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Police state: A natural result of collapse of moral leadership at the highest levels

Isaac Davis
Wakingtimes.com
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:34 UTC
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Few things are more disturbing than looking at the news each day to find yet another shocking case of American police officers using excessive brutality and belligerence against the public. There is no justification for this, and as the list of egregious rights violations by the police grows, more Americans may finally be waking up to what many of us have known for years: our nation is becoming a police state.

With the proliferation of portable handheld and dashboard video cameras, and with the ability to upload and share videos on the web, people can see for themselves what police brutality really looks and feels like, and tension between police and American citizens is visible. A simple Google or YouTube search quickly reveals hundreds of unique cases of cops brutalizing people, often with insane cruelty and hubris, and the list of abuses grows daily.

Many of the most shocking incidents are against women, children, the elderly, the handicapped or the mentally ill. In addition to excessive violence, police are also abusing their powers and illegally stealing money and property from everyday people, while admittedly using traffic and drug laws as revenue generating schemes for government coiffeurs. Most shockingly, though, the police are up-arming themselves with military weapons and equipment, seemingly preparing themselves for something apocalyptic, and are increasingly assuming confrontational and threatening postures when dealing with the public.

Is police brutality and misconduct actually getting worse, or are portable video recorders allowing us to just now see what's been happening all along? More importantly, is this situation going to improve any time soon?

Comment: Our society was created and is ruled by a gang of consciousless human-like creatures called psychopaths. They are the manifestations of evil on our planet; a disease that has infected every aspect of our society.

Paul Levy, author of Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil, says: "there is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests." You can listen to the Sott editors interview with Mr. Levy, or read the transcript, at the link below.

SOTT Talk Radio #64 - The 'Wetiko Virus' and Collective Psychosis: Interview With Paul Levy

See also:
Global Pathocracy, Authoritarian Followers and the Hope of the World

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Russian top economic adviser hints that financial services countermeasures may be instituted in response to Western sanctions


Source
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:09 UTC
Andrei Belousov

Andrei Belousov, the Kremlin's top economic adviser
Russia has drafted a plan in response to Western sanctions, which includes various measures, from the softest to the toughest, said Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov.

"We certainly do have a plan. It was devised back when we had just learnt or felt that sanctions were possible," he said in an interview with the Vesti V Subbotu (News on Saturday) program host Sergei Brilev.

At the same time he stressed that disclosing retaliatory measures would be the same as disclosing "the General Staff's operative plans in case of a war."

"I cannot tell you simply what is in it. But what I can tell you is that (it extends) to all levels, possible levels of sanctions, starting from the softest and ending with the toughest," Belousov said.

Comment: Russia has a number of financial options that could negatively impact the West:

Russian sanctions? You Must be Joking! Russia Holds All the Cards!
U.S. sanctions against Russia will hasten the demise of the dollar

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Take that: Russian industrial activity improving despite sanctions


Russia Behind the Headlines
Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00 UTC
russia industrial sector
© RIA Novosti/Vladimir Pesnya
Flourishing industrial sector could excel 1.7 percent forecast for 2014. Source: RIA Novosti/Vladimir Pesnya
For the third consecutive month, Russia has seen an increase in industrial activity. According to analysts, this growth is mostly associated with a slight devaluation in the ruble this year and government support for the manufacturing sector as part of the import substitution program, as well as a reaction to EU and U.S. sanctions.

In spite of a stagnation in GDP, Russia has seen an unusual increase in industrial activity. According to research conducted by HSBC Bank and the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Russia has posted an increase in industrial production for the third month in a row.

"The manufacturing sector is quite effective in meeting demand and, in spite of the overall economic situation and expert forecasts, it has maintained positive growth," the Gaidar Institute study reads.

Comment: It is heartening to see that Russia is managing to hold her own despite continual antagonism from the West, and more importantly, that those countries who are desperately trying to bait the bear are instead suffering economically from their predatory actions:


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Prince Ea on why he thinks this world should end

Prince Ea
YouTube
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:06 UTC


Comment: Thought provoking message for humanity.

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U.S. backed ISIL terrorists demolish several Sufi shrines in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour


Press TV
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:36 UTC
The ISIL Takfiri militants have demolished several Sufi shrines in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, says a UK-based monitoring group.
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ISIL Takfiris
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that dozens of shrines, tombs, and Shia mosques had been destroyed.Among the latest destructions were two shrines and two tombs belonging to Sufi Muslims.

The Observatory also said at least eight terrorists were killed and 40 others wounded in an airstrike by the Syrian army against a training camp in the western side of the province.

The ISIL Takfiris are fighting to bring the province under full control so as to connect it to the city of Raqqa, their stronghold in the north.

The ISIL controls large swathes of Syria's northern territory. The group sent its members into neighboring Iraq in June and seized large parts of land there in a lightning advance.

Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011 with ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently controlling parts of it mostly in the east.
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'Django Unchained' actress detained by cops because they assumed she was a hooker

Tom Boggioni
The Raw Story
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:41 UTC
Danielle Watts
© Danielle Watts Facebook
An African-American actress and her white boyfriend have accused two Studio City policemen of detaining her after watching her make out with him, believing she was a prostitute with a client.

Danièle Watts, star of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, wrote on her Facebook page that she was handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police cruiser after failing to provide the officers with ID, according to The YBF.

In her posting, Watts wrote, "Today I was handcuffed and detained by 2 police officers from the Studio City Police Department after refusing to agree that I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place. When the officer arrived, I was standing on the sidewalk by a tree. I was talking to my father on my cell phone. I knew that I had done nothing wrong, that I wasn't harming anyone, so I walked away. A few minutes later, I was still talking to my dad when 2 different police officers accosted me and forced me into handcuffs."

According to Watts, she refused to show officers ID - saying she had done nothing wrong - before being placed, crying, in the back of a police cruiser only to eventually be released.

Writing on his own Facebook page, her boyfriend, Chef Brian James Lucas elaborated, "Today, Daniele Watts & I were accosted by police officers after showing our affection publicly. From the questions that he asked me as D was already on her phone with her dad, I could tell that whoever called on us (including the officers), saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO (prostitute) & a TRICK (client)."
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Battle for democracy in fracking fight continues in Colorado

Anastasia Pantsios
EcoWatch
Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:38 UTC
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© Shutterstock
Longmont, Colorado citizens are concerned about their health, safety, and the despoilment of their environment, exemplified by scenes like this one of Long’s Peak.
The battle between citizens concerned about health, safety and the environment and corporate fossil fuel interests continues to escalate in Colorado. Increasingly the battle is also about how much control citizens can exercise through the democratic process over what goes on in their own communities.

In the latest skirmish in what's looking like a long war, a group of organizations filed an appeal today to uphold a fracking ban passed by voters in Longmont, Colorado in 2012. It's one of several such ballots measures passed in the state, including in Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins, despite millions spent by the fossil fuel industry to defeat them.

District court judge D.D. Mallard struck down Longmont's ballot measure in July in a challenge brought by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, finding that the state's ability to develop its oil and gas resources trumped citizen concerns. She wrote, "While the court appreciates the Longmont citizens' sincerely held beliefs about risks to their health and safety, the court does not find this is sufficient to completely devalue the state's interest."

"The people voted to keep fracking away from their homes, schools and parks, and their will should be honored," said Eric Huber, Sierra Club senior managing attorney. "We believe the judge made a mistake in elevating the oil and gas industry over local interests, and trust the court of appeals will see things differently."
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Russian Finance Minister: Western nations harming themselves by imposing sanctions


RIA Novosti
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:00 UTC
anton siluanov
© RIA Novosti, Sergei Guneev
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov says that the European Union and the United States are harming their own business by imposing sanctions against Russia.
The European Union and the United States are harming their own business by imposing sanctions against Russia, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Saturday.

"The sanctions are having a negative impact on all sides. This concerns any restrictions - in trade, financing, investment - these are the worst decisions of the governments that go against their own business," Siluanov said.

"Of course, when we talk about economic growth, when we talk about removing all trade barriers, speak against protectionism , when we talk about the goal of increasing economic growth by 2 percent (set by the G20 in February in Sydney) - it cannot be achieved under trade, financial and other restrictions," the minister added.

Comment: The US led sanctions war has done nothing but prod Russia to become more aligned with China and other BRICS nations. Western businesses are already suffering, yet the idiot empire marches on with its misguided attempts to weaken Russia.

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Youth anti-war manifesto gets it right: There is no future in war, except for the elite pathocrats

CodePink
Common Dreams
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:00 UTC
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© Archive / History Channel
A peace sign printed on the American Flag is raised during a protest against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C.
Statement written by Ben Norton, Tyra Walker, Anastasia Taylor, Alli McCracken, Colleen Moore, Jes Grobman, Ashley Lopez

Once again, US politicians and pundits are beating the drums of war, trying to get our nation involved in yet another conflict. A few years ago it was Iran, with "all options on the table." Last year it was a red line that threatened to drag us into the conflict in Syria. This time it's Iraq.

We, the youth of America, have grown up in war, war war. War has become the new norm for our generation. But these conflicts - declared by older people but fought and paid for by young people - are robbing us of our future and we're tired of it.

There is no future in war.

We, the youth of America, are taking a stand against war and reclaiming our future.

War does not work. Period.

Comment: War is profitable for the global elites and particularly the owners of arms manufacturing companies. They are predatory psychopaths unable to care about the worldwide devastation they cause. As long as the profits keep rolling in and their exuberant style of living continues, they are happy to continue destroying everything in their path.

The abject horrors of War

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New York judge inundated with hate mail after jailing anti-drone protester for exposing U.S. war crimes


RT
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:19 UTC
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© Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
A small-town New York judge - who recently sentenced a grandmother to one year in jail over her involvement with an anti-drone protest near a US military base - is receiving a barrage of hate and anti-Semitic e-mails from people all across the country.

"Are you considering a career change moving to Israel to judge Palestinian rock throwers, for 'Publicity at any cost, without any regard for the rules of society?'" reads one of the e-mails sent to DeWitt Town Judge David S. Gideon, who is Jewish. Another statement called him a "Nazi."

This incident stems from a case involving a grandmother of three - 58-year-old Mary Anne Grady-Flores - who was charged in July with a second-degree criminal count for violating an order of protection while protesting with the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones at the Hancock Air Base back in October 2012.

People expressed their outrage in the emails to Judge Gideon, with letters coming from different states across the US. These letters were acquired through a Freedom of Information Act request by Syracuse.com

Some of the reactions included harsh swearing while others questioned the judge's understanding of the Constitution.

"This Judge bring shame to our Country - he stands in opposition to moral law, the Nuremberg protocols and other International Law statutes," and comments like, "Judges and military tribunals like this should be disrupted and confronted," are just some of the feedback he received.

Comment: Another activist busted by "The Man". The First Amendment to the Constitution states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Freedom of expression is gone in the U.S.
  • Illegal conscience: U.S. activist sentenced to prison for photographing a war protest
  • Psychopaths on the Hill: "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars"
See also:
A freedom to live or a freedom to die?

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