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A water main exploded near the University of California-Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon, flooding much of the campus, Sunset Boulevard and Pauley Pavilion.
The 93-year-old pipe exploded at roughly 3:30 p.m., sending a geyser some 20 feet into the air just as rush hour was getting underway, diverting traffic and creating major problems around campus. Although no injuries were reported, flood waters were shin-deep in places, with students boogie boarding around campus and sliding down wet railings.
"That is probably one of the most dangerous things you can do," Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Jaime Moore told the Los Angeles Times. "For somebody to try and boogie board in this, it's just going to be an asphalt bath."
"People are standing in the water almost out of a sense of amusement," echoed fellow firefighter Brian Humphrey to KTLA.

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To deal with all the water run-off from snow melting and heavy rains, Weston is forming a storm water utility.
Village administrator Dean Zuleger says many of Weston's roads are too old to meet current environmental standards.
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Zuleger says the improvements will cost Weston homeowners about $47 per year.
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Almost half of malicious sites tied to 10 networks
Almost half the websites pushing malware are hosted by just 10 networks, according to a new report that adds new support to the growing argument that a relatively few number of actors are responsible for most of the net-based threats. The report (PDF) from StopBadware.org also showed a dramatic rise in China's role in the …
I wonder..
OIX (aka Phorm) wouldn't be one of them?
I blame Microsoft
Just because I can :-)
I'm gone already.
I thought it was USA, Canada, Chine ten the rest of the world? (as prime malware sources. Maybe some sites bounce via china? I believe some Canadian sites used to bounce via Russia again to lose trail of the malware source).
10 networks?
I'm glad I stick to 192.168 networks.
Not just websites
I looked at my firewall log and the number of packets blocked from the 188.8.131.52 netblock exceeds the number of blocked packets from all other IP addresses. So on a sample of 1, 50% of blocked packets are attempts at messenger spam (ports 1026,1027,1028) from that netblock. Perhaps Shaw Cable could address this issue. Certain other specific blocks also feature frequently, so they're not the only ones.
Give me the IP blocks!
I can't block them by AS number, I can't block them by AS name, give me the blasted IP address blocks so I _can_ block them!
I beg to differ
In my experience most SPAM comes from the US, Turkey or sometimes Russia. It looks to me like some US people are compromising Chinese sites to spread malware if you follow the chain back.
Of course it's popular in the US to blame the Chinese. Of course your network admin could always block all Chinese sites........
Ten networks? I thought there was just one big one...
"Ten networks" in the title become "ten registrars" in the text. I freely admit I have no idea how many registrars would account for half of any selection of sites, so I don't know if 10 is a surprisingly large or small number.
here's an idea...
how about releasing the ip ranges of those networks so we can block them?
I've been saying this for years....
... spam-filters, whitelists, blacklists, the lot - it's all a complete waste of time. It's time to take this fight offline and into the IRL world.
There are only a small number of people engaged in serious spamming and virus attacks, and they all have names and addresses in the real world. The rest of us outnumber them a million to one. We should just kill them all. One quick night of the long knives, and the whole problem is solved for at least a generation.
Block China and the USA?
If we block all of the U.S. and Chinese websites, most of the spam problem will be gone!!
It'll also have the added bonus of ridding our shores of that Facebook thing.
Not surprising China gets a mention. After analysing the IP addresses of people trying to relay off my mail server I found that I could kill 95% of the problem by blocking addresses from this country. Subsequent checking of the logs shows all manner of IP detritus seeking to find "exploit nirvana" on my humble fixed IP.
Perhaps I have it all wrong and the friendly folk of that nation are just trying to reach out and touch the western community in anticipation of forthcoming olympic games!
There is an easy solution to get rid of phishing websites.
Just click on:
and input your bank details when prompted. Hey presto, all phishing'll stop. They sell really good viagra 'n all.
I tried to go to that site but they'd ran out of Viagra. Stuck my bank details in anyway, as the site said it would guarantee me cheaper shopping on my next visit.
Google responsible for 2% that nothing!
Hi, they must be doing a good job filtering them out, being the biggest search engine otherwise it would be 100%.
Great Firewall of China
Here's an idea. Why don't we turn China's firewall backwards. That way, we're protected from all of their malware, and they can find out what's happening in the real world, including the rest of China ...?
Question for those who know...
Would it be easier to manage this crap in an IPv6 world?
Would it be easier to manage this crap in an IPv6 world?
My guess is we will just acrrue a whole host of new problems!
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"This is THE 69 EYES at the most melodic but even more than that, the most intense. The song has a very intense feeling, you know, like when your heart beats wild (red), when the world circles around you and when you find out the painful truth. Think of those scenes in the movies like "Vertigo" or "Vanilla Sky". Something's broken and there's nothing you can do about it", dramatizes THE 69 EYES vocalist Jyrki. "It's a very epic and emotional song."
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Calvin Johnson has topped 100 yards in the first half today, and 10,000 yards in his NFL career.
Johnson scored two touchdown in the second quarter against the Bears to help give the Lions a 24-14 lead, and he caught nine passes for 109 receiving yards in the first half, making him the fastest player in NFL history to reach the 10,000-yard mark.
The NFL has changed enormously in the last couple of decades, and so it's no surprise that 27 of the 43 players with 10,000 yards started their careers in 1990 or later. A 10,000-yard career is not what it used to be, but Johnson still has many more good seasons left in him. Jerry Rice's record of 22,895 receiving yards may be beyond reach for anyone, but Megatron may move into second place before he's all done. The No. 2 spot on the all-time receiving yards list is currently occupied by Terrell Owens, with 15,934 receiving yards.
Now we'll see if the Lions can keep it going in the second half, and re-establish themselves as contenders in the NFC playoff race.
Bears banged up on defense, Detroit takes advantage
The Bears' defense has suffered a couple of first-half injuries today at Detroit, and the Lions are taking advantage.
Bears defensive end Cornelius Washington has been ruled out for the rest of the game with a chest injury, and safety Chris Conte left for what was first termed a concussion evaluation but later termed an eye injury. The Bears were already without linebacker Lance Briggs and defensive tackle Jeremiah Ratliff, so they're really hurting.
And the Lions are really taking advantage: After going 25 drives over three games without a single touchdown, Detroit scored on back-to-back drives. The first was a nine-play, 78-yard drive that ended with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Calvin Johnson. The second was a 10-play, 86-yard drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown run from Joique Bell.
That gave the Lions a 17-14 lead. The Bears started fast, with two Alshon Jeffery touchdown passes, but the Lions have turned this game around in a hurry.
New stadium isn't giving the 49ers a true home-field advantage
The 49ers christened a new home stadium this year, but they're still waiting for a new home-field advantage.
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News takes a look at the "relatively tranquil" atmosphere at Levi's Stadium. And Kawakami makes a great point — if a home-field advantage doesn't emerge tonight against the Seahawks, it never will.
The 49ers are 3-2 at home this season, with no convincing victories. Most recently, San Francisco barely beat Washington.
The toughest test comes against the Seahawks. As Kawakami said, if it's not loud and raucous in Santa Clara tonight, perhaps it never will be.
More than half of the 2012 top 10 may not have options exercised
Once the 2014 regular season ends, players drafted in 2012 will become eligible for new contracts. By May 3, teams holding the rights of first-round picks must decide whether to extend their rookie deals for a fifth year.
Based on the performance of the first 10 players taken in 2012, there's a good chance more than half of them won't have their contracts extended. Here's a look at each of them.
1. Andrew Luck, Colts: The option definitely will be exercised. Based on how the Colts dealt with Peyton Manning, Luck presumably won't get a long-term deal until he completes his rookie contract and has the franchise tag applied.
2. Robert Griffin III, Washington: As of right now, it's not looking good. To say the least.
3. Trent Richardson, Colts: Traded from the Browns after one season and still disappointing in his second year in Indy, the Colts most likely won't extend Richardon's deal.
4. Matt Kalil, Vikings: Solid at times and spectacularly bad in big moments, there's a strong belief that the Vikings won't extend Kalil's contract. Just like they didn't extend Christian Ponder's.
5. Justin Blackmon, Jaguars: His option won't come due in May because his rookie deal has been tolled by a suspension that has lasted more than a calendar year.
6. Morris Claiborne, Cowboys: He had fallen out of favor — and out of the starting lineup — before suffering a season-ending injury. Dallas undoubtedly will pass.
7. Mark Barron, Rams: Traded from Tampa at the October deadline, the Rams most likely won't be inclined to make the investment necessary to keep him from the open market after four seasons.
8. Ryan Tannehill, Dolphins: This could be the toughest decision for any team in the top 10. Tannehill has been good but not great. Productive but erratic. Still, if they let him go after four seasons, who will the quarterback be? That's probably enough to swing the pendulum to yes.
9. Luke Kuechly, Panthers: Yes, without question.
10. Stephon Gilmore, Bills: A solid contributor but not yet a star player, it could be more of an investment than the team wants to make. Especially if there's a new coach or G.M. after the season.
To summarize, Luck and Kuechly are locks. Tannehill is likely to get the option. Beyond that, who knows?
Bears strike first in Detroit
In the early moments in Detroit, the Bears have done everything right and the Lions have done everything wrong.
Detroit received the opening kickoff and Jeremy Ross took it out of the end zone, only to get tackled at the 14-yard line. The Lions' offense then took the field and went three-and-out, with two Joique Bell runs for minus-1 yard, followed by Matthew Stafford badly missing a wide-open Calvin Johnson on third down.
After the Lions' punt, the Bears methodically marched the ball down the field on a six-play, 55-yard drive that ended with Alshon Jeffery catching a short pass from Jay Cutler and running in for a 10-yard touchdown.
This is a must-win game for the Lions, who are on a two-game losing streak. If they keep playing like this, we'll be able to cross them off the list of playoff contenders in the NFC.
NFL: Rams-Raiders will remain in St. Louis
On Wednesday, there was a report in the Indianapolis Star about the "remote possibility" that Sunday's game between the Raiders and Rams would be moved from St. Louis to a Monday start in Indianapolis because of the ongoing tension in Ferguson, Missouri.
The report said that Lucas Oil Stadium was ready to serve as a site for the game in the event that a decision was made that it wasn't safe enough to play as scheduled, but that won't be necessary. While we don't know when that tension in Ferguson will ease, we do know that the remote possibility is no longer a possibility at all.
Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com passes along word from a league spokesman that the game will be played as scheduled at the Edward Jones Dome with a 1 p.m. ET kickoff on Sunday. That avoids a second straight week with two Monday night games after the Jets and Bills were shifted to Detroit in Week 12 after the mammoth blizzard that buried Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo.
Will any Thanksgiving records fall today?
As the first of three Thanksgiving games approaches, let's take a quick look at the history of the best of the best performances on the fourth Thursday in November.
Courtesy of the 2014 Official NFL Record & Fact Book, here are the single-game records from the league's annual Thanksgiving game.
On Thanksgiving Day in 1929, Ernie Nevers scored six touchdowns for the Cardinals in a game against the Bears. On three other Thanksgiving occasions, players have scored four times. Most recently, NBCSN's Brian Westbrook racked up a quartet of touchdowns for the Eagles against the Cardinals in 2008.
Another record could be a little easier to beat today, but not much. On Thanksgiving in 1976, Bills running back O.J. Simpson (pictured) gained 273 yards on the ground against the Lions. There hasn't even been another 200-yard Thanksgiving rushing performance, with Bob Hoernschemeyer gaining 198 for the Lions in 1950 against the New York Yankees, and Earl Campbell grinding out 195 for the Oilers against the Cowboys in 1979.
Through the air, Troy Aikman passed for 455 yards against the Vikings on the day then-rookie Randy Moss exploded for three touchdowns on three catches. Matthew Stafford nearly matched that total for the Lions in 2012, with 441 yards passing. And long before Scott Mitchell went for nearly four spins on the scale, he threw for 410 yards for the Lions in a 1995 Thanksgiving Day win over the Vikings.
When it comes to receiving yardage, Jim Benton of the Browns racked up 303 yards against the Lions 69 years ago on Thanksgiving. The next highest total came in 2012, with Andre Johnson generating 188 yards for the Texans against the Lions.
Will any of those records fall today? It's one of the wrinkles that will fascinate fans and fantasy owners as kickoff approaches.
Reggie Bush, Riley Reiff out for Lions against Bears
The Lions hoped to have running back Reggie Bush back this week, but his ankle didn't cooperate.
Bush is inactive for Detroit's Thanksgiving game against the Bears, making it three straight games that Bush has missed as a result of the injury. He also missed two other games earlier in the year, which may be a contributing factor to the Lions ranking 28th in points scored this season.
Compounding the issues for the Lions Offense on Thursday will be the absence of left tackle Riley Reiff. Like Bush, Reiff was listed as questionable for the game but left off the 46-man roster. Reiff is dealing with a knee injury that knocked him out of last weekend's lopsided loss to the Patriots. Cornelius Lucas is expected to play in his place.
The Bears had one questionable player on Wednesday, but cornerback Kyle Fuller got the nod in spite of a knee injury. That keeps alive the possibility that he'll face off with his brother, Lions wideout Corey Fuller, at some point on a day usually spent with family. Linebacker Lance Briggs, wide receiver Chris Williams, linebacker Darryl Sharpton, defensive end Trevor Scott, offensive lineman Eben Britton, defensive tackle Jeremiah Ratliff and cornerback Terrance Mitchell are inactive for Chicago.
Defensive tackle Nick Fairley, guard Larry Warford, quarterback Kellen Moore, receiver Ryan Broyles and defensive end Larry Webster round out Detroit's list of inactives.
Colts make a change at cornerback
The arrival of Shaun Phillips isn't the only change for the Indianapolis defense this week.
The team announced that they have signed cornerback Jalil Brown and waived cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy.
Brown was released by the Dolphins earlier in the week and will be making his third tour of duty with the Colts. Brown spent time with them late last season and played two games with them earlier this year. Brown also has another spell with the Dolphins and began his career with the Chiefs after they took him in the fourth round of the 2011 draft.
He'll likely fill the same special teams-centric role that Purifoy played for the team, although there's a chance he could see time on defense with Vontae Davis, Josh Gordy and Greg Toler all appearing on this week's injury report.
Peterson materials due to be filed by Friday
Next Tuesday, the appeal hearing in Adrian Peterson's case will commence at 10:00 a.m. ET. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Peterson has until Friday, November 28 to submit any materials that he intends to introduce at the hearing.
It's unknown what, if anything, Peterson will introduce. Peterson submitted nothing to the NFL before the decision was made to suspend him for the rest of the 2014 season.
What Peterson submits potentially could have a huge impact on the outcome of the appeal. If, of course, hearing officer Harold Henderson is willing to break from his track record of siding with the NFL in these appeals.
It's unclear how quickly a ruling will be issued. In theory, Peterson could be back as soon as December 7, for a visit from the Jets.
Odell Beckham gives all the love to the glove
Making the catch of the year was mostly Odell Beckham.
But the Giants wide receiver admitted he's not sure if he could have made his now-famous, falling-backward, three-fingered catch without his gloves.
"I have no idea," Beckham said, via Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News.
Beckham's gloves are Nike Vapor Jets, size XXXL (which may also explain how he catches flying things with one hand), which he's been wearing since his college days at LSU.
"I definitely told them they were some of my favorites that they made," Beckham said. "It's just the way that they fit. They're a tight fit, they're very light, and they feel like they're a part of your hand."
If the gloves were the secret, everyone would be wearing them, but we suspect Beckham's hands deserve a little more of the credit.
Thanks NFL for giving us three great games today
On Thanksgiving, the NFL enjoys a captive audience. With a trio of games starting at 12:30 p.m. ET and lasting possibly until midnight, monitors throughout America will be bouncing from CBS to FOX to NBC.
As Costanza said when asked why anyone would watch a show about nothing, "Because it's on TV." Whatever NFL games would be on TV today, we'd all be watching.
But the NFL has given us a trio of great games, involving five of the seven NFC teams vying for the five playoff spots that won't go to the none-of-the-above NFC South. It starts with Bears-Lions, a Thanksgiving matchup that has happened 10 prior times. It continues with the first of two games involving what turned out to be the top two teams in the NFC East, the 8-3 Eagles and 8-3 Cowboys.
And it finishes with the first encounter between the Seahawks and 49ers since January. That time, it was an elimination game. This time, it could have the same effect, knocking the loser to 7-5 and making it much harder to get to the postseason.
The biggest challenge for today? Staying awake for the whole thing after gobbling up plenty of gobble gobble gobble turkey from jive turkey gobblers.
Of course, the NFL's goal isn't entirely altruistic. Bigger games ensure even bigger audiences. Also, the sense of gratitude that comes from having compelling games broken out from the scrum of Sunday action helps strengthen the bond with customers.
Regardless, it worked. Thank you, NFL, for choosing great games for the fourth Sunday in Thanksgiving.
The nationally-televised games on Sunday's slate — Patriots-Packers and Broncos-Chiefs — aren't too shabby, either. As to Monday night and the Dolphins at the Jets, well, I guess we can't have everything.
Coaching staff wanted Vick, gets Geno instead
There's no greater sign of dysfunction in a professional sports organization than folks who lack the qualifications to make coaching decisions making coaching decisions.
In the current chase for the title of most dysfunctional organization in the NFL, the Jets have a clear edge over Washington in this category.
In Washington, coach Jay Gruden apparently has the power to pick his quarterback. In New York, coach Rex Ryan apparently doesn't.
Per Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, Ryan, offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg, and the "majority" of others in the organization wanted to stick with Mike Vick. Instead, Geno Smith will return to the starting lineup.
Vick seems to have the same sense of resignation that prompted the coaching staff to go along with the switch back to Geno Smith.
"I don't own this organization," Vick said Wednesday. "I just play for it. Why do things happen? I don't know. I don't ask too many questions."
The decision to return to Smith possibly arises from a desire to answer any lingering question about whether Smith has a future with the organization. Or maybe owner Woody Johnson has realized that there are legitimate ways to improve draft position by tanking games down the stretch. With the Jets eliminated from the playoffs, why not make it easier to climb higher in the pecking order to get the true franchise quarterback that the franchise hasn't had since . . . since . . . Joe Namath?
Ultimately, the dysfunction that results in the front office and/or ownership overriding the coaching staff could be the only solution to a 4.5-decade failure to get back to the Super Bowl.
Report: Indy ready for "remote possibility" of Rams game moving
While it seems unlikely at this point, the NFL has at least looked into the chance of moving Sunday's Raiders-Rams game in St. Louis because of the tension in nearby Ferguson.
According to Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, a league source called it a "remote possibility," though Indianapolis would be ready to host the game Monday if need be.
He cited public safety officials saying they'd be ready and concessions workers saying they were "on call," if the game needed to be played there Monday.
While it's likely just a contingency plan (one which frankly every team should have in a folder in a locked drawer somwhere), the fact it's a possibility should underscore the seriousness of the situation in Missouri.
Sean Payton reminding Saints of past turnarounds
When the Saints won the Super Bowl after the 2009 season, they became the first team to take home a Lombardi Trophy after losing their final three games of the regular season.
That doesn't mean that every team with championship aspirations should be trying to drop games at the end of the season, but it does mean that good runs can follow bad ones over the course of a year. That's a message that Saints coach Sean Payton is trying to send to this year's edition after they dropped three straight games at the Superdome to miss a chance to grab control of the NFC South.
Instead they fell to 4-7 and Payton feels there's "value to referencing" past turnarounds in New Orleans and elsewhere as a way to keep the team focused on what's still possible for them this season.
"You're constantly, as a teacher, trying to do that," Payton said, via the Associated Press. "You look at some parallels, some comparisons."
Whether it's those Saints, a Giants team that saved Tom Coughlin's job or any of the other moments in sports history when a contender rose off the mat, there are plenty of examples that show it ain't over until it's over. This version of the Saints will have to play much better to join those teams, starting with this Sunday in Pittsburgh.


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Posted by Ryan Ellis on Friday, October 4th, 2013, 12:30 PM PERMALINK
On this date 100 years ago, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Revenue Act of 1913. Let's take a look at how the income tax became the raw deal it is today::
View PDF here.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Thursday, September 26th, 2013, 6:17 PM PERMALINK
BookerFail.org already did a great write-up of the Booker tax plan earlier today, so I won't repeat the good work they've done there. I would just add four thoughts:
The Booker plan is a net tax hike of $500 billion to $1 trillion. BookerFail demonstrated that the gross tax increases in the plan total some $1.5 trillion over the next decade. Giving Booker credit for his corporate income tax rate cuts and other tax relief lowers the impact, but it's still a massive net tax hike. Using a back of the envelope calculation, we'd estimate the net burden at more than $500 billion but less than $1 trillion over ten years.
The Booker plan is a straight rip-off from the Obama 2012 re-election campaign. Reading the proposal would give tax experts flashbacks to this February 2012 campaign document, or even this more recent dust-off of the same. Call it "tax reform by copy and paste." And you thought most politicians were lazy.
The plan would still leave New Jersey employers paying the highest income tax rate in the developed world (almost). The plan touts a cut in the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 28%. A 28% federal rate doesn't get you anywhere, though, if you're looking to help international competition.
New Jersey's corporate rate is 9%, so you would still have a combined marginal rate of 34.5%, even after accounting for the deductibility of the state tax on federal returns. Compare that to the developed nation average, which is under 25%. New Jersey employers would still be paying the highest tax rate in the developed world, except for outlier country Japan (who has a 37% rate).
New Jersey incorporated employers would still face a higher marginal income tax rate than major global competitors Canada, Mexico, the U.K., France, and Germany.
The plan raises taxes on New Jersey partnerships, Subchapter-S corporations, LLCs, and other startups. Booker has no plan to lower the tax rate for unincorporated small businesses in New Jersey. That rate easily approaches 50% (federal-state combined). Why does Booker want to lower rates for giant multinational companies (and even here, not enough to make a difference), but not for Main Street New Jersey small and mid-sized employers? Does he not know how the tax system is set up for employers?
According to the IRS, New Jersey is home to over 600,000 sole proprietors, and nearly 300,000 owners of partnerships and S-corporations. These 900,000 New Jersey business owners won't get rate relief under the plan, but they will pay all the tax increases. That's not fair.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Monday, September 23rd, 2013, 3:19 PM PERMALINK
ATR supports H.R. 3077, the "TELE-MED Act," sponsored by Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) This legislation advances a common-sense update to Medicare rules which should inject more competition into the program, make it work more efficiently for taxpayers, and give a wider range of services to Medicare beneficiaries.
H.R. 3077 would permit Medicare patients to receive care from doctors across state lines, using consultations on the Internet, by telephone, etc. As long as a doctor is licensed in his home state, he will be able to provide care and consulting to patients living in other states.
While a small improvement, this is exactly the type of consumer-driven change Medicare needs. Patients should not be restricted by antiquated rules into seeking out care within only an arbitrary political boundary. In the 21st century, those boundaries don't mean a whole lot in most areas of business, and they should not be determinative in Medicare, either.
It would surprise most people that Medicare patients are not free to contract across state lines today, and there's no good reason why seniors shouldn't be able to do so going forward.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Friday, September 20th, 2013, 4:36 PM PERMALINK
ATR is proud to support H.R. 3093, the "Union Bailout Prevention Act," sponsored by Congressman Diane Black (R-Tenn.)
The bill would prevent the Obama Administration from granting an Obamacare waiver to Big Labor. Under the law, union-negotiated health insurance plans cannot benefit from the premium tax credits contained in Obamacare. Big Labor would like a waiver to change that.
Where were the unions when they had a chance to stop Obamcare? Answer--they supported its passage. To seek a sweetheart deal now is not acceptable. They helped make this bed, and they should have to sleep in it along with the rest of us.
H.R. 3093 makes it abundantly-clear that unions are to get no special treatment from this administration when it comes to Obamacare. If the unions want to help us repeal the law, they are welcome to join us.
All Congressmen who want to make sure there are no more Obamacare waivers--especially for those who supported the law's passage--should co-sponsor H.R. 3093.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013, 4:13 PM PERMALINK
Americans for Tax Reform today sent a letter to Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) supporting his new bill, the "American Health Care Reform Act." Congressman Roe is the head of the Republican Study Committee's health care task force. A copy of the letter can be found here.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Friday, September 13th, 2013, 12:02 PM PERMALINK
A number of free market groups today threw their weight behind legislation to delay the (upcoming) worst parts of Obamacare for one year, and to suspend all tax increases in Obamacare for one year.
The legislation has been introduced in the House by Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) as H.R. 2809. In the other body, Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has companion legislation, S. 1490.
Delayed provisions would include: the individual and employer mandates; the Medicaid expansion; the Obamacare exchanges, and the dozens of new powers Obamacare gives to the IRS.
Suspended taxes (there are 20 new or higher taxes in Obamacare) include: the 3.8 percent surtax on savers and investors; tax hikes on HSAs and FSAs; the "medicine cabinet tax"; the "high medical bills tax"; the medical device tax, and a host of others.
Full text of the letter can be found here.
As a company offering IT support Blackburn in the UK, I ask what do you think of medicine cabinet tax?
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Thursday, September 12th, 2013, 9:56 AM PERMALINK
It's a basic principle of taxation that the code should not pick winners and losers or discriminate unfairly against certain classes of taxpayers.
That principle is being violated today for a newly legalized industry--cannabis dispensaries. Unlike any other business type in the country, these firms and these firms alone are not free to deduct "ordinary and necessary" business expenses like wages, equipment, and rent. H.R. 2240 fixes this quirk of tax law and restores fairness for these employers.
ATR today released a study explaining this issue and the policy solution for it. ATR also sent a letter to Capitol Hill urging co-sponsorship of H.R. 2240.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Thursday, September 5th, 2013, 3:15 PM PERMALINK
This week in Politico, a food fight broke out with banks tossing some volleys at credit unions. The banks claim that credit unions are the beneficiaries of unfair tax treatment, and that this tax treatment should be eliminated as part of comprehensive tax reform. Are they correct?
How are credit unions taxed? Credit unions, unlike banks, are not set up as for-profit entities. They are organized in specific areas, or for specific workforces, etc. as a type of non-profit. There are 7000 credit unions with just under 100 million members. Because they are non-profit, credit unions don't face entity level taxation.
So does that mean credit unions escape taxation? No. Credit unions plow their earnings back as benefits to members. That means credit union members get higher interest paid to them on savings deposits, and lower interest rates quoted to them for mortgages, car loans, and other debt.
In turn, the members end up paying more taxes on the interest received, and lose out on deductions for mortgage interest and business loans compared to their banking neighbors. The net effect for federal coffers is pretty close to a wash.
In a way, credit unions are to flow-through businesses (partnerships, S-corporations, etc.) as banks are to C-corporations.
So the question is not whether or not taxes get paid, but merely the incidence. Banks face tax incidence primarily at the source level. Credit unions face taxation primarily at the customer level. It's simply two different business models with two different ways of imposing taxes.
How much does the government say it loses in taxes by not taxing credit unions at the entity level? According to the "tax expenditure" report cited in the news article, this is about $2 billion per year.
That's probably over-stating it. Almost certainly, the government is not counting the higher-than-bank-customer taxes paid by credit union members for the reasons stated above.
But even ignoring this, $2 billion is simply not a large tax item. The context is that there are $1.2 trillion (with a "t") in annual tax preference items. It's a small fraction of a percent of what's at play.
Why did such a small and arguably policy-correct tax item end up in the press? Simple. Businesses in Washington, DC like to publicly throw each other under the bus to gain a perceived advantage. That's clearly what banks are doing here.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Friday, August 2nd, 2013, 4:56 PM PERMALINK
ATR is very supportive of H.R. 2927, the "No Taxation Without Verification Act," sponsored by Cong. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fl). All Members of Congress should co-sponsor this common sense legislation.
The bill provides a very simple protection for taxpayers: no tax or fee (or hike in taxes) can be implemented until the Treasury Secretary can certify with 100 percent no-fraud assurance that those applying for Obamacare exchange subsidies are accurately reporting their employer status, employee income level, and health care status.
In July 2013, the Obama Administration announced that those applying for Obamacare exchange subsidies would be doing so on "the honor system." This means that someone, innocently or not, could receive a much bigger exchange subsidy than they are entitled to. The "honor system" would accept as given answers to questions like: "does your employer offer qualifying, affordable health insurance at work?"; "what is your income level?"; and various questions about health status.
Should the exchange subsidy be bigger than what it should have been, the taxpayer could be on the hook for paying back the difference to the IRS. In the case of a taxpayer who made an honest mistake or was bullied into signing up by an Obamacare "navigator," this burden will be doubly-unfair.
H.R. 2927 prevents all this. It would effectively stop the rushed "honor system" exchange subsidy in its tracks. Unless and until taxpayers are protected from fraudulent or merely errant claims being made, they should not fear that their tax dollars are being used badly. H.R. 2927 is a good step toward delaying the "not ready for prime time" Obamacare law.
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Thursday, August 1st, 2013, 6:00 AM PERMALINK
22 leaders of free market groups sent the following open letter (full PDF) to the House of Representatives today:
Dear Congressmen:
We, the undersigned organizations and free market leaders write in united support of House efforts this week to get the IRS out of Obamacare.
The House will consider a measure on Friday sponsored by Congressman Tom Price (R-Ga.) to remove the IRS from any role in the implementation of the Obamacare law.
It's a basic belief of most Americans that patients, families, and doctors—not IRS bureaucrats--should be making health care decisions. While this has always been the case, its importance has been heightened in recent months by the uncovered political targeting by the IRS of Tea Party and other free market groups. The IRS should not be anywhere near people's medical decisions until this black cloud of political scandal has been lifted.
Unfortunately, the GAO reports that the IRS has no fewer than 47 powers to implement Obamacare. That's 47 too many. Allowing the IRS to enforce Obamacare is opening up the door to more abuse, more targeting, and more harassment of American citizens. The myriad of new taxes the IRS will impose under the guise of health care reform will destroy jobs, stifle economic growth, and impede medical innovation in this country.
With Obamacare coming fully online in 2014, now is the time to stop the IRS from becoming a full partner in our families' healthcare decisions. House efforts to prevent this from happening are welcome and all Members of Congress should support these efforts.
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
Dean Clancy, Freedom Works
Al Cardenas, American Conservative Union
Amy Kremer, Tea Party Express
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Spring Veggie Pizza Appetizer
Recipe provided by Philadelphia® Cream Cheese
32 Servings
Prep: 20 min. Total: 2 hr 35 min.
2 package (8 ounces each) refrigerated reduced-fat crescent dinner rolls
1 tub (8 ounces)
PHILADELPHIA® 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese
1/2 cup
MIRACLE WHIP Dressing
1 teaspoon dill weed
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 cup each chopped sugar snap peas and quartered cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup each sliced radishes, chopped yellow peppers and shredded carrots
3 green onions, chopped
HEAT oven to 375°F.
UNROLL each package of dough into 2 rectangles. Press onto bottom and
up sides of 15x10x1-inch pan, firmly pressing seams and perforations
together to seal.
BAKE 11 to 13 min. or until golden brown; cool.
MIX reduced-fat cream cheese, dressing and seasonings until blended;
spread onto crust. Top with remaining ingredients. Refrigerate 2
hours. Yield: 32 servings.
SUBSTITUTE: Substitute chopped cucumbers and/or chopped red peppers for one or more of the chopped vegetables.
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~Education is the key~rockingjude
"Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy – especially when the economy is struggling." - Ben Bernanke
"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake." – Alan Greenspan
There you have it – the wisdom of two Ivy League educated economists who are primarily liable for the death of the American middle class. They now receive $250,000 per speaking engagement from the crooked financial parties their monetary policies benefited; write books to try and whitewash their legacies of failure, fraud, and hubris; and bask in the glow of the corporate mainstream media propaganda storyline of them saving the world from financial Armageddon. Never have two men done so much damage to so many people, so quickly, and are not in a prison cell or swinging from a lamppost. Their crimes make Madoff look like a two bit marijuana dealer.
The self-proclaimed Great Depression "expert" Ben Bernanke peddles pabulum about inflation being too low and posing dire risk to the economy, but is blasé that swelling the Federal Reserve balance sheet debt from $900 billion in 2008 to $4.4 trillion today with his digital printing press poses any systematic risk to the country and its citizens. Either his years in academia have blinded him to the reality of his actions upon the lives of real people living in the real world, or his real constituents have not been the American people, but the Wall Street bankers that pulled his puppet strings over the last eight years.
Russia Holds "De-Dollarization Meeting": China, Iran Willing To Drop US Dollar From Bilateral Trade
Tyler Durden on 05/14/2014 10:47 -0400
That Russia has been pushing for trade arrangements that minimize the participation (and influence) of the US dollar ever since the onset of the Ukraine crisis (and before) is no secret: this has been covered extensively on these pages before (see Gazprom Prepares "Symbolic" Bond Issue In Chinese Yuan; Petrodollar Alert: Putin Prepares To Announce "Holy Grail" Gas Deal With China; Russia And China About To Sign "Holy Grail" Gas Deal; 40 Central Banks Are Betting This Will Be The Next Reserve Currency; From the Petrodollar to the Gas-o-yuan and so on).
But until now much of this was in the realm of hearsay and general wishful thinking. After all, surely it is "ridiculous" that a country can seriously contemplate to exist outside the ideological and religious confines of the Petrodollar… because if one can do it, all can do it, and next thing you know the US has hyperinflation, social collapse, civil war and all those other features prominently featured in other socialist banana republics like Venezuela which alas do not have a global reserve currency to kick around.
Or so the Keynesian economists, aka tenured priests of said Petrodollar religion, would demand that the world believe.
However, as much as it may trouble the statists to read, Russia is actively pushing on with plans to put the US dollar in the rearview mirror and replace it with a dollar-free system. Or, as it is called in Russia, a "de-dollarized" world.
Voice of Russia reports citing Russian press sources that the country's Ministry of Finance is ready to greenlight a plan to radically increase the role of the Russian ruble in export operations while reducing the share of dollar-denominated transactions. Governmental sources believe that the Russian banking sector is "ready to handle the increased number of ruble-denominated transactions".
According to the Prime news agency, on April 24th the government organized a special meeting dedicated to finding a solution for getting rid of the US dollar in Russian export operations. Top level experts from the energy sector, banks and governmental agencies were summoned and a number of measures were proposed as a response for American sanctions against Russia.
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Iraq Today: America's Genocidal Legacy, Stephen Lendman, November 03, 2013
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The Two-Party System Doesn't Exist. There's Only One Political Party – Ron Paul…
Posted on September 23, 2012 by Jules Manson
The Two-Headed Coin
The Two-Party System Doesn't Exist. There's Only One Political Party – Ron Paul
The two political parties are both owned by the same ruling class. This is why they do not differ for those concerns which matter most to the public. – Image courtesy of netrightdaily.com.
Take the analogy of only two phone companies or two oil companies serving America. In almost no time they would secretly form a trust (this is illegal) and their prices and fees would sky rocket as if only a single company existed. Their quality control would probably regress all the while having a callous disregard for simple customer support for most services. This is not unlike the two-party system of the American government which is a conduit for corporatism.
When people say that both parties are exactly the same they mean within the context of those public policies which matter most.
Please consider the following 15 points where I attempt to prove, and I do think I succeed, that there is no difference between the two candidates running for president who are represented by the two parties for those concerns which are of a most pressing nature:
- One candidate signed the NDAA 2012 which "legalizes" martial law and indefinite detention of innocent American citizens simply for peacefully protesting. The other candidate supports this.
- One candidate signed a four-year extension of the Patriot Act which can imprison American citizens indefinitely with no trial. The other candidate supports this.
- One candidate supports the assassination of American citizens suspected of participating in subversive activities. The other candidate likely supports this.
- One candidate has broken his promise and kept Gitmo concentration camp open which also practices torture. The other candidate supports this.
- The TSA has grown to include train stations under one candidate. The other candidate likely supports this.
- One candidate maintains his support of Israel's foreign policies for the United States. The other candidate supports this.
- One candidate maintains his support of the war of aggression in Afghanistan. The other candidate supports this.
- One candidate ignores the Federal Reserve. The other candidate also ignores this.
- One candidate has done nothing to prevent another Wall Street meltdown. The other candidate ignores this.
- One candidate supports open borders and legalizing illegal aliens. The other candidate likely supports this.
- One candidate supports limiting our liberties and increasing surveillance of innocent American citizens. The other candidate supports this.
- One candidate agrees that any citizens who rise up to the abuses by government are enemies of the state or terrorists. The other candidate agrees with this.
- The building of FEMA concentration camps are in full force under one candidate. The other candidate likely supports this.
- One candidate has secretly met with the Bilderberg Group. It is also highly likely that the other candidate has or will secretly meet with the Bilderbergs.
- Both parties are owned by the same ruling class (especially Wall Street) through campaign financing, political favors, and lobbying.
Yes those fascist provisions of the NDAA 2012 were nullified by the Supreme Court but what does it say about our legislators who were elected to represent our best interests? When we look at the bigger picture we find that all our petty concerns such as gay rights, stem-cell research funding, health care, the deficit, even taxation, etc. are just a smoke screen to hide those things that are guaranteed to weigh heavily on us as free citizens.
There is no real difference between the two candidates. Both represent the interests of the ruling class who must keep us under strict obedience to the state so that they may maintain their control.
The Republican and Democrat parties have a duopoly on American power as Ron Paul (R-Tx) reveals in this short film, Ron Paul on Glenn Beck Show: Both Parties Owned by Same Elite. It might as well be a monopoly because these two parties now do a lot of horse trading to support each others bills. The election of a new president changes nothing if we vote in a candidate from one of the two political parties because both are financed and in collusion with the bank cartel of American, European finance corporations, the military industrial complex, and the ruling class. This was most noticeable after the assassination of our last true great president – John F. Kennedy. Instead of returning the troops home from Vietnam like President Kennedy had intended on doing, President Johnson greatly expanded American involvement.
This benefits the corporations whose business is war. This also benefits the banks who own huge shares in these companies and fund this war through government deficit spending and borrowing. Those who stand to make money on war have a controlling interest in the American government through lobbying, campaign financing, future lucrative job offers to politicians, gerrymandering, and a central bank (Federal Reserve).
This happens because we believe the patriotic and mass media propaganda and misinformation we are overwhelmed with every single day of our lives. We do not question information from authority figures and we prefer to lazily watch entertaining television programs or play video games. The result of this is that we continually support the two parties who betray our trust and allow lobbyists to hijack our representation. They may appear to be opposed however they work closely together to secure whatever wealth and liberty we have remaining even if this means drafting our adult children into a false war to fight for our freedom or a foreign state's liberty.
A federal or state government populated with several more political parties and independent representatives would have far more difficulty serving its own agenda because of all the opposition between them. Most would be on their best behavior so that they could also obtain a controlling representation in government. Once any party obtained this power they might also fall from grace.
Most politicians probably begin their political career with good intentions however somewhere along the way they are seduced by money and power. This is unavoidable regardless of party and initial good intentions. All governments in history have evolved or will evolve into fascism because of this is very predictable trait. It is important to note that a dictatorship and a monarchy are a form of fascism because the government is controlled by a single family acting as one and it is in their best interest to control the population through that government much like corporations control a government to serve their own interests.
For democracy to exist we must have a continuous cycle of replenishing new representatives. This is why some elected offices have term limits. Perhaps there should also be term limits for political parties. Instead we allow a stalemate of the Republican and Democratic parties to represent us at all levels of government. One may also notice that among some politicians there is a revolving door between the two parties or between serving the state and serving corporations. They throw their hat in whatever party they believe will give them the best chance at winning an election. One striking example between serving the state and running a corporations is Dick Cheney. He served in congress, the White House, and the Pentagon before moving on as Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton and returning as Vice President. Cheney's Law is PBS Frontline episode is on how during the Bush administration Dick Cheney succeeded as a very secretive hands on player to enhance presidential powers to detain, render, interrogate, and wiretap.
Why perpetuate the same old habits if any policy changes are always negative? There will always be groups of unethical and dangerous individuals who are highly motivated to secure this power. No one said democracy was free, easy, and static. As soon as we shed our ideological labels and indoctrinated propaganda we find that in full frontal view of the naked truth we are all united in the same mission of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
If what we really want is a free nation, we must do everything in our power to urge all Americans to vote for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. He is the only viable option who intends on representing the best interests of the American public. Or at the very least do not support any of the two-party candidates — vote third party or independent.
The Cunning Men Behind the Curtain
How Aмеяiкa Is Evolving Into a Fascist State…
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
– Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986)
Abstract I: Intent of this Article
With all the patriotic, good government, world beacon of freedom and democracy, and America is the greatest nation propaganda that Americans are indoctrinated with since childhood; most are hard-pressed to face the reality that the United States is now exhibiting striking attributes that it is sinking toward a closed fascist society. – Image courtesy of antemedius.com.
I need to stress three points about this article. Please recognize that it is an editorial and an analysis of current affairs. This means you will not see referenced citations for all points discussed because most facts are well established in the historical record and therefore not in dispute. However, plentiful links and embedded videos by credible and independent sources are provided that inspired some of the content and analysis.
The purpose of this article is not to repeat the facts and news stories of other texts and articles. The intent is to illustrate the true nature of the United States government by using freely available information to connect the dots in a way that may not have been considered before.
Abstract II: Defining Fascism
The new face of fascism isn't necessarily white anymore. It may come in different flavors however it is still served in the similar cold dish of collectivism with the main course a government by the people for the government for the corporation. And, we the people always pick up the tab. Perhaps there is such a thing as a "free lunch," for the very lucky few. – Image by unknown.
Secondly, what is fascism? Although I may have difficulty defining it I know it when I see it. However it is always best to begin with the dictionary definition to determine if it reflects what we are seeing today. Dictionary.com defines fascism as:
(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
This of course is the traditional meaning of fascism as racism does not play a key role in American fascism. Moreover, the dictator is not a single person but a group of elite or ruling class despots all working together for their own interests. For a thorough definition please visit the Wikipedia definition for fascism.
The primary element of any fascist state is collectivism. It places a higher value on the concerns of the group over the rights of the individual. Thus the needs or even life of any single human being or all people of any smaller group can be sacrificed for the greater good. However, this term is really just a misnomer because it is almost solely applied by those who drive public policy to serve their own hidden illicit agendas.
Thus American fascism is rooted in the trading of other people's wealth and liberty by those in power in exchange for personal gain and it is done without the consent or knowledge of those being compromised. A paraphrase from the Gettysburg Address nicely packages democracy (and freedom) – a government by the people for the people. With traditional fascism we have a government by the people for the government. With contemporary American fascism government becomes a conduit for a third party – a government by the people for the government for the corporation.
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tx) describes American fascism as soft fascism. This is also known as corporatism. This means fascism is a spectrum with the most extreme form being that of Benito Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, or Stalin's Soviet Union.
To prove that the United States reflects many traits of traditional fascism this article will reveal how all people are manipulated with questionable principles to support public policies that are harmful to society; demonstrate how our elected leaders are eroding our civil rights; disclose how the government is managed by an elite class of despots through corporatism, other private interests such as labor unions, and because of foreign interests such as the Israel lobby (AIPAC) and European banks; and advance why democracy is very limited to anemic representation in Washington and other levels of government.
Others have taken a point by point approach and these also inspired my analysis. These are very good for a quick overview but they do not examine how the collective mind of the public is systematically shaped to support public policies that lean toward fascism.
- Dr. Lawrence Britt's Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism.
- Naomi Wolf's Fascist America, in 10 easy steps.
- Laura Dawn Lewis What is Fascism (The 7 Conditions that Foster and Fuel Fascism).
It is dire to correct this before it becomes too deep otherwise just like Third Reich Germany, there is a possibility of history repeating itself and we may have reached a point of no return. I sincerely hope my analysis will motivate readers to take effective action whatever form that may take.
The following embedded video is of the whole interview of Ron Paul on NBC's Meet The Press with Tim Russert. Before moving on it is important to note that most republics (states) now exhibit a sort of states-level soft fascism through labor unions who represent government workers.
Abstract III: Two Examples from History
Robertson and Cunningham: Libya's Green Resistance Did It, NATO Powers Are Covering It Up…LIBYA (Photo credit: vittoare)
The NATO powers and the bureaucrats they installed in Libya want you to think that all 5.6 million Libyans are happy that NATO and its proxy terrorists destroyed Libya, whose standard of living had been Africa's highest under Gaddafi.
They want you to think that NATO brought "freedom and democracy" to Libya, not chaos and death.
They want you to think that there is no Green Resistance to the NATO imperialists or NATO's Islamist allies in Benghazi.
In reality, the Resistance has been increasingly active since shortly after the murder of Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011, as will be shown below. They strike any NATO target they can, and they execute key Libyans who betrayed Gaddafi and sided with NATO. The Benghazi incident was merely their latest blow against what they see as NATO's illegal occupation of their country.
Everyone in Libya knows about the Green Resistance, whose members are called "Tahloob" (Arabic for "Gaddafi loyalists"). The denial only happens outside of Libya, by the NATO powers and their dutiful Western mainstream media.
Because of this denial, and because most of the world's people have forgotten about Libya, the internet is filled with blind guesses, unfounded claims, and ridiculous counterclaims regarding the Benghazi incident last week in which US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and at least three other American personnel were killed. And the NATO lie factory is operating at full blast.
The Obama regime says "protesters" irate over an anti-Islam video did it.
The NATO-installed bureaucrats in Libya say that "foreign extremists" did it.
US Congressmen say "Al Qaeda did it". So does CNN, plus disinformation web sites like Alex Jones' Prison Planet, which denounces any reference to the Green Resistance as "absurd". (1)
Media outlets, such as the UK Guardian, say "an organized terror network did it".
Turkey's government says "Syria's Assad did it".
Israel says "Hezbollah did it".
The Sunni monarchs of the Gulf Cooperation Council oil sheikdoms say "Iran did it".
Even reputable alternative media writers and progressive bloggers have attributed the attack to "the Benghazi Islamists", and that this is "blowback from imperialism".
Wikileaks says the attack happened because the US had backed Britain's threat to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London and remove Julian Assange. (2)
Some media outlets claim that "Al Qaeda" carried out the attack in revenge for the supposed death in Pakistan (by US drone strike on 4 June 2012) of Libyan-born Abu Yahya Al Libi (aka Hassan Mohammed Qaid) who was supposedly a key aide to Osama bin Laden, and was supposedly the "number two man" in Al Qaeda.
This claim is nonsense, since Al Qaeda has been a group of mercenaries employed by Washington and London since 1980. President Reagan called them "heroes" and "freedom fighters". The US and Britain sends its Al Qaeda mercenaries to the Balkans, Libya, Syria, Chechnya, Somalia, Sudan, and other places that NATO wants to infiltrate, destroy or destabilize.
Illuminati Convert To Islam Issues Warning …Let's make this Even Steven…
Illuminati definition:
Illuminati – the Illuminati is a secret orginazation of the most powerful and influential elite in the world. They go back for centuries and maintain the same bloodlines. They set up the council on foreign relations,the bilderberg group and the tri-laterial commission. Those 3 groups all meet to plan the fate of the world. They consists of international bankers,top government officials,leaders in the energy cartel and media monopoly owners and have control over the U.N. and Unesco. Their subdivisions reach into everyones daily life without most sheeple even being aware of it. They also have ties to the freemasons,skull and bones, and the knights templar.Their ultimate goal is for a one world government which they will control,also a one world currency, and they want control and ownership of all land, property, resources and people. Also they manipulate political parties,and the legal and illigal drug trade and federal agencies related to all matters listed above.
Taken from urbandictionary.com One needs to read about Zagami below this article~jude
By Henry Makow PhD
At the New Year, Leo Zagami, 36, has an urgent message.
The Illuminati plan to "Nazify" the West by the year 2012 and persecute all believers in God, using the pretext of war, terror and economic collapse.
The scion of an ancient Illuminati family, Zagami had a religious conversion (to Islam) last June and rebelled. He'd had enough of the horrifying Satanic, black magic rituals, mind control and torture that was going on inside the lodges, behind closed doors.
On Saturday he posted on his web site Illuminati Confessions ~[Website Taken Down]~jude
http://www.illuminaticonfessions.webfriend.it/#news1 names of high ranking Masons who are ready to do battle with the Satanists. He has organized his own security detail and even posted a personal phone number to answer serious questioners about his sincerity.
"These are the end times; it's no joke," Zagami says in an January 3 interview on his website.
"The cosmic alignment on the 21st of December 2012 gives you 6 years to prepare… So its about time you all wake up and fight for your right to stay free under one God before they take complete control and start persecuting the true believers in the one God. Get your swords and get ready to fight to defend your faith or perish. This is a war against Satan so please wake up in the western countries or you might wake up in a nightmare one morning in December 2012."
"From 2010 you will start feeling the big changes in the air more and more but in 2012 you will have the clear evidence of the end of this civilization in front of your eyes.the total NAZIFICATION of the western countries by 2010 before the economic situation starts to badly crack for everyone. Then social tension will hit a peak never seen before and internal conflicts could eventually become in 2012: CIVIL WAR!"
"Are you ready to die for God and your believe in a positive change for the world or are you all a bunch of cowards in the hands of the devil, just talking and talking with no sense of reality?"
As an ex-member of the Comitato Esecutivo Massonico – Masonic Executive Committee (MEC) of Monte Carlo, Zagami was, until recently, a true insider, a 33rd degree Freemason, and a high-member of the infamous Freemasonic P2 (Propaganda 2) Lodge. He was the "prince", prepared to take over from the older Illuminati "king", Licio Gelli.
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