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גילוי, ארכיבאות, והפצת מידע על התעללות בציבור על ידי ממשלות ותאגידים בימי הביניים הדיגיטליים
Sunday, January 15, 2012
12-01-15 Sheriff Mack, Paypal, and the Oppression of First Amendment Rights... Setting the ground for an inglorious civil unrest! // Sheriff Mack, Paypal, y la opresión de los derechos de Primera Enmienda ... Preparando el terreno para una agitación social sin gloria! // 警长麦克，PayPal和第一修正案的权利的压迫......设置了不光彩的内乱地面！
"Mainstream" corporate media are mum, alternate media report that Paypal froze over $40,000 in Tea Party activist Sheriff Mack's funds. Is it possible that Paypal did such a thing? Sure, they did it before, with Wikileaks... Is it possible that "mainstream" media engage in a blackout? Sure, NYT gave you notice that it was intimidated ... Through oppressive deprivation of First Amendment rights the US federal government is setting the ground for an inglorious civil unrest.
View as PDF: Los Angeles, January 15 - starting about 24 hours ago, a "rumor"/"story" has been circulating on the web, that Paypal blocked funds (>$40.000) in the account of Tea Party activist Sheriff Mack. The money was apparently designated for a conference.
At this time, the same story appears in numerous sites:
The most common is a note starting, "I just spoke to Sheriff Mack and was advised that PayPalhas frozen that portion of the funds donated through PayPal ($40000+) for the ..." [1]
The Youtube video says, "Sheriff Richard Mac on Pastor Butch Paugh's GCN radio show on 01.12.2012, about a $46,000 frozen Paypal Account, warning to others about the problems using paypal on a large scale." [2]
However, Google queries fail to provide any hits from "mainstream" corporate media. [1]
Such a fuzzy situation calls for some educated guesses:
Is it possible that Paypal did such a thing? Sure, they did it before, with Wikileaks...
Is it possible that "mainstream" media engage in a blackout? Sure, the New York Times gave you notice, specifically stating that it was intimidated following the Wikileaks episode, and would not publish information detrimental to the banking industry... [3]
The prevailing conditions, reflected in these speculations, show how low we have gone in deprivation of the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, which are quintessential for Civil Society.
This treatment was not reserved for the Tea Party, either. Events surrounding Occupy events show:
Denial of the basic freedoms of speech and assembly in numerous locations, often through the application of excessive force.
Initial blackout by mainstream media, and concerted efforts to block on-site streamline broadcasts.
Censorship by Google, at US agencies request, of Occupy videos, posted on Youtube by Russia Today. [4]
Infiltration by undercover police. UC Irvine Prof Erwin Chemerinsky called such surveillance very troubling because it “risks chilling free-speech activity,” while acknowledging that he was not in line with the courts in this matter. [5]
The case of freezing Wikileaks' funds by banking institutions, and even more so the intimidation of the New York Times, also show that all realize that the courts would defer in such matters to banking interests.
Corruption of the state and US courts has been one of the least covered aspect of the current crisis. [6] It has been repeatedly documented that the US courts have adopted a policy, denying the right to file petitions, in cases related to judicial corruption. [7] Access to Federal Grand Jury is denied as well.
Denial of these basic rights makes the current crisis more likely to escalate. Previously, many were calling for a Constitutional Convention, [8] hoping for a "Glorious Revolution", or conflict resolutions as practiced in Quebec. [9] Such peaceful transitions could only take place in societies that are fundamentally committed to some level of civility, including, but not limited to the freedoms of speech, assembly, press, freedom to file petitions, and some integrity in the electoral process.
Now, it appears more practical for the dissenters to study the causes, conduct, and outcomes of the Civil War. [10]
The dissent movements, from Constitutional Convention, through Birthers Tea Party, Occupy and Montana Freemen, have more in common than they realize. Through oppressive deprivation of First Amendment rights the US federal government is setting the ground for an inglorious civil unrest.___________LINKS/NOTES [1] Google Query Outcome for "Sheriff, Mack, Paypal":
www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=227218 23 hours ago – I just spoke to Sheriff Mack and was advised that PayPalhas frozen that portion of the funds donated through PayPal ($40000+) for the ...
freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2832956/posts 1 day ago – I just spoke to Sheriff Mack and was advised that PayPalhas frozen that portion of the funds donated through PayPal ($40000+) for the ...
The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed by the HRC professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.â€
Take away justice, then, and what are governments but great bandit bands?
Saint Augustine, Civitas Dei (City of God,4.4)
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WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
* Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue
CNN (April 7, 2011)
* About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006…¦ That number could balloon to about 6 million by 2013
Bloomberg (January 2011)
* "...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences."
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?
* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."
More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011)
WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice.
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