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The Betrayal of Democracy - Frontline examines the institutions of democracy - among them the two major political parties and the press

(1992)Journalist William Greider examines what he calls 'the deepening divide between the governed and the governing' in this PBS Election '92 Report.
Drawing upon Greider's award-winning reporting and observations of Washington's politics and government for over 20 years, Frontline examines the institutions of democracy - among them the two major political parties and the press - and how they are failing the public.

Disposable Soldiers - How Soldiers Are Losing Their Benefits

"Personality Disorder" is a severe mental illness that emerges during childhood and is listed in military regulations as a pre-existing condition, not a result of combat.

Thus those who are discharged with PD are denied a lifetime of disability benefits, which the military is required to provide to soldiers wounded during service. Soldiers discharged with PD are also denied long-term medical care.
And they have to give back a slice of their re-enlistment bonus. That amount is often larger than the soldier's final paycheck.
As a result, on the day of their discharge, many injured vets learn that they owe the Army several thousand dollars.

UH_OH---PILE ON!!!

Police officers might experience temporary hearing loss while in the job. Officers in firearms units are constantly subjected to loud noise in training, while public order bobbies may be accustomed to air horns emitting deafening blasts at protests.

IRS Whistleblower - Informant Award program

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mrsam
April 24, 2010 10:39 AM
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Dear Internal Revenue Service,

I would like to bring to your attention someone who:

- used his child's time at sleepaway camps to calculate dependent care tax credits, time spent at sleepaway camps does not qualify

- failed to pay his social security taxes and medicare taxes, as a self-employed individual, for at least four years

- signed a written agreement that he understood that social security tax and medicare tax payments was his responsibility

- received extra "make-up" payments, compensation from his employer, for the social security taxes he should've paid, but didn't, and he pocketed the extra pay too

This tax cheat's name, address, and telephone:

Timothy Geithner
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220

Telephone: 202-622-2000

There are 32 people serving life sentences in California on a third-strike marijuana conviction.

In 2008, 1,499 were in prison on marijuana convictions; in 2007, 4,925 in county jails. (Nationally, between 1990 to 2005, there were 7,200,000 marijuana related arrests – 1 out of every 18 felony convictions.)

Gunfight at OK Corral document found in jail storage room

It was a gun fight that only lasted thirty seconds against some drunks? Sounds like police brutality to me

Congressman Paul on opposition to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, and he warned against the war propaganda being spread in the House.

Congressman Paul on opposition to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, and he warned against the war propaganda being spread in the House.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Former Bush Official Charged For Erasing Computer Files

Former U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch was charged today with criminal contempt of Congress in connection with his notorious use of Geeks On Call to scrub his computer while under investigation for misusing his office

Saturn Lightning

Scientists have been tracking lightning on Saturn, primarily found by Cassini. Saturn has powerful lightning storms, 10,000 times stronger than on Earth

How an Icelandic volcano helped spark the French Revolution

The disruption to weather patterns meant the ensuing winter was unusually harsh, with consequent spring flooding claiming more lives. In America the Mississippi reportedly froze at New Orleans.

Icelandic Volcano Hurts Kenyan Flower Growers

Long Lost Stones Song Released

"Plundered My Soul was recorded during sessions for the band's sprawling 1972 double album Exile On Main Street, but was left to languish in the vaults.

Bill Would Require Drug Offender Status Be Labeled on Driver’s License

The bill's author, state Rep. Rickey Hardy, a Republican, said the law would simply provide for the well being of police officers who, rather than having to wait on running criminal checks during routine traffic stops, could use licenses to find out a person's drug history immediately, saying, "We don't want to run the name and then the person shoots at the officer while he's doing that."

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Pentagon: F-35 fighter jet cost $113 million per plane

The Marines, the Air Force, and the Navy are planning to buy a combined 2,450 of them for $323 billion.

Anzob Tunnel, Tajikistan - recumbent style

The recently completed Anzob Tunnel which connects the previously hard to access Northern part of the country to the capital Dushanbe has been labeled as part of the new Silk Road.
It is part of a road under construction that will connect Tajikistan to Iran and the Persian Gulf through Afghanistan.

Kansas Considering Beer Tax Increase Tax Intended To Raise $50 Million For Programs For Disabled People

How could anyone be against it? You're not against helping the disabled are you?
This is the same arguments used with children to fund and pass censorship laws.

The reality is that no one really knows how much money the bureaucratic machine takes as opposed to how much actually gets to the disabled.

Friday, April 09, 2010

CIA Columbia Obama Cover Up

James David Manning says Barack Hussein "The Long Legged Mack Daddy" Obama was a C.I.A operative who used Columbia University as a cover to go to Pakistan in 1981 when the CIA and the Mujahideen worked together against the Soviet Invasion. Obama supplied arms, logistics, and money using his Muslim background.

Update

A Medical Lab on a Silicon Chip for Every Home?

This is not a futuristic technology; four tests already have received FDA clearances, so “They’re here… It’s in hospitals around the country.

A newly discovered asteroid, 2010 GA6, will safely fly by Earth April 8th at 4:06 p.m. Pacific

At the time of the closest approach 2010 GA6 will be about 223,000 miles away from Earth - about 9/10ths the distance to the moon.

Robert Gates, US Secretary of Defence, is a graduate of the Jesuit Georgetown University.

A number of other CIA directors have links to the Jesuits.

George Tenet is a graduate of the Jesuit Georgetown University.

Leon Panetta is a graduate of the Jesuit Santa Clara University.

William Casey was a graduate of the Jesuit Fordham University.

And Robert Gates is a long time War Criminal

Blow-up - Antonioni (Yardbirds Scene)

Directed By Michelangelo Antonioni in (1966) The Yardbirds (with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck) playing Stroll On

Saudi central bank to head new Gulf monetary union

Still to be determined about the single currency is whether it would be pegged to a basket of currencies, the U.S. dollar or some other currency. All six Gulf Cooperation Council nations peg their currencies to the dollar except for Kuwait which relies on a basket.

So there lies the US economic future. Buckle up.

Emergency Food Kit: Food For Health™ 275 Servings for $69.99

For best taste and nutritional value, use product before:
20 years of manufacturing date when stored at 60° F
10 years of manufacturing date when stored at 70° F

Saturday, April 03, 2010

The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence.

As of Wednesday, more than 30 governors had received letters saying if they don't leave office within three days they will be removed, according to an internal intelligence note by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
The note was obtained by The Associated Press.

The FBI expects all 50 governors will eventually receive such letters.

Here Comes the Next Big One

Last Thursday, March 25, 2010, an event occurred in the world of finance which will build into a second “meltdown” of economic disaster for the United States and the world. At a public hearing by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission it was revealed, in dramatic fashion, that the futures trading market in precious metals is a complete and utter fraud.

Cigarettes May Contain Pigs Blood

University of Sydney Professor Simon Chapman points to recent Dutch research which identified 185 different industrial uses of a pig — including the use of its hemoglobin in cigarette filters.