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      <description>&lt;div&gt;I started a tribe, "Aliens, Etheric Life &amp;amp; Energies" tribe, that some of you may be interested in. 
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      <title>The Aim of the Financiers: A One-World Government with a One-World Currency</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;The Aim of the Financiers: A One-World Government with a One-World Currency
&lt;br/&gt;By Alain Pilote
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&lt;br/&gt;The following article is one of the appendices of Louis Even's new book, "In This Age of Plenty":
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&lt;br/&gt;The basic flaw of the present financial system is that the banks create money as a debt, charging interest on the money that they create.  The obligation for the debtor countries to repay the banks money that the banks did not create, money that does not exist, brings about unpayable debts.  The Financiers know quite well that it is impossible for these countries to repay their debts, that the present financial system is defective at its base, and that it can only bring about crises and revolutions.  But this is exactly what they want!
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&lt;br/&gt;As Clifford Hugh Douglas, the founder of the Social Credit school, said: "The Money Power does not, and never did, want to improve the money system - its consequences in war, sabotage and social friction are exactly what is desired.". Why?
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&lt;br/&gt;It is because the Financiers believe that they are the only ones capable of governing mankind properly, and in order to be able to impose their will upon every individual and control the whole world, they invented the present debt-money system.  They want to bring every nation in the world to such a state of crisis that these countries will think they have no alternative but to accept the miracle solution of the Financiers to save them from disaster: complete centralization, a single world currency, and a one-world government, in which all nations will be abolished, or forced to give up their sovereignty.
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&lt;br/&gt;The Trilateral Commission
&lt;br/&gt;There are three major economic areas in the world: Europe, North America, and the Far East (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.).  If, under the pretext of having to join forces to be able to face economic competition with the two other economic regions, the member countries of each of these three regions decide to merge into one single country, forming three Super-States, then the one-world government will be almost achieved.
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&lt;br/&gt;This is exactly what is taking place now, and being promoted by the Trilateral Commission, founded in July, 1973, by David Rockefeller, the chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank of New York.  The official aim of the Trilateral Commission is "to harmonize the political, economic, social, and cultural relations between the three major economic regions in the world (hence the name "Trilateral").  This aim is almost achieved in Europe with the Single European Act that was implemented in 1993, requiring all the member countries of the European Community to abolish their trade barriers, and to hand over their monetary and fiscal policies to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. By 1999, all these countries are supposed to share only one currency, the "Euro".
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&lt;br/&gt;As regards the North American area, the merger of its member countries is well under way with the passage of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), first between Canada and the U.S.A., ant which later also included Mexico. (By the next ten years, it is supposed to include all of the Americas)  There is a strong pressure to force these countries to harmonize their fiscal policies, and as it happened in Europe, economic union will inevitably lead to political union.
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&lt;br/&gt;In front of these two gigantic economic powers, the countries of the Far East will have no choice but to join forces together and merge, to be able to compete with North America and Europe in the field of international trade.
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&lt;br/&gt;One-world currency -- the "Mark of the Beast"??
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&lt;br/&gt;To consolidate their power, the Financiers also want to eliminate every existing national currency, and to install a one-world currency.  In the 1970s, Dr. Hanrick Eldeman, Chief Analyst of the Common Market Confederacy in Brussels, unveiled a plan to "straighten out world chaos": a three-story computer located in the administrative building of the headquarters of the Common Market, in Brussels, Belgium.  People who work there call it "the Beast".  The plan implies a system of digital enumeration of each human being on earth.  Thus the computer would give each inhabitant of the world a number to be used for each purchase or sale.  This number would be invisibly tattooed by laser (or implanted with a microchip) either on the forehead or on the back of the hand. This would establish a walking credit card system.
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&lt;br/&gt;And the number could be seen only through infrared scanners, installed in special verification countries or in business places. Dr. Eldeman pointed out that by using three entries of six digits each, every inhabitant of the world would be given a distinct credit card number.
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&lt;br/&gt;This reminds us strangely of what Saint John the Apostle wrote in the Book of Revelation (13:16-18): "And he (the Beast) shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, to receive a mark on their right hands, or on their foreheads, and that none might buy or sell, unless he carried this mark, which was the beast's name, or the number that stands for his name.  Here is wisdom; he that has understanding, let him count the number of the beast.  For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred and sixty-six".
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&lt;br/&gt;That man will be the Pope of Rome who will be incarnate by Satan as he incarnate the Serpent, a man-like creature, in the garden of Eden, and Judas Iscariot in the days of Christ's flesh. The main title and claim of the Pope is "Vicarivs Filii Dei" which means "In place of the Son of God", or "Substitute for the Holy Ghost". The letters of this title with numeric values in the old Roman system add up to 666. Thus:
&lt;br/&gt;V 	= 005
&lt;br/&gt;I 	= 001
&lt;br/&gt;C 	= 100
&lt;br/&gt;A 	= 000
&lt;br/&gt;R 	= 000
&lt;br/&gt;I 	= 001
&lt;br/&gt;V 	= 005
&lt;br/&gt;S 	= 000
&lt;br/&gt;  	 
&lt;br/&gt;F 	= 000
&lt;br/&gt;I 	= 001
&lt;br/&gt;L 	= 500
&lt;br/&gt;I 	= 001
&lt;br/&gt;I 	= 001
&lt;br/&gt;  	 
&lt;br/&gt;D 	= 050
&lt;br/&gt;E 	= 000
&lt;br/&gt;I 	= 001
&lt;br/&gt;Total 	= 666
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&lt;br/&gt;Debit cards
&lt;br/&gt;A few decades ago, before the invention of computers and microchips, such a system would have seemed far-fetched, a product of science fiction. But now everyone knows about the existence of debit cards with which you can buy anything in stores, without the need to carry any cash on you, the amount of your purchase being debited automatically from your bank account.  The avowed goal of the banks is to eliminate all cash, and to force people to use debit cards as the only means of payment.
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&lt;br/&gt;There is always the risk of losing one's debit card, or of having somebody else illegally use it.  So here comes the ultimate solution: to link people personally to their card, so there is no way they can lose it or have it stolen!  And there you have it: a micro-computer chip can be implanted under your skin, or a three six-digital unit can be tattooed on your skin...just as described in Saint John's Book of Revelation.
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&lt;br/&gt;Actually, the mark in the right hand signifies obeying the will, and the mark in the forehead implies receiving the doctrine of the "Beast". The Beast will be the Pope of Rome who will be incarnate by Satan when he is cast down to earth at the close of the Gentile dispensation.
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&lt;br/&gt;Everything will be in place for a government that wants to control everybody's move, since they will know everything about you: all that you buy, where and when you buy it, who you phone, how much money you have, will all be inscribed on this card.  And if, for whatever reason, you are classified as an "undesirable person" or as an "enemy of the State" by the government, they will only have to erase your number from the central computer, and you will no longer be able to buy or sell (and thus be condemned to disappear before long).
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&lt;br/&gt;The Illuminati
&lt;br/&gt;This quest for a world government has been going on for a long time. For example, on Feb. 17, 1953, Financier Paul Warburg said before the U.S. Senate: "We shall have world government whether or not you like it, by conquest or consent."  This quest for world domination can be traced back to the creation of the "Illuminati", a secret society, in 1776.  Their leader, Adam Weishaupt, wrote out the master plan to bring about the subjection of the whole human race to an oligarchy of Financiers.  The word "Illuminati" is derived from Lucifer and means "holders of the light".
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&lt;br/&gt;As surprising as it may seems, the insignia of the Order of the Illuminati appears on the reverse side of U.S. one-dollar bills. The first time it appeared was in 1933, by order of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the beginning of the New Deal (the name given to Roosevelt's political reforms of that time).
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&lt;br/&gt;One can read at the base of the 13-story pyramid, the year 1776 (MDCCLXVI in Roman numerals).  Most of the people think that it represents the date of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, but it actually memorializes the foundation of the Order of the Illuminati, which was on May 1, 1776. (Note the Zionist-Communist May Day connection).
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&lt;br/&gt;The pyramid represents the conspiracy for the destruction of the Catholic Church (and all existing religions"), and the establishment of a one-world government, or a United Nations dictatorship.  The eye radiating in all directions, is the "all-spying" eye that symbolizes the terroristic, Gestapo-like, espionage agency that Weishaupt set up to guard the "secret of the Order and to terrorize the populace into the acceptance of its rule".  The Latin words "ANNUIT COEPTIS" translate to "Announcing the creation or beginning".   Below them, "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" translates to a "New secular order" and the year is written in Roman numerals at the base of the Pyramid.
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&lt;br/&gt;Manly Palmer Hall explained the symbolism otherwise. He said, Annuit Coeptis means "He (NOT the Christian God) has smiled upon our endeavours". The capstone or triangle signifies science, NOT spirituality, and that the scroll underneath, bearing the inscription "Novus Ordo Seclorum" indicates the nature of the enterprise: a "New order of the ages", an order of science and knowledge as opposed to Christian (morality) superstition and fear.
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&lt;br/&gt;This insignia was adopted by the U.S. Congress as the reverse of the seal of the United States on September 15, 1789. (The obverse side of the seal bears the eagle, which is used as the official seal and coat of arms of the U.S.A., and which is also shown on the reverse side of the U.S. $1.00 bills).
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&lt;br/&gt;The appearance of this insignia of the Illuminati on U.S., one-dollar bills in 1933 meant that the followers of Weishaupt regarded their efforts as beginning to "be crowned with success," and that they totally controlled the U.S. Government.
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&lt;br/&gt;The pyramid is a symbol of the Knights Templar of Freemasonry and a Zionist symbol and the Hexgram is used by Royal Arch Masons which is part of York Rite Masonry also a Zionist symbol. The two seals of the "Great Seal" combines symbolism of all Masonic Orders. The Eagle is a symbol of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
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&lt;br/&gt;Proof the Great Seal is Masonic
&lt;br/&gt;First outline the pyramid with a triangle. Now take the pyramid and draw a line under the base of the capstone and extend it left to right extended to the A in ANNUIT and the S in COEPTIS. Now draw lines from the end of this line down to the last O in ORDO so you will finsih the Hexagram also called the Jewish Star of David.
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&lt;br/&gt;Draw circles around all five letters to which the Hexagram points. These letters make the word MASON. The 32 feathers on the left wing of the eagle signify the 32 degress of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. The right wing has 33 feathers for the extra 33rd honary degree and inner head of the Scottish Rite. George Washington himself on the front of the One Dollar Bill was a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason. The 9 tail feathers indicate the 9 additional degrees of the York Rite of Freemasonry. There are13 olives and 13 leaves on the olive branches, 13 arrows in the other eagle's claw, 13 stripes on the shield, 13 stars above the eagle in the form of a Hexagram, 13 letters in "E PLURIBUS UNUM", 13 letters in "ANNUIT COEPTIS", 13 rows of bricks in the pyramid. The 33rd degree Grand Lodge of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is located exactly 13 blocks north of the White House above an upside down pentagram oulined by the road layout which rests on the White House. See this link: http://www.cuttingedge.org/n1040.html
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&lt;br/&gt;The use of the Hexagram and the Pentagram and even the 7 pointed star stems from Jewish Cabalism or mysticism which was adopted from paganism. The placement of the symbols on the American money etc. is no different then to displaying a cross on the back of a one dollar bill. But you will never see these religious symbols removed because the ACLU only attacks what it sees as Christian. Separation of Church and State is a farce. The law requiring the "Separation of CHURCH and State" might as well say "Separation of Christondom and State" because only religions calling themseves "Christian" use buildings called "Church".
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&lt;br/&gt;Albert Pike was the founder of the KKK and one time leader of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction. He himself protested the suggestion that Masonry was Christian and said that "if Masonry was Christian why were most of the people who had possession of it during the early days of the USA Hebrew"?
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&lt;br/&gt;http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/4803/IWJindxf.html
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.cuttingedge.org/fmcorner.html
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&lt;br/&gt;A Luciferian conspiracy  
&lt;br/&gt;To say that the Illuminati is a "Luciferian" conspiracy" is not only a stylistic device, but it is literally true, since the leaders of the Illuminati are actually worshipers of Satan, and their final objective is to have the whole world bow down to him.  Through his hellhounds, it is Satan himself who continues his revolt against God by endeavoring to foil God's plan on earth, and to snatch from God as many souls as possible.
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&lt;br/&gt;Just like Satan, the Financiers think that they are smarter than God, and that they are the only ones who can lead mankind properly.  The members of the Illuminati are people of every race and creed, but who all lust for money and power.
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&lt;br/&gt;Recognizing the powers involved
&lt;br/&gt;In the conclusion of his book "Pawns in the Game", which denounces the plot of the Illuminati for world domination, William Guy Carr explains what must be done to stop this plot.
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&lt;br/&gt;First, we must as individuals recognize the spiritual powers involved, and realize that we are not only facing terrestrial powers, but also spiritual ones; that it is basically a fight between God and Satan.  We must choose who we will serve, who we will fight for:  God or Satan.
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&lt;br/&gt;Second, we must take practical steps to counteract the plan of the Financiers which, in Mr. Carr's own words, can be done only through a monetary reform: "The electors must insist that the issue of money, and the control thereof, be placed back in the hands of the Government where it rightfully belongs."  
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&lt;br/&gt;The necessity for Social Credit
&lt;br/&gt; The prayers and sacrifices to obtain the assistance of Heaven are certainly necessary to thwart the plan of the Financiers.  But a technique, a temporal means, is also necessary to thwart the plan of the Financiers.  This means is the Social Credit reform, conceived by the Scottish engineer, Clifford Hugh Douglas, the only reform that the Financiers really fear, and that would put an end to their power to control all the nations.  ("Social Credit" means social money - money created without debt by society, issued with new production, and withdrawn from circulation as production is consumed - instead of having a banking credit, as it is the case today - money created as a debt by private banks.)
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&lt;br/&gt;Douglas first thought that once his discovery and its implications would be brought to the attention of the governments and of those in charge of the economy, they would hasten to implement it.  But Douglas soon made another discovery: the Financiers, who ruled the economy, were absolutely not interested in changing the financial system, and its flaws and consequences (wars, waste, poverty, social friction etc.,) were absolutely what they desired, and even fostered deliberately, in order to impose their solution of a one-world government.  So the Financiers did everything they could to stop and silence the Social Credit idea: a conspiracy of silence in the news media, or deliberate falsification of Douglas's doctrine, in order to render it vulnerable; calumnies and ridicule against the apostles of "Michael".  Douglas wrote in his book "Warning Democracy":
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&lt;br/&gt;"So rapid was the progress made by the Social Credit ideas between 1919 and 1923 both in this country (Great Britain) and abroad, and so constantly did ideas derived from them appear in the pages of the press, that the interests threatened by them became considerably alarmed, and took what were, on the whole, effective steps to curtail their publicity.  In this country the Institute of Bankers allocated five million pounds (then the equivalent of 24 million dollars) to combat the 'subversive' ideas of ourselves and other misguided people who wished to thinker with the financial system.  The large Press Associations were expressly instructed that my own name should not be mentioned in the public press, and no metropolitan newspaper in this country or the United States was allowed to give publicity, either to correspondence or to contributions bearing upon the subject.  In spite of this Canadian Parliamentary Inquiry at which I was a witness (in 1923) managed to expose on the one hand the ignorance of even leading bankers of the fundamental problems with which they had to deal, and on the other hand the lengths to which the financial power was prepared to go to retain control of the situation."
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&lt;br/&gt;One must not forget to mention here that the best way that the Financiers found to stop the advancement  of the Social Credit idea was the creation of political parties falsely bearing the name "Social Credit", to make people think that voting for a new party is sufficient  to change the system, whereas what  is needed is the education of the people (by having them subscribe to the "Michael Journal"), to force the elected representatives to serve the population, instead of serving the Financiers.  Fortunately, all the so-called "Social Credit parties" are dead and buried now, but they did a lot of damage and spread confusion in the minds of the people while they existed.
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&lt;br/&gt;"The psychological moment"  
&lt;br/&gt;Douglas predicted that the present debt-money system of the Bankers would become unworkable and fall by itself, because of all of the unpayable debts that it creates.  All the countries in the world are struggling with skyrocketing debts and heading for disaster, even though everybody knows these debts can never be paid off.  Other factors announce the inevitable fall of the present system: automation, for example, which makes full employment impossible.
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&lt;br/&gt;Douglas said that "a psychological moment" will come, a critical moment when the population, given the gravity of the situation, and despite all the power of the Financiers, will have suffered their debt-money system long enough, and will be disposed to study and accept Social Credit.  Douglas wrote the following in 1924, in his book "Social Credit":
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&lt;br/&gt; "The position will be tremendous in its importance. A comparatively short period will probably serve to decide whether we are to master the mighty economic and social machine that we have created, or whether it is to master us; and during that period a small impetus from a body of men who know what to do and how to do it, may make the difference between yet one more retreat into the Dark Ages, or the emergence into the full light of a day of such splendor as we can at present only envisage dimly. It is this necessity for the recognition of the psychological moment, and the fitting to that moment of appropriate action, which should be present in the minds of that small minority which is seized of the gravity of the present times."
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&lt;br/&gt;Louis Even, at the end of an article written in 1970 and entitled "Social Credit, yes - Party, No", repeated this idea of Douglas:
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&lt;br/&gt;"The Social Crediters of the Michael Journal maintain, along with Douglas, that as regards Social Credit, the most effective work to do is to enlighten the population on the monopoly of financial credit, attributing to it the bad fruits of which it is the cause in the lives of people, of families, of institutions; and, in front of these bad fruits, to expose the doctrine of genuine Social Credit, which is so brilliant and in keeping with common sense.  They also endeavor to develop within themselves, and to also radiate, a Social Credit spirit, which is clearly in keeping with the spirit of the Gospel: a spirit of service and not of domination, not of an insatiable pursuit of money or material goods, which is of the same nature - with a less powerful means - as the spirit of the barons of High Finance.
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&lt;br/&gt;"Whether the collapse of the present financial system, under the weight of its own enormities, or events that have been foretold many times by privileged souls - events one certainly cannot doubt of when one sees the present decadence of moral standards, apostasy, the paganization of affluent nations that used to be Christian - occur soon, in either case, the living or the survivors of those events won't be without a light to establish a social economic system worthy of its name."
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&lt;br/&gt;The point to remember in all of this is that the present financial system, which creates money as a debt, is the main means of the Financiers to establish a one-world government.  Debt finance is the bridge that leads us from a free society to complete dictatorship. And the only thing the Financiers fear, the only thing that can stop them in their plan of world conquest, is the reform of the present financial system, the establishment of an honest debt-free money system, along the lines of the Social Credit philosophy.  Then one realizes all the importance of the Social Credit solution, and the importance of spreading it an making it known.  This is why Soviet foreign Minister Molotow had said to Dr. Hawlett Johnson, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the 30s: "We know all about Social Credit.  It is the one theory in the world we fear."
&lt;br/&gt;Alain Pilote. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br/&gt;"­ FIRING SQUAD: Terrified students lined up against the wall of their classroom and shot, execution-style. 
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&lt;br/&gt;­ NO WAY OUT: Doors chained shut by the killer to keep his victims in and police out. 
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&lt;br/&gt;­ BODIES EVERYWHERE: Blood-soaked bodies piled on top of each other. 
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&lt;br/&gt;These were the scenes of almost inconceivable horror at Virginia Tech University yesterday as a gunman claimed at least 32 lives before killing himself. 
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&lt;br/&gt;He was said to have quarrelled in a dormitory with his girlfriend, whom he believed had been seeing another man. A student adviser was called to sort out the row. But the killer produced a gun and SHOT DEAD BOTH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THE ADVISER. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Two hours later he rampaged through an engineering building on the other side of the campus in the town of Blacksburg, killing indiscriminately. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Student Matt Maroney said: "He had an ungodly amount of ammo on him. He was just dressed in a vest filled with clips and started firing away at classrooms."  Another witness said of the killer: "He had a smile on his face but THERE WAS NO EMOTION IN HIS EYES." 
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&lt;br/&gt;Last night, with 15 more victims injured and the death toll expected to rise further, police and university authorities faced stark questions about their failure to act during the crucial two hours and prevent America's worst-ever massacre. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Some students continued their work unaware there was a killer in their midst, while university authorities merely sent round an email saying that a shooting was being investigated. The gunman was said to be of Asian appearance and dressed in maroon hat, leather jacket and black-military style shooting vest. 
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&lt;br/&gt;He had ammunition strapped across his chest as he calmly walked from room to room refilling his two 9 mm handguns as he shot students. He locked the doors of several classrooms to stop anyone escaping. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Some terrified students jumped for their lives from the fourth floor windows, while others used desks to barricade doors. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Student David Jenkins said: "I know one person who was in a room when the shooter came in and everyone was shot. TO ESCAPE this person lay on the floor and PLAYED DEAD." 
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&lt;br/&gt;Several teachers were among those shot. Student Derek O'Dell, who was hit in the arm, spoke of his terror as he faced the killer. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"He came into our room and started shooting," he said. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"He let off a full round of bullets and I was probably one of ten or 15 people hit. There was no warning. It was just random shooting. He didn't say anything. He just shot and left. A lot of my classmates were hit, and possibly my professor too. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"The people who were less critical like myself were able to hold the door shut because he tried to get back inside our room. He tried shooting through the door at us. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"Then the police came into our hall and cleared the hall and we all managed to get out to where ambulances were waiting for us."   
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&lt;br/&gt;Virginia Tech president Charles Steger said: "The university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions ... the university is shocked and indeed horrified." 
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&lt;br/&gt;He said authorities at first believed that the first shooting at the dorm was a domestic dispute and that the gunman had fled the campus. He added: "We can only make decisions based on the information you had on the time. You don't have hours to reflect on it." 
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&lt;br/&gt;The sprawling 2,600-acre campus of 25,000 students housed in 100 buildings had been closed down twice in the last ten days after bomb scares. It was unclear whether the bomb threats were related or whether the gunman had any possible terror associations. 
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&lt;br/&gt;The first shootings yesterday took place at 7.15 a.m. (12.15 p.m. British time) at the West Ambler Johnston complex, a coeducational hall of residence which houses 895 students. Security there is said to have been tight with individual identity passes used to enter the dormitory complex. 
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&lt;br/&gt;An immediate lockdown was ordered with students told to remain in their rooms and away from windows as police and security officials swamped the area. As some students fled the scene, they were tackled to the ground and handcuffed by police seeking to stop the killer fleeing in the chaos. 
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&lt;br/&gt;However other students around the campus were allowed to leave for their 8 a.m. classes. Police said they were still investigating the shooting at the dormitory when authorities got word of gunfire at Norris Hall, the engineering building. 
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&lt;br/&gt;The gunman appeared to pick his victims indiscriminately. Some, for no apparent reason, he spared. Others he shot from less than 10ft away. He is then said to have turned one of his guns on himself despite still having ammunition available. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Student Jason Piatt said: "I'm pretty outraged that someone died in a shooting in a dorm at 7 a.m. and the first e-mail about it had no mention of locking down the campus, no mention of cancelling classes.   
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&lt;br/&gt;"They just mentioned that they were investigating a shooting. That's pretty ridiculous. Meanwhile, while they sent out that email, all these people got killed."   
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&lt;br/&gt;Student Matt Maloney told how terrified students used desks to barricade themselves in their classrooms as the gunman walked down the main corridor blasting off shots. He said he saw several badly wounded students being led away while others had been injured leaping for their lives from upstairs windows. 
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&lt;br/&gt;Josh Wargo was one of those who jumped. He said: "I was in an engineering class. We all of a sudden heard loud banging noises. We heard screaming through the walls and everyone started to panic and jumping out of the windows. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"We heard 40 or 50 shots. They went on for almost two minutes. The window I jumped out of was two or three storeys up. When I landed I was in a daze, standing outside of the building. Some of my friends got shot. They told me my professor was shot in the face."   
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&lt;br/&gt;Tiffany Otey, who was one floor up in the Norris Building, said that when the gunfire started she and about 20 other students went to a teacher's office and locked the door. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"The gunshots were going off downstairs and half of our classmates were downstairs," said Miss Otey. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"We were just sitting there as if the shooter was going to come up the next floor. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"Maybe ten minutes later we were in the room when police arrived. They told us to put our hands above our heads and if we did not put our hands above our heads we will shoot you. We were running out of the building freaking out."   
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&lt;br/&gt;The shooting will re-open the often heated debate over gun controls in the U.S., whose Constitution declares that the people's right to bear arms must not be infringed. 
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&lt;br/&gt;A sombre President Bush went on TV last night to say: "Schools should be places of safety, sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom, in every American community. 
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&lt;br/&gt;"We hold the victims in our hearts. We lift them up in our prayers."  &lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>How far is Big Pharma’s Wyeth willing to go to stop one little website?</title>
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&lt;br/&gt;Hi this is Leslee from http://theeffexoractivist.org 
&lt;br/&gt;For those who don’t already know, the effexor activist is a site which is dedicated to informing the public about the risks and dangers posed by the SSRI and SSNRI antidepressants, with a focus on effexor. Effexor is The most dangerous antidepressant due to its extremely short half life.
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&lt;br/&gt;For some time now  the effexor activist has been receiving a flurry of e-mails. Some vaguely threatening “We know where you live” (complete with address), Many asking for help. 
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&lt;br/&gt;We also have had endless porn posted (we have been forced to shut down the forum part of the site, because of this) as well as endless ads for antidepressants sold on line. 
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&lt;br/&gt;While the drug and porn pushers use spoofing to change Ips (Thus making it impossible to keep them out.) It has come to our attention that all of the threats and a great many of the appeals for help are coming from one IP 
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&lt;br/&gt; This IP address is located in Canada, Only a few miles from Wyeths Canadian headquarters. We believe that the reason for all the e-mails may be to keep our little staff of volunteers, busy spinning their wheels.
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&lt;br/&gt;We have noticed that the onslaught gets more intense, right before or after, some important study is released showing harm caused by antidepressants or any upcoming FDA hearing on antidepressants.
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&lt;br/&gt;The number of e-mails coming in the last 2 days has reached a roar. We feel certain that some thing is up. But what?
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&lt;br/&gt;This may have to do with Wyeth’s New Drug Application For Pristiq (desvenlafaxine succinate) . Pristiq is just a hyped up version of effexor (venlafaxine) Pristiq (desvenlafaxine succinate) is a derivative of the drug Effexor, which Wyeth is losing patent protection on in 2010.
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&lt;br/&gt;Or it may have to do with the letter we sent out asking people to  Write to the Virginia Tech Review Panel (See last post)
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      <title>an important film</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F29E47D40D6C7E79
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&lt;br/&gt;if you have the time and interest this film will impress you, good luck...&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>A brief overview</title>
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&lt;br/&gt;MIND CONTROL IN THE 21st CENTURY
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&lt;br/&gt;Compiled by Ralph W. Omholt
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Mind Control" is to be catalogued with space travel, wrist radios and ray-guns; yesterday’s fantasy becoming today’s reality. Certainly, it goes without saying, that "Mind Control" is more accurately addressed as "Behavior Control;" one leads to the other. Accommodating simplicity and common understanding, the term "Mind Control" will be used as a synonym for "Behavior Control." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The topic of "Mind Control" has been the subject of university laboratories, Madison Avenue marketing firms, intelligence services, warfare planning (psyops), pharmaceutical developments, electronic experimentation, psychiatry and medical advances. In brief, "Mind Control" is as factual as the TV set; alive, functional and ever- evolving. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The topic of "Mind Control" is understandably complex. Few doubt the effect of simple propaganda, as evidenced in various wars. Unfortunately, one of the success elements of "Mind Control" is the disdain of those who resist thinking about the topic. Yet, with such horrors as the Nazi applications during W.W. II, the topic of "Mind Control" is highly pertinent to the general public. Specifically, the general public repeatedly asks how a civilized people could possibly commit such well-documented atrocities. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Current (2006) American politics and warfare confront the "Mind Control" issue, head-on. Ignorance, apathy and denial are a deadly combination. "Mind Control" is a function of a variety of descriptors and applications. Most commonly, the term "Psyops" (Psychological Operations) is used. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         However repugnant, the history of the W.W. II Nazis is the most common association of the horrors against the human race. The Nazi horrors were not unique in history, simply the most advertised. As an example of Mind Control," Israel, depends on that particular advertisement, for U.S. foreign aid. Yet, the "Nazi" issue remains the best example, by virtue of it’s popularly known history. 
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&lt;br/&gt;THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AUTHORITY AND PERCEPTION,
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&lt;br/&gt;VERSUS RESPONSE 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In order to understand the mystery of seemingly blind compliance to authority, there is perhaps no better sample of human nature than the 1961 experiments on "Obedience to Authority," conducted by Dr. Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University. His studies were spawned by the recent trial and execution of Adolph Eichmann. The results were posted in Milgram's "Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View" (1974). 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Milgram focused on the propensity for obedience to authority, versus the role of personal conscience. His work was in consequence of the rationalizations and justifications for the Nazi acts of genocide – as offered by the accused at the World War II, Nuremberg War Crime trials. The perpetrators’ defense was typically based on "obedience" - claiming that they were "… just obeying orders" under the authority of their superiors. However weak the claim may have appeared, it was firmly believed, by the accused. In particular, the Nazi perpetrators were well educated and members of the German aristocracy. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The Eichmann trial stirred the question as to how easy it would be for ‘good’ and educated (American) people (college degree) to be conditioned to commit even murder – in exchange for simple "acceptance and approval." What if Eichmann, and his accomplices were, in fact, "….just following orders." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         More directly, the Milgram study demonstrated the propensity for people to submit to even ‘mild,’ even "presumed" authority – let alone threat or even internal fears. (Not even notable amounts of money were required.) The psychiatrists of the day forecast that 2% of any population would be compliant – the ‘sickos;’ the Milgram Study demonstrated 65%! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The setup of the experiment called for so-called "teachers" (unknowing subjects of the experiment) to be recruited by a newspaper ad offering $4.50 for one hour's work. The ‘price’ is worth noting. The recruits all had college degrees. It is also worth noting that the setup time was remarkably brief; there was no extensive ‘conditioning’ required. Both of these factors attest to an apparent pre-disposition for submission to "perceived" authority. The experiments would remind most of the TV series, "The Twilight Zone." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The volunteer ‘teachers’ thought that they were recruited to take part in a psychology experiment investigating memory and learning. The recruits were introduced to a stern looking "experimenter," dressed in a white lab coat; as well as an ordinary and pleasant co-subject (actor, in fact) who was presumably recruited via the same newspaper ad. The true subject ("teacher") was assigned to direct the ‘learning’ of the other ‘volunteer; using electric shocks as a learning motivator. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The teacher-recruit was led to believe that he/she had been chosen randomly, to be a scientific ‘teacher.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Both the actor and the ‘teacher’ were given a ‘sample’ 45-volt electric shock, to set the realism of the ‘stage.’ The "teachers" were told that the experiment was designed to explore the effect of punishment, to prompt correct responses for manufacturing learning behavior. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The ‘teachers’ were advised that the electric shocks were to be of increased by 15 volts, for each mistake that the ‘student’ made during the experiment. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The ‘teachers’ control panel had 30 switches, clearly labeled in 15 volt increments; ranging from 15 volts, up to the maximum of 450 volts. Each switch also had a rating label, incrementing from "slight shock" to "danger: severe shock". The final two switches were additionally labeled "XXX". Thus, the subject could not be the least bit ignorant of the potential consequences of his/her deeds. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The experiment environment had the ‘student’ in another room; with the ‘teacher’ made aware of the "actor-student's" discomfort by poundings on the wall. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The actors ("students") pretended to be stupid, seemingly requiring (deserving) increasing shocks – feigning pain, misery and unconsciousness. The "teachers" abided by the background ‘authority’ until they were doing the deeds of sadists &amp;amp; murderers – a convincing simulation, of course. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In reality, no further shocks were actually delivered. Again, the ‘teacher’ was unaware that the ‘student’ in the study was actually an actor who would use his talents to fake increasing levels of discomfort; as the ‘teacher’ administered what he/she assumed were increasingly severe electric shocks, for the supposed mistakes made by the "student". 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The ‘experimenter,’ with the white lab coat, was in the same room as the ‘teacher.’ Whenever the ‘teachers’ asked whether the increased shocks should be delivered, he or she was verbally encouraged by the experimenter to continue. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Amazingly, the test subjects didn’t question as to why the ‘experimenter’ needed a surrogate, in the first place. 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   Using actors as the student-victims, the actual test subjects ("teachers") were directed to ask questions of a presumed "student," sitting in a sealed booth, with the "teacher" delivering increasing electrical shocks, if the ‘student’ got the wrong answer. A presumed torturous-fatal electric shock was incrementally delivered, by 65% of the unwitting "teachers," punishing the student to the very end of the 450-volt scale! No ‘teacher’ stopped before reaching 300 volts! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Worried ‘teachers’ did question the ‘experimenter,’ asking who was responsible for any harmful effects. It is worth noting that the primary concern was personal accountability, versus the welfare of the perceived victim. The ‘experimenter’ assumed full responsibility, with the ‘teachers’ accepting the response as adequate; then continued shocking their ‘student,’ even though some of the ‘teachers’ were obviously extremely uncomfortable with their deeds. 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   Return to another fact of life – cultures hide the fact that in times of crisis, people have a third choice, beyond ‘fight-or-flight; specifically, "Submission." (Consider the rape victim!) 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   In the Milgram study, the test subjects were unwittingly submitting to rather mild coercion of their ‘handlers.’ They assumed that they were factually torturing – even killing – the ‘students,’ preferring the acceptance-approval of their handlers, to their basic personal values and even morality, itself. They questioned, but with mild coercion, they complied with ‘authority.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         From Milgram’s "The Perils of Obedience" (1974), it is learned that Milgram solicited predictions on the outcome, from various ranges of people; including psychiatrists, faculty in the behavioral sciences, graduate students, college sophomores and even middle-class adults. Those polled reliably predicted that virtually all of the chosen subjects (‘teachers’) would refuse to obey the experimenter. The psychiatrists, predicted that most subjects would not go beyond 150 volt level, when the actor-victim made the first explicit demand to go free. The psychiatrists expected only 4 percent of the ‘teachers’ to continue to the simulated 300 volt level, estimating that only a pathological personality (one in a thousand) would administer the highest voltage. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The Milgram Experiment was continued in a number of variable scenarios; such as the ‘student’ indicating discomfort by way of voice feedback (versus pounding on the walls of his ‘chamber’) – starting at the "150 volt" level. At that point, the ‘actor-victim’ requested that the experiment be ended. The ‘teacher’ was consistently told by the experimenter that - "The experiment requires that you continue. Please go on." or verbiage, to that effect. In that scenario, the percentage of ‘teachers’ who were prepared to administer the maximum of 450 volts, dropped slightly - to only 62.5%. Desperate verbiage, versus pounding on the walls, made little difference. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The environment of the experiment was considered, as well. The surroundings of the experiments seemed to cast an "aura of authority," as well. When the environment of the experiment was conducted in a nondescript office building – versus within the walls of a prestigious and ornate hall on Yale's campus - the percentage of ‘teachers’ who were prepared to administer the maximum voltage dropped to 47.5%. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Immediate environment also played a key role, demonstrating the ‘personal’ role of authority "proximity," In one environment, the "experimenter" was at end of a phone line; versus being present in the same room as the ‘teacher. In this scenario, the percentage of ‘teachers’ who were prepared to administer the 450 volt shock dropped to 20.5%. In another scenario, the ‘teacher’ could independently elect the magnitude of the shock level; in that scenario, the percentage of ‘teachers’ who were prepared to continue to the extreme of the scale dropped to 2.5%. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         That scenario, in particular, clearly demonstrated the role of "authority," as the major influence over the behavior of the subjects, given that the test subjects’ performance otherwise fell into the predicted range of the psychiatrists. 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   Return to another idea – that the radical majority of any population lives in response to their "Sacred Illusions." The spouse would NEVER cheat, one’s child could NEVER grossly misbehave. We all have such illusions. 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   Thus in the Milgram Experiment, the "Sacred Illusion" was that once agreeing to take on the task, the subject was committed/compelled to submit to authority – and not much of it – even to the extreme of presumed sadism/murder. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         What is not addressed, to any adequate degree, is the role of "accountability" – factual or ‘assumed.’ By any account of history, the subservience contained the assumption that ‘authority’ served as a firewall, between the deeds of the performer, versus such accountability as criminal prosecution. The seeming ‘chain-of-command,’ obviously pre-supposes a ‘chain-of-accountability.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In particular, in the Milgram experiments, the presumed "authority" to commit sadism and even murder, was a simple verbal assertion, "I am responsible; you are not." To the ordinary person, it staggers the imagination that college educated people could be that naïve/compliant. Clearly most are. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Milgram’s experiments tested how much pain an ordinary, well educated, citizen would inflict on another person; upon being ordered to so, by an experimental scientist. In those experiments, "apparent authority" was tested against the strongest moral imperatives forbidding hurting another. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Even with the ‘teachers' hearing screams of the ‘victims,’ authority won more often than not – 65% of the time, in optimum conditions. The experiments demonstrated the willingness of ordinary and educated adults to comply with the command of "perceived authority." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Next one must ask what the uneducated person might do, as well as those with a known history of social deviance. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Ironically, the Milgram "obedience to authority" experiments preceded the Viet Nam War, with its bizarre rationalizations, and millions of American soldiers "…just following orders." Tragically, the American soldiers suffered the fate of lepers, when returning home. More tragically, no lessons were learned by the American public, versus the nefarious minds of the American military and related corporate players. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Milgram had plenty of company. The "Milgram Experiment" has been repeated around the world with similar results. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It must be particularly noted that there is an implied risk-reward factor in such cases. 65% of Milgram’s subjects essentially murdered for $4.50! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The significance of that figure indicates implies that money is GENERALLY a minor concern. However, money can be made to be a factor. As starving graduate student may ‘hurry-up’ if $100 was offered, if the experiment was concluded in ½ hour; with verbal taunting by his ‘experimenter.’ What is the reasonable estimate of an ‘experimenter’ asking, "Do you want to ask questions, or do you want to get paid – and how much? The clock is ticking." 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   Thus, it must be observed that if the ‘65% percentile can be rather easily stirred into sadism &amp;amp; murder, what does it take to get 95% of a given population to submit to the acceptance of propaganda – and a mandate for just ‘silence?’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Where do such experiments lead? 
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&lt;br/&gt;THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Stanford psychology Professor Philip Zimbardo, said to be a high school classmate of Milgram, took the issue of simple "authority" to the level of "power over others," in his 1971 "Experimental Prison" study. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The essence of that experiment demonstrated the propensity for ‘normal’ people to succumb to primal deviant behavior. Of particular note is that the director of that experiment, Professor Philip Zimbardo, fell prey, as well. It took his soon-to-be wife, to shock him back to a civilized mindset. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         While the ‘experiment’ was intended to be a simple role-playing observation platform; the players - and the researchers - ‘psycho-morphed’ into a deviant mindset, as though passing through a time-warp; into another solar system. Again, the primary mechanism was "Perception Control." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the "Stanford Prison Experiment," the distinction must be made between ‘externally incited’ perception, versus spontaneous self-perception. As with the Milgram experiments, environment played a dominant role. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Zimbardo's stated reason for conducting the experiment was to examine the ‘power’ of such variables as roles, regulations, group identities, symbols and "…situational validation of behavior," which would probably repulse and disgust the ordinary individual. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the background of the "prison" experiment, Zimbardo previously conducted research on what he described as "…de-individuation, vandalism and dehumanization;" in an attempt to illustrate how easily that ordinary people could be incited to engage in anti-social acts. The associated environment of the earlier experiments embraced situations where the participating individual felt anonymous, or wherein they could perceive others to be less than ‘human,’ as ‘enemies’ or even ‘objects.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the subsequent/consequent "prison" experiment, 70 young men were "arrested." Most were college students, paid $15 a day for two weeks. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The brief duration of the experiment is highly significant, relative to the noted transformation of character. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The participants volunteered as subjects for an experiment on prison life; advertised by a local paper. They were put through the expected interviews and a battery of psychological tests. Twenty-four of those ‘arrested,’ deemed to be the most normal, average and healthy, were selected. They were assigned randomly, as either ‘guards’ or ‘prisoners.‘ The "prisoners" were booked at a real jail, blindfolded and driven to the college campus makeshift prison. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Bear in mind, that the players (test subjects) ALL were consciously aware that the mission was role-playing; not reality. Yet, in the fashion of "Lord of the Flies," they devised their own social value system. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The ‘guards’ were issued uniforms; instructed not to use violence. They were told that their job was to maintain control over the prison. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         On the second day of the experiment, the ‘prisoners’ staged a revolt. Once the ‘guards’ had crushed the rebellion, the ‘guards’ spontaneously increased coercive aggression tactics, against the ‘prisoners.’ Their tactics included the humiliation and dehumanization of the ‘prisoners.’ In consequence, the college staff had to frequently admonish the ‘guards’ against such tactics. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In particular, the worst noted instances of abuse took place in the middle of the night, when the guards believed that the college staff was not watching over the experiment. The treatment of the prisoners went to such tactics as forcing the ‘prisoners’ to clean out toilet bowls with their bare hands; acting out degrading scenarios. The ‘guards’ also urged the ‘prisoners’ to become snitches. The loss of control caused the college staff to note the extreme stress reactions, forcing the release of five prisoners, one per day, prematurely. 
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&lt;br/&gt;PERSONALITY DIVERGENCE 
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&lt;br/&gt;         During the experiment, Zimbardo’s fiancé, Dr. Christina Maslach, began her observation of the experiment, starting the evening of the fifth day. Her role was to conduct subject interviews. In her words, she initially found it "dull and boring." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         During her assignment, she encountered what was described as a pleasant conversation with a "charming, funny, smart" young man awaiting the start his guard work shift. Independently, other researchers had previously advised her that they were watching a particularly sadistic ‘guard,’ nicknamed by both prisoners and the other guards as "John Wayne." Dr. Maslach later discovered that "John Wayne" was the same young man that she had previously talked with. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The "compartmentalization" was extreme. In his "John Wayne" role, the person radically transformed; even speaking with a Southern accent. Even his body motions were different, as was his interaction with the ‘prisoners.’ She said, "It was like [seeing] Jekyll and Hyde. . . . It really took my breath away." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It was clear that this ‘guard’ had gone to the adaptive extreme of inventing his own mythology, even in a known ‘make-believe’ world. His dissociative adaptation served as a firewall, between his actions and his conscience; even in a known time-limited environment. That, in turn, empowered his actions. Again, he was consciously aware that he was in a role-playing experiment – only. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Christina described that several prisoners engaged "John Wayne" in a debate; accusing him of enjoying his job. He claimed that he wasn't really like that; that he was just playing his assigned role. One ‘prisoner’ challenged "John Wayne" on the matter, citing the history that he had tripped him earlier, as he was taking the prisoner down the hall to the bathroom. The ‘prisoner’ addressed the fact that no researchers were around to witness the treatment, indicating that the act came out of "John Wayne’s" true character and disposition. "John Wayne" defended himself, insisting (rationalizing) that that if he let up, his role wouldn't remain powerful. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Maslach described that she became sick to her stomach, while observing the ‘guards’ marching ‘prisoners,’ with paper bags over their heads, to the bathroom. She reported that her fellow researchers teased her about her reaction. Given the nature of the experiment and the credentials of the researchers, the divergence in ‘professional’ attitude is no small indicator. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         After a later emotional encounter with her fiancé, Zimbardo was forced back to reality, becoming aware of the transformation of the researchers, ‘guards’ and ‘prisoners,’ alike. Thus, the experiment was terminated, given Maslach’s illumination of the matter of "professional accountability." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Maslach married Zimbardo in 1972. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Automatically, one’s mind goes to the Iraq Abu Grhaib scandal; questioning how such events could happen, against such well-known studies as Milgram and Zimbardo; let alone the known Nazi horrors of W.W. II. There is a reasonable presumption that such would be far beneath the dignity of American troops. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         However, it should not be lost that the deeds were not only admitted by the Pentagon and White House (with extreme reluctance), but were defended, with an insistence that the U.S. forces had a unique "right" to conduct torture, certainly levels of coercion, which clearly violated the Geneva Conventions. The world ignored the Geneva Conventions’ prohibition on the military use of penitentiaries; the prison use continued. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It should be noted, also, that Abu Grhaib was not the first, nor the exclusive location of such atrocities. Among other matters, the U.S. forces had bombed an Afghan POW facility, during the Johnny Spann / John Walker Lindh debacle, at Mazir I Sharif. Such was a grievous violation of the Geneva Conventions. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Yet, what does the global public believe? 
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&lt;br/&gt;EXTREME CONDITIONING 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   Next, go to the study of W.W. I "shell shock" and the near-zombies which that effect produced – as studied by the Tavistock Institute. Next, visit the LSD and amphetamine studies of the CIA’s "MKULTRA" project. Move onward, to the sciences of Propaganda, Psychological Operations and "Coercive Persuasion" (Jonestown tactics). 
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&lt;br/&gt;                   One quickly arrives at the ease of manufacturing a "Manchurian Candidate!" Oswald, Ruby, Sirhan, James Earl Ray, McVeigh; there are plenty of examples in the USA, alone. However, these will be more astutely observed as "Manchurian Patsies." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The suggestion is that a reliable transformation process is available, which begins with the "shock" of hallucinogens; followed by a regimen of amphetamines, hypnosis and reinforcement methods; possibly to the extreme of drug addiction to amphetamines, in particular. 
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&lt;br/&gt;THE ROLE OF "PERCEPTION CONTROL"
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&lt;br/&gt;"Perception Control = Emotional Control = Mind Control" 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Control" is the operative term. Is information presented with frequent repetition and passion? Or; is information kept totally secret - or prejudicially enshrouded with shame ("A ‘good’ person wouldn’t go there")? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Is the "controlled" information factual, or has an illusion been created? The American media re-packaged the Muslims in the Balkan region as "Ethnic Albanians," ignoring the Islamic role and their association with both bin Laden and the CIA. No one of prominence questioned the descriptor. Overnight a previously unheard of organization, "The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe" (OSCE) "recognized" new Balkan countries – instantly admitted into NATO. Thereafter, Yugoslavia’s put-down of an internal rebellion was re-packaged as an attack against a NATO member &amp;amp; the Balkan War was on. The "Serbs" were attempting to return to their traditional Balkan homes, in the fashion of Jews returning to modern Israel. The media re-packaged their attempts as some form of invasion &amp;amp; the war progressed against Yugoslavia. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the end, the ‘new’ nations borrowed billions from the International Funds &amp;amp; all sins were forgiven. The illusions worked! It was all a matter of "Controlled Perception." The ‘new’ nations were now ‘controlled’ through the banking system. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         America was content to believe (perceive) that they had rescued the deserving and victimized "Ethnic Albanians," who made a good living smuggling heroin out of Afghanistan. America didn’t figure out the last part. By any rational logic, when the Taliban shut down the associated opium production; 9-11 was "on." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception" implies "impressionability;" does factually presented information penetrate the psyche of the intended audience? If American War Crimes are broadcast in Swahili; will the message ‘reach’ the exposed American audience? Extremely unlikely – even when translated into English. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Perception is also a function of "registration," or "depth of consciousness." Senator Warner reported on "Larry King" that the Afghan high-altitude food drops were practiced for nearly a year, before taking place over Afghanistan. How many spotted the time-line, asking why the drops were practiced for nearly a year PRIOR to 9-11? The presented information didn’t "register." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception" is also a function of resistance to ‘registration,’ - "denial." All the clues in the world point to 9-11 being an inside-job; yet, few on the planet will tolerate the information to penetrate their belief system. Just the suspicion alone, results in global "shell shock" being effected. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The sum of trustworthy post 9-11 information points to American War Crimes, in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The thought is too horrible for most to tolerate – "denial" takes the day; "registration" will be minimal. The elements of ‘time,’ ‘distance’ and ‘shielding’ protect against the exposure to horrible facts. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception Control" also relies on the element of "identification." A tribal leader in Africa commits genocide on a rival tribe – to the tune of millions of deaths. "America" can’t ‘identify’ with the problem; little is said or done. With racial apartheid being reversed in Africa; war, civil war, starvation and the AIDS epidemic deny Caucasian ‘identification;" Africa has been cleared to die, save some profitable enterprises, benefiting American corporations - whether drug companies, diamond &amp;amp; mineral companies or arms dealers. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Conversely, with the coverage of 9-11, and the associated propaganda, America "identified" with the supposed threat of Saddam Hussein – per the media presentations. The factual non-connection of Saddam to 9-11 made little difference; fear ruled. "Perception Control" and "authority" took command of the American psyche. The UN reported that no viable evidence of Saddam’s alleged WMDs could be found. That information came from ‘boots-on-the-ground’ inspectors. The media didn’t report that finding to any appreciable degrtee; the war was on. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In Hermann Goerings famous description:- "All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." It was all in the "perception" and "authority." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception Control" additionally implies the element of "pertinence" and "regard." If the media reports a tree falling in a forest; does anyone care? If an expose’ cites the media for NOT reporting that tree falling, does anyone care? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the fashion of "..the dog that didn’t bark," when something representing a major concern is methodically unreported, what pertinence and regard goes with that non-reporting carry – if any? Silence can be constructively ‘deafening.’ In the aftermath of 9-11, it was reported that the NSA furnished the FBI with only useless information. With second thought, it is worth asking whether that data, instead, represented the fact that the purported ‘terrorists’ simply didn’t exist, in the first place. Certainly, the last premise is more easily supported, than the ‘official’ version of 9-11. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         As of the end of 2005, globally, somewhere around 160 people were killed over three years by the "Bird Flu." The common cold and ‘regular’ flue kill radically more, with associated pneumonia. Yet, the American media keeps reporting the "Bird Flu" information, as though it was an airborne variant of HIV. To date, the American public is trying to discover the importance of such a minor killer, oblivious to the fact that the American tax coffers are being drained, as though there was a viable "Bird Flu" threat to America. The media won’t track the "research" money, nor report on the low element of "pertinence" to the safety of Americans. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The media does NOT report the associated methodical draining of the U.S. tax coffers by war or other "government" expenses. The Pentagon, alone, hasn’t accounted for trillions of dollars – but the media won’t report information which is ‘pertinent’ to the American worker, or allow for adverse ‘regard’ for that information. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Similarly, the media evades the "pertinence" and "regard" behind the fact that $40 billion American tax dollars haven’t rebuilt a single "Katrina" home in New Orleans. Those who got rich on the "Katrina" money come under the ‘authority’ banner of "Don’t ask; don’t tell." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception Control" allows "distortion." The media doesn’t report the incremental shutdown of the Medicaid and Social Security System – ignoring the fact that the affected Americans PRE-PAID their own benefits. The recipients are, instead, treated as parasites. Imagine being labeled a ‘parasite’ for collecting on an automobile insurance policy, following a bad car crash. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception" is a function of specific focus (control). In the current time frame, the NSA domestic spying scandal is the "American uproar" – ignoring the fact that the Pentagon had a comparable domestic spying program – both being illegal as hell. With the media being ‘focused’ on the NSA domestic spying scandal, America is distracted from the most important of the two issues, inadvertently ignoring the Pentagon domestic spying scandal – and the related "Posse Comitatus" law. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Applying "Perception Control," the media authenticated "authority," by relaying the ‘opinions’ of White House Lawyers – one of whom was conveniently made head of the Bush Justice Department. The "perception" is that attorney opinions somehow cancel laws and judicial rulings. America overlooks the fact that attorneys render only ‘opinions;’ courts render interpretations. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Psyops tactics aside, lying with passion in your voice doesn't manufacture truth. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Anything approaching "Gestapo" is as Anti-American as it can get. So, how does one sort out the domestic "spy" business? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         1. Attorneys render legal OPINIONS: Courts render legal INTERPRETATIONS. Yet, a team of White House Lawyers is cited as the spying ‘authority’ to bypass the FISA law. Attorneys are constructively enacting laws. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         2. The Iraq campaign didn't involve a "Declaration of War." The authority was the "Authorization for Use of Military Force." (AUMF) There is a radical difference between the two. [Note the term "military"] 
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&lt;br/&gt;         3. If the AUMF is cited as the "spy" authority, then note the AUMF provision - "....- Nothing in this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution." (15 days, max on warrantless wiretapping.) 
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&lt;br/&gt;         4. If the NSA isn't considered to be 'military;' then FISA mandates warrants. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         5. If the NSA is considered to be 'military,' then the "Possee Comitatus" statute and the associated military guidance additionally prohibit the "search and seizure" MILITARY authority, that Bush claims. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         6. Remember that the Pentagon had an independent and illegal domestic spying program. While the military can leagally receive domestic intelligence, as an act of opening its own mail, Title 18 mandates the relay of the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency (FBI). Failure to do so is "Misprision of a Felony," under Title 18. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         7. With the White House keeping the Mexican border as wide-open, as possible, how much factual "terror" can there possibly be? 
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&lt;br/&gt;PERCEPTION OF AUTHORITY
&lt;br/&gt;         In a broader ‘perception’ horizon, examine Stanley Milgram’s 1960s experiments on authority vs. obedience. The key factor being the associated "perceptions," relative to that "authority." Milgram studied the rationalizations and justifications for the Nazi acts of genocide – as offered by the accused at the World War II, Nuremberg War Crime trials. The perpetrators’ defense was typically based on "obedience" - claiming that they were "… just obeying orders" under the authority of their superiors. However weak the claim may have appeared, it was firmly believed, by the accused. Such was their "perception." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Certainly, the "Stanford Prison Experiment" elaborated on the matter. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Perception is essentially a trinity – the self perception "…how I think of the matter," the espoused perception, "…how I would like everyone else to view the matter;" and the public perception, "…how the preponderance of the public views the matter." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The idea essentially goes back to the old adage, "There are three sides to every story, yours, mine and the facts." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The difference in the three is a matter of ‘filters;’ is the matter clear to all? If not; why not? Does anyone even know what actually happened? If not; why not? How is the "perception" filtered and/or directed? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         How many times has an airplane disappeared – with no discoverable clue as to what happened? Was it hijacked? Was it stolen, did the pilot get lost, crash into a high mountain glacier, or at sea? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Is the factual information "controlled?" Ron Brown’s B-737 was reported to have crashed in the "…storm of the decade." History records that the factual weather wasn’t particularly bad. Yet, what did/does the preponderance of America believe? The "Controlled Perception" ruled the matter. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Most importantly, the FIRST presented perception controlled the matter. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Disregarding intense propaganda, there is no viable evidence that a 757 crashed at the 9-11 Pentagon or in Pennsylvania. What does the preponderance of the entire world believe? Thereafter, it’s a matter of "Plausible Assertion" or "Plausible Denial." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         If one reads the Vince Foster documents, he killed himself with three different weapons, with his ghost later driving his car to the nearby parking lot. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In such cases, one is forced to formulate an estimate of probable history, based on available information, or reasonable assumptions. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Perception" is obviously sometimes a unique function of "authority." The Christian Crusaders went off to commit atrocities, under the "Church" message, "God wills it!" Nazi Storm Troopers did the same, being advised, "Gott mit uns!" ("God is with us!") The role of "authority" was to serve as a perceived reliable barrier against possible accountability and punishment; even unto God. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         However, the "perception" and "authority" have to be credible. George Bush Jr. is more selfish. According to him, God told him, personally, to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. He later stated that God acted through him. Given the media "dropping" the matter (Perception Control), no one cares to talk about those claims. Bush’s claims exceeded the assertions of Hitler! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Hitler’s Nazis serve as a classic example of the extremes of human behavior – and how it comes about; how "perception" blended with "authority." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         A typically unmentioned part of nefarious deeds is the matter of "accountability." When ‘institutionalized’ authority takes a wrong turn, where does the issue of accountability fall, relative to time. Had Hitler won, for example, his leaders and soldiers would have had no accounting. Yet, in the immediate time of a nefarious decision-making, the issue of accountability takes on the aura of context, relative to time. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         History often frames "context;" convicted criminals are routinely put to death as ‘historic’ villains – by the "authority" of the State. The Nuremberg trials executed ‘deserving’ criminals. Many cases of raw street revenge are overlooked, given the ‘context’ (perception) of history – versus personally estimated probability of accountability. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It is no secret that the Nazi "obedience" was commonly motivated by fear of execution, prison internment; or at least a transfer to the dreaded Russian Front. Few verified the potential consequence of questioning or refusing, versus "…just following orders." The extended concern is the fate of the affected individual’s family, for better or worse. One can only ponder what they might do, under similar fear levels. Openly or subtly, "authority" controlled "perception." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The S.S. executioner had to evaluate the effect of time, as a factor in his accountability. If he was certain that his side would win, he proceeded with minimal interference of human conscience. Or, he may have been uncertain of victory, but he may have been quite certain of his own fate on the Russian front, if he disobeyed – or questioned - an order to kill. Add the fate of his family. "Authority" assured him that he was on the winning side. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The ‘conscience test’ of all time seems to be in the personal estimation of "…what people will say." (AND – the estimate as to whether or not "they" may never find out; or figure it out?) 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Another factor which is rarely addressed, is the matter of "stakes;" personal risk or actual expenditure. In current times, the religious zealots are betting their life and their fate in all of eternity, to perform suicide bombings – even against innocent women and children. The implication is that the bombers perversely view themselves as ‘holy’ martyrs, favored by God; no sacrifice being too great for God. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         There also exists a "personal identification gap" between those who monstrously committed the Nazi atrocities, of their own accord, and those who did the same, under extreme duress. The Nazi monsters had their share of conscience-driven suicides. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         However unpopular (and little-known) the issue may be, it is also necessary to objectively observe the history of Jews participating in such organizations as the "Jewish Committees," who selected other Jews for the Nazi death camps; add the "Jewish Police" of the Nazi ghettos. Those participants continued to live amongst their own; their ‘authority’ was remote, however reliable. Certainly, they had to think it terms of their fate; and that of their family. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In modern times, a little-known driver behind the modern corporation is the fact that a high percentage of employees are as positively responsive to a letter of commendation from ‘authority’ in their personnel file, as they would be to a sizeable check. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Taking that idea further, the ‘value’ in such letters is often reduced by ‘authority’ employing impotent descriptors as "acknowledge," versus "recognize," "applaud" or "congratulate." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Obviously, pay levels, benefits and retirements are a huge determining factor. ‘Authority’ determines whether a military General abides by White House insistence, with an associated promotion, or retires two pay grades early. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Thus, it is also necessary to observe the dynamic of authority, versus propensity for subservience. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         One of the major lessons of Hitler’s Nazism was that the true ‘force’ behind that monster was the "perception" of the populace – asking, "What does the Fuhrer want?" The key was in controlling the associated "perception." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Thinking to the electric battery, what happens when a "political battery" (potential energy – with positive and negative terminals) of Nazi methodologies is ‘hooked-up’ to a given populace? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The world should never forget that Hitler nearly won. Currently, the world is compelled to think to the forces behind this re-designed version of Nazism, referred to as the "New World Order." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Those who refuse to think outside the proverbial ‘box’ are imprisoned in it; and destined to be buried in it." 
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&lt;br/&gt;PSYOPS AND 9-11
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&lt;br/&gt;         Except for two aircraft hitting the WTC towers, try to think of an ‘official’ position on 9-11 which has turned up as fact. 
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&lt;br/&gt;1. The FBI’s Robert Mueller cited the fact that no documentation linked al Qaeda to 9-11. Later phony al Qaeda "assertions" didn’t hold up under scrutiny. 
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&lt;br/&gt;2. There is no documented record of the purported 9-11 terrorists making a plane reservation; there is no “record locator,” complete with details. 
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&lt;br/&gt;3. There is no documented record of the purported 9-11 terrorists buying or using a ticket. (IDs required)
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&lt;br/&gt;4. There is no hard-copy of a printed ticket ‘copy.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;5. There is no record of the purported 9-11 terrorists on any of the passenger manifests, with all legitimate passengers being accounted for. 
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&lt;br/&gt;6. There is no record of the purported 9-11 terrorists in the autopsies. 
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&lt;br/&gt;7. There is not as much as a suggestion that the purported 9-11 terrorists had the needed pilot skills - but rather the contrary. 
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&lt;br/&gt;8. At least seven of the purported 9-11 terrorists are known to be still alive - with no questions being asked. 
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&lt;br/&gt;11. Despite the origins of the alleged hijackers, there was no in-country (Saudi Arabia &amp;amp; Pakistan) follow-up on the alleged hijackers’ links to terrorists. In some fashion, the alleged hijackers either disappeared, or were alleged to have used the names of seven living persons (with no identity ‘discovery’ follow-up.) 
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&lt;br/&gt;12. Bush’s frantic escape via Barksdale Air Force Base went un-explained, as it emerged that the ""…real, specific and credible" threats turned up as imaginary – and methodical. 
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&lt;br/&gt;13. The convenient ‘bureaucratic fog" – alleged to have allowed 9-11 to happen - went unexplained and un-investigated, as the American segment of the bin Laden family was immediately whisked away on private aircraft – amidst "instant" bureaucratic efficiency. Certainly, the 'convenient' failures went unpunished - if not rewarded. 
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&lt;br/&gt;14. For the first time in history, not one, but THREE steel-framed buildings were taken down by fire; magically falling onto their own footprint. The events involved two different architectural design styles, two different causes, but owned/controlled by a single entity. NO QUESTIONS ASKED &amp;amp; NO ASSOCIATED INVESTIGATION! 
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&lt;br/&gt;15. A stopwatch says that THREE buildings at the WTC came down as controlled demolition. Add the video captures of the sequenced controlled-demolition blasts. 
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&lt;br/&gt;16. There is no way to account for the purported WTC ‘collapse’ temperatures alleged by the 'official' line. 
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&lt;br/&gt;17. There is no viable evidence of a plane crash at the 9-11 Pentagon or in Pennsylvania - versus salted wreckage pieces. In the case of the Pentagon, they were even the wrong color! NO QUESTIONS ASKED &amp;amp; NO ASSOCIATED INVESTIGATION! 
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&lt;br/&gt;18. Despite the alleged failures of Airport Security, the situation methodically deteriorated to a Gestapo joke, as huge amounts of tax dollars were insanely spent on the TSA. 
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&lt;br/&gt;19. For all the failures, no official has been punished for 9-11. (with trivia such as a general who had an affair being sacked, in the background.) 
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&lt;br/&gt;20. The "official" 9-11 investigation was grossly under-funded, producing approximately 800 pages of documents after the White House censorship and interference. 
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&lt;br/&gt;21. In the end, the 9-11 Commission also failed to identify foreign terrorists as the perpetrators of 9-11. The so-called "investigation" was so much political rhetoric - hardly anything more. 
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&lt;br/&gt;22. That left the Afghan and Iraq invasions as blatant War Crimes. America fell into an identical "denial" mind-set of 1939 Nazi Germany. That was no coincidence of history! 
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&lt;br/&gt;23. There were no WMDs. Prior to the invasion, the 'boots-on-the-ground' UN teams reported no significant findings. Saddam has been long deposed. Iraq had no possible connection to 9-11. For all the horrors of the USA-made Saddam, his crimes are dwarfed by the tribal genocide of Africa. How did Saddam become the ‘humanitarian’ priority? 
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&lt;br/&gt;24. Given the above, Bush's invasions continue as War Crimes! 
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&lt;br/&gt;25. For all the "terror" threat levels posted, the Mexican border has been forced wide open from the White House; a "terrorist’s" dream-come-true. How much “terror threat” can possibly be factual? 
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&lt;br/&gt;          Yet, repeatedly, the world is SUCCESSFULLY inundated with the assertions of "terrorism." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         One is left to question, with so many inescapable indicators of 9-11 being a "Reichstag Fire," why nothing was said, for all intents &amp;amp; purposes? Because the nefarious science of PSYOPS was cleverly and effectively foisted upon America – and the world – by the mass media! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The harsh truth behind the obvious "mission" is hiding in plain sight! It's to be discovered in such books as Brezinski's "The Grand Chess Board," Barnett's "The Pentagon's New Map," and the documentation of the so-called "Project for a New American Century." (PNAC) In essence, "Amerika Uber Alles!" No denial is possible! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         America's legacy is destined to be found in the mental- emotional wilderness between "Don’t ask; don’t tell" and "We didn't WANT to know!"
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&lt;br/&gt;"Perception Control = Emotional Control = Behavior Control."
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&lt;br/&gt;WHY? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Lord Acton probably answered that question in the most simple terms - "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts – absolutely!" The experienced attest that in "power" environments, there is a mysterious and overwhelming aura which seemingly 'posseses' the individual. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         As with the physical weapons of war, psychological operations have legitimate uses. But, when those means are used on a domestic population, what then? To give a wartime pistol to a policeman, telling him to keep the domestic peace is effective. When that same pistol is then used to coerce, intimidate or threaten the domestic populace, something has to be done. It starts with knowing how that pistol operates. 
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&lt;br/&gt;ABOUT PSYOPS – 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It may seem strange to suggest that the study of propaganda has relevance to contemporary domestic politics and issues. When most people think about propaganda, they think of the enormous campaigns waged by Hitler and Stalin in the 1930s – or McCarthy in the 1950s. Since nothing comparable is being disseminated in our society today, many believe that propaganda is no longer a pertinent issue. WRONG! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Propaganda can be as blatant as a ‘peace symbol’ or as subtle as a song or poem. Propaganda’s persuasive techniques are regularly applied by politicians, advertisers, journalists, radio personalities, and others who are interested in influencing human behavior. Propaganda messages can be used to accomplish positive social ends, as in campaigns to reduce drunk driving, but they are also used to win elections and to sell beer. Propaganda isn’t inherently nefarious or suspect. Often, as in typical advertising or political campaigns, propaganda is totally expected! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Propaganda" is an advantageous presentation of information – factual or otherwise. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Psyops" takes unfair advantage of human psychology. Therein lays the difference – "INTENT." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The propagandist is a clever researcher and writer. The disinformationist has the added background of a psychologist – to some extent – as well as being a ‘resourceful’ and ‘surgical’ communications specialist. He operates from a time-constrained mission. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Whether we want to admit it or not, PSYOPS is in our daily life – it is a serious threat. Thus, we are in a comparable position of a banker. He knows that there will always be robbers and swindlers. The gimmick is in being smarter and more resourceful than the robber-swindler. The chief effort is to let the would-be robber-swindler know that the defense mechanisms are too strong; add the risks and probability of getting caught. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         PSYOPS is generally about the control of human emotions; the resulting ‘processed emotions’ translating into desired intellectual (logical) decisions and subsequent actions. Think to the statement "Nobody can MAKE you feel a certain way; each person has to DECIDE how they feel about something – decide for themselves." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Great logic! Now, go to the major sales corporations &amp;amp; ask them why they spend millions per year on advertising! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         OR; call an "ethnic" type by their least-favorite name and see what decision is made – over the span of a split second! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The reality is that we all have the ability to inspire or persuade thoughts or emotions in others. The trick is to inspire advantageous decisions. Ask the husband/boyfriend who brought home the flowers to his lady. Were some ‘results’ forthcoming? Of course they were, whether romance – or forgiveness. Emotions = action. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The technical advance of communication tools such as the Internet, accelerate the flow of persuasive messages - dramatically. For the first time ever, citizens around the world are participating in uncensored conversations about their collective future. This seems like a wonderful development; but there is a risk. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Information overload" is often the result of people being regularly confronted with hundreds of intense messages, each day. Common sense and personal experience dictates that many people respond to the induced pressure by processing messages as quickly as possible and, when possible, by taking mental short-cuts. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         That kind of response leaves the modern propagandist or disinformationist with a mandate to devise accommodating short-cuts, so as to be effective in dealing with typical thought or emotional processing. The disinformationist reacts with an effort to effectively control/agitate emotions, exploit insecurities, capitalizing on language ambiguity – inherent or induced - and by bending or re-manufacturing the rules of logic. History demonstrates that the disinformationist can be quite successful. Gaining attention and controlling perception is the disinformationist’s first priority, in the modern mind-control equation – 
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&lt;br/&gt;"Perception Control = Emotional Control = Behavior Control." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         That leaves specialists and even common people with the task of detecting and analyzing the disinformation and/or propaganda, so as to create the needed awareness of the tricks which disinformationists employ. The secondary obligation is to devise ways of readily recognizing and resisting the subsequent short-cuts that the disinformationists promote. In brief, disinformation/propaganda analysis is the best immediate antidote to the nefarious excesses of the Information Age. Just as the military deals with "Information Warfare" as a major munition in their arsenal, the civilian world is comparably involved in the topic – like it or not. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         As an example of the seriousness associated with the modern application of domestic propaganda, the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA) published a series of books, including: 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ The Fine Art of Propaganda 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Propaganda Analysis 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Group Leader's Guide to Propaganda Analysis 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Propaganda: How To Recognize and Deal With It 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The IPA centers its illustrations on seven basic propaganda devices: Name-Calling, Sparkling Generality, Transfer, Testimonial, Plain Folks, Card Stacking, and Band Wagon. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In "The Fine Art of Propaganda," the IPA makes the point that "It is essential in a democratic society that young people and adults learn how to think, learn how to make up their minds. They must learn how to think independently, and they must learn how to think together. They must come to conclusions, but at the same time they must recognize the right of other men to come to opposite conclusions. So far as individuals are concerned, the art of democracy is the art of thinking and discussing independently - together." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Another interesting book was written by Richard Brodie, "The Virus of the Mind." The book carefully describes the creation and conditioning of certain social and political values, logic processes and seeming behavioral mandates in the mind of the American culture. The essence of the book cites the automatic mental and emotional reflexes which have been methodically conditioned into the ‘norms’ of the American society. How many times in American society has the statement "You can’t say that" successfully stopped a conversation? It’s quite common. Imagine that statement being controlling in the proverbial ‘land of the free.’ Certainly the constraining descriptor, "Politically Correct" has been dramatically effective, amidst often mandated "diversity training." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The book describes the "reflexive" intellectual, emotional and social reactions in terms of "memes." While the term seems to distract, the content of the book is otherwise quite good. 
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&lt;br/&gt;SALAMI EFFECT - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Imagine the traditional American society being taken away, one slice at a time. Those old enough can testify that America has seen just that. In one secretly planned operation, "Operation Northwoods," the comparable description is "time-phased changes." Rather like the alcoholic asking, "Oh, what is one more drink going to hurt?" Take enough pennies away from a dollar, and the dollar is totally gone! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Conversely, the effect can be equally dramatic. Compare the tax rate of the Korean War era to today’s world! Then note the tax-dollar rip-off programs – if you can spot them! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The incremental increase of tax rates leaves America working for the ‘government,’ not themselves. Yet, Americans are worse off, by far, than the early 1950s. 
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&lt;br/&gt;TIMING - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In real estate, the three guiding rules are "Location, location, location!" In the world of PSYOPS, the comparable rules are "Timing, timing, timing!" In the world of PSYOPS, the weakest tool can be effective, given the element of TIMING. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         One of the most important applications of ‘timing’ is the dynamic of ‘first-up;’ the proverbial ‘early bird.’ Given the dynamics behind the events of 9-11, they become a classic for all time. 9-11 was an inside-job; get used to that. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         With no documentation linking al Qaeda to 9-11, per the FBI’s Robert Mueller, al Qaeda became the instant villain. Osama bin Laden issued a formal denial in an audio tape; but the ‘first-up’ effect was already in place. With that background, an obviously phony video tape was played before America, attempting to implicate bin Laden. We know it worked – that’s PSYOPS. AND, look at what that PSYOPS accomplished! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         (Don’t get enthralled by the effect, the 9-11 PSYOPS story is very ugly. It may mean the death of America, as we knew it. If in doubt, read the "Patriot Act.") 
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&lt;br/&gt;NAME CALLING AND LABELING – 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Bad names" have always played a tremendously powerful role in the entire history of the world; as well as in our own personal development. Names have ruined and killed people; but, they have also stirred men and women to outstanding deeds and accomplishments. Names and labels have ruined the lives of people and have sent many to prison. Names and labels have made men angry enough to enter battle and slaughter their fellow men – or to die for the declared named or labeled cause. Names and labels have been applied to people, groups, associations, churches, tribes, gangs, colleges, political parties, neighborhoods, states, regions of the country, nations, and races. Many tremendous results have been effected – just with a name or label. In American history, the "McCarthyism" ruined lives of truly great people, just with the simple implication of "Communist;" no proof required! Even today, descriptors such as "Commie," "Pinko" and "Leftist" bring a programmed emotional reaction. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In Current politics, "politically undesirable" has been labeled as "evil" or "terror." Laws have been passed on these elements, as though one could comparably outlaw the darkness of night. Yet, the strategy worked, the draconian laws were passed! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The name-calling technique of the disinformationist usually links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol, of some type. Beyond pure propaganda, the disinformationist crafts the name-calling into a form which has an emotional effect on the targeted audience. The usual style is to inject ‘distrust,’ into any association with the targeted individual/issue. The disinformationist who uses this technique hopes that the targeted audience will mentally AND emotionally reject the person or the idea on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of objectively looking at the available evidence. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Again, the element of "INTENT" is key. To cite some of Bush’s cabinet members as ‘felons,’ warns the listener, however negative the image is. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         However, the relative position of the name-calling ‘assailant’ or the ‘victim’ is a factor. "Expensive" is bad to a buyer, but wonderful to a seller. A more subtle form of name-calling involves words or phrases that are selected because they possess or create a negative emotional charge. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         A responsible Pentagon official may propose specific military budget cuts. Instead of being labeled as "wise" or "fiscally conservative," the official gets labeled as "stingy." Either description can refer to the same behavior – with an extreme of different connotation. Other examples of negatively charged words include: 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The name-calling technique leaves the casual observer with the logical mandate to ask intelligent questions when spotting "name-calling." Not all "name calling" is inappropriate or counter-productive. If a female politician cites a colleague or opponent as a ‘sweetheart,’ the connotation isn’t particularly inappropriate or negative. To cite Saddam Hussein as a ‘monster’ is dynamic; although a highly negative imagery. However, subjectivity is important in such matters. Referring to a man as a ‘sweetheart’ may ruin the day of a feminist. Referring to Saddam as a ‘monster’ may stir a Muslim supporter to violence. The appropriate questions: 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Almost any culture claims to believe in, fight for and live by "virtuous words." These "words" are normally associated with deeply set attitudes and ideas. In the USA, such words include: civilization, civic, morality, justice, equality, Americanism, God, Christianity, good, proper, right, democracy, patriotism, family, motherhood, fatherhood, science, medicine, health, natural and love. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         For the purposes of propaganda/disinformation analysis, call these virtue words "Sparkling Generalities" focusing attention upon the dangerous characteristic that they have: They mean different things to different people; thus they can be used in different ways. The trick being in the controlling of context or association of the generalities. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Disinformationists prey upon the selected words, as we typically understand them or relate to them. Through scientifically styled means/methods/techniques, disinformationists prostitute the cherished words and beliefs and attitudes of unsuspecting people. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         When Americans hear the word ‘democracy,’ they typically think of their own definite ideas about democracy, the ideas learned at home and school. "Mom, apple pie and the girl next door" come to mind. The typical reflex is to assume that the term is being used in that particular sense. The ‘virtue word’ lowers the 'caution threshold,' deferring any suspicion or mistrust; particularly when listening about the things 'the United States must do to preserve democracy.' 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In essence, the employment of the "Sparkling Generality" is the reversal of "Name Calling." Name Calling seeks to make us fear and/or reject the cited entity. The intention is for the targeted audience to formulate a judgment to reject and condemn the victim of the name-calling, without bothering to examine the evidence. The Sparkling Generality device, conversely, seeks to make us identify with, approve and accept the generality without examining the evidence. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Exporting American Democracy to Iraq sounds noble to the typical American. However, given the "Patriot Act," what is actually being exported? In examining the "Sparkling Generality Device," all that is said regarding Name Calling / Labeling must also be kept in mind. 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is this an attempt to prostitute an idea which does not serve the observer’s best interests? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is it being "sold" or "spun" through its being given an association or name that the typical and reasonable observer isn’t likely to buy into? 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In that context, Americans are routinely conditioned to respond to information and events with a conditioned ATTITUDE. In the ‘first up’ style of the 9-11 presentation, America predictably responded in patriotic fashion. With the conditioning of such horrors as the 1993 bombing of the WTC and the Oklahoma City bombing, the mass media presentations stirred a revenge reflex; America seemingly had suffered enough "terrorism." The ATTITUDE was highly predictable - "I’ve had enough! Nobody is going to get away with this!" 
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&lt;br/&gt;         A popular belief system asserts that it is wrong to ‘lay’ your expectations on another, demanding a specific accommodation. However, a clear mind quickly remembers that there is an animal known as the ‘reasonable expectation.’ For example, fidelity in a relationship or marriage. Reasonable expectations are all around us – but they are quickly being deleted from the American culture. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         America regularly witnesses the exporting of the USA critical economic infrastructure. America’s sovereignty is being dissolved faster than Americans can detect the unmistakable pattern. Whatever ‘forces’ may be in operation, Americans are facing lower-paying jobs – if any. Political discussions of job ‘numbers’ evade any discussion of job ‘quality.’ The ‘normal’ job benefits are more routinely being subsidized by the employee – if any benefits are even provided. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The sovereignty of America is discounted, versus a strange and methodical imposition of an American "global responsibility," which routinely excludes the welfare of Americans! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Thus, one of the apparent rules of the ‘system’ is, "…destroy all expectations; reasonable or otherwise." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         One of the deadliest of these efforts was the overturn of the American "Equal Protection" clause in the U.S. Constitution. In the Michigan college reverse discrimination case, the ruling hinged on a "compelling interest" in removing the equal-protection provision as the issue pertains to reverse discrimination in school admissions. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         What America didn’t notice was the ‘style’ of the language; and what that language is destined to mean. Specifically, that phrase "compelling interest," is destined to be applied to the selective enforcement of all American laws. That "selective enforcement" has been a relative norm for quite a while in American society. Now, however, there is essentially a Supreme Court precedent to anchor the debate for the "compelling interest" in enforcing the law only as "Politically Convenient." 
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&lt;br/&gt;MISLEADING EUPHAMISMS - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         When disinformationists use sparkling generalities and name-calling symbols, they are attempting to impress their targeted audience with vivid, emotionally stimulating words. In certain situations, however, the disinformationist attempts to pacify the audience in order to make an unpleasant reality more palatable. This is accomplished by using words that are bland and euphemistic. The brutal is converted into the ‘kinder and gentler.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         For example, America changed the name of the War Department to the Department of Defense. "Queer" became "gay." During war-time, civilian casualties are referred to as "collateral damage," and the word "liquidation" is used as a synonym for "murder." "Suspect" became "person of interest." The U.S. Constitution was almost destroyed by the "Patriot Act." From the Vietnam War, "combat fatigue," or "shell shock" became "post-traumatic stress disorder;" the descriptor being completely disconnected from the reality of war. The "suicide bomber" became the "homicide bomber." The "Muslims" (connected to Osama bin Laden) of the American/NATO Balkan campaign became "Ethnic Albanians." 
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&lt;br/&gt;TRANSFER DEVICE - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The psychological mechanism of "Transfer" is used by the disinformationist to boost an authority, sanction, and prestige of something we respect and revere to something he would have us accept. For example, most people respect and revere their church and the nation. If the disinformationist succeeds in getting ‘church’ or ‘nation’ to approve a campaign in behalf of some program, he thereby transfers its authority, sanction, and prestige to that program. Thus, we may unwittingly accept something which otherwise we might reject. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The transfer device typically uses symbols for its best effect. The cross represents the Christian Church. The flag alludes to the nation. Cartoons depicting "Uncle Sam" allude to U.S. nationalism and an implied consensus of public opinion. Those symbols reliably stimulate emotions. (Don’t forget that concept.) The visual contact/association with such symbols will INSTANTLY arouse an entire menu of feelings we have with respect to community, church or nation. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         A cartoon showing "Uncle Sam" as approving or disapproving something is powerful. Thus, the ‘Transfer’ device can be readily used both for and against the target causes and ideas. The key for the casual observer is in distinguishing the intent. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Transfer" can be effected with deeds. When a political activist closes a speech with a public prayer, the attempt is to transfer religious prestige to the ideas being advocated – and the person/entity. As with all propaganda devices, the use of this technique is not limited to one side of the political spectrum. Pacifists can pray for peace, as quickly as a chaplain can pray for victory. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Authority can be "transferred" (or taken away). The disinformationist may attempt to transfer the reputation of "Science" or "Medicine" to a particular project or set of beliefs. A slogan for a popular cold medication serves to encourage the target audiences to "Applaud the miracles of medicine." Most have seen many TV commercials, with an actor dressed in a white lab coat tell us that "Brand-X is the most powerful pain reliever which can be bought without a prescription." In both of these examples, the transfer technique is being employed. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the negative arena, the association of a Washington Post writer being a recipient of a Pulitzer Prize might be attacked by citing the faked story about the drug addicted child. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Transfer techniques can also take a nefarious/evil turn. A major engineering group prepared the Oklahoma City bombing report; using blatantly flawed data – yet, it sold! In history, the propaganda of 1939 Nazi Germany rationalized racist policies by appealing to anthropology, history, sociology and religion. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         With a controlled ‘spin,’ even religion and science can be prostituted in almost any issue. The observer should be aware that any idea or program should not be accepted or rejected simply because it has been linked to a symbol such as Justice, Medicine, Science, Democracy, or Christianity. When the observer is confronted with the "transfer device," it is appropriate to ask the following questions: 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ What is the apparent – or not so apparent - intent/goal of the speaker? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ What is the intended message which the disinformationist is seeking to ‘transfer’ the authority, sanction, and prestige? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is there any legitimate association between the message of the disinformationist and the revered thing, person or institution? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Independent of the "transfer mechanism," what are the merits of the message, when viewed alone? 
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&lt;br/&gt;DISSOCIATION DEVICE - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Dissociation is the reverse of "Transfer," usually serving to produce a "Plausible Innocence." This technique is closely associated with Name Calling/Labeling. Quoting someone who is reasonably assumed to be honest serves to effect the excuse – or a ‘safe’ distance, "Hell, I didn’t know he was lying; why would ANYBODY suspect that?" 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Displacing an arena allows the illusion of truth, via a shift in focus. To say that U.S. forces didn’t do something, serves to distance the Pentagon from condemnation. The close association of U.S. forces to those who did the actual act (a guerilla group, for example) operates as a ‘breakout’ device. "Nobody would have suspected that rebel bunch would do such a thing?" The guerilla unit is referred to as a "cutout." Often the "breakout" [action] effort is cleverly programmed; the Delta Force, for example. No matter what they do, their involvement is always protected under the flag of "National Secrecy." Their involvement also serves as a peripheral insulation. To hold a secondary group responsible might "compromise" Delta Force – a "national security interest." 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Another tactic is to use disassociation to discredit a group or person, "He/they are not qualified to say…" "He/they have a reputation for being dishonest." "He/they are liars" "He/they are ridiculous/absurd." 
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&lt;br/&gt;DEALING OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It is often enough seen that events, information or statements are methodically taken out of context. Often, context is presented with strategic information missing. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Early in the accident investigation of the Egypt Air 990 crash, a set of translators insisted that the copilot began his religious chant with the statement, "I’ve made my decision!" Yet, the ‘official’ account leaves that statement out. In the end, the report ‘diplomatically’ reads that mechanical failure could not be cited as the cause of the crash. The copilot was not cited as having committed suicide-murder. While all indications pointed to a suicide-murder, the FBI insisted that there was no criminal ‘element’ warranting their taking over the investigation. The ‘official’ omission misled the public – to say the least. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Often, information or statements are methodically taken out of context. When citing regulations, for example, supporting information can often be quoted as though the particular statement is totally governing. In the FAA regulations, for example, there is a regulation prohibiting a pilot from leaving the flight deck for arbitrary reasons. Such events as a bathroom break or attending to an emergency are excepted. However, by leaving out the stated exceptions, a captain couldn’t legally leave the cockpit – for any reason. Absurd? It’s happened! The FAA took the supporting language out of context, and successfully processed a violation – committing a felony, in the process! 
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&lt;br/&gt;MANUFACTURED REALITY 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The alleged assassin of Bobby Kennedy plead guilty - now serving a life sentence. The world bought off on the idea that Sirhan killed Bobby Kennedy. However, the autopsy demonstrated that Sirhan didn’t hit Bobby with a single round! The fatal bullets came from an alternate direction and range. The media recordings identified five more shots than Sirhan’s weapon was capable of firing. Yet, what does the world believe??? 
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&lt;br/&gt;PANIC AND CHAOS - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Panic, confusion &amp;amp; chaos are opportunity environments for those who have the capacity to know – or estimate - the limits of the presented ‘threat.’ Survival and security become the first-up priorities, versus ‘facts.’ These scenarios also allow those in power to manufacture a reality, as the populace will normally grant leaders total ‘trust;’ even blind trust, hoping to receive survival and safety in return. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The world has rarely seen such panic and chaos as the events following 9-11. The damage was factual – but the deaths were distorted out of proportion. Despite early and relatively accurate data, the actual number of deaths at the World Trade Center was kept hidden for months. The original figures being kept incredibly high – until after the Afghan invasion was well under way. During the ‘assumed fatalities’ period, several national charities received huge sums of money. Amidst that ‘chaos,’ it took an investigative reporter to reveal that the greater percentage of the charity money was being kept by the charities, versus being distributed to the intended victims. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the shadows of the 9-11, the pre-written "Patriot Act" was scammed into law. Americans never dreamed that the ‘law’ would usurp the U.S. Constitution. Amazingly, most Americans related 9-11 to Pearl Harbor, without questioning the possibility of a similar internal government facilitation – which was factual. More amazingly, the early ‘official’ claims of "no warnings" were quickly debunked. Even then, most America didn’t ask the obvious questions. 
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&lt;br/&gt;ASSUMPTION – 
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&lt;br/&gt;         "Assumption" is a major element in the world of PSYOPS. The application of ‘Assumption’ is reliably operated from the "conditioning" of the targeted audience. One assumes that the President would never do anything wrong. It is assumed that the justice system works; after all, didn’t Clinton nearly get impeached? Yet, the post 9-11 events are filled with Bush’s violations of his Federal Oath of Office, "…to uphold and support the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." Yet, he quickly signed the infamous "Patriot Act," which removed America’s entitlement to the key elements in the Bill of Rights. With his knowledge and consent, at least two "suspects" rotted in a military prison, because there was no ‘evidence’ to charge them in a federal court. They were denied legal council, despite court orders. They were interrogated relentlessly, under the guise of ‘national security.’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the Iraq invasion, the assumption was that the USA would NEVER do something terribly immoral; let alone commit a war crime. Wrong, wrong, wrong! The invasion was a war crime, by itself. After the ‘formal’ combat was finished and Iraq had no army, the Hussein brothers were killed in a combat operation. There was no arrest attempt, they were just killed. Possibly, they deserved to die at the hands of a court; they didn’t deserve to be murdered in a U.S. military attack. WHY? Because of the international agreements which the U.S. is a signatory to; however unpopular the idea ma be. 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Yet, ‘Assumption’ worked for the ‘system’ – beautifully! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Too much of America’s history is fraught with false information. Thus, except for natural disasters, one should quickly ask: 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is there something which just doesn’t look right? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is there a conflict between what’s seen and heard, versus the ‘official’ account? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is there room for legitimate confusion in the information presented? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ What might be missing in the presented ‘picture?’ 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ What is the intent/goal of the ‘official’ account? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Do the observed actions support the ‘official’ account? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Could the reverse be more factual? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ What is the intended message? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Who is delivering the ‘official’ account? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is there any ‘salesmanship’ being witnessed, versus honest information? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Is there any more information obviously needed? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Independent of the ‘official’ account, what are the merits of the event(s), when viewed without the ‘official’ narrative? 
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&lt;br/&gt;§ Are the opposing viewpoints more reliable? 
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&lt;br/&gt;IGNORANCE AND APATHY - 
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&lt;br/&gt;         It’s unusual for the U.S. to uniquely conduct a military invasion, versus being part of a U.N. effort. Given the horror of 9-11 (as presented) America was ready to take on the world – single-handedly. In hindsight, we discover many fallacies associated with 9-11, leading to the question, "Was 9-11 an inside-job?" 
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&lt;br/&gt;         The issues don’t end with the consideration of a simple possible mistake, made in the proverbial heat of battle. Given the facts – as they were known at the time – there was no legitimate provocation for war. Although it appeared that there was a ‘time’ pressure, few looked past the end of their noses at such documents as the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Accords and the Nuremberg Charter. If they had, it would have been discovered that the Afghan and Iraq invasions constituted war crimes. In the assumption that America was totally above committing a war crime, few Americans ever looked at the pertinent documents – not even the military! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         In the ‘convenient’ void of ignorance, Americans didn’t relate to the meaning of the opium fields of Afghanistan being re-planted (following the Taliban destruction of those fields). The replanting of those fields meant cheaper heroin being supplied to European and American drug dealers! 
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&lt;br/&gt;         Assuming integrity in the White House, Americans couldn’t grasp the significance of the U.S. interests militarily seizing control of Iraq’s oil production. Few Americans have even heard of Zbigniew Brezenski’s book, "The Grand Chessboard." The book essentially lays out the American control/takeover of the Middle-East, in the spirit of "America’s Manifest Destiny." Fewer Americans connect the "Corporate America," versus the "American Government." Imagine the U.S. Military doing the dirty work for Unocal, Chevron, et al! They did it! 
