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A Doublespeak translation of Agenda 2030 and the UN's new sustainable development goals

Aaron and Melissa Dykes
Truthstream Media
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
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It's that time again: the United Nations is officially releasing the all new Agenda 2030 sustainable development plan, or what some have hailed as "the new Agenda 21 on steroids," at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit kicking off today in New York City.

Since these supposedly non-binding international agreements can sometimes be a bit tricky to decode, what with all the weaponized buzz terms and semantics games, we've prepared a handy dandy translator on the 17 new Agenda 2030 goals below.
  • Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
  • Translation: Centralized banks, IMF, World Bank, Fed to control all finances, digital one world currency in a cashless society
  • Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
  • Translation: GMO

Comment: See Doublespeak definition:
Doublespeak is language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs, "servicing the target" for bombing[1]), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning (for example, naming a state of war "peace"). In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth. Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.[2][3]

The term "doublespeak" probably has its roots in George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Although the term is not used in the book, it is a close relative of one of the book's central concepts, "doublethink". Another variant, "doubletalk," also referring to deliberately ambiguous speech, did exist at the time Orwell wrote his book, but the usage of "doublespeak" as well as of "doubletalk" in the sense emphasizing ambiguity clearly postdates the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four.[4][5] Parallels have also been drawn between Doublespeak and Orwell's classic essay Politics and the English Language, which discusses the distortion of language for political purposes.[6]

Edward S. Herman, political economist and media analyst, has highlighted some examples of doublespeak and doublethink in modern society.[7] Herman describes in his book, Beyond Hypocrisy the principal characteristics of doublespeak:
What is really important in the world of doublespeak is the ability to lie, whether knowingly or unconsciously, and to get away with it; and the ability to use lies and choose and shape facts selectively, blocking out those that don't fit an agenda or program.[8]
In his essay "Politics and the English Language", George Orwell observes that political language serves to distort and obfuscate reality. Orwell's description of political speech is extremely similar to the contemporary definition of doublespeak;
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible... Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness... the great enemy of clear language is insincerity. Where there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, ...[9]


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Stormtrooper

Abu Ghraib torture prison military commander in Iraq now an NYPD Deputy Inspector known for brutality towards activists


RT
Thu, 24 Sep 2015 03:44 UTC
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© UnknownTen American Marines in Iraq showing their true colors.
A New York Police Department Deputy Inspector served in the US Army military command in Iraqi at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison at the same time human rights abuses were being committed there, an investigation by the Gothamist discovered.

The officer has a reputation for using aggressive tactics against street protesters.

Deputy Inspector Andrew J. Lombardo is well known to New York activists for his seemingly arbitrary arrests and intense questioning techniques, but what they may not know was that he was part of the military chain of command at Abu Ghraib.

The Gothamist discovered a US Army Reserve Facebook post from 2011, which referenced NYPD Captain Andrew J. Lombardo (his rank before his promotion) and featured the following caption:

Comment: A classic textbook example of how the 'War on Terror' abroad is part and parcel of the police brutality phenomenon at home in the US. Individuals like Deputy Inspector Andrew J. Lombardo are cogs in the psychopathic machine of dominance, brutality and oppression and a perfect illustration of an Imperial functionary. On any given day one can read up more than a half dozen articles here that document new abuses individuals are receiving at the hands of these machines wearing badges. No where else in the world is this occurring quite like it is in the US: Now is when psychopaths rule.

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Pistol

Cop shoots and kills man who was pointing finger like a gun at him

Tom Boggioni
Raw Story
Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:11 UTC
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Authorities in Baltimore County say a man shot and killed by a police officer on Wednesday following a chase, was pointing his finger as if it was a gun when the officer fired on him, the Guardian is reporting.

According to police, the man who has yet to be identified was running from police after attempting to purchase a type of narcotic cough syrup — which can be combined with alcohol to get high — using a fake prescription at a pharmacy.

Responding to a call from the pharmacist, the officer chased the man who abruptly stopped and, according to police authorities, "reaching around to the small of his back and abruptly whipping his hand around and pointing it toward the officer, as if with a weapon."
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Bizarro Earth

Hysteria: Boy with cerebral palsy taken off flight at Heathrow because passenger complains 'he's not sitting properly in his seat'

Matt Watts
Evening Standard
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:45 UTC
boy taken off flight Air mauritius
© Nigel Howard
Cerebral Palsy sufferer David Bysooa with his mother Vidulah Bysooa and stefather Steve Lambert Nigel Howard
David Bysooa, 16, from Surbiton, was removed from an Air Mauritius flight at Heathrow after he became unsettled in an aisle seat and the passenger beside him complained

A teenager with cerebral palsy has been banned from flying alone by an airline after being ordered to leave a flight for "not sitting in his seat properly".

David Bysooa, 16, from Surbiton, was removed from an Air Mauritius flight at Heathrow after he became unsettled when he was given an aisle seat instead of the window seat his mother Vidulah had booked. David was travelling alone to visit his grandparents in Mauritius, something he has done on his own with the airline more than a dozen times.

Each time the teenager had travelled in a window seat as it makes him feel more relaxed. But after being given an aisle seat on the full flight David, who has mild autism and learning disabilities, kept leaning over the woman next to him while the plane was still on the runway.

When the passenger complained, the crew were unable to find an alternative seat. When he became upset he was ordered to leave the plane at the request of the captain and led back to his parents in the terminal.

Mrs Bysooa today accused the airline of discrimination. The 47-year-old, who works with the reservations department of Kenyan Airlines at Heathrow, said: "The way my son was treated was appalling. "This is someone who frequently flies with the airline and is well known. They should have understood why he needed to have a window seat.

"He is more than capable of flying on his own but the way he was discriminated against is disgraceful."

She has raised the matter with the Civil Aviation Authority. David was not offered a refund for the missed flight by Air Mauritius.

In an email to support worker Tom Quilter of Achieving for Children, which has taken up Mrs Bysooa's complaint, Air Mauritius said it could not guarantee specific seats on its aircraft.

David leaning over the "nervous flyer" who had booked the window seat had created "a very uncomfortable atmosphere". It added: "I can assure you that the decision was not taken lightly."

Comment: A business that wants to keep repeat customers is aware of its customers' needs. How many flights does it take for Mr. Bysooa's particular needs to be remembered?

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Jailers watched as man arrested for unpaid traffic ticket died naked on cell floor

Robby Soave
Reason
Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:54 UTC
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It was a death sentence.

David Stojcevski, a 32-year-old resident of Roseville, Michigan, was arrested for failing to pay a $772 fine stemming from careless driving. A court ordered him to spend a month in the Macomb County jail.

Over the next 17 days of his incarceration in a brightly lit cell—where he was denied clothing—he lost 50 pounds, suffered convulsions, and eventually began to hallucinate. He died in agony, from a combination of obvious, untreated drug withdrawal and galling neglect.

Making matters worse (if anything could be worse than that), the entirety of his demise was captured on jail surveillance footage. Indeed, Stojcevski was under self-harm watch—stemming for a profound misdiagnosis of his condition, which was drug addiction, not mental instability—and jail officials were supposed to be watching him constantly. Either their vigilance was inadequate, or they watched and simply didn't care.

Comment: The family should sue, and the jailers should be criminally charged for their negligence in letting a man clearly needing medical assistance die without doing anything.

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Cult

Making way for Saudi Prince Salman's convoy caused deadly Hajj stampede


PressTV
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:38 UTC
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© AFP photoSaudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
The presence of the convoy of the son of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in central Mina prompted the stampede that killed hundreds of pilgrims on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca, a report says.

The Arabic-language daily al-Diyar said in a report on Thursday that the convoy of Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud played a central role in the deadly crush on the third day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage earlier in the day.

The report said that Salman, who had sought to attend the huge gathering of pilgrims in Mina, a large valley about five kilometers (three miles) from Mecca, arrived at the site early on Thursday accompanied by a huge entourage.

The report said 200 army forces and 150 police officers escorted the prince.

Comment: See also:

Hajj stampede update: Death toll in Mecca rises to 717 people killed, 863 injured - Yet another bad omen for Saudi Arabia

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Arrow Down

School administrators and judge prevent medical marijuana child from receiving dose at school to prevent seizures

Jay Syrmopoulos
Activist Post
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
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In a precedent-setting case, a state judge ruled this month that the mother of a New Jersey teenager with epilepsy, who is also her legal medical caregiver, cannot go to her school to administer her daughter's cannabis oil.

The oil treatments, which are legal in the state, control the young girl's seizures and allow her to function normally in school, according to her parents.

In its opinion, the court reasoned that state and federal laws prohibiting drug possession on school grounds takes precedence over the students' right to use medical cannabis derivatives. This ruling is in spite of the fact that New Jersey has already legalized cannabis for medical use.

Comment: So following the letter of the law is more important than the well-being of a young child who is fighting serious disease; just what you would expect of a ponerized government.

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Wolf

Shooting the messenger: Journalist reporting suicide of man deemed 'fit to work' blacklisted by DWP


RT
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:04 UTC
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© Toby Melville / ReutersWork and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith
A journalist who uncovered the tragic suicide of a disabled man linked to the government's fitness for work tests has been blacklisted by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over his investigations.Editor of Disability News Service (DNS) John Pring, who uncovered a direct link between a mentally ill man's suicide and the government's austerity cuts, says that the DWP is no longer responding to his questions.Set up in April 2009, DNS examines sensitive issues that impact disabled people's lives, such as discrimination, independent living, benefits, poverty and human rights.

Pring had spent months gathering evidence to prove a coroner had blamed British man Michael O'Sullivan's suicide on the government's work capability assessments.O'Sullivan, who suffered from chronic anxiety and depression, took his own life in 2013 after being judged "fit for work" by the DWP.At the time of his death, he had been taking anti-depressants, was engaging in talk therapy and was also allegedly liaising with an employment support officer.

Coronor Mary Hassell, who presided over the case, wrote in a report submitted to the DWP that the "trigger" for his death was the assessment that he was fit to work."The anxiety and depression were long-term problems, but the intense anxiety that triggered his suicide was caused by his recent assessment by the DWP as being fit for work, and his view of the likely consequences of that," her verdict stated.

The DWP later responded to the coroner's concerns in a document marked "OFFICIAL - SENSITIVE," conceding O'Sullivan's case should have been dealt with differently.

Pring has reported widely on problems with Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's Universal Credit scheme. He also uncovered a secret DWP investigation of more than 60 deaths of benefit claimants since 2012. The full findings of this investigation, including 30 recommendations for reforms, are yet to be made public.

Comment: The Department of Work and Pensions appears to have all the hallmarks of a cold, heartless, psychopathic organization:

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Heart - Black

Refugee bus full of women and children attacked in Finland with rocks, fireworks


Raw Story
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:28 UTC
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© Agene France-PresseRefugee men wait in line under guard in Finland
Finland's government condemned a racist protest in which demonstrators — including one dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit — attacked a bus transporting asylum seekers in the early hours of Friday.

Public broadcaster Yle showed images of around 40 protesters — some with burning torches — throwing fireworks at a bus which was transporting asylum seekers, mostly families with children, to a new reception centre in the southern city of Lahti.

One of the protesters could be seen dressed in a white hood, a symbol of the racist American Ku Klux Klan, with a Finnish flag in his hand.

They also threw stones at Red Cross volunteers, although no one was hurt at the incident.

Prime Minister Juha Sipila condemned the attack on Twitter, saying "threats and violence against asylum seekers and migrants are absolutely unacceptable."

"Finland's government condemns last night's racist protests against the asylum seekers who have come to the country. Violence and threatening behaviour is always indefensible," a government statement said.

The police held two protesters after the incident and said they were likely to face fines. "The protesters were young people from Lahti... At this point we have no indication that they would be somehow organised," chief inspector Martti Hirvonen told the Finnish news agency STT.

Another incident took place late Thursday in Kouvola, in south-eastern Finland, when a 50-year-old man was arrested after throwing a petrol bomb at an emergency housing facility for asylum seekers. The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was hurt.


In recent weeks Finland has seen an unprecedented influx of mostly Iraqi asylum seekers, which has forced the authorities to quickly set up new reception centres around the country.

Via Agence France-Presse
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NYC study finds frequently jailed struggle with drug addiction, mental illness and homelessness while being guilty of mostly nonviolent offenses

Rebecca Davis O'Brien
Wall Street Journal
Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:00 UTC
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© SETH WENIG/ASSOCIATED PRESSAn inmate behind bars and thick plastic looks toward a correctional officer in an enhanced supervision housing unit on Rikers Island
They are known as "frequent fliers": a small population battling substance abuse, severe mental illness and homelessness that cycles regularly and quickly through New York City jails for mostly nonviolent offenses.

The 800 people with the most jail stays from November 2008 through 2013 accounted for 18,713 incarcerations through December 2014 at a cost of $129 million, according to a study by city officials published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health.

At least one person was jailed 66 times during the six-year period, the study's data show.

In 88.7% of these detentions, the top charges were misdemeanors. Petit larceny and possession of trace amounts of drugs accounted for more than half of the top charges. Less than 1.2% of the top charges were violent crimes such as murder, rape and felony assault.
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