americans that are actually working has
declined from 60.6 percent to 58.6 percent. #9 While Barack Obama has been in the White House, the average duration of unemployment in the United States has risen from 19.8 weeks to 37.1 weeks. #10 While Barack Obama has been in the White House,
social benefits as a percentage of real disposable income has risen from
about 17 percent to nearly 21 percent. #11 While Barack Obama has been in the White House,
the rate of homeownership in the United States has fallen to levels that
we have not seen in nearly two decades. #12 While Barack Obama has been in the White House, median household income in the United States has fallen for five years in a row. #13 While Barack Obama has been in the White House, the average cost of a gallon of gasoline has gone from $1.85 to $3.27. #14 At the end of Barack Obama's first year in office, our yearly trade deficit with China was 226 billion dollars. Now it is over 300 billion dollars. #15 Workers are taking home the smallest share of the income pie that has ever been recorded. #16 Sadly, 1,687,000 fewer Americans have jobs today compared to exactly six years ago even though the population has grown significantly since then. #17 One recent study found that about 60 percent of the jobs that have been "created" since the end of the last recession pay $13.83 or less an hour. #18 Only 47 percent of all adults in America have a full-time job at this point. #19 It is hard to believe, but an astounding 53 percent of all American workers make less than $30,000 a year. #20 The Obama years have been absolutely brutal for small businesses. According to economist Tim Kane, the following is how the number of startup jobs per 1000 Americans breaks down by presidential administration...
Bush Sr.: 11.3
Clinton: 11.2
Bush Jr.: 10.8
Obama: 7.8 #21 You can still buy a house in the city of Detroit for just one dollar. #22 The U.S. cattle herd is at a 61 year low. #23 It is being projected that health insurance premiums for healthy 30-year-old men will rise by an average of 260 percent under Obamacare. #24 According to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, an all-time record 49.2 percent of all Americans are receiving benefits from at least one government program each month. #25 When Barack Obama was first elected, the U.S. debt to GDP ratio was under 70 percent. Today, it is up to 101 percent. #26 The U.S. national debt is on pace to more than double
during the eight years of the Obama administration. In other words,
under Barack Obama the U.S. government will accumulate more debt than it
did under all of the other presidents in U.S. history combined. #27 Right now, there are 1.2 million students
that attend public schools in the United States that are homeless.
That number has risen by 72 percent since the start of the last
recession. #28 Only 35 percent of all Americans say that they are better off financially than they were a year ago. #29 Only 19 percent of all Americans believe that the job market is better than it was a year ago. #30 According to a recent CNN poll, 70 percent of all Americans believe that "the economy is generally in poor shape". #31 According to a recent Pew Research survey, only 19 percent of all Americans trust the government. Back in 1958, 73 percent of all Americans trusted the government. #32 According to another poll that was recently released, 70 percent
of all Americans do not have confidence that the government will "make
progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in
2014."
If 3 Inches Of Snow Can Cause This Much Chaos In Atlanta, What Will Economic Collapse Look Like?
By Michael Snyder, on January 29th, 2014
This week, three inches of snow “paralyzed” the ninth-largest city in the United States, and the highways of Atlanta “resembled a scene in a post-apocalyptic world”
according to national news reports. Hundreds of cars were abandoned on
the side of the road, people were spending the night in churches and
grocery stores, and many walked for hours in a desperate attempt to get
home or find needed provisions. So if three inches of snow can cause
this much chaos in one of our major cities, what will a full-blown
economic collapse look like? Most Americans have no idea how fragile
our way of life is. In the event of a major natural disaster, a massive EMP blast or a complete economic meltdown, our lives would change very rapidly, and most people are totally unprepared for that.
In Atlanta, a relatively minor snowfall has resulted in the deaths of
5 people, more than 100 injuries, and some commuters reported being
stuck in traffic for up to 18 hours. According to USA Today, highways around Atlanta resembled “a post-apocalyptic world” at the height of the storm…
The usually bustling roadways in the Atlanta metropolitan area resembled a scene in a post-apocalyptic world during and after Tuesday’s snow and ice storm.
Cars abandoned at odd angles on side streets, thoroughfares and major
interstates. People in this car-dependent city walked for miles,
hunched over and huddled from the cold. Many had no coats, hats or
gloves.
“It was a like a scene from The Walking Dead,” said Maura Neill, 38, referring to the television series about a post-apocalyptic world overtaken by zombies.
Once our normal routines are disrupted, it is amazing how rapidly
people start thinking about supplies of food and water. Just check out
this report from CNN…
“I’m eight months’ pregnant and have my 3-year-old with me,” Atlanta-area resident Katie Norman Horne said on SnowedOutAtlanta, a Facebook page set up to help stranded motorists.
“We’ve been in the car
for over 12 hours. We are fine on gas but is anyone near on the road and
might happen to have any food or some water?”
In Atlanta, 940
accidents were confirmed, with more than 100 of them involving injuries,
the Georgia public safety commissioner said.
In Alabama, at least
five people died Tuesday in weather-related traffic accidents. The
governor deployed 350 National Guard troops to help motorists.
And because thousands upon thousands of commuters simply could not get home, many of them started seeking shelter wherever they could find it…
Students camped out with teachers in school gyms or on
buses and commuters abandoned cars along the highway to seek shelter in
churches, fire stations — even grocery stores — after a rare snowstorm
left thousands of unaccustomed Southerners frozen in their tracks.
You can see some incredible pictures from the “snowpocalypse” in Atlanta right here.
Remember, this was just a temporary “emergency” caused by just three inches of snow that everyone knew would soon pass.
So how will people respond when a real crisis strikes that is not temporary?
We live at a time when we tend to think that we are invulnerable because of our technology.
But that simply is not true.
For example, just because this winter was a bit colder than expected, it has created a shortage of propane heating fuel in more than 30 states…
The governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad, has called on
President Barack Obama to act as bitter winter weather caused a shortage
of propane heating fuel and a massive spike in prices in some of the
coldest regions of the US.
Propane is used by more than 12m households across the country,
according industry statistics, and its shortage has led to a state of
emergency being declared in more than 30 states. Prices are up more than
17% from a year ago, according to the US Energy Information
Administration.
Ahead of the president’s State of the Union speech, Branstad has written to Obama expressing
his concern about a crisis now sweeping the midwest: “Prices in some
midwest locations have now exceeded $5 per gallon. Such prices are
unsustainable for families, farmers and businesses,” he wrote.
So what would happen if a real crisis happened?
For instance, what would happen if something caused the trucks in America to stop running?
What would life look like?
Well, according to a report put out by the American Trucker Associations entitled “When Trucks Stop, America Stops“, life would get “apocalyptic” quite rapidly…
A Timeline Showing the Deterioration of Major Industries Following a Truck Stoppage
The first 24 hours
• Delivery of medical supplies to the affected area will cease.
• Hospitals will run out of basic supplies such as syringes and
catheters within hours. Radiopharmaceuticals will deteriorate and become
unusable.
• Service stations will begin to run out of fuel.
• Manufacturers using just-in-time manufacturing will develop component shortages.
• U.S. mail and other package delivery will cease.
Within one day
• Food shortages will begin to develop.
• Automobile fuel availability and delivery will dwindle, leading to skyrocketing prices and long lines at the gas pumps.
• Without manufacturing components and trucks for product delivery,
assembly lines will shut down, putting thousands out of work.
Within two to three days
• Food shortages will escalate, especially in the face of hoarding and consumer panic.
• Supplies of essentials—such as bottled water, powdered milk, and
canned meat—at major retailers will disappear.
• ATMs will run out of cash and banks will be unable to process
transactions.
• Service stations will completely run out of fuel for autos and trucks.
• Garbage will start piling up in urban and suburban areas.
• Container ships will sit idle in ports and rail transport will be disrupted, eventually coming to a standstill.
Within a week
• Automobile travel will cease due to the lack of fuel. Without autos
and busses, many people will not be able to get to work, shop for
groceries, or access medical care.
• Hospitals will begin to exhaust oxygen supplies.
Within two weeks
• The nation’s clean water supply will begin to run dry.
Within four weeks
• The nation will exhaust its clean water supply and water will be
safe for drinking only after boiling. As a result gastrointestinal
illnesses will increase, further taxing an already weakened health care
system.
This timeline presents only the primary effects of a freeze on truck
travel. Secondary effects must be considered as well, such as inability
to maintain telecommunications service, reduced law enforcement,
increased crime, increased illness and injury, higher death rates, and
likely, civil unrest.
Sadly, most Americans have made absolutely no preparations for a major crisis of that magnitude.
They just have complete and total faith that the system will always be able to take care of them.
Someday when we do experience a great national crisis, those people will be totally blindsided by it.
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Project Thor –
Project Thor or Thor’s Hammer is a space based defense system utilizing
tungsten rods to create kinetic energy weapons. On the surface of it
Thor was designed to hit Soviet installations and military forces using a
very lethal but non-nuclear system. In reality as quick as Thor can be
used to target the surface of the Earth it could also be rotated to
fire these rods out into space at slow moving targets or with the proper
trajectory it could be fired against larger bodies like the Moon or
even Mars, theoretically.
Ok
so at this point we can see starting in the late 1950’s there was an
aggressive line of research coming out of the military to build space
based weapons. At the same time the military, both Soviet and American,
embarked on a manned battle platform strategy.
So why the falsification?
I
will also give you one final element to ponder. Back in the 1950’s
there was a man named Valiant Thor. Valiant Thor claimed to have been
from Venus, and maybe he was, but he was taken to the Pentagon and along
with his two companions had some sort of briefing inside the Pentagon.
By Michael Snyder, on January 29th, 2014
By Michael Snyder, on January 29th, 2014
