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9/11 Press for Truth and other meet-ups 
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:58 PM
T.O.C.

Attached or at bottom is a 9/11 Press for Truth notice in HTML, which has web links in it you hopefully can click on. In any event, you can always go to their site, at http://911pressfortruth.com/.

If you have not seen their DVD, it's $15 a copy (when I got it), and it's a very professional production! A few media/press professionals got together to make it, based upon the "9/11 Timeline", and the actions taken by some of the families of the victims.

"Timelines" are places on the 'net where anything that has to do with the subject matter can be filed chronologically in it. The "Complete 9/11 Timeline" can be found at http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=911_project This timeline has articles in it, gathered from any number of publications worldwide on the topic of 9/11.

The video itself is the thing that got Violet, my significant other, interested. It's compelling for family-oriented folk, as it goes into the story of the Jersey Girls, who are wives of some of the deceased from that day, and who ultimately brought about the 9/11 Commission and it's report, among other things.

The attached document includes links if interested, to locate a house party for the up-coming 9/11. There are other sources of events, such as can be found through MeetUp, at http://9-11.meetup.com/cities/

Cheers - Mark

The makers of '9/11 Press For Truth', with our partners at DownsizeDC.org, have launched the "9/11 Accountability Project", providing an easy online system by which you can send either a message or a 'Press For Truth' Pack to your Congressperson! To learn more, click here.

We are encouraging fans of the movie to host a house party starting next week, from Friday, Sept. 7th - Sunday, Sept. 16th, as part of the Sept. 11th anniversary "Answers For 9/11 Families Week", in collaboration with Democrats.com and DownsizeDC.org.

Thus far, twenty activists have signed up at BraveNewTheaters.com to host a 'Press For Truth' house party for that week, including in San Antonio, TX, Salon, OH, Greencastle, IN, Kalamazoo, MI, Young Harris, GA, Greensboro, NC, Lawrence, KS, Prescott, AZ, Mount Vernon & Langley, WA, Paradise, Whittier, and Santa Barbara, CA.

We know we can do better than this! Please sign up now to host your own house party for that week.

Hosts will be sent an email suggesting helpful activities for your guests. Most important among these will be encouraging your guests to get online there and then -- at the party -- and send a message or 'Press For Truth' Pack to their Congressmen as part of the "9/11 Accountability Project".

Theatrical showings of 'Press For Truth' will also take place ON the 6th anniversary in three different cities.

In Oakland, California, it will be playing at 1:20 PM at the Grand Lake Theater (3200 Grand Ave.). In Minneapolis, MN, FBI whistle-blower (and 2002 'Time Magazine' Person of the Year) Coleen Rowley will be attending the 5:00 PM showing at the Riverview Theater (3800 42nd Ave. South) and will speak briefly afterward. And it may be playing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, New York. We will know soon on that one.

If you are in California, New York, or Minnesota, those showings are expected to sell out, so please arrive early.

PFT Subscribers: Please disregard the last email which was a test.

- The Press For Truth Team



P-. I'm So Excited 
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:36 PM
T.O.C.


Two edits to the previous picture, and I think it's all set. This is a protocol stack unlike one I've ever seen before.

Everything arises in a session. A session can exist without anyone in it, so long as it is served.

Needs such as console, network and database involve downward calls through the stack, at least to get handles or references to who has the interfaces to these basic services.

Let me know if you want to sign up for the Co-Op Assembly group, and I'll add your email address to the group list.

Cheers -

Mark



Joel Hirschorn signs on 
Friday, September 7, 2007 1:49 PM
T.O.C.


"Sept. 5, 2007 – In an online editorial yesterday, Joel S. Hirschhorn, PhD, former Senior Staff Member of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), called for a new investigation of 9/11. “First, let the technical truth emerge. Then, if necessary, cope with the inevitable political, conspiracy and other questions. But let us not allow a possible painful truth block the primary task of determining once and for all what caused the collapse of the WTC towers and building no. 7.”

Dr. Hirschhorn is a nationally recognized engineer who has testified before Congress more than 50 times on technology, science, and environmental issues. In addition to his work for the OTA, Dr. Hirschhorn also served as Director of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources for the National Governors Association."

....

"Dr. Hirschhorn is one of 200 engineers and architects who have publicly criticized the official account of 9/11. Statements and short bios of many of the others can be found at PatriotsQuestion911.com ."

Full article: http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_070905_former_congressional.htm

Hirschorns full editorial: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/09/04/143308.php

Check out the pros, at: http://www.patriotsquestion911.com

Not to mention, sounds like a great group of people to represent a "Co-Op Assembly", someday, when it gets built. I don't guess the development process is going to make it in time for this, but there's always the FDA (to go after), etc.

Cheers - Mark



"US still awaits 9/11 answers" 
Friday, September 7, 2007 1:53 PM
T.O.C.

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:32:47

"A new poll finds a majority of Americans still await an inquiry into the president's and vice president's actions before, during and after the 9/11 attacks.

Over 30% also believe Presdient Bush and/or Vice President Cheney should be immediately impeached by the House of Representatives. 67% also fault the 9/11 Commission for not investigating the technical aspects of the collapse of the World Trade Center.

The poll was conducted by Zogby International via telephone of adults across the US from August 23 to August 27, 2007. "

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=22141&sectionid=3510203



Good Book 
Monday, September 10, 2007 2:02 PM
T.O.C.


Some pretty major themes, from Elsevier Science Publications...

Link (at sciencedirect.com)

Research in Political Economy, Volume 23 - The Hidden History of 9-11-2001 Edited by: Paul Zarembka ISBN: 978-0-7623-1305-1



National Academy of Sciences Member Calls for New Investigation 
Monday, September 10, 2007 2:47 PM
T.O.C.


"Official Explanation a “Fraud”

World renowned scientist, Lynn Margulis, Ph.D., has severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and called for a new investigation, “I suggest that those of us aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous official account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud and a new, thorough, and impartial investigation be undertaken.”

One of America’s most prominent scientists, Dr. Margulis is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts - Amherst. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983 and served as Chairman of the Academy’s Space Science Board Committee on Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution. In 1999, President Bill Clinton presented Dr. Margulis with the National Medal of Science, America's highest honor for scientific achievement, "for her outstanding contributions to understanding of the development, structure, and evolution of living things, for inspiring new research in the biological, climatological, geological and planetary sciences, and for her extraordinary abilities as a teacher and communicator of science to the public."

In her statement on PatriotsQuestion911.com, Dr. Margulis referred to 9/11 as “this new false-flag operation, which has been used to justify the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as unprecedented assaults on research, education, and civil liberties”. She compared 9/11 to several self-inflicted attacks that had been used in the past to arouse people’s fear and hatred and justify war, including the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, the Reichstag Fire, and Operation Himmler, which Germany used to justify the invasion of Poland, the trigger for World War II.

In her statement, Dr. Margulis cites “the research and clear writing by David Ray Griffin in his fabulous books about 9/11” as a useful source of information and analysis of problems with the official account of 9/11. She specifically lauded The New Pearl Harbor and The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, “which provides overwhelming evidence that the official story is contradictory, incomplete, and unbelievable.”

Internationally acclaimed for her ground-breaking scientific work, Dr. Margulis is an elected member of The World Academy of Art and Science, an organization of 500 of the world’s leading thinkers, chosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. And in 2006, she was selected as one of “The 20th Century's 100 Most Important Inspirational Leaders” by the editors of Resurgence magazine."

Link: http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_070906_national_academy_of_.htm



Now that I'm good and drunk 
Monday, September 10, 2007 10:16 PM
T.O.C.


Osama Bin Llama is back. He's on the AP wire. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070911/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_video

Frankly, I think this guy has died too many times to be dying anymore. I think he's dead enough.

The first time I watched "Weekend at Bernie's", I only saw the second half, which I have to say was quite funny.

Ok, this guy either died at the end of 2001, or he died in 2003. But that's it. He can't die anymore. He was in a Pakistani hospital, according to sources cited by the complete 9/11 timeline, on dialysis, and in bad shape, when we went into Afghanistan.

This is not Afghanistan. This is where you stick the tube when you give the planet an enema. In fact it is Waziristan, which is in Pakistan, which is an ungoverned area of Pakistan, as run by an Islamic dictator who can't leave his palace because of how many assassination attempts he receives. Although, I have to give the man credit, because he doesn't get as many assassination attempts as does Harmid Karzai of Afghanistan.

Osama Bin Llama is the Red Baron of the Middle East!

Cheers - Mark



Bin Laden's Beard 
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:34 PM
T.O.C.


... Is the latest thing since the USA today. Today! I have seen; gold wristwatch, jewelry, writing with the wrong hand and clear re-uses of video from 1998 to date, and now, I'm not surprised anymore. The jury is still out. The video needs to be looked at.

Bin Laden's new terror vid 
By Mark Ellis, Foreign Editor 08/09/2007 
Link

"Osama bin Laden appears in a new picture that proves he has not died - but he has obviously dyed.

Posted on an Islamic extremist website, the photo is said to be a still from a recently filmed video. The al-Qaeda boss is lined with age - but his previously greying beard is now suspiciously jet black.

Rita Katz, who monitors terror messages for the Washington-based Site institute, said many Arab leaders dyed their beards.

She added: "It works for al-Qaeda's benefit that he looks young and healthy."

Bin Laden, 50, had prompted speculation he was seriously ill from a long-standing kidney complaint or even dead as no footage of him has surfaced since 2004.

The website said the video will be released to coincide with the sixth anniversary of 9/11. But intelligence experts in the States have a copy and are studying it.

A US government official claimed the video was shot recently and does not contain calls or threats to attack America. Bin Laden is currently thought to be in hiding with Egyptian deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri in a stronghold on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. " =================================== 

Reuters News: Bin Laden's black beard baffles U.S. intelligence http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29447520070910

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials studying Osama bin Laden's videotape released last week said on Monday they were baffled by his new black beard.

"We don't know if it's dyed and trimmed, or real, but that's one of the things we are looking at," Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell told a Senate committee hearing. "The last time he appeared it was very different."

The videotape released by his al Qaeda network on Friday was bin Laden's first in nearly three years. In it, his beard was black and neatly cropped, unlike the untrimmed gray of previous appearances. Analysts say the tape was made no earlier than last month.

McConnell reiterated an administration assessment that bin Laden's video -- calling the United States vulnerable and encouraging Americans to embrace Islam - did not appear to be a signal for a new attack. But he said al Qaeda's hostile intent was clear.

The beard has also mystified private analysts, who said bin Laden may be trying to enhance his image as a leader or who simply called it bizarre. M.J. Gohel of the Asia-Pacific Foundation said bin Laden looked "vain and ridiculous."

"It does not fit with the image he has so carefully nurtured, the masquerade of his being a holy warrior devoid of normal human traits," he said."

Cheers - Mark



Bin Laden's Beard - day 2 
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:35 AM
T.O.C.


"Answered by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK): ... Pure black dye

The foregoing explanation was regarding using dye other than the colour of pure black. The ruling on using pure black hair dye will defer according to the reason one uses it for.

a) If a warrior (mujahid) used black hair dye in order to create awe and fear into the heart and mind of the enemy, then all the scholars agree that it is permissible (al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya, 5/329).

b) To use pure black dye in order to deceive somebody, e.g. a prospective fiancée or in order to get a job, then this (according to all) is impermissible.

The Companion Ibn Mas’ud (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah said:

“Whosoever deceives us is not from us” (Sahih Ibn Hibban)

c) The third situation is when pure black dye is used for adornment, meaning the husbands or the wives use it in order to please the spouse. The scholars have differed with regards to its ruling.

Many Hanafi scholars have said that to use pure black dye is not permissible, even for the purpose of adornment and pleasing the spouse. " 
Link

In the list above, I'd guess the appeal, if there was any, would go to A, "in order to create awe and fear into the heart and mind of the enemy".

The video should be released today, and it can be analysed for photocropping or other delights. Could it be Bin Laden?

Ask these guys... "Australian comic Chas Licciardello, dressed as Osama bin Laden, is arrested outside George W. Bush's hotel at the APEC summit in Sydney." 
Link

Cheers - Mark



Fwd: 9-11-2007- WHAT'S GOING ON? _ Interject: 9/14, this Friday Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:44 PM
T.O.C.


Pesonally, I thought it would be poetic if they would do something like that Toyota commercial on 9/11 (2007), but that didn't happen. Here's something that does.

The stock options previously written about expire Sept. 21.

"ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer Air Force Times Posted : Monday Sep 10, 2007 17:38:42 EDT

On Sept. 14, flight lines will be very quiet at Air Combat Command bases.

The entire command — about 100,000 active-duty airmen — is standing down training flights and many other operations as part of a command-wide safety day.

Command boss Gen. Ronald Keys ordered the Sept. 14 safety standdown in the wake of the Aug. 30 nuclear incident at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., in which six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were loaded onto a B-52H and then flown to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., without anyone on the ground or bomber realizing the nuclear weapons were on the plane. It was not until the B-52H was parked at Barksdale that ground crews discovered the cruise missiles were carrying real warheads.

Command spokesman Maj. Tom Crosson said wing commanders would determine how their units review operations and safety procedures and checklists.

Just how serious Keys takes the lapse of regulations at Minot is reflected in the fact that the safety stand-down is the first commandwide safety day in recent memory. In the past, the command has singled out specific types of aircraft for safety days and in 1997 the Department of Defense held a departmentwide safety review day." 
Air Force Times Link 

Attached, the note being forwarded. Thanks for the heads up!

Cheers - Mark

As chairman of the House Finance Committee, congressman John Gilmore (R-OH), it is interesting that since he was leading investigations into the stock options of late, that he was first said to die of a heart attack, and upon finding blunt trauma to the head, died from falling down the stairs. I suppose that's possible.

9-11-2007- WHAT'S GOING ON?
Going into Labor Day weekend, there were lots of rumors anticipating a false flag operation, another 9-11. Trainloads of armored vehicles rolled into Houston. The San Francisco Bay bridge closed for three days. Suspicious activity was reported on ferries in Puget Sound. Ominous civil defense exercises are being held in Oregon, as part of Operation Noble Resolve, which also involves military jets flying over New York. An antiaircraft division is ordered to Washington DC.
We made it through the holiday safely.
Then last Wednesday, Congressman Paul Gillmor (R-OH) was found dead in his home. This was reported as a heart attack, until word leaked out that he had blunt trauma to the head and neck. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20649320/ Now we're being told he fell down the stairs. Gillmor was investigating a series of option trades that are suspicious- someone is betting billions of dollars that the market will fall 50% by September 21st. Even with the housing crisis, it would take a major catastrophe, like a "terrorist" attack, to precipitate such a plunge. As part of his job on the House Finance Committee, Gillmor was investigating this deal. Was he murdered because he was about to reveal something?
Would this death, on top of the deaths of Senators Wellstone and Carnahan, and the anthraxing of Senators Daschle and Leahy, have a chilling effect on people in Congress? Maybe that's why they're "spineless".
Now we learn that on August 30th, six nuclear warheads were "accidentally" shipped by B-52 from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. (Five arrived, did one get "lost"? Or is someone unable to count?) This violates all military procedure, which requires that nuclear weapons always be shipped on the ground in the continental US, so that if there's an accident, a bomb detonation won't occur. It would take an order from the Commander-in-Chief to put nukes on a plane.
The warheads were reportedly fastened to cruise missiles, which have a range of 1500-2000 miles. Not enough to cross the Atlantic, but enough to hit cities in the US as part of a false flag operation. This scenario is being claimed by "military investigators" on the Hal Turner show, and is making its way around the internet. It's being said the plan was to hit 5 American cities with nuclear weapons over Labor Day weekend in order to install martial law. If so, we have been saved by the grace of God, operating through loyal American whistleblowers, who made the "accidental shipment" of nuclear warheads public.
Now we are told that the entire Air Force will stand down on September 14th, for overhaul and review of procedures. http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/09/airforce_aircombatcommand_standdown_070807/ Our skies will be unguarded for a day, and our vulnerability has been announced to the whole world. It's an open invitation to America's enemies to attack us. The last stand-down, unannounced ahead of time, took place on Sept 11, 2001. What's planned for Sept. 14th, 2007? Oddly enough, El Al, the Israeli airline, will not be flying planes that day either.
What is going on? One of my most anti-conspiracy friends says he believes it's a giant conspiracy. What do you think? and how can we nip it in the bud?
Let us pray that honest, conscientious, loyal Americans will abort whatever evil plot is in the works, just as someone "outed" the nukes on the B 52 on August 30th. Let us remember that many such evil plots have been headed off- the fourth plane that did NOT hit Congress or the White House 6 years ago (which would have initiated martial law) , the anthrax that did NOT wipe out the whole Senate (thanks to alert postal workers and doctors at the Communicable Disease Center), the lie about "yellowcake from Niger" that was exposed by Ambassador Joe Wilson (at great cost to his wife Valerie Plame, and to all of us who were being protected by her undercover CIA network), and many others.
What to do? Talk about the Sept 14th stand-down and your suspicions, write about it, protest about it. The truth will set us free. God is with us, with We the People. We are being threatened with great harm by those in power who are supposed to be serving us. If we shed enough light, if we make enough noise, if we love our country and our planet, we will finally be able to overthrow the pirates who have hijacked our ship of state, and bring them to justice.
Impeachment now!
In the name of the God of truth and justice, Carol Wolman


9/14/2007 
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:35 PM
T.O.C.


Kurt, thanks for the investment advice. When I say "coffins and toilet paper", I mean to say, "invest in stable things". After that, I'm not sure what to invest in.

First off, I want you to all know that the Toyota commercial I was referring to was the one with all of the keys hitting the ground, "cats and dogs".

I never really know the future, but there's an interesting case on the horizon. Violet, by the way, thinks that if people all panic, then they can change the stock market! There is precedent for such a thing.

Here's a list of things happening in an order. I haven't been through all these sources yet, but it's another way of putting 'conspiracy theory' (presently) in 8 steps. Very presently. http://endiana.blogspot.com/2007/09/conspiracy-theory-update-sept-14-2007.html

Responses to news is part of the information game. Indeed, when it comes to intelligence, providing equal shares of information and disinformation appears to be the game. That really throws the other guy off!

There are 3 things mentioned above: 1) Producing actions and information to begin with 2) Producing intelligence information 3) Producing intelligence disinformation Where all of the above is happening.

I don't know where information produced to elicit a response ends off, or where information that tells me what is happening next begins. I don't know, on that basis, what is going to happen next, or when. For all I know, we're all just silly putty in a bored puppeteer's eye. Perhaps not.

I think that the fact that events of late have transpired as they have means that precursors to a significant development have occured, where that development will occur between now and the 21st of this month, and where there is accentuation upon this Friday.

If not, then we all sleep happier.

Cheers - Mark



Fwd: 9/14/2007 update 
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:34 PM
T.O.C.


I found the link on #8 I last sent. It's from the comments at bottom.

Regional Disaster Preparedness Exercise "On September 14, from 2 to 4 PM, Delaware Valley hospitals are invited to participate in a regional exercise designed to simulate a large-scale terrorist attack in Philadelphia. A large number of seriously injured victims will overwhelm city hospitals, requiring mutual aid from, and movement of victims to, surrounding hospitals. By providing staff to act as victims, hospitals can use this scenario to conduct a full-scale exercise. Hospitals not providing victims can participate in communication and coordination exercises via the E Team incident reporting and management system. To test Incident Command and National Incident Management System protocols, the Emergency Operations Centers from the five-county region also have been invited to participate. The exercise is being designed and coordinated by Edward Jasper, MD, director, emergency medical services, Thomas Jefferson University, and Southeast Pennsylvania Regional Counter Terrorism Taskforce (SEPA RCTTF). Contact Tom Grace at (215) 575-3747 for more information." 
http://www.phillyhealthinfo.org/index.php/health_events/2007/09/14/



Al Qaeda Snorts Flies 
Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:07 AM
T.O.C.


This from a digital image forensics expert at HactorFactor. I get my reprieve. There still isn't proof of Bin Llama being alive. Just the rest of al qaeda. (Ooh, what a relief!)

"...However, there was one REALLY funny part. 30 minutes into a video, a fly began to buzz around Waleed and landed on his arm. At 38:01, the fly landed on his nose! It walked the full length of his nose. That's isn't a dot on his nose, that's a fly!

But it get's better: at 38:03 (2 seconds later), it landed on his nose again and stayed there for five seconds before crawling in his nose! I can't make this up! After crawling to his nostrils, Waleed made a series of faces but never stopped to shoo the fly away." 
Link

And more talk about analysing this particular video. 
Link



On the brighter side of this week 
Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:53 AM
T.O.C.


Thanks, Kurt, for the great link!

Here's an author, and I'd say a well documented article, with an idea of what the B-52 full of nukes was to be used for, and by whom. If you don't like Dick Cheney, this one's for you!

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/09/07/01751.html

Cheers - Mark



Fwd: NewsMax.com Article forwarded by a friend 
Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:43 PM
T.O.C.


I'll be happy to pass that along. The new CIA chief, last friday, is dressed in full military uniform, and tells us they're expecting al qaeda to attack soon. This was last Friday. What is it with Friday? Last Friday, this Friday, and next Friday is the 21st. Something's fishy. ;-)

- Mark

--- Kurt wrote:

Please check out the article I read at NewsMax.com:

Link



Fwd: [TheRevolutionaryCoalition] Fwd: Bush Extends 2001 National Emergency Declaration For One Year 
Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:45 PM
T.O.C.


Bush has renewed our emergency condition for another year. It would have expired the 14th. And the powers it gives.

- Mark

In a message dated 9/12/2007 10:54:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, clg_news@legitgov.org writes:
News Update from Citizens for Legitimate Government
13 Sep 2007
http://www.legitgov.org/
Bush Extends 2001 National Emergency Declaration For One Year --Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks (whitehouse.gov) 12 Sep 2007 Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, the Pentagon, and aboard United Airlines flight 93, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States. Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, last extended on September 5, 2006, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2007. Therefore, I am continuing in effect for an additional year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist threat.
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Recap of the day 
Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:47 PM
T.O.C.


It seems to me that that last guy did a great job of summarizing theoretical potentials, with Dick Cheney on the hot seat, due to being responsible for the re-routing of a B-52 with nukes to Minot AFB. But, I think, what if Dick Cheney is not apprehendable? Neocons make me wonder. Was a plot foiled?

And that's a nice thought. I think people have been braced for bombing in Iran and domestically. Where would you put the nukes if you wanted the best place? These guys would put them where they could be deployed in either place, if they were as smart as me. So we don't know the next step.

Is there evidence of preparing to receive the nukes off-shore in the Persian Gulf, or is there evidence to show domestic deployment? There was one tidbit where a terrorist drill for hospitals in the Philadelphia area is being conducted tommorow, led by DHS, IIRC. One small lead toward possible deployment domestically.

This is also evidence of an authoritarian structure. When you put the pieces together, I think it provides for a theoretical basis into a scenario where powerful individuals move pieces on a board, and shit really happens!

By our system of government, there's a special channel being canoed; emergency powers and war powers have expanded. That's the form of government we give our faith, as a people. It's got loopholes, and we're quite surprised.

I think we're surprised because our standard channels of information appear to perform no useful function, but to parrot what the powers that be want to be said. When they don't inform us of the news created by powerful individuals (as parrots), they inform us of insights not so negative to those powers. It's a defunct house, this thing we call the "Fourth Estate".

Sometimes it's nice, because the people in this fourth house haven't been given direction, because their leaders aren't informed, because the news is something no one in power ever expected. Finding the inconsistency with that B-52, loaded with cruise missiles mounted with nuclear warheads? Priceless!

Cheers - Mark



Fwd: Fw: Some things to brighten your day. 
Monday, September 17, 2007 8:36 PM
T.O.C.


Note: forwarded message attached.

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Good News from the National Intelligence Director 
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:38 PM
T.O.C.

"Intelligence Director: US is intercepting 'billions' of foreign communications" http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Spy_Chief_CIA_monitors_billions_of_0918.html

Well, I think we knew about the wiretapping, but I'm not seeing this quote in mainstream sources...

"9/11 should have and could have been prevented," the intelligence director said." (Video of his statement available on the same page)

At the very least, they're distancing themselves from the present leadership. Watch out for "Code Pink" (a group of women protestors who made some noise during McConnell's hearing in congress).

Cheers - Mark



Iran 
Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:13 AM
T.O.C.


From the AP (lot's lately), the saga of nuclear Iran continues. "Iran: Retaliation for any Israeli attack" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_israel

In it... "TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has drawn up plans to bomb Israel if the Jewish state should attack, the deputy air force commander said Wednesday, adding to tensions already heated up by an Israeli airstrike on Syria and Western calls for more U.N. sanctions against Tehran."

"French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Sunday that the international community should prepare for the possibility of war in the event Iran obtains atomic weapons, although he later stressed the focus is still on diplomatic pressures."

They next tried to make it a deal between Iran and Israel. Let's back up a minute on that. As Condoleeza rice says (from article above)...

" "it can't be business as usual" with Iran, a country whose president has spoken of wiping Israel off the map. "

I added the outside quotes, so it looks like the AP author(s) wrote 2/3rds of that last sentence. Next, let's go into the notion of Iran saying they wanted to wipe Israel off the map.

From the Wikipedia 
Link

Translation of phrase "wiped off the map"

"Many news sources have presented one of Ahmadinejad's phrases in Persian as a statement that "Israel must be wiped off the map"[4][5][6], an English idiom which means to "obliterate totally",[7] and "destroy completely", such as by powerful bombs,[8] or other catastrophes.[9]

Juan Cole, a University of Michigan Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, translates the Persian phrase as:

The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e eshghalgar-e qods) must [vanish from] the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad).[10]"

Also: "Iran's state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting translated Ahmadinejad's comments as "Israel must be wiped off the map", [22]"

Now there's a twist! But he's been denying the wiped off the map thing since this started.

And for a blast from the past, since the US and UK and France (and a few other European... Governments), appear to want to posture for stopping Iran's nuclear program, or getting tough...

From 2002 on the IAEA site (International Atomic Energy Agency): 
Link

"Uranium resources of Iran are not considered a rich one. The results of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) exploration activities have shown proven reserves of about 3,000 tons of Uranium so far. According to the discovered indices (more than 350 anomalies) and the results of the field discoveries, the expected resources of Iran could be at the range of 20,000-30,000 tons of U3O8, throughout the country. Therefore Iran's domestic reserves might be sufficient enough to supply the raw material for needed nuclear power plants in future."

I think European countries, along with the US, are politically posturing with Iran, and don't really need to.

Cheers - Mark



The "Ultra Slim" Desktop (by HP) 
Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:54 AM
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"HP dc7800 Business Desktop Delivers Power in a Small Package"
 http://www.crn.com/hardware/201804274

I remember when computers were a lot slower than they are today, and they didn't have fans in them. That was back around 4.77 MHz speeds (today we're in GHz). Now, you don't need a bulky power supply when you use a low wattage laptop chip, right? So I've always been wondering why we haven't seen anything like this, other than from Apple.

Cheers - Mark



CIA Guys want a new Investigation 
Monday, September 24, 2007 11:04 AM
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I’ve showed you Architects and Engineers (now, 174 Architectural/Engineering Professionals, and 461 others, including A/E students), and a few others that have joined them. http://www.ae911truth.org

Here’s the current day’s article in OpEd News….

“Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report” http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_070922_seven_cia_veterans_c.htm 
With a little bit each about Ray McGovern, William Christison, Melvin Goodman, Robert Baer, Robert David Steele, Lynne Larkin, and David MacMichael (CIA folk).

But as referenced from the above article, I pulled out this (was the most heated) paragraph, from September 2004. Lot’s of FBI guys in on this, too…

“Letter to Congress signed by 25 intelligence service and law enforcement Sept. 13, 2004” http://www.pogo.org/m/hsp/hsp-911commission-040913.pdf

“The Commission, with its incomplete report of “facts and circumstances”, intentional avoidance of assigning accountability, and disregard for the knowledge, expertise and experience of those who actually do the job, has now set about pressuring our Congress and our nation to hastily implement all its recommendations. While we do not intend to imply that all recommendations of this report are flawed, we assert that the Commission’s list of recommendations does not include many urgently needed fixes, and further, we argue that some of their recommendations, such as the creation of an ‘intelligence czar’, and haphazard increases in intelligence budgets, will lead to increases in the complexity and confusion of an already complex and highly bureaucratic system.”

And the “who from” list:

“Respectfully,
1. Castello, Edward J. Jr., Former Special Agent, FBI
2. Cole, John M., Former Veteran Intelligence Operations Specialist, FBI
3. Conrad, David "Mark", Retired Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs
4. Dew, Rosemary N., Former Supervisory Special Agent,
    Counterterrorism & Counterintelligence, FBI
5. Dzakovic, Bogdan, Former Red Team Leader, FAA
6. Edmonds, Sibel D., Former Language Specialist, FBI
7. Elson, Steve, Retired Navy Seal & Former Special Agent, FAA & US Navy
8. Forbes, David, Aviation, Logistics and Govt. Security Analysts, BoydForbes, Inc.,
9. Goodman, Melvin A., Retired Senior Analyst/Division Manager & 
    senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, CIA
10. Graf, Mark, Former Security Supervisor, Planner, &
    Derivative Classifier, Department of Energy
11. Graham, Gilbert M., Retired Special Agent, Counterintelligence, FBI
12. Kleiman, Diane, Former Special Agent, US Customs
13. Kwiatkowski, Lt Col Karen U., Veteran Policy Analyst, USAF-DoD
14. Larkin, Lynne A., Former Operation Officer, CIA
15. MacMichael, David, Former Senior Estimates Officer, CIA
16. McGovern, Raymond L., Veteran Analyst, CIA
17. Pahle, Theodore J. Senior Intelligence Officer (Ret), Defense Intelligence Agency,
    Office of Naval Intelligence, and U.S. Army Intelligence
18. Sarshar, Behrooz, Retired Language Specialist, FBI
19. Sullivan, Brian F., Retired Special Agent & Risk Management Specialist, FAA
20. Tortorich, Larry J., Retired US Naval Officer, US Navy & Dept. of Homeland
    Security/TSA
21. Turner, Jane A., Retired Special Agent, FBI
22. Vincent, John B., Retired Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI
23. Whitehurst, Dr. Fred, Retired Supervisory Special Agent/Laboratory Forensic
    Examiner, FBI
24. Wright, Col. Ann, Retired Reserve Colonel & Former
US Diplomat, US Army,
25. Zipoli, Matthew J., Special Response Team (SRT) Officer, DOE “

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Next, there is a twice cited article showing more supporters from October 2004…

“Respected Leaders and Families Launch 9/11 Truth Statement Demanding Deeper Investigation into the Events of 9/11” http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633 
The list shows 52 people who lost loved ones, and about 110 other signatories.  ------------------

Presidential Candidates for a new 9/11 Investigation: Michael Badnarik is listed in the above article, as a Libertarian candidate. I might have heard of him.

There’s general Wesley Clark, on youtube (1 min). Not sure if he’s running this time around… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M59pRIRbWwo 
Wants to investigate “the use of intelligence information after 9/11”, and “why the administration didn’t take the proper actions”.

Ron Paul of Texas wants an investigation.

Mike Gravel wants an investigation.

Dennis Kucinich wants an investigation.

Rudy Giuliani will have you arrested for wanting an investigation. ;-) June 2007: “Two Reporters Arrested in Manchester, NH by Giuliani’s Party (Press Secretary)”, is what it should be entitled, for asking Giuliani about what he said to Peter Jennings one day about 9/11… http://yourfreepress.blogspot.com/2007/06/reporter-arrested-on-orders-of-giuliani.html

Uh oh… “9/11 Firefighters & Families to Protest Giuliani in Upcoming Oct. Debates”  He
will have to arrest a lot of people for this! Link 

Ok, you get different responses from different people, but I think there’s enough support going the other way to say its gained momentum… Jeanine Garofalo on Bill Maher on HBO (10 minute video), basically saying this war was for contracts and profit… http://www.911blogger.com/node/11581 (Salmon Rushdie is sitting right next to her, chiming in)

Cheers – Mark



Yesterday's Senate on Iran
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:22 PM
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If you got the last email, then forget this one, otherwise forget the other one, because you didn't get it. I didn't get it.

Latest action in the senate, which no one seems to have heard, is on Iran. It's news now. Hello!!! Come and get it (I'm talking to the press).

Democrats.com article:
"Stop the Lieberman-Kyl-Graham-Coleman Declaration of War on Iran" Link

Regarding the two paragraphs read by Kyl yesterday...
"(3) that it should be the policy of the United States to combat, contain, and roll back the violent activities and destabilizing influence inside Iraq of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, its foreign facilitators such as Lebanese Hezbollah, and its indigenous Iraqi proxies;

(4) to support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments, in support of the policy described in paragraph (3) with respect to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies."

Cheers -
Mark

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