16th
2015 October 10 – 16
2015 October 10 – 16
Fly, assassins. Fly!
A cache of classified documents reveals the inner workings of US drone operations in Somalia, Yemen, and Afghanistan. They describe the procedure for assassinating people by remote control. The whistleblower wants to remain anonymous because of Obama’s aggressive prosecution against previous whistleblowers. He says that Americans have a right to know the process by which people are placed on kill lists and then assassinated. The eight articles included in this group come from The Intercept, the same publication that is working with Edward Snowden. The Intercept 2015 Oct 15 (Story) (Cached)
What are we to think of assassination as an official policy of governments?
What are we to think of assassination as an official policy of governments?
The lead article this week reveals in minute detail how the US military tracks and kills people around the globe who are labeled as terrorists. It is difficult to read that without becoming fearful for our own safety, not because we are terrorists or enemies of America, but because just the opposite is true.
To love one’s country is not the same as loving the leaders of one’s country. It often has happened in history that the highest level of patriotism requires opposition to corruption within one’s government. The problem with that is obvious. Government leaders are the ones who get to say who the nation’s enemies are. If the leaders are corrupt, they will declare that anyone attempting to expose their corruption is an enemy of the state. In today’s world, that translates into being a domestic terrorist.
Many Americans approve assassination of terrorists because they accept the verdict handed down by the CIA and the President that the targets really are enemies of the American people 
who are plotting to bring death and destruction to Main street, USA.
Let us not challenge that assumption. Let us believe that all of those targets in the Middle East really were threats to citizens of the United States. Even so, a military strategy that kills nine innocent civilians for every one enemy combatant is not defensible. In a future global tribunal, it even might be called a war crime.
The thing that causes uneasiness over safety here at home is that corrupted leaders will go to any length to preserve their power. It is clear to me that we are rapidly approaching the point where anyone who opposes or even criticizes a political leader will be declared a domestic terrorist, the lap-dog media will repeat the accusation with solemnity, the uninformed public will accept it as truth, and the drones will be re-programmed for use right here at home.
That is where we are headed, but we don’t have to get there. If we can accelerate the growth of the present freedom movement and become a unifying force among all organizations seeking the victory of individualism over collectivism, we will be able to change nameplates on the doors in Congress and rescue our government from its captors. In doing so, we also will be rescuing ourselves.
G. Edward Griffin
2015 October 16
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
China has created artificial islands on reefs in the South China Sea, which it has declared as new sovereign territory. The US and Australia are planning to patrol the area, and China says it will respond with military force if warships come closer than twelve nautical miles. ZeroHedge 2015 Oct 15 (Story) (Cached)
President Obama announced that he is canceling his plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan during his presidency. He said that the current force of 9,800 will remain through 2016. [Our view is that he did not cancel his plan because he never really had such a plan in the first place. It was just campaign rhetoric.] CBS News 2015 Oct 15 (Story)
Theoretical physicist and former Princeton professor, Freeman Dyson, is a Democrat and Obama supporter who says that Obama is very wrong about global warming. He also says that pollution from fossil fuels should not be confused with global warming and that increasing levels of CO2 are beneficial, not harmful. Fox News 2015 Oct 15 (Story) (Cached)
Twenty Syrian migrants in a makeshift camp in Berlin are suing the Berlin government for taking too long to provide better shelter and benefits. Germany is separating Syrian war refugees from economic migrants from other areas of the Middle East and Africa. Odisfun 2015 Oct 14 (Story)
US: The Oath Keepers organization is introducing a program to teach high-school and college students how to defend themselves and fight back against shooters. The first chapter will be established at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon where nine students victims were killed earlier this month. Washington Times 2015 Oct 14 (Story) (Cached)
A small airline now is being paid by the Swedish government to fly migrants from the Middle East directly to Sweden where they are granted asylum. Is it any wonder the number of migrants continues to rise? InfoWars 2015 Oct 14 (Story) (Cached)
Georgia: Fifteen members of a group formed to defend the right to fly the Confederate flag were charged with terrorism by a grand jury. The charge is based on a verbal confrontation, during a motor parade, between the pro-flag group and participants at a party at the home of a black family. CBS News 2015 Oct 13 (Story)
UK: Landlords renting to illegal immigrants could face five years in jail. Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing a bill to create a ‘hostile environment’ for illegal immigrants. Under the proposed measures, migrants could face six months in prison for working illegally, and public-sector workers would be required to speak fluent English. AFP 2015 Oct 13 (Story) (Cached)
During the Democrat Presidential-candidate debate, former Virgina Governor, Jim Webb, defended the Second Amendment, saying that it is a right and tradition for Americans to defend themselves. He added: “There are people at high levels in this government who have bodyguards 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The average American does not have that and deserves the right to be able to protect their family.” CNN 2015 Oct 13 (Story)
Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the US, lost 10% of its market value today, a decline of $21 billion. Most of the loss was due to higher employee wages. About 500,000 store employees received raises as high as $9 an hour. Wal-Mart’s stock has fallen 30% this year which is a sign that investors believe that dividends will suffer in the wake of higher salaries. Fox Business 2015 Oct 13 (Story) (Cached)
India: The government’s new ‘gold monetization’ program is an attempt to persuade its citizenry to “recycle” their gold back into the economy so the country will not have to import so much. It is estimated that 20,000 tons of gold are held by citizens as their primary form of savings. The government and the banks want them to use their paper money, instead. It will be difficult to convince the Indian people that paper is better than gold. Only more advanced societies fall for that ploy. AFP 2015 Oct 13 (Story)
How to listen to (and delete) everything you have ever said to Google. Google records and stores the voice commands and comments of all users of Google Voice Search. Here is a quick guide to how to retrieve and delete that recording. Guardian 2015 Oct 13 (Story) (Cached)
Germany: 250,000 activists protested in Berlin over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty being drafted by the European Union and the United States. Opponents say the trade deal will benefit large corporations at the expense of average citizens. Many trains and more than 600 buses were chartered to bring protesters to Berlin. Over three million people have signed an online petition calling on the European Commission to abandon the deal. True Activist 2015 Oct 12 (Story) (Cached)
US: The EPA spends $75 million per year on military weapons. These include guns, body armor, camouflage equipment, unmanned aircraft, radar, night-vision gear, and amphibious assault ships. When the agency comes knocking, it is further armed with a thousand lawyers, arrest-and-criminal data, and business-and-property histories. All this to protect the environment. Washington Times 2015 Oct 12 (Story) (Cached)
Greece: The government announced that it will prohibit civil servants and pensioners from withdrawing more than €150 per week from their banking and savings accounts. Any spending above that limit will have to be done through credit and debit cards. The government says this will combat tax evasion, but it also is the first phase of a larger plan to eliminate cash altogether. ZeroHedge 2015 Oct 12 (Story) (Cached)
The US military air-dropped 50 tons of ammunition to so-called moderate rebel groups in Syria, and an unidentified official gave his assurance that the weapons fell to ‘friendly’ forces. The US has a strange history of giving weapons to its enemies. Meanwhile, Russians are dropping bombs on the same forces that receive US weapons. Nothing is what it seems. ZeroHedge 2015 Oct 12 (Story) (Cached)
‘Peeple’ is an app to rate individuals on the web, similar to Yelp, but designed to allow negative comments (that would stay online indefinitely) even if the person being rated did not agree to participate. Because of the potential for abuse by competitors and pranksters, the Facebook account of the promoter of the concept was hit with thousands of negative comments, and the company’s website was shut down after it was attacked and hacked. Ironically, Peeple became the victim of its own idea. Daily Herald 2015 Oct 11 (Story) (Cached)
Ankara, Turkey: Unidentified terrorists set off twin bombs in a crowd of 14,000 pro-Kurd peace demonstrators that killed 95 and injured more than 500. The country now is on the verge of civil war, because the government is fighting the Kurds in the southern part of Turkey. The US and Kurdish forces are fighting ISIS in Iraq and Turkey. CNN 2015 Oct 11 (Story) (Cached)
Durham, Ontario, Canada: Raw-milk dairy farmer, Michael Schmidt, was raided by multiple law-enforcement agencies, but they backed down when they became outnumbered by protesters. When the police threatened the protesters, they volunteered to be arrested. HealthWorks posted 2015 Oct 10 (Story) (Cached)
Roseburg, Oregon, was the site of a school shooting last week that left nine people dead. Obama made a personal visit to Roseburg after saying he intended to politicize the tragedy to create support for gun control. Hundreds of people gathered for his arrival, not to welcome him, but to tell him to go home. Fox News posted 2015 Oct 10 (Story)
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James Fetzer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota, delivers a shocking and highly controversial analysis of the recently declassified CIA document regarding the Kennedy Assassination. His view of what happened that day and who was involved will make your brain spin. We are publishing this, not because we endorse it, but because we think that, as long as the official story continues to contain so many impossibilities and absurdities, all theories should remain on the table. PressTV 2015 Oct 12 (Story)
Peter Sutherland, the UN representative for international migration, said that the US and the EU have a legal and moral obligation to accept migrants. He described sovereignty as “illusory” and would like to see migration become a “right” enforced by the UN. He advocates what he calls “integration”, but that is merely a code word for the merger of nations into a world government based on the model of collectivism in which national sovereignty no longer exists. New American 2015 Oct 10 (Story) (Cached)
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An obituary printed in the London Times:
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
– Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
– Why the early bird gets the worm;
– Life isn’t always fair;
– And maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death
-by his parents, Truth and Trust,
-by his wife, Discretion,
-by his daughter, Responsibility,
-and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 5 stepbrothers:
– I Know My Rights
– I Want It Now
– Someone Else Is To Blame
– I’m A Victim
– Pay me for Doing Nothing.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
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A ‘THEATER’ OF WAR?
2015 Oct 20 from: Bruce Vetter
During periods of war, areas of conflict are called “theaters”. How odd! Theaters are places of entertainment. Who ever found war entertaining but perhaps those “driving the bus” of other’s existence. Who’s driving this bus, and why do they enjoy this “theater” so much? I served in the military aboard nuclear submarines in the 60’s as a reactor operator. I was a part of this theater. General Smedley Butler summed it up when he said “war is a racket”. http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html#c1
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A SECOND LOOK AT THE THEORY OF HIV
2015 Oct 20 from: John Kerr
Dear Mr. Griffin, I have watched (and enjoyed) many of your YouTube videos. I agree with your point of view on most topics (including The Fed, cancer, political motives, Chem trails, etc…). However I’m a bit confused on your message about “The HIV/AIDS Fraud”. Admittedly, I haven’t dug real deeply into the “Fraud” point of view. I certainly know Pharmaceuticals will pull any dirty trick to make a buck and fool the public.
REPLY FROM GEG:
Hello John.
The short answer is that
(1) No one has ever seen the HIVirus. It is theoretical.
(2) The test for HIV produces false-positive results from multiple types of infections, including the common cold.
(3) When we read that HIV is killing more and more people (in Africa, for example) the total death rate does not increase. It remains remarkably constant, suggesting that people are dying of the same old diseases re-labeled as HIV because of false-positive tests.
(4) AIDS is the correct name; It is an auto-immune disorder syndrome. That means it is a breakdown of the immune system, not caused by a mythical virus, but by drugs (recreational or prescription) – and the result is a syndrome of symptoms of well-known diseases that take over when the immune system is compromised. They are dying from cancer, pneumonia, malnutrition, etc. but their death certificates show AIDS.
(5) The treatment of choice, AZT, is highly destructive of the immune system, thereby, creating the illness for which it is prescribed. Give AZT to healthy people and there is an excellent chance they will die from AIDS. This is similar to treating cancer with chemotherapy.
(6) The HIV myth is highly profitable to the health-care industry with most of the cost being picked up by taxpayers.
(7) Hundreds of thousands of needless deaths.
Thanks for asking.
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CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING THEIR OWN SON
2015 Oct 14 from Joe Ferguson
Hi Ed. I just finished watching the first episode of The Truth About Cancer. It is great! I hope that MILLIONS will see it. Of course, I already know all that stuff because I have been reading the works of that genius, G. Edward Griffin, for about 40 years! But it is great to see all of that information put together in one package.
There was a case here in Utah in about 2005 involving a boy named Parker Jensen, son of Daren and Barbara Jensen. The state of Utah tried to take possession of Parker, claiming that he had some rare condition and wanted to force him to take chemotherapy treatments. His parents took him out of the state to Idaho. They were charged with kidnapping THEIR OWN SON!!! Parker is now alive and well without the chemo!
Fortunately, there was a great outcry here, and several bills were passed in the state legislature protecting parental rights. A most interesting case study.
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THE PROTECTION-RACKET STATE
2015 Oct 11 from Chris
Ed, I’m currently reading an intriguing book entitled, The Rise and Fall of Jewish Gangsters in America, by Albert Fried. It’s a brief historical survey of the subject, which existed in the Lower East Side, NYC, beginning in the late 1800’s.
If there’s one thing that comes through loud and clear it’s this: Gangsters didn’t fall, they morphed from bad guys to good guys. In other words, the gangsters of yesteryear are today’s financiers, businessmen, public officials, and bureaucrats. Their system of shake-down is the government, and their thugs are all the police and military that they have at their disposal.
The fact is, we don’t live in a slave-state, as I formerly supposed. Instead, we live in a protection-racket-nation. I believe this is the new model for the new age, being built from the best materials and methods of all prior ages.
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GUN-FREE ZONES FOR POLITICIANS?
2015 Oct 11 from Kay Causey
Dear Mr. Griffin, I have what I think is a great idea. Start a petition advocating a “gun-free zone” for the White House and the Congress. They love “gun-free zones” (such hypocrisy). It would almost be a parody – but I think it would get MEGA attention if the right group sent it out. I would surely sign it and have MANY friends who would also. I, myself, could start a petition, but I am a nobody. This would take a huge organization. Could you put out some feelers to get this done?
REPLY FROM GEG:
Of course, it would never be taken seriously, but it could get a lot of attention and dramatize the absudity of gun-free zones in schools. Anyone want to run with this? Perhaps we could host it here at NTK, gather the signatures, publish the numbers, and keep the news stories coming. Any voluteers to organize the petition campaign and head up a Coalition for Gun-Free Zones for Politicians?
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