from William Hughes

Activists from CODEPINK showed up at John Marshall Park in Washington, D.C., on Saturday May 8, 2010. The were joined briefly by activists fighting for the creation of a national jobs program. CODEPINK was celebrating not only Mother’s Day, but echoing the spirit of Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Proclamation. Ms. Howe demanded on that Mother’s Day past for the nation to “Disarm, Disarm! Mothers say Disarm!” Medea Benjamin, Cofounder of Code Pink, shared her views about that history and more at today’s event. For background, see: codepink4peace.org

from William Hughes

11 days ago Just when you thought there was no hope left, Roseanne Barr has come to the rescue. On Mother’s Day, May 8, 2010, the popular actress and comedian, declared her candidacy for the Presidency of the U.S. And, if that wasn’t enough to scare the pants off the power brokers, she’s also tossing her bonnet into the race for Prime Minister of Israel. If elected, Ms. Barr intends to bring back the guillotine and to use it on the culpable ultra-rich who have been robbing the poor. She promised to only use the Frenchy’s WMD, “on a selective basis,” and also to do away with the “Patriarchal” system. Ms. Barr was introduced by CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin. Ms. Barr’s speech, tongue firmly in cheek, was given in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. as part of the Mother’s Day Peace-related festivities, sponsored by CODEPINK, a peace and justice group. See: codepink4peace.org

The police state thugs say they found a small amount of marijuana in a pipe. What a good reason to bust down somebody’s door in the middle of the night, shoot their dogs in front of their children, and drag them off to jail. For all those people living in Mexico and the countries of South America who are thinking of coming to live in the American slave state police state, watch this video and think again. Although you may have a lower standard of living in your country, you still enjoy more personal freedom than you will in America. And in your country nobody cares if you smoke a little pot, whereas in America the corporate fascist government uses marijuana as an excuse to terrorize, and keep people accustomed to being brutalized and controlled. And marijuana is used to fill up the American corporate prison system with millions of non-violent high profit prisoners each year, more prisoners than the rest of the world combined. Marijuana itself is harmless; but the psychotic laws against it and the legal system used to enforce those laws are destroying millions of lives.

1) The IRS is not a U.S. government agency.
It is an agency of the IMF.
(Diversified Metal Products v. IRS et al.
CV-93-405E-EJE U.S.D.C.D.I,
Public Law 94-564,
Senate report 94-1148 pg. 5967,
Reorganization Plan No. 26,
Public Law 102-391)

2) The IMF is an agency of the U.N.
(Black's Law Dictionary 6th Ed. page 816)

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from Morris

"Gilad Atzmon talks of the inevitability of Israel being a state of its citizens and therefore no longer a Jewish state. This video got unjustly restricted by YouTube - seemingly because of Armenian protests at the satirical comment that the Jews should go back to Armenia (the source of the Judaism that converted the Khazars). NEVER was it said that the Jews (ie. people who think they are) were the same people as the Armenians, anymore than they think they are the same people as the Palestinians. So the comments are now closed as there is no progression in them. And they have caused a YouTube restriction!" - Morris

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Former U.S. Diplomat, and U.S. Army/Army Reserves veteran, Ann Wright, a retired Colonel, described how Palestinians are being slaughtered again in the “border zone” at Gaza/Egypt. She traveled to Gaza three times in 2009. Col. Wright, who is also a CODEPINK activist, denounced the ongoing “collective punishment,” which is the fate of the Palestinians under the Israeli onslaught. In her remarks, she also referred to “The Goldstone Report,” and to the case of Rachel Corrie. See: goldstone-report.org/ and rachelcorrie.org/ For more on Col. Wright and also Gaza, go to: counterpunch.org/wright04302010.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wright Col. Wright’s comments were made on Thursday, April 29, 2010, at a “Teach-In on Capitol Hill,” held in Room 2168 of the Rayburn House Building, in Washington, D.C. The forum dealt with the question of what the U.S. Congress must do to end the U.S. Wars and secure a peaceful Middle East. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) served as the host/moderator for the forum. For more details on this event and its sponsors, go to: afterdowningstreet.org/node/51592

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"On April 20, 2010, author and political gadfly Ralph Nader gave a lecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in Baltimore, MD. He spoke before a near capacity audience for over an hour. Mr. Nader spotlighted corporate power and abuses in the U.S., and how AIG, the insurance titan, is the biggest recipient of “welfare--$182 Billion!” He showed how the workers in Western Europe have long had splendid social programs, like: “universal health insurance,” that are regularly denied our citizens. Mr. Nader submitted that the American psyche is dominated by a “fundamentalist market” ideology. Corporation loyalty, he also charged, citing various examples of gross abuse, is to the “dollar sign,” and not to the country. Professor Fimin DeBrabander of MICA introduced Mr. Nader."

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On a sunny Saturday, May 1, 2010, scores of individuals participated in plays, parades and protests. They also staged “storytelling” events, which spotlighted different themes, particularly, “Human Rights.” One play was held in the historic Plaza at Baltimore’s City Hall, only blocks from the Inner Harbor. Excerpts of the play are featured in this video, along with a commentary by Ms. Diane Wittner on the purposes of the “May Day” action. (Ms. Wittner is associated with the activist project, "Chesapeake Citizens." For background, go to: chesapeakecitizens.org/?id=home Activist Luis Larin is the first person speaking on camera on this video. Mr. Larin is a member of the United Workers. United Workers, a human rights organization of social justice activists and low-wage employees, staged the day’s color-filled festivities, in associate with other like-minded progressive individuals and groups. For more details and background on this spirited event, go to: unitedworkers.org/

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Josh Stieber described his experience in war of being trained and ordered to do evil things, and having religious authorities advise him to just trust the military. Ray McGovern asked him to speak more about this, and Chris Hedges and David Swanson offered their thoughts as well. This was during a Thursday, April 29, 2010, “Teach-In on Capitol Hill,” held in Room 2168 of the Rayburn House Building, in Washington, D.C., dealing with the question of what the U.S. Congress must do to end the U.S. Wars and secure a peaceful Middle East. For more details on this event and its sponsors, go to: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/51592 For more details on this event and its sponsors, go to: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/51592

from William Hughes on Vimeo

On Thursday, April 29, 2010, a “Teach-In on Capitol Hill,” was held in Room 2168 of the Rayburn House Building, in Washington, D.C., dealing with the question of what the U.S. Congress must do to end the U.S. Wars and secure a peaceful Middle East. One of the five panelists at the event was Jeremy Scahill. He is an investigative reporter and the author of the best-selling book, “Blackwater:The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” During the Q&A period, he addressed a query dealing with torture. Mr. Scahill said: “Torture is ongoing under the [President Barack] Obama adminstration...at Guantanamo and... around the world.” He described in detail one of the gruesome torture techniques still currently in use to day. Shades of the Spanish Inquisition! For more details on this event and its sponsors, go to: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/51592