2015-09-20 ISRAEL: Anonymous opinion article against "Breaking Silence"
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An unusual anonymous opinion article in Haaretz by a soldier against Breaking Silence - an NGO, founded by IDF veterans, which collects testimonies from IDF soldiers regarding Human Rights violations against Palestinians, which they witnessed during their service.
The punch line:
"They should have worked quietly with IDF. Instead, they chose to go public in Israel and abroad, and smear IDF. The problem is that every soldier takes it personally, and feels like what he is doing is not OK."
Which pretty much explains why in recent years IDF and Israel Police prefer to operate in Palestine and in Jerusalem with ski masks on...
Discovering, archiving, and disseminating knowledge regarding abuse of the People by governments and corporations in the Medieval Digital Era// גילוי, ארכיבאות, והפצת מידע על התעללות בציבור על ידי ממשלות ותאגידים בימי הביניים הדיגיטליים
Sunday, September 20, 2015
2015-09-20 JERUSALEM: Ski-masked police - cardinal sign of a dictatorship
2015-09-20 JERUSALEM: Ski-masked police - cardinal sign of a dictatorship
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Israeli police in Jabel- Mukaber, east Jerusalem, 2 days ago (Haaretz)
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Israeli police in Jabel- Mukaber, east Jerusalem, 2 days ago (Haaretz)
2015-09-20 What is Judge Lorch wrongfully hiding in Tax Authority v David Levy? // מה מסתירה השופטת רות לורך שלא כדין בתיק רשות המסים נ דוד לוי?
English Abstract
Tax Authority v David Levy originates in charges that Attorney David Levy, who acted as counsel for the Tax Authority for collecting tax liabilities through the debtors' courts, stole over NIS 16 m in the process. The case if of high public policy significance, since it involves two notoriously corrupt law enforcement agencies: The Tax Authority and the Debtors' Courts.
In such case, it appears that Judge Ruth Lorch, the Tax Authority and Attorney David Levy are united in their interest to conceal the matter from public scrutiny.
In the past, Judge Ruth Lorch conducted in this case double books for dockets, in a manner that denied public access even to the decisions in the case, in disregard of the law.
But today, it turns out that the entire case in no longer accessible in Net-HaMishpat - IT system of the courts - with no lawful sealing or publication prohibition decree.
The case again documents that Net-HaMishpat is a fraudulent IT system for case management of the courts. The case also again documents that Israeli judges ignore the public's lawful right to access judicial records, and do so particularly in matters that involve government corruption...
מה מסתירה השופטת רות לורך שלא כדין בתיק רשות המסים נ דוד לוי?
נראה שהשופטת רות לורך, רשות המסים, ועו"ד דוד לוי מאוחדים בדבר אחד - מניעת זכותו של הציבור לדעת על השחיתות ברשות המסים ובהוצאה לפועל. זכות העיון הוכרזה על ידי בית המשפט העליון "עקרון יסוד במשטר דמוקרטי". אולם השופטים בישראל מונעים את הגישה לכתבים באופן שרירותי וגחמני, ללא כל בסיס בחוק. נט המשפט משמשת ככלי למטרה זאת. תופעה זאת בולטת במיוחד בתיקים הנוגעים לשחיתות רשויות השלטון. יתרה מזאת, כמידה שמתאפשרת גישת הציבור לכתבים בתיקים אלה, מתגלים שיבושים חמורים של הכתבים והרישומים, המעלים ספק לגבי טיבם של ההליכים בכללם. יש לראות בשופטים גורם מרכזי בהכשלת המאבק בשחיתות במדינת ישראל.
הנאשם עו"ד דוד לוי והשופטת רות לורך
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מאהל המחאה ת"א, 20 לספטמבר - בדיקה שגרתית של תיק רשות המסים נ דוד לוי (42814-10-14) בבית המשפט המחוזי מרכז-לוד, בנט המשפט, שנערכה על ידי מר יוסי הרמן, בעל עניין בתיק, גילתה שהתיק הפך במפתיע לבלתי נגיש בנט המשפט. עד לאחרונה היה תיק זה רשום ב"פתוח לציבור", "בלתי חסוי".
מניעה שרירותית של גישת הציבור לתיק בנט המשפט
תמונה: בדיקה היום מראה שתיק רשות המסים נ דוד לוי (42814-10-14) הפך לבלתי נגיש בנט המשפט.
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בקשה להבהרה, שהופנתה לנציגת השירות של בתי המשפט זכתה לתשובה חסרת השחר, שזהו תיק פלילי ולכן הוא "חסוי"... על השאלה האם הוצא צו איסור פרסום בתיק זה, התשובה הייתה שאין למבקש רשות לדעת זאת, כיון שהתיק חסוי...
בקשה בכתב הופנתה גם לדוברת הנהלת בתי המשפט, לקבלת העתק צו איסור פרסום, אם הוא קיים בתיק זה. כל תשובה לא התקבלה בינתיים.
הטלת חסיון מדומה על ידי מניעת גישת הציבור בנט המשפט,ללא כל בסיס בחוק, גם מדגימה פן הונאתי נוסף של מערכת נט המשפט.
זכות העיון בכתבים - "עקרון יסוד במשטר דמוקרטי"
זכות הציבור לעיין בתיקים הוכרזה על ידי בית המשפט העליון כ"עקרון יסוד במשטר דמוקרטי" וכן "זכות חוקתית על חוקית" (האגודה לזכויות האזרח נ שר המשפטים בג"ץ 5917/97)
תקנות בתי המשפט, עיון בתיקים (2003) ברורות בעניין זה גם הן: "כל אדם רשאי לעיין בהחלטות שאינן אסורות לפרסום על פי דין."
זכות העיון בכתבים, בפרט בהליכים פליליים, היא גם מיסודות זכויות האדם - הזכות לשימוע הוגן ופומבי.
פסק דין ידוע של בית המשפט העליון של ארה"ב (הקלטות הנשיא ניקסון) מוצא שעניין מרכזי בזכות זאת הוא לאפשר לאזרחים "לשמור עין פקוחה על התנהלות הרשויות".
פסק דין ידוע של בית המשפט העליון של ארה"ב (הקלטות הנשיא ניקסון) מוצא שעניין מרכזי בזכות זאת הוא לאפשר לאזרחים "לשמור עין פקוחה על התנהלות הרשויות".
מניעת גישת הציבור על ידי ניהול ספרים כפולים
מניעת גישת הציבור על ידי חסיון מדומה היא רק הגלגול האחרון של מאמציה של השופטת רות לורך למנוע את זכות הציבור לעיין בכתבים בתיק זה.
מניעת גישת הציבור על ידי חסיון מדומה היא רק הגלגול האחרון של מאמציה של השופטת רות לורך למנוע את זכות הציבור לעיין בכתבים בתיק זה.
גם בעבר, כשהתיק היה נגיש לציבור בנט המשפט, כ"פתוח לציבור" ו"בלתי חסוי", ניהלה השופטת רות לורך ספרים כפולים לגבי רשימת "החלטות בתיק". על ידי כך, מנעה בפועל את גישת הציבור להחלטות בתיק ללא כל בסיס בחוק:
א. ביום 24 למאי, 2015, הופיעו במערכת נט המשפט–גישת הציבור רק שתי (2) החלטות. שתיהן החלטות הדוחות בקשות לעיון בתיק. אין ביניהן כל החלטה בנוגע להליכים בתיק עצמו.
ב. כבר ביום ה-22 למרץ, 2015,הופיעו במערכת נט המשפט–גישת בית המשפט עשרים ואחת (21) החלטות.
א.

ב.
תמונות: מדינת ישראל נ דוד לוי (42814-10-14) בבית המשפט המחוזי מרכז, לוד, רשימת "החלטות בתיק" בתיק שאינו חסוי - “פתוח לציבור”: א. מערכת גישת הציבור מראה ביום 24 למאי, 2015, שתי (2) החלטות. ב. מערכת גישת בית המשפט מראה ביום ה-22 למרץ, 2015, עשרים ואחת (21) החלטות.
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אין ספק שניהול ספרים כפולים לגבי רשימת ההחלטות בתיק (DOCKET) ייחשב לסימן מובהק של בית משפט העוסק בהונאה על הציבור, וכן לסימן מובהק לטיבה ההונאתי של מערכת המידע נט המשפט.
התנהלות זאת גם אינה תואמת את פסק הדין משנת 2009 בעתירת האגודה לזכויות האזרח נ שר המשפטים (בג"ץ 5917/97) בו הבהירה הנשיאה בייניש שהציפייה הייתה שעם התקנת נט המשפט, יהיו פסקי הדין והחלטות בתי המשפט "פתוחים לעיונו של כל אדם באופן שוטף בכפוף למגבלות הדין". [קו תחתון הוסף - יצ]
אין ספק שניהול ספרים כפולים לגבי רשימת ההחלטות בתיק (DOCKET) ייחשב לסימן מובהק של בית משפט העוסק בהונאה על הציבור, וכן לסימן מובהק לטיבה ההונאתי של מערכת המידע נט המשפט.
התנהלות זאת גם אינה תואמת את פסק הדין משנת 2009 בעתירת האגודה לזכויות האזרח נ שר המשפטים (בג"ץ 5917/97) בו הבהירה הנשיאה בייניש שהציפייה הייתה שעם התקנת נט המשפט, יהיו פסקי הדין והחלטות בתי המשפט "פתוחים לעיונו של כל אדם באופן שוטף בכפוף למגבלות הדין". [קו תחתון הוסף - יצ]
השופטת לורך עוסקת במאמצים להסתיר מהציבור שלא כדין את ענייניהן של שתי רשויות אכיפת החוק הידועות בשחיתותן - רשות המסים והוצאה לפועל
תיק רשות המסים נ דוד לוי הוא בעל עניין ציבורי רב: עו"ד דוד לוי הועסק על ידי רשות המסים בגביית חבויות מס דרך ההוצאה לפועל. לוי נאשם עתה בגנבת יותר מ-16 מליון ש"ח מתוך כספים שגבה מחייבים.
לוי, שנחשב בעבר מקורב לבכירים ברשות המסים, טוען שחילוקי הדעות החלו בתיק גדול של דמות פשע, שהופנה לטיפולו. לאחר שהשקיע בתיק עבודה רבה, קיבל הוראה ללא כל בסיס חוקי להפסיק את פעולות הגבייה בתיק, ולא קיבל כל תמורה לעבודתו.
טענותיו של לוי תואמות את הראיות שהציג רפי רותם – חושף השחיתויות ברשות המסים: ויתור על חבויות מסים בשווי מאות מיליוני ש"ח על ידי רשות המסים לטייקונים, לדמויות בכירות בארגוני פשיעה, ולמקורבים למפלגת השלטון מסיבות פסולות.
יתרה מזאת, בראיון עיתונאי אמר מנחם מזוז, אז היועץ המשפטי לממשלה לשעבר והיום שופט בית המשפט העליון, שפרשת השחיתות ברשות המסים היא הקרובה ביותר לפשע מאורגן בחלונות הגבוהים של רשויות השלטון.
טענותיה של רשות המסים לגבי התנהלותו של עו"ד לוי בהליכי ההוצאה לפועל תואמות את הראיות שמציגים החייבים בהוצאה לפועל – הונאות וגנבות של כספי החייבים על ידי עורכי דין הפועלים בשם בעלי החוב בשיתוף פעולה עם רשמים ובחסות בתי המשפט. חלקם הקטן של מקרים אלה גררו אישומים והרשעות. אולם ברובם הגדול של המקרים מסרבות רשויות אכיפת החוק בעקשנות לפעול נגד עורכי דין שעשקו את החייבים בהליכי ההוצאה לפועל.
לאור מספר התיקים בהוצאה לפועל וממדי ההונאות, יש לראות בהוצאה לפועל גורם מהותי בהעמקת העוני בישראל היום.
סממן מעניין נוסף בתיק זה: לאחר שעו"ד דוד לוי העלה טענות על שחיתות ברשות המסים בקשר לוויתור על חבות המסים של דמות הפשע, העלתה רשות המסים טענות לגבי מצבו הפסיכיאטרי של עו"ד דוד לוי. בדומה, העלו אנשי רשות המסים טענות לגבי מצבו הפסיכיאטרי רפי רותם, לאחר שהגיש תלונות על שחיתות ברשות המסים. טענות של רשויות השלטון על הפרעות פסיכיאטריות של אלה הטוענים לשחיתותן, הן תופעה מוכרת היטב מהגוש הסובייטי...
מספר בקשות לעיון הוגשו על ידי מספר אזרחים בתיק זה בעבר, ונדחו רובן ככולן ללא הסבר מניח את הדעת. לאחר בקשה חוזרת, נתנה רשות העיון רק לכותב שורות אלה, ורק בכתב האישום.
הראיות מצביעות על כך שתוך התעלמות מהוראות החוק, השופטת רות לורך, התביעה, והנאשם בתיק זה מאוחדים בעניין אחד – הסתרת הכתבים בתיק זה מעיני הציבור.
השופטת רות לורך אינה לבדה בהסתרת כתבי בית המשפט שלא כדין
סקר המתנהל בימים אלה לגבי מימוש זכות העיון בכתבים, מראה שהשופטים במדינת ישראל מונעים את גישת הציבור לכתבים באופן שרירותי וגחמני.
תופעה זאת בולטת במיוחד בתיקים הפליליים הנובעים משחיתות רשויות השלטון עצמן:
תופעה זאת בולטת במיוחד בתיקים הפליליים הנובעים משחיתות רשויות השלטון עצמן:
* השופט דוד רוזן פעל בצורה דומה או חמורה מזאת בתיק פרשת הולילנד.
* השופט עודד מודריק פעל בצורה או חמורה מזאת בתיק פרשת הרב פינטו.
יתרה מזאת, כמידה שהתאפשרה גישת הציבור לכתבים בתיקים אלה, התגלו שיבושים חמורים של הכתבים והרישומים, במידה המעלה חששות חמורים לגבי טיבם של ההליכים בכללותם.
נסיון של מאות שנים מראה שהתרופה היעילה ביותר לשחיתות היא חשיפתה לאור השמש. לכן, יש לתמוה על השופטים בישראל, המתעקשים על שמירת הכתבים של משפטי השחיתות הגדולים במחשכים, ועל ניהול הליכים שתקינותם ויושרתם מפוקפקת בתיקים אלה. יש לראות בשופטים גורם מרכזי בהכשלת המאבק בשחיתות במדינת ישראל.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
2015-09-20 Hello world!
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2015-09-20 US and torture...
2015-09-20 US and torture...
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The secret history of the fight over the CIA’s controversial interrogation methods, widely criticized as torture.
pbs.org|By FRONTLINE
2015-09-20 US: Get ready for Carly v Killary....
2015-09-20 US: Get ready for Carly v Killary....
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You've come a long way, baby... I recall reading Virginia Voolf's "Thoughts on peace in an air raid" (1940) as part of English lit in high school - a call for women to assume leadership - which would inevitably bring peace and an end to wars... jz
Coleen Rowley writes:
Wouldn't it be something if Carly and Killary ever got to debate each other as to who would make the toughest, most vicious, bloodthirsty meanest chickenhawk President?
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You've come a long way, baby... I recall reading Virginia Voolf's "Thoughts on peace in an air raid" (1940) as part of English lit in high school - a call for women to assume leadership - which would inevitably bring peace and an end to wars... jz
Coleen Rowley writes:
Wouldn't it be something if Carly and Killary ever got to debate each other as to who would make the toughest, most vicious, bloodthirsty meanest chickenhawk President?
What you want to bet they both take some glamour shots posing with guns
sometime soon? Even if it's only pretending to "hunt varmints" like
Mitt Romney.
The surging presidential candidate sounded awfully hawkish at the last GOP debate. But those talons don’t come cheap.
thedailybeast.com
2015-09-20 Israeli propaganda source on Syria, quotes itself...
2015-09-20 Israeli propaganda source on Syria, quotes itself...
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Today, Yediot daily (YNET) writes:
"US to Russia: Read for a compromise in Syria"
"Following the many reports over the past two weeks regarding massive Russian presence on the ground in Syria..."
However:
* We are yet to see pictures of the massive Russian presence on the ground in Syria.
* International analysis sites note Yediot (YNET) as a major source for the publication of fake intelligence on the scope of Russian presence in Syria...
It is worthwhile also to note the bottom line: US is ready for a compromise with Russia regarding Syria, which involves the retirement of Bashar Assad.
That also means that the entire story we have been fed for the past 4-5 years, of a "civil war" and various colors (good and bad) Muslim rebels can be summed up with the US's desire to replace Bashar Assad.
And Russia offered the same deal to the US in 2012, prior to the death of some 100,000 civilians and creation of the largest refugee crisis since WWII...
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Today, Yediot daily (YNET) writes:
"US to Russia: Read for a compromise in Syria"
"Following the many reports over the past two weeks regarding massive Russian presence on the ground in Syria..."
However:
* We are yet to see pictures of the massive Russian presence on the ground in Syria.
* International analysis sites note Yediot (YNET) as a major source for the publication of fake intelligence on the scope of Russian presence in Syria...
It is worthwhile also to note the bottom line: US is ready for a compromise with Russia regarding Syria, which involves the retirement of Bashar Assad.
That also means that the entire story we have been fed for the past 4-5 years, of a "civil war" and various colors (good and bad) Muslim rebels can be summed up with the US's desire to replace Bashar Assad.
And Russia offered the same deal to the US in 2012, prior to the death of some 100,000 civilians and creation of the largest refugee crisis since WWII...
2015-09-19 Deep State America
2015-09-19 Deep State America
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For the police and intelligence agencies, the propensity to operate in secret is a sine qua non for the deep state, as it provides cover for the maintenance of relationships that under other circumstances would be considered suspect or even illegal.
But for players in the deep state, there is no accountability and no legal limit. Everything is based on self-interest, justified through an assertion of patriotism and the national interest.
And deep state players are to be rewarded for their patriotism. They benefit materially from the criminal activity that they engage in.
First of all, one should note that for the deep state to be effective, it must be intimately associated with the development or pre-existence of a national security state. There must also be a perception that the nation is in peril, justifying extraordinary measures undertaken by brave patriots to preserve life and property of the citizenry. Those measures are generically conservative in nature, intended to protect the status quo with the implication that change is dangerous.
Those requirements certainly prevail in post 9/11 America, and also feed the other essential component of the deep state: that the intervening should work secretly or at least under the radar. Consider for a moment how Washington operates. There is gridlock in Congress and the legislature opposes nearly everything that the White House supports. Nevertheless, certain things happen seemingly without any discussion: Banks are bailed out and corporate interests are protected by law. Huge multi-year defense contracts are approved. Citizens are assassinated by drones, the public is routinely surveilled, people are imprisoned without be charged, military action against “rogue” regimes is authorized, and whistleblowers are punished with prison. The war crimes committed by U.S. troops and contractors on far-flung battlefields, as well as torture and rendition, are rarely investigated and punishment of any kind is rare. America, the warlike predatory capitalist, might be considered a virtual definition of deep state.
One critic describes deep state as driven by the “Washington Consensus,” a subset of the “American exceptionalism” meme. It is plausible to consider it a post-World War II creation, the end result of the “military industrial complex” that Dwight Eisenhower warned about, but some believe its infrastructure was actually put in place through the passage of the Federal Reserve Act prior to the First World War. Several years after signing the bill, Woodrow Wilson reportedly lamented, “We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.”
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For the police and intelligence agencies, the propensity to operate in secret is a sine qua non for the deep state, as it provides cover for the maintenance of relationships that under other circumstances would be considered suspect or even illegal.
But for players in the deep state, there is no accountability and no legal limit. Everything is based on self-interest, justified through an assertion of patriotism and the national interest.
And deep state players are to be rewarded for their patriotism. They benefit materially from the criminal activity that they engage in.
First of all, one should note that for the deep state to be effective, it must be intimately associated with the development or pre-existence of a national security state. There must also be a perception that the nation is in peril, justifying extraordinary measures undertaken by brave patriots to preserve life and property of the citizenry. Those measures are generically conservative in nature, intended to protect the status quo with the implication that change is dangerous.
Those requirements certainly prevail in post 9/11 America, and also feed the other essential component of the deep state: that the intervening should work secretly or at least under the radar. Consider for a moment how Washington operates. There is gridlock in Congress and the legislature opposes nearly everything that the White House supports. Nevertheless, certain things happen seemingly without any discussion: Banks are bailed out and corporate interests are protected by law. Huge multi-year defense contracts are approved. Citizens are assassinated by drones, the public is routinely surveilled, people are imprisoned without be charged, military action against “rogue” regimes is authorized, and whistleblowers are punished with prison. The war crimes committed by U.S. troops and contractors on far-flung battlefields, as well as torture and rendition, are rarely investigated and punishment of any kind is rare. America, the warlike predatory capitalist, might be considered a virtual definition of deep state.
One critic describes deep state as driven by the “Washington Consensus,” a subset of the “American exceptionalism” meme. It is plausible to consider it a post-World War II creation, the end result of the “military industrial complex” that Dwight Eisenhower warned about, but some believe its infrastructure was actually put in place through the passage of the Federal Reserve Act prior to the First World War. Several years after signing the bill, Woodrow Wilson reportedly lamented, “We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.”
Democracy is often subverted by special interests operating behind the scenes.
theamericanconservative.com
2015-09-19 Deep State America
2015-09-19 Deep State America
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For the police and intelligence agencies, the propensity to operate in secret is a sine qua non for the deep state, as it provides cover for the maintenance of relationships that under other circumstances would be considered suspect or even illegal.
But for players in the deep state, there is no accountability and no legal limit. Everything is based on self-interest, justified through an assertion of patriotism and the national interest.
And deep state players are to be rewarded for their patriotism. They benefit materially from the criminal activity that they engage in.
First of all, one should note that for the deep state to be effective, it must be intimately associated with the development or pre-existence of a national security state. There must also be a perception that the nation is in peril, justifying extraordinary measures undertaken by brave patriots to preserve life and property of the citizenry. Those measures are generically conservative in nature, intended to protect the status quo with the implication that change is dangerous.
Those requirements certainly prevail in post 9/11 America, and also feed the other essential component of the deep state: that the intervening should work secretly or at least under the radar. Consider for a moment how Washington operates. There is gridlock in Congress and the legislature opposes nearly everything that the White House supports. Nevertheless, certain things happen seemingly without any discussion: Banks are bailed out and corporate interests are protected by law. Huge multi-year defense contracts are approved. Citizens are assassinated by drones, the public is routinely surveilled, people are imprisoned without be charged, military action against “rogue” regimes is authorized, and whistleblowers are punished with prison. The war crimes committed by U.S. troops and contractors on far-flung battlefields, as well as torture and rendition, are rarely investigated and punishment of any kind is rare. America, the warlike predatory capitalist, might be considered a virtual definition of deep state.
One critic describes deep state as driven by the “Washington Consensus,” a subset of the “American exceptionalism” meme. It is plausible to consider it a post-World War II creation, the end result of the “military industrial complex” that Dwight Eisenhower warned about, but some believe its infrastructure was actually put in place through the passage of the Federal Reserve Act prior to the First World War. Several years after signing the bill, Woodrow Wilson reportedly lamented, “We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.”
=====================
For the police and intelligence agencies, the propensity to operate in secret is a sine qua non for the deep state, as it provides cover for the maintenance of relationships that under other circumstances would be considered suspect or even illegal.
But for players in the deep state, there is no accountability and no legal limit. Everything is based on self-interest, justified through an assertion of patriotism and the national interest.
And deep state players are to be rewarded for their patriotism. They benefit materially from the criminal activity that they engage in.
First of all, one should note that for the deep state to be effective, it must be intimately associated with the development or pre-existence of a national security state. There must also be a perception that the nation is in peril, justifying extraordinary measures undertaken by brave patriots to preserve life and property of the citizenry. Those measures are generically conservative in nature, intended to protect the status quo with the implication that change is dangerous.
Those requirements certainly prevail in post 9/11 America, and also feed the other essential component of the deep state: that the intervening should work secretly or at least under the radar. Consider for a moment how Washington operates. There is gridlock in Congress and the legislature opposes nearly everything that the White House supports. Nevertheless, certain things happen seemingly without any discussion: Banks are bailed out and corporate interests are protected by law. Huge multi-year defense contracts are approved. Citizens are assassinated by drones, the public is routinely surveilled, people are imprisoned without be charged, military action against “rogue” regimes is authorized, and whistleblowers are punished with prison. The war crimes committed by U.S. troops and contractors on far-flung battlefields, as well as torture and rendition, are rarely investigated and punishment of any kind is rare. America, the warlike predatory capitalist, might be considered a virtual definition of deep state.
One critic describes deep state as driven by the “Washington Consensus,” a subset of the “American exceptionalism” meme. It is plausible to consider it a post-World War II creation, the end result of the “military industrial complex” that Dwight Eisenhower warned about, but some believe its infrastructure was actually put in place through the passage of the Federal Reserve Act prior to the First World War. Several years after signing the bill, Woodrow Wilson reportedly lamented, “We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.”
Democracy is often subverted by special interests operating behind the scenes.
theamericanconservative.com
2015-09-19 Coming to a City Near You: The First 9/20 Psilocybin Mushroom Day
2015-09-19 Coming to a City Near You: The First 9/20 Psilocybin Mushroom Day
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By Lex Pelger, AlterNet
Thirty events around the world will celebrate the magic mushroom. READ MORE»
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By Lex Pelger, AlterNet
Thirty events around the world will celebrate the magic mushroom. READ MORE»
Thirty events around the world will celebrate the magic mushroom.
alternet.org
2015-09-19 A refugee's alternative view on the refugee crisis...
2015-09-19 A refugee's alternative view on the refugee crisis...
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Linh Dinh's regulars are the unique photo-essays "Postcards from the End of America" - criss-crossing the US and documenting life under the Greater Depression. Here, in view of the current refugee crisis, he discusses his own history as a Vietnamese, unaccompanied, child refugee. Well worth the reading. JZ
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"So there you have it, to survive in the years ahead, you must be flexible, resilient and, when absolutely necessary, even illegal, but preferably without hurting anybody. You must also evolve a technique for dealing with assholes. They’re multiplying."
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Linh Dinh's regulars are the unique photo-essays "Postcards from the End of America" - criss-crossing the US and documenting life under the Greater Depression. Here, in view of the current refugee crisis, he discusses his own history as a Vietnamese, unaccompanied, child refugee. Well worth the reading. JZ
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"So there you have it, to survive in the years ahead, you must be flexible, resilient and, when absolutely necessary, even illegal, but preferably without hurting anybody. You must also evolve a technique for dealing with assholes. They’re multiplying."
During
the current refugee crisis in Europe, it is said that there are many
imposters among genuine refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya
and Yemen, all countries, incidentally, that America and its allies have
destroyed. Too many of them are men, it...
unz.com
2015-09-19 The failed West's war on Assad and the refugee crisis
2015-09-19 The failed West's war on Assad and the refugee crisis
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In 2012, at a critical point in the West's engineered civil war in Syria, Russia offered a resolution, involving Assad's departure. The West declined. The outcome is the largest refugee crisis since WWII...
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West 'ignored Russian offer in 2012 to have Syria's Assad step aside'
Exclusive: Senior negotiator describes rejection of alleged proposal – since which time tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced
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In 2012, at a critical point in the West's engineered civil war in Syria, Russia offered a resolution, involving Assad's departure. The West declined. The outcome is the largest refugee crisis since WWII...
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West 'ignored Russian offer in 2012 to have Syria's Assad step aside'
Exclusive: Senior negotiator describes rejection of alleged proposal – since which time tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced
Exclusive:
Senior negotiator describes rejection of alleged proposal – since which
time tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced
theguardian.com|By Julian Borger
2015-09-19 Britain's Drone Strike in Syria - These executions are a mark of tyranny
2015-09-19 Britain's Drone Strike in Syria - These executions are a mark of tyranny
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White the queen parades in celebration of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta... jz
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Patrick Cockburn
The ability to execute its own citizens has been a mark of tyrannical government from Rome in the days of the Caesars to Moscow during the Great Purge in the 1930s The lack of public response to the British government ordering the assassination by pilotless drones of two British citizens, Reyaad Khan and Rahul Amin,... Read More
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White the queen parades in celebration of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta... jz
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Patrick Cockburn
The ability to execute its own citizens has been a mark of tyrannical government from Rome in the days of the Caesars to Moscow during the Great Purge in the 1930s The lack of public response to the British government ordering the assassination by pilotless drones of two British citizens, Reyaad Khan and Rahul Amin,... Read More
The
ability to execute its own citizens has been a mark of tyrannical
government from Rome in the days of the Caesars to Moscow during the
Great Purge in the 1930s
unz.com
2015-09-19 ISRAELI media gain attention as anti-Russian propaganda sources...
2015-09-19 ISRAELI media gain attention as anti-Russian propaganda sources...
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Several serious sites note in recent days that Israeli YNET and Yediot (same company) have been a major source of false intel in recent days, regarding the scope of Russian involvement in Syria.
In Israel itself, any CIA type disinformation is taken as absolute truth... For example: Israeli media are now discussing the capabilities and limit of the Russian armed forced in running two simultaneous wars in - in Ukraine and in Syria... Kind of second level propaganda analysis based on false intel regarding both Ukraine and Syria... smile emoticon
Given the stories emerging from Germany regarding CIA buying journalists, I asked friends what they thing the rate of Israeli journalists would be, compared to their German colleagues. The estimate - on tenth, and they may also do it for free...
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Several serious sites note in recent days that Israeli YNET and Yediot (same company) have been a major source of false intel in recent days, regarding the scope of Russian involvement in Syria.
In Israel itself, any CIA type disinformation is taken as absolute truth... For example: Israeli media are now discussing the capabilities and limit of the Russian armed forced in running two simultaneous wars in - in Ukraine and in Syria... Kind of second level propaganda analysis based on false intel regarding both Ukraine and Syria... smile emoticon
Given the stories emerging from Germany regarding CIA buying journalists, I asked friends what they thing the rate of Israeli journalists would be, compared to their German colleagues. The estimate - on tenth, and they may also do it for free...
A bird's eye view of the vineyard
thesaker.is
2015-09-19 DRONES!
2015-09-19 DRONES!
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A
US veterans’ organizations is running an advertisement in Air Force
Times urging military drone operators to refuse orders to fly attack
missions. This comes as the Air...
rt.com
2015-09-19 Hello world!
Recent
9/19 @ 7:04 : Tel Aviv, IL
9/19 @ 4:58 : Moscow, RU
9/19 @ 12:43 : Lenoir, North Carolina, US
9/19 @ 11:13 : France, FR
9/19 @ 10:56 : Philippines, PH
9/19 @ 10:43 : United States, US
9/19 @ 10:06 : Redmond, Washington, US
9/19 @ 2:27 : Westbrook, Maine, US
9/18 @ 5:38 : Hyderabad, IN
9/18 @ 5:30 : Mountain View, California, US
Friday, September 18, 2015
2015-09-19 PALESTINE: Champagne also in Tarqumiyeh! Cheers!
2015-09-19 PALESTINE: Champagne also in Tarqumiyeh! Cheers!
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In an expose' in Yediot Weekend magazine, former Shin Bet agent "Shaul"claims:
- that two of the murderers in 1993 shooting of three Palestinian laborers - Saadi Abd Al Muhdi Patpata (38) his brother Muhammad (35) and their cousin Ishaq Patpata (33) from Tarkumiyeh near Hebron - were Shin Bet agents, and therefore, no action was taken against them.
- that all Jewish terror actions at that time required approval by a rabbi, and at times rabbis also initiated terror actions.
"Champagne" was the Shin-Bet agent -provocateur in the Rabin assassination.
Source:
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In an expose' in Yediot Weekend magazine, former Shin Bet agent "Shaul"claims:
- that two of the murderers in 1993 shooting of three Palestinian laborers - Saadi Abd Al Muhdi Patpata (38) his brother Muhammad (35) and their cousin Ishaq Patpata (33) from Tarkumiyeh near Hebron - were Shin Bet agents, and therefore, no action was taken against them.
- that all Jewish terror actions at that time required approval by a rabbi, and at times rabbis also initiated terror actions.
"Champagne" was the Shin-Bet agent -provocateur in the Rabin assassination.
Source:
במשך
12 שנה הושתל "שאול" כמקור הבכיר של השב"כ בתוככי הימין הקיצוני. הוא היה
שם כאשר הרב כהנא נרצח, היה שם כשד"ר גולדשטיין טבח במתפללי מערת המכפלה -
ו"נשרף" בדיוק כשהחל לשמוע שמועות מהשטח על אחד, יגאל עמיר. בראיון מיוחד
מספר "שאול"...
ynet.co.il
2015-09-18 Same old stuff - war on drugs in not about the war on drugs, and US engineered regime changes in Latin America
2015-09-18 Same old stuff - war on drugs in not about the war on drugs, and US engineered regime changes in Latin America
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The
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has secretly indicted top
officials within and connected to the government of Bolivian President
Evo Morales for their alleged...
huffingtonpost.com
2015-09-18 JERUSALEM: Israeli Attorney General approves the use of snipers
2015-09-18 JERUSALEM: Israeli Attorney General approves the use of snipers
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Or, as one Time of Israel reporter particularly nauseously wrote:
Israeli leaders decided to Wednesday to bring down the hammer, and go Chris Kyle all over East Jerusalem…
High Noon: Bibi’s duel with a fleeing Palestinian bearing a slingshot. He holds up his fingers as if they’re a “six-shooter” while the snipers line every rooftop. (Eran Wolkowski)
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Or, as one Time of Israel reporter particularly nauseously wrote:
Israeli leaders decided to Wednesday to bring down the hammer, and go Chris Kyle all over East Jerusalem…
High Noon: Bibi’s duel with a fleeing Palestinian bearing a slingshot. He holds up his fingers as if they’re a “six-shooter” while the snipers line every rooftop. (Eran Wolkowski)

2015-09-18 Sex and Psychedelics - adult content....
2015-09-18 Sex and Psychedelics - adult content....
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A
couple of weeks ago, Jean Francois Painchaud was just another Canadian
animator – working for the PBS kids show Wild Kratts by day, making
sexually explicit GIFs by night. Little did he know, whe...
shogofawafa.wordpress.com
2015-09-18 Hello world!
Recent
9/18 @ 12:36 : Jerusalem, IL
9/18 @ 10:45 : Buffalo, New York, US
9/18 @ 9:00 : San Jose, California, US
9/18 @ 8:45 : Tel Aviv, IL
9/18 @ 4:59 : Marrero, Louisiana, US
9/18 @ 3:35 : Toronto, CA
9/18 @ 1:17 : Schwaigern, DE
9/17 @ 11:08 : Paris, FR
9/17 @ 5:12 : Evanston, Illinois, US
9/17 @ 4:48 : United States, US
2015-09-18 Occupy Wall St. 4th anniversary! And the impossible Bernie Sanders
2015-09-18 Occupy Wall St. 4th anniversary! And the impossible Bernie Sanders
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Perhaps the most remarkable sign of the lasting effect of Occupy Wall Street is the impossible candidacy of Bernie Sanders!
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Perhaps the most remarkable sign of the lasting effect of Occupy Wall Street is the impossible candidacy of Bernie Sanders!
When
Occupy Wall Street took the US and world by storm, the group was seen
as a band of outsiders. Now, its message of tackling the “1 percent” is
experiencing a...
rt.com
2015-09-18 Occupy Wall St. 4th anniversary! pic gallery
2015-09-18 Occupy Wall St. 4th anniversary! pic gallery
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Activists re-convened at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Thursday to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
metro.us|By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe
2015-09-18 Occupy Wall St. 4th anniversary!
2015-09-18 Occupy Wall St. 4th anniversary!
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Four
years ago protesters occupied Zuccotti Park in Manhattan to rally
against “the one percent”. From there, the Occupy movement spread across
the globe. On the...
rt.com
2015-09-17 US under the Greater Depression - all eyes on Fed's interest rate decision tonight...
2015-09-17 US under the Greater Depression - all eyes on Fed's interest rate decision tonight...
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As if it matters... People are still in denial... This is not a recession, this is a DEPRESSION. And a quarter percent hike would make the analysts start fake clamouring that it's over... Here is the Guardian on this matter:
"For context, the last time the Fed raised rates, in 2006, no one would have tweeted their decision – there was no Twitter. For that matter, smartphones were still nearly a year away. The Fed’s decision to keep lending rates at nearly zero for almost seven years, in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the recession that followed, did the job: it helped save the US economy from collapse."
The charts clearly show that long period of near zero, flat interest rates, has not been observed in almost a century - since the Great Depression..
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As if it matters... People are still in denial... This is not a recession, this is a DEPRESSION. And a quarter percent hike would make the analysts start fake clamouring that it's over... Here is the Guardian on this matter:
"For context, the last time the Fed raised rates, in 2006, no one would have tweeted their decision – there was no Twitter. For that matter, smartphones were still nearly a year away. The Fed’s decision to keep lending rates at nearly zero for almost seven years, in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the recession that followed, did the job: it helped save the US economy from collapse."
The charts clearly show that long period of near zero, flat interest rates, has not been observed in almost a century - since the Great Depression..
2015-09-17 Brotherhood of the lepers...
2015-09-17 Brotherhood of the lepers...
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Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing's unannounced visit was the first time in 55
years that a military leader from the country formally known as Burma
visited Israel.
haaretz.com
Thursday, September 17, 2015
2015-09-17 Hello world!
Recent
9/17 @ 8:27 : Tel Aviv, IL
9/17 @ 5:12 : Evanston, Illinois, US
9/17 @ 4:48 : United States, US
9/17 @ 4:26 : Rehovot, IL
9/17 @ 3:08 : Buffalo, New York, US
9/17 @ 2:38 : Durban, ZA
9/17 @ 1:42 : Cape Town, ZA
9/17 @ 12:45 : Korba, IN
9/17 @ 10:48 : Europe, EU
9/17 @ 10:44 : Austin, Texas, US
2015-09-17 Brotherhood of the lepers...
2015-09-17 Brotherhood of the lepers...
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Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing's unannounced visit was the first time in 55
years that a military leader from the country formally known as Burma
visited Israel.
haaretz.com
2015-09-17 SAUDIA: The new king is a killer...
2015-09-17 SAUDIA: The new king is a killer...
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Despite
Saudi plans to crucify a child for anti-government offences, the
British government will continue with a bid to support the Gulf
Kingdom’s prison system, the...
rt.com
2015-09-17 US involvement in Syria - some people are raking it in...
2015-09-17 US involvement in Syria - some people are raking it in...
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"Total Failure": Pentagon Spends $41 Million Training "Four Or Five" Syrian Fighters
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/16/2015 - 19:30
"Let’s not kid ourselves, that’s a joke. This is just a total failure."
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"Total Failure": Pentagon Spends $41 Million Training "Four Or Five" Syrian Fighters
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/16/2015 - 19:30
"Let’s not kid ourselves, that’s a joke. This is just a total failure."
"Let’s not kid ourselves, that’s a joke. This is just a total failure."
zerohedge.com
2015-09-17 Cold War 2.0 - propaganda wars
2015-09-17 Cold War 2.0 - propaganda wars
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US propaganda and fake intel on Russian involvement in Syria, spread widely over the past two weeks, sounds like an exact copy of the propaganda regarding Ukraine over the past two years.
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US propaganda and fake intel on Russian involvement in Syria, spread widely over the past two weeks, sounds like an exact copy of the propaganda regarding Ukraine over the past two years.
Leading news site for global finance, economics, market, and political analysis.
zerohedge.com
2015-09-17 JAPAN: Moving ahead with militaristic plans
2015-09-17 JAPAN: Moving ahead with militaristic plans
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Japan’s
upper house panel has given the green light to new legislation allowing
the armed forces to conduct warfare abroad, for the first time in 70
years, since the end...
rt.com
2015-09-17 US: Teen arrested for jay walking in Stockton, CA [VIDEO]
2015-09-17 US: Teen arrested for jay walking in Stockton, CA [VIDEO]
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The
kid got stopped for "jaywalking" when he barely got out of the bus he
was 2 feet away from the sidewalk when the cop stopped him for
jaywalking. The cop ...
youtube.com
2015-09-17 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation
2015-09-17 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation
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The entire story, with it absurd guise of legal actions, courts, the whole decorum... claims of new "intelligence" reflects reality in Palestine and Israel today. jz
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Allan, a lawyer and member of Islamic Jihad, was detained last November and held without trial. He launched his hunger strike to protest his incarceration. Under an agreement reached with him, Allan's detention order was suspended in return for his agreement to stop his hunger strike, which twice left him in a coma.
His administrative detention was temporarily lifted and Israeli prosecutors told the court they would release him if he were found to have irreversible brain damage, but the ruling left open the question of what would happen if or when his health improves.
His court approved detention order expires on November 4.
Israel uses administrative detention to hold Palestinians deemed to be security risks, while not divulging what the authorities view as sensitive intelligence.
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The entire story, with it absurd guise of legal actions, courts, the whole decorum... claims of new "intelligence" reflects reality in Palestine and Israel today. jz
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Allan, a lawyer and member of Islamic Jihad, was detained last November and held without trial. He launched his hunger strike to protest his incarceration. Under an agreement reached with him, Allan's detention order was suspended in return for his agreement to stop his hunger strike, which twice left him in a coma.
His administrative detention was temporarily lifted and Israeli prosecutors told the court they would release him if he were found to have irreversible brain damage, but the ruling left open the question of what would happen if or when his health improves.
His court approved detention order expires on November 4.
Israel uses administrative detention to hold Palestinians deemed to be security risks, while not divulging what the authorities view as sensitive intelligence.
Following
his re-arrest former Allan has reportedly renewed his hunger strike -
Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, hunger strike, Mohammed Allaan
i24news.tv
2015-09-16 US: Abusive, violent police...
2015-09-16 US: Abusive, violent police...
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The
two men said they were simply sitting on a curb outside of a cellphone
store after business hours, waiting for a ride, when approached by the
officer.
alternet.org
2015-09-16 Let' have a little military coup in the US.... Why only abroad?
2015-09-16 Let' have a little military coup in the US.... Why only abroad?
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The people of the US have never figured out that they have missed the train - the take over by the Security Apparatus with the Military Industrial Complex, has already been accomplished...
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http://www.alternet.org/…/chilling-new-poll-finds-gop-fasci…
Chilling New Poll Finds GOP Fascism Is Very Real
A shocking number of Republicans say they can conceive of a situation in which they'd sympathize with a military coup.
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The people of the US have never figured out that they have missed the train - the take over by the Security Apparatus with the Military Industrial Complex, has already been accomplished...
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http://www.alternet.org/…/chilling-new-poll-finds-gop-fasci…
Chilling New Poll Finds GOP Fascism Is Very Real
A shocking number of Republicans say they can conceive of a situation in which they'd sympathize with a military coup.
A shocking number of Republicans say they can conceive of a situation in which they'd sympathize with a military coup.
alternet.org
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