murder/mayhem: suicide, regicide & the 2nd shooter memory hole

but first, a little perspective:
april bloodiest month in iraq in a year as security plummets

more southern shootings
from copycat effect: On April 25, 2009, within minutes of each other, two multiple shootings, apparently issuing from domestic violence situations, left six people dead in Georgia and Florida, in one case including the shooter.

top cancer scientist commits suicide by deadly chemicals

US plane forced to land in incident with rampaging passenger
from dpa: A Delta Airlines plane on a flight from New York to Tel Aviv was forced early Saturday to make an emergency landing in Boston after a passenger sought to force his way into the cockpit, the local television channel WCVB reported. The report said that some 2 hours after the fully-loaded Boeing 767 plane took off, a man tried to storm the cockpit. Five passengers managed to overpower him and keep him tied down with a safety belt until the plane could land at Boston's Logan airport. The man was described as a 22-year-old Israeli.

flight 3407 crash: who is acting ntsb chairman mark rosenker?

massacre in moscow supermarket
from russia today: A Moscow police officer who went on a shooting massacre through a supermarket on Monday has caused outrage from human rights activists and lawmakers in Russia, who are calling for stricter gun controls and police reform. Denis Yevsyukov shot dead three people and wounded another six.

uk teenager dies in double stabbing &
10 tourists killed in california bus crash

5 killed in 'assassination attempt' on dutch royal family

from times online: The Dutch Royal Family looked on in horror yesterday as a car ploughed into a crowd of wellwishers, killing five and injuring twelve. The car smashed through two police barriers in an apparent attempt to ram the open-top bus carrying the royal party, which included Queen Beatrix, 71. Dutch media reported that the driver, a 38-year-old man, had been fired from his job and faced eviction from his home. He was slumped at the wheel when he was arrested. Police said that the man, who was in a critical condition, had no history of mental illness and had acted alone. No explosives were found in the vehicle. The Royal Family had been visiting Apeldoorn, 60 miles (96 km) east of Amsterdam, as part of the festivities for the annual Queen’s Day holiday. In a rare television address Queen Beatrix offered her condolences. “We are speechless that something so terrible could have happened,” she said, looking shaken. “My family and I think everybody in the country sympathises with the victims, their families and friends. What began as a great day has ended in a terrible tragedy.” On Queen’s Day, which commemorates the birth of Queen Beatrix’s mother, millions of people take the day off, dress in orange wigs and hats and hold street parties. Last night the parties were cancelled and flags were at half-mast. Ludo Goossens, a justice official, said: “At the moment of first contact with police on the ground, the man indicated that his action was aimed against the Royal Family.”

update: driver dies after attempted attack on dutch royal family

azerbaijan gunman kills 13 at college
from guardian: Thirteen people were shot dead and another 13 injured today after a student went on the rampage at his campus in Baku, the capital of the oil-rich Caspian state of Azerbaijan. The student – identified as Nadir Shirhanoglu – opened fire after a dispute with other members of his college faculty, witnesses said. He then shot himself in the head.

when this story first broke,
i saved a pdf of the original guardian article which mentioned:

"Russian news agencies identified the gunman as a Georgian citizen, Mursal Gamidov. The shootings may have broken out following a row between a rival group of foreigners at the college and Azeri students, the agencies suggested. The Azeri press agency this morning quoted a senior police officer as saying that the gunmen were "terrorists" who had been "neutralised". A student told the news agency Reuters he believed two gunmen were involved."

needless to say, that's all gone down the memory hole...

building in lower manhattan collapses

planes buzzing downtown nyc & now a building collapses ...
is this all starting to seem somewhat familiar?

from dpa: New York authorities on Thursday investigated a rundown five-storey building that collapsed in Lower Manhattan without causing any injuries, as it appeared unoccupied. The city's department of buildings said the building was under renovation and collapsed before dawn. The debris covered several vehicles. News reports said the building's owner had applied to demolish the most of the old building before it collapsed, after the structure had apparently violated several building codes before the accident.

related: low-flying air force one lookalike freaks out nyc

econocrash: chrysler files for bankruptcy, will get $8b more

from reuters: Chrysler LLC filed for bankruptcy on Thursday after talks to restructure its debt with lenders broke down. Despite intense negotiations over the past few weeks, Chrysler failed to gain the full support from its lenders to avoid the first-ever bankruptcy filing by a major U.S. automaker. At the same time, Chrysler as expected entered into an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat SpA where it sold a stake starting at 20 percent and in which Fiat can become the majority owner once the government loans are repaid. The Chapter 11 filing, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, will send shock waves through the entire industry -- including Chrysler's rivals, suppliers, dealers and the hundreds of thousands who rely on the industry for their livelihoods. As part of the filing, the U.S. government will provide up to $3.5 billion in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and up to $4.5 billion in exit financing. Obama said he hopes the entire bankruptcy process will take only 30 to 60 days.
video: obama's press conference on chrysler bankruptcy

chicago tribune cartoon 1934: planned economy or planned destruction?

something wicked this way comes...

...something strange is going on: missing toxins at biolabs, 21 dead polo horses in florida, swine flu unleashed, planes flying over new york, pandemic paranoia, single bullet specter & 'jfk democrats'... everyone's all abuzz: comment boards, facebook chats, instant messages, etc are flying fast & furious. but we need to slow down & ask: who's creating the hype & who's feeding into it? there's a lot of fear-mongering coming from both sides of the street now... but as they say: "the real action is in the reaction."

single bullet specter & the balance of pirate power

...an interesting note on this so-called super majority story is the term filibuster: it literally means 'pirate'

long-serving republican senator turns democrat
from dpa: Senator Arlen Specter, who has served as a Republican in Congress for nearly 30 years, announced Tuesday that he has switched parties, inching the Democrats closer to a super majority in Congress's upper chamber. The Pennsylvania senator's defection brings the Democrats to within one seat of the 60 needed in the 100-seat Senate to overcome Republican attempts to block votes on legislation, and enhances President Barack Obama's ability to advance his ambitious legislative agenda. Specter, 79, would have faced a strong challenge within the Republican Party for the nomination for the 2010 election after angering conservatives by supporting Obama's 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus package. "I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," Specter said in a statement, pointing out that more then 200,000 Pennsylvania voters switched from Republicans to Democrats last year.

specter's flirtation with democratic party has been long:
he recently noted that he was a 'jfk democrat' before becoming a republican

specter & oswald
from copycat effect: Lest we forget, Arlen Specter has been involved in conspiracies for a long time, and Lee Harvey Oswald remains on his mind. Don't take my word for this. Read what he said today. But first a bit of background. Guess who invented the "Magic Bullet Theory"? The Magic Bullet Theory was introduced by the Warren Commission (November 29, 1963 - September 24, 1964) to explain how three shots supposedly made by Lee Harvey Oswald resulted in the assassination of the United States President John F. Kennedy. The theory is credited to Warren Commission staffer Arlen Specter (currently the present U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania). Specter proposed that a single bullet, known as "Warren Commission Exhibit 399" (also labeled as "CE399"), caused all of the non-fatal wounds in both President Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally on November 22, 1963, at Dealey Plaza, the site of the first Masonic temple in Dallas, Texas. The fatal head wound to JFK was caused by a bullet other than this alleged "Magic Bullet." Today, April 28, 2009, as the media swarmed and tried to interview Senator Arlen Specter about his jump from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, he is reported to have said, "I don't think Lee Harvey Oswald had this big a crowd trailing him."

What a curious thing to say.

update: specter spectacle hides deadly new folly in terror war

specter's jfk specter
from lisa pease: Given that Arlen Specter has decided to leave the Republican Party, I think it's worth examining Specter's history to see if he will be an asset or a burden for the Democratic Party. While Specter is perhaps most famous for coming up with the "single bullet theory" which purports that one bullet entered and exited two people (President Kennedy and Governor Connally) seven times, only to emerge nearly intact, his legislative efforts of late also give cause for concern... So why would the Democrats want Specter in their corner? The magic number. Sixty votes. A filibuster-proof majority, the holy grail of any administration. I can understand why President Obama himself has said he'll raise money for Specter. But given Specter's history, I can't help but feel the Democrats are welcoming the fox into the hen house.

alabama parents upset over fema coloring book with 9/11 content

from fox10tv: A page showing fire, severe weather, and flooding, all disasters that can have an impact on a family, especially children. All of these disasters were featured in a coloring book on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's website, designed to help children cope with disasters. But one page has parents taking the colors away. It's an illustration of the World Trade Center Towers in New York. One of the towers has smoke coming out of it while a plane looks to be heading towards the other. "They like to color happy pictures not pictures like that I don't think I would like to give my child these kids of pictures to color," said parent Brandy Greer. Another parent, who was from New York, couldn't believe the scene was in something intended for such young minds. She said she thinks the picture might actually scare a child, since most might now [sic] understand the horror of 9/11... The coloring book that included the page on 9/11 was created by the Freeborn County Crisis Response Team in Minnesota.

...download the entire 25-page fema coloring book here...


fema site yanks 'scary' coloring book depicting 9/11 attacks

low-flying air force one lookalike freaks out nyc

from raw replay: A number of buildings in New York City were evacuated Monday morning after a trio of low-flying planes flew near the Statue of Liberty. “An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures,” the New York Times reports. “But a lack of awareness about the flyover led to the evacuation of several buildings in Lower Manhattan and Jersey City, N.J., and perplexed officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other authorities were inundated with calls from anxious ferry passengers, office workers and residents in the area.” RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from MyFoxNY.com, broadcast Apr. 27, 2009.

...and now, the updates...

air force photo op evokes 9/11 for new yorkers

lawmakers express outrage over nyc plane scare
from raw replay: Sen. Chuck Schumer is outraged that the FAA didn’t notify citizen of New York City before a plane used as Air Force One buzzed the city. “It is absolutely outrageous and appalling to think that the FAA would plan such a photo shoot and not warn the public, knowing full well New Yorkers still have the vivid memory of 9/11 sketched in their minds,” he said during a press conference. This video is from MSNBC’s News Live, broadcast Apr. 27, 2009.

video: jon stewart to 747: stay the f**k away from ground zero

white house apologizes over air force one 'blunder'
from dpa: The White House issued an apology Monday after a presidential plane flying low over New York for a photo shoot left people on the ground panicking over worries a terrorist attack was underway. The massive Boeing 747, shadowed by an F-16 fighter jet, was passing over the Hudson River at times at altitudes lower than some buildings in downtown Manhattan. Hundreds of people rushed out of their offices and onto the street, fearing another September 11, 2001-style attack. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed outrage that he had not been informed of the flight, although the Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration said local police had been informed.

video: obama on plane scare: 'it was a mistake'

update: manhattan fly-over & the national security state
from kurt nimmo: CBS in New York reports that the Pentagon knew its photo-op flyover above Manhattan would raise “public concern” and frighten New Yorkers but pulled off the stunt anyway. “Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public,” reports Marcia Kramer WCBS TV.

updates: air farce one stunt: a resignation & a photo +
146 photos of air farce one stunt released thanks to foia requests

interview w/ evan long of 'the columbine cause'

did you know that whenever a witness identified someone besides eric harris or dylan klebold by name as having been an attacker, the name was redacted in the 'official' reports?

did you know that the lead fbi investigator's son, not only helped found the 'trench coat mafia', but also made a 'parody' video showing the destruction of the school 2yrs before the massacre actually happened?

it's questions like these & many other discrepancies that are at the heart of evan long's feature-length investigation into 'the columbine cause.'

evan joined us via skype to talk about shooters, copycats, false flag terror & much more on this special interview episode from media monarchy.

swine flu pandemic: the stand & the happening right at your door

...go to food world order for more on swine flu unleashed...
and watch this post for more updates...



OBAMA GREETED IN MEXICO BY MAN WHO DIED DAYS LATER OF FLU SYMPTOMS*
possible outbreak at nyc prep school*
8 students test 'probable'*
mexico city residents staying at home*
calderon declares emergency; power to quarantine*
who declares international concern*
close to 1,000 suspected cases*
health experts consider responses to outbreak*
2 cases found in kansas*
new swine flu likely widespread*
video: swine flu vaccination propaganda from 1976*
swine flu has pandemic potential*
baxter working on vaccine to stop swine flu,
though admitted sending live pandemic flu viruses to subcontractor*
briton quarantined as killer flu spreads*
new zealand quarantines 25 amid swine flu alert*
at least 71 deaths in mexico 'likely linked' to swine flu outbreak*
officials: govt responding 'very aggressively' to swine flu*
students in new york fall ill & swine flu is suspected*
8 swine flu cases confirmed at ny school*
pandemic feared as swine flu spreads*
world health org cites potential for swine flu pandemic*
mexican swine flu deaths spark worldwide action*
jolly roger on the flu bug*
april 14-15: fema's interagency continuity
influenza pandemic tabletop exercise*



updates posted april 28:
US declares public health emergency over spread of swine flu*
obama & flu death*
obama: swine flu ‘not a cause for alarm’*
73 cases of swine flu confirmed; hundreds more feared*
US set to issue travel warning to mexico*
scucisd closes all schools*
seal border says homeland security committee member*
world counting down to a pandemic*
swine flu in mexico: the 'new' bird flu*
baxter to develop swine flu vaccine despite bird flu scandal*
what do you call it when a 4wk civil contingency exercise, to prepare for a flu pandemic, has to be cancelled due to the outbreak of a flu pandemic? a 'sheer coincidence'*
in attempt to placate 'right wing', collins & specter endorsed pandemic flu funding cut*
is swine flu a bioweapon?*
number of US swine flu cases now at 40*
watch swine flu spread in real time*
mar24, 1976: ford orders swine-flu shots for all*
video: the avian flu scam*
firm provides swine flu updates to agencies*
5 things (time says) you need to know about the outbreak*
swine flu advanced preparedness teleconference apr30*
swine flu death toll exceeds 100 as pandemic fears grow*
swine flu: who profits?*
video: pandemic fears spread in nyc*
world health confirms pandemic alert level raised to 4*
US military 'monitoring' flu outbreak*
flu pandemic hype: another pretext for world government*
govt 'template' for mass vaccination*
US declares emergency as swine flu toll in mexico rises*
homeopathy successfully treated flu epidemic of 1918*
baxter seeks swine flu sample to begin work on vaccine*
video: wayne madsen says swine flu not naturally occurring*
key posts remain vacant as untested pandemic response plan implemented*
swine flu epidemic enters dangerous new phase*
flight 3407 crash: the origin of swine flu revisited -
60 minutes, nov4, 1979*
flight 3407 crash: the origin of swine flu revisited - 60 minutes, nov4, 1979*
flight 3407 crash: more swine flu profiteers*
flight 3407 crash: a passenger worked for invacare -
with facilities 1.8miles from the boy in elyria diagnosed with swine flu*
flight 3407 crash: enter a scientology legal front & yet another biotech connection*
flight 3407 crash: bugs, bombs & bucks - military bio-terrorism connections*
dead microbiologists & the illuminati end game*
terrorism, depression, pandemic & the new world order*
world health org: no evidence swine flu is bioterrorism attack*
mexico city earthquake adds insult to injury*
video: alex jones' swine flu special report*
cdc: US swine flu cases jump to 68*
resources to combat swine flu hysteria*
israel calls it 'mexican flu'*
container of swine virus explodes on swiss train*
will fema round us up for the swine flu?*
texas county planned mass vaccinations in march*
n carolina 'involuntarily isolating' suspected swine flu patients*
mexico closes schools as virus spreads widely*
weaponizing deadly viruses: historical precedents*
time magazine preps americans for mandatory vaccinations*
israel updates biodefense program to counter terror threat*
sanofi aventis invests 100m euros in new facility in mexico to
produce seasonal & pandemic influenza vaccine*
cdc: 'fully expect we will see deaths'*



updates posted april 29:
video: scientist predicted swine flu in 2004*
mexico's mystery: why is swine flu deadlier there?*
swine flu reported in more countries; who warns of possible pandemic risk*
swine/avian/human h3n2 influenza timeline*
swine flu outbreak escalates as california declares state of emergency*
video: 1976 'swine flu' public service announcements*
florida hospital caught in swine flu coverup?*
5 ways to keep your kids safe*
swine flu crisis lays bare the meat industry's monstrous power*
swine flu hearings set; opm issues guidance*
video: we aren’t in the pandemic phase yet with swine flu*
mexico outbreak traced to ‘manure lagoons’ at pig farm*
flashback: cdc to mix avian, human flu viruses in pandemic study*
homeland stupidity preps flu quarantine guidelines*
toddler killed by swine flu in US came from mexico*
homeland security issues alert on mandatory quarantine procedures*
video: anglo-american vaccine industry behind swine flu outbreak*
how fast could a swine flu vaccine be produced?*
texas cancels high school athletic events in flu response*
video: swine flu martial law bill clears massachusetts senate*
american swine flu death confirmed*
gov perry bolsters precautionary measures to address swine flu in texas*
swine flu: state of emergency, mexican-style*
flying pigs, tamiflu & factory farms*
swine flu outbreak could be linked to smithfield factory farms*
video: ron paul puts swine flu into perspective*
swine flu spreads in 10 US states, europe*
swine flu smoking gun? cdc was combining flu viruses in 2004*
"no infected pigs in mexico"*
quarantine officers monitor travelers with thermographic device*
only 7 swine flu deaths, not 152, says who*
dhs sets guidelines for possible swine flu quarantines*
capitalism & the flu*
swine flu: don't blame the pig*
flu schmlu ... forget the media's hype*
who says swine flu moving toward pandemic level*
world health org raises pandemic alert level*
at level 5 - and in need of more rapid diagnosis*
swine flu pandemic alert raised to level five*
who notches up swine flu pandemic alert*
pandemic threat level raised from 4 to 5 by who - the 2nd highest level*
swine flu outbreaks erupt globally; who raises pandemic alert level to 5*
q&a: facts & fiction about swine flu*
press release from who director-general: pandemic alert level to 5*



updates posted april 30:
how many people die of flu every year?
how many died of swineflu?*
massachusettes senate approves pandemic flu prep bill*
obama: 'whatever it takes' as swine flu nears pandemic level*
dhs transcript: 'anyone exhibiting swine flu symptoms will be evaluated before proceeding to their destruction'*
white house backtracks after biden says to avoid trains & subways over flu*
swine flu, the war on terror & eugenics*
lessons from the non-pandemic of 1976*
ohio natl guard moving tamiflu into highly secure buildings*
ah-chu: advance man with obama in mexico had swine flu?*
will pandemic be mild, or kill millions?*
mass vaccination drill puts alaskan health officials to practice*
a bush team strategy becomes obama's swine flu playbook*
video: fox news asks about martial law if it's a pandemic?*
if flu threat rises, cdc wants 'pandemic coordinator' in workplace*
will northcom take over in swine flu outbreak?*

econocrash: imf, cfr & protestors queue up for conflict

100s queue for low wage retail sales jobs in dublin

regulators shut banks in georgia, michigan, california & idaho
from bloomberg: Regulators seized banks in Georgia, Michigan, California and Idaho with total assets of $2.3 billion, bringing the tally of failures in the U.S. this year to 29, exceeding the total for all of 2008. American Southern Bank of Kennesaw, Georgia; Michigan Heritage Bank in Farmington Hills; and First Bank of Beverly Hills in Calabasas, California, were shut by state agencies. First Bank of Idaho in Ketchum was closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver of all four. The seizures will cost the FDIC’s insurance fund a total of $698.4 million, with more than half of that tied to the failure of the California bank. While banks in the other three states are being taken over by institutions in their regions, the FDIC couldn’t find a buyer for First Bank of Beverly Hills, forcing the regulator to assume the company’s $1.5 billion in assets.

corporate cfr members get most of the bailout money

protesters, police clash near imf meetings in dc
from afp: Seven people were arrested near the International Monetary Fund's Washington headquarters on Saturday as they tried to stop meetings taking place inside, police said. "Six people were detained for vandalism offenses and a seventh was detained for assaulting a police officer," Washington police spokesman Quentin Peterson told AFP. Two banks were attacked in disturbances that began early on Saturday morning and were aimed at disrupting the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank. Police did not offer an estimate for the number of people involved in the disturbances, but organizer David Combs of the the Global Justice Action group said protesters numbered 300. Local media put the figure at closer to 100. "The aim of the protests was to express outrage at the IMF's long-standing (habit) of ignoring human rights and environmental concerns," Combs said. Protesters carried banners berating the Bretton Woods institutions and calling for an end to capitalism. They carried placards stating that "Capitalism is Crisis" and shouted slogans calling for the IMF to be shut down, before clashing with police. Law enforcers had earlier announced road closures around the IMF - which lies in central Washington, not far from the White House - until Sunday when meetings are scheduled to conclude. The World Bank on Saturday launched a 55-billion-dollar infrastructure investment program as part of efforts to help developing countries weather the worst global slump in decades.

freddie mac suicide story updated, now there’s a gun involved

update: clinton-era lawyer, mark levy of bethesda, kills himself over job loss

media monarchy episode120

paying persistent attention to media culture for 120 episodes of media monarchy has brought us to 4/20, fema drills, ft detrick disease & the federal dna database + sexcrimes & videotape, cybersecurity, stratcom & social networking, harman, aipac & congressional corruption, the pirate bay, public enemy, die hard, angels & demons + institutional music by suicidal tendencies and tons more...

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media monarchy episode119b

episode119b from media monarchy has a harvest of headlines from the food world order, american stonehenge, lifestyles of the rich & nazi, outside the box w/ max keiser, the 4/23 newspurge & the flailing drugwar + dirty music from jesus & mary chain and tons more...

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media/memes: public enemy, gi joe and 'angels & demons'

public enemy tells coachella crowd about 'obama deception'
from paul joseph watson: Public Enemy - one of the most influential rap groups in music history - took an opportunity at the Coachella 2009 festival to warn their audience about “The Obama Deception,” in reference to Alex Jones’ recently released underground blockbuster documentary. The L.A. Times reports that Public Enemy member Professor Griff, who himself appears in the film, “made repeated references to the 'Obama deception,'” during the concert in California at which Paul McCartney, Morrissey, the Cure and Leonard Cohen also performed. Public Enemy’s 2005 album was entitled 'New Whirl Odor'... The band were at their peak in the late 80’s. Their 1988 album 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200, and at #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip hop Album charts and is routinely ranked in the top 50 albums of all time, being regarded as one of the most influential and groundbreaking records in history. Public Enemy, along with N.W.A., were two of the seminal acts in the organic explosion of hip-hop during the latter 1980’s, when the grassroots of the genre was all about black people becoming informed, empowered and strong and breaking free from stereotypical associations with poverty and drugs. As soon as hip-hop became a vehicle for political and personal awakening, it was seized and devoured by corporate America and MTV, before being gradually deformed into what we see on television today - where black icons rap not about fighting the man or standing up to the system, but about how much money and sex they have while girls with giant buttocks wiggle around behind them. We continually hear about huge music stars using their gargantuan public platforms to educate the public about the new world order at concerts and gigs. At the internationally renowned Reading festival in August 2006, Muse front man Matt Bellamy donned a T-shirt emblazoned with the words 'Terrorstorm,' wearing it for the band’s headline performance which was watched collectively by tens of millions of people worldwide. Watch 'The Obama Deception' for free by clicking here.

1 in 10 video gaming youths could be addicted
from usatoday: Can you become addicted to video games? A new research article out today in the journal Psychological Science suggests that the answer is yes. Nearly one in 10 children and teens who play video games showed signs of what could be considered addiction to games in a January 2007 Harris poll that the research is based upon. The poll of 1,178 U.S. kids and teens (aged 8 to 18) found that 8.5% of those who played video games exhibited at least six of 11 addiction symptoms such as skipping household chores or homework to play games, poor performance on tests of homework because of playing, and playing games to escape problems.

video: gi joe & nwo propaganda


catholic league claims ron howard is lying in 'angels & demons'
from alex constantine: The subject of Ron Howard's film is the "Illuminati," a clutch of "utopian" thinkers, intellectual forbears of socialism, based in late 18th century Bavaria and forced out of existence by the 19th, often scapegoated in contemporary right-wing (whacked) conspiracy theories. It's a schizophrenic concept: this alleged communist secret society is composed, Birchers claim, of (despised) Satanists and (cherished) Founding Fathers. Brrrr. Supposedly, the "Illuminati" are still with us - a secret conspiratorial alliance of Jews, Masons and Communists that only exists in the right-wing imagination, popularized by the Birch Society, a fascist front secretly financed in the '50s by Nazi survivors of WW II. It is a Hitlerian propaganda concept, designed to advance the aims of the far-right, and bears no relation to reality. Howard muddles history by confusing "Illuminati" with Freemasonry - the equivalent of mistaking the Knights of Malta with the Vatican, to draw a comparison - and the League has taken advantage of this confusion by issuing a blanket denial. Galileo (1564-1642), a Freemason, was indeed hounded by the church for supporting Copernican cosmology, but Howard has him living in the wrong century.

murder/mayhem: trash, crash & the craigslist killer

small plane crashes into florida home
from washington times: A small plane crashed into a South Florida home Friday morning [apr17], splitting it in half as rescue teams look for victims through fire and thick smoke.

family of 5 found dead by dad's hand*
5 killed in m1 motorway crash*
6yr old boy on vacation in venezuela dies in plane crash*
man accused of triple murder in illinois denied bond*
bodies of 5 children found in houston ditch*
files detail deaths of 14 los angeles children*
12 injured in washington after ride at fair topples over*

the case of the craigslist killer captivates america
from dpa: A medical student who allegedly targeted women advertising erotic services on Craigslist was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges of murder and kidnapping in a case that has captivated America. Adding to the feverish media coverage of the Craigslist killer case was the televised plea of clean-cut suspect Philip Markoff's fiancee. "All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly," said Megan McAllister on Good Morning America, insisting that they would marry as planned in August on a New Jersey beach.

and again, thanks to more great work from alex constantine, more updates & curious connections w/ the crash of flight 3407: pastor eastlack joins the cia & the return of the cheney clîque * judge hearing survivor suits is poppy bush appointee, ford foundation shill & peltier criminal * clifford law (of bcci fame) 'representing' a surviving family in wrongful death suit * aviation 'expert' randall brink's fraudulent resumé *

cyber/space\war: stratcom, solar storms, weatherwars

cybersecurity act: heavy restrictions on internet freedoms

US military prepares for 'cyber command'
from afp: The US administration is planning to create a new military command to counter cyber attacks on the country's sensitive computer networks, a US defense official said on Wednesday. The move would be part of a planned overhaul of cyber security policies now being weighed by the White House, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. The "cyber command" would likely fall under the US Strategic Command, which already leads efforts within the military to safeguard computer networks from hackers and cyber attacks, the official said, confirming media reports. Plans to reorganize the US government's approach to information technology security come amid a growing threat of cyber spying and attacks, including a breach reportedly of the US electricity grid and of the F-35 fighter jet program.

cyber criminals industrialize to increase effectiveness

a hurricane-killing, space-based power plant
from wired science: How's this for crazy?: A company files a patent to destroy hurricanes as they form by beaming them with energy from a space-based solar plant. Maybe it is crazy, but that same company, Solaren, took a first step in that direction this week when it inked a deal with the northern California utility, PG&E, to provide 200 megawatts of power capacity transmitted from orbit in 2016. Apparently, sending up billions of dollars worth of solar collectors and using microwaves to send the energy onto two square miles of receivers in the desert is a little ho-hum to Solaren's wild minds. "The present invention relates to space-based power systems and, more particularly, to altering weather elements, such as hurricanes or forming hurricanes, using energy generated by a space-based power system," Jim Rogers and Gary Spirnak write in their 2006 patent application... Attempts at weather modification have taken many forms over the decades from cloud seeding to the strange fans that vineyards use for hyperlocal weather modding. Some analysts have even speculated that geoengineering techniques could allow countries to weaponize the climate by subtly turning an enemy country's breadbasket into a desert, for example. Hurricanes have also been a target of dozens of plans to alter their courses or slow their winds.

a solar storm warning

are we ready for a solar katrina?
from abcnews: More than a million people without power. The distribution of drinkable water disrupted. Transportation, communication and banking upset. Trillions of dollars in damage. Hurricanes, blizzards and other earthly tempests aren't the only natural forces with the potential to sow catastrophe. Severe weather in the sun's outer atmosphere could knock out much of the country's power grid, incapacitate navigational systems and jeopardize spacecraft, scientists say. While the odds of a solar disaster are relatively small, scientists warn that we need to ramp up our defenses against solar storms, especially given our increasing dependence on technology that is so susceptible to radiation from the sun. "It's one of those events that is of low probability but high consequence," Dr. Roberta Balstad, a research scientist with Columbia University's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. "The consequences could be extreme."

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