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The Fraud Started At the Very Top: With Government Leaders
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You make many great points in this post, but there is one point that I don't ever want to see forgotten:
The TARP fraud.
TARP (the Troubled Asset Relief Program) never happened. The Fed bought the Troubled Assets and we got stock in insolvent banks.
When you take $700B and never spend $1 on what you said you were going to, Fraud really doesn't even begin to describe it.
Absolutely right - then multiply that by 10 or 20 - every damn government program is that way - stated to 'help those in need' and funds go to 'friends of those in power' - meantime, the middle class gets the royal screw job and ends up with the tax bill.
Problem is, too few Americans know who is screwing them.
Answer is to get them educated - send friends and contacts links of ZH stories like this one - docile sheep don't remain docile long when they realize the fucking they are getting.
The movie 'Inside Job' is a 2 hour version of this article, breaking down what broke down and when by whom. If not in a theatre near you, it will be available at Netflix in 3-4 months - get friends and neighbors to watch and then invest in pitchfork companies.
I was recently asked what party I vote for/represent? I said "it's all Obama's fault" they gave me the thumbs up. That's all it took.
Query as to whether government office-holders are at the metaphysical "top" or at the fundamental (as in fundament) bottom.
I see you skipped Obama in your round up ... yet the most egregious things are happening right now and we hired this guy to clean it up. In other words he KNOWS this is going on.
If the laws were intended for them, breaking it might actually mean something. Laws are for the little guys, you are talking about fraud as a business model. If it makes money, it makes sense. The starting gun for a coke binge that has lasted for 30 years was kicked off in a deal between wallstreet and Ronnie.
They get a free pass, cause after all they understand that we are ignorant and need to be controlled. They understand, just look around at how they have everyone looking at each other while the real theft takes place.
Bitch about the welfare? well that's just revolution insurance. That's cheap, that keeps the flies from gathering. Then we will tell you "these" people are why you are taxed to death, it's a 2 fer, these lame ass people make it easy.
Form follows function, and cures cognitive dissonance, which explains alot. Coin flipping day still runs deep, these people still don't get that voting is just flipping a coin, at the end of it they own both sides, it ain't your coin.
In hindsight, this whole mess makes Nixon's resignation over inept burglaries and dirty tricks look trivial.
And poor ol' Bubba got impeached for sideline poontang, when he was really setting the groundwork for the biggest financial meltdown in history ( the Rhodes Scholar laments the gutting of G-S....never saw this mess coming, etc., etc. ). Then tops it all off by signing that sickening Commodity Futures Modernization Act 2000 ( Enron loophole ) a month before he left office.
Clinton and his fellow rubes helped build this crooked casino brick by brick......like Bugsy opening the first big joint in Vegas. At least today, a Vegas casino plays a straight game or they will be shut down. They don't need to cheat anyway and it's bad for business.
To be all inclusive, GW, we must go back more than 10 years to include the pioneers who cleared the rugged trail leading to where we are today.
You said it right !! WHY AREN'T BILL CLINTON&ROBERT RUBIN being vilified in the media !? Why aren't these two considered criminals ! Why aren't people beating down their doors with pitchforks & stringing them up by the ankles ? ! .......... damn criminals. If CLINTON & RUBIN had allowed gold to trade freely there would have been boom times in South African gold mines !
For the same reason that the poor bastard who is in the Oval Office in 2016 will be blamed for what happened the day before. U. S. citizens have the attention span of a gnat. Show ya how smart politicians are: The California race for Governor had plenty of candidates. Who in their right mind would want to be at the helm of that behemoth when it bites the dust? Who? It takes a delusional fool to think that he/she could fix that mess.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/10/2010 22:13 -0400
Sometimes, when chasing the bouncing ball of fraud and corruption on a daily basis, it is easy to lose sight of the forest for the millions of trees (all of which have a 150% LTV fourth-lien on them, underwritten by Goldman Sachs, which is short the shrubbery tranche). Luckily, Charles Hugh Smith, of oftwominds.com has taken the time to put it all into such simple and compelling terms, even corrupt North Carolina congressmen will not have the chance to plead stupidity after reading this.
Of course, to those familiar with the work of Austrian economists, none of this will come as a surprise.
1. Enable trillions of dollars in mortgages guaranteed to default by packaging unlimited quantities of them into mortgage-backed securities (MBS), creating umlimited demand for fraudulently originated loans.
2. Sell these MBS as "safe" to credulous investors, institutions, town councils in Norway, etc., i.e. "the bezzle" on a global scale.
3. Make huge "side bets" against these doomed mortgages so when they default then the short-side bets generate billions in profits.
4. Leverage each $1 of actual capital into $100 of high-risk bets.
5. Hide the utterly fraudulent bets offshore and/or off-balance sheet (not that the regulators you had muzzled would have noticed anyway).
6. When the longside bets go bad, transfer hundreds of billions of dollars in Federal guarantees, bailouts and backstops into the private hands which made the risky bets, either via direct payments or via proxies like AIG. Enable these private Power Elites to borrow hundreds of billions more from the Treasury/Fed at zero interest.
7. Deposit these funds at the Federal Reserve, where they earn 3-4%. Reap billions in guaranteed income by borrowing Federal money for free and getting paid interest by the Fed.
8. As profits pile up, start buying boatloads of short-term U.S. Treasuries. Now the taxpayers who absorbed the trillions in private losses and who transferred trillions in subsidies, backstops, guarantees, bailouts and loans to private banks and corporations, are now paying interest on the Treasuries their own money purchased for the banks/corporations.
9. Slowly acquire trillions of dollars in Treasuries--not difficult to do as the Federal government is borrowing $1.5 trillion a year.
10. Stop buying Treasuries and dump a boatload onto the market, forcing interest rates to rise as supply of new T-Bills exceeds demand (at least temporarily). Repeat as necessary to double and then triple interest rates paid on Treasuries.
11. Buy hundreds of billions in long-term Treasuries at high rates of interest. As interest rates rise, interest payments dwarf all other Federal spending, forcing extreme cuts in all other government spending.
12. Enjoy the hundreds of billions of dollars in interest payments being paid by taxpayers on Treasuries that were purchased with their money but which are safely in private hands.
Charles' conclusion does not need further commentary as it is absolutely spot on:
the current manifestation of fraud goes back to 1913 and nothing can
be done to fix it until it is recognized and unwound. end the fed.
@ above...
by JethroBodien on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 05:54 #462868 It's much simpler than that. We are effectively paying a cartel of private banking interests (federal reserve)... interest on the money we borrow into existence. That is the greatest con the world has ever known. Of course every dollar brought into existence under such a system is debt which eventually needs to be repaid. This means for every dollar borrowed into existence there is an equal and corresponding amount of debt created. Now when one factors in the interest paid on the debt you begin to realize no amount of money can ever extinguish that debt. Therefore world monetary system = largest ponzi scheme ever conceived. Everything else is just noise. .reply flag as junk (0)
by Mako on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 21:17 #463693
You have it right on the mark. It's really simple, what you are seeing now is "noise" and will be used to pass the blame. The excuse: It wasn't the foundation of the system you see, it's was a few bad apples making loans or creating derivatives, or (insert excuse here). Nice post. .reply flag as junk (0)
. comment: you have hit the nail squarely. but... it is not a ponzi scheme, it is an enslavement scheme, as ponzi schemes are optional but this has the added element of enforced participation. ie. liberty has been eradicated. it is a perversion of the constitution and the result is intellectual and financial poverty for the masses. also, the citizen or taxpayer pays principle and interest on personal or business loans and taxes to pay the the interest and principle that the banking/financial sector "borrows" into existence. the bankers are paid interest to borrow money. the taxpayer must earn that and then cough it up to the government who then gives it to the bankers. and then the same taxpayer must borrow, in inflated bubble economies, principle at interest, paid to that same banker, and somehow earn or create value to pay back that debt. debt?
so all the good people must become criminals to satisfy these obligations of law and monetary dictates. this works out well for the bankers as the population has lost it's moral and ethical compass. that is, the survivors have been compromised and eagerly, but wrongly, accept the notion that the flaw is in the nature of humanity and society. . imo
Their is a fly in their ointment -- about as big as a 747.
Of course every dollar brought into existence under such a system is debt which eventually needs to be repaid.
Did they plan on folks not paying back the debts, on purpose?
I think not. There are enough disgruntled people to burn this thing down.
A friend told me this:
Ramp up credit card purchases of Ag and Au over the next 6 months - in months 1-9, make monthly minimums and in 10-12 months bail.
Take 'em out for your max limit - plan your hit.
Fraud? Well, maybe not according to THEIR (the banks) standards - certainly we know better.
Just sayin...... If we're gonna get a good screwing by the banks, fair play???
Free Gold and banks take a nice, concerted hit; maybe the Fed gets hit too.
Imagine THAT revolution - and imagine the dollar-cost-averaging of 20-50 ounces of free gold - and imagine your friends and neighbors learning (from er, ah, from somebody) about this payback scheme.
Maybe THAT will get their fucking attention. Fuck with me, expect some payback.
What's bigger than a 747???? The Russian cargo Antonov AN225, the new Airbus A380?
Waiting......waiting.........BURN IT DOWN!!!!
I like the 5th of November but that's a year away - but, that coincides well with line 1. OK, just wait, and buy, monthly minimums.
So a friend told me.
from your lips ....
and the sooner the better.
burn! and that is why i say the qe / qe2 is just stealing in
broad daylight because the thing already started burning
a couple of years ago, maybe many years ago.
burn! but why do we let them have all the water when the
fire isn't even in their neighborhood? politics
Good article, but it was more endemic than that. The example set by W was anything goes. The ends justified the means in his eyes and the slippery slope was a great ride, he did not care where it ended. So the Decider set the standard, cabinet secretaries followed, then lower level government employees all the way down. Even the janitors think it is cool to duct work and commit fraud. The leaders of industry saw this as a blessing for their desired operations and it moved to the private sector as well. Now it is still there. Have you tried to hire someone for a job lately. They want the money up front because they think they earned it by just returning your call. There is only one solution. People need to go to jail. Start at the top of Government, OK, Paulson and Geithner would be a good start. Then work your way down. Then go to industry and do the same.
In most cases there was always a choice to be stolen from or not.
they're all criminals. all elite globalists. all members of the bilderberg group. nothing new. just sayin'
I think this is similar to the nixon doctrine, 'if the fed does it then it's legal'. It seems all of the participants are operating under soverign cover. With darryl issa incharge of the oversight committee there won't be any effective investigation of the banksters or the fed. You can forget about the DoJ or SEC doing anything for the next two years.
We are going to have to experience another meltdown before anything will come to pass and this time hopefully the people will take to the streets.
It's very convenient for the Banksters to blame the "top" - and then tell us that means the government.
Per Bill K. Black, look at the one agency that actually regulated the biggest private failures - and the most-aggressive purveyors of junk. Look at the OTS. Then look at the regulated institutions. Nothing the government did made WaMu make loans so bad that a third of them are non-performing.
Its both! And I frequently write about the fraud by the big banks.
Follow the money. The banks made the money disappear. Nobody told them to. Nobody forced them to. They did it out of greed.
Was that greed supported by government policy? Well, sure, but didn't we all agree that "Greed is Good" back then? Don't we still?
The RepubliKeynesians are going to go right back to giving everybody deficit tax cuts and failing to enforce the regulations - or just junking them altogether. So long as the TPers are wedded to deficit tax cuts - and they are, totally - what's going to change?
Bondholders get their guaranteed, deficit-funded bond payments and everything goes on as always.
Three points.
1. Fed will not announce specific numbers. They may announce intentions, direction, but no specifics, in magnitude, time or mechanics.
2. Beware the lame-duck Congressional session. Woe be to taxpayers when ousted lawmakers are permitted to take their frustrations out on revised tax legislation. And with impunity, I might add.
3. Genius of Republicans to throw McCain to wolves in 2008, without a credible running mate, and to (implicitly) support Obama. Now Obama is the fall-guy, the economy really tanked on his watch, as he exploded government spending, and a frustrated and angry electorate votes Republicans in (net: 112 loss for Dems in House; 14 in Senate; 16 in Gubernatorial statehouses). Just in time for reapportionment; weight of demographic trends and Republican control may exile Democrats for another decade.
Funny how that worked out isn't it? Always be looking ahead 3 to 4 moves on the chess board.
Well.. hmm... we were diving into a pretty hefty recession, war was on the horizon... gotta fund it somehow...
and let's not forget the accounting profession's fasb fraud which makes that "profession" criminal and no different than the oldest profession.....they are total liars.
control fraud is the banksters' favorite parlor game.
welll... we don't have long to wait.
Watcha gonna do?
Bad boys... bad boys...
Get more popcorn and watch the spectacle. Oh, and watch my own backside.
The fraud starts above them from the people they take their orders from.
Correct. Which is why the Republican Party first rejected, then co-opted the Tea Party movement. Gotta keep those fuckers in line. I think they've been tremendously successful in thwarting any actual rebellion by the plebs.
So far...
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
Edmund Burke.
Yes it is true. We live in very dangerous times.
A wise sage once told me that people need three things to be happy.
(1) Something to do.
(2) Someone to love.
(3) Something to look forward to.
started long ago, was announced long ago... buy physical gold
and will anyone ever be prosecuted?
hell no.
the peasants have no power to force the rule of law to be followed.
its over for the US.
the elites are now just draining the last of the well dry.
tomorrow is the real beginning of the end days for the US.
Perhaps, but there wasn't a flashing attention-grabber in every room during Burke's day. It is quite possible that the vast majority have lost the ability to exercise their will.
Indeed... And yes, it makes a difference. The progression of distractions bombarding us would totally amaze anyone who has not been on this earth in the past 20 years..
We are simply useless consumers being auctioned to the highest bidder.
"I got a letter from the government the other day.
Opened it, read it, it said they were suckers."


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post8918249888748853395..comments2016-06-29T11:55:32.207-04:00Comments on NAMI Blog: Here's What People Are SayingKatrina email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-45874996024043802512014-02-26T11:53:23.569-05:002014-02-26T11:53:23.569-05:00Does NAMI support the HR 3717 The Helping Families...Does NAMI support the HR 3717 The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act ? And if so, how? email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-76736445696651868792014-02-17T16:10:31.169-05:002014-02-17T16:10:31.169-05:00I agree with one of the previous comments -- NAMI ...I agree with one of the previous comments -- NAMI should focus on the most serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar. NAMI has spent the last few years focusing on depression because it is more socially acceptable. Help for those with the most devastating, life altering mental illnesses should be NAMI's main focus -- that is why NAMI was created. Over 30 years and only a buracratic mess is what we now have. NAMI was created to advocate for those suffering from severe mental illness - When will the advocacy email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-77238762417036696742014-02-08T09:27:53.215-05:002014-02-08T09:27:53.215-05:00Please, please, please make it a priority for NAMI...Please, please, please make it a priority for NAMI to stand behind educating how our society has created this pandemic of 'mental illness'.

Orthomolecular medicine is knowledgeable about how we have done this through the artificial additives, colorings, and preservatives and additional chemicals bombarding us from pesticide use. As well as heavy metals.

I have experienced raising a child who is brilliant and talented like so many of these kids and adults yet because of their biochemistry alteration due to the above, they manifest it by rages, irrational thinking, violence, depression,
ADD, ADHD, ODD, Bi-polar...the list goes on. Labels that Dr's. have invented to separate out 'mental illnesses'. They are illnesses that should be treated as illness first. Children and adults who cheated these harmful toxins, the heavy metals, chemicals including the artificial additives to foods, have miraculous recoveries. Sometimes they also need their gut flora restored as well as additional enzymes to help breakdown their foods. After FIRST doing all this, then see if counseling is needed because when mental health problems arise parents get blamed, children get blamed for behavior out of their control, and parents end up having to parent differently because of mental illness. An example is when my daughter was growing up she would have rages that meant attacking us, throwing, kicking, scratching, and even self abuse. If a child would do these behaviors without a mental illness you would discipline by sending to room, restricting fun activities, etc. And we tried but she would follow us around the house, she could go on for hours screaming and being abusive. Then she would pass out a nnitial d upon awakening would be back to her joyful self and sometimes not even remember the incident. So we would adjust the discipline cuz of her reaction which only reinforces behavior eventually but parents have to not also 'go crazy' raising a child w this illness so it is a cycle that ends with having an out of control teen that you have to remove from the home to stay safe and then wherever they are sent you the parent is blamed for bad parenting.

The SOLUTION in my opinion therefore is to educate parents, children, professionals about what causes (dr's cannot say anything against medication and give accurate info about nutrition so that education for them has to come from the public's actions of not buying non organic foods, demanding that ebt covers only organic foods and not packaged foods w artificial ingredi nets, raising the benefits to do this and spending money on research of orthomolecular medicine and nutrition for ALL diseases.
I have spent mist of my spare time researching my daughter's condition, have found answers and solution's but a parent can only restrict their child's diet until they go to school and trade lunches, receive candy from well meaning teachers, get 'nutritious' snacks like goldfish w artificial coloring that would send my daughter into a rage.
Read parent blogs and responses on autism and enzymes and see firsthand we are having to do our own experimenting because our doctors won't and even when we find answers we are overruled by society.
 There are many excellent dvd's educating how nutrition, especially at least 51% organic raw can keep us from cancer, immune diseases, and mental health problems.

The other area I would like to see addressed more in NAMI is support groups for kids who have been adopted. Even though my daughter was adopted at birth, she has abandonment issues and most of the kids that end up at therapeutic boarding schools are adopted and or have the illness of 'mental ill firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-71374877991778594422014-02-07T10:57:11.472-05:002014-02-07T10:57:11.472-05:00NAMI should focus on the most seriously ill, and w...NAMI should focus on the most seriously ill, and work hard to implement it's policy on "Involuntary and Court Ordered Treatment". NAMI should not address everything else in the world first and leave this for last. It's at http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Policy/Updates/Involuntary_Commitment_And_Court-Ordered_Treatment.htm

NAMI should also vigorously support HR 3717 The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act which would refocus federal resources on the most seriously ill, rather than the highest functioning.
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While California did get some rain recently, the state is still in an extended drought. This drought not only affects people, but animals as well. As natural water resources dry up, birds that rely on them for nesting move elsewhere. Some of these birds move on to farmland which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Most of these birds are insect eaters and can keep the insect population down. But, they often start nesting right around harvest time. Farmers will likely be trying to harvest their crops as early as possible to get the best prices this year.
The tricolored blackbird is one of those birds that have moved from wetter areas to those farmlands to breed. These blackbirds look a lot like red-winged blackbirds, but instead of a yellow stripe on their wings next to the red, they have a white stripe and males are more glossy. They are frequently seen here in San Diego, mostly while migrating in the spring and fall. Mostly, they reside and breed in the Central Valley where wetlands have been greatly diminished in the last hundred years.
This species has been in decline for the last 8-10 years. They normally prefer to nest around reed beds above water. Since many of those locations have dried up during the drought, they've been nesting in wheat fields, often in the tens of thousands. Groups and organizations such as the Audubon Society have worked hard and spent a lot of money negotiating with farmers to delay their harvest until after the birds fledge. Tricolored blackbirds have also been hit by nest predation by grackles, which have increased their range, and increasing urbanization. And, since they appear in such large flocks, many people don't know that they are in trouble. If they decline much further, they may have to be placed on the endangered species list.
In San Diego, these birds often are seen feeding together with red-winged blackbirds, mostly near where there is water and sufficient hiding places. They can also be seen around farms and open fields depending on how much water is available nearby. Places where they have recently been seen include Lake Murray and Lindo Lake.


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Brooklyn Nets backup center Andray Blatche continued his monster World Cup debut by producing his third double-double while helping the Philippines nearly upset Group B favorite Argentina on Sept. 1.
Blatche, who only played 24 minutes due to foul trouble, tallied 14 points and grabbed 15 boards but the Philippines couldn't quite pull off the massive, falling 85-81. Blatche was 6-of-9 from the field and swatted two shots away while also accumulating a couple of steals. He is averaging 21.0 points and 12.7 rebounds for the tournament.
Blatche was joined in double figures by Ranidel De Ocampo (18), and Jim Alapag (15), Jayson William (11). Alapag (5), De Ocampo (4) and William (3) combined to connect on 12 of the 13 three-pointers that Gilas knocked down.
Blatche started out strong scoring the first four points of the game as the Philippines jumped out to 10-2 lead. The Gilas pushed its lead to 17-7 on a De Ocampo trifecta with 5:12 remaining in the opening stanza.
Argentina fought its way back into the game with a 7-2 run to make it 19-14 at the 2:41 mark in the quarter. The teams combined for 13 points in a feverous last two minutes of the quarter that saw the Gilas hold a 25-22 lead.
The Philippines continued its solid play in the second quarter, scoring the first seven points to increase its lead to 32-22. Indiana Pacer Luis Scola's jumper ended Argentina's scoreless drought that lasted over three minutes. Argentina held the Philippines to just six points the rest of the quarter and took a 43-38 lead into halftime on a Marcos Mato three-pointer at the buzzer.
Argentina scored five of the first eight points in the third quarter to take a 48-41 lead. However, the Gilas battled back to tie the score at 48 on a Gabe Norwood dunk with 6:22 to go in the stanza. Following a three-pointer by both teams, Argentina went on a 17-2 run to take command of the game. Argentina led 71-59 after three quarters.
Scola led four players in double figures for Argentina with 19 points and seven rebounds, including four on the offensive end. Mata added 17 for the winners while Nicolas Laprovittola contributed 11 and Walter Hermann finished with 10.
Argentina (2-1) will play Senegal on Sept.3 while the Philippines (0-3) and Puerto Rico will meet.


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Curtis James Martin Jr.
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Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1973 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Alderdice
College: Pittsburgh (school history) (Martin college stats)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 3rd round (74th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 101 (111th overall since 1950)
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Debby caused extensive flooding, several tornadoes and high winds across much of the state in June.
In some areas of north Florida, more than 20 inches of rain was recorded.
Catholic Charities reports there are still 200 homes underwater, making it impossible for cleanup crews to access them.
There are 4,000 homes in various stages of recovery. The ground is so saturated that officials can't pump water out. Three hundred sinkholes have subsequently opened up across the region.
Residents without flood insurance are being urged to file claims with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The deadline is Tuesday.
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Much public praying will be going on Thursday in Modesto in continuance of Pray Modesto and fulfillment of the National Day of Prayer, and secularists are taking annual issue with that.
The praying began Sunday with Pray Modesto, which will last through to Saturday at various one hour gatherings in Modesto. This week was claimed for prayer in a proclamation by Modesto's former mayor Jim Ridenour. The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) wrote a letter to Mayor Ridenour in April of 2010 urging him "to refrain from issuing future proclamations designating weeks or days of prayer" and "to consider your status as the highest elected official in Modesto and the importance of the constitutional principle of separation of church and state before you agree to attend any future religious functions in your community in your official capacity as mayor". Ridenour is still issuing proclamations beyond the end of his service as Mayor.
May 3 marks the sixtieth year we the people have observed a National Day of Prayer, but some U.S. citizens who guard the wall between church and state have been calling for a replacement National Day of Reason since 2003. This year, secularist citizens are pointing out that June marks the fiftieth anniversary of Engel versus Vitale, the landmark United States Supreme Court case that made it unconstitutional for government employees to mandate prayer. Yes, that case only applied to prayer in public school, but secularists are calling to generalize it to any public gathering funded by government, including the National Day of Prayer, which they would like to end completely.
The National Day of Prayer began in 1952 when Congress passed a joint resolution signed into law by President Truman to observe a national day of prayer. President Reagan signed an amended version of that law in 1988 which set the official day as the first Thursday of every May. Read more about this national day's history on National Day of Prayer's website. Every year the President signs a proclamation making that year's National Day of Prayer official. President Obama's proclamation this year can be read here.
Secularists started calling for a National Day of Reason in 2003 when the American Humanist Association and the Washington Area Secular Humanists launched a website calling all from "the community of reason" to celebrate inclusive reason on the same day as the exclusive National Day of Prayer. They argue on their About page that the National Day of Prayer violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution as it sets aside tax dollars to support religion.
50 years since Engel v. Vitale
Fifty years ago in June, the historic Supreme Court case, Engel v. Vitale recognized the unconstitutionality of the organization by federal employees of prayer in publically funded schools.
Justice Black argued that requiring recitation of a prayer is a religious activity, the prayer was composed by government officials who were part of a government program, and that violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, breaching the wall of separation between Church and State, erected to protect against this very thing from occurring.
Black pointed out the prayer clearly 'established' religious beliefs, and even if no students were required to recite it, the government's support of it is forbidden by the Establishment Clause. Black also noted that preventing government officials from promoting this prayer does not violate the Free Exercise Clause as such things as prayer should be left to the people. Black clarified that, though the prayer may be brief, James Madison well said "It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties…".
Justice Douglas aligned himself with Justice Black, but did not think the prayer "established" religion, giving a similar example which is permitted. But instead of using the Establishment Clause, he said "By reason of the First Amendment government is commanded 'to have no interest in theology or ritual' for on those matters 'government must be neutral.'" Justice Stewart voted against Black and Douglas, agreeing with Douglas that letting those who want to say a prayer, say it, does not 'establish' a religion. However, he went further than Douglas and insisted that to prohibit the prayer is to deny the children "the opportunity of sharing in the spiritual heritage of our nation". He used the same example Justice Douglas used of a similar example which is permitted, as well as others.
Not all secularists are nonreligious. Many are Christians who respect the wall between church and state because they do not want anyone to feel that religion is being forced upon them and they do not want anyone to feel marginalized by a government that is supposed to represent them. They empathize with atheists and skeptics when they imagine what it would be like to live in a predominantly Muslim society whose government endorses the rituals of Islam. They consider government establishment of religion to be a violation of the Golden Rule. They think that any public prayer that is so diluted as to be suitably labeled "ceremonial deism" is an offense to those who worship God with integrity, and a violation of the free expression of those who do not worship any being via prayer.
However, those secularists who are religious are not likely to join forces to promote a National Day of Reason. Those in the self-proclaimed "community of reason" exclude those in "the community of faith" as they pit faith against reason. This can be seen at the March 24th Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. The "community of reason" has far to go in offering an inclusive alternative to the National Day of Prayer.
Also see: Turlock City Council in struggle between free expression and establishment of religion


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Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat is the story of Rani, a innocent, shy and a simple young village girl, whose only dream is to make her family proud and happy. Her mother is the bread-earner of the family after Rani's father passed away. Rani has a younger brother Munna and a daadi who are very loving. Like every other girl of her age, Rani has also woven her dream world where her Prince Charming would arrive one day and take her to his kingdom.
Rani has seen her mother slogging to give them good education and a better life. Rani's uncle is eyeing her family's small piece of land. Rani's uncle and the Munshi of the village would have acquired the land easily, only if Rani not been educated, as she goes through every detail before she signs any paper related to their land. Seeing all their plans falling apart, the uncle and the Munshi come up with a more devious plan.
Once, Rajmata visits the village along with the Prince. He falls in love with Rani's voice, when he hears her sing in the temple, but he is not able to see her. Eventually Rajmata takes Rani with her, on Munshi's request, to be one of the maids in the palace.
For Rani, life in the city becomes a complete contrast to her village existence. She finds it hard to cope up with the etiquettes and mannerisms of urban living. The servants senior to her take advantage of her ignorance, alienating her emotionally.
Rajyabhishek ceremony is being held for the elder son of the Royal Family. Rani is taken aback by the royal aura of the ceremony and the first glimpse of the young prince during the Rajyabhishek. In the huge brigade of servants, cooks and personal assistants, the Prince doesn't notice Rani and is not even aware that she exists in his Palace. But Rani starts seeing in the young prince her own Prince Charming she used to dream about when she was in village.
One day, egged on by another maid-friend, she's trying on a princess' costume, when the young Prince sees her and mistakes her to a princess he's going to be engaged to. Rani is scared of the consequences and therefore she runs away. When the prince meets the actual princess, with whom he is set to marry, he realises it isn't the same girl he had seen earlier. He finally realises that he loves Rani.
This story is about Rani's journey from nobody to winning the heart of the young prince and her acceptance as the Bahu of the Royal Family, for whom she worked for as a servant.
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The ANC is a national liberation movement. It was formed in 1912 to unite the African people and spearhead the struggle for fundamental political, social and economic change.
The ANC's key objective is the creation of a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.
This means the liberation of Africans in particular and black people in general from political and economic bondage. It means uplifting the quality of life of all South Africans, especially the poor.
The ANC is in an alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Each Alliance partner is an independent organisation with its own constitution, membership and programmes. The Alliance is founded on a common commitment to the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution, and the need to unite the largest possible cross-section of South Africans behind these objectives.
Author : Jackson Mthembu
22 October 2012
The untimely death of Alfred Khumalo the renown veteran photographer who has been one of the accomplished and respected photographers of his generation and the recipient of Ikhamanga Award for sterling photo- journalism, has robbed South Africa of a rare and significant talent that was pivotal in raising social consciousness and exposing the brutality of the apartheid administration.
South Africa has lost a self taught giant in the media field who still bears the scars of torture and mental scars of continuous detentions by the apartheid security forces. The African National Congress bows its head in honor of a singularly brave and daring South African who bequeathed our country and future generations historic moments captured in his camera.
`Bra Alf` as he was fondly known Has been a source of the part of our history that will forever be relived in the images he has amassed in his industrious and illustrious career of capturing and telling our history through the lenses of his camera. It is partly the work of Alf Khumalo that told telling tales to the world during the rule of apartheid and through his work we were able to give evidence of the brutality of apartheid. `Bra Alf` was amongst those who captured the historic images during 1976 that led to the world condemning apartheid.
The ANC and the people of South Africa are forever indebted to Alf Khumalo for being at their service and striving to expose a system that was inhuman. The images he captured with accuracy despite the threat that was imminent then remain the footprint of journalism in the highest form.
To his family, kin and the media fraternity, we convey our condolences and share in the loss of a life that was lived to the fullest.
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National Spokesperson
African National Congress
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It feels like forever! I have some serious blog-stalking to catch up on.
I have been out of town for four days, visiting family. Now that I'm back, I am 'de-Christmasing' the house.
I will post again soon, with some great winter ideas. But, for now, I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
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I like it.. :) can them used for cheaper.
I have one on a G17 and consider it a real asset. It adds capabilities that the weapon doesn't have with iron sights. However, it is not a replacement for iron sights, but an additional tool that increases the weapon's shootability under adverse conditions. $300 is pricey but if you can afford it, it is worth having IMO.
Yes, mine were used. Got them from a friend who sold his 9c. Prefer not to go into details besides saved over $100. As stated above, great asset. Not to be replaced for irons though.
I have a CT laser grip on my S&W 640:
Love.It. The steel sights were completely useless in low light conditions, but this grip activated laser works great.
I, too, hesitated at the price, but as the saying goes, when you pay for quality, you only cry once. Plus, I like to think my life is worth $279 plus tax. I paid the extra money for the model with the on/off switch because I prefer to shoot with the steel sights at the range, and didn't want to keep running down the battery in the laser grip.
I have Trijicon night sights on my Sig, and those are nice too.
"...people who carry a gun understand that they are arming themselves against a very unlikely event... People who arm themselves are not confused about the odds. They are concerned about the stakes. -Kathy Jackson
NRA Life Member
Shooters Resource usually has good prices on CT lasers.
ALL my carry handguns wear CT lasers.
The number of people killed because they didn't have "enough gun" is dwarfed by those who had none at all. Get a gun you will always carry, and add more capability as you grow.
There are a lot of lasers out there that cost a lot less. Wife has a cheap laser on her P238 and it works fine.
I have one for my G23. I like it. Ultimatly it's a HUGE training aid WRT trigger control and WHAT your doing while on target. I bought mine after working/talking with a couple LEO friends who have lasers on their duty sidearms..... they LOVE that BG's pee themselves when they 'sweep' the laser across their face. they generally give up right then.
However, I'm not an LEO and I anticipate if utilizing my sidearm in a defensive situation the laser would be a minimal help at best. I DO like it on my 'house gun' but it is neither relied upon or trusted. Just a really nice 'backup'.
It's NOT on my EDC. Master the skills needed without the laser, then, if the 3 Benjamins are still burning a whole in your wallet, get it and further your training. It's an extra tool, nothing more.
"Just getting a concealed carry permit means you haven't commited a crime yet. CCP holders commit crimes." Daniel Vice, senior attorney for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, quoted on Fox & Friends, 8 Jul, 2008
"Sometimes, when you're making gumbo, people just show up.", Leah Chase
I have them on my S&W model 60-1 .38 Chiefs Special and really like them. Had them on it for about 5 years now. I don't rely on them but they are a nice addition for these old eyes. For me I find the iron sights on this gun very hard to see sometimes even in bright light. But in low light conditions and dark you can't beat the Crimson Trace Lasers. Just make sure to get your iron sights and your laser singing out of the same hymn book.
My P238 came with a trigger guard laser... but it has a tiny on/off switch that must be switched before use, in addition to knocking off the safety on the gun.
Two switches to flip before firing didn't seem realistic in a SHTF situation, so mine is now collecting dust in a drawer.
"...people who carry a gun understand that they are arming themselves against a very unlikely event... People who arm themselves are not confused about the odds. They are concerned about the stakes. -Kathy Jackson
NRA Life Member
I have a CT on each of my pistols. It is great for point and shoot!!
Yes, I think it is well worth the money.
I love mine on my semi snub nose .357 (I say semi snub nose cause it's the 2.xx inch barrel on a medium K frame type not big, but not the smallest). I can hold my own with iron sights pretty well but with such a short gun my groupings start spreading out pretty quick once more distance comes into the equation.
I tried firing all 7 shots quickly in a row with and without the laser at about 10-15 yds. With the iron sights I can put every round on the torso somewhere of the silhouette. The guy should go down no doubt. With the laser on and consecutively firing I can put all 7 right in the heart area grouping at about 7-10 inches total. He won't have a heart left(or head). It's drastic in improving my groupings on that little gun.
When I did the test I did single action shots only.
If this places my shots in a time of great excitement on the invader/mugger/ whatever on the person instead of being fired wild, it's well worth it.
Like mentioned above, it's great for trigger practice when used without ammo. You can practice getting a consistent trigger pull and keeping the laser still. It's no doubt taught me better control of my trigger finger.


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Whether you carry sport, broadcast, major news, concerts, or Roku channels, we are the technical choice for performance, security, price and quality. Our tiered CDN protects your origin servers, and our load balancing algorithm sends users to the closest available server.
The ScaleEngine network actually consists of three distinct parts, each optimized for its specific role.
The Origin Web Cluster (OWC), where sites are actually hosted using the ScaleEngine Hosting Platform is optimized for running web application languages such as PHP and Ruby, and offer redundant load balanced replicated MySQL databases as well as large private memcache clusters.
The Content Distribution Network (CDN) is designed to quickly and effortlessly accelerate the delivery of media files.
The Edge Side Caching (ESC) Network provides in memory content acceleration, with geo-located distribution to the closest node.
Presented here are a number of diagrams that show the relationships and the transactions between the different parts of the ScaleEngine network.
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As reported Carbuzz , the 1000 Shelby is an issue impossible to ignore, which has two versions: one street and another circuit, called S / C, which is able to develop the incredible power of 1,100 hp
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Start with a Vignette….Link the Vignettes…Dramatize….and Novelize.
- Contact anyone's family members to gain permission to write their family member's memorials.
- Write memoirs of various clerical or other religious or social leaders.
- Write two to four dozen memorials for houses of worship. Put these memorials in a larger book of memoirs for various organizations, religious groups, houses of worship, or professional associations.
- Find a model for your biographies.
- These could be based on a book of vocational biographies or centered on any other aspect of life such as religious or community service as well as vocations.
- Read the various awards biographies written and presented for well-known people.
- Focus on the accomplishments that stand out of these people or of you if you're writing an autobiography.
- Use oral eulogies as your foundation. You'll find many oral eulogies that were used in memorial services.
- Consult professionals who conduct memorial services to look at their eulogies written for a variety of people and presented at memorial services.
- Stick to the length of a eulogy. You'll find the average eulogy runs about 1,500 to 1,800 words. That' is what's known as magazine article average length. Most magazines ask for feature articles of about 1,500 words. So your eulogies should run that same length.
- When read aloud, they make up the eulogy part of a memorial service. At 250 to 300 words double-spaced per page, it comes to about five-to-seven pages and is read aloud in about seven to 10 minutes.
- Take each 1,500-1,800 word eulogy and focus on the highlights, significant events, and turning points. Cut the eulogy down to one page of printed magazine-style format.
- Keep the eulogy typeset so that it all fits on one page of printed material in 12 point font.
- You can package one-page eulogies for memorial services or include a small photo on the page if space permits.
- Cut the eulogy down to 50-70 words, average 60 words for an oral presentation using PowerPoint software for a computer-based slide show complete with photos.
- Put the PowerPoint show on a CD or DVD. Use the shorter eulogy focusing on significant points in the person's life. The purpose of a PowerPoint eulogy is to show the person lived a purposeful life—a design-driven, goal-driven life with purpose and concrete meaning in relation to others.
- Write biographies, memoirs, and autobiographies by focusing on the highlights of someone's life or your own life story. Turn personal histories into life stories that you can launch in the media. You need to make a life story salable. It is already valuable.
- Read autobiographies in print. Compare the autobiographies written by ghostwriters to those written by the authors of autobiographies who write about their own experiences.
- Read biographies and compare them to autobiographies written by ghost writers and those written as diary novels in first person or as genre novels in first person. Biographies are written in third person.
- If you write a biography in third person keep objective. If you write an autobiography in first person you can be subjective or objective if you bring in other characters and present all sides of the story equally.
- If you're writing a biography, whose memories are you using? If you write an autobiography, you can rely on your own memory. Writing in the third person means research verifying facts and fact-checking your resources for credibility. How reliable is the information?
- Use oral history transcriptions, personal history, videos, audio tapes, and interviews for a biography. You can use the same for an autobiography by checking for all sides of the story with people involved in the life story—either biography or autobiography.
- With personal histories and oral histories, be sure to obtain letters of permission and to note what is authorized. Celebrities in the public eye are written about with unauthorized or authorized biographies. However, people in private life who are not celebrities may not want their name or photo in anyone's book. Make sure everything you have is in writing in regard to permissions and what information is permitted to be put into your book or article, especially working with people who are not celebrities and those who are.
- When interviewing, get written approval of what was said on tape. Let the person see the questions beforehand to be able to have time to recall an answer with accuracy regarding facts and dates or times of various events. Give peoples' memories a chance to recall memories before the interview.
- Write autobiographies in the first person in genre or diary format. You can also dramatize the autobiography in a play or skit first and then flesh it out into novel format. Another alternative is to focus only on the highlights, events, and turning points in various stages of life.
- Ghost-written autobiographies usually are written in the first person. A ghost-writer may have a byline such as "as told to" or "with____(name of ghostwriter)."
- Condense experience in small chunks or paragraphs. Use the time-capsule approach. Use vignettes. Focus on how people solved problems or obtained results or reached a goal. Find out whether the person wants you to mention a life purpose. Emphasize how the person overcame challenges or obstacles.
- In an autobiography, instead of dumping your pain on others because it may be therapeutic for you, try to be objective and focus on what you learned from your choices and decisions and how what you learned transformed your life. Be inspirational and nurturing to the reader. Tell how you learned, what you learned, how you rose above your problems, and how you transcended the trouble. Focus on commitment and your relationship to others and what your purpose is in writing the autobiography.
- Stay objective. Focus on turning points, highlights, and significant events and their relationship to how you learned from your mistakes or choices and rose above the trouble. Decide what your life purpose is and what points you want to emphasize. If you want to hide facts, decide why and what good it will do the reader. Stay away from angry writing and focus instead on depth and analysis.
- Don't use humor if it puts someone down, including you. Don't put someone down to pick yourself up.
- Make sure your writing doesn't sound like self-worship or ego soothing. Don't be modest, but don't shock readers either.
- Before you write your salable autobiography, find out where the market is and who will buy it. If there is no market, use print-on-demand publishing and select a title most likely to be commercial or help market your book. At least you can give copies to friends and family members. Or self-publish with a printer. Another way to go is to self-publish using print-on-demand software yourself. Then distribute via advertising or the Internet and your Web site.
- You'd be surprised at how many people would be interested in your life story if it were packaged, designed, and promoted. So launch your life story in the media before you publish. Write your life story as a novel or play or both. Every life story has value. I believe all life stories are salable. The hard part is finding the correct niche market for your experiences. So focus on what you are and what you did so people with similar interests, hobbies, or occupations may learn from you. Market to people who are in the same situation as you are.
- Divide your biography into the 12 stages of life. Then pare down those 12 significant events or turning points and rites of passage into four quarters—age birth to 25 (young adult), age 26-50 (mature adult), age 51-75 (creative adult) and age 76-100 (golden years of self fulfillment).
- Start with a vignette focusing on each of the most important events and turning points of your life. Do the same in a biography, only writing in third person. For your own life story, write in first person.
- What's important for the reader to know about your life in relation to social history and the dates in time? For example, what did you do during the various wars?
- Keep a journal or diary, and record events as they happen. Focus on how you relate to social history. Write in your diary each day. Use the Web and create a diary or Web blog.
- If you keep a daily journal, and make sure it is saved on a computer disk or similar electronic diary, you can put the whole journal together and create a book or play online or have a digital recording of your life. It's your time capsule in virtual reality.
- A daily journal will keep memories fresh in your mind when you cut down to significant events for a book. You want to recall significant events in detail with resources.
- If you're young, keep a daily journal on a computer disk and keep transferring it from one technology to the next as technology evolves. Keep a spare saved and up on the Web so you can download it anytime. Use some of the free Web site space available to people online.
- If you write a book when you're older, at least you'll have all the youthful memories in detail where you can transfer the notes from one computer to another or upload from your disk to a browser for publication with a print-on-demand publisher.
- Keep writing short vignettes. Include all the details as soon as possible after the event occurs. When you are ready to write a book, you'll be able to look back rationally and from a much more objective and mature perspective on the details. Then you can decide what to put into a salable life story that's about to be published.
- Don't listen to people who tell you that if you are not famous, your life story is only fit for your own family because no one else will buy it. Fiddle-de-sticks!
- There are events that happened to you or experiences in your line of work, travel, parenting, research, or lifestyle that people want to read because you have experiences to share.
- Find a niche market of people with similar interests and market your life story to them.
- Try out the waters first with a short vignette in magazines. If the magazines buy your vignette, your slice of life story, then you can write a book. Can you imagine if all the travelers and archaeologists, parenting experts and teachers didn't value their life story to the point that they thought it was fit only for relatives (who may be the only ones not interested in reading it because they already know your life story). In fact, your relatives may be angry at you for spilling the details to the public.
- Instead, focus on that part of your life where you made a choice or decision with which everyone can identify. Inspire and motivate readers. If your experience is universal, we can all identify with it. We all go through the same stages of life.
- So let us know how you overcame your obstacles, solved problems, and rose above the keen competition.
- Or if you didn't, let us know how you learned to live with and enjoy your life. Readers want nourishment. If your life isn't about making a difference in the world, then write about how you handled what we all go through.
- We want to read about the joy of life, and your design-driven life full of purpose, meaning, and inspiration. We want to read about the universal in you with which we can identify. Most of all readers want information in a life story or personal history from which we can make our own choices. Keep your life story as a novel to 12 to 24 short chapters. Write in short, readable chunks.
Week Two:
Use Simplicity to Motivate Memory and Commitment in Personal History Writing or Time Capsules
Here's useful insight to those who may someday write fiction, or their life stories, true experiences, or other people's life stories as vignettes or books created by linking a dozen or more vignettes together into a publishable book. Look for insight, foresight, and hindsight. Mentoring is about pointing out what pitfalls to avoid. Instead of a formula, aim for simplicity, commitment, and persistence. Use simplicity in your writings.
Simplicity means whatever you write gives you all the answers you were looking for in exotic places, but found it close by. This is the formula for selling anything you write, should you desire to send your writing to publishers. You find simplicity in universal proverbs. Then you expand the proverbs to slice-of-life vignettes. Finally, you link those short vignettes.
Suddenly you have a book-length work of writing that can be divided into short vignettes again to be serialized. With most people's attention span set on seven-minutes per vignette, each vignette can emphasize simplicity, commitment, and universal values. Your conclusion would be to focus on answers that can be found close by.
If you're ever looking for 'formulas' in writing any type of literature, this is it: Simplicity shows how you found the answers you were looking for in exotic places but found close by. In your readings you can see the patterns and universals such as commitment that are valued in the story.
You can choose what the writer emphasizes as important. In your own writing, look around for your favorite proverbs and see how you can expand them in your writing to work with your own stories. Enjoy and find wisdom in creative expression. How do you interpret family history as creative writing, and how to you interpret ancestry-related DNA tests?