Facts about Flight 370

 

Six important facts you’re not being told about lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

By Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

(NaturalNews) There are some astonishing things you’re not being told about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the flight that simply vanished over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board.

The mystery of the flight’s sudden and complete disappearance has even the world’s top air safety authorities baffled. “Air-safety and antiterror authorities on two continents appeared equally stumped about what direction the probe should take,” reports the Wall Street Journal.

WSJ goes on to report:

“For now, it seems simply inexplicable,” said Paul Hayes, director of safety and insurance at Ascend Worldwide, a British advisory and aviation data firm.

While investigators are baffled, the mainstream media isn’t telling you the whole story, either. So I’ve assembled this collection of facts that should raise serious questions in the minds of anyone following this situation.

• Fact #1: All Boeing 777 commercial jets are equipped with black box recorders that can survive any on-board explosion

No explosion from the plane itself can destroy the black box recorders. They are bomb-proof structures that hold digital recordings of cockpit conversations as well as detailed flight data and control surface data.

• Fact #2: All black box recorders transmit locator signals for at least 30 days after falling into the ocean

Yet the black box from this particular incident hasn’t been detected at all. That’s why investigators are having such trouble finding it. Normally, they only need to “home in” on the black box transmitter signal. But in this case, the absence of a signal means the black box itself — an object designed to survive powerful explosions — has either vanished, malfunctioned or been obliterated by some powerful force beyond the worst fears of aircraft design engineers.

• Fact #3: Many parts of destroyed aircraft are naturally bouyant and will float in water

In past cases of aircraft destroyed over the ocean or crashing into the ocean, debris has always been spotted floating on the surface of the water. That’s because — as you may recall from the safety briefing you’ve learned to ignore — “your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device.”

Yes, seat cushions float. So do many other non-metallic aircraft parts. If Flight 370 was brought down by an explosion of some sort, there would be massive debris floating on the ocean, and that debris would not be difficult to spot. The fact that it has not yet been spotted only adds to the mystery of how Flight 370 appears to have literally vanished from the face of the Earth.

• Fact #4: If a missile destroyed Flight 370, the missile would have left a radar signature

One theory currently circulating on the ‘net is that a missile brought down the airliner, somehow blasting the aircraft and all its contents to “smithereens” — which means very tiny pieces of matter that are undetectable as debris.

The problem with this theory is that there exists no known ground-to-air or air-to-air missile with such a capability. All known missiles generate tremendous debris when they explode on target. Both the missile and the debris produce very large radar signatures which would be easily visible to both military vessels and air traffic authorities.

• Fact #5: The location of the aircraft when it vanished is not a mystery

Air traffic controllers have full details of almost exactly where the aircraft was at the moment it vanished. They know the location, elevation and airspeed — three pieces of information which can readily be used to estimate the likely location of debris.

Remember: air safety investigators are not stupid people. They’ve seen mid-air explosions before, and they know how debris falls. There is already a substantial data set of airline explosions and crashes from which investigators can make well-educated guesses about where debris should be found. And yet, even armed with all this experience and information, they remain totally baffled on what happened to Flight 370.

• Fact #6: If Flight 370 was hijacked, it would not have vanished from radar

Hijacking an airplane does not cause it to simply vanish from radar. Even if transponders are disabled on the aircraft, ground radar can still readily track the location of the aircraft using so-called “passive” radar (classic ground-based radar systems that emit a signal and monitor its reflection).

Thus, the theory that the flight was hijacked makes no sense whatsoever. When planes are hijacked, they do not magically vanish from radar.

Conclusion: Flight 370 did not explode; it vanished

The inescapable conclusion from what we know so far is that Flight 370 seems to have utterly and inexplicably vanished. It clearly was not hijacked (unless there is a cover-up regarding the radar data), and we can all be increasingly confident by the hour that this was not a mid-air explosion (unless debris suddenly turns up that they’ve somehow missed all along).

The inescapable conclusion is that Flight 370 simply vanished in some way that we do not yet understand. This is what is currently giving rise to all sorts of bizarre-sounding theories across the ‘net, including discussions of possible secret military weapons tests, Bermuda Triangle-like ripples in the fabric of spacetime, and even conjecture that non-terrestrial (alien) technology may have teleported the plane away.

Personally, I’m not buying any of that without a lot more evidence. The most likely explanation so far is that the debris simply hasn’t been found yet because it fell over an area which is somehow outside the search zone. But as each day goes by, even this explanation becomes harder and harder to swallow.

The frightening part about all this is not that we will find the debris of Flight 370; but rather that we won’t. If we never find the debris, it means some entirely new, mysterious and powerful force is at work on our planet which can pluck airplanes out of the sky without leaving behind even a shred of evidence.

If there does exist a weapon with such capabilities, whoever controls it already has the ability to dominate all of Earth’s nations with a fearsome military weapon of unimaginable power. That thought is a lot more scary than the idea of an aircraft suffering a fatal mechanical failure.

Hoard of UFO’s OVer Popocatepetl

UFO Orbs Over Popocatepetl Volcano Mexico On March 9, 2014 Monitored and filmed Live, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: March 9, 2014

Location of sighting: Volcano Popocatepetl, Mexico
Volcano Cam 1: http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/popocatepetl.html
Volcano Cam 2: http://www.cenapred.unam.mx/popo/UltimaImagenVolcanI.html

I believe Laszlo used cam #2, which at the moment does show a large amount of glowing orbs in it. This is said to be the location of an alien underground base that can only be accessed through the mouth of the volcano. SCW

Laszlo of ColorUFO States:
Please watch all of this episode! I monitored from the Live camera that was placed near the Popocatepetl Volcano. In the future I will be monitoring the volcano activity and the Mexico City day and night to see the UFO sightings over Mexico. Well known Mexico has got a mass of UFO sightings all the time!! I am part of the Mexican UFO Investigator Team!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Uh9j6AdZI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUELyYCKwXpwVM4p21463rvA&v=Aqg_11iQNeY
from:    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2014/03/ufo-orbs-over-popocatepetl-volcano.html

Under-Reported World Events

The World Stands Up and Says: “NO MORE!”

ukraine protests

A Wrap-Up of Major World Events Mainstream Media Isn’t Reporting On

5th March 2014     By Dani

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm. The huge intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the pulse that is the prelude to the adrenaline rush. It feels as if the world is sitting on the blade of a knife, waiting for the slightest flicker of air to ever so gently brush against it and waft it over the edge of Change. Many many people stand watching intently to see which way the breeze will blow….

And there are many people who feel the pause like a deadening emptiness that threatens to swallow them whole. They fear, they doubt, they moan. To believe in the coming winds of Change is to open themselves to the frigid hazard of being let down again, to have freedom yanked away in icy disdain…. to even hope is too much effort at the end of a very long day.

Society drills us with the admonishment that we are not worthy nor capable of freedom. Religion and politics teaches us from birth that the only way forward is to be good boys and girls and to listen to our leaders so as to not be punished. The media surrounds us with propaganda that perpetuates the stereotype of “normal”, and indoctrinates our peers to judge and bully all those in their groups to toe the line, be good, follow the leader, do not question.

But many many many people ARE questioning. They have awoken to the reality of this Matrix-like system that controls the populous with fashion, friends, fear, frenzy, factional faith and fornication. They are SEEING the real world and the real world problems, and the real world answers, and they are standing up and saying “NO MORE!!” At this moment there are literally millions upon millions of people all over this blue planet who are standing up and demanding Truth and Freedom.

One of the things I am told over and over again, is that people are not waking up or not waking up fast enough. Many rage that “nothing is happening”, even though it is happening right in front of their eyes. Many stomp because “IT” isn’t happening the way they want it to happen, nor is “IT” following the carefully well-thought-out schedule that they had arranged. “Nothing is happening” has become a litany for those that have no wish to accept that it IS happening.

People ARE waking up. People are not just waking up, they are standing up and they are standing in their power and saying “NO MORE!!” The people on this planet are taking up the mantle of NOW and are demanding the truth and demanding their freedom.

No, the mainstream media – especially in North America and in Western Europe – are not reporting what is going on all over the world. Oh, they will tell you about those events that they cannot NOT talk about, like what is happening in the Ukraine and Thailand and Venezuela, just as they did not report on Occupy until is was blatantly obvious that they were not reporting on it. But for the most part, the media is keeping the truth of what is going on very quiet. The reports are there…. you just have to look for them.

It is the same in the world of politics and finance, the truth is getting out to the people and is being laid transparently on the ground for them to see…. BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT!!! This is why I began Transpicuous News updates, so that I could publish daily listings of important pieces of news for people to see.

No, the world is NOT sleeping any more. The alarm clock has gone off, and it’s time to get up!

If you want CHANGE then you must be the CHANGE you wish to SEE. Does that mean you have to go out and protest? That you have to burn cars and throw rotten eggs and scream and yell? NO it doesn’t. But it DOES mean that you need to take some responsibility for those changes that you want to happen. It DOES mean that you need to be involved – in whatever way resonates with you – to CREATE CHANGE.

People in North America are under a heavy blanket of “see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing”…. yet all around them the world is being taken back by those who are STANDING in their BE-ing.

The World Is Awake!

Don’t believe me? I have spent the past few days compiling this list that shows just how awake the world has become and how many people are standing up, right NOW.

This is a list of countries where people are telling their governments “NO MORE”. This is a work in progress as it is no where near complete, but I felt compelled to get it out there for people to see RIGHT NOW. You will see that many of these places are the most highly controlled military states on the planet…. and yet, the people RISE and STAND.

YOU are not alone! All these people in ALL these “nations” are standing right beside you. They are BEing the CHANGE.

Please share this list and make it viral. Let the people know that they are not alone and that the people of the world are standing with them. This is not about fear. It is about standing together. It is about knowing that NOW is the time to BE THE CHANGE.

North America

Canada

Thousands of people in 37 Canadian cities marched against Prime Minister Stephen Harper – 1st March 2014
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526986607526959/permalink/1534605130098440/

Thousands joined Toronto rally in support of Ukrainian protesters – 23rd February 2014
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/thousands-join-toronto-rally-in-support-of-ukrainian-protesters/article17061501/

Owen Sound’s push to put the fluoride question on the city committee ballot:
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2014/02/20/put-fluoride-question-on-ballot-city-committee

Postal workers and activists protested PM Stephen Harper in Toronto – 8th February 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD6WdAZfspA

Students at UNB staged a demonstration against the ongoing faculty strike – 24th January 2014
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NB/ID/2432342209/

BC Ferries’ proposed elimination of 6,900 sailings annually on 16 routes across coastal British Colombia brought hundreds of protesters out on 18th January 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZHSHxNvrz4

Fracking protest led to bigger debate over indigenous rights in Canada – 10th December 2013
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/10/fracking-protestleadstobiggerdebateoverindigenousrightsincanada.html

Rally in demonstration of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at Nathan Phillips Square – 15th November 2013

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/16/anti-rob-ford-rally-at-nathan-phillips-square

Protesters hold ‘Idle No More’ rallies across Canada for the recognition of indigenous land rights – 7th October 2013
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/protesters-hold-idle-no-more-rallies-across-canada-1.1486640#ixzz2uW427znc

United States of America

Several 100 people were arrested during a peaceful protest in Washington DC after they strapped themselves to the White House fence in protest against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline – 3rd March 2014

http://rt.com/usa/washington-keystone-protests-arrests-488/

Students also staged a “die-in” outside the White House to say NO to the Keystone XL oil pipeline – 3rd March 2014
http://xldissent.org/

Protesters converge on the Duke Energy Centre, Charlotte North Carolina to protest against Duke Energy’s so called ”clean coal” energy – 2nd March 2014

LIVE   http://www.ustream.tv/channel/AmirisLive
http://www.ustream.tv/rootsmedia

Worldwide Wave Launch Gatherings began, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and resurrecting his spirit of nonviolent direct action. – 4th April 2014

https://waveofaction.org/job/worldwide-wave-launch-gatherings/

Students headed to Washington to protest Keystone XL pipeline – 25th February 2014,
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/02/25/students-heading-washington-weekend-protest-keystone-xl-pipeline

‘WARmerica’: Protesters in New York rally against U.S. strike on Syria – 23rd February 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdyG5CBc5QY

Americans protested against government on issues of gun registration, excessive media monitoring and a proposed licence plate database: 23rd February 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/02/23/license-plates-guns-news-federal-government-column/5759933/

Protesters stand with the NATO3, 3 protesters charged after NATO summit demonstration, and respond to The Chicago Tribune’s ‘War on Dissent’ – 13th February 2014
http://revolution-news.com/nato-protesters-stand-nato3-respond-chicagotribune-war-dissent/

100,000 people protested in the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina, and mainstream media never bothered reported on it – 10th February 2014
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/there-is-no-more-news-media-100000-people-protested-on-saturday-and-we-never-heard-about-it/

Thousands attended over night vigils at over 270 locations, protesting Keystone XL pipeline – 4th February 2014
http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/04/vigils-protesting-keystone-xl/

Stop Watching Us! International Day of Privacy protests (IDP14) took place around the world – 1st February 2014
http://revolution-news.com/stop-watching-us-international-day-privacy-protests-idp14/

VOA News Khmer American protest in front of the White House against human rights violations of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen – 20th January 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-bdKogYf0

Hundreds of people marched in Washington DC in Anonymous inspired protest against U.S. government’s policy of violating online privacy – 14th November 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xACQQzW8xFU

Mexico

65,000 people marched in protest of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Mexico – 3rd February 2014
http://www.popularresistance.org/65000-protest-tpp-in-mexico-see-repeat-of-nafta-mistakes/

Thousands of protesters marched through Mexico City in rejection of the country’s energy and education reforms – 31st January 2014

http://revolution-news.com/live-blog-cnte-sme-march-mexico-city/

In Mexico’s Michoacan state, spiralling violence continued as civil unrest escalated – 14th January 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-mexicos-michoacan-state-spiraling-violence/2014/01/14/ed42bbe2-7d51-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_gallery.html#item0

Mexican riot police break up striking teachers’ occupation of city square – 14th September 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/14/mexico-riot-police-retake-zocalo-plaza

Europe

England

Citizens push to stop water cannons from being deployed on the UK’s austerity protests – 30th January 2014

http://revolution-news.com/stop-water-cannons-from-being-deployed-on-the-uks-austerity-protests/

Over 1,000 cyclists staged a “die-in” protest outside the Transport for London Head Quarters in protest of increasing cyclist death toll – 1st December 2013

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/dec/01/stop-killing-cyclists-die-in-tfl-protest

50,000 people attended a Manchester protest against austerity measures – 29th September 2013

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/29/thousands-protest-manchester-austerity

Thousands of people protested the UK Government’s brutal austerity measures – 1st April 2013

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173602/thousands-protest-uk-governments-brutal-austerity#

Ireland

Tens of thousands protested against austerity measures – 14th February 2013

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6162

Scotland

UK Independent Party’s Nigel Farage was mobbed by protesters in Edinburgh, labelling him “scum” for his sexist, racist and homophobic policies – May 17/13

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2013/may/17/ukip-nigel-farage-protesters-edinburgh-video

Thousands attended anti-bedroom tax protest in Glasgow, demonstrating against low-income tax hikes – 1st June 2013

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6336

Wales

Protesters marched through Pontypridd over education funding cuts – 16th Nov 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24971561

Germany

Protesters and 4,000 riot police clash in Hamburg demonstrations for the protection of public space and refugee rights – 21st December 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWwDsPSe7iM

Police Attack Rote Flora demonstration in Hamburg – 24th December 2013

http://revolution-news.com/hamburg-police-attacked-rote-flora-demo-hh2112/

Thousands in German march in anti-NSA protest – 8th September 2013

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-thousands-german-anti-nsa-protest.html

Anti-austerity protests: Spain, Germany, Portugal – 1st June 2013

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-austerity-protests-spain-germany-203305956.html

Spain

Spanish protests over new austerity measures – 16th February 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9413107/Spanish-protests-over-new-austerity-measures.html

Basques march in support of separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) prisoners despite Madrid ban – 11th January 2014

http://rt.com/news/spain-protest-ban-eta-468/

Protesters demonstrate against austerity measures across Spain – 11th March 2013

http://www.dw.de/protesters-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-across-spain/a-16662588

Portugal

Portuguese soldiers stage anti-austerity protest – 13th February 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/14/350603/portuguese-soldiers-protest-austerity/

Mass protest erupts in Portugal against austerity budget – 20th December 2013

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/833251.shtml#.UwB7m03xvIU

Anti-austerity protesters occupy government ministries – 26th November 2013

http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/26/portugal-anti-austerity-protesters-occupy-government-ministries/

1.5 million people protest in the streets against austerity – 3rd March 2013

http://revolution-news.com/portugal-lived-today-a-million-and-a-half-people-in-the-streets-against-austerity/

Thousands join anti-austerity march in Lisbon, protesting 2014 budget – 2nd February 2014

http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/02/lisbon-thousands-join-anti-austerity-march-over-2014-budget/

Italy

Italy’s president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy – 17th December 2013

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100026297/italys-president-fears-violent-insurrection-in-2014-but-offers-no-remedy/

‘Pitchfork’ protests rattle Italian government – 13th December 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25368433

Italian anti-austerity protesters clash with police in Rome – 19th October 2013

http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/19/italy-anti-austerity-protesters-clash-with-police-in-rome/

Switzerland

20,000 Swiss civil servants march in protest of austerity – 16th Mar 2013

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130316/20000-swiss-civil-servants-protest-austerity

France

Police attacked 20,000 French citizens protesting against Airport Notre-Dame-Des-Landes – 22nd February 2014

http://revolution-news.com/police-attack-20000-french-citizens-protesting-airport-notre-dame-des-landes/

French conservatives marched against government ‘family-phobia’ – 2nd February 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/02/us-france-protests-idUSBREA110AG20140202

Thousands staged anti-government protests in Paris – 26th January 2014

http://www.dw.de/thousands-stage-anti-government-protests-in-paris/a-17388432

French government suspends ecotax after violent protests – 29th October 2013

http://www.english.rfi.fr/economy/20131029-french-government-suspends-ecotax-after-violent-protests

Tens of thousands of French protesters reject austerity – 5th May 2013

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100708805

Greece

Police in Greece fired tear gas at anti-European Union protesters in central Athens – 9th January 2014

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/01/protests-greet-greece-eu-presidency-201418232129222153.html

Thousands of Greeks mark 40th anniversary of student uprising, protest against austerity – 17th November 2013

http://rt.com/news/greece-rally-austerity-protest-872/

Thousands join fresh Greece protests against the far-right Golden Dawn political party – 25th September 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24275978

Wave of protests engulfed Greece following the closure of close the state-run Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. – 17th June 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/europe/wave-of-protests-engulfs-greece.html?_r=0

Belgium

Several thousand people marched in anti-austerity protest in Brussels – 21st February 2013

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tv/several-thousands-march-in-anti-austerity-protest-in-brussels-2149

Austria

Over 6,000 people join protests in Vienna out the front of a ball thrown by the Austrian ’far-right’ party – 25th January 2014

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/thousands-join-protests-in-vienna-against-austrian-ball-for-farright-9084916.html

Protest wave against new Austrian government rises – 18th December 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/us-austria-politics-protest-idUSBRE9BH0W120131218

Ukraine

Up to 200,000 people protest anti-protest laws in Hrushevskoho street riots – 19th January 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hrushevskoho_Street_riots

Ukraine parliament removed President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled Kiev in “coup” – 22nd February 2014

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/22/uk-ukraine-idUKBREA1H0EM20140222

Over 300,000 defy protest ban in Ukraine – 2nd December 2013

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/12/tens-thousands-back-streets-kiev-2013121123920784539.html

Bosnia

Bosnia-Herzegovina hit by wave of violent protests – 7th February 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/bosnia-herzegovina-wave-violent-protests

Bosnia’s ethnic rivals join forces in anti-government protests – 11th June 2013

http://news.yahoo.com/bosnias-ethnic-rivals-join-forces-protests-132007667.html

Serbia

Scientists in Serbia protest against dire financial situation – 7th July 2013

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/07/07/scientists-in-serbia-protest-against-dire-financial-situation/

Poland

Large demonstrations were held in Poland against government austerity policies – 23rd September 2013

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/23/pola-s23.html

Tens of thousands join march for jobs in Poland – 14th September 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/14/us-poland-protests-idUSBRE98D09I20130914

Hungary

International protest against criminalization of homelessness in Hungary – 12th February 2014

http://www.reclaiming-spaces.org/2014/02/international-protest-against-criminalization-of-homelessness-in-hungary/

Protests against government plans to increase Hungary’s nuclear power facilities – 3rd February 2014

http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//RTV/2014/02/03/RTV030214006/#sthash.Kwe5xI5A.dpuf

Albania

Thousands of Albanians protested their government over plans to accept Syrian chemical weapons – 15th November 2014

http://vostokcable.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/yes-we-can-say-no-a-new-chapter-in-albanias-protests/

Belarus

Belarus car owners flooded into downtown minsk to protest new tax – 20th December 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-20/belarus-car-owners-flood-into-downtown-minsk-to-protest-new-tax.html

Bulgaria

Bulgarians held first anti-Cabinet rally for 2014 – 3rd January 2014

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=156920

Bulgarian government resigned amid large scale austerity protests – 20th February 2013

http://euobserver.com/economic/119128

Romania

U.S. energy company Chevron suspended activities in Romania following anti-fracking protests –  12th December 2013

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131207/chevron-suspends-activities-amid-romania-anti-fracking-protests

Montenegro

Anti-Government protesters and police clashed in Montenegro – 15th February 2014

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304315004579385103432404042

Denmark

Sale of government assets to Goldman Sachs ignites political crisis – 6th February 2014

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-06/in-denmark-goldman-sachs-deal-ignites-political-crisis

Sweden

Thousands of Swedish citizens of Eritrean origin protested arson attacks against Swedish-Eritreans community centers – 22nd March 2013

http://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/europe/protests-arson-attacks-against-swedish-eritreans.html

Thousands take to the streets for anti-racism protest in Sweden after similar rally marred by neo-Nazi attack – 23rd December 2013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528252/Thousands-streets-anti-racism-protest-Sweden-similar-rally-marred-neo-Nazi-attack.html#ixzz2tV2EwI6p

Iceland

Icelanders overthrew their government and rewrote the Constitution in response to corporeate/banking fraud – 2nd December 2013 (ongoing)
http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/icelanders-overthrow-government-and-rewrite-constitution-after-banking-fraud-no-word-from-us-media/

Russia

Over ten thousand people marched in Moscow to support opposition activists charged over anti-Kremlin rally – 2nd February 2014

http://revolution-news.com/over-ten-thousand-march-in-moscow-to-support-charged-opposition-activists/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/us-russia-protest-putin-idUSBRE95B0LG20130612

Middle East

Syria

No links necessary: just open any news site.

Bahrain

Peaceful protesters in al-Daih clashed with Bahrain forces over the death of another activist in prison. – 27th February 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/27/352542/bahrain-forces-clash-with-protesters/

Bahrain protesters mark uprising anniversary – 14th February 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/blast-kills-bahrain-policeman-during-uprising-protests-081445291.html

Clashes, tear-gas mark third anniversary of Bahrain uprising – 14th February 2014

http://rt.com/news/clashes-anniversary-bahrain-uprising-956/ 

Jordan

Protesters across Jordan call for social reforms – 6th December 2013
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/07/Protesters-across-Jordan-call-for-social-reforms.html 

Saudi Arabia

Saudis protest for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination of government – 28th September 2013

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/09/28/326560/saudis-protest-govt-discrimination/

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi buying a new mercenary force to suppress “internal unrest” against petro-monarchies – 15th June 2013

http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/abu-dhabi-buying-a-new-mercenary-force-to-suppress-internal-unrest-against-petro-monarchies/

Iran

Bakhtiaris clashed with security forces in Isfahan over the UN’s inaction regarding the plight of Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty in Iraq – 24th February 2014

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests

Asia

Thailand

Open any news paper or news website

India

The changing face of Indian government (2014 elections) – 6th January 2014

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/05/world/asia/india-elections-look-forward/

India creates new 29th state amid protests – 20th February 2014

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/20/india_creates_new_29th_state_amid_protests.html

Pakistan

Political party ordered the shutdown of Karachi, Pakistan, over what it claimed were targeted killings of its members – 8th February 2014
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/08/Political-party-calls-for-Karachi-shutdown-as-protest/UPI-53851391893081

Nationwide protests in Pakistan over unemployment, corruption and privatization – February & March 2014

http://vimeo.com/86785195

Sri Lanka

Thousands protest against government corruption and mismanagement in Sri Lanka – 28th January 2014

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/thousands-protest-against-government-sri-lanka

South Korea

1000 Buddhist Monks joined mass protests against systemic election manipulation – 28th November 2013

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/11/28/south-korea-thousand-buddhist-monks-join-protests-against-election-manipulation/

100,000 South Koreans protest election manipulation and labor union clampdown – 28th December 2013

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/12/28/photos-100000-south-koreans-protest-election-scandal-labor-clampdown/  

Afghanistan

Peaceful protest in Kabul suppressed, intended to silence public dissent against the government – 7th May 2013

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/afghanistan-peaceful-protest-suppressed

Kyrgystan

Thousands protest former Osh Mayor’s defeat in mayoral elections after he appeared in support of an anti-government protest – 15th January 2014

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67939 

Kazakhstan

Police in Kazakhstan have detained a number of demonstrators during a protest rally against the devaluation of the country’s national currency – 3rd March 2014

 http://www.presstv.com/detail/2014/02/15/350837/kazakh-police-arrest-almaty-protesters/ 

Uzbekistan

Uzbek activists were detained for backing Ukrainian anti-government protests – 30th January 2014

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2014/01/30/325801/uzbek-activists-detained-for-backing-ukrainian-protests.html

Bangladesh

Opposition parties vowed to continue protests as violence, party boycott and Islamist ban mars polls – 6th January 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/05/bangladesh

Myanmar/Burma

Protesters call for end to harsh laws and release of political prisoners – 6th January 2014

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-05/an-myanmar-protest/5185610

Vietnam

Vietnam deploys dancers to foil protests marking the 35th anniversary of a bloody border war between China and Vietnam – 16th February 2014

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/vietnam-deploys-dancers-foil-protests

Anti-China protesters gather in Vietnam’s capital – 19th January 2014
http://townhall.com/news/world/2014/01/19/antichina-protesters-gather-in-vietnams-capital-n1781259

Cambodia

Massive pro-democracy protests in the streets of Phnom Penh in late December and early January unmask anti-Vietnam views – 24th January 2014

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/01/cambodia-protests-unmask-anti-vietnam-views-2014122101345786547.html  

Riot police were recently deployed in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to break up anti-government protests, calls for for democratic reform – 26th January 2014

from:      http://wakeup-world.com/2014/03/05/the-world-stands-up-and-says-no-more/

UFO’s Around the Sun

Cube Returns To Earths Sun With Fleet Of Orbs, March 3, 2014, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: March 3, 2014
Location of sighting: Earths Sun
A lot of people assume these videos are fake…and that is 100% wrong. They are real. I can confirm it myself and have many time over. These UFO are massive in scale. As a matter of fact, I am looking at the cube UFO right now using my iPhone app called SOHO Viewer and yes…its there! I will take a screenshot and post it below. The cube can be found labeled LASCO C2 on 2014/03/03 23:24. This video below was made by Myunhauzen74 of Youtube and he…never…lies about these UFOs. There is nothing to lie about…because they are there! If you call him a lier, then you are calling me a lier and should not be on this site at all. I don’t take such accusations lightly. These UFOs were first announced to the world back in early 2012 by Russian scientists who stated that there were UFOs as big as our moon and Earth itself shooting around at high speeds and often making sudden right turns without slowing down. Now NASA photos do confirm there are anomalies that are orbiting our sun. One of them is a cube…but today the cube is accompanied by a fleet of orbs. SCW
screenshot above taken directly from official NASA app today on my iPhone 5s.
Video is best in FULL SCREEN MODE with HD settings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUQf_N1yeHg#t=149

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from:   http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2014/03/cube-returns-to-earths-sun-with-fleet.html

Snowden Docs REport UFO’s

Leaked document confirms report linking Edward Snowden to UFOs, Feb 2014, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: February 2014
Source: Edward Snowden documents
URL: http://www.examiner.com/article/leaked-document-confirms-2013-examiner-report-linking-edward-snowden-to-ufos
Examiner States:
In a stunning development published on February 24, 2014, the Intercept has released three UFO images as part of a 50-slide PowerPoint presentation from what it describes as the Edward Snowden archives of secret files allegedly stolen from the NSA. Publication of “The Art of Deception: Training for a New Generation of Online Covert Operations” now offers independent third-party evidence linking the self-styled surveillance program whistleblower to UFOs in support of claims that first appeared in an internationally syndicated news article released over seven months earlier. (Click Here to read more at source).

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from:    http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2014/03/leaked-document-confirms-report-linking.html

Improprieties @ Horizon Organic

Horizon “Organic” Factory Farm Accused of Improprieties, Again

February 14th, 2014

Selective Enforcement by USDA Alleged — Kid Glove Treatment for Dean Foods/WhiteWave

In an open letter published today and addressed to USDA National Organic Program chief Miles McEvoy, The Cornucopia Institute accused the regulatory agency of abdicating its enforcement responsibilities.   Cornucopia, an organic industry watchdog, charged that the USDA had allowed Dean Foods and its WhiteWave subsidiary to, allegedly, operate a giant factory farm dairy that has been illegally disadvantaging the nation’s family-scale dairy producers.

The Cornucopia Institute also filed, on February 11, its third formal legal complaint alleging Dean/WhiteWave’s giant industrial dairy, located in Paul, Idaho has continued to operate illegally.

“We’re hoping that third time’s a charm,” said Cornucopia’s Senior Farm Policy Analyst, Mark Kastel.

Prior complaints by The Cornucopia Institute have resulted in the decertification and/or downsizing of a number of other certified organic Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in the organic dairy sector, milking up to 10,000 cows each.  Cornucopia has suggested that Dean Foods, with its heavy investment in federal election financing and strong lobbying presence in Washington, has “indemnified” the agribusiness giant from judicious enforcement.

WhiteWave“Just as we have banks that have become ‘too big to fail,’ in organics we see Dean Foods and WhiteWave (recently spun-off in 2013 through an IPO on Wall Street), one of the largest industry participants and the kingpin in the powerful Organic Trade Association, repeatedly and successfully flashing their ‘get out of jail free card’ purchased by influence peddlers in Washington,” Kastel explained.

Originally managing over 8,000 head of cattle and thousands of acres of land in an arid region of Southern Idaho, Dean/WhiteWave’s dairy — providing milk for the Horizon Organic label — was accused by Cornucopia, starting in 2005, of confining cattle in pens and buildings instead of providing access to pasture and grazing as federal organic law requires.

Cornucopia claims that their use of these allegedly illegal techniques resulted in millions of dollars of “ill-gotten gains” by catapulting the Horizon label into not only the largest brand in the organic dairy sector, but the largest brand, by dollar volume, in the entire organic industry.

overview Idaho dairy small 10_10_09 001Although the dairy in recent years reduced the number of cows it was managing, and added, for the first time, some amount of pasture, it also increased the number of times the cows were being milked from twice a day to three and even four times a day.

“Properly managing an organic dairy farm by moving the herd to fresh pasture after each twice-per-day milking becomes more and more difficult as herd size gets larger,” said Kevin Engelbert, a certified organic dairy farmer from Nichols, New York.  “If a farm gets to the point of milking thousands of cows, 24 hours a day, the logistics of getting the herd from the milking facility to fresh grass, legitimately grazing – as required by law – becomes impossible.”

Recent interviews with dairy staff by Cornucopia investigators suggest that, to promote extremely high levels of milk production, the Horizon farm management prevented the cows from being put out on pasture between some of the milkings, and when they were out, made sure their bellies were already full of high-production rations (TMR feed) eaten in the barn.

Meanwhile, a select group of “fresh, high producing cows,” being milked four times a day, were being entirely confined until their production levels dropped.

The reported level of milk production from the herd supplying Horizon Organics is seen on conventional CAFO dairies, but is very uncharacteristic of legitimate family-scale organic dairies.

“The cows were either prevented from going out and grazing, or if they did go out on pasture they probably didn’t eat much fresh grass but instead lay down and chewed their cud, digesting the ration already eaten in the barn,” Kastel surmised.

The federal regulations explicitly require all livestock to have access to the outdoors and, specifically, ruminants (including dairy and beef cattle, sheep and goats) to have access to high quality pasture.

Cornucopia’s Kastel explained: “There are regulatory provisions allowing a farmer to ‘temporarily’ confine animals if letting them out on pasture would jeopardize their health or cause environmental problems.  But nowhere in the standards do they allow confinement because moving thousands of cows back and forth to fresh grass would cut into milk production.”

This past December, after WhiteWave announced to its shareholders a $7.4 million write-down of the asset, it sold its corporate-owned industrial dairy to private investors in Idaho, although its Horizon brand continues to purchase its milk output.

“There is no statute of limitations in terms of enforcing federal organic standards,” said Kastel.  “We are asking the USDA to reopen our original complaints and fully investigate our new allegations that the cows on this dairy produced unreasonable amounts of milk based on skirting the requirement that they be fully grazed.”

In 2008 the dairy publication The Milkweed published test results comparing brands of organic milk for nutritional compounds that make the milk healthier and are indicative of the amount of grazing time cattle are provided.  The top-rated brand was Cedar Summit, distributing milk in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  The lowest was Aurora Organic Dairy, an organization based in Colorado depending exclusively on factory farms and supplying private-label organic milk to Walmart, Costco, Target and other chains.  One notch up from the bottom was the Horizon brand.

“WhiteWave continues to purchase milk from giant factory dairies in addition to many family farmers.  WhiteWave’s family farm suppliers are, we believe, just as ethical as the farmers supplying other brands,” Kastel affirmed.  “But the Horizon brand depends on giant CAFOs, milking thousands of cows each, for a large percentage of their production and that impacts the quality and nutritional value of all their products.”

“Small organic dairies nationwide have struggled with drought, flooding and oppressive heat. Still, we have pastured our cattle as required by the National Organic Program (NOP),” said Jim Goodman, who milks 45 cows near Wonewoc, Wisconsin.  ”We have provided a product that consumers expect when they buy organic and we make it work economically – without cutting corners.”

“If factory farm organic dairies are unwilling or unable to meet the NOP’s pasture provisions,” Goodman said, “then perhaps it is time they are notified that their continued noncompliance to the National Organic Standards has gone on too long and they should seek a non-organic market for their milk.”

from:    http://www.cornucopia.org/2014/02/horizon-organic-factory-farm-accused-improprieties/

Math, Power, & the Language of the Universe

Math: Your Secret Weapon Against Wall Street and the NSA

Edward Frenkel wants you to understand mathematics so economists, bankers, corporations, and intelligence agencies can’t manipulate you anymore.

—By and

| Fri Feb. 28, 2014
Edward Frenkel. Elizabeth Lippman

As Edward Frenkel sees it, the way we teach math in schools today is about as exciting as watching paint dry. So it’s not surprising that when he brings up the fact that he’s a mathematician at dinner parties, eyes quickly glaze over. “Most people, unfortunately, have a very bad experience with mathematics,” Frenkel says. And no wonder: The math we learn in school is as far from what Frenkel believes is the soul of mathematics as a painted fence is from “The Starry Night” by Van Gogh, Frenkel’s favorite painter.

The Russian born University of California-Berkeley mathematician, whose day job involves probing the connections between math and quantum physics, wants to change that. Rather than alienating drudgery, Frenkel views math as an “archipelago of knowledge” that’s universally available to all of us, and he’s been everywhere of late spreading the word. In particular, Frenkel is intent on warning us about how people are constantly using (or misusing) math to get our personal data, to hack our emails, to game our stock markets. “The powers that be sort of exploit our ignorance, and manipulate us more when we are less aware of mathematics,” said Frenkel on the latest episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast. If you hated math in high school, maybe that will catch your attention.

Frenkel’s paean to math begins with an emphasis on its unifying nature. To him, math—not religion—is the one shared body of firm, unchanging knowledge that we all possess and that nobody can ever take away from us. “You meet someone, you don’t know where they come from, what language they speak, what is their background,” he says. “But you already know that there is so much you have in common, because all the mathematical ideas that have ever been discovered, we all share them.” If you met an alien intelligence, the same would be true. Math never changes. It sometimes has discoverers, but never authors or owners. “It’s a great equalizer,” Frenkel says.

The implications of math’s universality, incidentally, are downright spooky. Take this New York Times essay by Frenkel, contemplating whether the fact that math works so perfectly and without fail suggests we might be living in a Matrix-like simulation. For a while, it was the most viewed article on the paper’s website. The question of why math works to describe the universe, even as we also just happen to have brains that can understand it, is a pretty momentous one. Or as Galileo put it:

Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed. It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it; without these, one wanders about in a dark labyrinth.

Such contemplations have driven more than one scientist to God. But then, hey, it could just be Agent Smith.

Deep philosophical dives aren’t Frenkel’s only approach to math popularization: His leading approach is egalitarian. Liberal. He argues that today, and often to our peril, we leave the tough math to experts—whether they are working on quantum physics, stock market trajectories, or encryption systems that are supposed to protect our data.

But our mathematical illiteracy can have disastrous consequences. Case in point: Frenkel blames the global economic crisis of 2008-09 on inadequate mathematical models used by bankers and traders to predict the financial markets. “We should all have access to the mathematical knowledge and tools needed to protect us from arbitrary decisions made by the powerful few in an increasingly math-driven world,” writes Frenkel in his book, Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality. “Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.”

Or take another example: Last year in Slate, Frenkel explained how the NSA manipulated math in order to install secret “backdoors” in the encryption systems that are supposed to protect our data. That’s what allows the agency to hack into our emails and personal information. The math is very high level, involving a field called “elliptic curve cryptography,” but in this highly watched YouTube video Frenkel explains it pretty simply:

Or take yet another example of people using math to take advantage of us. Frenkel has also explored how attempted changes to the formula for calculating the consumer price index, or CPI—a measure of inflation that is crucial to any number of economic policies and decisions—in effect represent a stealth way to raise our taxes and cut Social Security benefits. But we just shrug because it’s math, says Frenkel. “I’m not even going to try to understand what this formula is,” he says, summing up the typical thought process. “If they’re telling me it should be replaced, it should be replaced.”

In other words, you might call it the politically progressive, look-out-for-the-little-guy case for math literacy. “Mathematics equals rigor plus intellectual integrity times reliance on facts,” adds Frenkel in his book.

Certainly, Frenkel makes a strong case that going through the world in a math-illiterate state is equivalent to having your defenses down. You won’t understand the algorithms that Facebook, Amazon, and Google are using to populate your screen with stuff they want you to buy. You won’t know how safe you are on the internet. And you won’t see the next big economic shenanigan coming until it’s too late.

But the question is, is such understanding really possible or plausible for most people? Most of us think that in order to truly appreciate the mysterious beauty of mathematics, we need to study it intensely for a long period of time. Not so, insists Frenkel. While most of us learn the basics of biology in school and have at least a rudimentary understanding of fundamental concepts like genetics and evolution, we generally don’t even know what the fundamental concepts of high-level mathematics are. But Frenkel insists that we need not suffer through years of math study to grasp the key mathematical ideas. Rather, we can learn “a few chords,” he says, just as we can on the guitar.

So here comes one of those chords: Frenkel thinks that rather than learning something ancient and dry like Euclidean geometry, we should all understand the principle of symmetry. It’s a very simple idea, but also a concept that is “incredibly powerful,” says Frenkel, and one that is relevant across geometry, algebra, and other aspects of math. An object is symmetrical insofar as it is the same no matter what you do to it; it is invariant despite transformations. Like a round glass: “If I turn away, and you rotate it, and I look back, I will not know the difference,” says Frenkel.

Symmetry may seem like a simple idea. But the mathematics of symmetry quickly grow elaborate, and thinking about symmetry actually played an important role in the discovery of quarks, the elementary particles that comprise protons and neutrons.

Certainly, symmetry is not the kind of thing that you learned in your boring high school math classes; and for Frenkel, that’s the problem. “What most people talk about when they say the word ‘math’ is not really math—it is painting fences,” says Frenkel. Not only is that a tragedy, it’s a disadvantage.

And that’s why you should care about math. Forget the idea that it’s alienating and hard. According to Frenkel, life is hard without it.

To listen to the full podcast interview with Edward Frenkel, you can stream below:

(Check out link for podcast)

This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast hosted by neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas and best-selling author Chris Mooney, also features a discussion about whether offshore wind farms can protect our coasts from hurricanes, and new insights on the possible physical location of memory within the brain.

from:    http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/inquiring-minds-edward-frenkel-math-doesnt-suck

New Leak at Fukushima

New highly radioactive leak at Japan’s Fukushima plant

By Mari Saito

TOKYO Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:40am EST

1 of 2. Highly contaminated water leaked from a large storage tank is seen at the H6 area of the contaminated water storage tanks, at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture in this February 20, 2014 handout photo released by TEPCO.

Credit: Reuters/Tokyo Electric Power Co/Handout via Reuters

(Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that 100 metric tons of highly contaminated water had leaked out of a tank, the worst incident since last August, when a series of radioactive water leaks sparked international alarm.

Tokyo Electric Power Co told reporters the latest leak was unlikely to have reached the ocean. But news of the leak at the site, devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, further undercut public trust in a utility rocked by a string of mishaps and disclosure issues.

“We are taking various measures, but we apologize for worrying the public with such a leak,” said Masayuki Ono, a spokesman for the utility, also known as Tepco.

“Water is unlikely to have reached the ocean as there is no drainage in that tank area.”

Tepco said water overflowed from a large storage tank at the site late on Wednesday after a valve had remained open by mistake and sent too much contaminated water into a separate holding area.

A worker patrolling the area, around 700 meters from the ocean, spotted drips of water leaking through a drain attached to the side of the tank.

The utility has been harshly criticized for its response to the three nuclear meltdowns following the quake and tsunami at the plant, 220 km (130 miles) north of Tokyo.

A nuclear regulatory official last week said Tepco delayed release of record-high measurements of strontium-90 in groundwater despite repeated requests by the regulator.

Initial measurements of the latest incident showed the leaked water had a reading of 230 million becquerels per liter of beta-emitting radioactive isotopes, including strontium 90.

That level is almost equal to that recorded in last year’s leak of 300 metric tons of contaminated water, deemed a “serious incident”, or level three, on the seven-point international scale for radiological releases.

The legal limit for releasing strontium 90 into the ocean is 30 becquerels per liter.

from:    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-japan-fukushima-tepco-idUSBREA1J08E20140220

The MtGox/Bitcoin Collapse

 

As bitcoin exchange MtGox collapses, man who predicted the crash implores bitcoin holders to stop being suckered into a digital Ponzi scheme

Mike Adams, The Health Ranger

(NaturalNews) In April of 2013, I warned Natural News readers about investing in Bitcoin, saying on the record:

The bitcoin infrastructure is subject to the whims of just one person running MTGox who can arbitrarily decide to shut it down whenever he thinks the market needs a “cooling period.” This is nearly equivalent to a financial dictatorship where one person calls the shots.

Just two days ago, the largest bitcoin exchange MTGox suddenly and without warning shuttered its doors, blocking all customers from accessing their accounts which are collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The entire MTGox website now reads:

Dear MtGox Customers,

In light of recent news reports and the potential repercussions on MtGox’s operations and the market, a decision was taken to close all transactions for the time being in order to protect the site and our users. We will be closely monitoring the situation and will react accordingly.

Best regards,
MtGox Team

Here’s the screen shot of the message:

Health Ranger calls Bitcoin crash… again!

I’m on the record as the one person who accurately and publicly predicted the massive 2013 bitcoin crash just 24 hours before it happened. That story is covered in detail in this Natural News article.

After predicting this crash which saw a billion-dollar drop in bitcoin values, I was of course attacked by a full complement of bitcoin pushers who are just as deluded about bitcoin as the average American is about federal reserve notes.

According to bitcoin enthusiasts, some of whom have long abandoned any attachment to actual reality, bitcoin will save human economies from collapse, bitcoin can always be trusted because it’s anonymous, bitcoin is going to rise to $100,000 per bitcoin, and so on ad nauseum.

That’s why on April 11, 2013, I wrote:

Keep in mind that MtGox makes money off bitcoin transactions, meaning the organization has every reason to spin bad news (just like Wall Street) and keep the market “churning” so that more transactions are taking place. Listening to bitcoin advice from people who are making money off bitcoin transactions is a lot like listening to Obama promise you how he’ll protect your liberty.

You are a fool if you believe anything now coming out of the “bitcoin cult.”

MtGox crash makes total fools – again! – out of bitcoin apologists

As is now obvious from recent events, my foreboding words were right on the money. Or in this case, the loss of money. When MtGox decided to close its doors and disappear over the weekend, hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of accounts vanished with it.

For all we know, the very founders of MtGox simply swiped everybody’s bitcoins and fled to Japan en route to the Cayman Islands where they will now enjoy a life of luxury, laughing it up at all the gullible suckers who bought into the bitcoin Ponzi scheme in the first place.

And yes, bitcoin looks a whole lot more like a Ponzi scheme than a legitimate currency at this point. The only reason bitcoin valuation rose over the last year is because more and more fools were suckered into spending “real” money to buy a virtual currency protected by absolutely nothing. They were baited and reeled in by a deceptive MtGox which tried to spin every major red flag failure as yet another “success.” As I wrote about MtGox a year ago:

Every piece of bad news will be “spun” by exchanges like MtGox into good-sounding news. As bitcoin was crashing yesterday by 60% in value in mere hours, MtGox announced it was a “victim of our own success!” So while bitcoin holders watched $1 billion in market valuation evaporate, MtGox called it a success. Gee, then what would you call it when bitcoin loses 99%? A “raging” success?

How to avoid being victimized by bitcoin schemes

Tempted by greed, nearly every human being will predictably abandon all rationality and dive headfirst into almost any scheme that looks likely to produce financial gain without effort.

Honestly stated, most people got into bitcoin for the simple, raw reason that it was a “get rich quick” opportunity. Buy low, sell high. It’s the same scam repeated throughout the history of financial markets and made famous by people like Ponzi and Bernie Madoff.

As much as I try to warn people here on Natural News about financial schemes, inexperienced minds are nonetheless easily influenced by seductive promises of riches without effort. It’s the oldest investment scheme in the book: “Buy now and you’ll be rich! You’re smart to buy now!”

The hype that propelled bitcoin’s initial rise was of course chock full of seductive messages and tempting promises. But in retrospect, nearly all the bitcoin buzz was generated entirely by the very people who stood to benefit from a rise in bitcoin’s value.

Bitcoin was, essentially, a multi-level marketing currency Ponzi scheme where every person who bought in wanted to convince yet more people to buy in so that their own buy-ins would rise in value as heightened demand collided with limited supply. In this greed-driven quest, true believers shamelessly attacked anyone who asked intelligent questions or exhibited even the least bit of skepticism about the long-term stability of the bitcoin currency. Rationality was entirely abandoned, largely by people who technically should know better, because “bitcoin-type” people tend to be among the highest IQ people in society. Yet even they lose massive IQ points when tempted by greed.

My best advice? Buy a farm with a water supply and grow your own food

So once again, I implore all Natural News readers and fans to get out of bitcoin and don’t get suckered by it. But don’t dump your money into greenbacks, either, because that’s just another scheme of a different type: a global debt scheme structured on deliberate currency debasement engineered by the Fed: a slow, deliberate theft of economic productivity by those who control the world’s money supply.

You want to invest in something of real value? Buy an actual farm with good soil and a sustainable water supply. That’s worth more than all the bitcoins in the world, if you ask me. Bitcoins are fleeting. They can — and do — disappear in the blink of an eye. But if you own farm land with clean water and good soil, you’re sitting on a gold mine of food production, and a piece of land is significantly more difficult to take away from someone than a bunch of encrypted digital files.

It’s food that’s going to soon become the new currency for a society in collapse, after all. Mark my words on this prediction: A food apocalypse is coming. Those who cannot produce their own food in a decentralized, secure manner — which curiously reflects some of the properties of a virtual currency — will sooner or later find themselves subjugated and powerless.

Personally, I’d rather have a secure farm, a locker full of heirloom seeds and a working aquaponics food production system than a hard drive full of bitcoins. Long after both bitcoins and federal reserve notes have crashed into oblivion, I’ll have living fruit, vegetables, medicinal herbs and clean fish protein to barter with. The question for you is: What will you have of value to barter in exchange? A pathetic thumb drive that “used to have a million dollars worth of bitcoins on it?”

Reconsider that strategy while you still have time.

On Disinformation

Everything Is A Lie: The Deliberate Intent To Deceive People Is At An All Time High

From pollution to politics, the era of deception and duplicity has reached new heights and hijacked almost every form of media in the world. In the last frontiers for truth such as the internet, disinformation operations are in full swing to discredit and destroy any semblance of authentic and factual information available to the public.

How many more lies will people around the world accept as truth? Some say a global awakening is taking place, but at what cost? Will it take the destruction of most of the earth and its resources before people are enlightened?

The escalating media and political reports are so far fetched, cunning, and so beyond reality, it’s as if each is trying to top the other with one sinister plot after the next. To demonstrate the outright lies by national governments and the media, let’s take three examples from the last year alone, including the H1N1 scandal, airport body scanners and the BP oil disaster.

The H1N1 Scandal

Last year, the H1N1 scandal reached its pinnacle in the fall of 2009 when the world united on the internet with a consensus and practical understanding of the World Health Organization’s orchestratration to deceive the masses. From radio, internet, television, newspapers, magazines, outdoor posters, signage and promotions, you could not escape the flu hype campaigns so diligently pursued by all the malicious agendas at play who only wanted one thing – to promote a dangerous H1N1 vaccine. After hundreds of reports exposed the criminal activity by all levels of government, we left the same people in power to do it all over again.

According to preliminary reports, another round of pandemic vaccine campaigns are scheduled for the 2010/2011 season and they’re already underway. However, there appears to be a recombination that has changed the H1N1 lab created virus into a more lethal form and it is not a hoax, but it may be yet another CDC lab experiment.

The CDC has recently issued a Health Advisory in connection with two summer outbreaks of H3N2 in Iowa. Other reports from Russia and India indicate that a real epidemic may be upon us if the virus steadily recombines and acquires new genetics. Even though a new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs, reassortment of H1N1-H5N1 has been a legitimate concern for years. The WHO first suggested the reassortment of H1N1-H5N1 in 2004.

If this is really the case, how will the public react after all the lies from health agencies who have sworn to protect us? Will they hype another vaccine and if so, will the public even respond?

Body Scanners

They’ve been approved all over the world and marketed as the next greatest airport scanning technology. The U.S., U.K., Russia, Australia, Europe and Canada have all installed airport body scanners which have potentially devastating health effects.

Many of these scanners are reportedly using terahertz (THz) waves, the radiation that fills the slot in the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and infrared. Evidence suggests that although the forces generated are tiny, resonant effects allow THz waves to unzip double-stranded DNA, creating bubbles in the double strand that could significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication.

As the path toward rolling out wider use of whole-body scanners in U.S. airports ran through the White House, Obama expedited their deployment because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) didn’t need legislation from Congress to start using the devices at any of the 560 U.S. airports.

The White House ignored all the scientific evidence presented which suggested negative health effects. Politicians and regulatory agencies then covered up the bad publicity on naked body scanners and focused on the presumed benefits under the guise of public safety.

Privacy commisioners and airport authorities have also insisted that there were no risks of images being stored or personal details being revealed to security screeners. Now there’s new evidence to show that the scanners can do just that.

According to a CNET report, another federal agency, the U.S. Marshall’s service, admitted that it had actually stored over 30,000 images recorded by a full-body scanner used at a Florida courthouse.

A watchdog group called the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) obtained over 100 of the images and states on its web site that, “The images, which are routinely captured by the federal agency, prove that body scanning devices store and record images of individuals stripped naked.” The group has filed a lawsuit to suspend the deployment of body scanners at airports.

EPIC also discovered that the TSA actually specified to manufacturers that the machines have the ability to send and store images. The TSA says that these functions are only for testing and training and insists on its web site that the airport body scanners are delivered to airports with storage and recording functions disabled.

Again, the upper levels of the echelon are caught lying and deceiving, yet they are still left to their own devices to further manipulate and continue misrepresenting facts to the gullible public.

BP Oil Disaster

When news unfolded about the April 20, 2010 BP oil disaster, it went from bad to worse. Instead of immediately mobilizing for action in the face of a massive public health threat, the response was to cover-up, deny and respond with ignorance. After all the public will always believe them, or so they thought.

The Obama administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S. Coast Guard commandant admiral Thad Allen, energy and climate-change policy adviser Carol Browner, BP and all their contituents conspired to deliberately mislead the public from the inception of the disaster to present day. What’s worse is they all agreed to further disseminate toxins in the Gulf by spraying 1.8 to 2 million gallons of the neurotoxin Corexit which was exposed by over a hundred scientists, toxicologists and other experts who have unequivocally classified the irresponsible aerial spraying of the chemical dispersant as a large-scale, uncontrolled non-consensual human and environmental experiment is being conducted in the Gulf region.

The media was grossly censoring the extent of the devastation in the Gulf. The poisons–oil and corexit are destined to spread globally, but honest reporting was and still is restricted, and many independent investigators have been arrested. Read 30 Facts Evidencing that The Gulf Oil Crisis Was Planned.

On June 12, 2010, The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) released “Risk of Global Climate Change By BP Oil Spill“, a document detailing how the BP spill may cause irreparable damage to the Gulf Stream global climate thermoregulation activity. Read Gulf Loop Current Destroyed: May Lead To Shut Down of Atlantic Thermoregulation, Rapid Cooling.

According to Dr. Gianluigi Zangari, an Italian theoretical physicist, and major complex and chaotic systems analyst at the Frascati National Laboratories in Italy, the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has stalled as a consequence of the BP oil spill disaster. Zangari notes that the effects of this stall have also begun to spread to the Gulf Stream. This is because the Loop Current is a crucial element of the Gulf Stream itself and why it is commonly referred to as the “main engine” of the Stream.

The concern now, is whether or not natural processes can re-establish the stalled Loop Current. If not, we could begin to see global crop failures as early as 2011.

Zangari’s assessment is based on daily monitoring of real-time data oceanographic satellite public data feeds called “Real-Time Mesoscale Altimetry” from the Jason, Topex/Poseidon, Geosat, Follow-On, ERS-2 and Envisat satellites.

These satellite feeds are captured and made publicly available by NASA, NOAA and by the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The CCAR is now being accused of scientific fraud and tampering of data directly associated with the events surrounding the Loop Current phenomenon and its current anomalies. Various reporters have spear-headed the charge including radio personality Dr. Bill Deagle who has featured Dr. Zangari on his radio show The Nutrimedical Report where he detailed the events leading up to the destruction of the Loop Current in the Gulf.

Dr. Zangari has stated that he will no longer use CCAR data due to its unreliability.

Organized and Professional Disinformation Operations

Well-funded and highly-organized disinformation operations are in full-swing throughout the internet. From forums to comment boards and even professional websites that have only one purpose: Defame, distract, and destroy the truth.

However organized, the tactics are very predictable in a world filled with lies and half-truths. This, sadly, includes every day news media, one of the worst offenders with respect to being a source of disinformation.

Disinformation campaigns are launched against those seeking to uncover and expose the truth and/or the conspiracy. The H1N1 scandal was a prime example of how hundreds of operations can be launched to sway opinions on the facts. For every fact-based article on the realities of the H1N1 vaccine, there were both very primitive and sophisticated counters on message boards, comment forums and hundreds of alternative and mainstream websites.

Stephen Barrett’s Quackwatch.com and supporters such as skeptic.org.uk and skepticblog.com are examples of websites which promote both synthetic and organic disinformation on almost any topic that does not concur with mainstream thought.

There are specific tactics which disinfo artists tend to apply, as H. Michael Sweeney has brilliantly detailed. Also included with this material are eight common traits of the disinfo artist which may also prove useful in identifying players and motives. The more a particular party fits the traits and is guilty of following the rules, the more likely they are a professional disinfo artist with a vested motive. People can be bought, threatened, or blackmailed into providing disinformation, so even “good guys” can be suspect in many cases.

A rational person participating as one interested in the truth will evaluate that chain of evidence and conclude either that the links are solid and conclusive, that one or more links are weak and need further development before conclusion can be arrived at, or that one or more links can be broken, usually invalidating (but not necessarily so, if parallel links already exist or can be found, or if a particular link was merely supportive, but not in itself key) the argument. The game is played by raising issues which either strengthen or weaken (preferably to the point of breaking) these links. It is the job of a disinfo artist to interfere with these evaluation… to at least make people think the links are weak or broken when, in truth, they are not… or to propose alternative solutions leading away from the truth. Often, by simply impeding and slowing down the process through disinformation tactics, a level of victory is assured because apathy increases with time and rhetoric.

It would seem true in almost every instance, that if one cannot break the chain of evidence for a given solution, revelation of truth has won out. If the chain is broken either a new link must be forged, or a whole new chain developed, or the solution is invalid an a new one must be found… but truth still wins out. There is no shame in being the creator or supporter of a failed solution, chain, or link, if done with honesty in search of the truth. This is the rational approach. While it is understandable that a person can become emotionally involved with a particular side of a given issue, it is really unimportant who wins, as long as truth wins. But the disinfo artist will seek to emotionalize and chastise any failure (real or false claims thereof), and will seek by means of intimidation to prevent discussion in general.

It is the disinfo artist and those who may pull their strings (those who stand to suffer should the crime be solved) MUST seek to prevent rational and complete examination of any chain of evidence which would hang them. Since fact and truth seldom fall on their own, they must be overcome with lies and deceit. Those who are professional in the art of lies and deceit, such as the intelligence community and the professional criminal (often the same people or at least working together), tend to apply fairly well defined and observable tools in this process. However, the public at large is not well armed against such weapons, and is often easily led astray by these time-proven tactics. Remarkably, not even media and law enforcement have NOT BEEN TRAINED to deal with these issues. For the most part, only the players themselves understand the rules of the game.

Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.

2. Become incredulous and indignant.

Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used to show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the ‘How dare you!’ gambit.

3. Create rumor mongers.

Avoid discussing issues by describing all charges, regardless of venue or evidence, as mere rumors and wild accusations. Other derogatory terms mutually exclusive of truth may work as well. This method works especially well with a silent press because the only way the public can learn of the facts are through such ‘arguable rumors’. If you can associate the material with the Internet, use this fact to certify it a ‘wild rumor’ from a ‘bunch of kids on the Internet’ which can have no basis in fact.

4. Use a straw man.

Find or create a seeming element of your opponent’s argument which you can easily knock down to make yourself look good and the opponent to look bad. Either make up an issue you may safely imply exists based on your interpretation of the opponent/opponent arguments/situation, or select the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Amplify their significance and destroy them in a way which appears to debunk all the charges, real and fabricated alike, while actually avoiding discussion of the real issues.

5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule.

This is also known as the primary ‘attack the messenger’ ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as ‘kooks’, ‘right-wing’, ‘liberal’, ‘left-wing’, ‘terrorists’, ‘conspiracy buffs’, ‘radicals’, ‘militia’, ‘racists’, ‘religious fanatics’, ‘sexual deviates’, and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.

6. Hit and Run.

In any public forum, make a brief attack of your opponent or the opponent position and then scamper off before an answer can be fielded, or simply ignore any answer. This works extremely well in Internet and letters-to-the-editor environments where a steady stream of new identities can be called upon without having to explain critical reasoning — simply make an accusation or other attack, never discussing issues, and never answering any subsequent response, for that would dignify the opponent’s viewpoint.

7. Question motives.

Twist or amplify any fact which could be taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.

8. Invoke authority.

Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough ‘jargon’ and ‘minutia’ to illustrate you are ‘one who knows’, and simply say it isn’t so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.

9. Play Dumb.

No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues except with denials they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.

10. Associate opponent charges with old news.

A derivative of the straw man — usually, in any large-scale matter of high visibility, someone will make charges early on which can be or were already easily dealt with – a kind of investment for the future should the matter not be so easily contained.) Where it can be foreseen, have your own side raise a straw man issue and have it dealt with early on as part of the initial contingency plans. Subsequent charges, regardless of validity or new ground uncovered, can usually then be associated with the original charge and dismissed as simply being a rehash without need to address current issues — so much the better where the opponent is or was involved with the original source.

11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions.

Using a minor matter or element of the facts, take the ‘high road’ and ‘confess’ with candor that some innocent mistake, in hindsight, was made — but that opponents have seized on the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion and imply greater criminalities which, ‘just aren’t so.’ Others can reinforce this on your behalf, later, and even publicly ‘call for an end to the nonsense’ because you have already ‘done the right thing.’ Done properly, this can garner sympathy and respect for ‘coming clean’ and ‘owning up’ to your mistakes without addressing more serious issues.

12. Enigmas have no solution.

Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve. This causes those otherwise following the matter to begin to lose interest more quickly without having to address the actual issues.

13. Alice in Wonderland Logic.

Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards or with an apparent deductive logic which forbears any actual material fact.

14. Demand complete solutions.

Avoid the issues by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely, a ploy which works best with issues qualifying for rule 10.

15. Fit the facts to alternate conclusions.

This requires creative thinking unless the crime was planned with contingency conclusions in place.

16. Vanish evidence and witnesses.

If it does not exist, it is not fact, and you won’t have to address the issue.

17. Change the subject.

Usually in connection with one of the other ploys listed here, find a way to side-track the discussion with abrasive or controversial comments in hopes of turning attention to a new, more manageable topic. This works especially well with companions who can ‘argue’ with you over the new topic and polarize the discussion arena in order to avoid discussing more key issues.

18. Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents.

If you can’t do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how ‘sensitive they are to criticism.’

19. Ignore facts presented, demand impossible proofs.

This is perhaps a variant of the ‘play dumb’ rule. Regardless of what material may be presented by an opponent in public forums, claim the material irrelevant and demand proof that is impossible for the opponent to come by (it may exist, but not be at his disposal, or it may be something which is known to be safely destroyed or withheld, such as a murder weapon.) In order to completely avoid discussing issues, it may be required that you to categorically deny and be critical of media or books as valid sources, deny that witnesses are acceptable, or even deny that statements made by government or other authorities have any meaning or relevance.

20. False evidence.

Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations — as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution. This works best when the crime was designed with contingencies for the purpose, and the facts cannot be easily separated from the fabrications.

21. Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor, or other empowered investigative body.

Subvert the (process) to your benefit and effectively neutralize all sensitive issues without open discussion. Once convened, the evidence and testimony are required to be secret when properly handled. For instance, if you own the prosecuting attorney, it can insure a Grand Jury hears no useful evidence and that the evidence is sealed an unavailable to subsequent investigators. Once a favorable verdict is achieved, the matter can be considered officially closed. Usually, this technique is applied to find the guilty innocent, but it can also be used to obtain charges when seeking to frame a victim.

22. Manufacture a new truth.

Create your own expert(s), group(s), author(s), leader(s) or influence existing ones willing to forge new ground via scientific, investigative, or social research or testimony which concludes favorably. In this way, if you must actually address issues, you can do so authoritatively.

23. Create bigger distractions.

If the above does not seem to be working to distract from sensitive issues, or to prevent unwanted media coverage of unstoppable events such as trials, create bigger news stories (or treat them as such) to distract the multitudes.

24. Silence critics.

If the above methods do not prevail, consider removing opponents from circulation by some definitive solution so that the need to address issues is removed entirely. This can be by their death, arrest and detention, blackmail or destruction of their character by release of blackmail information, or merely by destroying them financially, emotionally, or severely damaging their health.

25. Vanish.

If you are a key holder of secrets or otherwise overly illuminated and you think the heat is getting too hot, to avoid the issues, vacate the kitchen.

Eight Traits of the Disinformationalist

1) Avoidance

They never actually discuss issues head-on or provide constructive input, generally avoiding citation of references or credentials. Rather, they merely imply this, that, and the other. Virtually everything about their presentation implies their authority and expert knowledge in the matter without any further justification for credibility.

2) Selectivity

They tend to pick and choose opponents carefully, either applying the hit-and-run approach against mere commentators supportive of opponents, or focusing heavier attacks on key opponents who are known to directly address issues. Should a commentator become argumentative with any success, the focus will shift to include the commentator as well.

3) Coincidental

They tend to surface suddenly and somewhat coincidentally with a new controversial topic with no clear prior record of participation in general discussions in the particular public arena involved. They likewise tend to vanish once the topic is no longer of general concern. They were likely directed or elected to be there for a reason, and vanish with the reason.

4) Teamwork

They tend to operate in self-congratulatory and complementary packs or teams. Of course, this can happen naturally in any public forum, but there will likely be an ongoing pattern of frequent exchanges of this sort where professionals are involved. Sometimes one of the players will infiltrate the opponent camp to become a source for straw man or other tactics designed to dilute opponent presentation strength.

5) Anti-conspiratorial

They almost always have disdain for ‘conspiracy theorists’ and, usually, for those who in any way believe JFK was not killed by LHO. Ask yourself why, if they hold such disdain for conspiracy theorists, do they focus on defending a single topic discussed in a News Group (NG) focusing on conspiracies? One might think they would either be trying to make fools of everyone on every topic, or simply ignore the group they hold in such disdain. Or, one might more rightly conclude they have an ulterior motive for their actions in going out of their way to focus as they do.

6) Artificial Emotions

An odd kind of ‘artificial’ emotionalism and an unusually thick skin — an ability to persevere and persist even in the face of overwhelming criticism and unacceptance. This likely stems from intelligence community training that, no matter how condemning the evidence, deny everything, and never become emotionally involved or reactive. The net result for a disinfo artist is that emotions can seem artificial. Most people, if responding in anger, for instance, will express their animosity throughout their rebuttal.

But disinfo types usually have trouble maintaining the ‘image’ and are hot and cold with respect to pretended emotions and their usually more calm or unemotional communications style. It’s just a job, and they often seem unable to ‘act their role in character’ as well in a communications medium as they might be able in a real face-to-face conversation/confrontation.

You might have outright rage and indignation one moment, ho-hum the next, and more anger later — an emotional yo-yo. With respect to being thick-skinned, no amount of criticism will deter them from doing their job, and they will generally continue their old disinfo patterns without any adjustments to criticisms of how obvious it is that they play that game — where a more rational individual who truly cares what others think might seek to improve their communications style, substance, and so forth, or simply give up.

7) Inconsistent

There is also a tendency to make mistakes which betray their true self/motives. This may stem from not really knowing their topic, or it may be somewhat ‘freudian’, so to speak, in that perhaps they really root for the side of truth deep within.

I have noted that often, they will simply cite contradictory information which neutralizes itself and the author. For instance, one such player claimed to be a Navy pilot, but blamed his poor communicating skills (spelling, grammar, incoherent style) on having only a grade-school education. I’m not aware of too many Navy pilots who don’t have a college degree. Another claimed no knowledge of a particular topic/situation but later claimed first-hand knowledge of it.

8) Time Constant

There are three ways this can be seen to work, especially when the government or other empowered player is involved in a cover up operation:

  • ANY NG posting by a targeted proponent for truth can result in an IMMEDIATE response. The government and other empowered players can afford to pay people to sit there and watch for an opportunity to do some damage. SINCE DISINFO IN A NG ONLY WORKS IF THE READER SEES IT – FAST RESPONSE IS CALLED FOR, or the visitor may be swayed towards truth.
  • When dealing in more direct ways with a disinformationalist, such as email, DELAY IS CALLED FOR – there will usually be a minimum of a 48-72 hour delay. This allows a sit-down team discussion on response strategy for best effect, and even enough time to ‘get permission’ or instruction from a formal chain of command.
  • In the NG example 1) above, it will often ALSO be seen that bigger guns are drawn and fired after the same 48-72 hours delay – the team approach in play. This is especially true when the targeted truth seeker or their comments are considered more important with respect to potential to reveal truth. Thus, a serious truth sayer will be attacked twice for the same sin.

Remarkably, even media and law enforcement have NOT BEEN TRAINED to deal with these issues. For the most part, only the players themselves understand the rules of the game.

Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy.

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