POLICE STATE 2011: 6 year old girl groped then drug tested by TSA

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Obama Installs New Guidelines To Aid Spying On Innocent Americans

National Counterterrorism Center given new privacy busting power

Steve Watson
March 23, 2012

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New guidelines put forth by the Obama administration will allow US spy agencies to keep records on innocent Americans without oversight for up to five years.

As theInvalid Link Removed, previously the National Counterterrorism Center, was legally obliged to immediately destroy information that it gathered about American citizens if it found no clear links to terrorism.

Following the 2009 Christmas day underpants bomber debacle, US representatives immediately called for the NCTC’s authority to be expanded, saying that there was not enough communication between intelligence agencies.
“Following the failed terrorist attack in December 2009, representatives of the counter-terrorism community concluded it is vital for NCTC to be provided with a variety of data sets from various agencies that contain terrorism information,” National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper Jr. said in a statement late Thursday.

“The ability to search against these data sets for up to five years on a continuing basis as these updated guidelines permit will enable NCTC to accomplish its mission more practically and effectively.”

The NCTC, made up of a combination of intelligence agencies and the Pentagon, was created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and has drawn criticism ever since for infringement on the Fourth Amendment and basic privacy rights.

“It is a vast expansion of the government’s surveillance authority,” Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center said of the new guidelines.

Noting that the new rules contravene the Federal Privacy Act, Rotenberg added “The fact that this data can be retained for five years on U.S. citizens for whom there’s no evidence of criminal conduct is very disturbing.”

An Obama administration official said that privacy will be safeguarded because there are strict measures in place to ensure that any intelligence gathered on American citizens “is likely to contain significant terrorism information.”

However, given that the Department of Homeland Security now Invalid Link Removed such as yawning, staring and goose pumps as “suspicious activity” indicative of terrorism, those assurances are unlikely to appease concerned Americans.

 

[TomGreen]

yep, no doubt we are living in an orwellian nightmare. whats crazy is people use double-think too, they literally block all of reality and whats going on and are overly involved with sports and things of no importance. they can see the NDAA bill, patriot act, homlenad security, TSA, and all these things and just completely ignore it.

 

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yep, no doubt we are living in an orwellian nightmare. whats crazy is people use double-think too, they literally block all of reality and whats going on and are overly involved with sports and things of no importance. they can see the NDAA bill, patriot act, homlenad security, TSA, and all these things and just completely ignore it.

everyone I know...

everyone goes on business as usual.

this summer will be violent according to OWS, and this administration is gonna encourage that unrest-as the left has openly coordinate it- and then use the results for their agenda.

 

[AE14]

I love tinfoil

 

[ax1]

I love tinfoil

lol, what now?

 

[TomGreen]

how does pointing out facts about the Patriot Act, NDAA bill, TSA, Homeland Security, Indefinite Detention....etc relate to tinfoil?

 

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DHS Raids Home To Seize Deadly Hair Straighteners

Federal agency founded to fight terrorism continues war on grooming appliances

Paul Joseph Watson
Monday, March 26, 2012

The Department of Homeland Security, a federal agency created in the aftermath of 9/11 to fight terrorism, has continued its war on potentially deadly grooming appliances by raiding a home in the affluent Orange County city of Laguna Niguel to seize allegedly counterfeit hair straighteners.
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“About 10 investigators with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and special ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents combed through the garage and the single-story house in the 29500 block of Pelican Way near Niguel Road and Alicia Parkway,” Invalid Link Removed.

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According to the feds, the American people need to be protected from the threat of counterfeit hair straighteners because they could pose a safety hazard to consumers.

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The owners of the business that sold the product, Brisk Deals, labeled the incident a “misunderstanding,” adding that the feds conducted the raid as if they were targeting armed terrorists, not dodgy hair irons.

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“They attacked the house like they thought we had guns, like we’re a gang or gun-running or something,” said UCI electrical engineering graduate student Mohsen Rafizaden, accusing the DHS of causing his mother to have a panic attack for which she was taken to hospital.

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The affidavit against the business claims that the hair straighteners violate trademarks held by Chi Curling Irons and GHD. The fact that the house was the target of a terrorist-hunting style siege over hair appliances illustrates how far the Department of Homeland Security has overstepped its jurisdiction.

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Let’s not forget Invalid Link Removed that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had stopped 13,000 potentially unsafe hair dryers from entering the country.

It’s just a shame that the agency doesn’t seem to pursue illegal aliens with the same zeal it uses to go after salon tools. Invalid Link Removed that illegals who broke the law by sneaking into the country would be allowed to stay in the country and seek employment.​

Despite the raid, the company’s website, BriskDeals.com, is back online having initially disappeared following the incident. The DHS’s usual method is to arbitrarily order ISPs to shut down a company’s website merely on the accusation of activity involving counterfeit goods or intellectual copyright infringement. In the case of music blog Invalid Link Removed, the website was closed for a year on Invalid Link Removedwere completely false.

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Still, it’s good to know that the DHS’ war on faulty hair appliances isn’t taking away from its focus and the very reason it was created – to fight terrorism.

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Invalid Link Removed on a document out of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness that lists banal bodily activities such as yawning, staring and goose pumps as “suspicious activity” indicative of terrorism.

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Perhaps sellers of dubious hair appliances should be treated as terrorists too, and then the DHS can really be empowered to go after this obviously fundamental threat to our way of life.
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POLICE STATE 2011: 6 year old girl groped then drug tested by TSA

You wrote that she was groped and drug tested. I hardly see a grope there - and there's no drug test at all shown. Where is the drug test you speak of and what is your source for it?

Problem is - I hate TSA also - but you taking liberties with the facts makes those of us who are sane, trying to do something about it - look like morons - like you look.

 

[ax1]

You wrote that she was groped and drug tested. I hardly see a grope there - and there's no drug test at all shown. Where is the drug test you speak of and what is your source for it?

Problem is - I hate TSA also - but you taking liberties with the facts makes those of us who are sane, trying to do something about it - look like morons - like you look.

Yes, what you see in the video is a form of groping.

The drug test is when the TSA lady is using the cotton pad rubbing it over the girl, which then they bring to a machine to see if they detect drugs on her.

 

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TSA Blocks Security Expert From Testifying To Congress

Lawmakers slam agency for treating Americans like “prisoners” and “cattle”

Steve Watson
March 27, 2012

The TSA ensured that a leading security expert, who has been vocally critical of the agency’s screening methods, was barred from speaking before a Congressional hearing yesterday.

The hearing, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was held Monday in an effort to evaluate the agency’s performance and address concerns raised by lawmakers, experts in the field, and members of the public.

Invalid Link Removed, an internationally renowned security technologist and author, was scheduled to testify regarding the TSA’s security screening initiatives, but was “formally uninvited” at the last minute following a complaint by the agency.

“On Friday, at the request of the TSA, I was removed from the witness list,” Schneier Invalid Link Removed Monday.

“The excuse was that I am involved in a lawsuit against the TSA, trying to get them to suspend their full-body scanner programme. But it’s pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress. They want to control the story, and it’s easier for them to do that if I’m not sitting next to them pointing out all the holes in their position. Unfortunately, the committee went along with them.” he added.

Schneier’s name appears on the Invalid Link Removed for the hearing, but it has been crossed out.

Schneier, who coined the term “security theater”, has previously presented evidence that the full body scanners used by the TSA are easily defeated. He is currently involved in the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) Invalid Link Removedaimed at discontinuing the use of the machines in airports.

The congressional panel told Schneier that committee staffers would try to invite him back for another hearing in the near future.
“I was looking forward to sitting next to a TSA person and challenging some of their statements. That would have been interesting,” Schneier told Invalid Link Removed. “The request to appear came from the committee itself, because they’d been reading my stuff on this and thought it would be interesting.”

With Schneier’s removal from the panel, the only witnesses giving testimony were all representatives of the Obama administration. Two were TSA officials, One was an admiral from the Coast Guard, and the final witness was a member of the Government Accountability Office.
“I think the TSA has really painted themselves into a corner over this,” Schneier commented. “They’ve said the scanners were absolutely necessary for security, and made the pat downs you can have as an alternatives so unpleasant. It’s going to be really hard for them to back down, if indeed they can.”

The TSA did not respond to enquiries regarding the matter.

The TSA has a long record of avoiding scrutiny before the House. Last year, the agency refused to participate in a similar hearing, for the same reason – namely that a representative of EPIC was present at the meeting.
At the time, subcommittee chairman Jason Chaffetz slammed the agency, forcing TSA representatives to appear on a separate panel following the other scheduled testimony.

Despite Schneier’s absence, yesterday’s hearing did see the TSA held to account by Darrell Issa, chairman of the Oversight Committee, who read out loud a selection of some 350 public complaints against the agency, including accounts of groping and public humiliation.
Issa also noted that the agency has wasted millions of taxpayer dollars developing equipment that does not work, leaving in its wake “a dire picture of ineffectiveness.”


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Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis., said that the TSA treats traveling Americans “like prisoners.”
“Please and thank you would really go a long way with the public,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia. “I wish I could say that everybody remembers that but, you know, we’re not cattle and we are citizens and we’re not to be presumed guilty of anything and barking orders like people are cattle is not appropriate.”

The chairman of the Transportation Committee, Republican John Mica of Florida, also took aim at the TSA body scanners, noting that faulty equipment was hauled away from a storage site “as our investigators were appearing on the scene.”
Watch Darrell Issa’s comments on the TSA at the hearing:



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Kids All Over America Are Being Put On Buses And Sent To Alternate Locations During School Terror Drills


All over the United States, school children are being taken out of their classrooms, put on buses and sent to "alternate locations" during terror drills. These exercises are often called "evacuation drills" or "relocation drills" and they are more than a little disturbing. Sometimes parents are notified in advance where the kids are being taken and sometimes they are only told that the children are being taken to an "undisclosed location". In the years since 9/11 and the Columbine school shootings, there has been a concerted effort to make school emergency drills much more "realistic" and much more intense. Unfortunately, the fact that many of these drills are deeply traumatizing many children does not seem to bother too many people. Do we really need to have "active shooter" drills where men point guns at our kids and fire blanks at them? Do we really need to have "relocation drills" where kids are rapidly herded on to buses and told that they must surrender their cell phones because they will not be allowed to call anyone? Our schools more closely resemble prison camps every single day, and it is our children that are suffering because of it.

It is also important to keep in mind that much of the time these drills are not the fault of local school administrators. Often, these drills are being mandated at the state level. Our politicians have become obsessed with "school safety" in recent years, and apparently their idea of "school safety" involves deeply traumatizing our kids.


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Man Arrested, Charged With Assault For Pointing Finger At Cops

Disrespecting a police officer is now a crime


Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, March 27, 2012


A Fredericksburg man faces two counts of assault for allegedly pointing his finger at police officers, another example of how any behavior except complete subservience to law enforcement is now being treated as a crime.


ABC News Report: Man Arrested For Pointing His Finger At Cops

David Loveless, who has no criminal record, was arrested and handcuffed last week after he allegedly made a hand gesture at police who had testified against his son in a robbery case.

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He now faces two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer by way of intimidation and two counts of obstruction of justice.​

Police spokesperson Natatia Bledsoe claimed Loveless made a gun gesture at police officers, but Loveless denies making any kind of gesture at all.

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“I don’t see how I was pointing my finger,” Invalid Link Removed. ” If anything I was reaching into my pocket to get a pack of cigarettes. If that’s what they saw, they have a vivid imagination.”

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As we have previously highlighted, almost weekly there is a new case of someone being arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer merely for speaking out, making a gesture, or attempting to protect themselves.​

Indeed, in some cases a person who is brutally beaten by cops is subsequently charged with assaulting a police officer.

Invalid Link Removedon a case in which Dayton police tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat a mentally handicapped teen and then charged him with assault because the officers took the boy’s speech impediment as “a sign of disrespect”.​

17-year-old Jesse Kersey was charged with “assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest, and obstructing official business,” after he became confused when police started asking him questions. Kersey was tased and punched as cops threatened to arrest neighbors who tried to tell them the boy was mentally handicapped.

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Not showing complete fealty to cops is now treated as “disrespect” and punishable by a beat down. Having your head smashed in by cops also now qualifies as you assaulting them.

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Similar to how Invalid Link Removed, many are also under the assumption that not groveling and obeying their every order is also an arrestable offense.

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Last month, Invalid Link Removed after police beat him up for “resisting arrest” when in reality he was having a seizure as a result of a diabetic shock.
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TSA Caught In More Blatant Lies To Cover Its Own Back

Claims non-prohibited items were never confiscated despite multiple accounts proving they were

Steve Watson
March 28, 2012


The TSA has once again been caught blatantly lying to the public in an effort to cover the ridiculous actions of its own employees.
Last week stories once again began to circulate about the TSA agents on power trips confiscating erroneous items such as multi tools and nail clippers. Worse still, the passengers they took the items from were fully Invalid Link Removed.
On itsInvalid Link Removed the TSA once again denied that any of the stories were true, and implied that they had all been made up to make the agency look bad.

The TSA blog also linked to a previous post “debunking” the stories and claiming that it was an “urban legend” that nail clippers had ever been confiscated from anybody because they are not prohibited items.

With evidence presented in just a few comments on the blog however, it becomes clear that the TSA is once again telling bald faced lies.
One commenter points to several different mainstream news articles in which accounts of TSA agents confiscating nail clippers are mentioned:

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“Ever wonder what happened to those nail clippers confiscated before boarding a plane? Monica Novotny found that seized items may be up for for sale online.”

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“In Harrisburg, Pa., there’s a warehouse chock-full of the knives, scissors, tools and other items confiscated at checkpoints at three major East Coast airports since 9/11….Fifteen pounds of used nail clippers “would usually go for $20 or $20,” says Mary Beth Enggren, who runs the salvage program for Pennsylvania.”

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“Some fliers, though, view it differently. April Miller, a Chicago-based regional manager for a publishing company, says TSA screeners at the city’s Midway Airport took a $25 eyelash curler and a nail clipper without giving her an option. “They just took the items and said I could not board with them,” she says.”

And so on, and so on. Try a simple Google search for ‘TSA Nail Clipper’
STOP LYING, BOB. Or at least make the lies a little harder to prove.

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“It would be refreshing if instead of insisting that nail clippers were never banned there was an acknowledgement that there was confusion on this point by the screeners in the past. Better yet an apology.” another commenter states.

So I guess once again it’s a case of who do you believe. Is it those in multiple accounts cited by mainstream and alternative media reports or is it the government agency that has been caughtInvalid Link Removed to cover its own back?

 

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Starting this July, Internet service providers and the copyright industry will institute a "Copyright Alerts" system that they hope will curb online copyright infringement. Here's everything you need to know.
Starting July 1, the nation’s largest Internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to adopt a “Graduated Response” program intended to cut down on illegal file sharing. The program, colloquially known as the “six-strikes” system, is the brainchild of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) — the same industry groups that conjured up SOPA and PIPA. The system will affect millions of Internet users across the country. Whether you download your music and movies from the Internet or not, it is important for everyone to understand what the plan is, and how it could affect your life. Here is everything you need to know about “six-strikes.”

How does it work, in a nutshell?

Anytime copyright holders find that their content is being illegally downloaded, they will contact the participating ISPs. The ISPs will then send out an initial “copyright alert” to accounts linked to the alleged infringement. If a subscriber’s account continues to be linked to infringement, his or her ISP will send out up to four written notices, the natures of which are sometimes vague and varying. If the alleged infringement continues still, the ISP will then take “mitigation measures,” which include bandwidth throttling (i.e. slowing down the accused subscriber’s connection), or even temporarily cutting off full Web browsing abilities. In cases where alleged infringement persists after the initial mitigation measure, the subscriber may face lawsuits from the copyright holder, and/or have their Internet access cut entirely, in accordance with section 512 of the Invalid Link Removed (DCMA).

Who is in charge of this system?

Administering “six strikes” is a new entity called the Invalid Link Removed (CCI), which was established by the entertainment industry and the ISP industry. (Internet users were not part of the negotiations.) The CCI will be governed by a six-person executive committee, made up of three representatives of the copyright industry, and three representatives of participating Internet service providers. There will also be a three-person advisory board, made up of people “from relevant subject matter and consumer interest communities,” who represent us, the Internet users, in all this. Though, from the looks of it, the advisory committee appears to be mostly ornamental.
The CCI develops the “educational material” part of the alerts, and develops a set of “best practices” for the copyright alerts system to abide by. According to the Invalid Link Removed, the CCI will also “benefit from guidance by consumer advocates and technical experts serving on its advisory committee or providing other expert services,” whatever that means.

Which ISPs are part of this plan?

The big ones. Those currently on board include AT&T, Cablevison, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon. Smaller, local ISPs are not yet included in the plan. But more may climb aboard by the time the plan sets sail this summer.

What are these alerts?

Officially, the plan contains six levels of “copyright alerts,” and the consequences at each depth intensify. They are as follows:

• First alert: An ISP will send a written alert (probably via email), which informs the subscriber that his/her account has been linked to infringing activities. This alert will also direct the subscriber to “educational resources” which will “(i) help him/her to check the security of his/her computer and any Wifi network, (ii) provide explanatory steps which will help to avoid content theft in the future and (iii) provide information about the abundant sources of lawful music, film and TV content,” Invalid Link Removed. Of course, all of these “educational resources” are provided by the entertainment industry and their ISP cohorts, so you can guess what kind of advice these one-sided resources provide.

• Second alert: This alert nearly mimics the first, but will “underscore the educational messages.” Also, ISPs may choose to simply skip this alert, and jump to option number three.

• Third alert: At this level, things get creepy. Once an account is linked to infringing behavior a third time, the ISP will issue the alert through a “conspicuous mechanism,” like a pop-up window or landing screen, when the user goes online. The user must then explicitly acknowledge that he/she has seen the alert, which reminds that “content theft” is taking place through his/her account, and re-informs him/her the consequences of illegally downloading copyrighted content.

• Fourth alert: The fourth alert is essentially identical to the third alert.

• Fifth alert: Now the “mitigation measures” begin. In addition to sending an alert (probably the same alert as the third and fourth alerts), the ISP can choose to a) reduce Internet connection speeds (i.e. throttling); b) impose a landing page, which the accused subscriber cannot bypass until he/she contacts the ISP “to discuss the matter” — or reviews and responds to more of that enlightening “educational material.” According to the agreement, the ISPs have some freedom to choose which mitigation measures to take at this point in the alert process. And these measures may include some that are not listed here.

• Sixth alert: At this point, the ISP may issue another mitigation measure. But the company could, legally, suspend the customer’s account altogether — though that is not an official part of the plan. Also, the subscriber could be sued by the copyright holders under DCMA. That said, the specific consequences at this stage remain dangerously unclear. (We’re putting our money on lawsuits.) The CCI does not expect many subscribers to reach this level of alert.

Is this the same as the “three strikes” laws overseas?

No. First, this plan is not a law at all. It is a voluntary agreement between copyright holders and ISPs. Second, this plan does not mandate that ISPs completely cut subscribers’ Internet access, as is the case with so-called “Invalid Link Removed” laws. Moreover, the plan does not even include a temporary suspension of Internet access — unless, of course, you consider an impassable landing page a suspension of Internet access.

Who decides to send out these alerts?

The ISPs are in charge of sending out the alerts, as they are the only ones who can link the allegedly infringing activity to specific subscriber accounts. However, the ISPs take this action based entirely on the allegations of the copyright holders. In other words, Internet users can be punished because of accusations by the copyright industry, but no one is necessarily verifying the claims.

What do copyright holders hope to achieve with these alerts?

Studies show that many people do not know that downloading content from torrent sites, or other websites is illegal. Even if they do, many fail to realize the potentially severity of the consequences. By sending out these alerts, Big Entertainment and the ISPs hope that many will simply stop getting their entertainment illegally, and opt for legal distribution outlets.

What happens if my account is incorrectly linked to copyright infringement?

This is perhaps the most problematic part of this plan, as it puts the burden of proof on the Internet subscriber, who must prove that he did not illegally download copyrighted content. As it stands, all a copyright holder has to do is say — but not prove — that infringing activities are taking place in order for an ISP to alert or punish a subscriber with throttling or access disruption. In other words: Users are considered guilty unless they can prove themselves innocent. As the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a public rights advocacy group, Invalid Link Removed, “This burden-shift violates our traditional procedural due process norms and is based on the presumed reliability of infringement-detection systems that subscribers haven’t vetted and to which they cannot object.”
If you do find that your account has been incorrectly targeted — or that your Wi-Fi was used by someone else to illegally download copyrighted works — you have only 10 days to challenge the accusation. As Ars Technica Invalid Link Removed, there are six “pre-approved” methods for challenging these accusations. (Any method that strays from these six options is not acceptable.) Also, doing so will cost you a $35 “filing fee,” paid to the CCI, which will be refunded if you are found to be in the right. It is currently not clear which lawyers decide who is right and who is wrong in these cases. And it is entirely possible that they will have ties to the copyright industry.

Are there any consequences for copyright holders who wrongly accuse subscribers of infringement?

No.

So, is this plan good or bad for Internet users?

It is good in that receiving an alert is better than getting hit with a lawsuit out of the blue. Also, by sending out multiple notices before a subscriber faces any punishments, the system gives people a chance to stop downloading copyrighted content illegally before facing any type of legal action.
However, it is bad because the entire system was constructed without any input from Internet users. It was also created entirely by big entertainment lobbyists (i.e. the MPAA and RIAA), and is constructed to serve their needs, regardless of whether those needs are at odds with individual users’ needs. Furthermore, all of the “educational material” passed out comes from the copyright industry, which is known to use false information and scare-mongering to describe the effects of unregulated intellectual property.
In short, the system is rigged in favor of the copyright industry.

Is there any way I can fight back against this plan?

The plan has not yet gone into effect, so time remains for things to change. That said, individuals can do very little. One option: tell your ISP that you plan to cancel your service if they move forward with this system. Another is to express your concern about the plan to your senators and representatives in Congress. Unfortunately, neither of these options stand much chance of working — unless the Invalid Link Removed.

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Arizona ‘cyberbullying’ bill threatens free speech online, critics warn


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Arizona's legislature has passed a bill that, if signed into law, could threaten citizen's freedom of speech, and set a precedent for other states to draft similar legislation.

Bullying has suddenly shot to the forefront of American politics, and has simmered into a hotbed of recent discussion. The debate has become so widespread that it has motivated Arizona’s lawmakers to take action. Unfortunately, critics say the state may have just unleashed one of the worst Internet censorship bills in American history.

On Thursday, the Arizona legislation passed amendments to Invalid Link Removed, sending the bill to the governor’s desk for approval or veto. The controversial amendments revise the state’s telephone harassment law to apply to a wide variety of crude language transmitted over “any electronic or digital communications.” Of course, this category includes landline phones, mobile phones, television, tablets, radio and, yes, the Internet.

The amended part of H.B. 2549 reads as follows:
“It is unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to use a telephone ANY ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL DEVICE and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act, or threaten to inflict physical harm to the person or property of any person. It is also unlawful to otherwise disturb by repeated anonymous telephone calls ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person at the place where the telephone call or calls COMMUNICATIONS were received.”

The bill’s effort is perhaps good-intentioned — but it’s also woefully flawed. Yes, cyberbullying has time and again been at the crux of countless teenage suicide cases, with many occurring on social networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. But if you look at the bill closely, it’s a jarringly ill-constructed form of legislation, riddled with holes. Due to the bill’s broadness, critics warn that it can be used implicate just about anyone who uses “lewd or profane language,” or says anything that is intended to “terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy, or offend” anyone over an electronic communication. In short, this could make much of the things people say online illegal in the state of Arizona.

If passed, the legislation will apply to any implicating language that was sent or posted in the state of Arizona, or directed at an individual in the state of Arizona. While it is most likely that authorities will only pursue cases where individuals are maliciously targeted, a growing chorus of critics argue that the bill’s broad language poses a threat to the First Amendment, which provides US citizens with a Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, and Freedom of Expression. The bill is worded so dangerously, in fact, that even organizations that supported the contentious Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) have come out against the legislation.
“Speech protected by the First Amendment is often intended to offend, annoy or scare but could be prosecuted under this law,” wrote Media Coalition, a group backed by the MPAA and the RIAA, in a letter to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (Invalid Link Removed). “When a Danish newspaper posted pictures of Muhammad, they were intended to be offensive to Muslims to make a point about religion but this could be a crime if a Muslim in Arizona viewed the pictures online and considered them profane.”
Media Coalition goes on to explain that a near-infinite number of comments could fall under the bill’s definition of unlawful language, from books promoting religion or atheism, to the comments of entertainers like Rush Limbaugh or Jon Stewart.
“While protecting people from harassment is a worth goal,” the letter reads, “legislators cannot do so by criminalizing speech protected by the Constitution.”

Considering the uproar that surrounded PIPA and SOPA, it’s entirely possible that the bill will end up back in the hands of legislatures. But even if it doesn’t, some experts believe that the law would be essentially unenforceable, and therefore, meaningless.

Janet Steinberg, a professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University, believes that such an attempt by lawmakers is, in fact, a ‘moot point.’

“Anything that relates to the Internet in trying to enforce things, and this is a state attempt, is unenforceable,” Steinberg told Digital Trends. “This is the pattern we’ve seen from any real effect from legal action regarding anything that happens on the Internet. The only people who are going to be happy about this are the lawyers because they get paid by the hour.”

We’re just amazed about just how lackadaisical lawmakers are to have edited a bill intended for telephones in this day and age when our means of communication has not been restricted to telephones for over two decades.

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Ax take a look at the NJ HIB law. It's crazy how far reaching it is.

 

[ax1]

Ax take a look at the NJ HIB law. It's crazy how far reaching it is.

Thanks wasnt aware of that one ^^^^

TSA Body Scanners Set To Be Exposed as “Giant Fraud"

Engineer who lifted the lid on $1 billion dollar body scanner program promises ‘epic’ revelations

Paul Joseph Watson
Friday, April 6, 2012

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The Transportation Security Administration is set for yet another major embarrassment next week with Jon Corbett, the engineer who recently put the federal agency to shame by exposing the uselessness of its $1 billion dollar body scanner program, promising to release a new video of ‘epic’ proportions.

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Corbett’s March 5th video, Invalid Link Removed after going viral and appearing in hundreds of news stories, exposed how the TSA’s radiation firing body scanners can easily be fooled by securing an object inside an external pocket sewn on to an item of clothing.

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The video shows Corbett carrying a metal case through the scanner, away from his body in his side pocket. Corbett explains that because metallic objects appear as black on the image the scanners produce, the machines do not pick up such objects if they are obscured by the background, which is also black.

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Invalid Link Removed – the federal agency didn’t even try to deny the fact that Corbett had revealed the body scanner program to be completely useless for the purpose the TSA claims it was designed for.

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However, the TSA did resort to Invalid Link Removed. The reporters cited a TSA spokeswoman called Sari Koshetz as the person attempting to intimidate them out of covering the issue. They say that Koshetz described Corbett as someone who “clearly has an agenda” that “should not be aided by the mainstream media”.

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Following the interest generated by the story, Invalid Link Removed of himself defeating the body scanners at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport under the Freedom of Information Act, efforts that have so far been resisted.

Corbett is Invalid Link Removedagainst the TSA’s naked body scanners and its invasive pat down procedures.​

Now Corbett has put out a teaser for a new TSA exposé set to be released early next week.

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“I’ve been working on producing a new video, which will be on the same level of epicness as the last one in exposing the TSA — and especially the nude body scanner program — as the giant fraud that it is. I’m pleased to announce that my new video will be released early next week,” Invalid Link Removed.

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“No hints, but I promise you’ll like it. Unless, of course, you’re a TSA supporter, in which case… well, apologies in advance.”
The fact that the TSA is set to be embarrassed yet again is hardly a surprise, virtually every week we see a deluge of stories concerning the Invalid Link Removed, but the popularity and importance of Corbett’s previous revelation means we’re waiting on his next effort with baited breath.

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[AE14]

It's a rough one ax. I get hooked into more meetings about it, absolutely unreal

 

[ax1]

It's a rough one ax. I get hooked into more meetings about it, absolutely unreal

Are you familiar with this?
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Are you familiar with this?
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One word.....Oy

I hate how involved government is in education. They know nothing of standards, no true educational philosophy, yet aren't we lucky that they choose this to have my teachers teach.

One of y teachers was in building 7, he usually teaches it for others, truly because of his first hand knowledge.

 

[ax1]

One word.....Oy

I hate how involved government is in education. They know nothing of standards, no true educational philosophy, yet aren't we lucky that they choose this to have my teachers teach.

One of y teachers was in building 7, he usually teaches it for others, truly because of his first hand knowledge.

Is there a general overall response you get from students when teaching them of terrorism and 9/11 that sticks out?

 

[AE14]

Is there a general overall response you get from students when teaching them of terrorism and 9/11 that sticks out?

Sadness or indifference. For man, they were too young to understand. S many look at it the same way as the Civil War or WWII

 

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Photos: U.S. Army Domestic Quick Reaction Force Riot Control Training

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The following photos are from March and February of this year and were taken at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The first four photos from March depict riot control training for a “domestic quick reaction force” that would aid in civil disturbances. The second set of photos from February depict the 67th Military Police Company that typically mans the area’s Regional Correctional Facility attempting to quell riots among “restless prison inmates” that have created a disturbance. The photos are Invalid Link Removed from May 2010 that depict several National Guard units from different parts of the U.S. quelling protesters in mock communities holding signs that say “Food Now”. A description of one of the events was Invalid Link Removed by the U.S. Army’s 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:
The Soldiers in a closed formation bang their batons in cadence against their shields as an angry mob approaches.

“When I initially picked up my shield, the thought of the movie 300 was the first thing that came to mind,” said Spc. Kyle Wilhelmi.
Teams of Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade conducted civil disturbance training here March 13. The Soldiers, though not quite Spartans, are effectively training to hold their line and successfully control crowds if called upon for a civil disturbance.

Soldiers with shields, batons and rifles pushed through and maintained a dominant stance against a mob of about 40 civilians. The riot escalated as the crowd began throwing snowballs, slurred profanity and made offensive gestures at the Soldiers. The more forceful members of the mob charged the Soldiers but were easily pushed back, as many often fell to the icy surface.
The overall goal of riot control group (RCG) is to control the crowd using less than lethal force.

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Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, prepare to control a riot during training, March 13, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The unit is conducting civil disturbance training in preparation as a domestic quick reaction force.
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Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, conduct riot training March 13 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The unit is conducting civil disturbance training in preparation as a domestic quick reaction force.
Invalid Link RemovedSoldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, conduct riot training, March 13, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The unit is conducting civil disturbance training in preparation as a domestic quick reaction force.
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Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, hold their line in efforts to control a riot during training, March 13, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The unit is conducting civil disturbance training in preparation as a domestic quick reaction force.
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Soldiers with the 67th Military Police Company grab hold of a soldier playing the role of a restless prison inmate who has been injured on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 16 while practicing riot control drills during a culmination exercise that concluded a week of training for the soldiers. The company’s leadership was grateful for the opportunity to train a small group of its soldiers, as their sole mission, typically, is to man the installation’s Regional Correctional Facility.
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Soldiers with the 67th Military Police Company grab hold of a soldier playing the role of a restless prison inmate on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 16 while practicing riot control drills during a culmination exercise that concluded a week of training for the soldiers. The company’s leadership was grateful for the opportunity to train a small group of its soldiers, as their sole mission, typically, is to man the installation’s Regional Correctional Facility.
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Spc. Taylor Davis (center right) grabs hold of a soldier playing the role of a restless prison inmate on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 16 as he and fellow soldiers from the 67th Military Police Company practice riot control drills during a culmination exercise that concluded a week of training for the soldiers. The company’s leadership was grateful for the opportunity to train a small group of its soldiers, as their sole mission, typically, is to man the installation’s Regional Correctional Facility.
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Spc. Taylor Davis grabs hold of a soldier playing the role of a restless prison inmate on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 16 as he and fellow Soldiers from the 67th Military Police Company practice riot control drills during a culmination exercise that concluded a week of training for the soldiers. The company’s leadership was grateful for the opportunity to train a small group of its soldiers, as their sole mission, typically, is to man the installation’s Regional Correctional Facility.
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just in time for Van Jones "99% spring"

 

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TSA Whistleblower: Body Scanners Routinely Fail

Guns, knives, explosive material not recognized by $1 billion dollar fleet of scanners


Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, April 10, 2012


A TSA screener has lifted to lid to reveal how the federal agency’s $1 billion dollar plus fleet of body scanners is completely useless in that the machines routinely fail to pick up prohibited items such as knives, guns and powder designed to resemble explosive material.

[h=1]TSA Admits $1B Nude Body Scanner Fleet Worthless [/h]

In an interview conducted by Invalid Link Removed, the engineer who recently Invalid Link Removed by simply securing an object inside an external pocket sewn on to an item of clothing, “Jennifer,” a TSA screener, also reveals how the federal agency forced people without the necessary training to operate the scanners.

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When Jennifer wrote to her Congressman complaining about the problems, the TSA retaliated by removing her from screening duties and began the process to dismiss her altogether.

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In the transcript below, Jennifer explains how the body scanners routinely fail to pick up prohibited items, meaning they are nothing less than a complete waste of money and a prime example of “security theater”.

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Jon: Were there specific times where this machine didn’t work, for either someone testing it, or a passenger went through and it was determined that they went through with…
Jennifer: Absolutely. Yes, absolutely.
Jon: Metal objects?
Jennifer: Metal, non-metal.
Jon: Big, small?
Jennifer: Both.
Jon: Things like wallets I think you mentioned to me?
Jennifer: Wallets.
Jon: So you’d send someone through the scanner and you’d see a bulge in their pocket, but the scanner would show nothing?
Jennifer: Mmhmm.
Jon: Things during training?
Jennifer: Absolutely.
Jon: What would you test it with when you were testing the machines?
Jennifer: There were different props: guns, knives, bags of powder that were supposed to resemble explosive material.
Jon: Sometimes these would just go through completely undetected?
Jennifer: Absolutely.

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Jennifer then divulges how the TSA forced screeners who had not received the proper training to operate the radiation-firing body scanners.

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Jon: They tried to send you to the machines, and you said, ‘Hold on, I’m not certified.’
Jennifer: Right.
Jon: And then in December I guess you tried the same thing and they said, ‘Too bad?’
Jennifer: We were forced to work on these machines. So basically, there were so few of us trained to work on the machines, they basically forced us.
Jon: So they didn’t care if you were certified or not?
Jennifer: No, I actually went to my supervisor — or a supervisor — the first day. I and another officer had this concern, that, you know, ‘Look, we’ve never worked on this particular machine, we don’t know what to do’ and his answer was, ‘Sorry, we don’t have enough staffing, you’re going to have to work on it.’
Jon: Certified or not, just get on the machine and make the best of it?
Jennifer: Yep, ‘just have your co-workers help you.’

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In the interview Jennifer also exposes how she has never even seen a copy of the Screening Checkpoint Standard Operating Procedures manual, which TSA agents are mandated to read as part of their training.

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When Jennifer attempted to bring these issues to the attention of TSA management, she was ignored and the federal agency promptly began the process of firing her after she attempted to alert Congress to the situation.

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“There you have it. The TSA was aware of the fatal flaws in the nude body scanner program, yet knowingly defrauded the American taxpayer into buying these machines, as well as travellers from across the globe into posing naked “for their safety.” Well no more, guys — we’re done posing naked for the TSA,” writes Corbett. “It’s time for the nude body scanner program to be immediately ended, for TSA Administrator John Pistole to be fired, and for the TSA to be dismantled as soon as possible. I encourage you to make this an election year issue and demand from your candidates a strong commitment to restoring our civil rights – and our sanity at airports. I also encourage anyone who’s asked to go through a body scanner to simply say, “I opt out,” and refuse to participate in this security theatre.”

Given how the TSA responded to Corbett’s last exposé, by first Invalid Link Removed that he had proven the body scanners could be easily defeated and then Invalid Link Removed, it’s anyone’s guess how they will react to the latest revelations.​

Corbett is still engaged in a lawsuit against the TSA’s naked body scanners and its invasive pat down procedures.​

Dovetailing Corbett’s new revelations about the federal agency is a separate story concerning the TSA’s refusal to explain why laptops have to be removed from carry on bags, whereas iPads do not.

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According to security expert Bruce Schneier, who the TSA recently kicked off a critical Congressional panel, there is no sound reason whatsoever and this is merely another example of “security theater.” Invalid Link Removed that the practice was merely about “giving people a sense that something is being done to protect them.”
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[ax1]

Green Police? DHS Launches ‘Environmental Justice’ Units

Homeland Security commits to fight climate change and “melting Arctic ice”

Paul Joseph Watson
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Audi’s 2010 ‘Green Police’ spoof commercial may not be far off becoming reality with the announcement that the Department of Homeland Security is creating new “environmental justice” units that will be empowered to oversee regulations in conjunction with local government.

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In its Invalid Link Removed document, the DHS says the idea is to “include environmental justice practices in our larger mission efforts involving federal law enforcement and emergency response activities” and to incorporate environmental justice in “securing the homeland”.

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The DHS sees its role in promoting “environmental justice” as not just limited to overseeing reviews of its own operations, but also “through regulatory permitting activities” in conjunction with state, local and tribal governments.

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“It will take not one, but two DHS units to “ensure the success” of the environmental justice strategy,” Invalid Link Removed. “But wait, there’s more! “Four other headquarters offices provide critical support for . . . successfully implementing this strategy.” But if you’re a lowly TSA agent not under one of those six offices, not to worry—you’re considered an eco-warrior, too: “Every Component of the Department has a role, some larger, some smaller, in ensuring that environmental justice has been considered in securing the homeland without placing disproportionate burdens on the health and environment of low income populations and minority populations.”​

The framework for the DHS’ ‘Environmental Justice Working Group includes eleven federal government bodies, including the TSA, the Secret Service and FEMA.

The document also lists concerns such as “climate change” and “melting Arctic ice,” Invalid Link Removed the the amount of floating ice in the Arctic’s Bering Sea “reached all-time record high levels last month,” according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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The DHS’ environmental justice strategy Invalid Link Removed for the federal agency to start battling “climate change” as a national security issue.

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Is the DHS’ new “environmental justice” program just a bureaucratic nod to fashionable ‘green’ mandates, or will we see the federal government getting involved in seizing property under authoritarian eco zoning laws Invalid Link Removed with city and state governments under the auspices of the UN’s Agenda 21?

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How long before we see TSA workers running eco-checkpoints and DHS agents inspecting trash as depicted in Audi’s ‘Green Police’ spoof?



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[ax1]

Homeland Security Unveils Monstrous SWAT Trucks

A relatively monstrous SWAT style truck leads us to a whole new blob of police state developments, busy hands with little to do and a lot of hardware to do it.
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Homeland Security Unveils Monstrous SWAT Trucks

A relatively monstrous SWAT style truck leads us to a whole new blob of police state developments, busy hands with little to do and a lot of hardware to do it.
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Beats my 07 Crown Vic.... Can I get one?

 

[ax1]

Beats my 07 Crown Vic.... Can I get one?

Should be fun driving around NYC, lol

Personally, If I was a cop I would LOVE to have those Dodge Chargers I see here in New York State. I think they are rigged for extra performance too.

 

[ax1]

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4/07/2012 @ 11:07PM
Forget Travel If You Owe The IRS


Invalid Link Removedimage via passportvisaexpress.com

If he were in charge of travel, the Invalid Link Removed might say, “No Passport for you!” In real life, travel may seem unrelated to taxes, except perhaps for those annoying airport taxes on international destinations. But a bigger tax and travel connection could keep you at home—permanently.

A tax law quietly proposed a few months ago—Invalid Link Removed—is quietly gaining momentum. Now more people have noticed. If you Invalid Link Removed if this law passes. In America, we love to tinker with our tax laws. Congress is always introducing one bill or another to tweak an already bloated and increasingly dysfunctional tax system.

It’s curious how ingredients go into the sausage, often making strange legislative bedfellows. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) proposed that if you owe the IRS more then $50,000, you shouldn’t get a passport. See Sen. Orrin Hatch’s Invalid Link Removed. Now this ‘we-need-the-money’ provision has morphed into Invalid Link Removed, introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). It was introduced in November and passed by the Senate on March 14 “to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.”

At best, there seems a titular connection between this provision and highway safety. Nevertheless, the law would authorize the federal government to prevent Americans from leaving the country if they owe back taxes. It was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who proposed allowing the State Department to revoke, deny or limit passports for anyone the IRS certifies as having “a seriously delinquent tax debt in an amount in excess of $50,000.”

Does this apply in all cases? Mercifully no. You could travel if your tax debt is being paid in a timely manner or in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons. But this isn’t limited to criminal tax cases or situations where the government fears someone is fleeing a tax debt.

In fact, if the bill is passed you could have your passport revoked merely because you owe say $60,000 and the IRS has filed a notice of lien. Bear in mind that the IRS files tax liens routinely when you owe taxes—it’s just the IRS way of putting creditors on notice so the IRS will eventually get paid. See Invalid Link Removed. In that sense, this you-can’t-travel idea seems pretty extreme.
Some commentators note that a far smaller sum of unpaid child support can trigger the same kind of passport action. Why shouldn’t unpaid taxes, they argue? Others attack the proposal as potentially unconstitutional.
Stay tuned as this proposed law is debated.

For more, see:
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TSA Treats 95-Year-Old Wheelchair-Bound Veteran Like a “Terrorist,” $300 Stolen

Another day, another TSA travel nightmare

Paul Joseph Watson
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Wheelchair-bound 95-year-old veteran Omer Petti and his 85-year-old partner Madge Woodward were treated like terrorists by TSA agents at San Diego International airport, ostensibly so TSA workers could separate them from $300 dollars in cash which subsequently went missing.

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“Can you imagine an 85-year-old lady and 95-year-old retired Air Force Major in wheelchairs being treated like terrorists?” Petti Invalid Link Removed.

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Given the TSA’s recent history – yes – veterans and old people are two of the federal agency’s primary targets and are routinely subjected to intense harassment and abuse.

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After Petti had removed his shoes, belt, clothing and other accessories he was ordered by a TSA agent to place a money clip containing $300 in folded bills into its own separate bin.

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After walking through a metal detector, both Petti and Woodward were patted down, with Woodward being taken to a separate room for extra “screening” due to the fact that residue from her nitroglycerin heart pills had set off an alarm.

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“When I was patted down, I’ve never before been touched in every part of my body before,” Woodward said.

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After TSA workers had routed through their personal belongings and fondled their every body part , the two were allowed to leave but Petti noticed the $300 was missing.

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“When I told him we were going to miss our flight he asked me if I was objecting or refusing his request.” Petti says. “I said: ‘No, I’d do anything I was asked, I would just like to know where my $300 went.’ “

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Fearing they would miss their flight, Petti and Woodward had to settle for filling out a “Tort Claim Package,” and were subsequently rushed to the departure point at a dangerously high speed by a wheel chair attendant.

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After analyzing security tapes of the incident, San Diego Harbor Police said the footage was “too blurry,” and the TSA seemingly just wants Petti to forget about his missing $300.

Without writing an article of book-length proportions it is impossible to list all the examples of TSA agents having been caught in criminal acts. It comes to the point where simply regurgitating prior incidents serves no purpose. There can no longer be any doubt that the Transportation Security Administration has become a beacon for perverts and criminals who take a TSA job because it gives them free reign to abuse, sexually harass and steal from the public – often targeting the weakest members of society.

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Let’s try a different approach. Listed below are just the most recent headlines from Google News concerning TSA workers involved in criminal activity, negligence and harassment.

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- TSA agents admit to working with CT drug dealers
- Former TSA officer pleads guilty to drug charge
- TSA employee indicted for stealing iPads
- Bar Refaeli Latest Victim of TSA Groping
- TSA to harass Americans on Buses too
- Video captures woman’s agonized sobs during TSA pat down
- Are TSA Agents Too Rude??
- TSA bars security guru from perv scanner testimony
- Ex-TSA official charged in prostitution case
- TSA agent attacks pilot with cup of hot coffee
- Newark Airport closes after TSA agent dozes
- TSA Agents Fired Gun, Threw Furniture Out Window in Drunken Hotel Ruckus
- TSA body scanners’ apparent flaw raises airport security concerns
- US body scanners go unused in several airports, wasting millions
- TSA staff need to be more friendly to foreign visitors – US senator
- Ex-Boston TSA screener sentenced for child porn
- TSA Whistleblower: Body Scanners Routinely Fail
- TSA Brags About Creating “Imperious” Security Team

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Remember, all these stories are just from the past couple of weeks. How can any federal agency with this level of rampant corruption, incompetence, criminality and sheer negative publicity still manage to survive in its current form?

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Invalid Link Removed, who this week spoke of how the TSA had made traveling within the United States an “unending nightmare,” carry any weight, hopefully not for very much longer.
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[ax1]

Mandatory ‘Big Brother’ Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015

Provision is part of controversial MAP-21 bill expected to pass House

Paul Joseph Watson
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

A bill already passed by the Senate and set to be rubber stamped by the House would make it mandatory for all new cars in the United States to be fitted with black box data recorders from 2015 onwards.

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Invalid Link Removed (known as MAP-21), calls for “Mandatory Event Data Recorders” to be installed in all new automobiles and legislates for civil penalties to be imposed against individuals for failing to do so.

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“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise part 563 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require, beginning with model year 2015, that new passenger motor vehicles sold in the United States be equipped with an event data recorder that meets the requirements under that part,” states the bill.

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Although the text of legislation states that such data would remain the property of the owner of the vehicle, the government would have the power to access it in a number of circumstances, including by court order, if the owner consents to make it available, and pursuant to an investigation or inspection conducted by the Secretary of Transportation.

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Given the innumerable examples of both government and industry illegally using supposedly privacy-protected information to spy on individuals, this represents the slippery slope to total Big Brother surveillance of every American’s transport habits and location data.​

The legislation, which has been given the Orwellian title ‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act’, sailed through the Senate after being heavily promoted by Democrats Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer and is also expected to pass the Republican-controlled House.

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Given the fact that the same bill also includes a controversial provision that would Invalid Link Removed merely accused of owing over $50,000 in back taxes, stripping them of their mobility rights, could the mandatory black boxes or a similar technology be used for the same purpose?

Biometric face-recognition and transdermol sensor technology that prevents an inebriated person from driving a car by disabling the automobile Invalid Link Removed, in addition to systems that refuse to allow the vehicle to start if the driver is deemed to be overtired.

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The ultimate Big Brother scenario would be a system whereby every driver had to get de facto permission from the state to drive each time they get behind the wheel, once it had been determined from an iris scan that they were good citizens who have paid all their taxes and not misbehaved.

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The push to pressure car manufacturers to install black box tracking devices in all new cars has been ongoing for over a decade. In 2006, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Invalid Link Removed automobile manufacturers to install the systems.​

However, in February last year NHTSA administrator David Strickland said the government was considering making the technology mandatory in the wake of recalls of millions of Toyota vehicles.

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Invalid Link Removed that the NHTSA would soon formally announce that all new cars would be mandated to have the devices fitted by law, which has now been codified into the MAP-21 bill.
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Big Sis Launches Undercover TSA Spies To Ride Houston Buses

Feds to watch for suspicious activity, pre-crime behavior

Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

A new program in Houston will place undercover TSA agents and police officers on buses whose job it will be to perform bag searches, watch for “suspicious activity” and interrogate passengers in order to ‘curb crime and terrorism’.

Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee unveiled the program, labeled Bus Safe, during a press conference on Friday. According to a Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston Invalid Link Removed, agencies involved in the scheme will, “ride buses, perform random bag checks, and conduct K-9 sweeps, as well as place uniformed and plainclothes officers at Transit Centers and rail platforms to detect, prevent and address latent criminal activity or behavior.”

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“While local law enforcement agencies focus on overall safety measures noted above, representatives with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will also be on hand, lending their counter-terrorism expertise and support during the exercise,” states the press release.

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“If you think you’re going to be a bad actor on buses, get ready. You are going to have a short-lived time frame,” Jackson Lee said during the press conference. The Congresswoman is a staunch advocate of the TSA, having Invalid Link Removed that allows airports to evict TSA agents and replace them with private screeners by claiming it would lead to a new 9/11-style attack.​

Invalid Link Removed, METRO refused to disclose on what dates or bus routes the program would be operational. As well as TSA agents, police officers from the Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 7 will be involved.

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According to Phillip Levine of the Invalid Link Removed, shortly after Lee gave her press conference the operation went straight into effect, with DHS and Metro Police officers questioning passengers who were exiting buses about their destinations and their reasons for riding the bus.

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“When I arrived at Wheeler I got off the stage and instantly noticed the massive police presence. The police presence consisted of DHS, metro police, HPD, TSA, and Harris county police officers. They were going on to buses searching and stopping people for questions. Apparently Sheila Jackson Lee was there pushing for more security like what I was viewing. I asked the TSA agent if there was gonna be a bigger presence of metro or TSA. He said both,” Levine said in an email.

This is a wake-up call for Americans who had hoped to avoid being harassed by TSA agents by not using airports.​

TSA agents are now being used to literally occupy America with Invalid Link Removed that were already operational last year. 12 more TSA VIPR teams (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response) will be added to the 25 who are already present at transportation hubs throughout the country.

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Invalid Link Removed on how Tennessee’s Homeland Security Commissioner announced that a raft of new “security checkpoints” would be in place over the Halloween period to “keep roadways safe for trick-or-treaters”. Earlier that same month it was announced that Transportation Security Administration officials would be Invalid Link Removed targeting truck drivers.

TSA agents have been deployed to shake down Americans at everywhere from bus depots, to ferry terminals, to train stations, Invalid Link Removed, including children, who had already completed their journey when arriving in Savannah.
If the mass rollout of the TSA’s occupying army of minimum wage morons is not abated, Americans will have to get used to being interrogated, frisked and treated like criminals by TSA goons on a regular basis, meaning the United States’ transformation into a Soviet-style police state festooned with internal checkpoints will be complete.

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[wontstop985]

I wonder how much terrorist activity occurs on public transit buses in Houston...

 

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I wonder how much terrorist activity occurs on public transit buses in Houston...

They are everywhere dude, all over the place. I have my Red Ryder ****ed and loaded barrel out the window 24/7.

The terrorists are not only in buses in Houston, but in all vehicles all over America, the reason they are connecting all cars including yours to the internet so Homeland Security can listen into you at all times at their pleasure and track your every movement. But you see Im a "conspiracy theorist" although they are actually voting on a bill next week that if passed this will come into fruition by 2015. But by then, Im still a "conspiracy theorist" because now those same people will say, "hey its a good idea after all!!, its for our safety"

Ok, just woke up and ranting, lol but Im very serious about how all transportation will become spy tools one day and have mandatory "black boxes" in all vehicles, and possibly soon, and here is my proof.

Full text of
S. 1813: MAP-21
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(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the ‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act’ or the ‘MAP-21’.

"To reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes."

The 24/7 surveillance tracking part if you dont have time to read the whole bill

“Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems deployment.”

‘(a) In General- Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives that–

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‘(1) defines a recommended implementation path for dedicated short-range communications technology and applications;


‘(2) includes guidance on the relationship of the proposed deployment of dedicated short-range communications to the National ITS Architecture and ITS Standards; and


‘(3) ensures competition by not preferencing the use of any particular frequency for vehicle to infrastructure operations.
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Family Misses Flight After TSA Gives Pat-Down To Girl With Cerebral Palsy

April 25, 2012 1:32 PM

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WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – The Transportation Invalid Link Removed Administration is once again the subject of national scrutiny, this time after aggressively screening a 7-year-old female passenger with cerebral palsy which caused her family to miss their flight.

The girl, identified as Dina Frank in a report by The Daily, was waiting with her family on Monday to board a flight departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York headed to Florida.
Since Dina walks with the aid of leg braces and crutches, she cannot pass through airport metal detectors, and must instead submit to a pat-down by TSA agents.

Dina, who is also reportedly developmentally disabled, is usually frightened by the procedure. Her family reportedly requests that agents on hand take the time to introduce themselves to her.
However, the agents on duty at the time began to handle her aggressively instead.

Air travel is difficult to the family due to Dina’s disabilities, but the nature of Monday’s inspection was especially traumatic for the child.
“They make our lives completely difficult,” her father, Dr. Joshua Frank, a Long Island pediatrician, told The Daily. “She’s not a threat to national security.”

Frank taped the encounter, which ended when a supervisor inspected her crutches and let them pass. But agents followed up and insisted upon doing a full inspection of Dina.

Ultimately, the family missed their flight.

“They’re harassing people. This is totally misguided policy,” Frank told The Daily. “Yes, I understand that TSA is in charge of national security and there’s all these threats. [But] for her to be singled out, it’s crazy.”

Dina, from Long Island, had recently Invalid Link Removed after Botox and phenol injections helped her to gain control of her legs, enough to take several unassisted steps.

After being born prematurely and suffering from bleeding in the brain, Dina struggled for years to get around, even enduring a double hip replacement to assist in her recovery, CBS New York reported.

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Fully Armed U.S. Troops Patrol Minnesota Neighborhood

Guard members previously hunted insurgents in Iraq

Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

A photo showing fully armed U.S. National Guard troops patrolling a quiet residential street in Crookston, Minnesota has gone viral, once again underscoring concerns that Americans are being conditioned to accept the gradual imposition of martial law.

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Although the photo is undated, Guard troops from the local Crookston Armory routinely take part in off-base exercises which train the local population to accept the sight of armed soldiers patrolling their neighborhoods as normal.

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Invalid Link Removed dubbed “Urban Operations Training” involved military Humvees and 27 armed soldiers conducting a drill around the Bridge Street area of Crookston.

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Invalid Link Removed the woman who took the photograph, when she started taking pictures of the troops one of them told her, “Just training Ma’am. Joining up with another patrol at the rally point.”​

When Maggie asked why they were training on the streets of a quiet residential area, a younger soldier responded, “To be honest ma’am, I don’t know.”

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National Guard troops are routinely involved in ‘urban warfare training’ drills but they usually take place within the confines of military bases. Many fear that the increasing presence of armed soldiers patrolling residential neighborhoods is a precursor to martial law.

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Indeed, back in 2008 theInvalid Link Removed how 20,000 U.S. troops returning from Iraq would be stationed inside America under Northcom for purposes of “domestic security” from September 2011 onwards.

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Invalid Link Removed after the Army Times initially reported that the troops would be used to deal “with civil unrest and crowd control.”

The use of U.S. troops in law enforcement duties is a complete violation of the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act, which substantially limit the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement unless under precise and extreme circumstances.

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As Alex Jones exposed back in the late 1990’s, U.S. troops have been training to impose martial law for a considerable amount of time. During numerous urban warfare drills that Jones attended and reported on, troops were trained to raid, arrest and imprison U.S. citizens in detention camps as well as taking over public buildings and running checkpoints. During role playing exercises, actors playing prisoners would scream “I’m an American citizen, I have rights” as they were being dragged away by troops.​

The fact that such drills are now set to involve Invalid Link Removed to hunt “terrorists” has also caused consternation.

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Federal authorities in the United States have clearly been preparing for domestic civil unrest for a number of years. Invalid Link Removed a staggering 450 million rounds of hollow point bullets as well as bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.

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The images below show U.S. troops and National Guard working with local police to incarcerate Americans into internment camps Invalid Link Removed in 1999 in Oakland, California.

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[carpee]

****.

is there even going to be an election of 2012

 

[ax1]

****.

is there even going to be an election of 2012

I dunno, when was the last one?

 

[carpee]

I dunno, when was the last one?

1800's?

or JFK depending how you look at it

 

[AE14]

Fully Armed U.S. Troops Patrol Minnesota Neighborhood

Guard members previously hunted insurgents in Iraq

Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

A photo showing fully armed U.S. National Guard troops patrolling a quiet residential street in Crookston, Minnesota has gone viral, once again underscoring concerns that Americans are being conditioned to accept the gradual imposition of martial law.

​

Invalid Link Removed

Although the photo is undated, Guard troops from the local Crookston Armory routinely take part in off-base exercises which train the local population to accept the sight of armed soldiers patrolling their neighborhoods as normal.

​

Invalid Link Removed dubbed “Urban Operations Training” involved military Humvees and 27 armed soldiers conducting a drill around the Bridge Street area of Crookston.

​

Invalid Link Removed the woman who took the photograph, when she started taking pictures of the troops one of them told her, “Just training Ma’am. Joining up with another patrol at the rally point.”​

When Maggie asked why they were training on the streets of a quiet residential area, a younger soldier responded, “To be honest ma’am, I don’t know.”

​

Members of the same Guard unit shown on the photograph – Minnesota National Guard, Unit 2-136 CAB / B Company – Invalid Link Removed where their duties would potentially have included rounding up alleged insurgents and taking them to prison camps, a frightening prospect given that the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act Invalid Link Removed without trial.

​

National Guard troops are routinely involved in ‘urban warfare training’ drills but they usually take place within the confines of military bases. Many fear that the increasing presence of armed soldiers patrolling residential neighborhoods is a precursor to martial law.

​

Indeed, back in 2008 theInvalid Link Removed how 20,000 U.S. troops returning from Iraq would be stationed inside America under Northcom for purposes of “domestic security” from September 2011 onwards.

​

Invalid Link Removed after the Army Times initially reported that the troops would be used to deal “with civil unrest and crowd control.”

The use of U.S. troops in law enforcement duties is a complete violation of the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act, which substantially limit the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement unless under precise and extreme circumstances.

​

Invalid Link Removed, “Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”

​

As Alex Jones exposed back in the late 1990’s, U.S. troops have been training to impose martial law for a considerable amount of time. During numerous urban warfare drills that Jones attended and reported on, troops were trained to raid, arrest and imprison U.S. citizens in detention camps as well as taking over public buildings and running checkpoints. During role playing exercises, actors playing prisoners would scream “I’m an American citizen, I have rights” as they were being dragged away by troops.​

The fact that such drills are now set to involve Invalid Link Removed to hunt “terrorists” has also caused consternation.

​

Federal authorities in the United States have clearly been preparing for domestic civil unrest for a number of years. Invalid Link Removed a staggering 450 million rounds of hollow point bullets as well as bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.

​

The images below show U.S. troops and National Guard working with local police to incarcerate Americans into internment camps Invalid Link Removed in 1999 in Oakland, California.

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c'mon Ax, a fear monger now? Army drills in an UNDATED photo?

 

[ax1]

c'mon Ax, a fear monger now? Army drills in an UNDATED photo?

Damn photographer, I always tell him to put that date/time stamp on dat der camera. shoot!

 

[AE14]

Damn photographer, I always tell him to put that date/time stamp on dat der camera. shoot!

the more you post Alex Jones, the more I cant believe any of it. He was the preacher of the Perry/Palin ticket, which in the earliest aspects of the election thread, was all but guaranteed

Face it, he predicts a great deal, and misses on an average basis

 

[ax1]

the more you post Alex Jones, the more I cant believe any of it. He was the preacher of the Perry/Palin ticket, which in the earliest aspects of the election thread, was all but guaranteed

Face it, he predicts a great deal, and misses on an average basis

I have been reading his material for around 3 years (and heard of him well over a decade on college campus, for example right before 9/11 and his prediction it was going to happen) and he has been correct about most. He shares opinions and speculations like anyone does, of course those things you take with a grain of salt and is just common talk.

I dont know what your issue is with an undated photo, but the fact is that recent bills passed allow military to take all our land, resources and force us to labor. They can arrest us and be used against us, these are facts. Alex Jones was right more than a decade ago that this was going to happen and be law, but people like you thought he was a crazy conspiracy theorist.

 

[AE14]

I have been reading his material for around 3 years (and heard of him well over a decade on college campus, for example right before 9/11 and his prediction it was going to happen) and he has been correct about most. He shares opinions and speculations like anyone does, of course those things you take with a grain of salt and is just common talk.

I dont know what your issue is with an undated photo, but the fact is that recent bills passed allow military to take all our land, resources and force us to labor. They can arrest us and be used against us, these are facts. Alex Jones was right more than a decade ago that this was going to happen and be law, but people like you thought he was a crazy conspiracy theorist.

He is crazy. Look throughout American history and you will see horrible violations of the constitution, all of which do not effect the general population. He is a fear monger, nothing else.

He is in the same vain as people like Graham Han****, Zechariah Sitchin etc.... Someone to listen to for entertainment purposes only.

Hell, I can't start predicting now, and I bet I get some right too over the next decade.

 

[ax1]

He is crazy. Look throughout American history and you will see horrible violations of the constitution, all of which do not effect the general population. He is a fear monger, nothing else.

He is in the same vain as people like Graham Han****, Zechariah Sitchin etc.... Someone to listen to for entertainment purposes only.

Hell, I can't start predicting now, and I bet I get some right too over the next decade.

All of? Really?

IRS and income tax, federal reserve, wars, patriot act, department of education, diminishing state powers. Etc....

Alex is just one guy I really don't need him. there are many other sources I can go to. I really don't mind his style to be honest but some people just prefer someone in a business suit and speak only in a professional tone I guess.

 

[VolcomX311]

Majorly epic thread.

 

[ax1]

c'mon Ax, a fear monger now? Army drills in an UNDATED photo?

Who does more fear mongering in your opinion, Alex Jones or the Government?

 

[AE14]

Who does more fear mongering in your opinion, Alex Jones or the Government?

That the comparison you want to make? Your great evil government or the prophet of doom Alex Jones. :lol:

 

[ax1]

That the comparison you want to make? Your great evil government or the prophet of doom Alex Jones. :lol:

haha

 

[ax1]

Tech Giant Warns CISPA Is “Alarming” Threat to Privacy

Mozilla is first Silicon Valley entity to denounce bill

Paul Joseph Watson
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tech giant Mozilla has publicly slammed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) which passed the House last week, labeling the legislation an “alarming” threat to privacy.
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“While we wholeheartedly support a more secure Internet, CISPA has a broad and alarming reach that goes far beyond Internet security. The bill infringes on our privacy, includes vague definitions of cybersecurity, and grants immunities to companies and government that are too broad around information misuse. We hope the Senate takes the time to fully and openly consider these issues with stakeholder input before moving forward with this legislation,” Mozilla, which is best known for its Firefox browser, Invalid Link Removed.

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The statement is important because it marks the first time any Silicon Valley entity has denounced CISPA, with an array of powerful companies lining up in support of the legislation which passed the US House of Representatives 248 to 168 and now heads to the Senate.

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Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Symantec, AT&T and Verizon have all backed the bill, with Microsoft re-affirming its support yesterday after rumors the company was getting cold feet, while Google has refused to take either side.​

Invalid Link Removedas a greater threat to privacy than SOPA, which was opposed by a deluge of major tech firms after a viral online opposition campaign, but because CISPA has received less attention, corporate giants have found it easier to stay mute.

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Not only would CISPA mandate ISPs to share Internet data of users with government “notwithstanding any other provision of law,” Invalid Link Removed to monitor the communications of the federal courts and Congress, and intercept tax returns sent to the IRS.

The bill “gives companies a free pass to monitor and collect communications and share that data with the government and other companies, so long as they do so for ‘cybersecurity purposes,’” the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has noted. “Just invoking ‘cybersecurity threats’ is enough to grant companies immunity from nearly all civil and criminal liability, effectively creating an exemption from all existing law.”

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“The government would be able to search information it collects under CISPA for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete immunity from all privacy protections as long as they can claim someone committed a “cybersecurity crime”. Basically it says the 4th Amendment does not apply online, at all. Moreover, the government could do whatever it wants with the data as long as it can claim that someone was in danger of bodily harm, or that children were somehow threatened—again, notwithstanding absolutely any other law that would normally limit the government’s power,” Invalid Link Removed.

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Invalid Link Removed, the Obama administration’s threat to veto the bill is little more than a crude stunt and carries no more weight than Obama’s promise to veto the National Defense Authorization Act, which he signed on New Year’s Eve after the White House itself lobbied for the NDAA’s most egregious provisions to be included.

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Indeed, the White House’s primary beef with the legislation appears to be the fact that it doesn’t hand enough power to the Department of Homeland Security.

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CISPA now moves to the Senate where it will be amalgamated with one of two other bills before heading to Obama’s desk. Don’t hold your breath on that veto.
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[ax1]

Leaked U.S. Army Document Outlines Plan For Re-Education Camps In America

Political activists would be pacified to sympathize with the government

FM 3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement Operations
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The manual lists the following roles that are designated to the “PSYOP team”.

- Identifies malcontents, trained agitators, and political leaders within the facility who may try to organize resistance or create disturbances.

- Develops and executes indoctrination programs to reduce or remove antagonistic attitudes.

- Identifies political activists.

- Provides loudspeaker support (such as administrative announcements and facility instructions when necessary).

- Helps the military police commander control detainee and DC populations during emergencies.

- Plans and executes a PSYOP program that produces an understanding and appreciation of U.S. policies and actions.