Howard flags new requirement for schools seeking funding
Every Australian school will be required to have a functional flag pole if they are to receive additional funding, under Federal Government legislation to be introduced to Parliament tomorrow.
The flagpole requirement is one of the conditions that will be attached to $31 billion in Commonwealth school funding.
Mr Howard has rejected suggestions that making schools fly the Australian flag is old-fashioned.
[He is right: the western nations are becoming more and more characterized by chauvinistic patriotism. And by a complementary dose of xenophobia.]
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
WAR ON PEACE
Intelligence agency does not distinguish between terrorism and peace activism
Days before firing wooden slugs at anti-war protesters, Oakland police were warned of potential violence at the Port of Oakland by California's anti-terrorism intelligence center, which admits blurring the line between terrorism and political dissent.
The April 2 bulletin from the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC) arguably offered more innuendo than actual evidence of protesters' intent to "shut down" the port and possibly act violently.
CATIC spokesman Mike Van Winkle woke up long enough to say that such evidence wasn't needed to issue warnings on war protesters.
"You can almost argue that a protest against [terrorism] is a terrorist act."
Days before firing wooden slugs at anti-war protesters, Oakland police were warned of potential violence at the Port of Oakland by California's anti-terrorism intelligence center, which admits blurring the line between terrorism and political dissent.
The April 2 bulletin from the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC) arguably offered more innuendo than actual evidence of protesters' intent to "shut down" the port and possibly act violently.
CATIC spokesman Mike Van Winkle woke up long enough to say that such evidence wasn't needed to issue warnings on war protesters.
"You can almost argue that a protest against [terrorism] is a terrorist act."
PROPAGANDA CENTRAL
Bush administration uses polls to find the best spin to put on unpopular policy
Whereas other US administrations had used polls to determine the popularity of a range of policy options, the Bush administration used polls to determine the best rhetoric with which to market policies that might not be popular.
John DiIulio confirmed the Bushies' public-relations approach to government when he confessed to reporter Ron Suskind that 'staff, senior and junior ... consistently talked and acted as if the height of political sophistication consisted in reducing every issue to its simplest, black-and-white terms for public consumption, then steering legislative initiatives or policy proposals as far right as possible'.
Whereas other US administrations had used polls to determine the popularity of a range of policy options, the Bush administration used polls to determine the best rhetoric with which to market policies that might not be popular.
John DiIulio confirmed the Bushies' public-relations approach to government when he confessed to reporter Ron Suskind that 'staff, senior and junior ... consistently talked and acted as if the height of political sophistication consisted in reducing every issue to its simplest, black-and-white terms for public consumption, then steering legislative initiatives or policy proposals as far right as possible'.
TRUE LOVE
Marine's wife pleads guilty to murder conspiracy
The 34-year-old wife of a Marine, Wendy Glass of Yuma, Ariz., pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to have her husband killed while he was stationed in Kuwait.
She admitted having an affair with another Marine, Larry Framness, from November 2001 to May 2003, and she admitted she and Framness conspired to kill her husband, James Houston Glass.
James Glass and Framness were deployed from Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma and sent to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait in early 2003. While there, Framness tried to kill Glass with a grenade after luring him to a guard shack, prosecutors said. Glass was injured but survived.
Framness pleaded guilty in February in military court to attempted murder, dereliction of duty, making false official statement and adultery. He is serving a life sentence.
Because Wendy Glass cooperated in the prosecution case against Framness, prosecutors have recommended a sentence of a little more than eight years.
The 34-year-old wife of a Marine, Wendy Glass of Yuma, Ariz., pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to have her husband killed while he was stationed in Kuwait.
She admitted having an affair with another Marine, Larry Framness, from November 2001 to May 2003, and she admitted she and Framness conspired to kill her husband, James Houston Glass.
James Glass and Framness were deployed from Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma and sent to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait in early 2003. While there, Framness tried to kill Glass with a grenade after luring him to a guard shack, prosecutors said. Glass was injured but survived.
Framness pleaded guilty in February in military court to attempted murder, dereliction of duty, making false official statement and adultery. He is serving a life sentence.
Because Wendy Glass cooperated in the prosecution case against Framness, prosecutors have recommended a sentence of a little more than eight years.
Monday, June 21, 2004
OUR COSMOS
Most of universe invisible, experts say
Everything you can see – from a distant nebula to the family dog – makes up only about 5 per cent of the universe. The rest is mystery stuff – dark matter and dark energy.
We should be wary of equating existence with visibility because most of the universe is not something we can see, University of Toronto astronomy professor John Percy said.
Dark matter is similar to normal matter in that it exerts gravitational force, Prof. Percy said, but most similarities end there. Some of the remaining 95 per cent might be made up of dark objects like planets, but “most likely it's some kind of elementary particle which doesn't interact much with other things".
Everything you can see – from a distant nebula to the family dog – makes up only about 5 per cent of the universe. The rest is mystery stuff – dark matter and dark energy.
We should be wary of equating existence with visibility because most of the universe is not something we can see, University of Toronto astronomy professor John Percy said.
Dark matter is similar to normal matter in that it exerts gravitational force, Prof. Percy said, but most similarities end there. Some of the remaining 95 per cent might be made up of dark objects like planets, but “most likely it's some kind of elementary particle which doesn't interact much with other things".
NEW WORLD ORDER
Librarian's stand against US Patriot Act
As America gears up for the presidential elections more and more attention is being focussed on the so-called USA Patriot Act, which in the wake of 9/11, gave the intelligence agencies new powers to keep watch on American citizens.
Jacky Griffin is large, elegant, with close cropped hair, she speaks with the confidence of youth and enormous intellect. She has a bulky bag slung across her shoulders, it is full of books, and if anyone messes with books, they get Jacky's wrath.
"An FBI agent would not be welcome here," she says, standing in the lobby of the cavernous library in Berkeley, California. She is its director.
The Berkeley City Council, in time-honoured fashion for this counter-culture community, has decided not to obey George W Bush's Patriot Act should the FBI try to impose it here.
This is much more dangerous than the other periods," says Robert Schechtman, a 35-year-old student of German studies, who was instrumental in passing the Berkley University's resolution against the law.
"One of the early things Hitler did was to create a separate court system that was responsible only to him. And with the Patriot Act and the military tribunals we have a separate legal system in the United States which completely goes around the checks and balances that our system of government was founded on."
[Four US states -- Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont, and more than 300 towns -- have passed resolutions against it, although now, the Justice Department is looking to introduce a Patriot Act Two which would be even tougher, and George Bush says he plans to make it an election issue.]
As America gears up for the presidential elections more and more attention is being focussed on the so-called USA Patriot Act, which in the wake of 9/11, gave the intelligence agencies new powers to keep watch on American citizens.
Jacky Griffin is large, elegant, with close cropped hair, she speaks with the confidence of youth and enormous intellect. She has a bulky bag slung across her shoulders, it is full of books, and if anyone messes with books, they get Jacky's wrath.
"An FBI agent would not be welcome here," she says, standing in the lobby of the cavernous library in Berkeley, California. She is its director.
The Berkeley City Council, in time-honoured fashion for this counter-culture community, has decided not to obey George W Bush's Patriot Act should the FBI try to impose it here.
This is much more dangerous than the other periods," says Robert Schechtman, a 35-year-old student of German studies, who was instrumental in passing the Berkley University's resolution against the law.
"One of the early things Hitler did was to create a separate court system that was responsible only to him. And with the Patriot Act and the military tribunals we have a separate legal system in the United States which completely goes around the checks and balances that our system of government was founded on."
[Four US states -- Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont, and more than 300 towns -- have passed resolutions against it, although now, the Justice Department is looking to introduce a Patriot Act Two which would be even tougher, and George Bush says he plans to make it an election issue.]
WATCH THE SKIES
Meteor 'loud enough to shake the house'
Paul Kesterson was getting ready for work Friday morning when two thunderous explosions a split second apart rocked the sky above his home.
NASA scientist Mike Mumma said the likely culprit was a 'sizable' meteor ripping apart as it blasted through the atmosphere at 100,000 mph.
Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object monitoring program in Pasadena, Calif., said a meteor that shakes homes and windows could have been the size of a small car.
Paul Kesterson was getting ready for work Friday morning when two thunderous explosions a split second apart rocked the sky above his home.
NASA scientist Mike Mumma said the likely culprit was a 'sizable' meteor ripping apart as it blasted through the atmosphere at 100,000 mph.
Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object monitoring program in Pasadena, Calif., said a meteor that shakes homes and windows could have been the size of a small car.
Sunday, June 20, 2004
NEW WORLD ORDER
Report says US has 'secret' detention centres
The United States is holding terrorism suspects in more than two dozen detention centres worldwide and about half of these operate in total secrecy, a human rights report says.
Human Rights First, formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, said in a report that secrecy surrounding these facilities made 'inappropriate detention and abuse not only likely but inevitable.'
'The abuses at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib cannot be addressed in isolation,' said Deborah Pearlstein, director of the group's U.S. Law and Security program, referring to the U.S. Naval base prison in Cuba and Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq where abuses are being investigated.
'This is all about secrecy, accountability and the law,' Pearlstein told a news conference.
The United States is holding terrorism suspects in more than two dozen detention centres worldwide and about half of these operate in total secrecy, a human rights report says.
Human Rights First, formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, said in a report that secrecy surrounding these facilities made 'inappropriate detention and abuse not only likely but inevitable.'
'The abuses at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib cannot be addressed in isolation,' said Deborah Pearlstein, director of the group's U.S. Law and Security program, referring to the U.S. Naval base prison in Cuba and Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq where abuses are being investigated.
'This is all about secrecy, accountability and the law,' Pearlstein told a news conference.
WATCH THE SKIES
'Surprise' meteor shower possible in June
Meteor enthusiasts will likely be out in force in the coming nights, hoping to catch a glimpse of the on-again, off-again Ursids meteor display. Special emphasis will be placed on two specific nights: June 22-23 and June 26-27.
Ironically, the month of June is usually not noteworthy for any major meteor showers.
[The legendary British meteor observer, William Denning, first suggested that these meteors were bits and pieces shed by the Comet Pons-Winnecke]
Meteor enthusiasts will likely be out in force in the coming nights, hoping to catch a glimpse of the on-again, off-again Ursids meteor display. Special emphasis will be placed on two specific nights: June 22-23 and June 26-27.
Ironically, the month of June is usually not noteworthy for any major meteor showers.
[The legendary British meteor observer, William Denning, first suggested that these meteors were bits and pieces shed by the Comet Pons-Winnecke]
EARTH CHANGES
'House-sized' meteorite hits Australian east coast
A Meteorite the size of a house fell near the south eastern coast of Australia, exploding in a bright flash, police have said.
A driver on the Hume Highway shortly after 9pm (AEST) near Menangle reported an object the size of a house falling from the sky.
The meteorite was described as glowing silver in colour when it exploded with a bright flash on impact.
Workers at the Sydney Airport Tower said they saw a meteorite about 9pm, police said.
'Extensive police patrols' of the area for more than an hour did not turn up the space debris. 'We didn't find anything - there was no bloody great rock sitting in the middle of the highway, anyway'.
A Meteorite the size of a house fell near the south eastern coast of Australia, exploding in a bright flash, police have said.
A driver on the Hume Highway shortly after 9pm (AEST) near Menangle reported an object the size of a house falling from the sky.
The meteorite was described as glowing silver in colour when it exploded with a bright flash on impact.
Workers at the Sydney Airport Tower said they saw a meteorite about 9pm, police said.
'Extensive police patrols' of the area for more than an hour did not turn up the space debris. 'We didn't find anything - there was no bloody great rock sitting in the middle of the highway, anyway'.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
J. Danforth Quayle says something smart.
J. Danforth Quayle says something smart.
PATRIOTIC DUTY
Republican website encourages harassment of theaters screening Moore's film 'Fahrenheit 911'
The US Republican party has launched a nominally patriotic website, Moveamericaforward.org, via long-time GOP "public relations" firm Russo Marsh & Rogers, which was a major player in the recall ouster of California governor Grey Davis in 2002. In 2002, RMR partner Ron Rogers teamed up with the Reagan era Lyn Nofziger and Ed Rollins to work on the gubernatorial campaign of Bill Simon.
The Republican connection was uncovered using WHOIS, a database maintained by registries and registrars that records domain name registrations on the Internet.
Within minutes of being exposed, the website domain registration was changed, effectively removing any direct Republican connections to the site.
Melanie Morgan (left) -- Vice Chair of Move America Forward and host of a San Francisco radio program 'Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan Show' -- advises sympathisers to: Pick a theatre in your neighborhood that is showing Farehneit 9/11. Find the e-mail address from the list we've provided and let them know what you think of this effort to discredit America's fight on Radical Islamists.
Make a small effort to communicate with the corporate moguls who profit from this slur on our families, friends and neighbors who are risking their lives in this battle to keep the rest of us safer. And then forward our website to others who will support us.
I'm honored to work with my friend, Howard Kaloogian, on this important cause to rally Americans to stand united behind the men and women of the armed forces and their mission: fighting the war on terrorism around the world.
Honorable Howard Kaloogian served as a Member of the California State Assembly from 1994-2000. Mr. Kaloogian made history as Chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee, leading the historic effort that replaced failed California governor, Gray Davis, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Considering former President and California Governor Ronald Reagan to be one of his political heroes, Kaloogian was Chairman of the Defend Reagan Committee www.DefendReagan.org which successfully rallied millions of Americans to oppose the airing of the CBS' hatchet piece 'The Reagans'.
Fahrenheit 9/11 exposes financial connections between President George W. Bush’s family, and its associates, and prominent Saudi Arabian families, including that of Osama bin Laden, the man blamed for masterminding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC. The movie also exposes the Bush administration’s role in evacuating Osama bin Laden's relatives from the US immediately after the September 11 attacks.
Claiming that it contains “violent and disturbing images” and “strong language,” the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ruled that director Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 must carry the “R” adult rating. This means that the movie may not be viewed by Americans under the age of 17 unless they are accompanied by an adult.
Disney had stopped its subsidiary Miramax from distributing Fahrenheit 9/11, whereupon the Canada based Lions Gate distributor mustered its courage to make sure that Moore’s film can be seen by North American audiences. (European audiences are already seeing the movie without restriction). Moreover, Lions Gate’s chairman, Tom Ortenberg, promptly reacted with indignation to the MPAA's R rating decision, declaring it to be completely unjustified. “We are adamant about overturning this decision in an expeditious manner to ensure that as many people as possible ... are able to see one of the most important and thought-provoking films of our time.”
Saturday, June 19, 2004
FLASHBACK
You can't run a country by a book of religion
Not by a heap or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules of ancient date
Designed to make you all feel great
While you fold, spindle and mutilate
Those unbelievers From a neighboring state
Frank Zappa, "Dumb All Over", off the album You Are What You Is
WITCH AND BOOK BURNING
Crackdown on intellectuals and artists gathers momentum
No question: John Ashcroft is the worst attorney general in history. ... Somewhere, the anthrax terrorist is laughing. But the Justice Department, you'll be happy to know, is trying to determine whether it can file bioterrorism charges against a Buffalo art professor whose work includes harmless bacteria in petri dishes. ...
Perhaps most telling is the way Mr. Ashcroft responds to criticism of his performance. His first move is always to withhold the evidence. Then he tries to change the subject by making a dramatic announcement of a terrorist threat.
-- New York Times columnist Paul Krugman
No question: John Ashcroft is the worst attorney general in history. ... Somewhere, the anthrax terrorist is laughing. But the Justice Department, you'll be happy to know, is trying to determine whether it can file bioterrorism charges against a Buffalo art professor whose work includes harmless bacteria in petri dishes. ...
Perhaps most telling is the way Mr. Ashcroft responds to criticism of his performance. His first move is always to withhold the evidence. Then he tries to change the subject by making a dramatic announcement of a terrorist threat.
-- New York Times columnist Paul Krugman
COUP D'ETAT
Bush, Cheney indictments in Plame case looming
Why did DCI George Tenet suddenly resign on June 3rd, only to be followed a day later by James Pavitt, the CIA's Deputy Director of Operations (DDO)?
The real reasons ... have nothing to do with Tenet's role as taking the fall for alleged 9/11 and Iraqi intelligence "failures" before the upcoming presidential election.
Both resignations, perhaps soon to be followed by resignations from Colin Powell and his deputy Richard Armitage, are about the imminent and extremely messy demise of George W. Bush and his Neocon administration in a coup d'etat being executed by the Central Intelligence Agency.
The coup, in the planning for at least two years, has apparently become an urgent priority as a number of deepening crises threaten a global meltdown.
Based upon recent developments, it appears that long-standing plans and preparations leading to indictments and impeachment of Bush, Cheney and even some senior cabinet members have been accelerated, possibly with the intent of removing or replacing the entire Bush regime prior to the Republican National Convention this August.
Why did DCI George Tenet suddenly resign on June 3rd, only to be followed a day later by James Pavitt, the CIA's Deputy Director of Operations (DDO)?
The real reasons ... have nothing to do with Tenet's role as taking the fall for alleged 9/11 and Iraqi intelligence "failures" before the upcoming presidential election.
Both resignations, perhaps soon to be followed by resignations from Colin Powell and his deputy Richard Armitage, are about the imminent and extremely messy demise of George W. Bush and his Neocon administration in a coup d'etat being executed by the Central Intelligence Agency.
The coup, in the planning for at least two years, has apparently become an urgent priority as a number of deepening crises threaten a global meltdown.
Based upon recent developments, it appears that long-standing plans and preparations leading to indictments and impeachment of Bush, Cheney and even some senior cabinet members have been accelerated, possibly with the intent of removing or replacing the entire Bush regime prior to the Republican National Convention this August.
SUFFER THE CHILDREN
Judge rules batter-coated, frozen french fries really a fresh veggie
French [or Freedom] fries may be the bane of low-carb diets and obesity foes, but the US Department of Agriculture and a federal judge in Texas have another name for the popular food: fresh vegetable.
US District Judge Richard Schell last week endorsed little-noticed changes by the USDA to federal regulations that govern what defines a fresh vegetable.
The changes were made at the behest of the french-fry industry, which has spent the last five decades pushing for revisions to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Amending an obscure USDA rule, a revision has added batter-coated, frozen french fries to the list of fresh produce.
[This harks back to Ronald Reagan's administration in which budget director David Stockman was ridiculed for suggesting ketchup be classified as a vegetable for federally financed school lunches.
Interesting to note then that Judge Schell recently got moved up a notch after Bush authorised a new Federal court in Texas.]
Bush OK's court to alleviate caseload
12/11/2003
After more than a decade of lobbying, a federal court is coming to Plano, helping to alleviate a brimming Denton County caseload in northern-neighbor Sherman.
President George Bush on Wednesday signed legislation authorizing the court in Plano.
Judge Richard Schell, one of three judges in the nearest federal court in Sherman, said he will become Plano's first federal judge.
Magistrate Judge Don Bush would split his time between Plano and Sherman.
Once money is approved, Schell said the district's clerk will identify the court's space needs.
"The first step is that the court put together a formal request for space for a courtroom or courtrooms, space for chambers, space for other offices, space for the marshal's service and space for those who are incarcerated or awaiting trial," he said.
Plano has never housed a federal court, judge, magistrate, clerk's office or grand jury.
The Eastern District of Texas has divisions in Beaumont, Marshall, Paris, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler and Lufkin. The Sherman division includes Collin, Grayson, Cook and Denton counties.
More than 75 percent of the Sherman court's cases originate in Collin and Denton counties.
French [or Freedom] fries may be the bane of low-carb diets and obesity foes, but the US Department of Agriculture and a federal judge in Texas have another name for the popular food: fresh vegetable.
US District Judge Richard Schell last week endorsed little-noticed changes by the USDA to federal regulations that govern what defines a fresh vegetable.
The changes were made at the behest of the french-fry industry, which has spent the last five decades pushing for revisions to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Amending an obscure USDA rule, a revision has added batter-coated, frozen french fries to the list of fresh produce.
[This harks back to Ronald Reagan's administration in which budget director David Stockman was ridiculed for suggesting ketchup be classified as a vegetable for federally financed school lunches.
Interesting to note then that Judge Schell recently got moved up a notch after Bush authorised a new Federal court in Texas.]
Bush OK's court to alleviate caseload
12/11/2003
After more than a decade of lobbying, a federal court is coming to Plano, helping to alleviate a brimming Denton County caseload in northern-neighbor Sherman.
President George Bush on Wednesday signed legislation authorizing the court in Plano.
Judge Richard Schell, one of three judges in the nearest federal court in Sherman, said he will become Plano's first federal judge.
Magistrate Judge Don Bush would split his time between Plano and Sherman.
Once money is approved, Schell said the district's clerk will identify the court's space needs.
"The first step is that the court put together a formal request for space for a courtroom or courtrooms, space for chambers, space for other offices, space for the marshal's service and space for those who are incarcerated or awaiting trial," he said.
Plano has never housed a federal court, judge, magistrate, clerk's office or grand jury.
The Eastern District of Texas has divisions in Beaumont, Marshall, Paris, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler and Lufkin. The Sherman division includes Collin, Grayson, Cook and Denton counties.
More than 75 percent of the Sherman court's cases originate in Collin and Denton counties.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
WHACKY JAPANESE
Those crazy Japanese are at it again
And now a machine to take the wrist strain out of bukkake evenings.
And now a machine to take the wrist strain out of bukkake evenings.
EARTH CHANGES
UN says globe drying up at fast pace
The world is turning to dust, with vast tracts of land becoming desert wasteland every year and the problem threatening to send millions of people fleeing to greener countries, the United Nations says. The global dessication is driving people into cities and destroying agriculture in vast swaths.
"It's a creeping catastrophe," said Michel Smitall, a spokesman for the U.N. secretariat that oversees the accord. "Entire parts of the world might become uninhabitable."
Hotter city summer nights may be more frequent
Analysis by researchers at Britain's Hadley Center for Climate Prediction in Exeter has shown that the so-called "urban heat island" effect, of heat generated from buildings and vehicles being retained by asphalt and concrete at night, will intensify.
"Cities that now release an average of 20 watts of heat per square meter (yard) will in future release 60 watts more," New Scientist magazine said.
About one billion people at risk of flooding
"On one hand, we have a sea-level rise, a product of global warming. That is happening and will continue to happen.
"More and more people will face a greater likelihood of flooding. The likelihood is that areas already subject to high rainfall will be hit."
-- Dr Roger Few, an environment expert at the University of East Anglia
The world is turning to dust, with vast tracts of land becoming desert wasteland every year and the problem threatening to send millions of people fleeing to greener countries, the United Nations says. The global dessication is driving people into cities and destroying agriculture in vast swaths.
"It's a creeping catastrophe," said Michel Smitall, a spokesman for the U.N. secretariat that oversees the accord. "Entire parts of the world might become uninhabitable."
Hotter city summer nights may be more frequent
Analysis by researchers at Britain's Hadley Center for Climate Prediction in Exeter has shown that the so-called "urban heat island" effect, of heat generated from buildings and vehicles being retained by asphalt and concrete at night, will intensify.
"Cities that now release an average of 20 watts of heat per square meter (yard) will in future release 60 watts more," New Scientist magazine said.
About one billion people at risk of flooding
"On one hand, we have a sea-level rise, a product of global warming. That is happening and will continue to happen.
"More and more people will face a greater likelihood of flooding. The likelihood is that areas already subject to high rainfall will be hit."
-- Dr Roger Few, an environment expert at the University of East Anglia
MARTIAL LAW
Why we need martial law
John Kaminski believes a criminal government is destroying America and that the military must step in to restore Constitution
Our government is out of control. The elections are rigged. The Congress is completely bought off. The White House administration is a gang of criminals who are stealing the nation blind. There is no proper accountability from any department of government. And the United States is conducting two major wars, irresponsibly squandering the lives of our young people, for reasons that everyone in the world knows are lies.
People are being jailed for no reason, illegally tortured while in custody and deprived of due process. Innocent families around the world are being humiliated and killed for no legitimate reason. Our law enforcement apparatus — corrupt courts and cops — are failing to stop obvious crimes committed by the very rich, and assaulting ordinary citizens trying in a lawful manner to protest these injustices.
The American government is criminal enterprise, and American law enforcement is complicit in the crime. The only way to stop the continuing crime spree is by a military takeover and a declaration of martial law. Hundreds of cops, attorneys and judges need to be in jail.
Flashbacks
Children trained to accept Martial Law conditions.
Photos taken close to Nellis Air Force Baseshow what appears to be some kind of concentration camp.
John Kaminski believes a criminal government is destroying America and that the military must step in to restore Constitution
Our government is out of control. The elections are rigged. The Congress is completely bought off. The White House administration is a gang of criminals who are stealing the nation blind. There is no proper accountability from any department of government. And the United States is conducting two major wars, irresponsibly squandering the lives of our young people, for reasons that everyone in the world knows are lies.
People are being jailed for no reason, illegally tortured while in custody and deprived of due process. Innocent families around the world are being humiliated and killed for no legitimate reason. Our law enforcement apparatus — corrupt courts and cops — are failing to stop obvious crimes committed by the very rich, and assaulting ordinary citizens trying in a lawful manner to protest these injustices.
The American government is criminal enterprise, and American law enforcement is complicit in the crime. The only way to stop the continuing crime spree is by a military takeover and a declaration of martial law. Hundreds of cops, attorneys and judges need to be in jail.
Flashbacks
Children trained to accept Martial Law conditions.
Photos taken close to Nellis Air Force Baseshow what appears to be some kind of concentration camp.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Cassini pass reveals moon secrets
The Cassini spacecraft, which is en route to Saturn, has made a close pass of the planet's mysterious moon Phoebe.
The US-European spacecraft made its closest approach to the moon on Friday at 2156 BST at a distance of 2,078km.
Images show a scarred moon pounded by massive impacts that tossed building-sized rocks out on to its surface.
The pictures have already hinted at an ice-rich cosmic body overlain with a thin layer of dark material. One sharply defined crater exhibits two or more layers of alternating bright (icy) and dark material.
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