Monday, July 11, 2011

Sara Thomsen - is it for freedom?

Sara Thomsen - is it for freedom?
(lyrics)
Rulers of the nations, as you fuss and fight,
Over who owns this or that and who has the right,
To design, to build, to sell and store and fire
All the bombs and guns to defend your holy empire.

There are children, hungry children, sick and dying.
There are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers crying.
They're only pawns in your play of power and corruption,
Slowly starve them, your new weapon of mass destruction.

[Refrain]
And prove to me, America, that you care.
And prove to me, America, you're aware.
Who's dying for your freedom in this land?
Who pays the cost for the liberties you demand?

Is it for freedom or our comfort and convenience?
Is it to profit for big business we pledge our allegiance?
Are we prisoners in the land of the brave and the bold?
Held by indifference, our hearts grown hard and cold?

[Refrain]

Children of the world, you have the right
To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight.
As the innocent die, you rulers carry the shame,
And if we stand idly be, we share in the blame.

And oh, oh, America, do we care?
Oh, America, are we aware?
Who's dying for our comfort in this land?
Who pays the cost for the convenience we demand?

Children of the world, you have the right
To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

U.S. prison population is the largest on earth

1 in every 31 adult persons is either in jail or prison or on parole or probation. 
That amounts to 7.3 million Americans and a cost that exceeds $68 billion annually. This figure does  not include juveniles accountable to the U.S. correction system. According to Susan Urahn of the Pew Foundation, who commissioned the report, juveniles are a very small percentage of the overall correction system population, at less than 5 percent. The total number of U.S. citizens accountable to the American correction system is the highest in the world. It even exceeds the combined Soviet Union and China prison population during the height of their dominate Communist Regime. Are American citizens really that bad?

According to the Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics web site between 1997 and 2005 violent crime dropped 22.5% and property crime dropped 22.7%. Between 2006 and 2007 violent crime increased 1.0% and property crime increased 2.7%. During this same period of time arrest and incarceration showed dramatic increases. The greatest percentages of arrest during this period were for consensual (victimless) crimes. An activity, currently illegal, in which no harm or damage to another person or individual's property occurs; such as recreational use of drugs, gambling, prostitution, pornography, drunk driving, and traffic violations.

The statistical breakdown of the U.S. correction system aggregation is as follows;

1 in every 45 Americans is on parole or probation

1 in every 100 Americans is in jail or prison

1 in every 11 African American adults is in jail or prison

1 in every 27 Hispanic American adults is in jail or prison

1 in every 45 White American adults is in jail or prison

Black Americans account for slightly over 10% of the total U.S. population. They also account for nearly 50% of the total U. S. jail and prison population. Of the estimated 36,500,000 crimes reported annually in the  U.S., Black American's are involved in less than 9% but have the highest conviction and incarceration rate annually of any other group. This evidences the unspoken rule within the U.S. justice system to hold minority American's accountable to a different code of justice than the majority population.

The average annual cost of caring and housing a prisoner in the U.S. is nearly $29,000. This is a 300% increase over the past 10 years and is out pacing every governmental agency spending cost except for Medicare. It is accounting for an average 6.7% of most states general fund expenditures. The incarceration of America has become big business and very expensive. Extrapolating the current rate of growth over the next 20 years, by 2030 nearly 15% of the U.S. population will be accountable to the American correction system. If that occurs, the FEMA prisons the conspiracy theorists have been talking about for years will become reality.

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Between 2 Ages - electromagnetic frequency & mind control

"In addition, it may be possible--and tempting--to exploit for strategic-political purposes the fruits of research on the brain and on human behavior.  Gordon J. F. MacDonald, a geophysicist specializing in problems of warfare, has written that timed artificially excited electronic strokes could lead to a pattern of oscillations that produce relatively high power levels over certain regions of the earth.... In this way, one could develop a system that would seriously impair the brain performance of very large populations in selected regions over an extended period.... No matter how deeply disturbing the thought of using the environment to manipulate behavior for national advantages to some, the technology permitting such use will very probably develop within the next few decades."
- Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-present) *Between Two Ages (1970) - p. 57*

footnote:
"As one specialist noted, 'By the year 2018, technology will make available to the leaders of the major nations, a variety of techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised.  One nation may attack a competitor covertly by bacteriological means, thoroughly weakening the population (though with a minimum of fatalities) before taking over with its own armed forces.  Alternatively, techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm."
- Gordon J. F. MacDonald *Toward the year 2018 (1968) - chapter 2: Space - p.34*

"Such a society would be dominated by an elite, 
unrestrained by traditional values."

“The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.”

“Speaking of a future at most only decades away, an experimenter in intelligence control asserted, ‘I foresee a time when we shall have the means and therefore, inevitably, the temptation to manipulate the behavior and intellectual functioning of all the people through environmental and biochemical manipulation of the brain.“



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(By manipulating these frequencies you can cause depression, joy, sense of well-being, fear, confusion…etc.)

Google seeks to weaken search engine ranking for "content farming" websites

that allows search results to be spammed, 
while also planning to weaken the search-ability of websites referred to as "content farms."

According to a recent cheerleading article by TechCrunch
content farms indeed include websites that post any duplicate content word-for-word.

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QUOTE: Kissinger - military animals

“Military men are dumb, stupid animals
to be used as pawns for foreign policy.”

- Henry Kissinger (1923-present)

-Quote: Kissinger - 3rd world depopulation

the United States of Shame

Porn in the U.S.A.


HR1981:
Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers act

Section 4h:
Retention of certain records by electronic communication service providers.
Requiring internet service providers (ISP's) to "retain for a period of at least 18 months the temporarily assigned network addresses the service assigns to each account"
(which will further strain ISP's natural order of business & further impede upon customer privacy in my opinion)

Section 8c2: 
Protection of child witnesses
Stating "In the case of a minor witness or victim, the court shall issue a protective order prohibiting harassment or intimidation of the minor victim or witness"
(This amendment is vague enough to warrant judicial penalty under unrelated circumstances in my opinion)

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STATISTICS:
“My theory is that young users spend so much time on social networks that they don’t have time to look at adult sites.”

the Politics of Porn:
Office Porn:
(take note employers looking for excuses to fire that certain someone, plant those pink slips)
 BTW, apparently these rules don't apply to Federal Agencies:
 LA gov union workers make porn film while on duty:
 opposite side of the coin:

Porn & Prisons:

Porn Weaponry:

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography & obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, & TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.


Diabolic - Liar & a Thief

Diabolic - Riot (ft. Deadly Hunta & John Otto)
(lyrics)

[Hook: Deadly Hunta]
The way the system will become you wont feel relaxed, (Riot)
The way the police that run me down make me wanna collapse,( Riot)
If you see my people in a struggle Diabolic wont feel relaxed, (Riot)
That make me wont feel relaxed, (Riot)
That makes me want to collapse, (Riot)
They brainwash education yo that make want to collapse, (Riot)
The guns and crack them distribute that make me want to collapse, (Riot)
For what they done to Sean Bell that make me want to collapse, (Riot)
That make me wont feel relaxed, (Riot)
That makes me want to collapse, (Riot)
That make me wont feel relaxed, (Riot)


[Verse 1]
Yo, they say my arms are too short to box with god,
But at least they're long enough to slap a cop so hard he lands in Scotland Yard,
So bring your riot squad cause imma bring some people starvin,
Marchin like an angry mob on the police department,
"Calling all cars, radio for reinforcements,
The citys been taken over so proceed with caution"
Freedoms lost and we dont need an equal portion,
And when Jesus walked in his footsteps echoed over demons talkin,
Excuse me officer, it seems you took a wrong turn,
Now you're in my world, watchin Babylon burn,
We dont need no water, pass my team some gasoline,
And let the muthafucka burn, I dont care I have a dream,
And in this dream dirty cops get popped and locked in prison,
And there's a hollow tip in every corrupt politician,
Here's a proposition, up the ante, stakes is high,
Pray to god for revolution and I aint afraid to die,
Coz people shouldnt fear their government, thats the issue,
The Government should fear to people's right to pack a pistol,
See it's our right to start a riot around here,
And publicly decapitate the King, right in town square.


[Hook: Deadly Hunta]


[Verse 2]
I smell the corruption in the air, and yeah, it's tasting tainted,
So we marchin, singin war chants, faces painted,
Basic training's over, I became a soldier,
Coz city hall's full of rats, rattles, snakes and cobras,
Police are trained to be the same and rape the culture,
Plant coke and baking soda on you to make a quota,
That's why I'm like "Fuck all you pigs. Go to hell.
Drop that badge and gun and step inside this holding cell."
So, lick a shot and give a round of applause,
If you ready for war and youre down for the cause,
Make some noise then go out and form a crowd of your boys,
Now wile out and scream "Freedom" like you're proud of your voice,
It's a choice that you make inside not to be another victim,
And before the system fucks you say "Fuck the System",
I wouldn't be surprised if by the time we turn and look,
Police are rounding up some religious group and burning books,
While crook lobbyists party down at Ground Zero,
Shoot to kill and make the super villain town hero,
Now it's clear though, so you can either just deny it,
Or give the kids a future, and start a fucking riot!


[Hook: Deadly Hunta]

Diabolic - the Truth (part two)
(lyrics)

[General Zod - Superman II]
Yes, today begins a new order. Your lands, your possessions,
Your very lives will be gladly be given in tribute to me.
In return for your obedience, you will enjoy my generous protection.
In other words, you will be allowed to live.


[Verse 1]
Freedoms been overthrown by Skull and Bone, scroll and key,
Lunatics, upside down crucifix on their rosary,
Its the home of the brave, land of the supposed free,
And Trilateral Commission expeditions overseas,
Opposing me is a socially accepted secret known to me,
The Jason Group mistakes the truth as its golden fleece,
Am I supposed to believe masons who have a mixture,
Of Satan and Catholic scripture, traded some gas to Hitler?
Should I believe when your forefathers Jack the Ripper?
And you worship statues in the forest and practice Wicca,
I seen it unfold, summer season, reading a scroll,
Translating masons speaking in code at Bohemian Grove,
Prince Bernard of the Netherlands left some evidence,
And the Bilderberg chose our presidents ever since,
Veteran Illuminati invaded the Scottish Rite,
Denounced god and Christ, worshiped man, and forgot the light,
So I got to fight, cause I dont care how it sounds,
The CIA planted C4 to bring the towers down,
Planes hit, a weapons born tracking us with Echelon,
When a video exists of a missile hitting the pentagon,
What a masterpiece, the past repeats, its never gone,
In daddys footsteps junior re-enacts Desert Storm,
Like lets get it on, act righteous, cause a fast crisis,
Double gas prices and blame the fact we tax-hyped it,
But observing optics can see through a vermins logic,
To just turn a profit and fatten Halliburtons pockets,
Making Satans fire lakes out a higher place,
So this time I break, theres only so much I can take.


[Hook x2]


Heres the truth, we the people have been seeing your attempts,
And realized we the ones you declared war against,
Heres the truth, I refuse to have you controlling me,
With my faith in a bunch of snakes I just dont believe,


[Verse 2]
The holy Roman crown is sacred and it seems the House of David,
Left Black Nobility and Jesus somehow related,
Black dont refer to the color of these cowards faces,
Their powder pasted skin makes them the proudest racists,
Illuminated lineage on lonely chromosomes,
Known for seeking the return of the holy Roman throne,
Committee of 300 call the shots close to home,
Tapping in your mobile phones, matching up your vocal tones,
Its your darkest belief, started with Harvards elite,
And Yales fraternal orders marketing the mark of the beast,
Deceiving as a demon playing the part of a priest,
Habsburgs causing famine while we starve in the streets,
Old School psychology basing fate on numerology,
The newest colony and Lucifers future prophecy
In aristocracy with souls in the devils hands,
And architecture plans, city streets designed as pentagrams,
Hidden cams on every inch of this blessed land,
A Verichip GPS attached to your genetic strands,
But I'll be damned if I allow some coward to drown me,
In the powers he proudly learned from Alister Crowley,
Cause outta my county on the turnpike, word life,
Theres Nazi propaganda promoting Bushs Third Reich,
Turn right at the left wing and find these cult leaders,
Then expose FEMA before you take The Fall like Colt Seavers,
No Geneva Convention peace treaty will be safe,
When the elite make a one world government police state,
I know yall relate and even I hope Im wrong,
But I know Im not, cause I know what the fuck is going on.


[Hook x2]

Warren Ellis - Black Summer

Black Summer is a comic book series from the honorably vulgar mind of Warren Ellis.
Hailing from the defunct clan: the Seven Guns,
 (a superhero group who engineer a new technology in order to 
"fight a corrupt police force and criminal private security firms")
a superhero (adorned in symbols of the illuminati)
murders the President of the United States along with his entire staff
in response to the president ordering an "illegal" war in Iraq "predicated on lies".
It poses the question:
"What happens when a superhero's pursuit of justice 
leads him to the inexorable conclusion that he must kill his president to save his country?"

making robots 'real'


***COMMENTARY***
Jules, is a 4 year old technology, imagine further development.
You give this android basic cognitive functions, mobility, and free will to make its own decisions 
and who knows its capabilities? Might not take rejection lightly.
I've recently been reading the book Robopocalypse,
which Steven Spielberg plans on making into a feature film in the near future.
As common thread amongst Spielberg films dealing with androids,
man makes 'bot' for assistance, 'mecha' then learns man is evil 
and in this case decides humans must be eliminated for the future of the planet.
This is a meme pushed all too often lately by the environmentalist movement, 
though at times subtle or subliminal its existence is widespread and should not be ignored.
They usually reason that culling the mass populous by 90% is rational for the 'greater good' of the planet.
These same figure heads who preach this vile sermon fail to offer their own flesh as sacrifice.
But I digress....
Typically the idea of man vs. machine was reserved for science fiction, 
but as technology progresses at a phenomenal rate it really makes ya wonder if its inevitable.
Will the day come when we regret we hadn't  threw a wrench in the cogs while we still had the chance?
Don't get me wrong, I believe the innovation behind these monumental breakthroughs in robotics
are truly fascinating, and a tremendous leap for humankind's dynamic ability to improve upon invention,
but is there really a need for such technology, other than to maybe steal a humans job,
and what is the relationship once paired with the push for acceptance of transhumanism?
Will science eventually triumph natural evolution?
I believe it already has , as far as convenience and bragging rights go, this is a large feat,
but will a tipping point occur where we decide maybe we're far too comfortable,
and maybe these mechanisms are becoming intrusive if not harmful and are unnecessary?

-engineering love in robots

-Hanson Robotics

Albert Einstein android:

Thursday, July 7, 2011

hackers are everywhere. panic!

Could they be false flag events to help the government regulate the Internet

When is the last time you can recall so many news items about hackers? It's become a massive meme within society as a whole. Hardly a day goes by without some discussion or news about hackers.

And, I should mention this right off: If there was ever any attempt to soft-pedal the word hacker versus cracker (with hacker meaning a guy who likes to fool around with his computer to discover new things and the cracker meaning the evil, black-hat criminal), well that definition is done. The hacker today is now the cracker for all practical purposes of discussion.

Now that I have that definition out of the way, let me try and figure out what is going on here.

First of all, there is no real outbreak of hacking. None of this is new. It's just that, for some reason, the media has decided to get on the bandwagon, and now not a day goes by without some sort of hacking story. And, of course, we have to have our hacking "bad guys." This means Anonymous, 4Chan, LulzRaft and LulzSec, among others. You can go into the sociology of these groups on your own time. You can research hacktivism and Lulz for starters.

From my perspective, the only reason the media is all over this is because there are group names attached to various attacks and this makes it easier to write a story. The fact is the hacking scene with many of the exact same players goes back decades. It's just that nobody was paying attention.

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Executive Order 13575: Rural Council = U.N.'s Agenda 21

Establishing of the White House Rural Council
  

Policy. Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands.

Warning bells should have been sounding all across rural America 
when the phrase “sustainable rural communities” came up. 
As we know from researching the UN plan for Sustainable Development known as Agenda 21
these are code words for the true fundamental transformation America.

The third sentence also makes it quite clear 
that the government intends to take greater control over “food, fiber, and energy.”

The last sentence in Section 1 further clarifies the intent of the order 
by tying together “access to the capital necessary for economic growth, health care and education.”

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Totalitopia: the new man fashioned from the forge of brutality

"Communism and socialism is seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff — watch out!"
Walter E. Williams

"Read Plato’s Republic and More’s Utopia both socialist works and imagine yourself living in the community portrayed by either. You will see that boredom would drive you to suicide or rebellion. A man who has never had security may think that it would satisfy him, but in fact - to borrow an analogy from mountaineering - it is only a base camp from which dangerous ascents can begin. The impulse to danger and adventure is deeply ingrained in human nature, and no society which ignores it can long be stable."
– Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) *The Impact of Science On Society*

In the mind of every bureaucrat and ideologue exists the future society they wish to create for themselves. John F. Kennedy made speeches about building a new government for establishing his ‘city on the hill’. JFK’s administration was likened to Camelot, a romantic medieval utopia. We will discuss some of the characteristics of utopias and how they compare to our modern centralized governments. We may take a peek in to governments of the future as they attempt to carry out some of these ancient ideals.

Abortion: kills more African Americans then 7 leading causes of death combined

 
“The great irony 
is that abortion has done what the Klan only dreamed of”
- Dr. Alveda King, niece of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"We don't want the word out 
that we want to exterminate the negro population"
-Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood

Protect IP Act gives Gov power to seize websites on a whim

with no oversight merely for linking to sites that host copyrighted material has been labeled a hallmark of “repressive regimes” by a group of law professors who warn that the bill allows the state to “break the Internet addressing system”.

The Protect IP bill, currently stalled in the Senate, represents a death blow to Internet freedom of speech. It would turn the entire web into a clone of the YouTube model, which routinely censors and deletes material when requested to by governments or corporations and shuts down user channels without recourse.

The legislation merely codifies what Homeland Security is already practicing, seizing and shutting down websites without any form of legal proceedings and in many cases not even notifying the owner.
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FDA seeks to outlaw virtually every dietary supplement formulated after 1994

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has quietly unleashed a regulatory scheme that, if fully implemented, could ban virtually all dietary supplements in the USA that were formulated after 1994.

That means nearly all superfoods, multivitamins, detox supplements, and medicinal herbal products we have all come to depend on to prevent disease and boost our immune health could soon be stripped from store shelves and outlawed across the nation. I call it the "End Game" of the FDA's war against humanity: 
Phase one was the enforcement of nutritional ignorance by threatening and raiding companies that dared to make truthful health claims on their own websites. 
Phase two involves "nuking" the entire dietary supplements industry by simply denying the use of nearly all the ingredients presently used in supplement products.

hate to say we told you so: cancer cluster found amongst Logan TSA

After Union representatives in Boston discovered a “cancer cluster” amongst TSA workers linked with radiation from the body scanners, the TSA sought to downplay the matter and refused to issue employees with dosimeters to measure levels of exposure.

“A large number of workers have been falling victim to cancer
strokes and heart disease.”

The Department, rather than acting on it, or explaining its position seems to have just dismissed. I don’t think that’s the way most other agencies would have acted in a similar situation if they were confronted with that question,”
- Marc Rotenberg, EPIC

“TSA Boston’s growing number of TSOs working here that have thus far been diagnosed with cancer.”
- Union Reps - email sent to Heather Callahan, Deputy Federal Security Director

 ***COMMENTARY***
The medical industry ensures its staff & patients are properly protected when conducting X-rays,
and the equipment they use occasionally endures routine procedures to guarantee calibration is up to par.
So why is it TSA agents themselves are not protected from the risks involved with these mechanisms,
nevermind the general public who fail to be warned when its they who are exposed to a direct dose.
The scoundrels who profit from these machines have already been caught cooking the books 
on the safety of their product. Yet the majority of the public simply subside to the security,
disregarding the fact that they are jeopardizing their own safety, and the likelihood of a terrorist boarding their plane are far outmatched by the inevitable risk of being stricken with cancer in the future.

VIPR searches & the American citizen: 'dominate, intimidate, control'

“They’re trying to scare the pants off the American people that we need these things... Fear is a commodity and they’re selling it. The more they can sell it, the more we buy into it. When American people are afraid, they will accept anything.”
- Kate Hanni, passengers’ rights advocate

“Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government…Among deprivations of rights, none is so effective in cowing a population, crushing the spirit of the individual and putting terror in every heart.”
- Justice Robert Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials

The transition to a police state will not come about with a dramatic coup d’etat, with battering rams & marauding militia. As we have experienced first-hand in recent years, it will creep in softly, one violation at a time, until suddenly you find yourself being subjected to random patdowns and security sweeps during your morning commute to work or quick trip to the shopping mall.

Perhaps you have yet to experience the particular thrill, and I use that word loosely, of being manhandled by government agents, having your personal possessions pawed through, and your activities and associations scrutinized. If so, not to worry. It’s only a matter of time before more and more Americans will experience such a military task force knocking at their door. Only, chances are that it won’t be a knock, and they might not even be at home when government agents decide to “investigate” them. Indeed, as increasing numbers of Americans are discovering, these so-called “soft target” security inspections are taking place whenever and wherever the government deems appropriate, at random times and places, and without needing the justification of a particular threat. Worse, not only is this happening with the blessing of the Obama administration but at its urging.

our brains neurons look exactly like the structure of the Universe

'One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light-years across. One shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patterns found in vastly different natural phenomena.'

What struck me about this is not the similarity between neuron and universe, though it's striking — 
rather it's the continuity of parallels one finds whenever one looks into the structures of nature.

"That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, 
and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, 
to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing".
- Hermes, Greek mythos messenger of the gods

after arrests, Orlando activists feed homeless at city hall

figured out a clever way to avoid arrest while still feeding the city's homeless population on public grounds: 
host their event at City Hall.

Members of the group had previously been arrested during a food sharing event at the picnic area of Lake Eola park, allegedly for violating a statute that criminalizes the feeding of more than 25 people without a permit.

Ben Markeson, the media liaison for Orlando's Food Not Bombs, told Raw Story in an interview Tuesday that they made the decision to move their event due to the throngs of people who flock to Lake Eola every year on Independence Day -- and to remind the mayor of a seemingly forgotten promise.

"What happened was, Mayor [Buddy] Dyer was quoted as saying that he offered to let Food Not Bombs gather at City Hall any time they like, and he'd donate some of the peppers he grows on his mayoral balcony to the chili pot, so, we wanted to see if he would live up to his word."
- Ben Markeson, Food Not Bombs media liaison

Markeson added that while mayor did not make an appearance on Monday, they were not harassed by police and "at least 100" people turned out for oatmeal, grits, pancakes, potatoes, bread and coffee.

He also said that City Hall had not been used in the past because it lacks easy access to basic sanitation facilities, unlike the public park which has running water outdoors.

"A nation that continues year after year 
to spend more money on military defense
than on programs of social uplift 
is approaching spiritual death."
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

US spends billions every year prosecuting marijuana violations while economy tanks

and millions of Americans are losing their jobs and struggling just to survive. 
Meanwhile, the federal government continues to spend billions of taxpayer dollars every year to fight its endless "War on Drugs," which includes spending about $7.7 billion a year just on enforcing marijuana laws, and preventing sick and injured patients from accessing this natural, side effect-free treatment for their ailments.

Despite numerous recent cases of relaxed or reneged marijuana laws in various US states, 
the federal government's attitude towards the plant remains the same. 
It considers marijuana to be a dangerous street drug along the lines of cocaine and heroin, 
despite the fact that it is safer than prescription drugs, and provides natural relief for pain and illness without devastating side effects.

"Without [marijuana], 
I would be living on morphine and other horrible drugs. 
I couldn't do that to my family,"
- Marcy Dolin, California resident suffering from multiple sclerosis

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

massive undersea discovery of Rare Earth Elements may break Chinese monopoly

and a couple of tense international spats over the past year, but a Japanese discovery may make the valuable minerals a lot less rare. Geologists there say they’ve found huge concentrated deposits of rare earths in the Pacific seabed that could total 100 billion tons--or enough in a single square mile of seafloor to cover nearly half the world’s annual demand.

Rare earths--in case you missed last year’s high-tech sector fears and China’s short-lived unofficial “embargo” that rattled some Japanese and Western industries--are a group of metals that are integral to several cutting-edge technologies, including batteries, green technologies like wind turbines, and next-gen military technologies. They’re also used in lots of everyday technologies that are vital to developed economies, things like smartphones and computer monitors.

In short, the world needs rare earths and as developing economies continue their rapid upward climbs the world will need even more of them. Currently China controls 97 percent of the world’s usable supplies, and that’s been a source of tension as Chinese leaders have scaled back exports to protect industries at home. So the idea that there are perhaps hundreds of billions of tons of untapped rare earths lying in international waters is huge.