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2015 December 12 – 18
2015 December 12 – 18
Retired Colonel tells why America’s ship is sinking
Retired Colonel tells why America’s ship is sinking
A retired U.S. Army Colonel, who was the national-security adviser to the Reagan administration and assistant to Secretary-of-State Colin Powell during both Bush administrations, has broken silence to warn the American people why their ship-of-state is sinking.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says that the primary goal of US foreign policy is to create wars to justify profits for the military-industrial complex. This process has reached the point where it 
actually diminishes US power and has lead the nation to the brink of economic and political collapse. The process is driven by a small group of power elites who are the ruling plutocracy. He says that the war over resources in the Middle East is a global power struggle with China and Russia for oil and water. He is not sure that the ship can be saved. Empire Files 2015 Dec 13 (Story)
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
An entire county’s public schools were closed today in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley region following a controversial homework assignment. In a calligraphy assignment, students were asked to write, in Arabic, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah”. Daily Beast 2015 Dec 18 (Story)
The first criminal charges to stem from the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino will be brought against Enrique Marquez, a long-time friend and former neighbor of gunman Syed Rizwan Farook. It was Marquez who bought the semi-automatic rifles that were used in the killing of 14 people a few weeks ago. NBC News 2015 Dec 18 (Story)
France’s former Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, said in a TV show recorded in 2013 that Britain planned to invade Syria long before protests against Assad began, and that it would do this in order to defend Israel. Activist Post 2015 Dec 17 (Story) (Cached)
US Senator, Jeff Sessions, criticized his fellow Republicans for supporting the new Omnibus spending bill. The 2000-page bill would fund the President’s refugee program; fund sanctuary cities; fund the resettlement of illegal aliens youth and their families crossing the border; lock-in welfare payments (in the form of tax credits) to illegal aliens; and increase the number of foreign workers permitted to replace Americans workers. Prison Planet 2015 Dec 17 (Story)
The Open Ledger Project is an effort by a consortium of banks to adapt bitcoin technology to their own operations. Two of the strongest appeals of bitcoin are that banks are not needed and there is no way to know the identities of those making transactions. [Although details of the Open Ledger Project are not released at this time, it is certain that any system acceptable to the banks or to governments will not include these features.] Wired 2015 Dec 17 (Story) (Cached)
ISIS produces nearly 40 pieces of propaganda each day in various formats ranging from video, to print, to radio. ISIS’ media operations are the group’s primary recruitment tool. The US government refuses to authorize bombing those media outlets, claiming concern over killing civilians. ZeroHedge 2015 Dec 17 (Story) (Cached)
A Turkish member of parliament, Eren Erdem, is facing charges of treason for revealing that ISIS had smuggled poison gas through Turkey for use in Syria, and that Turkish officials did nothing to stop them. Gateway Pundit 2015 Dec 16 (Story) (Cached)
In the latest Republican debate, Governor Christie called for shooting down any Russian planes that fly over Syria in violation of a US no-fly declaration – even though the Russians have been invited to do so by Syria and Iraq. Senator Rand Paul responded by telling the applauding audience that, if they want WW3, Governor Christie is their candidate. InfoWars 2015 Dec 16 (Story)
US: The new Omnibus spending bill, now being considered, likely will be passed with little or no debate. It contains revisions to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act that will significantly reduce privacy safeguards in the gathering of personal information on citizens. Wired 2015 Dec 16 (Story) (Cached)
Baltimore, Maryland: A mistrial has been declared in the case of Baltimore Police Officer, William Porter, who was charged with the mysterious death of Freddie Gray from injuries incurred while in a police van. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous agreement, partly because the judge denied their request to see the transcript of testimony of witnesses. BBC 2015 Dec 16 (Story) (Cached)
New York: Carolyn Walker-Diallo was elected last month as a judge in Brooklyn’s 7th Municipal District and she took her oath of office using the Koran, the holy book of Islam. NY Daily News 2015 Dec 16 (Story) (Cached)
Thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza in support of Hamas, a militant group that believes that only resistance can liberate occupied Palestinian territories. Press TV 2015 Dec 15 (Story)
US: Congressional auditors found that the Environmental Protection Agency broke the law by launching a social-media propaganda campaign to generate support for its Clean Water Rule that gives federal power over streams and wetlands. New American 2015 Dec 15 (Story) (Cached)
The Saudi government announced it is creating a new military force to oppose terrorism and extremism saying that the killing of innocent victims is against the Islamic religion. This is in the wake of increasing international criticism of the Saudis for financing ISIS. AFP 2015 Dec 15 (Story)
Israel says it has conducted a successful test of its Arrow-3 missile. It is capable of destroying targets in space, incoming ballistic missiles, and space satellites. The system was developed by Israel and the US Missile Defense Agency. CNN 2015 Dec 14 (Story)
The US Supreme Court, in a case originating in California, has ruled that state laws relating to contracts are preempted by federal law in matters relating to arbitration. Huff Post 2015 Dec 14 (Story) (Cached)
The Yemeni army, backed by popular committees loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement, attacked a Saudi military headquarters in the Yemen’s southwestern province with a surface-to-surface missile that killed more than 80 Saudi troops, including 42 Blackwater mercenaries. The missile also destroyed property that belonged to Blackwater, including two Patriot missile systems, three Apache helicopters, and more than 50 military vehicles. Amnesty International previously condemned Saudi Arabia’s deliberate strikes on schools and hospitals in Yemen as war crimes, calling for the prosecution of those involved. Soldier of Fortune 2015 Dec 13 (Story)
Mexican drug cartels have moved into North Dakota to supply the demand for drugs in the all-male camps for oil workers. CNN posted 2015 Dec 12 (Story)
US: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says that individuals with ties to terrorist groups in Syria have intentions of infiltrating the United States through the Obama refugee program. Judicial Watch posted 2015 Dec 12 (Story) (Cached)
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ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
News and commentaries that reveal historical facts and trends that place current events into perspective and make it possible to anticipate future events.
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has three astounding predictions for the future: (1) Machines will sense and understand human emotions; (2) Humans will command machines through mind control; and (3) New materials will include invisibility cloaks, artificial skin, and self-repairing architecture. Activist Post 2015 Dec 15 (Story) (Cached)
Officials from nearly 200 nations reached agreement over the weekend in Paris to move forward in a commitment to create a super-fund to reduce carbon emissions. Dr. Tim Ball, a former professor of climatology at the University of Winnipeg, said that the agenda is a scam from top to bottom that has nothing to do with improving the planet. It is all about money and power. WND 2015 Dec 14 (Story) (Cached)
WHO SAID THAT?
HUMOR
HUMOR
Need to Know is as serious as it gets, but laughter is good for the soul and helps to keep our equilibrium amid the chaos. So, here are quips, gags, and images to put a smile on your face. If you have some you would like to share, please send them here.
When chemists die, apparently they barium.
I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down.
I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils.
What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
I dropped out of the Communism class because of lousy Marx.
All the toilets in New York’s police stations have been stolen. As of now, it appears the police have nothing to go on.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
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NEW CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
2015 Dec 18 from Larry Spitler
Dear Dear Friends, I am sorry that I have not been consistently responsive lately to your emails. I have been somewhat under the weather since my doctors informed me that I have an acute case of Post Islamic Stress Trauma with Apologetic White House Fatigue (PIST-AWF).
For those of you who do not know what that is, PIST-AWF is a newly defined disease that is found to be widespread and highly contagious. Symptoms include, but may not be limited to: Severe pain of the scalp from pulling your own hair while viewing the President pander to Muslim terrorists. Loose bowels from swallowing the fact we elected Obama twice. Extreme hunger due to vomiting from nightly seeing terrorists murdering innocent people.
If you feel you have Post Islamic Stress Trauma with Apologetic White House Fatigue, please notify your local election board and place your name on the list for a cure. It is hoped that the cure will be available in November of 2016.
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CANCER QUACKERY IN AUSTRALIA
2015 Dec 16 from Malcolm Hickman
Dear Mr. Griffin, A late cheer for your eighty-fourth birthday. Because of you, I’m 88. Thank you for saving my life, World Without Cancer was the beginning of a long road of discovery. I have a tumor on the upper lobe of my left lung. Quackery [in mainstream medicine] is alive and thriving in Australia. The FDA fear & corruption is here. The Government has just banned apricot kernels for the second time.
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HYPE IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
2015 Dec 9 from Robert Gregory
Your messages always seem hyped up with bold and big print – I wonder why?
RESPONSE FROM GEG:
This message is in response to a promotional mailing I made recently in which there was a headline and some bold text. The headline read: “Good news does not need hype” and it was followed by three testimonials from people who report health benefits from a product called Cardio Miracle.
Bold text was used in the heading of one paragraph and also as an example of common marketing hype. These bolded words add up to 33 out of 499 in the full article. Mr. Gregory feels that using larger type for an article headline or sectional headings and using bold type for emphasis in 6.6% of the article is hype. You can see the original message here.
However hype may be defined, it includes the concept of being distasteful and unacceptable. Therefore hype is in the eye of the beholder. I believe that the Cardio Miracle article is a fairly good example of restraint and good taste in preparing an advertising message and that it contains no hype whatsoever. However, if there is a broad public perception that I am resorting to the very hype I speak against, then I need to adjust my writing style. To help me with that, please let me know if you feel that my advertising messages are with or without hype. Please vote here.
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