Sunday, April 13, 2014

14-04-14 Hello world!

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14-04-13 US: Congratulations to the American People! Nevada Rancher case: People - Feds 1:0

This is probably a historic first... The expected outcome was the shooting death of the rancher and his family. In this case, the involvement of the militias turned the case around. jz


Nevada rancher, armed militias win standoff with Feds, govt returns cattle

Published time: April 13, 2014 13:42
Reuters
Reuters

The tense stand-off between hundreds of protesters and police has ended in the Nevada desert, forcing the authorities to cancel the round-up of 300 animals and to return the cattle to their owner.
The standoff between rancher Cliven Bundy and the US Bureau of Land Management has lasted over a week, after hundreds of armed agents with the United States Bureau of Land Management and the FBI turned up in the Clark County to execute the court-ordered confiscation of nearly 1,000 cattle. The US government says the animals have trespassed on federal property.
This provoked a fierce backlash from anti-government groups, right-wing politicians and gun-rights activists, who gathered near 67-year-old Cliven Bundy’s farmhouse to support him in the standoff against the government.
At the height of the protests, there were about 1,000 protesters outside the rancher’s home. Among them were militia members from California, Idaho and other US states, camouflaged, with rifles and side arms.
"If we don't show up everywhere, there is no reason to show up anywhere," one of the camouflaged men said, holding an AR-15 rifle. "I'm ready to pull the trigger if fired upon," Scott said.
In an interview before the bureau's announcement, Bundy stated that he was impressed by the level of support he had received. Local cowboys even attempted to retrieve some of his cattle, after the government’s agents wrangled one-third of his cattle Monday.
"I'm excited that we are really fighting for our freedom. We've been losing it for a long time," Bundy said.
The government declared they had decided to free the cattle.
"Based on information about conditions on the ground and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public," the bureau's director, Neil Kornze, said in a statement.
The crowd and the rancher’s family met the news with applause and relief.
"This is what I prayed for," Margaret Houston, one of Bundy's sisters, told Reuters on Saturday. "We are so proud of the American people for being here with us and standing with us."
One of the rancher’s sons, Ammon Bundy, supported his aunt, saying: “We won the battle.”
The dispute between Bundy and federal authorities actually began in 1993 when he stopped paying monthly fees of about $1.35 per cow-calf pair to graze public lands. Plus, the government argues that Bundy has ignored cancelation of his grazing leases and defied federal court orders to remove his cattle.
The authorities said that Bundy still owes taxpayers more than $1 million, and that the government would work to resolve the matter administratively, through the court system.
Several US senators and the state of Nevada this week criticized what has been called the result of an “overreaching” agency acting overzealously, especially after a no-fly zone was enacted for a 3-square-mile area around Bundy's ranch.
SOURCE:
http://rt.com/usa/nevada-cattle-rachner-row-268/

Saturday, April 12, 2014

14-04-12 US under the Greater Depression: Corruption of the justice system

Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi is one of the best writers on the Greater Depression and its causes.  In recent years he has written mostly about corruption of the banks and banking regulation in the United States.
However, his latest book explores corruption of the courts as a central cause of the Greater Depression and poverty, which has not been seen in the US since the Great Depression of a century ago.
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  1. NPR ‎- 6 days ago
    Journalist Matt Taibbi investigates the differences between punishment for white-collar and blue-collar crimes in The Divide. He also questions ...
READ MORE:
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/06/297857886/in-books-trial-of-u-s-justice-system-wealth-gap-is-exhibit-a

14-04-12 Hello world!

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14-04-12 US: The American Gulag!

===14-04-12 US: The American Gulag!===
The US hold only 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners population!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NaPBcUUqbew

14-04-12 US Left-right-and-center converge: Support for the Nevada Racnher, opposition to the feds

The article below is from the left.  The Nevada Rancher case is surprisingly gaining broad support.  Under the circumstances, you never know what would be the tinder that would take the spark...
jz
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Tense Video:
Feds Taser Pro-Nevada Rancher Protester During Clash

By Becket Adams

Last rancher in south Nevada takes on 200 armed federal agents and snipers trying to confiscate cattle from his ancestral land in constitutional dispute over a rare TORTOISE.

Tense Video: Feds Taser Pro-Nevada Rancher Protester During Clash
www.informationclearinghouse.info
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior...

14-04-12 US: NOW! Back burner civil war - Nevada rancher standoff // ארה"ב: אינטיפאדה או מלחמת אזרחים על אש קטנה - העימות בנוואדה מחריף


===14-04-12 US: NOW! Back burner civil war - Nevada rancher standoff // ארה"ב: אינטיפאדה או מלחמת אזרחים על אש קטנה - העימות בנוואדה מחריף ===
תומכי החוואי המתבצר חסמו את האוטוסטראדה לווגאס- עכשיו!
Supporters of Nevada rancher in federal fight cause I-15 shutdown outside Vegas_CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/12/us/nevada-rancher-rangers-cattle-showdown/?hpt=hp_bn1

14-04-12 US: SNOWDEN!


===14-04-12 Greenwald and Poitras, Journalists who broke NSA/Snowden Story dedicate Their Polk Journalism Award Win to Snowden ===

Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras had earlier cleared immigration at JFK airport in NYC without a hitch as they arrived to share a George Polk Award for national security reporting with Ewen MacAskill of the Guardian and Barton Gellman of the Washington Post.
http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7XMXSpw9jyhsSeCDrHvEZRyuIDKk7A9E

===14-04-12 SNOWDEN!===
Snowden to NSA: Go ahead, deny I tried to raise the alarm legally
Speaking to Vanity Fair, the whistle-blower says that before leaking secret documents, he contacted people within the spy agency about its surveillance practices -- and that email records will prove it.
http://www.cnet.com/news/edward-snowden-challenges-nsa-to-deny-he-tried-to-raise-alarm-legally/

14-04-12 #OccupyTLV: New at OccupyTLV - Roses!

Photo: ‎===14-04-12 #OccupyTLV: New at OccupyTLV - ROSES!===
חדש במאהל המחאה ת"א - ורדים!‎

14-04-12 OccupyTLV: Untreated sewage dumping by "State Persons" // מאהל המחאה ת"א: הזרמת מי ביוב על ידי "אנשי מדינה"

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April 12, 2014

Mr Revuen Zluf
Deputy CEO, Tel Aviv Municipality
By email and by fax

RE: Untreated latrine and sewage release by “State Persons” in OccupyTLV camp.

Dear Mr Zkuf:
For about a year I am signed on the permit for the OccupyTLV camp. In my first meeting in this regard with Mr Yacov Drachman, Neighborhood Manager, he clarified to me of his own initiative that building latrines and showers by the camp people, not by the Municipality, is strictly prohibited.
Such conduct is an obvious fundamental public health problem.
At the same time, an Iraqi Muslim family, which has nothing to do with the OccupyTLV camp; and was apparently implanted at the front of the OccupyTLV camp by State authorities, operates here for about a year a private, untreated latrine and a private shower.
This morning, sewage was released by this family, which flooded neighboring tents.
The tent most affected by the sewage flooding happens to belong to an IDF invalid from the Second Lebanon War.
My attempt to explain to the Iraqi man that their conduct is unreasonable, was answered by expletives.
It should be noted that Tel Aviv Municipality Inspectors, who routinely inspect the tents of the OccupyTLV people, skip this family, which clearly violates the restrictions placed on OccupyTLV people. Municipality Inspectors explained to me that this family was exempt, since they were “State Persons”.
I request immediate action by the Tel Aviv Municipality to eliminate this serious health hazard in a public park and the OccupyTLV camp.
Needless to say, State authorities should find adequate solutions for “State Persons”.
Truly,
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
OccupyTLV
CC:
  1. City Council Members
  2. Architect Sharon Rotbard, Bezalel Art School
  3. Members of Knesset
  4. Social Protest activist
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12 לאפריל, 2014
מר ראובן זלוף
משנה למנכ"ל עיריית ת"א
בדוא"ל ובפקס

בנידון: בור שופכין בלתי מטופל, והזרמת מי שופכין ע"י"אנשי מדינה" במאהל המחאה ת"א
מר זלוף הנכבד,

מזה כשנה אני חתום על ההסכם לקיום מאהל המחאה ת"א.בפגישתי הראשונה בעניין זה עם מר יעקב דרכמן, מנהל רובע בני דן, לפני כשנה, מר דרכמן מיוזמתו הבהיר לי שהקמת בורות שופכין ומקלחות ע"י אנשי המאהל, שלא על ידי העיריה, אסורה באיסור חמור.

הדבר ברור מאליו – זוהי בעיית תברואה ציבורית בסיסית.

יחד עם זאת, משפחה מוסלמית מרובת ילדים מעיראק, שאין בינה לבין מאהל המחאה ולא כלום, ושככל הנראה הושתלה בחזית מאהל המחאה על ידי רשויות המדינה, מפעילה כאן כשנה בור שופכין בלתי מטופל ומקלחת פרטית.

הבוקר, הוזרמו מי השופכין של משפחה זאת על אוהלים סמוכים.

האוהל שהוצף על ידי מי השופכין בצורה החמורה ביותר, שייך במקרה לנכה צה"ל ממלחמת לבנון השנייה.

ניסיון להסביר לאבי המשפחה העיראקי שהתנהלותם בלתי סבירה,נענה בקללות.

יש לציין שפקחי עיריית ת"א שבדקו פעמים רבות את אוהלי אנשי המחאה, אינם מפקחים על הנעשה על ידי משפחה זאת, החורגת מן המותר לאנשי מאהל המחאה. פקחי עירית ת"א הסבירו לי שמשפחה זאת פטורה מן הפיקוח, כיוון שהם "אנשי מדינה".

אבקש פעולה מיידית של עיריית ת"א לחיסול מפגע תברואתי חמור זה בשטח גן ציבורי ומאהל המחאה ת"א.

למותר לציין שמן הראוי שרשויות המדינה יטפלו כראוי ב"אנשי מדינה".

בברכה,

דר' יוסף צרניק
סייג לזכויות האדם (NGO)
מאהל המחאה ת"א

העתקים:
חברי מועצת העיר
ארכיטקט שרון רוטברד, בצלאל
חברי כנסת
אנשי המחאה החברתית

Friday, April 11, 2014

14-04-11 US: Militias headed to Nevada...

Natives are restive...

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Militias head to Nevada rancher’s standoff with feds: We’re not ‘afraid to shoot’

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  • Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s decades-long battle against the federal government over grazing rights has heated to the point where militia groups have joined in and taken up spots against the feds who’ve circled his land — and talk is, they’re not afraid to open fire.

    A spokesman for the one of the militia groups said as much to local 8 News Now: I’m not “afraid to shoot,” he said.
    READ MORE:
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/11/militias-head-nevada-ranchers-standoff-feds-were-n/