Shutdown Turmoil In Our National Parks: Bears Aren’t The Only Ones Who Sh*t In The Woods...

America’s greatest national treasures - our priceless and irreplaceable national parks and (at one time) protected lands - have remained open during the current Trump government shutdown -  something this administration intentionally chose to do, and 
which previous administrations did not do out of concern for public safety and for the protection of our precious national parks.

Sometimes, the best way to get a clearer understanding of a situation is to look at it from the perspective of an outside, third-party, observer...  Observers such as the journalists who contributed to this article (see Guardian UK link, below), who deftly explain the significance of and the ramifications of that decision.

Enjoy... er, well... no, perhaps not that.

Expand your worldview a wee bit, then?

Oh, and... Happy New Year!!!*
(*If you're into that quaint, linear time thing.)

It's a Free-For-All': Shutdown Brings Turmoil To Beloved US National Parks

Russian Spy Chiefs Met In U.S. With U.S. Intelligence Officials In January | Ra...

It appears that Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the FSB (former KGB), Igor Korobov, the head of the GRU (Russian Military Intelligence), and the  Sanctioned/Banned SVR (the Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency that hacked our 2016 elections) chief, Sergey Naryshkin, were-secretly - ushered into the U.S. to meet with CIA chief, Mike Pompeo, NRI chief Dan Coats (among other high-level U.S. Intelligence officials) at the end of January 2018.

What A Coincidence -this secret meeting took place just days before Donald Trump decided to - unilaterally  eliminate the Russian sanctions that the U.S. Congress had approved (with bipartisan support) in response to Russia"s interfering with our 2016 elections.

Please Note:  For that last person, Sergey Naryshkin - who has been banned since 2014 - to set foot on American soil would have required "special dispensation" from the U.S. Secy of State, Rex Tillerson.

Also worth noting:  This highly-unusual meeting wasn't even mentioned or acknowledged by the White House.  We only learned of it because Reuters picked up on the story while translating Russian state-run press coverage in which the Kremlin was boasting.

The FBI Is Actively Investigating Possible NRA-Russia Electoral Campaign Funding Funneling

FACT: The NRA spent between $30 Million and $55 Million in 2016 to get Donald Trump elected President.

That's three times more than they invested in Mitt Romney's presidential  campaign.

What I want to know is this:

*Where the hell did the NRA get such huge sums of money to throw around so carelessly?!

Surely not just from NRA membership dues and hat/t-shirt/bumper sticker sales...

Aren't you Curious?

What’s the Truth About the NRA’s Man in Moscow?

My Open Letter to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

(Unofficial) PRESS RELEASE: My Open Letter to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein... Dear Honorable Senator Dianne Feinstein: I’m writing to you as a longtime resident of San Francisco, California and one of your constituents. Although I’ve disagreed with a number of positions you’ve held in the past in the U.S. Senate, I felt it was very important to let you know that I fully support your decision - as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee - to release the documentation of the Fusion GPS testimony given during the ongoing Mueller investigation of Russian influence on the presidential election of 2016 and the unlawful involvement of.certain members of the Trump campaign in same.

Therefore, I urge you, please, don’t succumb to pressure from any individual or group who tries to get you to backpedal, back down or to make you feel that you have to come up with an excuse for having taken the extremely important and unquestionably patriotic action of releasing that documentation to the American people. For America's Democracy, for our Great Republic to not only survive but to thrive, we must have transparency throughout our branches of government and trust and faith in the integrity of our elected officials must be maintained. But, in order to be able to maintain that all-important trust in our elected officials, the American people must always be provided with truthful, accurate, complete and timely information so that they may make informed decisions. And, I think I speak for all Americans who are paying attention when I say that, if the decision were left solely up to the Trump administration, the Republican Party and the GOP members of Congress, then the American people would be kept in absolute darkness for perpetuity. To be honest, I was surprised when learned of your releasing the Fusion GPS testimony documents and I believe many others were as well. But, with that said, we were and we are so very glad and so very thankful that you did so. You’re actions were courageous, patriotic and - bottom line - they were the right thing to do for the American people and for American democracy. Putting aside anything Trump-related for a moment, the bottom line is this: we must understand Russia's tactics and methodologies so that we can take effective, swift actions to prevent such interference and influence in the future. One thing we can do, now, is teach Americans how to make informed choices regarding news consumption and recognizing the weaponization of social media posts by special.and foreign interests. Senator Chuck Grassley’s decision to continue to withhold the Fusion GPS documents from the American people proves that he is yet another tool of the dangerously incompetent and shamefully corrupt Trump administration and - for his choosing (Republican) party over (American) people - (imho) nothing more than a traitor. So, thank you, honorable Senator Dianne Feinstein. It's good to know that some members of Congress still have spines. May 2018 be a much better year - for all of us - than 2017. I believe it will be. And, your recent actions have contributed to this being realized. In closing, please allow me to share a favorite quote from George Orwell, one I feel is supremely apropos at this time: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” Viva la Revolution.

On March 25, 2013: Mexico's Government Released Ancient Mayan Artifacts Proving Knowledge Of ET, Space Travel, UFOs and... Western News / Media Ignored It

On March 25, 2013 The Mexican  Held A Press Conference During Which They Released Ancient Mayan Artifacts - Previously Withheld For 80 or So Years - That Proved Knowledge of ET, Space Travel, UFOs

And, The Entirety of Western News/Media Completely Ignored It

Thankfully, NUFORC didn't. Here's their post. Please see the Video included in the post.
And, Enjoy Being Amazed!:

Mexican Government Releases Proof of E.T.’s and Ancient Space Travel

Who's 'Illegal'?: People Are Trolling Trump's Anti-Immigrant Hotline With Reports Of Aliens...

"On Wednesday, the Trump administration launched a new office called the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE)..."

"... To Assist Victims Of Crimes Committed By Undocumented Immigrants."

Is That So?!

Then, surely, their purview includes all of the now-living descendants of all of the pale-skinned, European invaders who sailed here a few centuries ago, stuck their homelands' flags in the soil and (irrationally) claimed ownership... despite the fact that there were already thousands of peoples living here when they arrived?!
Because- Let's Be Honest - I'm sure that the (Surviving) Descendants of the First Peoples/Native Americans Want THEIR Country Back, Even More!

People Are Trolling Trump's New Anti-Immigrant Hotline With Reports Of Space Aliens And The Government Is Not Amused

9/11: Explosive Evidence (PBS Documentary) And, How 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented

ICYMI:  It's become quite apparent that - following the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and, after Alec (CIA) Station's infiltration of a "Terror Summit" held in Malaysia (sometime around 1998-99 and prior to 9/11) that...

Then-CIA Director George Tenet, two of his closest allies (Cofer Black, Richard Blee) and around 50 to 60 other CIA officials knowingly withheld urgent intelligence information from both the (G.W.) Bush and the Clinton White Houses, the FBI, as well as Immigration, the State and the Defense Departments on two known Al-Qaeda operatives (and, later, 9/11 hijackers)  - named al-hazmi and al-mihdhar - both of whom who had entered the United States a year and a half before the attacks and were living in San Diego under their real names.  (Source: Fmr. White House Counter-Terrorism chief,  Richard Clarke)

There was one honest FBI agent (on loan to CIA) with integrity (Doug Miller) who had learned of the CIA's knowledge of the two Al-Qaeda men's presence on American soil and who had, immediately, drafted a cable with the reasonable intention of informing the FBI of this dangerous situation.  Tragically, delivery of that cable was intentionally stopped by another CIA official (identified as Tom Wilshire). Supposedly, this was done because the CIA was hoping to recruit them (Fail.). *

(*In other words:  Had the CIA actually shared intelligence (Gasp!) with the FBI in a timely manner... then, the FBI possibly could have prevented 9/11...  and all of the chaos, mayhem, loss of rights & privacy, loss of life (mind you, there were massive losses of life in Afghanistan and Iraq) and the enormous debt.  Oh, wait... AND, the (previously non-existent) spread of Al-Qaeda.  ("Mission Accomplished!", huh?)

Oh yeah... and, later, that same cable was 'accidentally' withheld from the 9/11 Commission's investigations.  Go figure!

Fast forward to 2004: President George W. Bush awards George Tenet the U.S. Medal of Freedom...(sigh).

So...YES!  Without a doubt - No Matter How Painful They May Be To Learn - History and The Truth DO Matter!

And, I - for one -firmly believe You CAN Handle The TRUTH.

So... Check THIS Out...

Glenn Greenwald Says Prosecuting WikiLeaks Threatens Press Freedom for All

As U.S. Preps Arrest Warrant for Assange, Glenn Greenwald Says Prosecuting WikiLeaks Threatens Press Freedom for All

*And, it will bite U.S. on the ass:
(Ahem) Can you say, "You ain't seen nothing, yet."?
or "Tip of the iceberg."?
Just sayin'...

TICKLING GIANTS Trailer (w/ Bassem Youssef)

YOU should know...Bassem Youssef:
At great risk to himself, he spoke Truth To Power - with humor.
His show - in Egypt - had 30 Million viewers. 
Egypt's violent, authoritarian regimes didn't like that and had him arrested and shut down his show...

Syria Sarin Gas Attacks: Yes, Déjà Vu, Again ('Cept For The 59 Tomahawk Missiles)

DEJA VU!! Or, Vuja De!* (*Or, something like that... IF you don't count the 59 Tomahawk Missiles our trigger-fingered Twitterer-in-chief fired at one, little, Syrian airstrip. But, then, you can't not count those. Especially at $1.59 Mil+ a pop (or, "... a KABOOOOM"). (Excerpted from: Seymour Hersh’s article, in the London Review of Books, on 17 April 2014, titled “The Red Line and the Rat Line: Seymour M. Hersh on Obama, Erdoğan and the Syrian rebels.”)

"... after the sarin attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta (August of 2013)

, he (President Obama) was ready to launch an allied air strike... to punish the Syrian government (Assad) for allegedly crossing the ‘red line’ he had set in 2012 on the use of chemical weapons." "Then, with less than two days to go before the planned strike, he announced that he would seek congressional approval for the intervention. The strike was postponed as Congress prepared for hearings, and subsequently cancelled when Obama accepted Assad’s offer to * relinquish his chemical arsenal * in a deal brokered by Russia." "In 2011 Barack Obama led an allied military intervention in Libya without consulting the US Congress. Why did Obama delay and then relent on Syria when he was not shy about rushing into Libya?" (*Please Pay Close Attention To THIS*) "Obama’s change of mind had its origins at Porton Down, the defence laboratory in Wiltshire. British intelligence had obtained a sample of the sarin used in the 21 August attack and analysis demonstrated that the gas used didn’t match the batches known to exist in the Syrian army’s chemical weapons arsenal."

Re: The recent Idlib Sarin gas attack:

"Cough, cough, False Flag!, cough, cough!"* (*And, not even an Original one!) *Please Note: The news-report that the famed investigative journalist Seymour Hersh could not find an American publisher for, and that was consequently published only in Britain, has now been publicly confirmed by a research study into the matter, a study whose findings were made public on October 21st (2015) by a committee of Turkey’s parliament and published that day in Turkey’s leading newspaper, Zaman.

(Source: Seymour Hersh’s News Report Banned in U.S., Is Finally Confirmed in Turkey)

(Full article)

The Red Line and the Rat Line: Seymour M. Hersh on Obama, Erdoğan and the Syrian rebels

Stephen Colbert Takes On Kendall Jenner's 'Attractive Lives Matter' Pepsi Ad

I don't know about YOU, but...

I'm so sick of corporations that - when they peek out of their Ivory Towers and observe/recognize something organic, beautiful, meaningful, or (justifiably) controversial in our society - then, spend tens of thousands of dollars co-opting it - but, only superficially - for their own (further) financial gain!

Case In Point: Pepsi Co.  (See video, below)

Enjoy*
(*Just, please, don't enjoy with a Pepsi.)

Liberia: From Patriarchy and Civil War To "Madame President"

 (ICYMI...) 

How Liberian Women   Delivered Africa’s First  Female President

"It was October 2005, the first presidential election after 15 years of a hideous civil war in Liberia. On the ballot was Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated global technocrat with so much government experience it practically oozed from her pores, and a group of men, most notably the professional soccer player George Weah..."

(*To continue reading, please c;ick HERE.)

"OPREP-3 - A Classified US Military Reporting Channel For UFO Incidents?" By Paul Dean

The following is an excerpt from the thoughtful, thoroughly-researched and well-documented blog of Mr. Paul Dean (Enjoy!):

Don't Just Believe Me, But Do Look At The Evidence.

By Paul Dean.

Contact: pj_dean@hotmail.com

Thursday, 2 June 2016

"OPREP-3" - A Classified US Military Reporting Channel For UFO Incidents? Part 1

  

While going through the officially declassified and release that relate to the spooky 1975 US/Canadian border Northern Tier “over flights”, as well as other 1970’s–era UFO cases, I noticed a specific term repeatedly appearing in the documents that piqued my interest. The term was “OPREP–3”, and it was sometimes followed by other terms like “PINNACLE”, “BEELINE” or “NAVY BLUE”. Upon further study of statements of American military doctrine – both old and new – it became quickly apparent that these terms refer to a specific type of “operational reporting” system used by the US Armed Force. “OPREP” means “Operational Report”, and “3” refers to a category meaning “Serious Event/Serious Incident”. There are dozens of available publications that detail the OPREP–3 process. One such publication, promulgated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), is an Instruction dated 1st of December, 1993, titled “Joint Reporting Structure Event and Incident Reports”. Page 1 establishes:

“The OPREP–3 reporting system… …is used by military units at any level of command to report significant events and incidents to the highest levels of command.”...

(*To continue reading, please click Here )

ICYMI: UFO "Disclosure" has already happened.

Regarding last night's discussion on UFO "Disclosure" on Fade To Black with Jimmy Church...

ICYMI:  "Disclosure" has already happened.

Although, sadly, due to the breathtaking ineptness and/or continuing collusion of the mainstream press with the denial-based powers-that-be (they all but ignored this ground=shaking, highly newsworthy event)... t'was not so much with a "BANG!" as with a whisper:

"PHOENIX, AZ — The United States Government has, for the first time ever, acknowledged by de facto the long-suspected reality of the UFO phenomenon. John Burroughs encountered a craft of unknown origin in England’s Rendlesham Forest in December of 1980 and suffered injury there from for which the Veterans Administration has now recognized by granting him full medical disability."
-- Attorney Pat Frascogna on February 22 at the press conference of the 2015 International UFO Congress:

NINE INCH NAILS - BURNING BRIGHT (FIELD ON FIRE) New Release

In A Singular Description: ...Ear-gasm.

Enjoy!

NINE INCH NAILS - BURNING BRIGHT (FIELD ON FIRE)

I Don't Think They Heard Me: The Less-Than-Helpful Reply From the F.C.C.

Question:  Are YOU willing to trust your health and well-being (and that of all of your loved ones) to an over-whelmed, understaffed and (IMHO) far too WiFi Industry-cozy federal agency ("Trust us, we're with the government.") ?

(Please note:  I'd contacted the F.C.C. (please see previous blog post) out of concern regarding a real public health hazard:  I'd felt my shoulder being burned by a retail, wall-mounted, WiFi booster antenna at a local shopping mall - not to complain about any "provider".)

F.Y.I. ~ The F.C.C.'s own website claims that public, wireless, network antennas don't emit the type of extremely high R.F. (Radio Frequency aka "microwave") radiation that can damage human flesh. 

In the wake of my recent experience, I beg to differ.

*The Wireless Industry's sole motivation is the raking in of Profit.

*My sole motivation has always been and continues to be Public Safety.)

Here's the REPLY that I received from the F.C.C.:

"Thank you for sharing your story. Your Ticket No. is 1324555.

Your story will not be served on a provider but will be shared internally to inform policy and potential enforcement. You will not receive any further communication from the FCC. 

If you want to file an informal complaint that will be served on your provider, please go to www.consumercomplaints.fcc.gov and select a complaint category.

Your story provides the FCC with important information we can use to develop policies to protect consumers, remedy violations of the Communications Act, and encourage future compliance with the law.

Thank you for your help in furthering the FCC’s mission on behalf of consumers."

Hmm...

If I won't "... receive any further communication from the FCC. ", then how will I know if this information ever reached the appropriate persons/parties at the agency?

Can You Hear Me NOW?: An Open Letter To The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Re: Public Safety, RF Radiation & Cell Phone Antennas

An Open Letter To The Federal Communications Commission (FCC): (Subject: The Immediate Public Health Hazard Posed By Excessive and Unsafe Levels of RF Radiation Emitted By Retail, Wall-Mounted Cell Phone Booster Antennas.) "November 22, 2016

Hello FCC Staff:

I am writing to share with you my concerns for the public health following a recent experience of mine.

I was sitting with a friend at a table in the courtyard of an open-air shopping center.  There are small restaurants on either side of the courtyard.  The exterior facades are all brick.  At one point, I leaned back in my chair and felt a significant amount of heat on my left shoulder and upper arm.  Initially, I assumed that I'd inadvertently sat beneath a nearby restaurant's patio heat-lamp.  A few moments later, when my friend and I got up to leave, I turned to my left, expecting to see a commercial heat-lamp behind me.  But, much to my surprise, there was no heat -lamp.  There was only a small, white, commercial cell-phone booster antenna mounted on the wall, about 7-ft. off of the ground.  I raised my arm, so that my hand was directly in front of it, and I immediately felt heat on my skin.

It was my understanding, from all that I've read on the subject, that cell-phones and wireless network devices are required by law to emit such a low amount of radiation as to not cause heating of human tissue.  I'd read that only large antennae - on rooftops or on hilltops were likely to emit enough (non-ionising?) RF radiation so as to noticeably heat and damage tissue - and that 's why maintaining distance from them is important.

Is there a specific department or office at the FCC that I should report this to?

My concern is that this antenna may be only of many that might be exposing countless men, women and children to a harmful amount of RF radiation on a daily basis.

I look forward to your response and appreciate any pertinent information you are able to provide.

Thank you."

Despite What You May Have Been Led To Believe... All Is NOT Lost!

In The Wake Of The General Election and Despite What You May Have Been Led To Believe...

And, In Case You Are (with Good Reason) Worried About America's - And The World's - Future..

In Case You Care About Protecting The Environment and Preventing The Extinction Of Countless Other Species (Including Our Own)...

In Case You Care About The Future For Children and For Public Education...

In Case You Missed THIS... it ain't over... not yet!
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Electoral College: Make Hillary Clinton President on December 19

"On December 19th, 2017, the Electors of the Electoral College will cast their ballots. If they all vote the way their states voted, Donald Trump will win. However, in 14 of the states in Trump's column, they can vote for Hillary Clinton without any legal penalty if they choose. 

We are calling on the 149 Electors in those states to ignore their states' votes and cast their ballots for Secretary Clinton. Why?

Mr. Trump is unfit to serve. His scapegoating of so many Americans, and his impulsivity, bullying, lying, admitted history of sexual assault, and utter lack of experience make him a danger to the Republic. 

Secretary Clinton WON THE POPULAR VOTE and should be President. 

As Of 11/24/16, Hillary Clinton Won The Popular Vote Over Donald Trump By More Than 2.2 MILLION Votes (and Counting)!

America Has Spoken!

And, America Wants Hillary Clinton To Be Our Next President!

The only reason Trump "won" is because of the disastrous Electoral College (You remember the E.C., right?  They're the hot mess that gave us eight years of George W. Bush!)

But the Electoral College can actually give the White House to either candidate.

So why not use this most undemocratic of our institutions to ensure a democratic result?

HILLARY CLINTON WON THE POPULAR VOTE.

There is no reason Trump should be President.

"It's the 'People's Will'"

No. She won the popular vote...
By 2.2 MILLION Votes and Counting!

"Our system of government under our Constitution says he wins"

No. Our Constitution says the Electors choose (and they can vote how they want.)

"Too many states prohibit 'Faithless Electors"
24 states bind electors. If electors vote against their party, they usually pay a fine. And people get mad. But they can vote however they want and there is no legal means to stop them in most states."

Rolling Over and Surrendering To Apathy and/or Stupidity Is NOT An Option!

An Open Letter To The EPA Re: Cellphone Boosters, RF Radiation and Burning Skin, Oh My!

An Open Letter/Email To The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Re: Cellphone Boosters, RF Radiation and Burning Skin (Oh My!):

"Dear EPA:

I am concerned about a recent experience I had while sitting in a public courtyard at a local open-air shopping mall.  I was sitting at a table with a friend and suddenly realized that I felt a focused heat on my left shoulder and upper arm.  Initially, I assumed that I had, inadvertently, sat too close to a nearby restaurant's patio heat-lamp.  But, when I got up to leave, I turned to look for the lamp and there was no heat-lamp... in fact, there was only an exterior, wall-mounted, cellphone booster antenna nearby.  It was placed about 8-ft. above the ground.  But, I definitely felt it heating my skin and deeper.  Like I said, I had thought it was a heat-lamp before I turned around.

I am concerned because, according to your own website, "At very high levels, RF energy is dangerous.", but the non-ionizing radiation from wireless technology that is capable of heating the body's tissues rapidly is supposed to be "... found only near certain equipment, such as powerful long-distance transmitters." and you go on to say that, although cellphone and wireless networks emit RF radiation, it's "not at levels that cause significant heating."

My recent experience definitely refutes these statements and I am concerned, not only for my own, but also for the public's safety.  Especially if there's no regulation of or laws regarding the amount of RF radiation that is being emitted from these widely-used, human-adjacent devices.

Please let me know - including the EPA - to whom and at what agency should I report this?

Thank you!

San Francisco, California

(From: "About Non-Ionizing Radiation From Wireless Technology)
... At very high levels, RF energy is dangerous. It can heat the body's tissues rapidly. However, such high levels are found only near certain equipment, such as powerful long-distance transmitters. Cellphones and wireless networks produce RF, but not at levels that cause significant heating. In addition, RF energy decreases quickly over distance. At ground level, exposure to RF from sources like cellphone towers is usually very low.""

1952 Chadwell / Bedell-Smith CIA UFO Memo

The next time anyone - whether they are civilian, military or even a White House spokesperson - parrots the 'official' "No such objects - popularly referred to as "UFOs" - have flown through United States air space." bull puckey... just show them THIS:

(Excerpt from a 1952 internal CIA memo written by Mr. H.Marshall Chadwell, CIA Director of Scientific Intelligence to the then CIA Director, Walter Bedell-Smith. Subject: “Unidentified Flying Objects”. This memo was a direct result of the 1952 flood of UFO sightings across the United States, which included the widely-reported Washington D.C.. Capitol sightings.)

"(…) At this time the reports of incidents convince us that there is something going on that must have immediate attention. (…) Sightings of unexplained objects at great altitudes and traveling at high speeds in the vicinity of major US defense installations are of such nature that they are not attributable to natural phenomena or known types of aerial vehicles." 1952 Chadwell / Bedell-Smith CIA UFO Memo