Apr 28th, 2008
truthseeds 4/28/08
Police Forces Dressing In Black To “Instill Fear” In Citizens
Buffett says recession may be worse than feared
Reuters
Warren Buffett, the world’s richest person, said on Monday the U.S. economy is in a recession that will be more severe than most people expect.
151 Congressmen Derive Financial Profit From War
American Free Press
Monday, April 28, 2008
Who profits from the Iraq war? More than a quarter of senators and congressmen have invested at least $196 million of their own money in companies doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) that profit from the death and destruction in Iraq. According to the latest reports, 151 members of Congress invested close to a quarter-billion in companies that received defense contracts of at least $5 million in 2006. These companies got more than $275.6 billion from the government in 2006, or $755 million per day, according to FedSpending.org, a website of the watchdog group OMBWatch.
Baghdad Green Zone Blasted Under Cover of Storm
Reuters
Monday, April 28, 2008
BAGHDAD—Militants bombarded Baghdad’s Green Zone with rockets on Sunday, taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest strikes in weeks on the fortified compound.
General Waves White Flag After Ron’s Grilling
American Free Press
Monday, April 28, 2008
Both the electronic and print media made certain that the world knew that Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain had questioned Gen. David Petraeus before the Armed Services Committee but totally ignored the blistering by Rep. Ron Paul before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The old drumbeat
A shrill cacophony of Washington voices is once again attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran over its “malign influence” in Iraq and its suspect nuclear activities. Although military options remain on hold, Bush administration officials have been briefing for the first time on possible targets inside the Islamic republic.
National “DNA warehouse” bill passes
The federal government lacks the Constitutional authority as well as the 
competence to develop a newborn screening program, states Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX). He states that all hospitals will probably scrap their own newborn testing program and adopt the federal model, whatever its flaws, to avoid the loss of federal funding.
“Drafters of the legislation made no effort to ensure that these newborn screening programs do not violate the privacy rights of parents and children,” Dr. Paul noted.
Ms. Brase has called on President Bush to veto the bill.
National “DNA warehouse” bill passes
AAPS News of the Day
Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. The bill violates the U.S. Constitution and the Nuremberg Code, writes Twila Brase, president of the Citizen’s Council on Health Care (CCHC). “The DNA taken at birth from every citizen is essentially owned by the government, and every citizen becomes a potential subject of government-sponsored genetic research,” she states. “It does not require consent and there are no requirements to inform parents about the warehousing of their child’s DNA for the purpose of genetic research. Already, in Minnesota, the state health department reports that 42,210 children of the 780,000 whose DNA is housed in the Minnesota ‘DNA warehouse’ have been subjected to genetic research without their parents’ knowledge or consent.”
FLDS attorney challenges Texas count of pregnant minors from …
Salt Lake Tribune
Polygamous sect’s kids in hospital, moms want answers
Salt Lake Tribune
Senate leader goes off on Utah, polygamy
Salt Lake Tribune
The Criminalization of Raw Milk A Mennonite Farmer is Hauled Away
CounterPunch
NYC Getting New High-Tech Defense Perimeter
Mind Control Through Network Television
Scalia: Does Torture Violate ‘Cruel And Unusual Punishment’ Provision? ‘No.’
Think Progress
Monday, April 28, 2008
Last night, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia granted his first broad-based television interview, to Lesley Stahl on CBS’s 60 Minutes. There he explained that the torture of detainees does not violate the 8th Amendment’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment” because, according to Scalia, torture is not used as punishment:
STAHL: If someone’s in custody, as in Abu Ghraib, and they are brutalized, by a law enforcement person — if you listen to the expression “cruel and unusual punishment,” doesn’t that apply?
SCALIA: No. To the contrary. You think — Has anybody ever referred to torture as punishment? I don’t think so.
STAHL: Well I think if you’re in custody, and you have a policeman who’s taken you into custody–
SCALIA: And you say he’s punishing you? What’s he punishing you for? … When he’s hurting you in order to get information from you, you wouldn’t say he’s punishing you. What is he punishing you for?
‘Blood Diamonds’ ‘Blood Oil’ and ‘Blood Food’
People in Haiti are eating mud cakes because of the soaring food prices; the people in Gaza have no electricity; in Afghanistan, the only royal visit they receive is of a British prince dressed in military gear going to kill on Afghan soil. In India, the farmers are committing suicide due to failed harvests of genetically modified Monsanto crops. Around the world, people are rioting because of lack of food or basic human necessities. Yet in the west, we can move around freely, we can cross borders and fly our budget airlines from capital to capital, observing the comforts of western existence. Organized streets, clean cars, wonderful shopping malls, great monuments, everything is civilized and could be admired, that is, if it was honest. But it isn’t, it is morally wrong and deep down we all know it. We know it, but we just don’t want to do anything about it, because we are comfortable. Only a very small proportion of the population would truly change their position for that of a person in Iraq. I suppose that is why we choose to keep Iraq as a problem of our governments, and the terrorists whom must be eliminated to protect us from “evil”.
Record complaints over ‘greenwashing’
London Telegraph
Monday, April 28, 2008
Record numbers of complaints have been levelled at major businesses who “severely exaggerate” their environmental credentials, the advertising watchdog will say next week.
The Astonishing Double Standards of the CCP
Epoch Times
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has often accused Western countries of having a double standard concerning human rights issues, when in fact the CCP should really be blaming itself.
$10 per Gallon Gasoline!
Big New Shock at the Pump Forecast by Two Analysts. Get ready for another economic shock of major proportions — a virtual doubling of prices at the gas pump to as much as $10 a gallon. That’s the message from a couple of analytical energy industry trackers, both of whom, based on the surging oil prices, see considerably more pain at the pump than most drivers realize.
Gasoline May Soon Cost $10 a Gallon
New York Sun | Get ready for another economic shock of major proportions — a virtual doubling of prices at the gas pump to as much as $10 a gallon.
Experts: We’re 10 Years Away from Lowering Gas Prices
dallasnews.com — Energy experts have dismissed the candidates’ plans for lowering gas prices, and say it’ll be a decade before we can exert downward pressure on the price of gas.
Molten STEEL Flowed Under Ground Zero for Months After 9/11
In response to the numerous reports of molten metal under ground zero, defenders of the official version of 9/11 have tried to argue that it was not steel, but some other kind of metal with a lower melting point.
Large crowed at Ron Paul’s book signing
As soon as I stepped into the store one of the worker announced that the Book - The Revolution: A Manifesto - is already sold out. I didn’t care much because I bought it from Amazon a while ago, but many people had to travel to other stores (One told me he had to go uptown to get it). The line of people waiting from the book signing was long, and although I was standing in the middle of it and although it moved pretty fast, it took me more than an hour and a half to get to the actual signing.
Ron Paul Hits it out of the Park on CNN America Morning
“GOP can’t shut me out.” Ron Paul tells CNN’s John Roberts he is still in the race and gaining support from delegates every day!
From the Ron Paul Frontlines Ron Paul’s NYC Book Signing
“Some frontline information on Dr. Paul’s book signing today in NYC: I 
asked for a long lunch break to go see him – I arrived at 1:25 pm, to find that the top floor of Borders on Wall St. was engulfed in lines going in every direction! It was previous to this that Borders had RUN OUT of books! (the event was scheduled for 1pm). At the rate the line was going, it would have taken me 2 or 3 hours to get to see him – and people were still packing in, so I had to leave to get back to work. I’m disappointed I didn’t get to see him, but glad at how much support there was – so much so that Borders was not ready for it!”
Ron Paul: the revolution lives on
Texas Congressman Ron Paul said Monday his revolution is still alive, 
and he will not be shut out of the presidential race by the Republican Party.
“We’re trying to say we have a right to argue our case that Republicans ought to stand for something,” Paul told CNN Monday morning. Adding, the need for change is vital, but all three candidates, including John McCain, represent a continuation of the same policy. A large group of Paul’s supporters managed to bring Nevada’s Republican Convention to a standstill over the weekend after the party tried to exclude The Texas congressman from delegate allocations.
The Renaissance Of The American Patriot
Political apathy is the most egregious behavior of any civilization. Fear of discussing dissenting opinions around the dinner table of the American family unit has brought us the the precipice of being a completely fascist state with its own citizens unwittingly defending it.
When mental, moral & spiritual clarity is achieved by understanding that we are not “consumers” but powerful beings with unlimited potential to change the world around us then the true Patriot is born.
Continuing the Revolution
Reading through The Revolution: a Manifesto, I see so clearly the humble hero that is Ron Paul. I see him living his values as few do. His embrace of truth, his courage to speak that truth to power affect me deeply. I see that he, himself, describes his own efforts as a peaceful continuation of the American Revolution.
Without the state putting themselves into a state of war with we the people, we would live more deeply and effectively. The state’s coercion is not the most potent force on our planet, our individual giving is. Our giving, not the state’s giving. A vote for the state to give instructs the state to steal. That is not our gift that is our theft. State giving must first engage in state plundering of some producer’s own earnings – his own property. Our giving requires creation and creation requires freedom.
Ron Paul: Politicizing Pain - Medical Marijuana
K.K. Forss does not claim medical marijuana solves all his problems. His 
pain from a ruptured disc in his neck is debilitating. He is unable to go to work or to the First Baptist Church he used to attend because of the pain and muscle spasms. Taxpayers through Medicare spend over $18,000 a year on his various medications. Half of those drugs are strong narcotics. The other half address the various side-effects brought on by the first half, such as nausea, heartburn, heart palpitations, difficulty sleeping, and muscle spasms.
No, marijuana would not completely address all his pain, but it made a tremendous difference in the quality of his life when he tried it for over a year. It helped him regain 38 pounds he had lost. It calmed his muscle spasms and helped him sleep. In short, it alleviated many side effects and greatly reduced his need for other expensive medications. Mr. Forss estimates that being allowed to use medical marijuana would save taxpayers at least $12,000 a year in medications he would no longer need. He would also be able to work occasionally and attend some church services.
What really happened at the Nevada GOP Convention….
This meant that Paul Supporters took 7 out of 9 possible Congressional 
District delegates to the National Convention.
…Sue sat there for about 30 seconds tapping her foot and then stood up and walked over to Councilman Woodbury who was sitting in front of me, leaning over she said, “If we can break Quorum, can we invalidate this?”
Soon after Chairwoman Lowden left, a John McCain staffer, Paul Johnson, came by. I had been gathering signs and information from him all day, and he believed I was a hardcore McCain supporter. He came up to me and got on one knee as if to propose his undying love. He began his conversation with, “They are trying to pull a coup, we are going to leave and quarter the convention.” I responded, “Do we even have the numbers, all they need is a couple hundred to keep Quorum?” He answered back, “The powers that be have the numbers, I am just doing what I was told to do by my boss.” At this moment I knew that they had lost control of the convention and were desperate. When he returned to the stage for the last time, Chairman Beers ended the convention illegally calling an indefinite recess without a vote of the delegation to do so, at 6 pm.
VIDEO: NV Republican 2008 State Convention Interview w/ Mike Weber
AUDIO: Ron Paul Interview on Brian and The Judge 04/28/2008
Jeremiah Wright Delivers the Knockout Punch
Mike Whitney | If Reverend Jeremiah Wright didn’t provide an avenue for denigrating Obama, he’d be treated with the same indifference as the thousands of other blacks who were herded at gunpoint into the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.
Amnesty’s Video Reenacts CIA Waterboarding Torture
boingboing.net — Amnesty International waterboarding ad of the ‘Unsubscribe Me’ campaign, where they actually filmed someone really getting waterboarded, will play in movie theaters starting May 12th. Another video of a guy getting put into a stress position was released a couple of months ago.
Manipulations in Time of War and Hunger
Bob Chapman | What the US administration is playing for is perpetual war and occupation to keep control of the oil for the internationalist oil giants.
Comptroller Strayhorn Statement On Foster Care Abuse
“I am here today to release disturbing information found during my investigation about the deaths, poisonings, rapes and pregnancies of children in our state’s foster care system. “I found, from information provided by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, in Fiscal 2003, 30 foster children died in our state’s care; in Fiscal 2004, 38 foster children died; and in Fiscal 2005, 48 foster children died. “Data shows that while the number of foster children in our state’s care increased 24 percent from 26,133 in Fiscal 2003 to 32,474 in Fiscal 2005, the number of deaths increased 60 percent.
“If you compare the number of deaths of children in our state’s population to the number of deaths in our state’s foster care system, a child is four times more likely to die in our state’s foster care system. “Based on Fiscal 2004 data provided by the Health and Human Services Commission, about 100 children received treatment for poisoning from medications; 63 foster children received medical treatment for rape that occurred while in the foster care system; and 142 children gave birth while in the state foster care system. “As alarming as these cases are, we can only imagine how much worse the Fiscal 2005 data is because Gov. Perry’s Health and Human Services Commission has refused to provide the data needed to complete my investigation.
Iraq mulls reintroducing the draft
Analysts say the fact that the government’s determination to reinstate the draft is an indication that the army is not finding enough volunteers. The government cannot find enough troops to embark on new military operations to bring major cities under a semblance of control such us the northern city of Mosul which is now completely in rebel hands.
National “DNA warehouse” bill passes
Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. The bill violates the U.S. Constitution and the Nuremberg Code, writes Twila Brase, president of the Citizen’s Council on Health Care (CCHC). “The DNA taken at birth from every citizen is essentially owned by the government, and every citizen becomes a potential subject of government-sponsored genetic research,” she states.
Actions of April 11
The Bees Die…The Planet Dies
I am speaking about the extermination of the bees - on which depends 80 % of the pollination of cultivated plants - by Imidaclopride which Bayer sells under the name of Gaucho to the farmers to coat seeds and to protect them from certain diseases… This product paralyses insects such as bees which cannot return to the hive and they therefore die. When they do succeed, the honey which results from it is toxic (because it’s poisoned). In less than three years, 450 000 hives were thus lost and production of honey fell from 45 000 tons to 25 000 tons in France. In Alsace, bee-keepers are regarded as disaster victims because of the Bayer products. In addition, it should be known that in Europe, approximately 4 000 vegetable species have their life assured thanks to pollination by bees.
Rising Taxes, Not Rising Mortgage Payments, Primary Cause of Middle-Class Squeeze
Food crisis needs aid on scale of tsunami to avert famine
Pressure for international action to combat the “silent tsunami” of the global food crisis intensified amid warnings that spiralling prices meant more than 100 million people could be plunged into hunger.
Did the Sweetener lobby kill off a competitor in 1974 ?
The BBC story below on a “Miracle Berry” alternative to artificial sweeteners seems to provide anecdotal evidence that the FDA, which in 1974 didn’t allow the berry to be introduced into food, is in bed with big business. It seems that it is prepared to be used to kill off new competitors, and then refuse to disclose its reasoning even after a Freedom of Information request.
Search: Advanced AP Investigators: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished
Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described by the U.S. government as complete, federal investigators say. The audit released Sunday by Stuart Bowen Jr., the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, provides the latest snapshot of an uneven reconstruction effort that has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion. It also comes as several lawmakers have said they want the Iraqis to pick up more of the cost of reconstruction.
Bush’s “sniper” remarks and the venue
Just before 2:30 pm, Reagan left the hotel’s T Street side exit. While waving to crowds, Bush family friend John W. Hinckley, Jr., stepped forward and fired off six shots from his Rohm RG14 22-caliber pistol. Bullet one struck White House Press Secretary James Brady in the head rendering him an invalid, bullet two struck DC police officer Thomas Delahanty in the back, bullet four hit Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy in the stomach, the sixth bullet ricocheted from the president’s limousine and struck Reagan under his left arm, lodging in his lung near his heart. Vice President George H. W. Bush nearly got an eight year jump on the presidency thanks to a family friend. His son chose to mention “sniper fire” Saturday night at the very same hotel where the Bush oligarchy almost took over power after only 69 days of the Reagan presidency.
OPEC president sees $200 oil possible: report
Reuters
OPEC President Chakib Khelil does not rule out oil prices reaching $200 a barrel, even though supply is adequate, because the market is driven by the dollar’s slide, Algerian government newspaper El Moudjahid reported on Monday. “Questioned about a possible rise which would go to $200, the minister did not rule out this eventuality, explaining that this rise is indexed from now on to the fall in the dollar or to the rise in the dollar,” El Moudjahid reported.
Flashback: $200 Dollar a Barrel Oil Is Bilderberg Plan To Destroy Middle Class
Ted Turner Repeats Call For Population Curb
Says diminishing farmland will lead to food riots, despite being behind corn-based ethanol push
Ron Paul Campaign Dominates Nevada GOP Convention
Chalmers Johnson: The Pentagon Strangles Our Economy: Why the US Has Gone Broke
Amnesty’s Unsubscribe Me Video Short Reenacts CIA Waterboarding - Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
Paying Cash? That’ll Cost Extra
Nystrom: Land of the Robots
Ignore the Nonsense that the Credit Crisis is Over
Bernanke May Have to Follow Volker to Avoid Being Tagged Burns
Danger: Fixing Wall Street Hazardous to Earnings Growth
FT: Global Adjustment Will Be Long and Painful
Peter Bernstein: One Guy Who’s Seen It All Doesn’t Like What He Sees Now
New York Times Sunday Circulation Drops by 9.2%
RBS May Cut 7,000 Investment Banking Jobs
Golden Years of Television Find New Life on Web
Gore’s Grades Belie Image of Studiousness
The political champion of the natural world received that sophomore D in Natural Sciences 6 (Man’s Place in Nature) and then got a C-plus in Natural Sciences 118 his senior year. The self-proclaimed inventor of the Internet avoided all courses in mathematics and logic throughout college…
ANI
Monday, April 28, 2008
While climate change and carbon emissions are considered to be strongly associated, a new study report suggests that this relationship will perhaps no longer persist in the future. The report published in BioMed Centrals open access journal Carbon Balance and Management, however, makes it clear that it may be some time before this saturation point is reached. Russian researchers Igor Mokhov and Alexey Eliseev, from the Moscow-based A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, say that the link between the carbon cycle and human effects caused by emissions, energy use, and agriculature may only be relevant for the next ’several centuries.
Rev. Wright: “I describe the Conditions in this Country”
Iran to Russia: “Give us the Nuke Shipment”
‘All options on table against Iran’
Press TV
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Zionist regime says it is pondering all options against Iran, accusing the Islamic Republic of pursuing a nuclear weapons program. The Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz said late Sunday Iran must be prevented from gaining nuclear weapons, adding that all options were on the table against Tehran, The Jerusalem Post reported.
U.S. Credit Card Debt Soars to Unprecedented Heights
Epoch Times
Monday, April 28, 2008
WASHINGTON—Studies indicate that credit card defaults and related write-offs increased drastically since 2006. Today, lenders write off 33 percent more in credit card debt than they did two years ago. Statistics show that about 35 percent of all credit card holders are already exhibiting signs of possible default. Late credit card payments result in fees many consumers can’t afford.
Goodbye “Old Media”: NY Times Loses 9% of Sunday Circulation
Riding the warhorse: Introducing President McCain
Online Journal
Monday, April 28, 2008
First, allow your brain to conceive of John Sidney McCain as president of the United States. Then, form in your mouth the proper noun, President John McCain, and let it roll off your tongue into the room and ears of those nearby. Practice it because it is what you will be saying when George Bush leaves office although you will know that George and John are one and the same. President John McCain.
UN troops ‘armed DR Congo rebels’
Chronically Ignored: Ron Paul Supporters Upset in Nevada
Ron Paul doesn’t promise a grab-bag of tax cuts and government programs or give tortured and politically nuanced foreign policy prescriptions. Ron Paul preaches a political philosophy formed without the aid of focus groups and his supporters absolutely love him for it.
URGENT: Message from Granny - Its Time Now!
Tomorrow the Bush Gang will be sending out the Federal Income Tax 
Rebate checks. It is easy to give back a small portion of what has been stolen to placate the people. Some people won’t get it? They will see it as a real bonanza and joyfully go to Walmart, Target etc and buy some product made in China and feel wonderful about their newfound “stuff” ………… Are you one of those? ………… I think not or you would not be on our list.
NEVADA POLITICS: GOP convention cut short
“They hijacked the party away from 
the people,” Paul supporter Chloie Leavitt, a 44-year-old Overton resident, said as she left. “We were winning and they shut it down.”
Paul’s supporters succeeded in overturning party rules that would have allowed only pre-approved delegate slates to be elected to the national convention.
They argued anyone present ought to be able to run for national delegate. Their move to change the rules succeeded by a wide margin.
Once that change was made, Paul campaigners were prepared for an intensive conventioneering effort, passing out their own suggested delegate slates for their people to vote on in hastily assembled delegate elections.
The McCain campaign hadn’t prepared for this contingency, having assumed the pre-approved delegate slates would be pushed through, a source with the campaign said.
IDF choppers in service of drug cartel
YNet News | Does Israel sell U.S. manufactured helicopters to CIA spawned drug dealers? Does the sun come up in the morning?
Roger Waters “Darkside”: Unleashes Giant Vote Obama Pig!
Reno Earthquakes continue…Residents Warned to Prepare
Alex Jones warns False Flag Black Ops & 9/11 Psyops agents
The US Constitution - A Truly Sacred Scripture
Manipulations in Time of War and Hunger
Bob Chapman | What the US administration is playing for is perpetual war and occupation to keep control of the oil for the internationalist oil giants.
Neocons Launch New Propaganda Offensive Against Iran
Kurt Nimmo | Absurd specter of Iran passing nukes along to al-Qaeda cited.
The food crisis begins to bite
The Independent | Rioting in Haiti. Rationing in America. Queues in Egypt. Protests in Afghanistan. As the price of food continues to soar, the impact is being felt by people around the globe.
Ron Paul’s Delegate Wars (III)
Perhaps this installment of “Delegate Wars” should be subtitled, “The 
Empire Strikes Back.” The Paul campaign’s delegate-capturing strategy has spawned the inevitable backlash. The Republican National Committee (RNC) and John McCain’s campaign, which have effectively merged into one organization, have sent out the word that the RPR is to be stopped at all costs, and Party officials have been rallying to the cause.
In the most egregious example of all, the Republican leadership shut down the Nevada convention last night before it could elect any National Delegates, when it looked like Paul would win a majority.
What are they so afraid of?
For one thing, McCain’s forces know that it is still possible for him to lose the nomination.
Nevada GOP Walks Out Of State Convention - KOLO 8 TV
A Million Palestinians Threatened with Starvation by Israel
Pentagon Suddenly Suspends Bush War Propaganda Investigation
US Won’t ‘Recover’ For 2 Yrs - Canada Faces Crisis
Zim - ‘Hold On, Change Is Coming’
What Is Really Causing ‘Agflation’?
Monsanto Whistleblower Says Genetically Engineered Crops May Cause Disease
CIA Stonewall Agency Won’t Release 7,000 Documents Related to Torture Program
