12-05-11 Police and law enforcement – selected pics from Facebook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12-05-11 ICELAND. No news from Iceland?

NorthCounty LocalNews and Sean M shared Earth. We are one.‘s photo.

Emacs! 

It’s time for Evolution
ICELAND. No news from Iceland?… why? How come we hear everything that happens in Egypt but no news about what’s happening in Iceland:

In Iceland, the people has made the government resign, the primary banks have been nationalized, it was decided to not pay the debt that these created with Great Britain and Holland due to their bad financial politics and a public assembly has been created to rewrite the constitution.

And all of this in a peaceful way. A whole revolution against the powers that have created the current global crisis. This is why there hasn’t been any publicity during the last two years: What would happen if the rest of the EU citizens took this as an example? What would happen if the US citizens took this as an example.

This is a summary of the facts:

2008. The main bank of the country is nationalized.
The Krona, the currency of Iceland devaluates and the stock market stops. The country is in bankruptcy

2008. The citizens protest in front of parliament and manage to get new elections that make the resignation of the prime minister and his whole government.
The country is in bad economic situation.
A law proposes paying back the debt to Great Britain and Holland through the payment of 3,500 million euros, which will be paid by the people of Iceland monthly during the next 15 years, with a 5.5% interest.

2010. The people go out in the streets and demand a referendum. In January 2010 the president denies the approval and announces a popular meeting.
In March the referendum and the denial of payment is voted in by 93%. Meanwhile the government has initiated an investigation to bring to justice those responsible for the crisis, and many high level executives and bankers are arrested. The Interpol dictates an order that make all the implicated parties leave the country.

In this crisis an assembly is elected to rewrite a new Constitution which can include the lessons learned from this, and which will substitute the current one (a copy of the Danish Constitution).
25 citizens are chosen, with no political affiliation, out of the 522 candidates. For candidacy all that was needed was to be an adult and have the support of 30 people. The constitutional assembly starts in February of 2011 to present the ‘carta magna’ from the recommendations given by the different assemblies happening throughout the country. It must be approved by the current Parliament and by the one constituted through the next legislative elections.

So in summary of the Icelandic revolution:
-resignation of the whole government
-nationalization of the bank.
-referendum so that the people can decide over the economic decisions.
-incarcerating the responsible parties
-rewriting of the constitution by its people

Have we been informed of this through the media?
Has any political program in radio or TV commented on this?
No! The Icelandic people have been able to show that there is a way to beat the system and has given a democracy lesson to the world
Can you feel it folks? It has begun. The Energies are shifting . . .
By: Earth. We are one.

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12-05-10 Schlepper on the Roof: Erik Fleshler in Tziflonushka (The Little Chick)

At the end, alleged Shabak (Israeli undercover internal security services) Agent “Haim” was wearing fake glasses and covering his head and face with a blanket, while his Italian male partner “Pietro” was hiding his face, while the Schlepper was singing Tziflonushka… (The Little Chick)
Emacs! Emacs! 

Erik Fleshler, Tziflonushka (The Little Chick)
http://youtu.be/m4G0ZmsR9Vc 


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Jerusalem, May 10 – Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), also organizer of the upcoming Occuparty Jerusalem-AlQuds  reports recent events:

I have been living in the Jerusalem Hostel in the Jerusalem center for over 2 years, with some long excursions to Europe (summer 2010) and Japan (summer 2011).

Alleged Shabak (undercover internal security services) agent “Haim” and his Italian male partner “Pietro” have joint me in the hostel 3 and 2 months ago, respectively.
The latter claims that they have often spent vacations together over the past decade in various locations, including the cocaine-plenty beaches of the Dominican Republic.  

Many of the boutique bars and hangouts on their favorite beach, including the Mosquito Bar, have been burned down in recent days, apparently by Colombian cartels, who intend to seize the beach and build on it a respectable “resort”.  This unfortunate event also apparently ruined Haim and Pietro’s summer vacation plans for this year.

During this period Haim has engaged in conduct, described in criminal complaint, recently filed by me with the Israel Police, as harassment, serious threats, and provocations. 

I have been videotaping life in the Jerusalem Hostel and surrounding area on a routine basis over the past 2 years.

However, over the past three months, new de facto Rules of the House have been established:  Haim demanded that he never be videotaped, absent his prior consent.  

The first time that the matter came up, I was videotaping Keith cooking in the kitchen.  Haim, who was sitting with his back to the camera, was concerned that he was accidentally captured in the frame, and violently snatched my camera.

More recently, Haim confirmed that there was a telescopic surveillance camera installed, overlooking the roof of the Jerusalem Hostel.  That videotaping did not bother Haim and Pietro at all.  

Regardless, anytime I wanted to videotape, as has been the case in performances of Erik Fleshler, I had to give ample advance notice.  

Upon such notice yesterday, Haim and Pietro chose to leave the roof, in order not to be videotaped.

Regardless, both Pietro and I admire the art of Erik Fleshler, and after I brought Erik for the first time to perform on the roof, Pietro asked me to bring him in again.

At 2:30am on May 10, 2012, Pietro woke me up, telling me that Erik was up and singing on the roof.

I came upstairs. Seated there were Erik, Haim, Pietro, and two French tourists, one of them a Paris attorney by trade.  I had earlier discussed with the attorney my past work, so he knew the general situation.

I explained to the attorney what was going to happen: I was going to give advance notice of videotaping Erik singing Tziflonushka… (The Little Chick); there was ongoing surveillance by video camera above; regardless, Haim is likely to immediately leave the roof upon my notice of videotaping.  That indeed happened to the French attorney’s surprise…  

Once that happened, the French attorney and his friend immediately left the roof as well, and refused to return, even as witnesses to the performance.

To my surprise, Haim, who heard the conversation with the French attorney, decided to come back to the roof, wearing thick black framed fake glasses, and covering his head and face with a blanket. With that, he agreed to be videotaped.

Pietro hid his face.

Erik sang Tziflonushka… (The Little Chick).

Some ethnographers claim that the song is a pre-revolutionary underground song, directed against the Tzar’s secret police, who catch the life-loving Tziflonushka, slaughter it, and make meatball out of it…

One must note, that the above should be considered mild treatment, compared to what took place under similar circumstances in the United States, in days preceding the deadline for submission for the 2010 UPR of Human Rights in the United States.
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
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LINKS:
[1] 
12-05-10 Schlepper on the Roof – Night no. 2 – Erik Fleshler …Tziflonushka
http://youtu.be/m4G0ZmsR9Vc 
[2] Erik Fleshler – on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002048458609 
[2] 
12-05-09 Surveillance camera over the Jerusalem Hostel in Jerusalem-AlQuds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT0c4JfVqO4
[3] 12-05-06 Criminal complaint (No 189216/2012) filed with Israel Police, Jerusalem District, against “Haim”, a suspected Internal Security Agent, for Harassment, Threats, Attempt to Harm Police Officers on Duty
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92580152/ 
[4] 12-05-10 Human Right Alert’s 2012 State of Israel UPR Submission: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92826212/ 
[5] 12-05-10 Human Right Alert’s 2012 State of Israel UPR Appendix to Submission: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic records of the courts 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82927700/ 
[6] OccuParty Jerusalem-AlQuds!
http://www.facebook.com/events/210316185725129/
[7] 12-05-07 Seaside businesses burn out of control at resort town _ DominicanToday
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/5/7/43548/Seaside-businesses-burn-out-of-control-at-resort-town 
[8] Human Rights Alert (NGO) Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/now654321?feature=mhee 

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From Jerusalem to the Wall Street Protesters: we must bring this Robber Baron Era to an end!
www.youtu.be/g3r7XUtoguk 
Boris announcing #Occupy Jerusalem-AlQuds – The Party, August 17, 2012
www.youtu.be/-lOxo-ae7ys 
Guantanamera: From Jerusalem to Guantanamo Bay — the US has lost all credibility as a Civil Society
www.youtu.be/5dcp63ry_es 
Oh My God, it’s Occupy Jerusalem-AlQuds!
www.youtu.be/DWTKQkodf7U
Eje: Barcelona-Amsterdam; To: Jerusalem; Sobre: El Amor
www.youtu.be/qmUw8Jk2Fc8 
Ship Commander Joan is Reassuring: We will be ready for takeoff on August 17, 2012
www.youtu.be/Lji9DfstKfg 
European Disputes in Jerusalem-AlQuds
WWW.youtu.be/jOJ8MghlGkk 
Snow in Occupy Jerusalem-AlQuds
WWW.youtu.be/ZuwLSUkoHsg 
Grupo Acapoeira in Jerusalem-AlQuds
WWW.youtu.be/oVRpQxgz3bk
Fire in Jerusalem-AlQuds
http://youtu.be/NLNuhcIw49k 
Pre-party Art Event in Jerusalem-AlQuds
www.youtu.be/k8tWTDD_uro 
Occuparty kills my luv life…
http://youtu.be/UX2cdaWtxa4
12-03-16 We Got a Champion!
  http://youtu.be/5K2IhhQqR3A
12-04-09 Rise Jerusalem, Sing!
http://youtu.be/TkZrEjy8t3A
12-04-12 Chinese takeover of Jerusalem-AlQuds!
http://youtu.be/NX3watSbk4M
12-04-24 Songs of the Greater Depression… No. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnGT2ZxSFCg
12-05-04 Polish in Jerusalem-AlQuds
http://youtu.be/3k-Ze0zTLJ4 
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler in a street show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRmk0I8uSk
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHbOybMyzL8
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllvLsdJejo
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bdpVzfjMv4
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMcusUvAmbo
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55E8AoJ_oSg
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3d1E0d_1rc
12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke_qGWNLypQ

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12-05-09 Schlepper on the Roof!

New vids

Schlepper on the Roof!

Artists committed to perform in OccuParty Jerusalem AlQuds!

The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert show…
[23] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler in a street show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRmk0I8uSk
[24] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHbOybMyzL8
[25] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllvLsdJejo
[26] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bdpVzfjMv4
[27] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMcusUvAmbo
[28] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55E8AoJ_oSg
[29] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3d1E0d_1rc
[30] 12-05-09 The one and only Eric Fleshler on the Aharon Lempert Show, No 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke_qGWNLypQ

 
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12-05-05 Remembering the Kent State shooting…

Questions Remain 42 Years After Kent State Shootings

 

Questions Remain 42 Years After Kent State Shootings

 
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Forty-two years ago on May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of unarmed students at Kent State University, firing between 61 and 67 shots over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and injuring nine others. The shootings at Kent State symbolized the deep divides that existed in America during the Vietnam War era and played a significant role in shaping the way a generation interacted with its government. The iconic images of the events of May 4, 1970 are just as powerful today as they were when news of the shooting sparked nationwide protests.

The only known audio recording of those events was made by Terry Strubbe, who placed a microphone out of his window and recorded 29 minutes of audio. At least two copies of the Strubbe tape were made, with one ending up in Yale University’s Kent State Collection in 1989. In 2010, the Cleveland Plain Dealer engaged forensic audio engineers to examine a copy of the Yale recording made by Alan Canfora, one of the 13 victims of the Kent State shootings. 

That analysis made a stunning finding: Shots were fired before the National Guard opened fire. That evidence could be significant, because it could connect an FBI paid informant who was on campus that day and who possessed a gun that might have been the one caught by Strubbe’s microphone.

In 2010, as chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I opened an inquiry into this evidence. I requested that Yale University make another copy of the Strubbe tape to ensure its authenticity, and sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the Department of Justice undertake a forensic analysis of this authenticated recording. The DOJ obliged my request; and more than a year later, I received a reply. The DOJ concluded that the tape was unintelligible, but that the sounds preceding the fire from the guardsmen were likely to be the sound of Strubbe’s dorm room opening and closing.

Despite the detailed response from the Justice Department, significant questions remain. There was no attempt to reconcile major discrepancies in conclusions among expert analysts. The role of Terry Norman, the FBI informant on campus that day, was not discussed. In order to lay these questions to rest, I wrote to the Justice Department requesting the full analysis used to reach their conclusions.

The Kent State shootings remain a significant event in American history. Nothing less than a full investigation is warranted.

SOURCE:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Questions-Remain-42-Years-by-Dennis-Kucinich-120504-761.html

kent

 

Forty-two years ago on May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of unarmed students at Kent State University, firing between 61 and 67 shots over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and injuring nine others. The shootings at Kent State symbolized the deep divides that existed in America during the Vietnam War era and played a significant role in shaping the way a generation interacted with its government. The iconic images of the events of May 4, 1970 are just as powerful today as they were when news of the shooting sparked nationwide protests.

The only known audio recording of those events was made by Terry Strubbe, who placed a microphone out of his window and recorded 29 minutes of audio. At least two copies of the Strubbe tape were made, with one ending up in Yale University’s Kent State Collection in 1989. In 2010, the Cleveland Plain Dealer engaged forensic audio engineers to examine a copy of the Yale recording made by Alan Canfora, one of the 13 victims of the Kent State shootings. 

That analysis made a stunning finding: Shots were fired before the National Guard opened fire. That evidence could be significant, because it could connect an FBI paid informant who was on campus that day and who possessed a gun that might have been the one caught by Strubbe’s microphone.

In 2010, as chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I opened an inquiry into this evidence. I requested that Yale University make another copy of the Strubbe tape to ensure its authenticity, and sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the Department of Justice undertake a forensic analysis of this authenticated recording. The DOJ obliged my request; and more than a year later, I received a reply. The DOJ concluded that the tape was unintelligible, but that the sounds preceding the fire from the guardsmen were likely to be the sound of Strubbe’s dorm room opening and closing.

Despite the detailed response from the Justice Department, significant questions remain. There was no attempt to reconcile major discrepancies in conclusions among expert analysts. The role of Terry Norman, the FBI informant on campus that day, was not discussed. In order to lay these questions to rest, I wrote to the Justice Department requesting the full analysis used to reach their conclusions.

The Kent State shootings remain a significant event in American history. Nothing less than a full investigation is warranted.

SOURCE:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Questions-Remain-42-Years-by-Dennis-Kucinich-120504-761.html

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12-05-03 Dismembered bodies of 4 journalists found in Veracruz

 

MEXICO CITY (AP) � Three men who had worked as news photographers were found slain and dumped together in plastic bags by a canal in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz on Thursday, less than a week after the killing in the same state of a reporter for an investigative newsmagazine, officials and colleagues said. 

READ MORE:
http://neglectedwar.com/blog/archives/17097 

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12-05-04 Avaaz reprots attack on its web site.

AVAAZ.org: The World in Action

 

 

Avaaz Attacked: Cyber-war vs People Power

 

 

Update: 4 May 2012
Wow! Unbelievable response to this, and after 44 hours the attack has abated. They could come back stronger, let’s be ready.

Posted: 4 May 2012
Right now, the Avaaz website is under massive attack. An expert is telling us that an attack this large is likely coming from a government or large corporation, with massive, simultaneous and sophisticated assaults from across the world to take down our site.

We were expecting this. Our people-powered campaigning has been fearless, and we’ve taken on the world’s worst actors head-on, in ways that genuinely hurt them – from the Syrian and Chinese regimes to Rupert Murdoch, Big Oil and organized crime. The Syrian dictatorship called our campaigner ‘the most dangerous man in the world’, and a UK inquiry recently revealed emails between Murdoch’s news corporation and top levels of government saying the Avaaz campaign against Murdoch was their biggest concern. Many wondered when these people would come after us.

And it’s begun. We have urgent campaigns on oceans, forests and Syria we need to run, but the attack has been going on for 36 hours straight, threatening our ability to keep campaigning.Because of top-notch security, our site is still up, but it’s not enough. We need to show these actors that when they attack Avaaz, they’re messing with people. And people-power can’t be intimidated or silenced, it only grows stronger. Use the tool to the right to donate to an Avaaz defence fund to take our security to the next level, and show our attackers that whatever they throw at us only makes us stronger. 

 


READ MORE:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/massive_attack_on_avaaz_rb/?cl=1788650186&v=14080

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12-05-05 Martin Luther King’s Dream, Assassination, and the Occupy Movement

Martin Luther King’s Dream has emerged as a powerful unifying theme for the Occupy Movement, particularly during this past May 1st General Strike, and especially in Los Angeles.One must wonder, how many of the marchers knew, given the scant media coverage, that in 1999, the King family finally won a civil trial, implicating the US government in the assassination of Dr King, Jr. [1] The US government continues to refuse to criminally prosecute the perpetrators.
LINKS:
[1] 12-01-16 Dr King’s family civil trial verdict – US Government assassinated Martin
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92324167/
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12-05-01 May 1st OccuParty, Los Angeles, California

The pics below are from different locations throughout Los Angeles.
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12-03-08 American Gulag

Private purchasing of prisons locks in occupancy rates

By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY

Updated 3/8/2012 12:37 PM

WASHINGTON – At a time when states are struggling to reduce bloated prison populations and tight budgets, a private prison management company is offering to buy prisons in exchange for various considerations, including a controversial guarantee that the governments maintain a 90% occupancy rate for at least 20 years.

Federal Bureau of Prisons director Harley Lappin speaks during a news conference at the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., in 2009.Federal Bureau of Prisons director Harley Lappin speaks during a news conference at the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., in 2009.

The $250 million proposal, circulated by the Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America to prison officials in 48 states, has been blasted by some state officials who suggest such a program could pressure criminal justice officials to seek harsher sentences to maintain the contractually required occupancy rates.

“You don’t want a prison system operating with the goal of maximizing profits,” says Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat and advocate for reducing prison populations through less costly diversion programs. “The only thing worse is that this seeks to take advantage of some states’ troubled financial position.”

READ MORE: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-01/buying-prisons-require-high-occupancy/53402894/1

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