tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62967705943805985212024-03-17T23:00:01.562-04:00Downriver USAIf it is not good for everyone it's not good for anyone.Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1009125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-11570240017621356792024-01-25T13:41:00.005-05:002024-01-25T13:55:59.925-05:00Evil Returns 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBRW1FsmFo4mphPHYkWuJJ8XdrbkT6Me-Kftx4wM04MG1EUyWfuBJs_E4aOWHzyY8fqKSvcFX5w9Di1CFMLS_Xfz1x1sm-FdHOaWuUhDpk7OV3b0KwOZQyscV3RF34Ki-fMkqJ2IQ0AyYpjKoM-pEh8gC1y99MeciM_L9J218Ox8yAsFWttjrZAXcbj4/s1383/Evil%20Returns%204a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1383" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBRW1FsmFo4mphPHYkWuJJ8XdrbkT6Me-Kftx4wM04MG1EUyWfuBJs_E4aOWHzyY8fqKSvcFX5w9Di1CFMLS_Xfz1x1sm-FdHOaWuUhDpk7OV3b0KwOZQyscV3RF34Ki-fMkqJ2IQ0AyYpjKoM-pEh8gC1y99MeciM_L9J218Ox8yAsFWttjrZAXcbj4/s320/Evil%20Returns%204a.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>After seeing Thom Hartmann’s recent video recapping Trump’s intentions when he wins office, I am sincerely frightened for our future. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Kl8f2DkSg" target="_blank">Rise & Fall of the Second Trump Reich - A Cautionary Tale </a></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c8Kl8f2DkSg?si=6J41BiKrDbX2IeW1" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>For me, the only time that I remember feeling such fear was in 1970 after the Kent State murders and seeing Cleveland TV news reports of some Kent, Ohio townies demanding that the Ohio National Guard bayonet all KSU students. Please see my article:<a href="https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-demagogues-incompetence-rule.html" target="_blank"> When Demagogues & Incompetence Rule Innocents Die</a></p><p>Way back in high school I had already determined that I didn’t want to be used by the “powers that be” as an instrument for killing people. But with the draft board I had no standing as a “conscientious objector” because of my family’s traditional religious affiliation and because of the Selective Service Lottery, I knew I would be drafted after graduating from the University of Akron. </p><p>Seeing no alternative, I enlisted because the Army agreed to let me become a medic after graduating.</p><p>In the Army while traveling, we were required to wear our uniforms and I remember people openly hostile toward us, calling us “baby killers”. I also remember one “friend” calling me a coward for not going to Canada to escape the draft. </p><p>The times were troubled and confusing. Yet back then we (the young people) knew that our elders would not hesitate to sacrifice us to the gods of war in order to make themselves wealthy.</p><p>Too, on my mind, I remembered that my family members came to the U.S. and fought in the Revolutionary War. One received a land grant in exchange for his service. And. since the 1800s, my ancestors have served our nation in the U.S. military and/or as medical personnel in nearly every conflict or war.</p><p>As a result, I have never thought of abandoning the U.S. and to this day seriously maintain my Army enlistment oath to, “protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”.</p><p>Today, I am a worried old man. Should Mr. Trump be re-elected, will I be forced to take up arms to defend my nation, my heritage, and my oath?</p><p>God help us all.</p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-39328254912016665372023-11-14T14:35:00.001-05:002023-11-16T11:27:15.623-05:00Evil Returns<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1fxipeRjbcbstHAPKHwaCQpUri2IOui5XyMufoAP-jlH7OWm_9WQ-V3lEwFBmEeIZk8pIpWl7wVy-ZxNPD8m1A9GiEwCkU0DGdb_t5R1_slOo-TFkB5u5yXNgbI4jIQrSznsLNrWWtpSJQ1nmdKV8jHOvKLXizfBt6LfyDiQ4u2eztmoiyD5E8gT558/s1383/Evil%20Returns%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1383" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1fxipeRjbcbstHAPKHwaCQpUri2IOui5XyMufoAP-jlH7OWm_9WQ-V3lEwFBmEeIZk8pIpWl7wVy-ZxNPD8m1A9GiEwCkU0DGdb_t5R1_slOo-TFkB5u5yXNgbI4jIQrSznsLNrWWtpSJQ1nmdKV8jHOvKLXizfBt6LfyDiQ4u2eztmoiyD5E8gT558/w400-h299/Evil%20Returns%204.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>This past Veteran's Day, as every day for me, I remembered my father's sacrifice during WWII. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZaTtctmeespHlBpVI9wrocYqDTA5l5xNXoGNIwqlqJwidhgph6EU5Z5kaprbfNFoM6S2PMsrWFlz2tlHxae3-lH0IteDFM2l_GHs7YXzcZvVdvFXzZFkBByu0b7WR346in0NWpb4uX8zXL09r3qYPgqEzs3A5_6gIX7SqyogrDrF7FjDQR5cdDRe99I/s375/Forrest_R_Baker_3rd_Army_80th_inf_div.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="155" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZaTtctmeespHlBpVI9wrocYqDTA5l5xNXoGNIwqlqJwidhgph6EU5Z5kaprbfNFoM6S2PMsrWFlz2tlHxae3-lH0IteDFM2l_GHs7YXzcZvVdvFXzZFkBByu0b7WR346in0NWpb4uX8zXL09r3qYPgqEzs3A5_6gIX7SqyogrDrF7FjDQR5cdDRe99I/s320/Forrest_R_Baker_3rd_Army_80th_inf_div.png" width="132" /></a></div><br />As a member of the 80th Infantry Division, Third Army, Dad fought nearly constant combat from Omaha Beach and into Germany. Twice wounded and nearly frozen during the Battle of the Bulge, Dad learned first hand the evils of Hitler's Nazi war machine and the horrendous cost that was required to defeat it.<p></p><p>Mr. Trump's reprise of the Nazi propaganda that unleased evil on the world during the 1930s-40s is a clear statement of his intentions if elected in 2024. God save us if we allow that to happen.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fascism-expert-donald-trump-nazis_n_6551cc32e4b0373d70b2ca1e" target="_blank">Fascism Expert Offers Truly Chilling Take On Donald Trump’s ‘Vermin’ Rant</a></p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mehdi-hasan-trump-nazi-language_n_65519582e4b0c9f24660b64c" target="_blank">Mehdi Hasan Reveals 1 Word Used By Trump That Should 'Terrify' Everyone</a></p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-offers-striking-candor-post-2024-weaponization-plans-rcna124581" target="_blank">Trump offers striking candor about post-2024 weaponization plans</a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-policies-agenda-election-2024-second-term-d656d8f08629a8da14a65c4075545e0f" target="_blank">Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings</a></p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-76436701577688390282023-09-11T18:40:00.005-04:002023-09-13T09:36:50.111-04:009/11 NO Truth NO Answers<p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5530190836006110201" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.466px;"><div class="date-posts" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; margin: 0px -15px; padding: 8px 15px 0px;"><div class="post-outer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: none; border-top: none; color: #444444; font-family: Cantarell; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px -15px; padding: 0px 15px 10px;"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-373120698172449616" itemprop="articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.466px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxfqb_xkYsVauoiDLyYtQyHYid1oIbVCyu_ZU8kfFiukUwyY2SSctiTM9DeJcgLWUepN4L7r22-B5UHM92QPJFAw5Me5xQlGxjRRFYoVzEEfFrAP3INqz1HTB4RbSQYQpyBT6IpOrHSA/s1600/double_check_montage.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="278" /></a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><br /></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;">Nothing has changed since I last posted this article one year ago... with one important exception... the general public is now witnessing application of a plethora of "<a href="https://www.ara.com/non-kinetic-directed-energy-weapons/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">directed energy weapons</a>" technologies.</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;">We, the public, are still waiting for truthful answers. Who organized and carried out this heinous crime? Who was complicit within our government? How was it committed? Who funded it? Why was it perpetrated?</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><a href="https://brkthu.org/pdfs/Reference_dr_judy_wood_WTC.pdf" target="_blank">Many of us want to know the truth.</a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><br /></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;">Similar to the day President Kennedy was murdered, I remember where I was and what I was doing when the World Trade Center Towers the other five WTC buildings were destroyed, 11 Sept 2001, don’t you?<br /><br />I turned the TV on that morning to see if there was some reason why my Internet connection had suddenly frozen up. Perhaps, I speculated, someone had demolished the Comcast cable somewhere close by.<br /><br />Instead of a car accident, I learned that the one of the WTC towers was on fire. I didn’t know it then, but our world had changed again, once more in a very bad way.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLc6L6BD5KTXPOXyYcZnZG3GJmcZ-JLZJlWfj4i5QI-5RzBnBohCDuDkT5u2NGBDvG4oPu5BJT4LksYHSr-d4okNS_5Ha9j-GkCIe25vQSxNgUGPyWADUTfjq-x54km4lTy4qJqF1lFbg/s1600/jumpers.png" style="clear: left; color: #3778cd; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLc6L6BD5KTXPOXyYcZnZG3GJmcZ-JLZJlWfj4i5QI-5RzBnBohCDuDkT5u2NGBDvG4oPu5BJT4LksYHSr-d4okNS_5Ha9j-GkCIe25vQSxNgUGPyWADUTfjq-x54km4lTy4qJqF1lFbg/s1600/jumpers.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;">An estimated 200 people jumped to their deaths .</td></tr></tbody></table>In shock, I suspect, after seeing several people jump from the WTC, I later accepted our government’s explanation of the collapse of the impossibly huge buildings. After all, I’d seen it all on TV, hadn’t I?<br /><br />Never, for a second, did I question where the mammoth tons and tons of rubble went that day - the steel and the building contents. Nor did I question why they fell so quickly and without damaging the building close by.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.mktcom.net/triumph.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV18uHCt_pW3qq4ljJIArb55EtTVrgnU8R14gH_XzdFLFLFVD07ZclIYM0ix2TMKlIXK2gTL5Hc8Ff4XakWmZJM3vxEjnu9XeD6axPWE04YN4zl7UShHEHUohSyjd-_1409WOr0uBz2rc/s1600/brooklyn_youth_chorus.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mktcom.net/triumph.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Brooklyn Youth Chorus sang "I Will Remember You".</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Years later, during the 9/11 10th anniversary, I was overcome with sorrow and empathy listening to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ beautiful rendition of Sarah McLacklan’s song, <i>I Will Remember You</i>.(1.) In my mind I kept replaying the tragic scene: the jumpers… hundreds of first responders… and thousands of WTC workers… all lost their lives while I sat, horrified, in my office and watched via TV.<br /><br />Something ignited my mind that day. Perhaps the catalyst was the replay of the buildings collapsing or the emergency personnel recounting their stories – whatever it was, I began to look back at 9/11. I started reading all I could find about how both of the towers could have collapsed so quickly due to a fire located so high up in the structures. I found that the official report really didn’t explain the collapse at all, and especially, nothing was offered to explain the lack of rubble on the day of the collapse.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQ3I9316uvtErVLxXU7Ka6ODK1kHBWsAIFfFKv3VbtSoli9ITZeFqqVAQQ9DiSodgq59YW7j_9iZnfe_hR2qTmQOAZdlV6dAEhWu-e6kSB56OCTolG1sMjjTbcMUPs7dtBmNYjnHu5JA/s1600/gone_to_dust.png" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQ3I9316uvtErVLxXU7Ka6ODK1kHBWsAIFfFKv3VbtSoli9ITZeFqqVAQQ9DiSodgq59YW7j_9iZnfe_hR2qTmQOAZdlV6dAEhWu-e6kSB56OCTolG1sMjjTbcMUPs7dtBmNYjnHu5JA/s1600/gone_to_dust.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px;">Steel turns to dust in mid air.</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXNhF2gWxs6ayE3Pon08aj8jsSubZ8UjgTPtaFWyBBXnZET9i_TfGmYaHARSyHOWi0XRvbfsQYX4CtG30bMfRVvOBARr3gQ4u4YgvPZ3CyWEne9bUDOPj8JCnCOPqFIl_oDBh6mMZfP4/s1600/dr_judy_wood.png" style="clear: right; color: #3778cd; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXNhF2gWxs6ayE3Pon08aj8jsSubZ8UjgTPtaFWyBBXnZET9i_TfGmYaHARSyHOWi0XRvbfsQYX4CtG30bMfRVvOBARr3gQ4u4YgvPZ3CyWEne9bUDOPj8JCnCOPqFIl_oDBh6mMZfP4/s1600/dr_judy_wood.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;">Dr. Judy Wood</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Then I discovered Dr. Judy Wood’s (2.) videos, her website and her case against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the people Congress hired to file the explanatory report.<br /><br />Here is how UK researcher Andrew Johnson explained the NIST report in his book, <i>Finding the Truth</i>: “NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), was tasked with analysing the cause of the destruction of WTC towers 1,2 and 7. When studied objectively, their report for WTC 1 & 2 fails to answer how the “pancake” collapse theory explains the evidence observed on the day – such as the complete pulverisation of most of the towers – including hundreds of steel girders – in about 10 seconds each. Readily available photos also illustrate the glaring lack of any “pancakes” in the WTC rubble pile.”<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk/video/Jerry%20Leaphart%20-%20NIST%20ARA%20etc.wmv" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubwPervt_MrvJI6Gbc3YYG8W-Tej2jvC4rbkJ5aZepEcR6Zz4aoTutg0OLuRo1DTuGPJR2_EJMjxqvsg1mW9iVilKVqeOQMoPaBb7PMYbv8mpZGZ_nA2Z4XoMYvE-X4yZvq2yf9Jy8YI/s1600/leaphart_UN.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk/video/Jerry%20Leaphart%20-%20NIST%20ARA%20etc.wmv" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jerry V. Leaphart, J.D., Attorney, NIST Requests for Correction</a></td></tr></tbody></table>“Elements of the final NIST WTC reports have been the subject of a Legal Challenge (3.) by Professors Morgan Reynolds (Emeritus, Texas A & M University) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Judy Wood (formerly of Clemson University, South Carolina). Their challenge was first made as a “Request for Correction” and then in two “Qui Tam” cases. These cases, unsealed in 2007, outlined how, as it is framed, the NIST study of the WTC collapse was fraudulent and deceptive. Indeed, the very title of the main report “The Collapse of the World Trade Centre Towers” is itself misleading, because the towers did not collapse, they turned to dust.”.( 4.)<br /><br />Once clear of the shock of learning that the NIST report seemed eerily similar to the Warren Commission report, i.e. both avoided discussing clearly important aspects of the crimes they were charged to investigate, I devoted countess hours to studying what Dr. Wood had uncovered.<br /><br />What happened to the two tallest buildings in North America, the WTC towers, and the other five WTC buildings on 9/11?<br /><br />I did not want to accept Dr. Wood’s findings. Frankly, it was simply too shocking for me to believe the forensic evidence she had complied and the truth she uncovered. Now, nearly three years later (now, 11 Sept 2023) as I write this article, I have come to the place in my life that I can, once again accept the facts of life. This time, ferreted out by Dr. Wood, at considerable personal cost to her, the evidence clearly shows that the towers did not fall… they were not taken down by two aircraft. No, something much more sinister took place on 9/11 and the “cover up” continues to play out to this very day.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc86IAnGLVYzZVQGv5Sry6RRghLBLUKyLdTt9xjCIxdqMB57lb4fwrVD_wv5ZsiV9Q9U7m3s69mLwSNdr_npl7hZQo2Og0LhjIpUQB9-lGzWiJtFeRMfSjUdYJvaRE9hwVDRkg9mwb97Y/s1600/toasted_car_map.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="http://drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Please click though to </span>Dr. Judy Wood's interview with Theo Chalmers. Although it is lengthy, Chalmers conducts one of the most insightful interviews of Dr. Wood. 25 Oct 2011, One Step Beyond, with Theo Chalmers, SKY 200 (U.K.). Source of video, Andrew Johnson.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>What “weapon” could possible “dustify” those two massive towers, WTC 1 & 2 - 110 stories each, and make them disappear into clouds of dust in less than 10 seconds, leaving relatively little rubble on the ground? How did that happen?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3lWYP6GobIqDcX12olF2iIBUv1ZT-o9lK4A3BxosWu-Kn0BsCU52EBItR4RnA95NaKfUhzx1491gDXyV86nXtsnEDrNw8ci75Ce7awc1rqhv10K-ZkqK2k9X_FuZ3mAQvGrjinGnsjM/s1600/pancake_rubble.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please go here for enlargement with full description.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>For certain, no matter how big and how fast they were flying upon impact, not even two massive Boeings with resulting fires could have “disappeared” those two massive buildings, PLUS destroy the other five WTC buildings which were also obliterated that day, WTC 3 – 22 stories; WTC 4 – 9 stories; WTC5 – 9 stories; WTC 6 – 8 stories; and WTC 7 – 47 stories; AND create a plethora of never-before-seen phenomena as far away as one mile from the WTC.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BxRBRQr1hqm7b5YNrMaSdQ2kCgeHCB6ufjIYjzgyKa6l5XfSpF3jQNLnfKKaINfFzujM74GnAJgv1hlcfpbLSWdUW7sxSPCB5UU8cZbBOD9hsSen6sWhvBb0-bT_a80AmdQ9NH1I5QQ/s1600/toasted_car_map_montage_no_caption_sm.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please go here for enlargement with full description.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Dr Judy Wood has assembled the forensic evidence.(5.) If we allow ourselves to see, hear and read it we may be on the path toward discovering the horrific truths about 9/11.<br /><br /><b>We begin</b> by considering the question she asks: Do you know of anything that can turn a building to dust in mid air? And, then some of the principal data that must be explained, please go to Dr. Wood's website, wtc page. section: <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/wtc/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">B. Some of the principal data that must be explained</a>.<br /><br /><b>Second</b>, at the 2012 Breakthrough Energy Movement (BEM) conference in Holland (6.) (and a number of other presentations and interviews), Dr. Wood explained, “The towers did not slam to the ground. If they had slammed to the ground (following a controlled demolition or as a result of catastrophic structural failure resulting from airplanes hitting the buildings):<br />1. There would be over 1,250,000 tons of debris piled on the ground. (Didn't happen)<br />2. Manhattan would have been flooded. (Didn't happen)<br />3. The seismic recordings would have reflected two 500,000-ton buildings and one 230,000-ton building slamming to the ground. (Didn't happen)”<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNk5pSoLijrBL1I2N56jIibOAeFQ4zRBMAZ41MkOnFVxpvquw-_9beE-1f0UR-Cfl3IoxPwWFIWvBSqTjdRI3rE6wwjpVyJ1x71NsGE3OgsLx88i1_1UbI2kRHximFMzIH-Wb7SpEEIA/s1600/WTC_Wood_chart_sm.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Go here for a larger, readable image.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>So, what brought the towers down? <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/StarWarsBeam7.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The evidence, Dr. Wood has concluded, points to a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW)</a>. Dr Wood offers a clear, easily understood comparison of summary of the evidence in her book and in her presentations. Her findings are well documented and directly on target, especially given that she has been the trailblazer in describing an exceedingly complex, entirely new and, until 9/11, publicly unknown destructive force used with impunity upon innocent people whose only mistake was going to work that day.<br /><br />Really? Directed Energy Weapons - Star Wars? I'll bet your first thought was that Star Wars weapons really don't exist, except in Hollywood. If that's your thought, well, you'd be wrong. Not only do they exist, they are in operation today. There's even a professional association devoted to the craft, the <a href="http://www.deps.org/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Directed Energy Professional Society</a>. What kinds of weapons do we have? There are many. Check out this video from the U. S. Air Force Research Lab's Directed Energy Directorate Directed Energy Directorate:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mSGprwJx_zs/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mSGprwJx_zs?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br />Video not visible? Go to this YouTube URL: <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="https://youtu.be/mSGprwJx_zs">https://youtu.be/mSGprwJx_zs</a></u></span>.<br />Or, visit the website: <a href="http://www.kirtland.af.mil/Units/AFRL-Directed-Energy-Directorate/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">US Air Force Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base</a><br /><br />Of course what you see above is one of the weapons we are using today in public view. We have no idea what the classified weapons are or what they can do.<br /><br />In one of Dr. Wood’s most recent interviews (and also one of the best to date) George Noory, <i>Coast to Coast AM </i>(7. ), doggedly worked to understand the technology used to destroy the WTC. Finally, after being asked several times to name the type of directed energy weapon used to destroy the WTC on 11 Sept 2001, Dr. Judy Wood answered, maintaining her forensic scientist position:<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “What the evidence shows is that you can eliminate kinetic energy as a destructive mechanism. Kinetic energy means that the buildings were beaten to death, like a gravity collapse, wreaking ball, missile or bomb. Thermal energy means the buildings were cooked to death, lots of heat. Those two things the evidence rules out. But, directed energy, as I define it, is energy that is instructed to do something differently than it normally does. Instead of the bonding forces of matter being attracted to each other, they are directed to repel each other. It is not like something physically hitting it or cooking it. And, within that, it's a big umbrella of things.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “A lot of people are uncomfortable about that. They want to have a device - Acme model whatever it is. But, we can look at parallel evidence that produces the same thing. The source of the energy, she explained, "...could have been anywhere... it could be the energy comes from the material. I want to get away from a point and shoot laser beam. It was more of a field effect."<br /><br />George Noory: How much energy was needed to destroy these buildings?<br />Wood: It could even have been negative energy. If you can understand the mechanism – that’s the beauty of this – if there is a silver lining in this – it is that this technology was used for destructive purposes, but it doesn’t have to be (used that way). It can be used for good purposes… for providing free energy to the world.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “If you have the ability to affect the nature of matter – instead of atoms attracting each other, they are repelling each other – if you give it that instruction… it isn’t like you have to put in a lot of energy, create bonds and use energy that way, it could be that the energy come from the material.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “Actually, (regarding) the dust cloud that rolled down the street, first responders that I talked to said, that it was cooler than ambient temperature, in other words, not hot. It was cooler. Then it began feeling warm…you know when you put acid on your hand it feels like it’s burning up but it could be room temperature. There was something in the dust that was eating on their skin. They were scrubbing in the shower afterward; they just couldn’t get it off.”<br /><br /><b>Dr. Wood: "I want to get away from the idea of a point and shoot laser beam, it’s more of a field effect, like the coverage range of your cell phone… it’s a zone of effect.”</b><br /><br />George Noory: Do you ever, Dr. Wood, get into the Who?<br />Dr. Wood: No, but I got closer than anyone has, in the public domain, that is. I pretty much know who knows. And that is who I tried to take to court. These were contractors on the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) report. They were mandated by Congress to find why and how the towers collapsed. They didn’t do that. I wrote a request for correction to NIST saying that their contractors were leading them astray. You can’t sue a government agency but we can sue contractors for fraud of a government agency. There are a couple of the contractors, one in particular, which had the most number of people on the contract, on the NIST report. They are developers and manufacturers of energy weapons. Not only that, they also had and still have, I believe, a contract with the U.S. government to know everything about any weapon of mass destruction that exists or is being developed anywhere. So, not only do they know what technology there is, they know whose technology it is. Wouldn’t it have been nice to have them under oath?<br /><br /><b>Dr. Wood: "Why not ask ARA (<a href="http://www.ara.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Applied Research Associates, Inc.</a> )? They are the directed energy weapons experts."</b><br /><div><br /></div><b>Third</b>, from that day in September 2001, Dr. Wood has taken tremendous personal risk to voice her findings both to her peers, the general public and via the judicial system. After shifting through huge amounts of forensic evidence and literally overcoming a barrage of character assassination attempts to discredit her, <i>Dr. Wood continues to stand alone, well above her critics, as the qualified expert with the correct academic and professional credentials, training and experience. In other words, she really does know what she is talking about because she has the interdisciplinary education, training and experience to pull the forensic evidence together.</i><br /><i><br /></i>I don’t know why Dr. Wood left her position at Clemson. But, what I can say is that the alumni, faculty, administration and student body of Clemson should honor her and restore her status as a full professor, with full back pay and benefits, for her years of trail blazing forensic scientific work, applied engineering expertise and dedication to ferreting out the truth about the crime of the century. Clemson should be honored to be associated with Dr. Wood. Dr. Judy Wood is an American Hero - a World Hero. She is also something rarer today. She is a member of a breed which I feel is nearly extinct - Dr. Judy Wood is a Patriot.<br /><br /><b>Who benefited from 9/11?</b><br />Certainly the usual suspects – the armaments industry and the financiers of war, the bankers – have gained immeasurably from 9/11.<br /><br /><b>Who could have orchestrated 9/11? </b><br />Only those in the highest levels of our own government at the time could have pulled off the “terrorist” action on a day when our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_operations_and_exercises_on_September_11,_2001" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air defenses were “off line” and our military and federal law enforcement people were effectively out of action, running several training exercises</a>.<br /><br /><b>Who predicted a “new Pearl Harbor”? </b><br />The “NEO-CON” directors and signatories to Statement of Principles of the Project for a New American Century, the future members of the G.W. Bush administration, wrote about it prior to taking office. They even advertised it in published reports (September 2000) and full page display ads. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">See: Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force", includes the sentence: "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor" </a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“Though not arguing that Bush administration PNAC members were complicit in those attacks, other social critics such as journalist Mark Danner, journalist John Pilger, in New Statesman, and former editor of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bernard Weiner, in CounterPunch, all argue that PNAC members used the events of 9/11 as the "Pearl Harbor" that they needed––that is, as an "opportunity" to "capitalize on" (in Pilger's words), in order to enact long-desired plans</a>.<br /><br /><b>Who obstructed justice?</b><br />According to the <i>Washington Post</i>, 7 May 2004, “Six air traffic controllers provided accounts of their communications with hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001, on a tape recording that was later destroyed by a Federal Aviation Administration manager…But months after the recording was made… another FAA manager decided on his own to destroy the tape, crushing it with his hands, cutting it into small pieces and depositing the pieces into several trash cans.”(8.) <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?investigations:_a_detailed_look=investigations&timeline=complete_911_timeline&startpos=100" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">For more about 9/11 and obstruction, please go here</a>.<br /><br /><b>Who has lost because of 9 /11?</b><br /><i>We the People</i> lost. Just consider the civil liberties we have given up under the USA PATRIOT Act. (USA PATRIOT Act) is actually an acronym for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001), the Military Commission Act and the National Defense Authorization Act, which permits any person, citizens included, to be arrested without charge and held indefinitely without access to a lawyer or a trial. It even permits torture. This is not to mention the loss of more than $4.5 trillion spent on the “War on Terrorism”, the loss of close to 2 million innocent Iraqis and Afghans and 6,000 of our sons and daughters.<br /><br />Again, we have lived through acts of unspeakably evil. To this very day, this very minute, the monstrosity which occurred on 11 Sept 2001, frightens me; fills me with compassion for those who lost their lives and for their loved ones who must carry on without them; and empowers me with a sense of duty to ferret out the soulless beings responsible for this heinous crime against humanity.<br /><br />Now, knowing with absolute certainty that not one of us is safe in our own homes or businesses, we all should fear that once again we will discover that the trail of the soulless evil beings who perpetrated this crime will bring us back to our own government.<br /><br /><b>Resources</b><br />1. Please listen to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus performance on the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Murders. I have been unable to relocate the YouTube video version of the BYC performance. <a href="http://www.mktcom.net/triumph.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">However, I offer a poor, but acceptable audio version, which I posted to my eMCC, LLC website after the 9/11 10th ceremony</a>.<br />2. Dr. Wood’s professional credentials:<br />B.S. Civil Engineering, 1981 Structural Engineering,<br />M.S. Engineering Mechanics Applied Physics, 1983, and<br />Ph.D. Materials Engineering Science, 1992, from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints. She has taught courses including: Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials), Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials), Strength of Materials Testing<br /><a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/a/bio/Wood_Bio.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">See Dr. Wood’s bio here.</a><br />3. Go here for details about the only <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/NIST/NIST_RFC.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">legal case regarding the NIST findings about WTC 9/11 - Request For Corrections and Other Legal Challenges</a>. Go here for an <a href="http://nomoregames.net/2010/10/22/an-interview-with-911-counselor-jerry-v-leaphart/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">interview with Attorney Jerry Leaphart</a>.<br />4. <a href="http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk/pdf/9-11%20-%20Finding%20the%20Truth.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>9/11 Finding the Truth </i>PDF, Andrew K. Johnson, pg 5</a>. <i>9/11 Finding the Truth</i> is available in several formats, including PDF, audio, Kindle and paperback. Please go here for the <a href="http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/andrew-johnson/9-11-finding-the-truth/paperback/product-21688473.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">paperback version</a> or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10517042-9-11" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />5. <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Where Did theTowers Go? – The Evidence of Directed Free-Energy Technology on 9/11</i>, by Dr. Judy Wood</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Towers-Evidence-Directed-Free-energy-Technology/dp/0615412564" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon</a>: “This book is a forensic analysis of what effectively is a crime scene. Ground Zero and the surrounding areas were photographed countless thousands of times, yet no one really assessed all of the phenomena found in these photographs. What is presented in this book is not a theory and it is not speculation. It is evidence. It is the body of empirical evidence that must be explained in order to determine what happened at Ground Zero.” <a href="http://wheredidthetowersgo.com/review/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">See book review by Eric Larsen, Ph.D., 17 Apr 2011</a><br />6. <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Wood’s presentation at the Breakthrough Energy Movement (BEM) Conference, Holland, 2012, courtesy of Andrew Johnson, The Journal of 9/11 Research and 9/11 Issues</a> .<br />7. <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2014/09/11" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Coast to Coast AM, 11 Sept 2014, Interview with George Noory </a><br />8. <a href="http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/planes/evidence/wapost_destape.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"FAA Managers Destroyed 9/11 Tape Recording Contained Accounts of Communications With Hijacked Planes", By Sara Kehaulani Goo, Staff Writer, <i>The Washington Post</i>, Thursday, May 6, 2004; 6:16 PM.</a><br /><br />About two of the images in our 9/11 montage:<br /><a href="http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-seward-johnson-iis-double-check.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">John Seward Johnson II's Double Check Statue</a><br /><a href="http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-kneeling-fireman-911-memorial-statue.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kneeling Fireman Statue</a><br /><br />More Information?<br />Please read, <a href="https://whiteoutpress.com/was-911-an-inside-job333/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“Was 9/11 an Inside Job?”, Whiteout Press, 4 Sept 2011</a><br />and <a href="https://whiteoutpress.com/arguments-from-911-conspiracy-debunkers824/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“Arguments from 9/11 Conspiracy Debunkers”, Whiteout Press, 6 Sept 2011</a></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="line-height: 1.6; 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Liberty is resurrected.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.1.0_1.pdf" target="_blank">Case 1:23-cr-00257-TSC Document 1 Filed 08/01/23 Page 1 of 45</a></p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-30905993053367254462023-07-20T15:42:00.001-04:002023-07-20T15:42:17.282-04:00Put the Lime into the Coconut<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJhAmsWhWObabU9Kvhhx4DGFFRVYSJpM5j2ZwLnmE3hVminX2vsEVQAIrm2gWyqbflZBLkwx3Lu6R9m5dSREcM6bXgAWtOrm4qNBYGmKn2Rpd3e3TdVMyXQeI-Syf5CgbECCPzaFWc3qpeZmZOKPTQbWWHs2hYdJz2MYw4H6-IkIWxvj6YrXH3Xclu1U/s651/coconut%20lime%20cure.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="651" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJhAmsWhWObabU9Kvhhx4DGFFRVYSJpM5j2ZwLnmE3hVminX2vsEVQAIrm2gWyqbflZBLkwx3Lu6R9m5dSREcM6bXgAWtOrm4qNBYGmKn2Rpd3e3TdVMyXQeI-Syf5CgbECCPzaFWc3qpeZmZOKPTQbWWHs2hYdJz2MYw4H6-IkIWxvj6YrXH3Xclu1U/s320/coconut%20lime%20cure.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking for an end to the Tumpian insurrection... soon.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, all this orange man drama reminds me of a
song from my misspent youth about a cure for an upset stomach...<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Coconut. Harry Nilsson. (1972)</b><o:p></o:p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/je98UffdN18" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-62466305578829577102023-07-11T11:06:00.004-04:002023-07-11T11:06:55.426-04:00Equal Justice Under Law <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn-MaxvZ7ArUpndaXKG06YzvmhAF2FQIspiV7HRlNOVMte5qE95jdgg4ad98HJfH37QPQjw0lOGPR72fLKr6bsiOn0IF7dj3HVbrgn6lepvLamgwLLanAQ_pYJUvpsLpRZ5o1fUwJYBIFG82qlp0v_G0XOos-ZjQthXCTuq2_kBUxum6anj0TWYIsxCE/s375/Forrest_R_Baker_3rd_Army_80th_inf_div.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="155" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn-MaxvZ7ArUpndaXKG06YzvmhAF2FQIspiV7HRlNOVMte5qE95jdgg4ad98HJfH37QPQjw0lOGPR72fLKr6bsiOn0IF7dj3HVbrgn6lepvLamgwLLanAQ_pYJUvpsLpRZ5o1fUwJYBIFG82qlp0v_G0XOos-ZjQthXCTuq2_kBUxum6anj0TWYIsxCE/s320/Forrest_R_Baker_3rd_Army_80th_inf_div.png" width="132" /></a></div><p></p><p>I had a dream last night.</p><p>I saw my father trying to dig a fox hole under a hail of artillery fire and bullets. Scared, covered in snow, and freezing, he and his friend were digging in and firing a machine gun at the advancing Germans.</p><p>Dad was one of over one million Allied soldiers, battling the last major Nazi offensive at the <a href="https://nationalvmm.org/battle-of-the-bulge-the-greatest-american-battle-of-the-war/#:~:text=Ultimately%2C%20the%20Allies%20were%20able,the%20Bulge%2C%20including%20500%2C000%20Americans." target="_blank">Battle of the Bulge.</a> His unit, the 80th Infantry Div., part of the Third Army, was pulled from ongoing combat positions, then rushed miles in the worst winter conditions, in open trucks and in summer uniforms, to help stop the Nazi offensive and relieve Bastogne. </p><p>Back home, a group of US Congressmen and America First Party people were demanding that FDR sue for peace with Hitler. They said the vastly superior Nazi armies could not be defeated and the U.S. must immediately get out of the war.</p><p>WWII in Europe officially ended just five months later with the surrender of Nazi Germany*. </p><p><a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/80d3c486-99c3-4e4e-923a-92de1e25716f/episodes/0babb135-38ac-431f-9c83-b5db515ec74c/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra-introducing-rachel-maddow-presents-ultra?ref_=dmm_acq_mrn_d_ds_rh_z_-c_c_641515041547_t_dsa-839323335513&gclid=CjwKCAjw-7OlBhB8EiwAnoOEk4SqFksTV0Z3VPq0TU7teLLdszx4zVKlQaRU0HBxoM5jOmRIbA9ebBoCWOwQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">A little while later, surviving Nazis gave-up records with the names of the US Congress people and others, paid by the Nazis to influence public opinion and pull our troops out of the war. Sadly, these elites never faced justice for their treasonous activities. They went unpunished.</a></p><p>Prior to Pearl Harbor another group of wealthy white men attempted to overthrow the government of the United States. Their, “Wall Street Putsch” or “The Business Plot,” failed in large part due to <a href="https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/September-2018/Smedley-Butler-and-the-1930s-Plot-to-Overthrow-the" target="_blank">Major General Smedley Butler’s public outing them as the traitors they were</a>. But because they, too, were wealthy elites, they were never brought to justice.</p><p>While I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump, I realized that he will be credited for one good thing: transforming the Fourteenth Amendment myth into reality.</p><p>His crimes were so numerous and so egregious, including his attempted overthrow of the US government, that even his societal position as a white, wealthy, privileged male, and past president, failed to keep him from facing justice.</p><p>As a result, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_before_the_law" target="_blank">equal justice under law</a>,” finally began to become a reality in the United States. </p><p>That was my dream.</p><p>Along with thousands of others, my dad’s comrade died that day. </p><p>That was not a dream. It was a nightmare.</p><p>*<a href="https://nationalvmm.org/battle-of-the-bulge-the-greatest-american-battle-of-the-war/#:~:text=Ultimately%2C%20the%20Allies%20were%20able,the%20Bulge%2C%20including%20500%2C000%20Americans." target="_blank">Battle of the Bulge: The Greatest American Battle of the War</a></p><p><b>Rachel Maddow uncovers a WWII-era plot against America in 'Ultra' | Fresh Air</b><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mUXJHdcTvy8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Rachel Maddow's new podcast, Ultra, is about ultra-right-wing groups that sided with Hitler's Germany, and plotted to overthrow the U. S. government before World War II. It led to the largest sedition trial in American history. Ultra is also about sitting members of the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives who colluded with a German agent to spread Nazi propaganda to millions of Americans with the help of American taxpayers’ money. </p><p>“FRESH AIR” from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/80d3c486-99c3-4e4e-923a-92de1e25716f/episodes/0babb135-38ac-431f-9c83-b5db515ec74c/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra-introducing-rachel-maddow-presents-ultra?ref_=dmm_acq_mrn_d_ds_rh_z_-c_c_641515041547_t_dsa-839323335513&gclid=CjwKCAjw-7OlBhB8EiwAnoOEk4SqFksTV0Z3VPq0TU7teLLdszx4zVKlQaRU0HBxoM5jOmRIbA9ebBoCWOwQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-24898702877246581302023-06-28T15:03:00.004-04:002023-06-28T15:03:37.959-04:00Finally: "Can Do" Government<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugNSSGHHOepVFeZ36e8ZeLy85kNRB7khKuzouLsxkJARRPUhtxluQXCGEzP1GoGUi4bQAqDWWS05KFi0dPK1lmDY_g-5Eo-doZ71alYVq21APAuP2HMhxSow8gCDJcGRTOFDZ5ga7wK84amPKik4boBfWoH5KwwNvD8XBDevC-8TVVeq0sgR7yaVnleU/s1111/Pres%20Biden.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1111" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugNSSGHHOepVFeZ36e8ZeLy85kNRB7khKuzouLsxkJARRPUhtxluQXCGEzP1GoGUi4bQAqDWWS05KFi0dPK1lmDY_g-5Eo-doZ71alYVq21APAuP2HMhxSow8gCDJcGRTOFDZ5ga7wK84amPKik4boBfWoH5KwwNvD8XBDevC-8TVVeq0sgR7yaVnleU/w400-h243/Pres%20Biden.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PUqmZc8kICI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Watch: Biden lays out his economy policy proposal for ‘Bidenomics’ | NBC News</p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-39089575605499693752023-06-21T08:56:00.002-04:002023-06-23T08:54:40.148-04:00Cellophane People <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorfFz5AZEG87YzzItKj0bsGL9z8bgzjCF_iucSu4guMwvSq0tr2pD5mpWKN_0frFOHyYSEsOoj9gveI7GdoRkdlBrzgKGCjaJnlPp0Tt02T7y773HnJhRKunzJoMeA1ziUe48I_GK8oPbohU-5T6Yxun76KV2hHbCaj8i3bhyTosIhiXSbjbwFAaz22c/s1080/Cellophane%20People%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorfFz5AZEG87YzzItKj0bsGL9z8bgzjCF_iucSu4guMwvSq0tr2pD5mpWKN_0frFOHyYSEsOoj9gveI7GdoRkdlBrzgKGCjaJnlPp0Tt02T7y773HnJhRKunzJoMeA1ziUe48I_GK8oPbohU-5T6Yxun76KV2hHbCaj8i3bhyTosIhiXSbjbwFAaz22c/s320/Cellophane%20People%202.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cellophane People</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Look hard when you drive through Anytown USA. You will see them. But you really must look hard.<i><br /></i></p><p><i>Because you’ve been conditioned not to see them</i>.</p><p>We don’t want to see them. We’ve been conditioned to believe they are human failures. Bums. Slackers. Ne’er-do-wells. </p><p>They are the undeserving, lazy scum without homes or jobs. </p><p>They are the Cellophane People. People without names or faces.</p><p>And worse, they are people without value to our society. </p><p>Our town councils and state legislatures pass laws to keep them out of our parks and tourists’ areas. Away from downtown merchants’ stores and from sleeping on our sidewalks.</p><p>They have nowhere to go. No resources. No hope.</p><p>Only despair.</p><p>Today, as you drive or walk past them and look away, know that you didn’t see just one of more than <a href="https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/#key-facts" target="_blank">one-half million</a>* Cellophane People trying to find a place to sleep tonight.</p><p>Not our job? </p><p>Consider: </p><p>We are all just a job loss away during the next politically driven, heartless, economic shutdown. Or, the next time the banks too big to fail, fail. Or, the MAGAt people succeed and eliminate our pitiful safety net.</p><p>Please consider asking your city council person to create a local, humane program to help your local cellophane people find a path back to their identity as human beings, a living minimum wage, and a safe place to sleep tonight.</p><p>*<a href="https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/#key-facts" target="_blank">State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/20/california-affordable-housing-crisis-homelessness-study-myths-older-black-residents" target="_blank"><i>Who’s unhoused in California? Largest study in decades upends myths</i><b>, </b>Sam Levin, <b>The Guardian</b>, 20 Jun 2023.</a></p><p>"The research from UCSF’s Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, based on a representative survey of nearly 3,200 unhoused people, contradicts several persistent myths about the population, including that most unhoused people come from out of state to take advantage of services, as well as stereotypes that homeless people are mostly young adults who prefer to live outside and don’t want help."</p><p>“People are homeless because their rent is too high. And their options are too few. And they have no cushion,” Dr Margot Kushel, initiative director and lead investigator, told the Associated Press. “And it really makes you wonder how different things would look if we could solve that underlying problem.”</p><p>"The researchers recommended that the state (California) increase access to housing that is affordable to extremely low-income people, including by expanding rental subsidies; expand homelessness prevention through financial support and legal assistance, including for people leaving jails, prisons and drug treatment; expand eviction protections; increase access to treatment; and increase outreach and services for people living on the streets."</p><p><b>America’s Hidden Homeless: Invisible People on the Streets | Poverty in USA Documentary</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0GPeWEKdF0o" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-77257881934490346892023-04-07T11:50:00.001-04:002023-04-07T11:51:10.856-04:00Big Lie vs Election Truth<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHCgEIKwVpYhqkj52kmIbrKVffQehAxUdOfOzYnJXOiXRoZIgVD87hen6yRE8PE8_45l-oCUHX1Eb8NrDTZnrhUpCjrTdPOzvC9tU6MyBEjwUqw-JO5zVW2gBTxKD9HRboXRboJvbjaqT_oCiNeXRpG_Y8By2DueSV-YhC5tOMOuXHMSszxq8H4_4/s864/truth%20stop.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHCgEIKwVpYhqkj52kmIbrKVffQehAxUdOfOzYnJXOiXRoZIgVD87hen6yRE8PE8_45l-oCUHX1Eb8NrDTZnrhUpCjrTdPOzvC9tU6MyBEjwUqw-JO5zVW2gBTxKD9HRboXRboJvbjaqT_oCiNeXRpG_Y8By2DueSV-YhC5tOMOuXHMSszxq8H4_4/s320/truth%20stop.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>More than the usual misinformation, misdirection, and propaganda, presented as “NEWS” to viewers, FOX News Network has sunk to a new low for U.S. media organizations by paying its on-air personalities to purposely lie to boost their ratings and increase corporate revenue. </p><p>This, along with two additional, even more heinous reveals, were ferreted out by Dominion Voting Systems Corp. lawyers in the recent pre-trial hearing for summary judgment in Dominion’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News. </p><p>You may recall that FOX ceaselessly, 24/7, declared false information to viewers about Dominion election software which Mr. Trump and supporters used to substantiate their claim that the 2020 election was, “stolen”. The “stolen election” lie was then used by Trump to instigate the 6 Jan 2021 MAGA insurrection against the United States.</p><p>In his ruling Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis found:</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/" target="_blank">“The evidence developed in this civil proceeding demonstrates that is CRYSTAL clear than none of the Statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true. Therefore, the Court will grant summary judgment in favor of Dominion on the element of falsity,” the ruling read.</a></p><p>While that reveal may not be “real” news to most non-FOX viewers, what also came to light is news. The discovery process uncovered (reveal 2) that FOX personalities Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity spread the stolen election lie and other conspiracy theories even though they themselves knew they were lies.</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/" target="_blank">“Internal text messages and emails from top hosts at Fox showed them throwing cold water on Trump’s false claims of electoral fraud but worrying how fact checking those claims might hurt their standing with their audience.”</a></p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/" target="_blank">“In one email surfaced as part of the lawsuit Rupert Murdoch, owner and co-chairman of Fox Corp., worried to Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott that top hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham “went too far” in endorsing former President Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election, fillings from Dominion showed.”</a></p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/" target="_blank">“Maybe Sean and Laura went too far,” Murdoch wrote to Scott. “All very well for Sean to tell you he was in despair about Trump but what did he tell his viewers?”</a></p><p>Most importantly (reveal 3) Judge Davis found:</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/" target="_blank">“Dominion has offered proof demonstrating that the allegations were substantially false,” Davis wrote. “Comparing the allegations at issue to the truth, the truth would have likely had a different outcome on the average viewer, as the statements at issue were dramatically different than the truth.”</a></p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/" target="_blank">“In fact, although it cannot be attributed directly to Fox’s statements, it is noteworthy that some Americans still believe the election was rigged,” the judge added.</a></p><p>It's now clear, had FOX presented <i>Election Truth</i> to their audience instead of the <i>Big Lie</i>, it is likely Mr. Trump’s riot/insurrection would have been dead from the get-go.</p><p><b>VoteVets - Ban (140)</b></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B9xqczlMqSM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><a href="https://votevets.org/press-releases/votevets-ad-calling-for-removal-of-carlson-ingraham-and-hannity-programming-from-tvs-on-military-installations">https://votevets.org/press-releases/votevets-ad-calling-for-removal-of-carlson-ingraham-and-hannity-programming-from-tvs-on-military-installations</a></p><p><a href="https://votevets.org/">https://votevets.org/</a></p><p><b>Links in this Post</b></p><p><i>Judge sends Dominion’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News to trial</i><br />Dominick Mastrangelo and Zach Schonfeld, <b>The Hill</b>, 31 Mar 2023</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/">https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3928459-judge-sends-dominions-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news-to-trial/</a></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-23328714601732997852023-04-04T13:44:00.006-04:002023-04-06T09:36:49.621-04:00Sacrificing Our Children<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3-y7NymdVxDUDJzeXT9B-nhHsEBYD8mnJqP7bMqK9mzyex_Gb-6tQGvQJ3qYMBw18lsDV9VuA0GeBBHham1lGqTNfZf8oTZVEHz0Pl_ewUDaTAcXiyknokW5VXuml2veei2iFQv2rFKGersOWXu31Q0rz1cbHX7amuoLVbikf2CsJE9Wk4N_jzZE/s320/Sculptor%20George%20Segal%20Abraham%20and%20Isaac.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3-y7NymdVxDUDJzeXT9B-nhHsEBYD8mnJqP7bMqK9mzyex_Gb-6tQGvQJ3qYMBw18lsDV9VuA0GeBBHham1lGqTNfZf8oTZVEHz0Pl_ewUDaTAcXiyknokW5VXuml2veei2iFQv2rFKGersOWXu31Q0rz1cbHX7amuoLVbikf2CsJE9Wk4N_jzZE/s1600/Sculptor%20George%20Segal%20Abraham%20and%20Isaac.jpg" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://boundandunbound.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sculptor George Segal and his sculpture in memory of students slain and wounded at Kent State by Ohio National Guardsmen, entitled: In Memory of May 4, 1970: Kent State-Abraham and Isaac.</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>There are happenings that change everything. </p><p>Occurring in a flash, they are hurricane-like, erasing everything we thought we knew and forcing us into a totally unanticipated, dystopian understanding of our world. Once experienced, we can never go back.</p><p>For me, one life-altering moment, 13-seconds long, occurred on <a href="https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-demagogues-incompetence-rule.html" target="_blank">4 May 1970, with the murder of four and wounding of nine Kent State University students</a>. </p><p>Those 13 seconds erased my naïve understanding of myself, my nation, our leaders, and our values. I began to understand that we are a people willing to sacrifice our children for nothing but cult identity membership and feeding our narcissistic egos.</p><p>Still, in one way the times have not changed. </p><p><a href="https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2020/05/closure.html" target="_blank">In the 1970s, the “silent majority” willingly sacrificed their children to the Vietnam War god.</a> </p><p>Today, we willingly sacrifice our children to the AR-15 god. </p><p>Only the name of the god has changed. The willingness remains.</p><p>This Easter, my prayer is that our eyes and ears will open and that the Peace of Christ, pax Christi, will infuse us all with acceptance for each other.</p><p>“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (John 14:27).</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tclp5kBKQs" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Thousands of students walk-out in protest for gun control</a><br /><b>The NewsChannel 5 Network in Nashville</b></p><p><b>Links in this Post</b></p><p><i>When Demagogues & Incompetence Rule Innocents Die </i><a href="https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-demagogues-incompetence-rule.html">https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-demagogues-incompetence-rule.html</a></p><p><i>Closure</i><br /><a href="https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2020/05/closure.html">https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2020/05/closure.html</a></p><p>Sculptor George Segal and his sculpture in memory of students slain and wounded at Kent State by Ohio National Guardsmen, entitled: In Memory of May 4, 1970: Kent State-Abraham and Isaac.<br /><i>The Bound and the Unbound: Oedipus, Isaac, and Jesus<br /></i><a href="http://boundandunbound.blogspot.com/">http://boundandunbound.blogspot.com/</a></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-83646350316780075262023-02-06T13:32:00.003-05:002023-02-06T13:32:58.206-05:00Conjuring Gas Stoves & Drag Queens vs. Life-Changing Accomplishments for the Greater Good<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Wk-hLhT1zsM3MUwJIyAI5aBU1rQ711ftuIp4AiBNA7X_tVMTwwEnneE-R4laCQxbO414DFOVLrf5BPylJ7ryjChg9L0M1mdTqFUe49sa9HRk4ExbIGU3XtP5x8JwGMUmCScPKs882jvrOSqHw05j9T2gs3Fv-NoBHskSYAWklKfuy2yPASlsRvk9/s1832/stuff.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1832" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Wk-hLhT1zsM3MUwJIyAI5aBU1rQ711ftuIp4AiBNA7X_tVMTwwEnneE-R4laCQxbO414DFOVLrf5BPylJ7ryjChg9L0M1mdTqFUe49sa9HRk4ExbIGU3XtP5x8JwGMUmCScPKs882jvrOSqHw05j9T2gs3Fv-NoBHskSYAWklKfuy2yPASlsRvk9/w400-h178/stuff.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>While some politicians fixate on conjuring lies like Pres. Biden is going to take away gas stoves and drag queen dancers are going to “sexualize” youth, OTHERS, i.e. Democrats under Pres. Biden’s direction, have gotten some important, life-changing, things accomplished for us, the 99.9%, the everyday Joes and Janes of America.</p><p>Robert Reich* expressed what I see in today’s article posted in the British journal,<b> The Guardian</b>: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/joe-biden-democratic-capitalism-changed-economic-paradigm-reagan-free-market" target="_blank"><i>Biden has revived democratic capitalism – and changed the economic paradigm</i></a>, Robert Reich, 6 Feb 2023.</p><p>“It has taken one of the oldest presidents in American history, who has been in politics for over half a century, to return the nation to an economic paradigm that dominated public life between 1933 and 1980 and is far superior to the one that has dominated it since.</p><p>“Call it democratic capitalism.”</p><p>“Joe Biden is reviving democratic capitalism.</p><p>“From the Obama administration’s mistake of spending too little to pull the economy out of the Great Recession, he learned that the pandemic required substantially greater spending, which would also give working families a cushion against adversity. So he pushed for the giant $1.9tn American Rescue Plan.</p><p>“This was followed by a $550bn initiative to rebuild bridges, roads, public transit, broadband, water and energy systems. And in 2022, the biggest investment in clean energy in American history – expanding wind and solar power, electric vehicles, carbon capture and sequestration, and hydrogen and small nuclear reactors. This was followed by the largest public investment ever in semiconductors, the building blocks of the next economy.</p><p>“Notably, these initiatives are targeted to companies that employ American workers.</p><p>“Biden has also embarked on altering the balance of power between capital and labor, as did FDR. Biden has put trustbusters at the head of the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the justice department. And he has remade the National Labor Relations Board into a strong advocate of labor unions.</p><p>“Unlike his Democratic predecessors, Biden has not sought to reduce trade barriers. In fact, he has retained several from the Trump administration. But unlike Trump, he has not given a huge tax cut to corporations and the wealthy. It’s also worth noting that in contrast with every president since Reagan, Biden has not filled his White House with former Wall Street executives. Not one of his economic advisers – not even his treasury secretary – is from the Street.</p><p>“I don’t want to overstate Biden’s accomplishments. His ambitions for childcare, eldercare, paid family and medical leave were thwarted by senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. And now he has to contend with a Republican House.</p><p>“Biden’s larger achievement has been to change the economic paradigm that has reigned since Reagan. He is teaching America a lesson we once knew but have forgotten: that the “free market” does not exist. It is designed. It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.</p><p>“Biden’s democratic capitalism is neither socialism nor “big government”. It is, rather, a return to an era when government organized the market for the greater good."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/joe-biden-democratic-capitalism-changed-economic-paradigm-reagan-free-market" target="_blank">Please go here for the complete article</a>.</p><p><i>I’m in favor for the “greater good.”</i></p><p><i>How about you?</i></p><p>*Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-73178860673903692992023-02-03T10:11:00.001-05:002023-02-03T10:11:57.110-05:00 Has Jeff Davis returned?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA-SQwRT3KjntWcBW8DcTsXeU5brTey9p22gaat7gdxzLes69CH5-hkRN8N17wRipvbgAPrFukXLDqTBoT3KOjfr4wVEQZEMlgpx3Soknm5nW9hGGG41UCV7kBkQtSBETsDituKF61ELOnWhhUXIsOIEuZHAsYV3Q1UyYjJy5shWrkxkO7AMtIYy0/s867/Jeff%20Davis%20Back.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="867" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA-SQwRT3KjntWcBW8DcTsXeU5brTey9p22gaat7gdxzLes69CH5-hkRN8N17wRipvbgAPrFukXLDqTBoT3KOjfr4wVEQZEMlgpx3Soknm5nW9hGGG41UCV7kBkQtSBETsDituKF61ELOnWhhUXIsOIEuZHAsYV3Q1UyYjJy5shWrkxkO7AMtIYy0/s320/Jeff%20Davis%20Back.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Republican Kevin McCarthy, the current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has now allowed the House to tumble backwards into a neo-pre-Civil War era of chaos, hatred, and racism.</p><p>My guess is that history will show McCarthy’s watch will be akin to having permitted traitor and supporter of slavery and racism, Confederate President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" target="_blank">Jefferson F. Davis</a>, to become Speaker after he lost the Civil War.</p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-89735041776586716902022-12-05T12:24:00.005-05:002022-12-05T14:35:22.179-05:00No Longer in the Shadow <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif39uQGJ_3c4OKfAzU453qTTPEmZKSpADZVpeesViQReE2GPk-fhaszU4-b2axjNcIKRoEhWRHnT5k7gM3auRdRY4EnARexnTRfh7Vbt-RRB9FMeB1JqfxtF5oEYWHfcuVTKsxcd-z4K64537XZbQ-gTRREUfscLSQO9T7GKNj_Cy221q4U1YoG6d9/s2340/shadow.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="2153" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif39uQGJ_3c4OKfAzU453qTTPEmZKSpADZVpeesViQReE2GPk-fhaszU4-b2axjNcIKRoEhWRHnT5k7gM3auRdRY4EnARexnTRfh7Vbt-RRB9FMeB1JqfxtF5oEYWHfcuVTKsxcd-z4K64537XZbQ-gTRREUfscLSQO9T7GKNj_Cy221q4U1YoG6d9/s320/shadow.png" width="294" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Six observations: </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>With his call to overturn the U.S. Constitution, Mr. Trump has without a doubt transformed himself into a seditious vampire, indiscriminately sucking the life blood out of the American people. On the treason scale, he rates higher than Benedict Arnold and no longer is in Arnold's shadow.</li><li>By invading Ukraine, killing, or wounding hundreds of thousands of innocent people, both Ukrainian and Russian, Mr. Putin, has secured his place in history next to Joseph Stalin.</li><li>By supporting Mr. Trump, the majority of serving Republicans in the U.S. House are insurrectionists and therefore they must be removed from office and forbidden from holding future public office.</li><li>Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, Jr. have now crossed into unethical territory as defined under the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges and now must voluntarily either recuse themselves or resign. (Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has no Code of Conduct.)</li><li>After his Twitter takeover, Elon Musk has now earned his rating as No. 1 on the scale of the worst CEOs of history.</li><li>The Hunter Biden laptop story really is a "nothing burger".</li></ol><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-51382493723332993292022-10-27T14:42:00.000-04:002022-10-27T14:42:26.887-04:00 It’s Time for Servant Leaders<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo0wSnMRimAwOArTxPmKnWMuf0D6KJQT_lhyNG4_yfHigUFtOXv07P_tHpo8ZJZw5maxKBd4vL_rKostMDH0PjLQUpEFrADkHh7xV-MgJBzCthj9VSPq_M3o4Ykbckw094Owuxk2q8a2P_sBj5UhD_QwQY5HyhNF5eW9RL9z5NTTB2qnMNFIkX2kO/s761/Mike%20Franken%20Brian%20Tyler%20Cohen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="761" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo0wSnMRimAwOArTxPmKnWMuf0D6KJQT_lhyNG4_yfHigUFtOXv07P_tHpo8ZJZw5maxKBd4vL_rKostMDH0PjLQUpEFrADkHh7xV-MgJBzCthj9VSPq_M3o4Ykbckw094Owuxk2q8a2P_sBj5UhD_QwQY5HyhNF5eW9RL9z5NTTB2qnMNFIkX2kO/s320/Mike%20Franken%20Brian%20Tyler%20Cohen.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Mike Franken, candidate for the US Senate in Iowa<br />photo: screen capture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Weeks have come and gone.</p><p>During that time we suffered COVID and then Hurricane Ian left us in ruins.</p><p>Still, our most serious affliction remains our leadership vacuum.</p><p>We have an epidemic of bought leaders. Dedicated to serving themselves at the direction of the billionaires, foreign nations and corporations funding their campaign coffers, they accumulate millions of payola dollars while in office rather than serve the interests of the people who elected them. </p><p>In fact, our society has become dominated by the premise, “suck in big bucks while you can, even if means your own people will grievously suffer as a result”, that serving the interests of the people has become the exception rather than the first requirement for elected office.</p><p>Today, we expect that our representatives are or will soon be scumbags and are shocked if they exhibit concern for others, humanity, honor, and dedication to doing right by all people regardless of political affiliation, nationality, skin color or heritage.</p><p>All this said, I stumbled upon the interview below with Mike Franken, candidate for the US Senate in Iowa. I hope he is what he says he is… and if so, that he is elected to office.</p><p><b>Deep red Senate seat suddenly IN PLAY for Democrats, Brian Tyler Cohen</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u0GlHA6-ypo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p>Oct 26, 2022</p><p>INTERVIEW: Brian interviews the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in Iowa, Mike Franken, about a bombshell new poll showing him within striking distance of unseating Chuck Grassley, and whether Grassley’s age (he’d be 95 years old by the end of the term he’s running for right now) is a concern to him.</p><p><b>More on Servant Leadership</b></p><p><a href="https://downriverusa.blogspot.com/2014/03/cincinnatus-leader-geo-washington.html" target="_blank">Cincinnatus - A Leader Geo. Washington Respected</a></p><div><br /></div>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-23628653398063893532022-09-16T16:10:00.000-04:002022-09-16T16:10:28.237-04:00 DeSantis’ PR Stunt Backfires <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBXgU2pdQ_-DvCXKmIQcUnqMUOWSaM_MS4YLZNJ3SeHjyrNMF0IX9ngK2B5lH6IYhcia79DAlJjE8w_jzFZriLT3E738PI2CijLc4ev1q95lLc4kpu8LUE79R9koeQU9EqqpJ8HrMncI2PcFHAfPgYYtHsKShu3vzjHLOZy9xdEtuYV9fWzJPoQ9Z/s713/pr%20stunt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="713" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBXgU2pdQ_-DvCXKmIQcUnqMUOWSaM_MS4YLZNJ3SeHjyrNMF0IX9ngK2B5lH6IYhcia79DAlJjE8w_jzFZriLT3E738PI2CijLc4ev1q95lLc4kpu8LUE79R9koeQU9EqqpJ8HrMncI2PcFHAfPgYYtHsKShu3vzjHLOZy9xdEtuYV9fWzJPoQ9Z/s320/pr%20stunt.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Florida Gov. DeSantis’ latest FOX PR stunt seems to be backfiring because it appears to be just plain stupid, illegal, and inhumane.</p><p>First the stupid part. Mr. DeSantis used Florida funds to pay for the private jets used to transport 50 refugees to Martha's Vineyard. The problem is that the refugees originated from San Antonio. Last time I checked, San Antonio was located in Texas, not Florida. Floridians might find that a problem, even if they are Trumpers. Using Florida tax money to transport the Texas “unwanted” just doesn’t make sense.</p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-1234594051/" target="_blank">Second, shipping legitimate refugees awaiting their appearance in court away from a Texas-based immigration jurisdiction to another is not a up to a state. It’s up to the federal government. That makes this move illegal.</a> Additionally, according to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-1234594051/" target="_blank">Susan Akram, professor, Boston University School of Law, "...if migrants were deceived into boarding the flights, coerced or deliberately misled, they or Massachusetts officials could charge Texas state officials responsible for fraud — or perhaps even kidnapping, depending on how they were coerced into boarding the transport."</a></p><p>Third, the inhumanity of this fraud is obvious to most people other than Mr. DeSantis. </p><p>Finally, despite Mr. DeSantis’ best efforts to embarrass the people of Martha's Vineyard and score points with the FOX talking heads, the opposite has happened. </p><p>Here’s the story…</p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-1234594051/" target="_blank"><i>DeSantis Flying Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard May Have Violated Federal Law, Experts Say, </i>Nikki McCann Ramirez, <b>Rolling Stone</b>, 15 Sept 2022.</a></p><p><b>Alex Wagner Tonight MSNBC, 15 Sept 2022</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sIzZkv2d9do?start=918" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><div><br /></div>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-48390823561471593472022-09-14T11:19:00.000-04:002022-09-14T11:19:03.113-04:00Good Paying Jobs With a Future<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLJqeOr_KSHEm_dDEw1pcq31mEliJK0CXL5JenwaUBq4FqAWsW8e_2Qjd7K8ecYkSHgupWCiK2A1I_FD1AZMLq88TXov8brjKb0FOjUxEbddNaDbh6I7959Qvhssywy7Tg4sS0mV49aSrFJPQ-PbPkkOVHRm_zDXAsSXFPGlMCilKPvDuTwKqJNK/s388/sustainable.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="110" data-original-width="388" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLJqeOr_KSHEm_dDEw1pcq31mEliJK0CXL5JenwaUBq4FqAWsW8e_2Qjd7K8ecYkSHgupWCiK2A1I_FD1AZMLq88TXov8brjKb0FOjUxEbddNaDbh6I7959Qvhssywy7Tg4sS0mV49aSrFJPQ-PbPkkOVHRm_zDXAsSXFPGlMCilKPvDuTwKqJNK/s320/sustainable.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If I lived
in rural Virginia, or anywhere else for that matter, and my children and
grandchildren were looking for a job, or start a business, I’d try to help them create opportunity in sustainable / green energy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s why:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/08/rural-virginia-pivots-from-coal-solar-green-jobs" target="_blank"><i>This is the future’: rural Virginia pivots from coal to green jobs</i></a><b> , <br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nina Lakhani, <b>The Guardian</b>, 8 Sept 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Region’s
long awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by
US’s first climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When Mason
Taylor enrolled at the local vocational school with dreams of becoming an
electrician like his dad, it was assumed that the ninth-grader would eventually
end up moving away from Wise county, Virginia, to find a decent job.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Now 19,
Taylor just bought a truck after a summer apprenticing with a crew of
electricians installing rooftop solar systems at public schools in the county.
He was among a dozen or so rookies paid $17 an hour, plus tools and a travel
stipend, as part of the state’s first solar energy youth apprenticeship scheme.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Around here
it’s always been coal, coal, coal, we didn’t hear much about green energy,”
said Taylor, who comes from a long line of miners. “This is a great opportunity
to learn, great pay, and maybe I’ll be able to stay here in the mountains with
my family if solar takes off.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In the past
decade or so, unemployment and poverty have forced many to leave south-west
Virginia as the coal industry’s decline ricocheted across central Appalachia.
It’s torn many families apart and any talk of renewable energy was considered
anti-coal, but attitudes are starting to change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">“We have to get away from fossil fuels that are killing our planet. Technology has come a long way and will keep getting better. This is the future,” said chief electrician Jimmy Rogers, 49, whose family worked on the coal trains in Tennessee.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The region’s long-awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by America’s first climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).</p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s far from a panacea, but Joe Biden’s legislation provides $369bn for the transition to electric vehicles and renewable energy – a historic investment that scientists estimate will reduce greenhouse gases by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030 and create an estimated 1.5m new jobs.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Decent well-paid jobs are desperately needed. In Virginia, coal production has declined by 70% since its peak in 1990, and much of what’s left is semi-automated. Those old jobs are largely gone and are not coming back.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The IRA provides ring-fenced money for training, innovation and manufacturing, as well as an array of tax breaks and other financial incentives to help consumers and businesses transition away from fossil fuels. And Joe Manchin, the conservative Democrat senator from West Virginia played a pivotal role in watering down – and then reviving – the legislation, directing billions of dollars to the economic revival of depressed coal towns.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/08/rural-virginia-pivots-from-coal-solar-green-jobs" target="_blank">-Go here for the whole story-</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://legacygrandkids.info/legacygrandkids_opportunity.html" target="_blank">and here for more... https://legacygrandkids.info/legacygrandkids_opportunity.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/map-career-clean-energy" target="_blank">U.S. Dept of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Career Maps</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Exploring Solar Panel Efficiency Breakthroughs in 2022<br /></b><b>Undecided with Matt Ferrell, 12 July 2022</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m8crjuL8FFs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Scientists have just had a major solar panels efficiency breakthrough, and it could mean a big change for the future of renewable energy. Visit https://brilliant.org/undecided to sign up for free. And also, the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium membership. This isn’t just more hype, but a sign of where solar panel technology stands today and is heading in the near future. However, this isn’t the only big solar panel news from 2022. There’s been a lot of very recent advancements from perovskites to organic solar cells too, so what does this mean for you and me? Let’s see if we can come to a decision on this.</p><p class="MsoNormal">UPDATE: The US congress recently extended and raised the solar tax credit as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. But you can still research for solar in your area using my EnergySage portal: http://bit.ly/undecidedsolar</p><div>Go here for more information and links: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8crjuL8FFs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8crjuL8FFs</a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://undecidedmf.com">https://undecidedmf.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-3731206981724496162022-09-11T12:46:00.001-04:002022-09-11T12:46:48.106-04:00Remembering 9/11 – 2,974 WTC Murders<p> </p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Cantarell; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8017908609561554981" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Cantarell; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586.01px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxfqb_xkYsVauoiDLyYtQyHYid1oIbVCyu_ZU8kfFiukUwyY2SSctiTM9DeJcgLWUepN4L7r22-B5UHM92QPJFAw5Me5xQlGxjRRFYoVzEEfFrAP3INqz1HTB4RbSQYQpyBT6IpOrHSA/s1600/double_check_montage.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>(Update 11 Sept 2022, Updated 16 Sept 2017. <a href="http://www.ibfinvestigations.org/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please go here for the International Bureau of Forensic Investigations cold case investigation</a> of the 9/11 murders.) Similar to the day President Kennedy was murdered, I remember where I was and what I was doing when the World Trade Center Towers the other five WTC buildings were destroyed, 11 Sept 2001, don’t you?<br /><br />I turned the TV on that morning to see if there was some reason why my Internet connection had suddenly frozen up. Perhaps, I speculated, someone had demolished the Comcast cable somewhere close by.<br /><br />Instead of a car accident, I learned that the one of the WTC towers was on fire. I didn’t know it then, but our world had changed again, once more in a very bad way.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLc6L6BD5KTXPOXyYcZnZG3GJmcZ-JLZJlWfj4i5QI-5RzBnBohCDuDkT5u2NGBDvG4oPu5BJT4LksYHSr-d4okNS_5Ha9j-GkCIe25vQSxNgUGPyWADUTfjq-x54km4lTy4qJqF1lFbg/s1600/jumpers.png" style="clear: left; color: #3778cd; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLc6L6BD5KTXPOXyYcZnZG3GJmcZ-JLZJlWfj4i5QI-5RzBnBohCDuDkT5u2NGBDvG4oPu5BJT4LksYHSr-d4okNS_5Ha9j-GkCIe25vQSxNgUGPyWADUTfjq-x54km4lTy4qJqF1lFbg/s1600/jumpers.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;">An estimated 200 people jumped to their deaths .</td></tr></tbody></table>In shock, I suspect, after seeing several people jump from the WTC, I later accepted our government’s explanation of the collapse of the impossibly huge buildings. After all, I’d seen it all on TV, hadn’t I?<br /><br />Never, for a second, did I question where the mammoth tons and tons of rubble went that day - the steel and the building contents. Nor did I question why they fell so quickly and without damaging the building close by.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.mktcom.net/triumph.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV18uHCt_pW3qq4ljJIArb55EtTVrgnU8R14gH_XzdFLFLFVD07ZclIYM0ix2TMKlIXK2gTL5Hc8Ff4XakWmZJM3vxEjnu9XeD6axPWE04YN4zl7UShHEHUohSyjd-_1409WOr0uBz2rc/s1600/brooklyn_youth_chorus.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mktcom.net/triumph.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Brooklyn Youth Chorus sang "I Will Remember You".</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Years later, during the 9/11 10th anniversary, I was overcome with sorrow and empathy listening to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ beautiful rendition of Sarah McLacklan’s song, <i>I Will Remember You</i>.(1.) In my mind I kept replaying the tragic scene: the jumpers… hundreds of first responders… and thousands of WTC workers… all lost their lives while I sat, horrified, in my office and watched via TV.<br /><br />Something ignited my mind that day. Perhaps the catalyst was the replay of the buildings collapsing or the emergency personnel recounting their stories – whatever it was, I began to look back at 9/11. I started reading all I could find about how both of the towers could have collapsed so quickly due to a fire located so high up in the structures. I found that the official report really didn’t explain the collapse at all, and especially, nothing was offered to explain the lack of rubble on the day of the collapse.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQ3I9316uvtErVLxXU7Ka6ODK1kHBWsAIFfFKv3VbtSoli9ITZeFqqVAQQ9DiSodgq59YW7j_9iZnfe_hR2qTmQOAZdlV6dAEhWu-e6kSB56OCTolG1sMjjTbcMUPs7dtBmNYjnHu5JA/s1600/gone_to_dust.png" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQ3I9316uvtErVLxXU7Ka6ODK1kHBWsAIFfFKv3VbtSoli9ITZeFqqVAQQ9DiSodgq59YW7j_9iZnfe_hR2qTmQOAZdlV6dAEhWu-e6kSB56OCTolG1sMjjTbcMUPs7dtBmNYjnHu5JA/s1600/gone_to_dust.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px;">Steel turns to dust in mid air.</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXNhF2gWxs6ayE3Pon08aj8jsSubZ8UjgTPtaFWyBBXnZET9i_TfGmYaHARSyHOWi0XRvbfsQYX4CtG30bMfRVvOBARr3gQ4u4YgvPZ3CyWEne9bUDOPj8JCnCOPqFIl_oDBh6mMZfP4/s1600/dr_judy_wood.png" style="clear: right; color: #3778cd; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXNhF2gWxs6ayE3Pon08aj8jsSubZ8UjgTPtaFWyBBXnZET9i_TfGmYaHARSyHOWi0XRvbfsQYX4CtG30bMfRVvOBARr3gQ4u4YgvPZ3CyWEne9bUDOPj8JCnCOPqFIl_oDBh6mMZfP4/s1600/dr_judy_wood.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;">Dr. Judy Wood</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Then I discovered Dr. Judy Wood’s (2.) videos, her website and her case against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the people Congress hired to file the explanatory report.<br /><br />Here is how UK researcher Andrew Johnson explained the NIST report in his book, <i>Finding the Truth</i>: “NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), was tasked with analysing the cause of the destruction of WTC towers 1,2 and 7. When studied objectively, their report for WTC 1 & 2 fails to answer how the “pancake” collapse theory explains the evidence observed on the day – such as the complete pulverisation of most of the towers – including hundreds of steel girders – in about 10 seconds each. Readily available photos also illustrate the glaring lack of any “pancakes” in the WTC rubble pile.”<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk/video/Jerry%20Leaphart%20-%20NIST%20ARA%20etc.wmv" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubwPervt_MrvJI6Gbc3YYG8W-Tej2jvC4rbkJ5aZepEcR6Zz4aoTutg0OLuRo1DTuGPJR2_EJMjxqvsg1mW9iVilKVqeOQMoPaBb7PMYbv8mpZGZ_nA2Z4XoMYvE-X4yZvq2yf9Jy8YI/s1600/leaphart_UN.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk/video/Jerry%20Leaphart%20-%20NIST%20ARA%20etc.wmv" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jerry V. Leaphart, J.D., Attorney, NIST Requests for Correction</a></td></tr></tbody></table>“Elements of the final NIST WTC reports have been the subject of a Legal Challenge (3.) by Professors Morgan Reynolds (Emeritus, Texas A & M University) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Judy Wood (formerly of Clemson University, South Carolina). Their challenge was first made as a “Request for Correction” and then in two “Qui Tam” cases. These cases, unsealed in 2007, outlined how, as it is framed, the NIST study of the WTC collapse was fraudulent and deceptive. Indeed, the very title of the main report “The Collapse of the World Trade Centre Towers” is itself misleading, because the towers did not collapse, they turned to dust.”.( 4.)<br /><br />Once clear of the shock of learning that the NIST report seemed eerily similar to the Warren Commission report, i.e. both avoided discussing clearly important aspects of the crimes they were charged to investigate, I devoted countess hours to studying what Dr. Wood had uncovered.<br /><br />What happened to the two tallest buildings in North America, the WTC towers, and the other five WTC buildings on 9/11?<br /><br />I did not want to accept Dr. Wood’s findings. Frankly, it was simply too shocking for me to believe the forensic evidence she had complied and the truth she uncovered. Now, nearly three years later as I write this article, I have come to the place in my life that I can, once again accept the facts of life. This time, ferreted out by Dr. Wood, at considerable personal cost to her, the evidence clearly shows that the towers did not fall… they were not taken down by two aircraft. No, something much more sinister took place on 9/11 and the “cover up” continues to play out to this very day.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc86IAnGLVYzZVQGv5Sry6RRghLBLUKyLdTt9xjCIxdqMB57lb4fwrVD_wv5ZsiV9Q9U7m3s69mLwSNdr_npl7hZQo2Og0LhjIpUQB9-lGzWiJtFeRMfSjUdYJvaRE9hwVDRkg9mwb97Y/s1600/toasted_car_map.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="http://drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Please click though to </span>Dr. Judy Wood's interview with Theo Chalmers. Although it is lengthy, Chalmers conducts one of the most insightful interviews of Dr. Wood. 25 Oct 2011, One Step Beyond, with Theo Chalmers, SKY 200 (U.K.). Source of video, Andrew Johnson.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>What “weapon” could possible “dustify” those two massive towers, WTC 1 & 2 - 110 stories each, and make them disappear into clouds of dust in less than 10 seconds, leaving relatively little rubble on the ground? How did that happen?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3lWYP6GobIqDcX12olF2iIBUv1ZT-o9lK4A3BxosWu-Kn0BsCU52EBItR4RnA95NaKfUhzx1491gDXyV86nXtsnEDrNw8ci75Ce7awc1rqhv10K-ZkqK2k9X_FuZ3mAQvGrjinGnsjM/s1600/pancake_rubble.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please go here for enlargement with full description.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>For certain, no matter how big and how fast they were flying upon impact, not even two massive Boeings with resulting fires could have “disappeared” those two massive buildings, PLUS destroy the other five WTC buildings which were also obliterated that day, WTC 3 – 22 stories; WTC 4 – 9 stories; WTC5 – 9 stories; WTC 6 – 8 stories; and WTC 7 – 47 stories; AND create a plethora of never-before-seen phenomena as far away as one mile from the WTC.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BxRBRQr1hqm7b5YNrMaSdQ2kCgeHCB6ufjIYjzgyKa6l5XfSpF3jQNLnfKKaINfFzujM74GnAJgv1hlcfpbLSWdUW7sxSPCB5UU8cZbBOD9hsSen6sWhvBb0-bT_a80AmdQ9NH1I5QQ/s1600/toasted_car_map_montage_no_caption_sm.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please go here for enlargement with full description.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Dr Judy Wood has assembled the forensic evidence.(5.) If we allow ourselves to see, hear and read it we may be on the path toward discovering the horrific truths about 9/11.<br /><br /><b>We begin</b> by considering the question she asks: Do you know of anything that can turn a building to dust in mid air? And, then some of the principal data that must be explained, please go to Dr. Wood's website, wtc page. section: <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/wtc/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">B. Some of the principal data that must be explained</a>.<br /><br /><b>Second</b>, at the 2012 Breakthrough Energy Movement (BEM) conference in Holland (6.) (and a number of other presentations and interviews), Dr. Wood explained, “The towers did not slam to the ground. If they had slammed to the ground (following a controlled demolition or as a result of catastrophic structural failure resulting from airplanes hitting the buildings):<br />1. There would be over 1,250,000 tons of debris piled on the ground. (Didn't happen)<br />2. Manhattan would have been flooded. (Didn't happen)<br />3. The seismic recordings would have reflected two 500,000-ton buildings and one 230,000-ton building slamming to the ground. (Didn't happen)”<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNk5pSoLijrBL1I2N56jIibOAeFQ4zRBMAZ41MkOnFVxpvquw-_9beE-1f0UR-Cfl3IoxPwWFIWvBSqTjdRI3rE6wwjpVyJ1x71NsGE3OgsLx88i1_1UbI2kRHximFMzIH-Wb7SpEEIA/s1600/WTC_Wood_chart_sm.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://encoreboomer.com/pdfs/Remembering_911_2974_WTC_Murders_images.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Go here for a larger, readable image.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>So, what brought the towers down? <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/StarWarsBeam7.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The evidence, Dr. Wood has concluded, points to a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW)</a>. Dr Wood offers a clear, easily understood comparison of summary of the evidence in her book and in her presentations. Her findings are well documented and directly on target, especially given that she has been the trailblazer in describing an exceedingly complex, entirely new and, until 9/11, publicly unknown destructive force used with impunity upon innocent people whose only mistake was going to work that day.<br /><br />Really? Directed Energy Weapons - Star Wars? I'll bet your first thought was that Star Wars weapons really don't exist, except in Hollywood. If that's your thought, well, you'd be wrong. Not only do they exist, they are in operation today. There's even a professional association devoted to the craft, the <a href="http://www.deps.org/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Directed Energy Professional Society</a>. What kinds of weapons do we have? There are many. Check out this video from the U. S. Air Force Research Lab's Directed Energy Directorate Directed Energy Directorate:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mSGprwJx_zs/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mSGprwJx_zs?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br />Video not visible? Go to this YouTube URL: <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://youtu.be/mSGprwJx_zs</u></span>.<br />Or, visit the website: <a href="http://www.kirtland.af.mil/Units/AFRL-Directed-Energy-Directorate/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">US Air Force Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base</a><br /><br />Of course what you see above is one of the weapons we are using today in public view. We have no idea what the classified weapons are or what they can do.<br /><br />In one of Dr. Wood’s most recent interviews (and also one of the best to date) George Noory, <i>Coast to Coast AM </i>(7. ), doggedly worked to understand the technology used to destroy the WTC. Finally, after being asked several times to name the type of directed energy weapon used to destroy the WTC on 11 Sept 2001, Dr. Judy Wood answered, maintaining her forensic scientist position:<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “What the evidence shows is that you can eliminate kinetic energy as a destructive mechanism. Kinetic energy means that the buildings were beaten to death, like a gravity collapse, wreaking ball, missile or bomb. Thermal energy means the buildings were cooked to death, lots of heat. Those two things the evidence rules out. But, directed energy, as I define it, is energy that is instructed to do something differently than it normally does. Instead of the bonding forces of matter being attracted to each other, they are directed to repel each other. It is not like something physically hitting it or cooking it. And, within that, it's a big umbrella of things.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “A lot of people are uncomfortable about that. They want to have a device - Acme model whatever it is. But, we can look at parallel evidence that produces the same thing. The source of the energy, she explained, "...could have been anywhere... it could be the energy comes from the material. I want to get away from a point and shoot laser beam. It was more of a field effect."<br /><br />George Noory: How much energy was needed to destroy these buildings?<br />Wood: It could even have been negative energy. If you can understand the mechanism – that’s the beauty of this – if there is a silver lining in this – it is that this technology was used for destructive purposes, but it doesn’t have to be (used that way). It can be used for good purposes… for providing free energy to the world.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “If you have the ability to affect the nature of matter – instead of atoms attracting each other, they are repelling each other – if you give it that instruction… it isn’t like you have to put in a lot of energy, create bonds and use energy that way, it could be that the energy come from the material.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: “Actually, (regarding) the dust cloud that rolled down the street, first responders that I talked to said, that it was cooler than ambient temperature, in other words, not hot. It was cooler. Then it began feeling warm…you know when you put acid on your hand it feels like it’s burning up but it could be room temperature. There was something in the dust that was eating on their skin. They were scrubbing in the shower afterward; they just couldn’t get it off.”<br /><br />Dr. Wood: "I want to get away from the idea of a point and shoot laser beam, it’s more of a field effect, like the coverage range of your cell phone… it’s a zone of effect.”<br /><br />George Noory: Do you ever, Dr. Wood, get into the Who?<br />Dr. Wood: No, but I got closer than anyone has, in the public domain, that is. I pretty much know who knows. And that is who I tried to take to court. These were contractors on the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) report. They were mandated by Congress to find why and how the towers collapsed. They didn’t do that. I wrote a request for correction to NIST saying that their contractors were leading them astray. You can’t sue a government agency but we can sue contractors for fraud of a government agency. There are a couple of the contractors, one in particular, which had the most number of people on the contract, on the NIST report. They are developers and manufacturers of energy weapons. Not only that, they also had and still have, I believe, a contract with the U.S. government to know everything about any weapon of mass destruction that exists or is being developed anywhere. So, not only do they know what technology there is, they know whose technology it is. Wouldn’t it have been nice to have them under oath?<br /><br />Dr. Wood: "Why not ask ARA (<a href="http://www.ara.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Applied Research Associates, Inc.</a> )? They are the directed energy weapons experts."<br /><div><br /></div><b>Third</b>, from that day in September 2001, Dr. Wood has taken tremendous personal risk to voice her findings both to her peers, the general public and via the judicial system. After shifting through huge amounts of forensic evidence and literally overcoming a barrage of character assassination attempts to discredit her, <i>Dr. Wood continues to stand alone, well above her critics, as the qualified expert with the correct academic and professional credentials, training and experience. In other words, she really does know what she is talking about because she has the interdisciplinary education, training and experience to pull the forensic evidence together.</i><br /><i><br /></i>I don’t know why Dr. Wood left her position at Clemson. But, what I can say is that the alumni, faculty, administration and student body of Clemson should honor her and restore her status as a full professor, with full back pay and benefits, for her years of trail blazing forensic scientific work, applied engineering expertise and dedication to ferreting out the truth about the crime of the century. Clemson should be honored to be associated with Dr. Wood. Dr. Judy Wood is an American Hero - a World Hero. She is also something rarer today. She is a member of a breed which I feel is nearly extinct - Dr. Judy Wood is a Patriot.<br /><br /><b>Who benefited from 9/11?</b><br />Certainly the usual suspects – the armaments industry and the financiers of war, the bankers – have gained immeasurably from 9/11.<br /><br /><b>Who could have orchestrated 9/11? </b><br />Only those in the highest levels of our own government at the time could have pulled off the “terrorist” action on a day when our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_operations_and_exercises_on_September_11,_2001" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">air defenses were “off line” and our military and federal law enforcement people were effectively out of action, running several training exercises</a>.<br /><br /><b>Who predicted a “new Pearl Harbor”? </b><br />The “NEO-CON” directors and signatories to Statement of Principles of the Project for a New American Century, the future members of the G.W. Bush administration, wrote about it prior to taking office. They even advertised it in published reports (September 2000) and full page display ads. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">See: Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force", includes the sentence: "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor" </a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“Though not arguing that Bush administration PNAC members were complicit in those attacks, other social critics such as journalist Mark Danner, journalist John Pilger, in New Statesman, and former editor of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bernard Weiner, in CounterPunch, all argue that PNAC members used the events of 9/11 as the "Pearl Harbor" that they needed––that is, as an "opportunity" to "capitalize on" (in Pilger's words), in order to enact long-desired plans</a>.<br /><br /><b>Who obstructed justice?</b><br />According to the <i>Washington Post</i>, 7 May 2004, “Six air traffic controllers provided accounts of their communications with hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001, on a tape recording that was later destroyed by a Federal Aviation Administration manager…But months after the recording was made… another FAA manager decided on his own to destroy the tape, crushing it with his hands, cutting it into small pieces and depositing the pieces into several trash cans.”(8.) <a href="http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?investigations:_a_detailed_look=investigations&timeline=complete_911_timeline&startpos=100" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">For more about 9/11 and obstruction, please go here</a>.<br /><br /><b>Who has lost because of 9 /11?</b><br /><i>We the People</i> lost. Just consider the civil liberties we have given up under the USA PATRIOT Act. (USA PATRIOT Act) is actually an acronym for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001), the Military Commission Act and the National Defense Authorization Act, which permits any person, citizens included, to be arrested without charge and held indefinitely without access to a lawyer or a trial. It even permits torture. This is not to mention the loss of more than $4.5 trillion spent on the “War on Terrorism”, the loss of close to 2 million innocent Iraqis and Afghans and 6,000 of our sons and daughters.<br /><br />Again, we have lived through acts of unspeakably evil. To this very day, this very minute, the monstrosity which occurred on 11 Sept 2001, frightens me; fills me with compassion for those who lost their lives and for their loved ones who must carry on without them; and empowers me with a sense of duty to ferret out the soulless beings responsible for this heinous crime against humanity.<br /><br />Now, knowing with absolute certainty that not one of us is safe in our own homes or businesses, we all should fear that once again we will discover that the trail of the soulless evil beings who perpetrated this crime will bring us back to our own government.<br /><br /><b>Resources</b><br />1. Please listen to the Brooklyn Youth Chorus performance on the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Murders. I have been unable to relocate the YouTube video version of the BYC performance. <a href="http://www.mktcom.net/triumph.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">However, I offer a poor, but acceptable audio version, which I posted to my eMCC, LLC website after the 9/11 10th ceremony</a>.<br />2. Dr. Wood’s professional credentials:<br />B.S. Civil Engineering, 1981 Structural Engineering,<br />M.S. Engineering Mechanics Applied Physics, 1983, and<br />Ph.D. Materials Engineering Science, 1992, from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints. She has taught courses including: Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials), Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials), Strength of Materials Testing<br /><a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/a/bio/Wood_Bio.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">See Dr. Wood’s bio here.</a><br />3. Go here for details about the only <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/NIST/NIST_RFC.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">legal case regarding the NIST findings about WTC 9/11 - Request For Corrections and Other Legal Challenges</a>. Go here for an <a href="http://nomoregames.net/2010/10/22/an-interview-with-911-counselor-jerry-v-leaphart/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">interview with Attorney Jerry Leaphart</a>.<br />4. <a href="http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk/pdf/9-11%20-%20Finding%20the%20Truth.pdf" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>9/11 Finding the Truth </i>PDF, Andrew K. Johnson, pg 5</a>. <i>9/11 Finding the Truth</i> is available in several formats, including PDF, audio, Kindle and paperback. Please go here for the <a href="http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/andrew-johnson/9-11-finding-the-truth/paperback/product-21688473.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">paperback version</a> or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10517042-9-11" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />5. <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Where Did theTowers Go? – The Evidence of Directed Free-Energy Technology on 9/11</i>, by Dr. Judy Wood</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Towers-Evidence-Directed-Free-energy-Technology/dp/0615412564" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Amazon</a>: “This book is a forensic analysis of what effectively is a crime scene. Ground Zero and the surrounding areas were photographed countless thousands of times, yet no one really assessed all of the phenomena found in these photographs. What is presented in this book is not a theory and it is not speculation. It is evidence. It is the body of empirical evidence that must be explained in order to determine what happened at Ground Zero.” <a href="http://wheredidthetowersgo.com/review/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">See book review by Eric Larsen, Ph.D., 17 Apr 2011</a><br />6. <a href="http://www.drjudywood.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Wood’s presentation at the Breakthrough Energy Movement (BEM) Conference, Holland, 2012, courtesy of Andrew Johnson, The Journal of 9/11 Research and 9/11 Issues</a> .<br />7. <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2014/09/11" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Coast to Coast AM, 11 Sept 2014, Interview with George Noory </a><br />8. <a href="http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/planes/evidence/wapost_destape.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"FAA Managers Destroyed 9/11 Tape Recording Contained Accounts of Communications With Hijacked Planes", By Sara Kehaulani Goo, Staff Writer, <i>The Washington Post</i>, Thursday, May 6, 2004; 6:16 PM.</a><br /><br />About two of the images in our 9/11 montage:<br /><a href="http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-seward-johnson-iis-double-check.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">John Seward Johnson II's Double Check Statue</a><br /><a href="http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-kneeling-fireman-911-memorial-statue.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kneeling Fireman Statue</a><br /><br />More Information?<br />Please read, <a href="https://whiteoutpress.com/was-911-an-inside-job333/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“Was 9/11 an Inside Job?”, Whiteout Press, 4 Sept 2011</a><br />and <a href="https://whiteoutpress.com/arguments-from-911-conspiracy-debunkers824/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“Arguments from 9/11 Conspiracy Debunkers”, Whiteout Press, 6 Sept 2011</a></div>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-70486891064000989642022-09-09T16:05:00.009-04:002022-09-10T13:06:19.736-04:00Cloaking Truth and Creating Confusion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GiCrgp6ZADEqEGxZzieTLUe7PcfZBXaMxm1gcqh7793CdiVnjt_gIjwWGjbX4NJ6sOAVBi1zlchvTi7sp0I1gWIPmt4zFlmLZM1Xe1wMYRx1coGHGu50mGs_534GCoc1H1CKZOLsLqts2-qW52FlrL0njCS6BF2BHcpxQj1KVKZHbaick97DpgQn/s732/confusion%20doubt%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="732" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GiCrgp6ZADEqEGxZzieTLUe7PcfZBXaMxm1gcqh7793CdiVnjt_gIjwWGjbX4NJ6sOAVBi1zlchvTi7sp0I1gWIPmt4zFlmLZM1Xe1wMYRx1coGHGu50mGs_534GCoc1H1CKZOLsLqts2-qW52FlrL0njCS6BF2BHcpxQj1KVKZHbaick97DpgQn/s320/confusion%20doubt%202.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>We live in a world of scams and fraud. For instance, every day I receive phone calls and internet messages from a variety of scammers. They range from unrelenting phone calls to, “drop your Medicare Plan for a privately-operated Medicare Advantage Plan to “here’s your invoice for your (unordered) Amazon shipment.”</p><p>No one pays for something he/she didn’t order. And, Medicare has no cap for health care chargers and will not abandon subscribers when ill, while the Advantage Plans are known for declaring services, ‘medically unnecessary’ and dropping subscribers when seriously ill.</p><p>Of course, these are just examples of common, everyday type scams. </p><p>The hard to ferret-out scams are those operated by corporations, organizations, political parties and churches, to name a few categories where fraudsters live. These organizations not only cloak their scams similarly to the proverbial “wolf in sheep’s clothing” but execute their scams by <i>“deliberately planting and spreading disinformation and creating doubt.” </i>They take advantage of the fact that, <i><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance" target="_blank">“When people do not understand a concept or fact, they are prey for special interest groups who work hard to create confusion and doubt.”</a></i></p><p><i>Agnotology</i> is the name of the study of deliberate propagation of ignorance and willful acts to spread confusion and deceit, usually to sell a product or win favor. The term, agnotology, was coined by <a href="https://history.stanford.edu/people/robert-n-proctor" target="_blank">Dr. Robert Neel Proctor, American historian of science and Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University</a>. It is derived from, “agnosis”, the neoclassical Greek word for ignorance or ‘not knowing’, and “ontology”, the branch of metaphysics which deals with the nature of being.”</p><p>Two recent examples of corporations using doubt-sowing / confusion campaigns come to mind. First, for years the international tobacco corporations deliberately planted and spread disinformation and created doubt to obfuscate the fact that researchers had repeatedly confirmed that smoking dramatically increased smoker’s chances of getting lung cancer and a host of other diseases.</p><p><a href="https://www.naag.org/our-work/naag-center-for-tobacco-and-public-health/the-master-settlement-agreement/#:~:text=In%201998%2C%2052%20state%20and,with%20treating%20smoking%2Drelated%20illnesses." target="_blank">“In 1998, 52 state and territory attorneys general signed the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with the four largest tobacco companies in the U.S. to settle dozens of state lawsuits brought to recover billions of dollars in health care costs associated with treating smoking-related illnesses. Eventually, more than 45 tobacco companies settled with the Settling States under the MSA.”</a></p><p>Second, using the same disinformation and doubt tactics as the tobacco industry, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sugar-industry-s-secret-documents-echo-tobacco-tactics-1.1369231 " target="_blank">the sugar,</a> processed foods and beverage industries have tried and are still actively trying to create doubt in the general public mind about sugar consumption’s role in <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/metabolic-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20351916#:~:text=Metabolic%20syndrome%20is%20a%20cluster,abnormal%20cholesterol%20or%20triglyceride%20levels." target="_blank">plethora of metabolic diseases</a>, among them: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and dementia.</p><p>Since class action lawsuits are underway, it remains to be seen when sugar corporations and co-conspirators within the processed food and beverage industries, will be forced to conclude similar settlements as the tobacco people did so that Medicare, insurance companies, and the states can recover billions of dollars in health care costs. </p><p>Please see Dr. Lustig’s website for a clear understanding of the battle for your health. <a href="https://robertlustig.com/" target="_blank">https://robertlustig.com/</a></p><p>Finally, perhaps the doubt-sowing and confusion dealing master of our time is Mr. Donald Trump. He is clearly in a category of his own. <a href="https://theconversation.com/scientists-have-a-word-for-studying-the-post-truth-world-agnotology-71542" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/scientists-have-a-word-for-studying-the-post-truth-world-agnotology-71542</a></p><p>Only time will tell if he skates into eternity or is finally brought to justice. During his four years as president, Mr, Trump is credited with telling at least <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/" target="_blank">30573 lies</a>. That’s according to the Washington Post. For more current list of a few more, as called by his own people, see: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/fact-check-trump-officials-testimony-debunking-election-lies/index.html" target="_blank">10 Trump election lies his own officials called false</a>.</p><p>In sum, given how pervasive “doubt is our product” scams are today and how attractive and easy to propagate “blame the victim” misdirection tactics are to create by the fraudsters, it’s a good to know that the science of Agnotology is now there to document the whole phenomenon for generations to come.</p><p><b>Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology | Lex Fridman Podcast #268</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3VBCWIDEzk?start=6277" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
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</p><p>Stanford</p><p>Smoking is not going away. Worldwide, says Stanford historian Robert Proctor, the tobacco industry continues to create toxic products that cause not just lung cancer but also cataracts, ankle fractures, early onset menopause, spontaneous abortion and erectile dysfunction, among other maladies.</p><p><a href="https://history.stanford.edu/people/robert-n-proctor">https://history.stanford.edu/people/robert-n-proctor</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Agnotology-Unmaking-Ignorance-Robert-Proctor/dp/0804759014" target="_blank"><b>Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance 1st Edition</b>, by Robert N. Proctor (Editor), Londa Schiebinger (Editor)</a></p><p><i>The man who studies the spread of ignorance</i>, By Georgina Kenyon, 6th Jan 2016.<br /><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance">https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance</a></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-14494678727746158242022-08-12T15:54:00.001-04:002022-08-12T16:01:34.858-04:00About US<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4v_uVS8MWJ5OVcoikL_WVaCq4gtmFCn6T8U6ykCWOtRIIDFDm2q_WF6EGk8o2hPBGwrKw4jF6vwLpcqWaW0y-m9QC3zlctHAEzh7c-rOx8Aa3Jh4QLeVqA4dDsv6rh9XL_PgF2Y-h12Bq2d4ib5JdbZoO8AoxJdSBdhx9qJD-zFDg8bsiA9GITDI/s600/l-profile.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4v_uVS8MWJ5OVcoikL_WVaCq4gtmFCn6T8U6ykCWOtRIIDFDm2q_WF6EGk8o2hPBGwrKw4jF6vwLpcqWaW0y-m9QC3zlctHAEzh7c-rOx8Aa3Jh4QLeVqA4dDsv6rh9XL_PgF2Y-h12Bq2d4ib5JdbZoO8AoxJdSBdhx9qJD-zFDg8bsiA9GITDI/s320/l-profile.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah Churchwell, Professor, University of London</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div>As we wait the outcome of Mr. Trump’s encounters with Lady Justice, one thing is certain, his time on this earth will scar and cripple us and our ancestors for generations to come. </div><div><br /></div><div>Like gorging vampires, Trumpism and Trump crawl out of their coffins each night to feast on the blood of their victims, i.e.,<i> us</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>In fact, Trumpism and Trump are at once both the Naegleria fowleri, the "brain-eating" shapeshifting amoeboflagellate excavate, the Republican Party, and the current manifestation of the same-old-same-old conman/fraudster melded with a psychopathic/white supremacist/fascist.</div><div><br /></div><div>What are we to make of this? How did we get here? What does it say about us?</div><div><br /></div><div>In an attempt to answer these questions, I’ve posted (below) a presentation and two interviews with Sarah Churchwell, Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.</div><div><br /></div><div>I found them interesting and enlightening. I hope you will, as well.</div><div><br /></div><p><b>The Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series – Professor Sarah Churchwell</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cUjoLSPcjVE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>University of Birmingham, Jan 14 Jan 2020</p><p>Sarah Churchwell is Professorial Fellow in American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and one of the UK’s most prominent public intellectuals and cultural critics.</p><p>A renowned specialist in American literature and culture, she appears regularly on current affairs and cultural programmes such as Question Time, Newsnight and the Review Show, and writes for national and international newspapers such as The Guardian and Financial Times. She is the author of ‘The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe’ and ‘Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby’. Her most recent work ‘Behold, America: A History of the American Dream and America First’ argues that the meanings and history of these terms need to be understood afresh so that the true spirit of America can be reclaimed.</p><p>This lecture forms part of ‘The Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series,’ which aims to reflect on the major social, scientific, cultural and policy issues of our time.</p><p><b>What is the history of the American Dream? | Sarah Churchwell | 5x15</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPrBcpX43nk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Nov 6, 2020</p><p>Sarah Churchwell is Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby and The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. Her literary journalism has appeared widely in newspapers and she comments regularly on arts, culture, and politics for television and radio. She lives in London.</p><p>5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.</p><p><b>Q&A, </b><b>C-SPAN, Brian Lamb, Host</b></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="330" src="https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?454000-1/qa-sarah-churchwell" width="512"></iframe></p><p>Sarah Churchwell, 5 Nov 2018</p><p>University of London literature Professor Sarah Churchwell talked about her book, <b>Behold America</b>, which looks at the history of the phrases “America First” and “The American Dream.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-70869868595432948462022-08-10T16:43:00.006-04:002022-08-10T18:28:49.725-04:00Yes, We Owe Them Big<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrJd7ubw-A3JlFFL1FoYeRAl6Uq4IEIN3BU63ctAfmFQcm-zGti8-Kohcu-pS6707N6xLtvA_omI27FYIDZLtGFdIFzZ_gvKIdTO6LvJUOQ8v7B4KmSTg9mHo276bPGC9sHhaEU5qHi1vYUughlBdchqASum4K6LfZWaN0pKSiKrOJl0Aqez_Ktl8/s1676/KIA%20or%20Wounded.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="1676" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrJd7ubw-A3JlFFL1FoYeRAl6Uq4IEIN3BU63ctAfmFQcm-zGti8-Kohcu-pS6707N6xLtvA_omI27FYIDZLtGFdIFzZ_gvKIdTO6LvJUOQ8v7B4KmSTg9mHo276bPGC9sHhaEU5qHi1vYUughlBdchqASum4K6LfZWaN0pKSiKrOJl0Aqez_Ktl8/s320/KIA%20or%20Wounded.png" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="text-align: left;">They Served and They Matter... the "They" are 3.5 million Vets.</span></div><p><a href="https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/" target="_blank">"The Sergeant First Class (SFC) Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, is a new law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. This law helps us provide generations of Veterans—and their survivors—with the care and benefits they’ve earned and deserve."</a></p><p>Still, there is much more:<br />Iraq<br />4,431 KIA and 31,994 Wounded<br />Afghanistan<br />2,448 KIA and 20,752 Wounded<br />Plus<br />3.5,000,000 PACT Wounded</p><p><b>'We owe you big': See how Biden honored Jon Stewart before signing bill.</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UyhlMNoL0Io" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>CNN, 10 Aug 2022</p><p>President Joe Biden took a moment to honor comedian Jon Stewart's advocacy of veterans ahead of signing the PACT Act, which will expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. #cnn #News</p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-54933357993196291742022-08-06T04:51:00.004-04:002022-08-07T06:51:20.498-04:00 Good News Florida! DeSantis is Up for “Suspension” this Nov.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L4xgVbcb3fm3mP4U7KQHY6yvOMn32zgQ9OG9KgzUwFwYiSCHzV2XUVSYs8w5X-3dijv3_KT1uMpGV1CXdae8mVoORh9oNzA1uw62N6Fctu6Wz5xpKW5DZKItyk5hubROLPOYFtHPe2hx6JJLhhPu8dW_4cNU7Yqb2yuWxq1CDZPsUSZ17zTNEOSJ/s652/vote.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L4xgVbcb3fm3mP4U7KQHY6yvOMn32zgQ9OG9KgzUwFwYiSCHzV2XUVSYs8w5X-3dijv3_KT1uMpGV1CXdae8mVoORh9oNzA1uw62N6Fctu6Wz5xpKW5DZKItyk5hubROLPOYFtHPe2hx6JJLhhPu8dW_4cNU7Yqb2yuWxq1CDZPsUSZ17zTNEOSJ/s320/vote.png" width="314" /></a></div><p>This article from the Tampa Bay Times, by Lawrence Mower and Emily L. Mahoney, 4 Aug 2022:</p><p>TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday removed Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office for what he said was Warren’s disregard for his duty to enforce state laws, including a pledge not to prosecute people receiving an abortion or their doctors performing them.</p><p>At a news conference flanked by police from around Tampa Bay, DeSantis said Warren had “put himself publicly above the law” by signing letters saying he would not enforce laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors or laws limiting abortion.</p><p>Under a clause in the state Constitution, DeSantis suspended Warren, effectively firing him.</p><p>“Our government is a government of laws, not a government of men,” DeSantis said. -more-</p><p>Further, from the Tampa Bay Times: </p><p>On Wednesday, DeSantis’ spokesperson, Christina Pushaw, warned on Twitter that there would be a “MAJOR announcement” by the governor Thursday morning.</p><p>“Prepare for the liberal media meltdown of the year,” she wrote.</p><p><i>DeSantis got his splash in media coverage. Didn’t he?</i></p><p><i>Oh, but there’s just an itty-bitty problem here…</i> </p><p>“The 15-week abortion ban that DeSantis signed into law this year violated the Florida Supreme Court’s longstanding precedent establishing that Florida’s constitutional right to privacy included the right to an abortion. A judge affirmed that the law violated the constitution, and the Florida Supreme Court has yet to hear the case.”</p><p>And: “It’s unclear if Warren’s removal from office is permanent. Under Florida law, the Florida Senate must decide whether to reinstate Warren or remove him completely. The Senate must send out a notice of an initial hearing within 90 days, per Senate rules — putting that deadline for Warren’s case just days before Election Day in November. Warren can also choose to fight his removal in court, which could push back that timeline.”</p><p>“Let’s be clear — this is not about what I’ve done. This is about what I’ve said,” Warren said. “This is Orwellian thought police. I’m being punished for not enforcing a law that doesn’t even exist.”</p><p>Further, no abortion cases are pending or have been brought to Warren.</p><p>Finally, Warren, twice elected Prosecutor by the people of Hillsborough County, Florida, plans to fight the suspension in court.</p><p><i>Whew! This time Mr. DeSantis’ spotlight grab really smells.</i></p><p>Below are just a few additional examples of Mr. DeSantis' abuse of his authority as governor. </p><p>All seem calculated to garner national media attention. All use the same-old-same-old political deception game of pointing to someone else for doing the exact "sin" while doing it himself. In this case it's "overreach". </p><p>With ads running all over the nation, it is more than obvious Mr. DeSantis plans on becoming President of the United States in 2024. </p><p><i>It's also obvious he will step on anyone to help him get there, too.</i></p><p><i>It’s time to “suspend” Gov. DeSantis come this November</i>.</p><p>DeSantis signs bill creating one of the nation’s only election police units, Gary Fineout, Politico, 25 Apr 2022</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/25/desantis-florida-election-police-units-00027577">https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/25/desantis-florida-election-police-units-00027577</a></p><p>Fact Check Team: A look at Gov. Ron DeSantis' 'Stop W.O.K.E. Act', JILLIAN SMITH, KATV, 23 Dec 2021</p><p><a href="https://katv.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-a-look-at-gov-ron-desantis-stop-woke-act">https://katv.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-a-look-at-gov-ron-desantis-stop-woke-act</a></p><p>Disney Is a Kingdom Within a State, Alissa Walker, Curbed, 20 Apr 2022</p><p><a href="https://www.curbed.com/2022/04/disney-ron-desantis-reedy-creek-improvement-district.html">https://www.curbed.com/2022/04/disney-ron-desantis-reedy-creek-improvement-district.html</a></p><p>Florida Gov. DeSantis berates kids for wearing masks, AP, ctvnews, 3 Mar 2022</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/florida-gov-desantis-berates-kids-for-wearing-masks-1.5804054">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/florida-gov-desantis-berates-kids-for-wearing-masks-1.5804054</a></p><p><b>Hear what prosecutor suspended by DeSantis had to say about him</b></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/499x-fHgIxQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Laura Coates, CNN, 5 Aug 202</p><div><div>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Tampa's elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, over a perceived '"woke" agenda for pledging to not use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions. He speaks with CNN's Laura Coates. #CNN #News</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>Gov. DeSantis Suspends Elected Prosecutor who Refuses to Support his Extreme Agenda</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SupB6WK2_-k?start=593" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><div>ReidOut Highlights: 5 Aug 2022</div><div>Joy Reid , MSNBC</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-31026625732739363562022-08-03T15:39:00.001-04:002022-08-04T05:02:07.987-04:00Marianne Williamson - a Viable Leader<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6l-DKdDIHnC-SizUNp9cioWb5PlqoMA2kFQnTAW3BLFA8uWVfjyVum9lJ9XnfXr8El4LuutK1j0JcEHYR41ofS7zLRFRtk3BAg6E41ENTNQHq_aJeUwiWcxGMBuKD3r4UtCYsw6T2URFKhuSwuR7tDkm8-o0Y0eIZla65EVClVEFNcaQZ0A1WGqBv/s1128/williamson.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1128" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6l-DKdDIHnC-SizUNp9cioWb5PlqoMA2kFQnTAW3BLFA8uWVfjyVum9lJ9XnfXr8El4LuutK1j0JcEHYR41ofS7zLRFRtk3BAg6E41ENTNQHq_aJeUwiWcxGMBuKD3r4UtCYsw6T2URFKhuSwuR7tDkm8-o0Y0eIZla65EVClVEFNcaQZ0A1WGqBv/w400-h251/williamson.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Have you heard Marianne Williamson present her thoughts about our nation?</p><p>Honestly, I respect her for many reasons, but until now I had not considered her as a viable political leader. Today, I do.</p><p><b>Economic Update: Marianne Williamson on US Politics</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KO1a7W_j4kk?start=906" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</p><p>Democracy At Work, 2 Aug 2022, Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a @Democracy At Work production. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO1a7W_j4kk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO1a7W_j4kk</a></p><p>Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual thought leader. Marianne is the author of 14 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a non-profit that has delivered more than 14 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients—including victims of HIV/AIDS—since 1989. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance. In 2020, she ran for the Democratic nomination for president and eventually withdrew in favor of Bernie Sanders. </p><p>Links: <a href="https://peacealliance.org">https://peacealliance.org</a>/; <a href="https://www.angelfood.org/">https://www.angelfood.org/</a></p><div><div><b>Capitalism Run Amok: What went wrong and how to fix it</b> </div><div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IiEmfXECD9k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Marianne Williamson and Richard Wolff</div><div>Aug 14, 2021</div><div><br /></div><div>Economist and Professor Richard Wolff analyzes the deficiencies of modern capitalism, articulating the benefits of a socialist system and the road to a more equitable society. He promotes not a radical shift in economic system, but a gradual transformation involving a shift in consciousness from profits before people to people above all else.</div><div><br /></div><div>Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com</div><div>Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu</div><div>Follow Richard on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/profwolff">https://twitter.com/profwolff</a></div><div>Learn more about Richard Wolff: <a href="https://www.rdwolff.com">https://www.rdwolff.com</a></div><div>Follow Marianne on Social Media</div><div>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/marwilliamson">https://twitter.com/marwilliamson</a></div><div>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne">https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne</a></div><div>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson">https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson</a></div></div><p><br /></p><br />Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-10123012978278890782022-08-01T13:39:00.002-04:002022-08-01T13:39:53.785-04:00Disqualified from Holding Public Office<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF9mJZ4dFYuO6qIHFImNOMtqKblgt-7KcTh4Pl5DAWmyfLey3l4OOYTR9qA8_wUdQNpSNkACLeFF4Ycck3utUIpYzHWtqjwlVVypRtEJ5xny2PIjqdvUSDvH39xOKA9-pVdYTPmZ2Tbhv7Mf5XxGegu0LFTqt3h-7JCYN0f59d3kvYVNEoxKYKfDY/s636/disqualified.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="636" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF9mJZ4dFYuO6qIHFImNOMtqKblgt-7KcTh4Pl5DAWmyfLey3l4OOYTR9qA8_wUdQNpSNkACLeFF4Ycck3utUIpYzHWtqjwlVVypRtEJ5xny2PIjqdvUSDvH39xOKA9-pVdYTPmZ2Tbhv7Mf5XxGegu0LFTqt3h-7JCYN0f59d3kvYVNEoxKYKfDY/s320/disqualified.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>For those members of Congress or former members of Congress,
or those who held or now hold a state or local elected public office, and took
part in the Trump insurrection against the government of the United States you
are now and forever disqualified from holding public office, under the 14<sup>th</sup>
Amendment, Section Three, U.S. Constitution.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mr. Trump you are disqualified.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Section Three, </b><b>14<sup>th</sup> Amendment, </b><b>U.S. Constitution.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p>No person shall be a Senator or Representative in
Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil
or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having
previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or
judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of
two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>How to Disqualify Insurrectionists from Congress: <br />Interview w/John Bonifaz of Free Speech</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WuRiGP4wapc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>
Glenn Kirschner, Jul 30, 2022<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have insurrectionists running for reelection to Congress.
We have the insurrectionist-in-chief, Donald Trump, flirting with another
presidential run. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The good news is, the 14th Amendment prohibits insurrections
from getting re-elected to public office. But how is section 3 of the 14th
Amendment enforced? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One way its being enforced is by the truly heroic efforts of
John Bonifaz and his organization Free Speech For People. They're filing
lawsuits against insurrections in Congress - from Marjorie Taylor Greene to
Paul Gosar, and others - and seeking to have judges disqualify them from the
ballot for there conduct in connection with the January 6 insurrection. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I sat down with John for an extended conversation about his
democracy-saving efforts. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For Free Speech For People's website:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>freespeechforpeople.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner"
can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. To subscribe to the podcast: <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/JusticeMatters">https://link.chtbl.com/JusticeMatters</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-49422114038213143912022-07-29T14:40:00.000-04:002022-07-29T14:40:22.563-04:00 Joe and Mitch...The Scorpion and the Frog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vUEtkPgUHVU6UWSq20eWAkgsYWWf9ks6iH0cTD6U9sea7WxHAUKzbfOt89_Jlvo5uM2Lk1kdGa0INMplkdc1YB0q-ydT89Ri4xkR_RjDjbeJwWO6nYK4K5P4anU8UHrvTcQlL7h7Q-QGBDpl_tmESynu86-ljnXJ_Yu8VXdTwWRHFmNB2XgQv6V3/s908/frog%20scorpion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="908" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vUEtkPgUHVU6UWSq20eWAkgsYWWf9ks6iH0cTD6U9sea7WxHAUKzbfOt89_Jlvo5uM2Lk1kdGa0INMplkdc1YB0q-ydT89Ri4xkR_RjDjbeJwWO6nYK4K5P4anU8UHrvTcQlL7h7Q-QGBDpl_tmESynu86-ljnXJ_Yu8VXdTwWRHFmNB2XgQv6V3/w400-h196/frog%20scorpion.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Recently we learned that "Moscow Mitch" McConnell (R-Ky.)<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-manchin-republicans_n_62e2c996e4b00fd8d83d5660" target="_blank"> was out played </a>by "Double-Cross" Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and finally, some legislation that is good for most Americans might finally emerge from the U.S. Senate.</p><p>Republicans are pissed.</p><p>I'm a bit surprised, too. </p><p>Not that Mitch was out played, <i>but that something good may come of it. </i></p><p>After all, everyone knows, when you play with a scorpion you're certain to be stung.</p><p><b>The Scorpion and the Frog with English Subtitle - Bedtime Story</b></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5b9PUBI8TVA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ron Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922699819493989689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296770594380598521.post-24632027501518499472022-07-27T09:15:00.002-04:002022-07-29T14:41:08.511-04:00A Glimmer of Hope for Justice and the USA<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9U8-dGzOc_ixAKVocUpldyLuJ0QEA8ktDO_qblRbbHPEuS-cZtMCzckniN2hra0Gi9pN6R0klDANgUUNWRvicRhAJDW5mCqAdAZ1Iv2iUecMUCnEOjQ6DdxTkP2FVCIzCSN0lfljqI_CLA7m3PGq3-rVAkKg002d4yo-k4dTKy75w6i6WYvmorkL/s1088/Garland%20msnbc.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="1088" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9U8-dGzOc_ixAKVocUpldyLuJ0QEA8ktDO_qblRbbHPEuS-cZtMCzckniN2hra0Gi9pN6R0klDANgUUNWRvicRhAJDW5mCqAdAZ1Iv2iUecMUCnEOjQ6DdxTkP2FVCIzCSN0lfljqI_CLA7m3PGq3-rVAkKg002d4yo-k4dTKy75w6i6WYvmorkL/s320/Garland%20msnbc.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attorney General Garland Photo: screen capture</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Yesterday, Attorney General Garland made a clear statement
that the Justice Department will, “...pursue justice without fear or favor...” and “We intend
to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for events surrounding
Jan. 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one
administration to another, accountable. That’s what we do. We don’t pay any
attention to other issues with respect to that.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Later, we learned that the Justice Department is, indeed,
looking into Mr. Trump's role in the 6 Jan 2022 attempted coup.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That is a glimmer of hope for justice as practiced in the
United States of America. Depending upon what happens now, we may have a chance
to see our democratic republic remain alive a few more days.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Garland Vows Everyone Responsible For Jan. 6 Will Be Held
Accountable - Jul 26, 2022</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z040pv6dXWs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><o:p></o:p></p>
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