AT&T Helped The N.S.A. Spy on Everyone (via the Internet) on a Vast Scale

The N.S.A. Bldg. In Fort Meade, Maryland.
(Sort of looks like a computer chip, doesn't it?)

This Is Documented:

"The N.S.A.’s top-secret budget in 2013 for the AT&T partnership was more than twice that of the next-largest such program, according to the documents. The company installed surveillance equipment in at least 17 of its Internet hubs on American soil, far more than its similarly sized competitor, Verizon. And its engineers were the first to try out new surveillance technologies invented by the eavesdropping agency."

And, This Is B.S.:

“We do not voluntarily provide information to any investigating authorities other than if a person’s life is in danger and time is of the essence,” Brad Burns, an AT&T spokesman, said. He declined to elaborate.*

"Liar! Liar! Pants On Fire!... Hanging On A TELEPHONE WIRE!!"

*Wow! Wasn't the author of little rhyme prescient?

AT&T Has Been Helping US Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale

By JULIA ANGWIN, CHARLIE SAVAGE, JEFF LARSON, HENRIK MOLTKE, LAURA

POITRAS and JAMES RISEN

Airbnb Horror Story Begs The Question: How Many Other (Unreported) Victims Are There?

Talk about "Risky Business"...

A 19-year old young man was locked inside a Madrid, Spain apartment, held inside against his will and sexually-assaulted by his Airbnb host on July 4, 2015.

The man began texting his mother - who was in America - by phone as the events began to unfold.  He begged her for help.  His mother called Airbnb, but the company's employees refused to tell her his location, nor would they call the Madrid police.  Instead they told her to call the police and ask them to call Airbnb for the youth's address.  The phone number Airbnb provided led to a recording - in Spanish - and being disconnected.  When she called Airbnb back, her calls went straight to voicemail.

Airbnb was horrifically irresponsible and neglectful in this incident.  Their employees could have and should have immediately called the Madrid police and provided the man's location and urged the police to investigate.

Did you know that, at least, half (if not most) sexual-assaults go unreported?

This incident begs the question of how many others have occurred and how often are sexual-assaults occurring between Airbnb (and similar businesses) "guests" and their "hosts".

When I was a kid, my parents impressed two things on me very strongly:
1.) Don't accept rides from strangers; and
2.) Don't go anywhere with strangers, because terrible things have happened to kids/people who do.

Now, businesses like Airbnb, Uber, Lyft and others are making enormous profits encouraging people to do both of those dangerous things.

And, apparently, they aren't dealing with it too well when it goes sideways.

From: nytimes.com:
Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions

Happy Thursday!

I just sent this email to San Francisco's Public Utility Commission (PUC) and wanted to share it with you/make it public because I'm concerned about the safety of our drinking/cooking/bathing water AND I'm very concerned about the safety of the marine life in San Francisco Bay/ the Pacific Ocean/etc...

I'm guessing these might also be issues that are important to you.  Especially since most municipal water departments have switched from using 'free' chlorine as a disinfectant in drinking water to using chloramine (a chlorine/ammonia compound).  Not only is chloramine not easy to remove, effectively... it is deadly to fresh- and salt-water fish, amphibians and reptiles.

Hello PUC:

I was compelled to contact you after discovering glaringly conflicting information in regards to what the Public Utilities Commission (sfwater.org) states about effective methods of removing chloramine from tap/drinking water and what the EPA states about such methods.

According to the EPA (http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/disinfection/chloramine/pdfs/Q29.pdf):

Neither boiling water; nor allowing water to sit at room temperature; nor reverse-osmosis filters removes monochloramine from drinking water.

Yet, sfwater.org's (http://www.sfwater.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=6920) "QUESTIONS REGARDING CHLORINE AND CHLORAMINE REMOVAL FROM WATER Updated March 2015" states:

"If desired, chloramine and ammonia can be completely removed from the water by
boiling; however, it will take 20 minutes of gentle boil to do that."

In another paragraph, it discourages "... letting an open container of water stand because it may take days for chloramine to dissipate."

It also states: "If desired, both chlorine and chloramine can be removed for drinking water purposes by an activated carbon filter point of use device that can be installed on a kitchen faucet."

In researching this last statement, I learned that the activated carbon filter alone is not enough to remove chloramine from tap water.  Brewers of beer and - especially - aquarium-keepers repeatedly confirm this statement.

Also, since chloramines are deadly to fish and amphibians at levels used for drinking water, I am very concerned about the harm being done to marine life in San Francisco Bay (and, in turn, the Pacific Ocean) by run-off from fire hydrants, water mains, etc. and from water released from wastewater treatment plants into the environment.

I look forward to hearing from the PUC in regards to these two important matters:
1.) Why are there such glaring discrepancies between SF's PUC and the EPA re: effective chloramine removal at home/What is the Truth? and
2.) What is San Francisco doing to protect San Francisco Bay's (and the Pacific's) marine life from toxic chloramine exposure?

Thank you.

Best regards,

San Francisco, CA

Dog Lovers ALERT:

Just found this article.

The Controversy Over Menadione In Dog Food

I was researching the ingredients in a Purina Brand Dog Food ("Beyond All-Natural Dog Food: Superfood Blend") because my 1-yr. old puppy began dripping blood everytime he pooped and sometimes when he didn't.

I make Tyler the Pup's food from scratch (Turkey/ground beef, kale, sweet potato) and, occasionally, I add some Premium dry kibble.

Normally, as a rule, I would NEVER use Purina or any other by-product-/synthetic ingredient- containing commercial pet food brands - but, I ran out and my Mom, unfortunately, bought this home.

I was recovering from surgery, so I was only going to use it for a few days, until I was able to get to the store and buy a dry kibble brand that I'd researched and knew to be much better.

A Red Flag went up when Tyler began leaking blood drops when he relieved himself. Sometimes, he would stop, squat and push - hard - and only blood drops would come out.  I knew it couldn't have been from the food that I was making.

So, it had to be the Purina Brand Kibble!

Immediately, I stopped adding the Purina Kibble and Tyler stopped crapping blood!

If you buy commercial food for your companion-animals, PLEASE read the ingredient label.

And, look up any ingredients that are multi-syllabic or sound like synthetic chemicals!

Especially ones like menadione (synth Vit. K3) - which the FDA BANNED in Human supplements!

There's no good reason to use synthesized vitamins that are banned from human consumption in our beloved companion animals' food!

Everytime I shop for clothing or accessories in one of those high-end department stores, I find myself becoming more disheartened, disgusted and depressed.

Has Anyone Else Noticed That The Quality/Workmanship Of Many Designer Labels Has Gone Down. 

And, Significantly So?

Yet The Prices Of Their Products Are The Same As When They Were "Made In Italy" Or "Made In France"?

The Designers Get Cheap Labor and Save/Make Millions Of Dollars More In Profits.

While We Get: Ripped Off.

I Hate That.

Whatever Happened To "Getting What You Paid For"?

When I Pay For Quality, I Expect To Get It.

Hello? Designer Clothing/Accessory Manufacturers?

Either Get The Quality/Workmanship Back Up To Par... Or, Lower The Damn Prices!

If Only Consumers Would Boycott Designers Who Rip. Them. Off.

Here's 7 Examples:

7 High-End Brands That Are (Now) 'Made In China'

'We The People' Bailed Them Out.

They Outsourced Thousands Of Jobs.

They Created Cayman Island And Other Tax Shelters.

They Don't Pay Taxes.

They Receive Tax Refunds.

Are You ANGRY, Yet?

Here's the lowdown from DailyKos:

Enjoy!

Good Times - The Day Bernie Sanders Exposed 18 Top Corporate Tax Dodgers

Freddie Gray's Death Ruled A Homicide; Charges Pressed Against Police Officers

"Maryland state attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced on Friday that Baltimore resident Freddie Gray's death was ruled a homicide and criminal charges have been pressed against the police officers involved in his arrest — also ruled illegal."

Hit a HOME RUN, Marilyn!  For Freddie Gray and for All Of Us!

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Snowden, Security & Surveillance (video)

One of the ideas that America was founded upon/was famous for was that we had a system of Checks and Balances. That system was created to insure that no government body acquired too much power.  Everyone had to answer to someone.

But, in recent years, something has gone horribly wrong with America.  And proof is found in what has happened to her founding ideas.

For Example: There are scant few government checks on what America’s sweeping surveillance programs are allowed to do.  And, there is nothing even remotely resembling balance.

John Oliver sits down with Edward Snowden to discuss the NSA, the balance between privacy and security, and dick-pics.

Sorry Babe, You're a Feminist - Katie Goodman of Broad Comedy (video)

Katie Goodman is AMAZING!

Can you hear her, now, Katy Perry?  Bjork?  Carrie Underwood?  Demi Moore?  Kelly Clarkson?  Lady Gaga? et al?

8 Things You Wouldn't Think Are Spying on You, but Are | The Daily Sheeple

Do you think that surveillance at the mall is only aimed at would-be shoplifters?

Do you think that it's only surveillance cameras that are scanning the shoppers?

Think Again...

"Although shopper surveillance devices hidden in a mannequin’s eyes are not viewed as a privacy violation by many, some retailers are upping the ante and have begun tracking customers via information from their cell phones.

Many see this as an invasion of privacy.

But retailers like Nordstrom, who use WiFi signals from customers’ cell phones to track shopping habits, argue that it is a great way to learn about customer habits and how they can improve the services offered in the retail setting."

(*Tip: Take the battery out of your phone whilst at the mall, if you don't want to be tracked/stalked in this way.)

8 Things You Wouldn't Think Are Spying On You, But Are | The Daily Sheeple

GMO Labeling: Will Congress Keep Us in the DARK? | The Daily Sheeple

We Are What We Eat, Right? (Yes!)

Therefore, It's Imperative That We Know What We Are Eating.
(This issue is of serious/potentially life-threatening concern for those with food sensitivities/allergies)

GMO-Tainted Food Producers Don't Want Labeling Now.
(Translation: Voluntary-Labeling Is A Joke... A Bad One.)

"Polls have shown time and again that the overwhelming majority of Americans want GMO labeling on food.

Despite that, two Congressmen – who are supposed to represent the people – want to make the labeling of genetically modified foods voluntary.

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and co-sponsor Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) introduced their deceptively-titled “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015″ bill last week.

It would create a voluntary federal labeling standard while preventing states from passing their own mandatory labeling laws for GMO foods.

The bill has been aptly nicknamed the Denying Americans the Right-to-Know (DARK) Act by critics.

If this sounds familiar, perhaps that is because this isn’t Pompeo’s first attempt at this kind of legislation."

GMO Labeling: Will Congress Keep Us in the DARK? | The Daily Sheeple

FBI Uncovers Another of Its Own Plots. Senator Feinstein's Response: Censor the Internet! | The Daily Sheeple

Look Who's Wagging The Dog... Yet Again:

"As you may - or may not - have already heard, on Thursday, the FBI “uncovered” yet another of its own terrorist plots, the latest in a very long line of “terrorist plots” the FBI has “uncovered” — in which the details always show that it was an undercover FBI “informant” (often doing this to get off leniently for some other issue), who more or less goads hapless, naive people, into a “plot”  that had no real chance of ever happening.

This appears to be the same sort of thing."

FBI Uncovers Another of Its Own Plots, Senator Feinstein Responds By Saying We Should Censor the Internet | The Daily Sheeple

Richard Dolan at 2014 Secret Space Program Conference San Mateo (Video)

FANTASTIC Lecture By Richard Dolan 2014 Secret Space Program Conference

Enjoy!

UFO on Google Earth at Cape of Good Hope, Africa July 15, 2011 (video) Google Removed It!

UFO! Google Earth shows CRAFT over S. Africa.

*Terrific image of UFO was recorded, thankfully. Because f'ing #Google removed it!

Arschlocher!

10 Reasons Why We Still Haven't Met Aliens (Video) *Interesting, but, I disagree

"10 Reasons Why We Still Haven't Met Aliens"?

Well, some of us probably have...

If I were in contact with another civilization, I doubt that I'd want to meet each and every member or have them all be aware of my presence.

Some might be able to handle it and others might not.

Some might be happy with friendship and others might want to see what makes me tick.

I'd be very selective about whom I contacted.

Requirement of survival.

Why CodePink Calls Kissinger the Real 'Low-life Scum'

Why CodePink Calls Kissinger the Real 'Low-life Scum'

Senator John McCain called activists "scum." Clearly he's forgetting the despicable crimes Kissinger oversaw.

By Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

January 30, 2015

"Bad Weather" by beckbeat | official music video AwesomeSauce!

My friend beck made this music video - music, lyrics, photography.

His girlfriend, Fey, choreographed and co-stars! 

Check it out...

It's AwesomeSauce!

Media Silent While Disclosure Petition Is Hacked At White House Site

"We The People..."

We the people have been had.  We've been hacked!

Where's the outrage?  Where's the national news?  Where's the demand for an investigation?

Where are the Federal Authorities whose duty is to pursue the people behind this attack on our already gravely-endangered American Democracy?

Dear Humanity: Mass Surveillance Is NOT Effective For Finding Terrorists. Here's Why...

Please don't let the 'powers that be' convince you that global fascism will make you 'safer'.


It's a LIE.

Mass surveillance not effective for finding terrorists - tech - 15 January 2015 - New Scientist

David Cameron: This means YOU!

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Video)

Remember to be thankful, for you have much to be thankful for.

Please, let there be lasting Global Peace.

Forbidden Archeology:New SUPPRESSED Evidence of Early Man (video)

Forbidden Archeology: Five different, exclusive geological tests proved that the Hueyatlaco site - with it's artifacts, bones and carvings - was over 250,000 years old.

In other words, it proves the long-held and widely-accepted theory about how long man has been in the "New World" utterly wrong.

The Result? No further excavation permitted.

Hmmm... Sounds similar to the situation when the Pope refused to look through Galileo's telescope and banned his claim (that the Earth orbits the Sun) for 300 years.

Silly little Homo-Sapiens! (*sighs)

Enjoy this Great Documentary:

My New Anthem: "F the CC" By Steve Earle. Enjoy!

My new Anthem.

Only Complaint? Steve Earle didn't include "F**k the NSA!".

Enjoy!

"F the CC" - By Steve Earle

"I used to listen to the radio.  I don't guess they're listenin' to me no more.  And they talk too much but that's okay.  I don't understand a single word they say.  They piss and moan about the immigrants.  Don't say nothin' about the President.  A democracy don't work that way. I can say anything I wanna say.  So f**k the F.C.C..  F**k the F.B.I..  F**k the C.I.A.  Livin' in the motherf**kin' U.S.A...."

Silent Killers: It's Global. It's Not Only Farm Animals. And It's Not All Predator Kills (Video)

A worthwhile doc on the animal mutilation phenomena in the U.K.
Richard D. Hall's "Silent Killers":

Virgin Mary? Project Blue Beam? Nah. It's Only A Psy-Ops Field Test (Video)

April 20th, 2011. Ivory Coast.  Daylight (although the vid is darkened).

In the midst of a strange plume of smoke/fog.  In front of hundreds of people.  At 1:23 (in the vid), there appears to be a flash and then a diamond-shaped object.   Or, is it an apparition?  Is it a UFO?   Is it the Virgin Mary?

No.  It's neither.  It's... a projection!  Holographic or otherwise on the smoke/fog (also manufactured).  You can clearly see the beam projected at various points.  (They were going to do the same exact thing in Cuba years ago.)

Also, at 2:06, there's a luminous cross that appeared in the skies over Russia.  A Miracle?  No.  A fabrication.  A projection.

Who's behind it?  I'd wager it's Uncle Sam.   Or, one of those nasty 3-letter agencies testing people's reactions to stimuli/trying to manufacture mass hysteria/messing with people's heads (aka "Psy Ops").  Remember: they have endless resources and little to no oversight.  And, they are obsessed with controlling people (Cue: Jeopardy's final-round music).

An interesting coincidence:  I just so happen to be reading Jacques Vallee's "Revelations", in which he describes how some compartmentalized offshoots of the U.S. intelligence community and/or military have, apparently, carried out similar - though much more complex - operations and encouraged those who witnessed the events to believe they were observing UFOs/alien contact.  Cultivating cults, perhaps?

And, it's not solely American-made.  Such operations have also taken place in Spain, France, etc.

Your tax dollars at work, America!

(P.S.~ Question Everything.)

I Believe That We Create Our Reality And, So Does Dr. Robert Lanza!

I believe that We Create Our Reality - individually and collectively - in varying degrees.

I came upon this realization after emerging relatively unscathed - all things considered (Ha! But, that's another blog... or 12, entirely) - from several years of trials-by-fire and meta-gymnastics.

I also believe that some people are more adept at doing this than others.  Just as some people are better musicians and some are better athletes, some people are better at affecting the fabrics of Reality (or Realities).

I also believe that the vast majority of people are completely unaware of the existence of this ability - including the people who are gifted with it.

Now, I am not comfortable with going any further into this - not on a personal level - at least not publicly.*  (*Burn in your own, personal and fully-exposed Hells, NSA! :P)

But, here's someone who is comfortable going into detail about it (and who is also quite well-known):

He is Dr. Robert Lanza - Stem Cell Science Guru.
(Please see his website, here: http://www.robertlanza.com/the-biocentric-universe-theory-life-creates-time-space-and-the-cosmos-itself/)

Dr. Lanza's Biocentric Theory of Everything explains everything that I had figured out as I went through my own personal experiences.

I didn't happen to publish my realization/theory on this topic because - not being a degree-carrying person, a doctor or a scientist...

A.) I didn't think anyone would believe me.  And,
B.) No one would have believed me.

Biocentric Theory is the theory that: "the information-gathering activities of living things are collectively responsible for the observed structure of the Universe, and that we continue to resolve the material world to higher and higher resolutions as we learn what the world is made of and how it works."

Very cool stuff!

UFO Truth And Consequences: Secret History of UFOs (Video)

Major Jessie Marcel - being the base intelligence officer - would've been able to identify a weather balloon.  
The men in Rendlesham Forest would have been able to identify the light house.

Seth Shostak: Aircraft crash on occasion (Some outright disappear).

Why is SETI searching for signs of 19th century technology from civilizations that are likely thousands of years older than ours?

Can't wait to see egg on your face.

Consequences Of Increased Global Meat Consumption On The Environment | Stanford Woods Institute

"'People aren't going to stop eating meat,' said Harold A. Mooney, professor of biology and a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford."

I disagree. People just need to be better informed in order to, hopefully, make wiser decisions:

The unfortunate animals raised on overcrowded industrial factory-feedlots are far from the picture of health: They spend their lives standing in their own filth; they're force-fed grains (GMO corn?), despite being evolutionarily-designed to consume/digest grasses; unhealthy diet = unhealthy animal, so, they're subjected to massive injections of antibiotics; the ranchers need to move them from the farm to the rendering plant ASAP, so, they get injected with GMO growth-hormones to fatten them up faster. (Note to self:  Look up if any of that GMO pharma-crap ends up in the meat...  Oh, never mind.  I'm a vegetarian.)

Cattle-raising is massively devastating to our environment, too.  Most grain production is for feeding all those cattle.  All those acres of antibiotic/hormone-laced manure have got to be bad for any ground-water or nearby bodies of water.  Cattle burp and pass gas every few minutes: that's a huge amount of unnecessary, damaging methane going into the atmosphere.

Wow.  With the collective toxicity of cattle, cars and people...  Humanity might be doomed.

Or, they can begin making smarter, informed choices.

Here's an interesting article on reducing some of the harmful impact of the beef industry:

Consequences of increased global meat consumption on the global environment -- trade in virtual water, energy & nutrients | Stanford Woods Institute

If The U.S. Air Force Stopped Investigating UFOs in 1969, Then, What The Heck Is This...?

From 1947 until 1969, the United States Air Force was involved in the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) under Project Blue Book (Initially called Project Sign, then Project Grudge).  Blue Book was headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.  It was terminated on December 17, 1969.  Out of 12,618 sightings reported to Project Blue Book a total of 701 cases remained "unidentified".

The conclusions of Project Blue Book are as follows: "(1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified" are extraterrestrial vehicles."

The Air Force's statement goes on to say: "Since Project BLUE BOOK was closed, nothing has happened to indicate that the Air Force ought to resume investigating UFOS."

If the above official Air Force Statement is true, then...
Why did the following excerpt from Air Force Instruction 10-206 include instructions on how to report an unidentified flying object?

And, then... why did this entire section of Air Force Instruction 10-206 disappear from the Instruction Manual after The Huffington Post made an inquiry to the Air Force as to what these specific instructions meant?

Curiouser and curiouser...

(The complete Air Force Instruction 10-206 is available from The Black Vault at: http://www.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/AFI10-206.pdf

"BY ORDER OF THE 
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 10-206
15 OCTOBER 2008
Operations

OPERATIONAL REPORTING

COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY

ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering. 

RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.  (Not until 20011, apparently.)

OPR: AF/A3O-AOA
Certified by: AF/A3O (Brig Gen Lyn D. Sherlock)
Supersedes: AFI10-206, 4 October 2004 

EVENT OR INCIDENT:
Vital Intelligence Sightings

SUBMIT REPORT WHEN (DESCRIPTION):
Any/all unidentifiable,
suspicious, or hostile
traffic (land,
aerospace, or sea)
which, because of its
nature, course, or
actions, may constitute
a threat to the security
of the US or Canada.
Includes reports
received from airborne
platforms.

5.6.3. Report the following specific sightings:
5.6.3.1. Hostile or unidentified aircraft, which appears directed against the United States,
Canada, or their forces.
5.6.3.2. Missiles.
5.6.3.3. Unidentified flying objects.
5.6.3.4. Hostile or unidentified military surface vessels or submarines.
5.6.3.5. Any other individual surface vessels, submarines, or aircraft of unconventional design
engaged in suspicious activity, observed in an unusual location, or on a course, which may
threaten the United States, Canada, or their forces.
5.6.3.6. Any unexplained or unusual activity, which may indicate a possible attack against or
through Canada or the United States (includes the presence of any unidentified or suspicious
ground parties in remote or sparsely populated areas, including the polar region).
5.6.3.7. Unlisted airfields, facilities, weather stations, or air navigation aids.
5.6.4. Make every effort to document sightings with as many photographs as possible. Send undeveloped film or prints and negatives, with a brief written report and other identifying information to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC 20305. The Department of the Navy will process the film and return one copy of each print and a roll of new film to the individual. 
5.6.5. Use Figure 5.1. to gather and report specific sighting details. 

Figure 5.1. Communications Instructions Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings (CIRVIS).
GUIDE FOR CIRVIS REPORTING
The CIRVIS report is a narrative report explaining the sighting. A specific format is not required.  Provide as much specific detail as possible to aid decision makers in responding to the sighting.  Include the following information, if possible, along with any other information, which may be significant:
1. CIRVIS report identification.
2. Identification of the object sighted.
a. For identifiable objects, include number and identification of the aircraft, vessel, missile, or
individuals seen.
b. For unidentifiable objects, give a description including shape, size (compared to a known object e.g., pea, silver dollar, baseball, basketball, fighter aircraft, or C-5), number and formation, any discernible features or details (e.g., color, trail or exhaust, sound).
c. Include any observed identification (e.g., insignia, lettering, flags).
3. The position of the object. Include the date and time (GMT) of the sighting. This can be indicated by any of the following methods:
a. Latitude and longitude.
b. Over a radio fix.
c. True bearing and distance from a radio fix.
d. Over a well-known or well-defined geographic point.
4. Description of the course of the object:
a. Altitude.
b. Direction of travel.
c. Speed.
d. Description of flight path and maneuvers.
e. What first called attention to the object?
f. Angle or elevation and azimuth when first observed.
g. How long was the object visible?
h. Angle or elevation and azimuth upon disappearance.
i. How did the object disappear?
5. Manner of observation.
a. State how observed: ground-visual, ground-electronic, air-visual, and air-electronic. (If electronic, specify system).
b. Were optical aids (telescope, binoculars, etc.) used?
6. Conditions when sighting the object.
a. Location of observer. (Use latitude/longitude, a named geographic landmark, or other logical references.) If the sighting is made while airborne, include type of aircraft, identification number, altitude, heading, speed, and home station.
b. Light conditions (use one of the following terms: night, day, dawn, dusk).
c. Weather conditions (ceiling, visibility, clouds, thunderstorms, temperature, winds, etc.).
7. Interception or identification actions taken (if feasible, complying with existing directives).
8. Location, approximate altitude, and general direction of flight of any air traffic or balloon releases in the area, which could possibly account for the sighting.
9. Preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sightings.
10. Existence of physical evidence, such as materials and photographs.
11. Name, organization, and means of contacting the reporting individual. 

TYPE REPORT:
3.2.1. PINNACLE (OPREP-3P). This message is used by any unit to provide the National
Military Command Center (NMCC) and, as appropriate, combatant commands and services with immediate notification of any incident or event where national-level interest is indicated. The general OPREP-3P report is used for situations that do not require reporting via other OPREP-3P reports listed in subparagraphs 3.2.2. through 3.2.9. This report is not restricted to operational information. Any inadvertent, accidental, unauthorized, or unexpected event or incident will be reported if it:
3.2.1.1. Generates a higher level of military action.
3.2.1.2. Causes a national reaction.
3.2.1.3. Affects international relationships.
3.2.1.4. Is clearly against the national interest.
3.2.1.5. Affects current national policy.
3.2.1.6. Involves unidentified objects detected by a missile warning system

MINIMUM ESSENTIAL ADDRESSES (These numbers correspond to all of the officials and/or departments the report must be sent to):
1, 2, 4, 9, 15, 20,
23, 24, 38, 56,
60, 61, 65 "

US Coalition Bills Iraq $260 Million For... Failure to Stop ISIS Advances

ISIL (ISIS) and Ebola have been running neck and neck in the race to be the mainstream media's Imminent-Danger Darlings ("This is CNN: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.").

I thought I'd dig up a truthful, timely and pertinent article on the fight against ISIL (ISIS).

When I heard that a U.S.-led coalition was going to be flying sorties/air strikes against ISIL, my first thought was, "Well, those a**holes are finally gonna get what they deserve.".

Sadly, not only has ISIL getting their just desserts not been the result of military activities but, apparently, the U.S.-led coalition is planning on billing Iraq hundreds of millions of dollars (that Iraq never agreed to pay in the first place) for... what exactly?

Cities are reported under siege.  Cities are allowed to fall (It's not a tactically significant target.").  But, significant for whom?  The people living somewhere ISIL is about to overrun?  The priceless archaeological treasures which are part of humanity's collective heritage and are being plundered?  I've heard war is good for the economy, but shouldn't it also be good for something other than making money?  If that's at all possible?

"The Iraqi people and their political leadership were optimistic when the United States first announced its intention to form an international military coalition to assist Iraq in its war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At the time, everyone assumed that a solution was close and that Western jet fighters will wipe out ISIS. They all believed that the Obama administration will be Iraq’s savior from terrorism."

"Ever since the onset of the aerial campaign, coalition aircrafts have focused on the border region between Mosul under ISIS control and Iraq’s Kurdistan in the north, raising suspicions that the West is actually worried about its own interests and is not fighting terrorism, especially since some threatening rallies have emerged near Baghdad, but the West has so far refrained from targeting them."

Here's a direct link to an eye-opening article about the coalition's activities, the actual results of those activities and the cost (From globalresearch.ca):

US-led Coalition Bills Iraq $260 Million Despite Failure to Stop ISIS Advances

The U.K.'s Roswell: Crash at Aberystwyth / UFO Debris Retrieved (Video)

This is a fascinating documentary of a UFO crash retrieval case that I hadn't heard of before seeing this video.

"In January 1983, the sleepy Welsh village of Llanilar near Aberystwyth was buzzed by a strange craft, which hit trees, scattered shiny metal debris over four fields and flew off apparently unaffected."

This documentary is noteworthy because it presents some of the unusual pieces of debris recovered from tree branches on the site.

Also, it's made significantly more intriguing due to the fact that the M.O.D. - after gathering all the debris from ground level - returned with the Forest Service shortly afterwards and completely removed the forest at the site which included trees that had been damaged by the craft as it crashed through. They claimed they removed it due to "wind damage", although the Forest Service had never removed a forest for that reason prior to this incident.

Enjoy!

'Dear White People' Filmmaker Justin Simien At Think Progress

Oh, Mr. Simien, you had me at "Dear White People"...

‘Dear White People’ Filmmaker Talks Blackface, Interracial Dating, And Why White People Touch Afros

Ep. 138 FADE to BLACK Jimmy Church w/ Graham Hancock, LIVE ...

Another fascinating interview featuring Mr. Graham Hancock.

From history to archeology to consciousness to fictional novels that incorporate all of the above - Graham Hancock is a brilliant person, enthralling speaker and endlessly creative soul.

Police-Involved Shootings: A Shot In The Dark

Samantha Bee- of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - attempts to uncover the statistics about the excessive use of lethal force by America's police forces, only to discover that this data is mysteriously nonexistent.

But, on the brighter side, if you need to find out how many bicycles are stolen or homes are burglarized, that's no problem...

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James Leininger: A Case For Reincarnation (ABC Primetime Video)

“The wish not to believe can influence as strongly as the wish to believe.”
- Dr. Ian Stevenson.

Dr. Stevenson founded the Division of Personality (now Perceptual) Studies at the University of Virginia Medical School, the only university-based research unit in the world devoted to the study of previous life memories, near-death experiences, and related phenomena. (www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/sections/cspp/dops/publicationslinks/Stevenson-s-Obit-Emily.pdf)

There's nothing wrong with being skeptical.  But, try being an informed skeptic.

Enjoy this intriguing segment from ABC's Primetime:

GOP: "The Government Has A 'Sacred Obligation'" *(If It's Not Inconvenient Or Effective) (Video)

The Conservative Chorus:   "America has a Sacred Obligation to do 'Whatever it takes' to save American Lives!!!"*.

(*As long as those things aren't inconvenient or effective.)

Enjoy this brilliant, brief clip from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart:

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Debunk'd?; A Brief History Lesson And UFO Files: The Gray's Agenda (Video)

Mr. Joe "Debunk'd!" Nickel:
Re: Your dismissal of the 'leaked' Majestic 12 Documents:

A single cut-and-pasted signature on a single document does not preclude the veracity of any of the others.  And, even if most of the documents are be proven to be fakes, it's the ones that are genuine which have significance, not so much the fake ones.

Also (for those of whom cannot tolerate the ET hypothesis, as well as for those of whom cling to it and disregard all other possibilities), as pointed out - repeatedly - by the brilliant Jacques Vallee - human beings have been passing down and recording stories of observations of strange lights/objects in the skies and of abductions of individuals by non-human beings since ancient times.  Whether the events are perceived as religious/Angelic experiences; contact with Faeries/The Good People; with demons; or with ufonauts... although the names given to the objects and beings have changed numerous times over the centuries, their outward appearance, movement, behavior, related phenomena and physical traces left behind are remarkably the same.

Enjoy this entertaining video:

Every Freedom-Loving Sentient Being Should Know About Graham Hancock

If you have never heard Graham Hancock speak... (*sigh)... Nevermind.

Please, just allow me to offer you a little taste:

"We believe that we live in a free society and have liberties.  This is our most cherished possession after centuries of struggling for liberty - that we are free.  But if I am not sovereign over my own consciousness, if I cannot take decisions about my own consciousness, then I might as well not talk about any other freedom, because without my consciousness I'm nothing.  And, if some government dictate may tell me what I may and may not do to my consciousness, without causing any harm to others... if I can be imprisoned simply because I explore, harmlessly my own consciousness, then I am not free.  And I do not live in a free society.  And all this humbug about democracy is rubbish".

(From: Echan Deravy Interviews Graham Hancock)

Wow.  He hits the proverbial nail on the head, doesn't he?

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