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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
McGollum and the Hobbits
Post Date: 2011-08-01 14:15:39 by James Deffenbach
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"We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!" In the context of the fight over the debt ceiling, Martin Frost says the Tea Partiers are the Taliban. John Kerry says they're "absolutists and extremists." William Yoemans, writing at Politico, says they're "full-blown terrorists." The one thing that unites the above worthies is that they are registered collectivist Democrats. Thus, this is why they talk that way, for their intellectual passports are stamped with a hammer and sickle. But what of The Wall Street Journal, seconded by John McCain? The fiery, independent version ...
Court upholds 10-year term in medical pot case
Post Date: 2011-07-31 11:29:33 by freepatriot32
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A federal appeals court upheld the conviction and 10-year sentence Wednesday of a medical marijuana advocate who grew 32,000 pot plants for patients and fellow Rastafarians on his land in Lake County. The federal judge who sent Charles "Eddy" Lepp to prison in 2009 criticized the federal law that required a 10-year term for growing at least 1,000 marijuana plants. But U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of San Francisco said she was bound by the law, and the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed. "The statutory minimum sentence is not cruel and unusual punishment," the three- judge panel said. Federal agents arrested Lepp in 2004 after finding the marijuana ...
Bullshit: the perfect academic word for US debt, economic, war policies
Post Date: 2011-07-31 10:16:47 by Esso
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On Bullshit, Princeton professor Harry Frankfurt’s 2005 best-seller, defines “bullshit” as saying whatever necessary to dictate an audience’s interpretation of a subject. Bullshit is comprised of lies of omission and commission, of course, but shifts as needed to maintain the desired dictatorship (the literal “say” of what people perceive). Frankfurt observes that bullshit is more prevalent in politics than ever before, has zero respect for the truth, and is intentional and ongoing to replace facts. He explains in the video on the left. Frankfurt provides academic permission for Americans to use “bullshit” to describe US “leadership” ...
Police state insanity: teens arrested while waiting for parents in OKC curfew sweep
Post Date: 2011-07-31 04:58:30 by wudidiz
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 Police state insanity: teens arrested while waiting for parents in OKC curfew sweep Madison Ruppert, Contributing WriterActivist Post OKLAHOMA CITY - Last Saturday, around 20 teenagers were arrested for alleged curfew violations in front of a local movie theater. However, this action flies in the face of the law, no matter how it is interpreted. The city’s curfew statute sets the curfew at 11 PM, which was 20 minutes later than when the teens were rounded up like common criminals and taken to jail. The statute also allows for children to wait for rides from parents after attending a movie, even if it is after curfew, which, incidentally, was not the case ...
America's Media: Dancing Around The Debt Debate Charade
Post Date: 2011-07-31 04:32:39 by Stephen Lendman
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America's Media: Dancing Around the Budget Debate Charade - by Stephen Lendman Previous articles explained an Obama-led bipartisan conspiracy to destroy America's social contract, returning the nation to 19th harshness harshness. But you'd never know it from major media reports, op-eds and editorials, ducking the issue even when critical. The debate charade's gone on for weeks, both sides concealing their basic agreement on major cuts for political advantage. Republican strategy is attacking big government, excluding its biggest part related to defense spending, imperial wars, and one-sided support for corporate interests and America's super-rich. Waging no holds ...
Heading Toward Economic Ruin
Post Date: 2011-07-31 04:18:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Heading Toward Economic Ruin - by Stephen Lendman Bad policies assure bad results. Destructive ones assure calamities. Well before Obama took office, bipartisan initiatives plotted a course for disaster. Bush accelerated it. Obama much more, so today America hangs on the precipice of what a previous article called the banana republicanization of America - a kleptocracy run by corrupt politicians and corporate crooks, scamming the public with austerity, debt peonage, and banker occupation, heading them toward mass impoverishment, misery and neo-serfdom. Washington's current debt ceiling/budget debate centers around slashing entitlements and other social benefits to avoid a ...
Political Washington Fiddles While Rome Burns
Post Date: 2011-07-30 04:19:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Political Washington Fiddles While Rome Burns - by Stephen Lendman With an approaching August 2 deadline, Paul Craig Roberts assessed the state of things accurately like he always does, saying in his new article headlined, "Disastrous Outcomes From An Orchestrated Crisis:" "Americans need desperately to ask themselves why they put into political office such utterly irresponsible and incompetent people capable of creating such a totally unnecessary crisis loaded with such disastrous potential outcomes." Michael Hudson's new article also covered important ground headlined, "The Debt Ceiling Set For Progressive Repealing," saying: Obama's ...
Debt Ceiling Roulette
Post Date: 2011-07-29 04:18:47 by Stephen Lendman
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Debt Ceiling Roulette - by Stephen Lendman In this game, the house always wins. Bipartisan complicity stacked the deck against millions of working households, needing to know that political Washington is scamming them. The end result is the banana republicanization of America. American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter: 1862 - 1910) coined the term (his fictional Republic of Anchuria) in his book, "Cabbages and Kings." It refers to a country (often politically unstable and/or repressive) where a small percent of the population has a disproportionate share or wealth and power, where ordinary people are exploited, often persecuted, and where profits are privatized while ...
McCain uses Lord of the Rings to make fun of tea party
Post Date: 2011-07-27 16:08:15 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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McCain uses ‘Lord of the Rings’ to make fun of tea party Amid a speech on Washington’s self-inflicted debt crisis, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Wednesday that the tea party’s political strategy is essentially bogus and plays into Democrats’ hands, and urged tea party Republicans to support House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to extend the debt limit for another nine months. Describing the tea party’s strategy to force a rewrite of the Constitution by triggering a default, he concluded that their thinking was along the lines of something from “Lord of the Rings.” “And the tea party hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated ...
SMOKING GUN: PREPARATION FOR WAR ON THE PEOPLE
Post Date: 2011-07-27 10:02:14 by bush_is_a_moonie
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The ESTABLISHMENT has taken over, Looted our Republic and our People into bankruptcy, effectively denying us of our Constitutional Rights while preparing to make War on “We The People” for total Marxist One World Order governance.
THIS IS A FACTUAL DIATRIBE TO INFORM AND GUIDE CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOTS TO VICTORY.
Our Corrupt Officials are Usurpers, paid by the ESTABLISHMENT who have been caught red handed sending thousands of illegal guns to Mexico and other countries for no legal purpose so they could say that the guns and resultant killings were caused by legal gun sales in America. This was then a major gamble to create public support for ongoing efforts to promote gun control ...
Social and Economic Inequality in Israel
Post Date: 2011-07-27 04:41:43 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Style Free Trade's Dark Side - by Stephen Lendman Corporate predators seek cheap labor worldwide in countries like China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Haiti, Jordan, and many others. Employed in global sweatshops, they work up to 90 or more hours a week for sub-poverty wages under horrific conditions, enduring harassment, beatings, sexual abuse and rape. According to the group Sweatshop Watch: "A sweatshop is a workplace that violates the law and where workers are subject to: -- extreme exploitation, including the absence of a living wage or long hours; -- poor working conditions, such as health and safety hazards; -- arbitrary discipline, such as verbal or physical abuse, ...
America: Heading for Tyranny and Impoverishment
Post Date: 2011-07-27 04:24:36 by Stephen Lendman
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America: Heading for Tyranny and Impoverishment - by Stephen Lendman It's present, hardening, and threatening to subvert all constitutional and social rights. Among others, three previous articles discussed the danger, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2007/12/police-state-america-look-back-and.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/09/continuity-of-government-coup-detat.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/07/fix-is-in-washingtons-planned-social.html The first article covered post-9/11 police state laws, Executive Orders, Military Orders, as well as National and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (NSPDs and HSPDs). It addressed George ...
American Nightmare - Charlie
Post Date: 2011-07-26 14:11:03 by Esso
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The Missing Lesson From Norway: Never Trust a Man in Uniform
Post Date: 2011-07-26 06:44:47 by Ada
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Roughly a decade ago, Al Pacino starred in a movie entitled S1m0ne, a cyber-era updating of the Pygmalion myth in which a film director creates an uncannily realistic digital actress. Despite the fact that "Simone" was a computer-rendered composite fantasy, the lustrous blonde enchantress becomes a global pop culture sensation – a profitable illusion sustained through increasingly desperate acts of misdirection on the part of the director. It’s tempting to think that accused Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik is a S1m0ne-style digital fantasy drawn to specifications provided by Morris Dees’ so-called Southern Poverty Law Center. Breivik used social networking ...
$#IT like THIS is why people hate pigs!
Post Date: 2011-07-23 19:12:55 by James Deffenbach
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Poster Comment:This mouthy mf needs a big dose of lead poisoning or a necktie party.
Newark Cop: "I Can Do Whatever the Hell I Want"
Post Date: 2011-07-23 18:24:21 by freepatriot32
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While the consequences of his actions were not as horrific as those of the San Francisco police department over the weekend ( http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=oZi3plyxqBE ), this Newark, New Jersey police officer provides us a glimpse into the culture that seems to be pervading police departments across the United States. While there are no doubt great officers out there - those who understand what the Constitution stands for and the importance of ensuring that the Rule of Law is protected - it is the bad apples, who act not as servants of the people, but rather, agents of tyranny, that have lead the majority of Americans to distrust law enforcement in general.
Daily Pig Tales [AKA HERO Update!]
Post Date: 2011-07-23 08:08:22 by Eric Stratton
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Some of the highlights of the behavior of our nation's finest ... barbarians, liars, wife-beaters, child-beaters, rapists and sexual perverts, thieves, murderers, aggressive drivers guilty of road rage, and just general all-around douche bags and enemies of a free society. Respect for these "heroes" is due however according to the government(s)! Just remember, if they tell you to drop trow and bend over, do it quickly or you may not see tomorrow! July 23rd, 2011Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, July 22, 2011: San Francisco CA cop who cost city over $400k in multiple brutality claims is fired ...
The Fix Is In: Washington's Planned Social Contract Destruction
Post Date: 2011-07-23 04:29:27 by Stephen Lendman
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The Fix Is In: Washington's Planned Social Contract Destruction - by Stephen Lendman The criminal class in Washington is bipartisan, united against working household interests. In fact, lawmakers yield on virtually everything big money wants, notably when banks and other corporate favorites are affected. Last December, Obama capitulated to Republicans, rigging a deal for up to $1 trillion dollars in handouts, mostly to corporate giants and America's wealthy with working households almost entirely left out. They still are, enduring a protracted Main Street depression, stiff-armed by Obama-led bipartisan crooks. In fact, he's more crime boss than president - stealing from the ...
For your friends concerning 0bama's declared "openness policy"
Post Date: 2011-07-23 00:17:20 by buckeroo
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his shows the public campaign of Flickr photos of the storied White House Situation Room from January 23, 2009 to June 21, 2011. Second only to the Oval Office as an iconic, uniquely presidential, performance stage, the Situation Room has been campaigned by the Obama administration far in excess of any previous president. The campaign began modestly, about one photo per month, in low resolution. Gradually the number and resolution increased, as did number of views on Flickr. By far the peak of the campaign are the photos on May 1, 2011 which show Situation Room performance for the announcement of the Osama bin Laden raid and killing. Views of four photos from that day, over 3.8 million ...
Canton cop threatens to execute driver over weapons permit
Post Date: 2011-07-22 16:19:24 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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On June 8, 2011 the following unfortunate arrest took place in Canton, OH. Notifying the policy when you have a firearm is required by Ohio Law, but when this individual with a thirty-day old license tries to do that he is repeatedly ordered to look away, shut up, or interrupted and "forced" to change what he is speaking about by the actions of an aggressive cop who maintains verbal control of the situation. A two man car dealing with three people put itself at risk when one officer started what appears to be an illegal search of the rear of the car without extracting or securing the driver - which would have given him an opportunity to notify. What follows is horrific example ...
Feds Profiling Whites, Middle Class Americans As Terrorists
Post Date: 2011-07-22 14:48:05 by christine
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A shocking Department of Homeland Security video that caused outrage yesterday after it depicted white Americans as the most likely terrorists only confirms that the federal government is now profiling middle class America as the main terror threat, something that becomes made abundantly clear when one studies the history of training manuals and other literature put out by the feds that identifies politically active US citizens as domestic extremists. On the day that Janet Napolitano repeated rhetoric about “domestic terror” being the primary security threat, a newly released DHS video caused outrage by depicting white Americans as the most likely terrorists. The footage ...
Bahrain Unrest Stirs Unease in Washington
Post Date: 2011-07-22 04:38:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Bahraini Unrest Stirs Unease in Washington - by Stephen Lendman After months of ruling Al Khalifa family crackdowns against nonviolent protesters, political opponents, human rights activists, medical professionals, independent journalists, and others wanting democratic change, reports suggest Washington may move its Fifth Fleet elsewhere. According to the Australian and London Times, "Sources in Washington and the Gulf confirm (a) growing consensus" around the idea of relocating away from Bahrain because of unease over violence and instability. On July 21, Hugh Tomlinson said: "Politicians in Washington are concerned the navy's continued presence a few kilometres from ...
Michele Bachmann: Way Out There in the Blue
Post Date: 2011-07-22 04:23:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Michele Bachmann: Way Out There in the Blue - by Stephen Lendman Frances Fitzgerald titled her 2000 book on Reagan's Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative, "Way Out There in the Blue," leaving unsaid but letting readers conclude that America during his tenure was run by right wing extremists. He and most others around him were ideologically hard right, their legacy including: -- disdain for working Americans; -- contempt for the rule of law, civil liberties, human rights, and democratic freedoms; and -- support for concentrated wealth, power and budget-busting militarism. They backed: -- sweeping deregulation; -- destructive "free trade;" -- offshoring ...
'TOO CREEPY' - Google warns against facial recognition database
Post Date: 2011-07-21 19:14:38 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Google warns against facial recognition database Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has warned Governments against ‘foolish’ legislation – and said facial recognition is too creepy even for Google Eric Schmidt: 'I am incredibly optimistic about what is going to be possible in the next decade, we have spent our whole career getting to this point' Photo: AFP Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, has said that the search giant would not build a database capable of recognising individual faces even though it is increasingly possible. Mr Schmidt, speaking at Google’s ‘Big Tent’ conference on internet privacy, said that the ...
Leonard Peltier: Victimized by Criminal Injustice
Post Date: 2011-07-21 04:24:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Leonard Peltier: Victimized by Criminal Injustice - by Stephen Lendman A Leonard Peltier Defense Committee site can be accessed through the following link: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/theman.htm It calls him: -- an artist; -- writer; -- great-grandfather; -- 2007 Nobel Peace Prize nominee; -- 2004 Peace and Freedom Party primary ballot presidential candidate nominee; -- advocate of resolving all issues peacefully; -- human and indigenous rights activist; and -- wrongfully imprisoned political prisoner since 1976. Peltier was framed, convicted and imprisoned for the deaths of two FBI agents, killed during a 1975 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota shoot-out. Though ...
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