The 9/11 28 Pages Snorefest and “Transparency”
July 15th, 2016I hesitated posting this at all, but here you go.
My guess is that this document has very little to do with what actually happened, but it does represent comedy gold in terms of what represents transparency to the Obama regime.
According to White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, “The number one takeaway from this should be that this administration is committed to transparency even when it comes to sensitive information related to national security.”
*snort*
To wit:
In other words, this regime is committed to using fat-tipped Sharpies and viciously prosecuting anyone who attempts to contribute to actual transparency.
Via: Guardian:
The Obama administration has released the long-classified 28 pages of the official congressional report on the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, which concerned the alleged ties of the Saudi Arabian government to the 9/11 hijackers.
Publishing the long-awaited pages 13 years after they were first classified, the White House insisted they show no link between Saudi Arabia and the hijackers who carried out the terrorist attacks. The pages put into the public domain the remaining unseen section of the 2002 report, from the joint congressional inquiry into intelligence community activities before and after the 9/11 attacks.
“This information does not change the assessment of the US government that there’s no evidence that the Saudi government or senior Saudi individuals funded al-Qaida,” said Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary. “The number one takeaway from this should be that this administration is committed to transparency even when it comes to sensitive information related to national security.”
Coup Attempt Underway in Turkey
July 15th, 2016Via: Bloomberg:
Turkey’s leaders said they have largely quelled an attempted military coup, after army officers claimed to have seized power in the country. Clashes persisted in major cities as tanks blockaded roads, soldiers fought with police and warplanes bombed the parliament in Ankara.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, by video link to a local TV station, said he’s still in charge of the country and urged the public to take to the streets and public squares in resistance. Mosques broadcast the same call from their minarets, and local television showed anti-coup crowds gathering in Istanbul, the largest city, and Ankara.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the situation was largely under the control, and top military leaders who weren’t involved in the uprising condemned it. Turkey’s NATO allies declared their support for the elected government.
France: 84 Dead in Nice Truck Attack
July 14th, 2016Via: NBC:
The death toll continued to climb Friday as forensics teams combed the scene where a truck driver mowed down dozens of revelers after a fireworks display at the French seaside.
Police told to NBC News that 84 people were now confirmed dead following the attack in the coastal city of Nice.
French President Francois Hollande told reporters Friday that 50 people who were being treated at hospitals were in critical condition and “between life and death.”
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Via: AFP:
A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French Riviera resort of Nice, killing at least 77 and leaving scores injured in an attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display, authorities said Friday.
The driver of the truck was shot dead after barrelling two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the crowd on the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais, sending hundreds fleeing in terror and leaving the area strewn with bodies.
Authorities said they found identity papers belonging to a 31-year-old French-Tunisian citizen in the truck, as well as “guns” and “larger weapons.”
“An individual drove a truck into the crowd. He was killed by police,” said interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet.
‘Pokémon Go’: Government Surveillance App?
July 14th, 2016For commentary on this, I’d mainly offer my 2012 piece: Ingress: Google’s Strange New Game
Flash forward to 2016 and Pokémon Go offers the same soft control, but now with mass appeal.
You might be thinking, mass appeal? What? With 10-year-olds?
It turns out that in the swipetarded zombie apocalypse, “Pokémon Go tops Twitter’s daily users, sees more engagement than Facebook.”
Who cares? What’s the point?
Essentially, spooks can get eyes-on places by directing swarms of zombies with mobile phones to seek out digital creatures and baubles at desired locations. Sure catch your Squirtle—while pointing your camera at a Hell’s Angels headquarters, for example.
*wink*
I’d also recommend my ancient (2007) post, The American Culture Bomb: Satire from the Onion and a Long Forgotten U.S. Army War College Essay, which is more important than ever.
“Our victims volunteer.”
DNC Staffer Murdered
July 14th, 2016Here’s a thread on Reddit about Rich.
Via: NBC:
A 27-year-old man who worked for the Democratic National Committee was shot and killed as he walked home early Sunday in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., police and his family said.
Seth Conrad Rich died after he was shot multiple times on the 2100 block of Flagler Place NW, three blocks east of Howard University Hospital, police said.
CDC Executive Resigns After Being Caught Colluding With Coca-Cola to Salvage Soda Market
July 14th, 2016Via: Mercola:
Recent media reports have now revealed devastating evidence showing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) executive aided a Coca-Cola representative in efforts to influence World Health Organization (WHO) officials to relax recommendations on sugar limits.1
In March 2015, WHO published a new sugar guideline that specifically targeted sugary beverages, calling them out as a primary cause for childhood obesity around the world, especially in developing nations, where the soda industry is now aggressively expanding its reach.
WHO’s recommendation to limit soda consumption was a huge blow to an already beleaguered soda industry, struggling to maintain a declining market share amid mounting evidence identifying sweetened drinks as a primary contributor to the obesity and diabetes epidemics.
The damning email correspondence between Coca-Cola and the CDC was obtained by the nonprofit consumer education group U.S. Right to Know (USRTK).2 According to PhillyVoice:3
“The emails were between Barbara Bowman, Ph.D. director of the CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and Dr. Alex Malaspina, a former Coca-Cola scientific and regulatory affairs leader and the founder of a food industry-funded group, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI).
They allegedly show Bowman’s multiple attempts to aid Malaspina’s relationship with WHO leaders whose actions (think soda tax) were hurting the beverage industry.
According to the report, Bowman — whose job is to try to help prevent obesity, diabetes and other health problems — ‘appeared happy to help the beverage industry cultivate political sway with the World Health Organization.'”
CNN Cuts Off Reporter When She Mentions Hillary’s Role in Mass Incarceration
July 14th, 2016Via: CNN:
64 Women to Sue in Three Japanese Courts Over Health Woes from Cervical Cancer Vaccines
July 13th, 2016Via: The Japan Times:
A group of lawyers for 64 women who are suffering health problems from cervical cancer vaccines said Tuesday the victims will file damages lawsuits against the government and two drugmakers that produced the vaccines through four district courts on July 27.
Of the 64 women, 28 will lodge their suit with the Tokyo District Court, six with the Nagoya District Court, 16 with the Osaka District Court and 14 with the Fukuoka District Court, according to the lawyers.
Initially, the victims, mainly teenagers, will demand ¥15 million in damages each, for a total of ¥960 million, and increase the amount later depending on their symptoms. The victims’ health problems include pain all over the body.
The average age of the 28 planning to file their suit with the Tokyo court is 18. They received the vaccination when they were between 11 and 16 years old.
Noting that the cervical cancer vaccines have caused nerve disorders and other problems due to the excessive immune reactions they caused, the lawyers claimed that the government’s approval of the ineffective vaccines was illegal. The drugmakers bear product liability, they added.
U.S. Officials Refuse to Comment on Reports That CIA Weapons for Syria “Rebels” Stolen Again
July 13th, 2016I don’t know who this is or when it happened, but it’s at the U.S. State Department. If you look in the background, the screen says state.gov.
In any event, this is definitely one for your Not The Onion file folder.
Via: WTFRLY:
Photographer Sneaks Into Fukushima Exclusion Zone
July 13th, 2016Via: Daily Mail:
More than five years after the devastating tsunami and the 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck north-eastern Japan, causing the explosion of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the Japanese town remains abandoned.
Since April 22, 2011, an area within 20km (12.4miles) radius of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant has been cordoned off from the public and listed as the red exclusion zone.
But now, Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong has entered into the exclusion zone to capture these eerie images.
