Donald Trump: What Ralph Northam Said About Yearbook Photo ‘Unforgivable’

Trump on Northam AP

President Donald Trump expressed shock after Governor Ralph Northam’s attempt to walk back an admission of guilt on Saturday for a racist photo in his military school yearbook.

“Democrat Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia just stated, ‘I believe that I am not either of the people in that photo.’ Trump wrote on Twitter. “This was 24 hours after apologizing for appearing in the picture and after making the most horrible statement on ‘super’ late-term abortion. Unforgivable!”

Northam hosted a press conference on Saturday to try to explain why a photo of a person in blackface and a person in a KKK costume was on his yearbook page, despite admitting that he was “in” the photo on Friday.

“It was definitely not me,” Northam said on Saturday. “I can tell by looking at it.”

Trump also recalled Republican candidate Ed Gillespie’s close loss against Northam in 2017.

“Ed Gillespie, who ran for Governor of the Great State of Virginia against Ralph Northam, must now be thinking Malpractice and Dereliction of Duty with regard to his Opposition Research Staff,” Trump wrote. “If they find that terrible picture before the election, he wins by 20 points!”

Gillespie lost by nine points against Northam.

Northam repeatedly accused Gillespie of “racist rhetoric and fearmongering” during the campaign.

Smoking Gun? – Northam College Photo Shows Man in Same Plaid Pants as the Blackface-KKK Yearbook Photo

by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit: A picture from Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook surfaced on Friday showing two men, one in a KKK hood and robe and one in ‘blackface’ on the same page as Northam. The photo was first published by Big League Politics on Friday and later confirmed by other outlets […]

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Virginia governor meets with cabinet amid outcry over racist photo

February 4, 2019

By Jonathan Allen

(Reuters) – Virginia Governor Ralph Northam met with his Cabinet on Monday amid a chorus of calls from fellow Democrats to resign over last week’s revelation of a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.

A few dozen protesters gathered at the state capitol in Richmond to demand that Northam, a white man, step down, while Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, who is black, said there was “a lot of uncertainty” in the state’s government.

A conservative media website on Friday released a page from Northam’s yearbook depicting one person in blackface standing next to a masked person in the white robes of the Ku Klux Klan.

Northam, 59, initially apologized on Friday and said he was one of the two people in the photo, then changed his story Saturday, saying he did not appear in the picture but had dressed in blackface at another point that year.

The origins of blackface date to 19th-century “minstrel” shows in which white performers covered their faces in black grease paint to caricature slaves.

The governor’s admission drew immediate demands for his resignation from Virginia politicians, the NAACP civil rights group and national political figures. At least five Democratic presidential candidates, including U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, both of whom are black, said Northam had lost the moral authority to lead.

Northam’s office did not respond to questions about his plans on Monday, but local media outlets reported he was meeting with advisers.

Fairfax, 39, who is in line to succeed Northam and become only the fifth African-American to serve as governor of a U.S. state, dating back to the post-Civil War era of Reconstruction, said he was not sure what Northam’s next move would be.

“I believe the governor has to make a decision that’s in the best interest of the commonwealth of Virginia,” Fairfax told reporters at the capitol.

Asked if he was preparing to possibly assume office as governor, Fairfax replied, “There is a lot of uncertainty right now in our government. But we always have to be ready.”

Should Northam resign, Fairfax would be the second black governor – after Douglas Wilder – in the history of Virginia, where his great-great-great grandfather once was a slave.

Earlier on Monday Fairfax released a statement denying a vague online report that a woman suggested he had sexually assaulted her in 2004.

“Tellingly, not one other reputable media outlet has seen fit to air this false claim,” the statement from Fairfax’s office said.

At least two media outlets, including the Washington Post, said a woman had approached them more than a year ago with the same allegation. The outlets said they had been unable to substantiate her claim.

The report of the allegation was published on the same website, Big League Politics, that first published Northam’s yearbook page.

Northam said on Saturday he had donned blackface in the 1980s to portray pop star Michael Jackson in a dance competition.

During a Saturday news conference, Northam made light-hearted remarks about how hard it is to clean black shoe polish from one’s face and whether he should perform Jackson’s signature “moonwalk” dance for the cameras, but abstained at the advice of his wife.

“What happened Saturday was an unfortunate display, and rather tone-deaf to what the impact really is,” Derrick Johnson, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, told MSNBC on Monday.

(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; Additional reporting by Gary Robertson in Richmond and Katharine Jackson in Washington; Editing by Scott Malone, Bill Trott and James Dalgleish)

Planned Parenthood Demands Gov. Ralph Northam Resign Over Racist Yearbook Photo

Planned Parenthood Federation of America called for Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign in response to his racist yearbook photo scandal.

“There is no place for Gov. Ralph Northam’s racist actions or language,” Dr. Leana Wen said in a statement emailed to reporters. “He must step down as Governor.”

Northam received nearly $2 million in donations from Planned Parenthood during his run for governor in 2017, as he advocated for pro-abortion policies.

Northam apologized Friday after the photo was published, insisting that it did not represent who he was.

“I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” Northam said. “This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine and in public service.”

Senior Democrats press Virginia governor to resign over racist photo

February 3, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Democrats on Sunday accused embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam of being dishonest and urged him to resign after he backtracked from an earlier admission that he appeared in racist garb in a yearbook photo.

Northam, a Democrat trying to resist mounting pressure from his party to step down, on Saturday walked back his admission that he was one of two people shown in the photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook, one person in blackface standing next to another in a Ku Klux Klan costume.

Northam, who took office a year ago, had admitted on Friday he was in the photo from the 1980s.

Even as he denied it on Saturday, he admitted to dressing up in blackface to imitate the late pop star Michael Jackson in a dance contest around the same time.

“He is being completely dishonest and disingenuous,” Democratic U.S. Representative Karen Bass said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“I think given the overall climate around race in this country, especially over the last two years, it’s completely unacceptable,” said Bass, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.

She also took issue with Northam’s claim that wearing blackface was commonplace in 1984.

“He’s basically saying that he participated in it and especially when he described the time that he did the Michael Jackson impression,” said Bass. “He even acted at the press conference like he was willing to moon walk until his wife stopped him, which shows that he still does not understand the seriousness of his actions.”

Bass’ sentiment was echoed by Donald McEachin, a black House member from Virginia, who said he had spoken to Northam on Friday and that the governor was apologetic.

“So I was really surprised when the next day he comes out and says it’s not him,” McEachin, a Democrat, also said on “Meet the Press.” “That was quite a surprise to me.”

Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has called for Northam to resign, said he believed he would do so.

“It doesn’t matter whether he was in that photo or not in the photo at this point. We have to close that chapter,” McAuliffe said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“And if Ralph is watching this today, I know how much he loves this Commonwealth of Virginia. And you have got to make the right decision. You have got to make the right moral decision.”

Democratic party strategists worry that the controversy could hurt the party’s chances in the 2020 presidential election. Virginia is a competitive state that leans Democratic.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat weighing a 2020 presidential run, has also urged Northam to step down.

Other prominent Democrats – including 2020 presidential candidates Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Julian Castro, a former top U.S. housing official – have been calling on Northam to resign since Friday.

Northam, a 59-year-old pediatric neurologist and Army veteran, graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1984.

(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

Are These Ralph Northam’s Blackface Pants?

Embattled Virginia governor under mounting pressure to resign

Are These Ralph Northam's Blackface Pants?

An undated yearbook photo appears to show Virginia Governor Ralph “Coonman” Northam sporting the same pair of pants as a man in blackface pictured in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

The photo in question features a group of boys standing in front of a car below the title “Hi-Y” (a YMCA boys-only high-school program). The caption below indicates that Ralph Northam was the group’s president, while a boy standing on the right side is wearing what appears to be an identical pair of pants to the figure in blackface in Northam’s controversial 1984 yearbook page.

“While balancing classes and work, Ralph also distinguished himself as captain of the both the basketball and baseball teams, and President of Student Government, the Beta Club and the Hi-Y Club, reads Northam’s bio at Our Campaigns.

Northam came under fire after Big League Politics published a page from Northam’s 1984 yearbook of him in blackface. The photo had been floating around for months prior to publication, as indicated by Fox’s Dan Bongino who said someone sent it to him in October.

Northam initially apologized for appearing in the photo, only to walk that back in a quagmire of a Friday press conference in which he said he was “unaware of what was on my [yearbook] page,” and that he was neither the person in blackface or the KKK robes.

He also admitted to going in blackface as Michael Jackson during a dance contest during the same press conference, and then took a reporter’s request to “moonwalk” seriously before his wife told him it was “inappropriate circumstances.”

Northam has faced calls to resign from prominent Democrats seeking to distance themselves from the Virginia Governor, while President Trump waited until Saturday to weigh in.

US Spy Plane Spotted Over Colombia Amid Washington-Backed Coup in Venezuela

U.S. Army Airborne Reconnaissance Low RC-7B (later EO-5C)

The United States has been backing a de facto coup d’etat in Venezuela by urging incumbent President Nicolas Maduro to step down in favour of Juan Guaido, an opposition leader, who proclaimed himself the Latin American country’s interim president over a week ago.

For the second time in two consecutive days, US reconnaissance aircraft has been spotted over Colombia, and as reported by Aircraft Spots, it is an EO-5C N177RA PLOMO27 spy plane.

A journalist who retweeted the photo assumed that the military aircraft was likely used to intercept communications from neighbouring Venezuela, which has plunged into a political crisis, fuelled by Washington.

A Colombian radio station, The FM, reported Wednesday that a number of planes, including one C17A military transport aircraft Globemaster and one Boeing 737, landed on the outskirts of Bogota at Air Command Military Transport (Catam) airport.

READ MORE: EU to Set Up Intl Contact Group on Venezuela Crisis — Mogherini

The planes reportedly arrived at about 3:00 pm local time [GMT 20:00] from the Dover air base in Delaware before leaving four hours later.

 

The developments come shortly after the photo of US National Security Adviser John Bolton holding a yellow notepad with the words “5,000 troops to Colombia” on it went viral.

The note was spotted during a press conference about new sanctions against Venezuela.

While many speculated that the US may be plotting to deploy its troops to Venezuela’s neighbour, acting Secretary of Defence Patrick M. Shanahan told reporters that he hadn’t discussed the plan with Bolton and refused to comment.

The speculations have been fuelled by the fact that US President Donald Trump has on a multitude of occasions stated that all options were on the table for Caracas.

Washington has been actively involved in the political crisis in Venezuela, which saw the head of the opposition-led National Assembly, Juan Guaido, declare himself the country’s interim president, thus challenging the legitimately elected Nicolas Maduro.

READ MORE: Maduro: Bolton Prohibited Trump From Initiating Dialogue With Me (EXCLUSIVE)

The Trump administration swiftly recognised Guaido and has ramped up its pressure on Maduro in order to force him out of office.

President Maduro, in turn, has accused the US of staging a coup d’etat in his country, and suggested that a group of Venezuelan military defectors have become “mercenaries of the Colombian oligarchy”, who are trying to sabotage armed forces at his command.

In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, Maduro also claimed that Trump had ordered the Colombian government and mafia to kill him in order to gain access to the world’s largest oil reserves, which, by a twist of fate, are in Venezuela.

Virginia governor denies being in racist yearbook photo

February 2, 2019

By Jason Lange and Idrees Ali

(Reuters) – Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Saturday resisted mounting pressure from his Democratic party that he resign, denying that he appeared in a racist yearbook photo while admitting he once wore blackface in a dance contest.

Northam, who took office a year ago, said he would stay in his job. “As long as I feel that I can lead, I will continue to do that,” he said.

Northam had apologized on Friday, saying he was one of the people shown in the photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook, which depicted one person in blackface standing next to another in a Ku Klux Klan costume.

But on Saturday he said he looked at the photo more carefully and is sure it was not him. In a news conference alongside his wife, Northam said he had made other mistakes, including dressing up in blackface to imitate Michael Jackson in a dance contest around the same time.

“I actually won the contest because I had learned to do the moonwalk,” Northam said, referring to a dance move made famous in part by famed American singer Michael Jackson.

Northam apologized for his past actions and vowed to work to earn forgiveness.

“I am simply asking for the opportunity to demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt that the person I was is not the man I am today,” Northam said.

Northam’s press conference appears unlikely to quell the growing pressure from within his party for him to resign.

Even as Northam was speaking, Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said it was time for him to step aside.

“Virginians and people across the country deserve better from their leaders, and it is clear that Ralph Northam has lost their trust and his ability to govern,” Perez said in a statement.

Democratic U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly and Don Beyer of Virginia said in a joint statement that they had not heard anything that changed their view that Northam should resign.

Earlier in the day, others also called on him to step down.

“Governor Northam has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately,” former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat weighing a 2020 presidential run, said on Twitter.

Protesters gathered in front the his office in Richmond, Virginia, waving signs demanding he step down.

The head of Northam’s party in the state also called on him to quit.

Other prominent Democrats – including 2020 presidential candidates Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Julian Castro – have been calling on Northam to resign since Friday.

Northam, a 59-year-old pediatric neurologist and Army veteran, graduated from Norfolk medical school in 1984.

The Virginia-Pilot, which published the photo on Friday, said on its website it obtained a copy of the photo from the Eastern Virginia Medical School library.

(Reporting by Jason Lange in Washington; Editing by Andrea Ricci and Nick Zieminski)

Racist Northam backtracks on whether he is in racist photo

 

Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has said privately he does not think he is in the racist photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook, according to a new report.

A fellow Virginia Democrat told the Associated Press Northam said he doesn’t believe he is in the photo — a departure from his initial statement apologizing for being the photo, which shows a man in blackface and a man wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hood — and will not resign.

Northam, who was expected to hold a press conference Saturday morning, will appear at 2:30 p.m. to address the situation, according to CNN correspondent Ryan Nobles.

The AP reported Northam is making calls to garner support. State and national Democrats had mounted calls Friday and Saturday for Northam to resign, including from the state Democratic Party and key state legislative Democratic caucuses.

The 59-year-old said in a statement and video on Friday that he was committed to serving the remainder of his term. A Northam spokeswoman told CBS on Saturday afternoon he will not resign.

“I’ve spent the last year as your governor, fighting for a Virginia that works better for all people. I’m committed to continuing that fight through the remainder of my term and living up to the expectations you set for me when you elected me to serve,” he said.

Racism had been an issue in the then-lieutenant governor’s campaign against Ed Gillespie, as Northam attacked his opponent’s campaign ads about undocumented immigrants as “ racist rhetoric and fearmongering.

Now, the calls have been mounting for Northam to step aside for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who is black. The 39-year-old was the second African-American elected to statewide office in the Southern state, and was expected to campaign for the top job in 2021. Virginia governors cannot run for consecutive terms.

Ralph Northam Yearbook

(Courtesy Eastern Virginia Medical School)

It was the second scandal in a week for Northam, who had come under fire from conservatives for his statements about state legislation that would ease restrictions on third-trimester abortions. The pediatric neurologist had called the furor over his abortion comments “shameful and disgraceful.”

BOMBSHELL: Virginia Gov. Ralph “Infanticide” Northam’s med school yearbook features him in a photo wearing either blackface or a KKK hood

(Natural News) It’s not been a good week for the Democratic governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam. After taking loads of heat from tens of millions of Americans over comments in which he refused to condemn a bill introduced in the House of Delegates that would authorize doctors to perform abortions up to and including the…

Virginia Governor “Deeply Sorry” For Yearbook Photo In Blackface/KKK Robes

Update: Northam has apologized in a statement – without admitting whether he wore the blackface of the KKK outfit. 

“I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” reads the statement.

“This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service.” 

The statement continues: “I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage this conduct has caused.” 

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s (D) 1984 medical school yearbook features several pictures under Northam’s name; a classic yearbook headshot, an image of Northam leaning against a car, one of him in a rural setting, and a picture of two individuals wearing blackface and KKK robes – one of whom is presumably Northam. The photo was first reported by Big League Politics and confirmed by the Virginian-Pilot which photographed the yearbook.  

A half-page from the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook, photographed by The Virginian-Pilot on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.

Under the photo of the men in blackface and the Klan hood are listed Northam’s alma mater, Virginia Military Institute, and his interest: “Pediatrics.” His quote is listed as “There are more old drunks than old doctors in this world so I think I’ll have another beer.”  –Virginia Pilot

According to AP, Republican state Sen. Bryce Reeves said in a statement that Northam should tender his resignation if the photo is accurate. 

“I hope that this picture is inaccurate and that the Governor brings clarity to this issue. This has no place in Virginia,” said Reeves. 

Virginia Republican Party Chairman Jack Wilson echoed Reeves’ sentiment, stating: “Racism has no place in Virginia. These pictures are wholly inappropriate. If Governor Northam appeared in blackface or dressed in a KKK robe, he should resign immediately.

Northam, a pediatric neurologist, made headlines earlier this week discussing a controversial abortion bill that would loosen restrictions in third-trimester abortions. 

Meanwhile, Virginia Democratic leadership is already defending him – with state Senate Minority Leader Richard Seslaw (D) telling the Washington Post:

“His whole life has been about exactly the opposite and that’s what you need to examine, not something that occurred 30 years ago,” adding “While it’s in very poor taste, I would think no one in the General Assembly who would like their college conduct examined. I would hate to have to go back and examine my two years in the Army. Trust me. I was 18 years old and I was a handful, OK? His life since then has been anything but. It’s been a life of helping people, and many times for free.”

In 2013, Northam came under fire from civil rights groups for refusing to shake hands with his black Republican opponent.

And who could forget this controversial and ironic ad during the Virgina gubernatorial race between Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie in which a Confederate flag-toting racist – ostensibly a Gillespie voter – chased minority children in a truck?

As mentioned above, Northam pulled a Robert Byrd (Hillary Clinton’s mentor and former “Grand Cyclops” of the KKK) and claim he’s a changed man. Or, perhaps he will pull a Kevin Spacey and choose to live his life as a gay man as a diversion.

‘I’m Not Here to Represent a Religion’: New York Governor Stands Behind New Abortion Law

'I'm Not Here to Represent a Religion': New York Governor Stands Behind New Abortion Law

Source: Amanda Casanova | Religion Today Contributing Writer

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he stands behind the new state law that legalizes abortion up until birth.

Cuomo told WAMC radio that he supported the “Reproductive Health Act,” which he signed last week. The law allows for abortions up to the point of birth if the life or health of the mother is at risk or the baby is not viable.

“With the signing of this bill, we are sending a clear message that whatever happens in Washington, women in New York will always have the fundamental right to control their own body,” he said last week.

Cuomo is Catholic, but some Catholic bishops have said they would support excommunicating him from the church.

Tennessee Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville tweeted: “This vote is so hideous and vile that it warrants the act (of excommunication).”

However, Cuomo said in the radio interview that he doesn’t “represent” the church.

“The Catholic Church doesn’t believe in a woman’s right to choose…I understand their religious view,” he said. “I’m not here to represent a religion.”

“I’m here to represent all the people and the constitutional rights and limitations for all the people, not as a Catholic.”

New York City Cardinal Timothy Dolan called the law “ghoulish, grisly and gruesome.”

“Any thinking human being that would want a baby, allow a baby, to be aborted right up to the moment of birth…anybody who thinks that a baby who survives a gruesome abortion procedure and that a doctor is no longer required to attempt to save that baby’s life – you don’t have to be a Catholic to abhor those types of things,” he said.

Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger told Fox & Friends that excommunication is a “last resort.”

“Excommunication is a last resort, and as the Governor continues to distance himself from our [Catholic] communion, it may, unfortunately, result in that,” he said.

“My hope is that since his faith is important to him, he will reconsider the importance of maintaining that communion and not continue to distance himself.”

Photo courtesy: Luca Bravo/Unsplash

13 States that Have Ruled Unborn Babies Are Children

13 States that Have Ruled Unborn Babies Are Children

Source: Kayla Koslosky

Last week, New York state shocked the nation by passing an abortion law that allows pregnant women to terminate their pregnancies up until their due dates. The progressive law is the first of its kind, but New York appears to only be the first of many states who are considering adopting similar legislation. New York now has the most radical abortion law in the nation, and while abortion is nationally legal under Roe v. Wade, many states have written their laws to define unborn babies are human beings.

Here is a list of 13 states that define the unborn as people.

Photo courtesy: Pixabay

1. Alabama

Alabama made headlines in 2017 when they declared that an unborn baby was a person. The States legislation that declares this claim was passed into law in 2006 and says that a person, as defined under their criminal code, is “a human being, including an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of viability.” Any person who intentionally causes harm to the mother causing her to lose her unborn child or who causes direct harm to the unborn child can be charged with criminal homicide or homicide. While Alabama does consider an unborn child a person, this law does not apply in regard to abortion.

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2. Arkansas

As a part of its criminal code, Arkansas defines the term “person,” to include “an unborn child in utero at any stage of development.” The Dust Bowl state also gives the term “unborn child” parameters by deeming that life begins at conception. The legislation reads: “‘Unborn child’ means offspring of human beings from conception until birth.”

Again, these laws do not apply to pregnant women who choose to have abortions, but they do make an important distinction of when the state believes life begins.

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3. Idaho

Idaho breaks down the term “unborn child” using more technical terms. Under their feticide definition, the state defines an “embryo” and “fetus” as any human in utero. The term “embryo” refers to the development of a baby between the second and eighth weeks after fertilization. After the eighth week of pregnancy, the embryo is typically referred to as a fetus.

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4-10. Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

In Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas the states’ laws define an “unborn child” as a human being from the time of fertilization until birth. Illinois’ criminal law says, “‘unborn child’ shall mean any individual of the human species from fertilization until birth.” In Kansas, under “Alexa’s Law, “‘unborn child’ means a living individual organism of the species homo sapiens, in utero, at any stage of gestation from fertilization to birth.” Kentucky’s legislation echoes Kansas’ nearly identically.  Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma more specifically refer to unborn babies at “human beings.” In Tennessee, the terms “another,” “individuals” and “another person” include a human embryo or fetus at any stage of gestation in utero.

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11-12. Louisiana and Missouri

Louisiana and Missouri also make mention to intravenous birth in their criminal laws deeming traditionally conceived and IVF babies as “individuals” and “human beings.” Louisiana’s legislation states, “‘Unborn child’ means any individual of the human species from fertilization and implantation until birth.”

Missouri’s reads, “The life of each human being begins at conception; Unborn children have protectable interests in life, health, and well-being.”

It continues, “Where section by its terms does not regulate abortions or any other aspect of appellees’ medical practice, it can be read simply to express a value judgment.”

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13. Michigan

Michigan perhaps has the strictest fetal homicide laws of the bunch. While in all of the above-mentioned states, abortion is permitted under their regulations, Michigan lays out a different set of rules. The state’s legislation reads, “Death of quick child or mother from use of medicine, etc., with intent to destroy such child—Any person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother, shall, in case the death of such child or of such mother be thereby produced, be guilty of manslaughter.” According to U.S. Legal, a “quick child” is a fetus that has developed enough to move within a mother’s womb. This includes but is not limited to fetal heartbeats, measurably fetal brainwaves and discernable movement, U.S. Legal’s website states. This would mean abortion would be illegal in Michigan after a heartbeat can be detected unless the mother’s life is at risk.

So If Half of Facebook Accounts Are Fake… What Is Facebook Worth?

How many accounts on Facebook are fake? Recent estimates of half could be low. Here’s an experiment: open a Facebook account with a name that cannot possibly be anyone else’s real name, for example, Johns XQR Citizenry. Solicit a few real people to friend you, start posting something original every day and see what happens.

Eventually, your friends will inform you that “Johns XQR Citizenry” solicited them to friend him, even though they’re already friends with you. Congratulations, your Facebook identity has been cloned.

When you do a search, you find a half-dozen “Johns XQR Citizenry,” and every one of these cloned accounts is completely empty: no photo, no content. They were obviously set up for the sole purpose of cloning your identity to propagate spam to your friends list and then their friends’ lists.

So you flag the clone accounts as per Facebook’s instructions, and the (automated) response comes back “the account you flagged does not violate our community standards.” So in other words, cloning identities on Facebook is just fine.

Next, you try to find some way to report the cloning to Facebook–there’s isn’t any way.

How difficult would it be for Facebook’s vaunted AI screens to identify cloned accounts? Same name, empty account, delete, block the IP. How hard is that?

Then you start getting friends’ requests from fake accounts: accounts with a photo of a supposedly legitimate person with a photo or two of a sunset for content and that’s all.

These requests from fake accounts soon outnumber the legitimate requests from real people.

Add up the clone accounts and the fake accounts, and one wonders if the total number of fake accounts is more than half of all Facebook accounts. The question that naturally arises is: what’s Facebook worth if half or more of its 2.2 billion accounts are fake?

What’s Facebook worth when it can’t even weed out the most obvious cloned and fake accounts? What’s it worth if perhaps it doesn’t want to eliminate all those fake accounts?

This raises another question: how can any social media company verify a “real identity” from a fake identity? The only way to do so is to institute a process much like opening an online bank account, a process that requires identification, deposits into an existing account and so on.

How much is it worth to users to join a social media network that works diligently to weed out fake accounts? How different would their experience be if it was extremely difficult to set up a cloned or fake account instead of super-easy to do so?

Many people conflate an addiction to screens with an addiction to Facebook.People are indeed addicted to their smartphones and related screens, but that doesn’t mean they’re addicted to Facebook.

The social media space is absolutely ripe for a new entrant who demands arduous verification and constantly monitors its user base to eliminate cloned and fake accounts. The number of “real” accounts in such a network would be a fraction of the existing debauched networks, but then users could actually trust that network. Advertisers would finally be able to trust that their millions of dollars in spending isn’t going mostly to click-fraud farms.

 

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The World’s First Cannabis Vending Machine Has Gone Live

Authored by Elias Marat via The Mind Unleashed,

 For those who’ve participated in the market for recreational and medical cannabis, it hasn’t always been easy to purchase products.

Whether it’s on the street or at a legal dispensary, there’s been a risk of falling afoul of the law, dealing with inconsistent or disappearing suppliers, having to travel far to reach the closest dispensary, or spending excessive time in line or in a waiting room before finding your product. Have you or your friends ever wondered what it would be like to buy a disposable vape or a blunt as easily as you would buy a bottle of water from an office building vending machine?

Well now, a Southern California company has pioneered a new and innovative way of acquiring your buds, edibles, extracts, CBD products and accessories.

Welcome to the age of the automated smart cannabis kiosk, or “greenbox.”

Described as “the world’s first intelligent cannabis & CBD kiosks,” greenbox is being piloted at the Erba Collective and Marina Caregivers dispensaries in Los Angeles, where recreational and medicinal users will be able to pick from various categories at the vending machine, buy the product of their choice, and quickly be on their way.

Photo credit: greenbox Robotics

“You’re already sitting in traffic in LA. You want to come in, grab your product and be on your way,” Zach Johnson, CEO of greenbox Robotics, told Fox 11 LA.

The automated kiosk includes a user interface that describes each product and its effects. Users pay with a debit card or Apple Pay, after which a robotic arm delivers the chosen products.

In addition to a payment processing system, the greenbox is also equipped with facial recognition cameras, a speaker that allows it to stream music, and temperature-controlled storage.

California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. In 2018, the state lifted laws prohibiting the sale and use of cannabis for recreational purposes as well.

The greenbox is currently only available indoors at the dispensaries, but Johnson hopes that the machines will one day be stand-alone.

In company literature, greenbox robotics depicts the new cannabis delivery kiosk as the latest development in the automation revolution sweeping industries across the globe:

“From the moment we step out the door, our daily lives are simplified by the wonders of modern day automation. Whether it’s pre-ordering your Starbucks on your phone, printing your plane ticket at an airport kiosk, or simply ordering your groceries online, automation is the grease that keeps this high-paced world spinning. So why should buying your cannabis and CBD be any different?

greenbox Robotics has harnessed the most sophisticated automation technology to make your buying and selling experience fast, easy, and way ahead of its time.”

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Will Give Palestine 85 to 90 Percent of the West Bank, Israeli Media Outlet Speculates

Trump's 'Deal of the Century' Will Give Palestine 85 to 90 Percent of the West Bank, Israeli Media Outlet Speculates

Most of the West Bank of Jerusalem will be given to a future Palestinian state as part of President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” peace plan for Israel and Palestine.

According to a report from Israeli media, the proposal would divide Jerusalem, where eastern Jerusalem would belong to a sovereign Palestinian state and western Jerusalem, including the Old City, would go to Israel.

The White House has said this proposal released by the Israeli media is “speculation” and “inaccurate.”

According to the report, however, under the peace deal, Palestine and Israel can swap land. In one case, Palestine would be given 85 to 90 percent of the West Bank, but major settlement areas would be given to Israel.

The full proposal is expected to be released April 9.

According to CBN News, the Palestinian Authority has already rejected the plan. The Palestinian Authority said “any peace plan that does not include an independent Palestinian state – with all of East Jerusalem as its capital – on the 1967 borders, is destined to fail.”

Photo courtesy: Pixabay

Developer Leaks PHOTO of New Self-Propelled Gun for Russian Airborne Forces

from Sputnik News: Earlier, TsNIITochMash, the design bureau tasked with creating the next-generation air-droppable artillery piece for the Russian military, promised that it would be ready for testing by the Airborne Forces and the Naval Infantry by 2019. The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Russian TsNIITochMash) has released the first publicly available photo of the Lotus, […]

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No Teslas Allowed: New Jersey, Christie Bows To Dealership Lobby

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has one message for the state of New Jersey:

“Legalize it.”

I’m not confusing messages with Colorado and marijuana legislation. Musk wrote an open letter to the people of New Jersey sharing his concern over the recent law, passed by state Congress and signed by Gov. Chris Christie, that bans the direct sale of automobile from manufacturer to consumer–the model under which Tesla operates.

The new law follows Arizona, Texas, Virginia and Maryland who all carry the same legal restrictions. The laws don’t outlaw Tesla Motors specifically. They’re based off clauses and precedents set between dealerships and manufacturers that have existed for decades. The intent was to protect dealerships from the big producers, like General Motors or Ford from undercutting dealers by selling directly to consumers for lower prices.

There was a time when manufacturers needed dealerships, so the rules were mutually beneficial to both sides. Fifty years ago, buying a Mustang directly from Detroit would be difficult, impractical and expensive if you lived in, say, California. So, the manufacturers sold to the dealers in bulk and agreed not to engage in direct sales. In turn, dealers were (and in New Jersey, still are) required to maintain a minimum square footage and have an attached service center. But in 2014, buying a car directly from the source is easy, and that’s why Tesla wants to skip the middle man.

Direct sales aren’t just for Tesla’s bottom lines. Musk notes in his letter to New Jersey that unless you’re working with the Big Three (GM, Ford and Chrysler), selling through a dealership is a great road to nowhere. DeLorean, mostly recognized for its tenure in the Back to the Future trilogy, is a notable example of an American auto startup that couldn’t cut it within the confines of Big American Auto.

So what does this mean for Tesla? The electric motor company has two stores inside high-end malls in New Jersey that must close since they don’t meet the square footage requirement and don’t have service centers. Tesla vehicles don’t need oil changes and regular maintenance like gasoline vehicles, so Tesla isn’t relying on service centers as part of its business model (even software updates are done over the air).

Photo by Phil Denton via Flickr

So who’s getting screwed by this new law in New Jersey? Not Tesla, really. Residents who want the hot new electric vehicle can simply cross the state border, buy one, and drive it home. Such is the case in Arizona where some affluent buyers even pay someone else to drive a new Tesla home from California. Used car dealerships don’t win or lose in this deal since there’s always a market for pre-owned vehicles. Companies like DriveTime, who offer pre-owned vehicles and financing in-house, can fully operate with or without the law.

The real losers in this battle are the people of New Jersey who must continue to buy cars through the conventional, outdated system now legally enforced in the Garden State. Tesla’s are still available in 42 states, but Musk’s company is currently fighting new legislation in Ohio and New York that mimics the law in New Jersey.

Boston Marathon Bombing: The Suspects

Three young people are dead as a result of the Boston Marathon Bombing that happened at 2:50 pm (EDT) near the finish-line on Boylston Street, April 15, 2013. 17 people are in critical condition, with over 170 injured. We are waiting for police and other authorities to release images or videos of the suspect or suspects of this crime. A briefing by authorities was set for today but it has been postponed.

This is the clothing sometimes worn by those in the Department of Homeland Security.

These are two possible suspects according to Infowars.com

Here’s an interesting image from Con Safos on Facebook:
More men in Khakis can be viewed in this video at the 00:07 mark:

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Sources told the Los Angeles Times about a department store surveillance-video that captured a suspect dropping off a backpack near the Boston Marathon finish-line. The Los Angeles Times article by Richard A. Serrano and Ken Dilanian points out that police were interested in two men with backpacks. “A second federal official said he has been briefed that authorities believe a second video or photo showed “two men with two backpacks.”” Hopefully, the video will be available soon.

Authorities claim they have no suspect in custody yet, despite early reports suggesting authorities had made an arrest. It was assumed the suspect would be brought to the John Joseph Moakely federal courthouse in Boston. The courthouse was evacuated later that afternoon. Security guards immediately asked people to exit the building. Later, the courthouse was cleared of any possible explosives. Then reports came in that the building was not cleared yet. Apparently a bomb threat was called in anonymously. By 4:43 pm (EDT), it’s declared the press briefing by authorities has been postponed, due to the bomb scare.

At the same time, Brigham & Women’s hospital was also evacuated due to concern of a bomb threat, according to reports picked up by The Atlantic Wire. This is the same hospital where the first “person of interest” was guarded by authorities shortly after the Boston Marathon explosions. The person of interest was questioned by the FBI and local police as he was being treated at the hospital. The young male was injured in one of the explosions after shrapnel struck him in the back of the legs. The man’s clothes were taken by investigators and his apartment in Revere, Massachusetts was searched. During the search, a neighbor is told by an ATF agent that authorities were investigating the possibility of an explosive device in an apartment building nearby.

By 6:30 pm (EDT) FBI, Homeland Security, ATF, local firefighters and a bomb squad were at the apartment building. Authorities searched the fifth floor apartment and interviewed the roommate, described as a 20 year old Saudi national. The roommate said nothing was taken from the house and described the person of interest as a “good boy.” There are some reports that police took paper bags or some items from the apartment.

An April 16 New York Post article describes what their sources say about the suspect being treated at the hospital. The Post writes “the sources said that after the man was grabbed by police, he smelled of gunpowder and declared, “I thought there would be a second bomb.” He also asked: “Did anyone die?”” The person of interest was eventually cleared as a suspect. In fact, it’s not certain if this man ever was a suspect, according to what Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) told Foreign Policy. “He was never categorized as a suspect; he was a person of interest. My understanding is that he totally cooperated and that he is no longer a person of interest.”

Here’s an image of what appears to be a person fleeing the scene.

Look in the upper-center for the young man in a black shirt, with ripped pants, due to the explosion.

Here he is running away.

After the 4/15 Bombing
After the bombing on April 15, police found more unattended black backpacks throughout the day, according to the Boston Police, Fire, EMS live audio-feed below. We also heard reports of suspicious packages and a suspicious person who was denied access into the Boston Marathon minutes before the event began. On the audio-feed, Officer “Mike” tells a superior that a runner in the marathon told officers about “a suspicious male that tried to enter the marathon five minutes prior to this event.” The suspicious person is described as a “black male, black hoodie, with a backpack, black in color. He was denied access by security. Immediately disconnected I-Pad contact. Pulled up his hoodie and walked away. Five minutes later the event happened. That’s all the information I have other than the eyewitness report.”

The superior asks, “When did they last see him?”

“Five minutes after the event at the Boylston [inaudible: could be “San Juan”].” (see Suspicious Packages at 2:27)

“Secondary Explosives” or “Definitely Explosives”
At 2:51:42 in the video below an officer clearly asks for help after finding secondary devices. “Secondary devices here. I need officers. Secondary devices.” Infowars.com reports the audio as “There’s devices… definitely devices here.”

Soon after, the officers are reminded, “Units, stay off the air. Units stay off the air. Just make your way over there. All units stay off the air and make your way over there.”

CBS News reported police are looking for a white male, about six feet tall, in a black jacket with a grey hooded sweatshirt and a white baseball hat (turned backwards). Investigators believe the man put a backpack on the ground where the second explosion was about to go off on Boylston Street. About 100 yards away on Boylston Street, the first explosion goes off and the man runs away from the scene, leaving his backpack in the area where the second explosion goes off twenty seconds later.

A FOX NEWS reporter claims to have seen a clear image, provided by the FBI, of two suspects wanted for questioning.

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The Drill

As Paul Watson said, either the runner who said authorities announced drills during the race is lying or certain authorities are.

University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach Alastair Stevenson, veteran marathon runner, told Local15TV.com, “At the start at the event, at the Athlete’s Village, there were people on the roof looking down onto the Village at the start. There were dogs with their handlers going around sniffing for explosives, and we were told on a loud announcement that we shouldn’t be concerned and that it was just a drill. And maybe it was just a drill, but I’ve never seen anything like that — not at any marathon that I’ve ever been to. You know, that just concerned me that that’s the only race that I’ve seen in my life where they had dogs sniffing for explosions, and that’s the only place where there had been explosions.” The full interview with Anthony Gucciardi can be viewed here. Who else remembers announcements of drills taking place near the starting-line of the marathon?

Ryan Hall on Facebook posted evidence of a training drill presentation by Richard Serino titled, “A Tale of Two Cities and the Running of a Planned Mass Casualty Event.” The presentation specifically deals with a mass casualty event and how authorities should respond. Mr. Serino is described as the Chief of the Boston EMS Department and the Assistant Director of the Boston Public Health Department. The PDF might have been released in 2008.

The question is do we believe what eyewitness Alastair Stevenson told Anthony Gucciardi or those who claim there were no drills happening near the Boston Marathon.

The wheelchair man theory is interesting too. We will need to see if the two men in the image below are the same person. If it is true, then there should be more evidence in the near future. This theory could also be part of a dis-information campaign designed to mislead people away from the truth. The fact that there is no source for the comparison of the two men (below) should concern us all.



Philip Marshall Questions – Waiting For Answers

by Greg Fernandez Jr

“Even if I’d had no other reason to investigate, my airline family deserved an honest account of the attack. I might add that we also deserve this because 911 has been used against us ever since, in a running nightmare of contrived bankruptcy, draconian working conditions and hostile management.” – Philip Marshall (False Flag 911)

We now await the latest media release from the Calaveras County Sheriff’s office, the coroner’s autopsy results, the toxicology report, and hopefully paraffin and ballistics tests. Also, it would be nice if the police could come up with a motive for their theory that Philip Marshall shot his two children, his dog, and then himself. Sgt. Chris Hewitt confirmed there is no suicide note either. So the question is how the police came to the conclusion that Philip Marshall committed a double-murder suicide.

“There’s definitely a movement going on. It seems like they’re preparing for something. They’re definitely hooking into the counties, local police departments. It’s gonna be one big federal eye watching us when we should be watching them.” – Philip Marshall (Coast To Coast AM – 43:11)

Investigative researcher Chris Gordon and host of Heart Talk Walter Bradley traveled with me back to Murphys, California, where we hoped to give the people a closer view of the Marshall home and see how far apart the neighbor’s houses are. We learned about a 5K run in honor of Alex and Macaila Marshall on Sunday March 24, 2013. We spoke to locals in the area. Most of them did not want to talk to us but a few would.

We visited the Marshall house and saw a car in the driveway,  one box outside the front door, a vase with two flowers in it, writing on the front door, and a few empty rooms.

 

 

We saw water puddles on both sides of Chris Gordon in the above photo.

A hose was wrapped around the green railing.

A small frog was placed in front of the door. Looking through the front window you can see all the way to the back porch. A long hallway with hardwood floors leads to a living room, where a black couch faces the back porch. A glass table and black chairs are near the couch and it’s possible some things were removed from this room. Cleaning items were also visible through a near-by window. Behind the living room is the kitchen area. Some of the bedrooms are probably on the level below and at least one room on this level was empty except for one white blanket.

With a silver Volvo in the driveway, Chris knocked on Marshall’s front door but no one answered. The neighbor, where Wayne Madsen took the first photograph of the Marshall house, did not answer the door either. Comparing Madsen’s photograph to what the three of us saw, not much changed between the time Madsen was there and when we arrived almost a month later. The barbeque pit and the porch swing had not moved since the above photo was taken in early February.

The Next Media Release Is Coming

There were two versions of the “Media Release” sent out by the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office. A third release should be available sometime around March 22, according to what Sgt. Chris Hewitt of the sheriff’s office told Chris Gordon over the phone. The new media release should include a toxicology report. We hope tests have been done to determine if Philip Marshall fired a weapon before he died.

More answers will be found in the police report and testimony of what the friends of Alex and Macaila saw when they went to the Marshall home on February 2, 2013. From the media release above we know the eyewitnesses saw Philip Marshall lying in a pool of blood. I would also like to know if the eyewitnesses saw Alex and Macaila as well. The media release describes how the police found the two teens, but not if the eyewitnesses saw the Marshall children.

The coroner told Chris Gordon Philip Marshall shot himself while standing up, most likely. Would that mean Philip Marshall shot himself while standing up and somehow the gun fell under him as his body hit the ground? One report claimed the gun was found under Marshall. If Marshall was standing up then the coroner should find some wounds from the impact when Marshall hit the hardwood floor after shooting himself.

It is possible to shoot yourself on the left-side of the head with a gun in your right hand. An employee at a local business told us that Marshall was right-handed and grabbed stuff off of the shelves with his right hand too. This person saw Mr. Marshall sign his credit card receipt with his right hand. We asked for the video that showed which hand Marshall signed with but the employee said they only keep surveillance-videos for thirty days. When asked if the police had asked for any video the employee said no. We also mentioned to a resident from Angels Camp that we found it strange that Marshall was allegedly right-handed but he was shot on the left-side of his head. The resident told us she’s left-handed, but shoots with her right hand. Our President Barack Obama, who writes left-handed, has been photographed shooting a weapon with his left hand on the trigger. However unlikely it may seem that Marshall would place a gun in his right hand and shoot himself on the left side if his head, it is possible.

The space between the houses is important as well. Recently, Calaveras County Coroner Kevin Raggio told Chris Gordon, “You have to walk past the garage to get into the house. The house is all double-pane windows. So with the door closed, you’ve got a big garage there, number one, that’s gonna insulate the sound. You’ve got a big substantial front door on the house, all dual-pane windows…you’re not gonna hear much.”

I agree that the houses are not very close. There is a long windy driveway that leads down to the Marshall home. If Marshall was shot near his front door then if anyone heard the gun shots, it should be the neighbor next door (the house to the right of the satellite image of the Marshall house). When we arrived to the area, the home next to the Marshall residence was for sale with a “sale pending” sign.

The writing on the door is the creepiest thing I saw on my trip back to Murphys. A few people have mentioned that I may be making too much of someone writing “Love Wins” on Philip Marshall’s door. What do you think? Did love win? I think as long as we keep searching for the truth love wins. If we ignore the questions that surround the Philip Marshall case, I don’t see how love wins.

Wayne Madsen told Alex Jones of Infowars.com that Philip Marshall “was estranged from his wife, but it was very amicable.” The two trips to Turkey are interesting. Though the Marshall’s first divorce hearing was set for February 25,  the couple had recently traveled to the country together. Interviewed by Jakari Jackson on Infowars Nightly News, Madsen spoke about Sean Marshall’s relationship with her husband. “The estranged wife was actually in Turkey, on a trip that Phil Marshall arranged because he was trying to set her up in an import business to import linens and soaps, specialty soaps and Saffron from Turkey. Her background was in buying such things once for Nordstrom department store. So it wasn’t that it was an acrimonious divorce. They were very friendly. he was trying to set her up in business so she’d have something to do.”

Jump The Frog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Calaveras County Sheriff’s office has accused Philip Marshall of a double-murder suicide. They better have the proof to back up their theory. As of now, we are just waiting for answers.

Philip Marshall’s Obituary
“MARSHALL Philip R. Marshall Philip Randolph Marshall, 54, died tragically, along with his son Alex (17) and daughter Macaila (14) at their home in Murphys, California on February 1, 2013. Phil was born in New Orleans on August 2, 1958, the son of Carl Marshall, of Covington, Louisiana, and the late Kathryn Olson Marshall. He is survived by his father, his brother Robert C. Marshall and his sister Virginia Marshall Morgan, and their families. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29th, at the Lakefront Gazebo in Mandeville, Louisiana. Phil spent his early years in the New Orleans area. He was a graduate of Mandeville High School on the North Shore, where he was an All-Star receiver. He briefly attended Southwestern University at Lafayette and worked offshore before pursuing his passion – flying. Phil worked his way up from a student pilot, to instructor, then to charter pilot on Lear Jets until he was hired by a major airline. He progressed to become a full captain on jumbo jets, flying around the world for United Airlines. Phil lived in Dallas, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Santa Barbara and Murphys, California. He was a devoted father to his children and spent many hours on the ball field as a Little League coach. He was a lifelong diehard Saints fan, attending games as a kid, starting from John Gilliam’s opening day kickoff return for a touchdown, through the Billy Kilmer, Archie Manning, Aints’ and Drew Brees days and culminating with the thrill of the Super Bowl victory in 2010. Phil even organized and flew the “Free Sean Payton” plane last summer and fall. Phil authored three books that he self-published, and he definitely was not afraid to tackle extremely controversial subjects.”
(Published in The Times-Picayune from March 15 to March 17, 2013)

While We Wait

When available you can find the new press release here

Related Articles –

Philip Marshall: Lack Of Evidence

Philip Marshall’s Coroner Speaks

Philip Marshall Questions: My Trip To Murphys

While we wait, here are some videos of my trips to Murphys.

SKY RAPE

SKY RAPE
by Greg Fernandez Jr
We Are Change TV

There are still many questions that will be addressed, I’m sure. Is this a chemtrail? If it has chemicals in it and leaves a trail, then Yes! So anything that has a chemical can qualify as a chem-trail? No. What separates contrails from chemtrails is that contrials dissipate within minutes. chemtrails do not. can i conclusively prove that chemtrails are real? If people think chemtrails are contrials then Yes. So how the team made these number clouds will be interesting to note. Some people say canola oil is used to create the clouds. That would be good news for sure. As long as it’s not toxic, what’s the problem? Things like this could actually bring more awareness about chemtrails and their true origins.

(photo by Manny Trev)
Hey creators, what did you use to create those clouds? Is it wrong that I think they look like chemtrails? Is it bad that I noticed that the clouds did not dissipate as something like contrails would? Hey, we’re just asking questions here. Answers will be forthcoming about this event where UC Berkeley graduate ISHKY and a combination of artists, scientists and programmers created the “Pi in the Sky,” as the ISHKY article states; which is the title of the Half Moon Bay Patch article.

From the website zero1biennial.org Ishky’s article “Pi in the Sky” is sure to get more people to look up into the sky every now and then. Doing so, I believe one may notice some strange similarities between chemtrails and the Pi in the sky. I can’t be so quick to jump to conclusions but I am very curious to know how these clouds were created, and if they’re environmentally safe. Aren’t you curious too? The Sky Writing is part of the Zero1 biennial digital arts festival in the San Francisco Bay Area.

(photo from http://www.facebook.com/threepointone4)
Ishky’s article is short, sweet, and to the point. I don’t know the exact date of the article but it was written before September 12th, so I’m disappointed this isn’t bigger news. This seems like something the mainstream media would have latched onto. What’s wrong with sending a subliminal message to look up in the sky, or to think about Pi, or math and science and how they work together with computer technology. There’s nothing wrong with an environmentally-safe Pi in the sky. So what’s the harm in asking for more information about how the clouds were created and how the airplanes were synchronized? Should I expect an answer? No, but I’ll be glad if we get one.

Ishky’s “request” was seen today, September 12, 2012, from San Jose to San Francisco before the sequence of numbers circled back towards San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto and Mountain View. At about 12:56 pm (Pacific Standard Time) the circle back to the San Jose ZERO 1 Garage was be complete. Have we not seen chemtrails along this same patterned route? I’m not saying there’s a connection, and I have no clue as to Ishky’s intent beyond what the website states. Specifically interesting is this quote, “The piece will dissolve into an unprecedented visual anomaly that prompts curiosity, providing rich opportunity for social interaction.”

That statement is so vague that it begs for speculation, in my opinion. Or perhaps it speaks for intelligent conversation. Perhaps only those who were involved know for sure. “Go with what you know,” a wise Walter Bradley once told me. What we know right now is very little. Going on that, I know I have many more questions to be answered. The one question that I haven’t seen asked enough is how they made the clouds. A follow-up question would of course include “why do these clouds have similar traits as chemtrails. If one does not believe chemtrails are real, then the question is irrelevant.

I do believe there is a difference between contrails and chemtrails. I do not know exactly where the event that took place today fits into that debate, but that’s because I don’t know a lot about the science and technology that went into making the Pi in the sky. So I can’t even begin to speculate on the motives, especially when there are so many people involved in a project like this. If one percent of those people has a sinister motive, we know how that can turn out. Compartmentalization is a vital tool of the Illuminati, or whoever you think is behind such sinister motives.

So at 11:45 am this group of artists, programmers and scientists orchestrated a public art exhibit for the citizens from San Jose to as far as San Francisco. Five “synchronized” (what appear to be) black or blue “aircraft” flew across the sky “equipped with dot-matrix technology” creating cloud dots to write the first thousand numbers of the infinite Pi formula. A sixth plane would document everything. Each number was “over a quarter of a mile in height.” “Presented in collaboration with Airsign” is at the top of Ishky’s article and he also teamed up with Stamen Design; described as “a world-class creative firm specializing in data-visualization.” According to the article, Stamen Design will help “develop a platform for the public to document and share experiences of the event.”

(photo from http://www.facebook.com/threepointone4)
The five synchronized aircraft’s “100+ mile loop” went around the Bay Area with such precision it makes one wonder if the aircraft used with the dot-matrix technology was unmanned aircraft. Or perhaps the it was aircraft with remote capabilities? More than likely these were just the best pilots I’ve ever seen up close. I counted seven aircraft with my eyes, but either way it doesn’t matter. What matters is that this is not the first time I have have personally seen numbers in the sky within the last year. This is not the first time this has happened along the same Bay Area route. More so, this route is also where we see a lot of chemtrails filling up the sky. They start out like contrails, but unlike contrails they do not dissipate – they actually expand into giant cloud-like shapes. Unless one watches the full transformation of trails-to-clouds it’s hard to visualize what I am trying to write. Some chemtrails linger for hours. Some have rainbow colors inside of them. Some are very thick and some are mixed in with contrails.

Finally, I have one more point to make, and I think the various photos out there will help prove me right or wrong. From where I was filming, it appeared that the numbers were being written backwards; meaning the numbers displaying Pi were meant to be seen from outer space, as opposed to from ground-level. So if this art exhibit was meant to prompt “curiosity” and provide a “rich opportunity for social interaction”, then it leads me to wonder, who was the social interaction meant for, and is it excluded to ground-level visuals? Or was it also meant to stimulate or reach those beyond ground-level Earth? Only those who orchestrated this event know for sure.

(photo by Manny Trev. Manny took two photos and they look like mirror images; one is backwards to the naked eye, but one is not.)
I asked a question on Facebook about how they made the clouds. Seems like a simple enough question. Like the art in the sky, my question was erased from the “Pi in the Sky Community Page about ZERO1”. (http://www.facebook.com/threepointone4) All attempts to contact Ishky have failed thus far, but I will not give up until I am proven wrong about my suspicion of chemicals being used to sky-write. I am baffled that most of the comments on their community page are about how cool it looked. The real question is what was used to make the clouds, and why do they look eerily similar to what we believe are chemtrails?

So I leave you with one last cryptic question. Is the ISHKY article “Pi In The Sky” a play off of the Alan Parsons Project’s music video of “Eye In The Sky”? Listen to the words. Regardless if the skywriting is related to chemtrails, I hope the event on 9/12/12 reminds more people to look up at the sky every once in a while.

UPDATE: 9/13/12 – The Chem-Trails are back with a vengeance

NC Senator Phil Berger refuses to take action on Nullify-NDAA, betrays his Constituents!

My My!!! You've become a traitor haven't you!!! – Photo of Brian D. Hill with North Carolina General Assembly Senator Philip E. Berger, photo taken by USWGO Assistant. Date taken around March 13, 2012 after the town council meeting session closed.

Author: Brian D. Hill

Note: We Are Change NC and USWGO is going confront Sen. Berger on July 9th 2012 and have his remarks on video as to why he betrayed his 216+ constituents. 221 signatures are on the petition but 3-5 were found to not be constituents but are still Americans against the NDAA.

A disturbing phone call came from Sara Riggins a Constituent Liaison of the President Pro Tempore’s office, NC Senator Phil E. Berger. The phone call details that the senator will take absolutely no action on the Nullify-NDAA petition.

To make matters worse Sara even redirected me to my U.S. Congressmen when the majority of the U.S. Congress including the Senate openly supported the Indefinite Detention provisions of the NDAA 2012 and 2013 even when a Federal Court in New York has found the provisions to be Unconstitutional.

I still remember and am putting together the pieces of what all was said to me that just shattered any hope in my state government to take action similar to the Virginian Commonwealth.

Let's all head to his office and the Mayodan Town Council meeting on July 9th 2012 and call him what he really is, a sellout and traitor!!!!! It's our 1st Amendment right to call him a real traitor!!!

Sara Riggins said to me “until there is a companion bill in the senate doing anything is premature,” that I should contact my Congressmen and Senators on this issue (WHAT!!!!! They were the ones that betrayed the American people by voting in the NDAA), and even said how good having a federal government is even though it also causes problems, and pretty much threw our Bill of Rights and NC Constitution under the Bus. She even acknowledged to me that there were calls and emails heading for his office over my petition supporting it but despite all that it was in vein. I’m the only that that knows this information as his office played dirty by refusing to put out on public record about the senators decision except by notifying me over the phone to which cannot legally by recorded without consent by the other party. This sets up a red flag that he is betraying us and still trying to look good like he cares about the state when in reality he is only in it for the money, power, or both. I asked Sara to put all this in writing and she refused to send me a email about this. This sets off a red flag right there.

All I was asking for was for Senator Phil Berger to support Rep. Glen Bradley’s bill H.R. 982 in the states General Assembly and he refused to even acknowledge public support for it which shows what a total scumbag he is.

I even spoke with Rep. Bradley’s staff and one of them told me that they know how the General Assembly works and that most of them are either in it for the money or for the seat there. She says that his bill will never reach the house floor because he is considered too controversial because he cares about the peoples individual liberty, freedom, and the Constitution. She also stated that the representatives won’t be able to control their people if they let them have liberty and their Constitutional rights. Her daughter or grand-daughter that was in High School wasn’t even taught at her school about the U.S. Constitution or even the State Constitution at all. You would think a public school funded by the Government would teach people about the U.S. Constitution. The staffer at Rep. Bradley’s office is planning to move out west after his session has expired.

Also another note I like to add was how she confidently said to me how with things the way they are going America is heading for Nazi Germany and that Rep. Glen Bradley will keep on fighting for Liberty until his dying breath.

My petition has officially been dubbed worthless and Sara Riggins also mentioned about how my petition is still on state records. So now instead of the petition being used to stop the NDAA it will highly likely be used as a target list to go after all whom signed my petition and have them tortured and killed, once my petition is sent to the Department of Homeland Security. I got blisters getting petition signatures myself and so many people counted on me to do my job but I don’t control the senate nor the House of Representatives in my state.

We Are Change NC and USWGO will confront Senator Phil Berger on July 9th on his betrayal and get the whole thing on video and will use hidden spy cameras in the event where the police or the senator demands I stop filming him while I ask him a question to which his constituents want to know.

How it’s time for the people to decide on whether Sen. Berger shall pay the price for his betrayal and that is voting for his opponent Bobby Coffer in the 26th NC Senate District.

Anyone whom lives in Rockingham County needs to immediately vote for Senator Phil Berger’s opponent, Bobby Coffer, and show him what happens to him for betraying his people. I will immediately call my neighbor which will be kept anonymous and tell her about the betrayal and all my other neighbors. This is the end of Senator Phil Berger as he won’t be able to serve the next term.

Federal Jack

Photos of the June 2nd 2012 Occupy Bilderberg Protest (12 Best photos)

Author: Brian D. Hill

Source: USWGO Alternative News

As all of you have been waiting for, photos of the Occupy Bilderberg protest on June 2nd 2012th at the site of the Bilderberg meeting, a criminal gathering by over 100-200 of the most powerful criminal corporate, banking, and political elites without the right of the press to cover what has been discussed at these meetings.

There were a lot of protesters and every hour the amount of protesters has increased as some got there at a later time. All at Occupy Bilderberg to protest the criminal banking and corporate elites that want to terminate most of the worlds population through the barrel of a gun.

The photos are organized by my top 12 best photos based on my own tastes and photo quality recognition skills while looking through my photos to determine what photos I should add to this short article. They will also be enhanced with contrast and leveling on my photo editing software to make sure these photos are professional and expose the criminals at the Bilderberg meeting. The Bilderberg were meeting at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles Hotel in Chantilly, VA near the Hyatt Place hotel where Alex Jones and his crew was staying at. I have met with Alex Jones and had my photo taken with him and then got portions of video of him interviewing Stewart Rhodes.

So anyways here is the photos. I will do the best I can to identify who is in each photo if needed.

Note: If you wish to post any of these photos on your website or share them anywhere including forums, Please give credit to photographer Brian D. Hill (Myself) and USWGO Alternative News (uswgo.com). These photos were all taken on June 2nd 2012.

All photos are small in this article so it can load quickly. Click on these smaller photos below to view the more large photos. In other words the large photos are directly linked in each photo below. So click the image to get to the bigger size picture.

The Fairfax Police were right on the opposite side of the Westfields Marriott Hotel in Chantilly, VA. Looks like they were watching the protesters like a hawk and looking for jay walkers to arrest, no offense to good cops out there, I know your doing your job even though the very people your protecting are felons and international war criminals.

Looks like well over seven officers as there were some on the other entrance plus the service entrance including the 2nd layer of police security. Barricades were added for the protesters of the Bilderberg Group meeting. Of course there were fences around the front of the entire complex then of course there were side woods which anybody can sneak through until cops put up police line tape from tree to tree across the side of the complex.

Uh Oh cops!!!! It’s the TRT the Tyranny Response Team – Better be on your best behavior police!!!

Are these guys Bilderbergers or are they security heads or are they hotel employees?

let’s leave that to our imagination :)

A sign a protester made which shows the Pentagram symbol which is considered a Satanic symbol, then there is the all seeing eye, and then a Nazi symbol and then down below it says it equals the Bilderberg Group on an upside down American flag. Pretty creative protest sign!

A lot of protesters have turned out for the protest at Occupy Bilderberg.

The Westfields Marriott with two cops standing to the right of the side where the second road comes into the complex. Nice flowers in HELL Bilderbergs!

A protester (You can tell because of his bullhorn) is walking with his wife/girlfriend/sister to the Bilderberg protest area.

There were reporters there and even a Ron Paul for President sign. Ron Paul is not a establishment puppet, but Mitt Romney and Barack Obama is.

You can tell a lot of people wanted to expose the Bilderberg Group. See how many people showed up!

Where is the Bilderberger if not in this car with dark tinted windows??? Maybe I need to ask Sherlock Holmes to investigate!

The Cops are just waiting around board that they are protecting such spoiled brat criminals.

Federal Jack

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