Tag: Military
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‘National Defense Resources Preparedness’: Obama Executive Order Claims US Can Seize Any Person, Any Resource, Any Time
President Obama signed an Executive Order for “National Defense” yesterday that claims executive authority to seize all US resources and persons, including during peacetime, for self-declared “national defense.”
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#PopOcculture: More #MurderAndMayhem and Manson
Unknown US Soldier Held In Deaths of 16 Afghans // Gunman kills 1, takes hostages in shooting near Texas courthouse // Twilight Language: ‘I Like Icke’ Fans, TJ and Chardon Shootings // Video: Jury Finds Va. Tech Negligent in ’07 Shootings
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Truth Leaking Out About Khandahar Bloodbath
Is Staff Sergeant Robert Bales a scapegoat for military adventure – very similar to what took place in Vietnam reminiscent of the 1968 My Lai Massacre? The early press threw out possible contributing factors as a fourth deployment or a prior brain injury for public consumption.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode106 – Goodbye Enterprise, Impeach Obama 2012, Goldman Sacked
Story #1: ‘Top Gun’ Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Starting Final Voyage // Story #2: ‘Impeach Obama’ Bill – Use of Military Without Congress Approval ‘High Crime’ // Story #3: “Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs”
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US Soldier Executes 16 Civilians, Burns Bodies: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or Mind Control?
…a soldier went off the deep end, and walked over a mile from his base in order to massacre 16 civilians, including small children. He then dragged all the bodies into one room and set them on fire. Mind control? PTSD? Simply evil?
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Oregon Oddities and West Virginia Worry: This Mortal Coil
Dr. Peter Goodwin, Father of OR Suicide Law, Takes Own Life from oregonlive.com: Peter Goodwin, the first doctor in Oregon to campaign publicly for the terminally ill to obtain medical help in ending their lives, died Sunday shortly after exercising the right he fought to secure. He was 83. Goodwin’s four adult children and their…
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US Scrambles to Contain Fury Over Attack in Afghanistan
from nytimes.com: American officials scrambled Monday to understand why a veteran Army staff sergeant, a married father of two only recently deployed here, left his base a day earlier to massacre at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan. The devastating, unexplained attack deepened the sense of siege…
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#MediaMemes: Monkees, Bears, SEALs and Deals
“I’m a Believer”: Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dies at 66 // Michael Davis, Bassist in influential ’60s band MC5, dies 68 // Jan Berenstain, co-creator of Berenstain Bears dies at 88 // Bergman Favorite Actor Erland Josephson Dies At 88 // Navy SEALs Drama ‘Act of Valor’ Tops Box Office With $24.5M // Whitney Houston’s…
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Obama Apologizes For Quran Burning As Afghan Protests Go On
President Barack Obama apologized Thursday for the accidental burning of Qurans by U.S. forces in Afghanistan as anti-American demonstrations raged for a third consecutive day, leaving two NATO troops and at least five Afghans dead and 26 Afghans wounded nationwide.
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Mystery High-Freq Radio Waves Cause Electronic Malfunctions in UK
from theintelhub.com: Residents in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire had their remote car locks malfunction in what was later determined to be caused by ‘ultra-high frequency bands’ frequently used by the military. Coincidentally, a military barracks is located near the area that the electronic malfunctions occurred. The Daily Mail, known for publishing material that other mainstream new outlets…
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The Witch Heroes of Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery is hallowed ground for witches, too. Grave markers at Arlington National Cemetery carry the religious symbols of 38 belief systems officially recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including that of Wicca, a k a witchcraft.
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Corbett Report: Episode216 – Who’s Gaming Who
Science-fiction fantasy is becoming mundane reality and video games are increasingly merging with 21st century combat. The DoD recruits youth through traveling arcade exhibitions and new recruits are just as likely to end up behind a keyboard as behind enemy lines.
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Ground Zero: i9/11, Robotech Reality, War Pigs & More
Robotech Reality // i9/11 // The Faustian Plan // War Pigs Without Pretense: The Armageddon Conspiracy
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Corbett Report: Episode215 – History Repeating: My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib to Afghanistan, we have seen the all-too-familiar pattern: denials followed by excuses followed by faux apologies and offical handwringing. What is never examined is how each event fits into the bigger picture of the dehumanization of war.