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The American Ruling Class
The American Ruling Class
I don't watch very much TV, but sometimes there is a show scheduled with a topic that interests me. Tonight was such an occasion. A documentary titled The American Ruling Class aired on LINK TV. LINK TV is an alternative media station that presents topics and viewpoints you would never expect to see on a MSM station. It is fully funded by viewer donations, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that a woman from the town where I live pledged funds of up to $100,000 to match viewer donations to LINK TV. This documentary was particularly interesting in that well known people within the ruling class (basically people who earn more than $500,000 annually and who are in positions of power and influence) were interviewed and often revealed the truth about the wealthy ruling class through what they said. In one scene, a young man visits the office of a hedge fund manager who logs into the Bloomberg information website on his computer and pulls up information showing who the actual owners of General Electric really are. It is a list of several well known banks and Investment firms, including JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank. I'm not at all surprised by that, but I think many others would be. General Electric Company is well known by most people for their electric home appliance products, but they are actually a multinational corporation that is involved in manufacture of a multitude of products including jet engines and atomic generators. They are also one of the largest patent holders worldwide, and are probably only second to General Motors in the number of suppressed technology patents held. As the documentary goes on to point out, big money owns everything, and there are just a handful of people in the world who control these major banks and investment firms. Anything they don't already own can be bought, including the presidency. Presidents and administrations come and go, but the big money bankers and investment firms never go away. They are always there, hiding behind a corporate fascade. Anyone visiting the Deutsche Bank website http://www.db.com/csr/index_e.htm and believing what is presented there, would think that they are the world's greatest benefactor. Deutsche Bank, of course, has been involved in several big scandals, one of which involved insider trading that placed massive pre-911 put options (bets that stock prices would fall) on stocks of companies that stood to be affected most by 911 incidents. The majority of put options on United Aitlines stock was handled by the Alex Brown Inc firm, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank. Was anyone ever charged in relation to those activities? I don't think so, and that just shows how powerful they are. Quite interestingly, Buzzy Krongard, who headed the Alex Brown firm until 1998, was the Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency at the time of the 911 incidents. It is now known that he also has served as a consultant and advisory board member of Blackwater USA, the New World Orders leading intelligence-related corporate mercenary death squad now under investigation for war crimes, murder, arms smuggling, and fraud in Iraq. Also very interesting is the fact that Buzzy's brother, Howard Krongard, served as the State Department's Inspector General, a post that he used to stonewall and quash attempts to investigate Blackwater. And the deeper you dig, the more dirt comes out. The Bush family accounts were largely handled by Alex Brown Inc, and Deutsche Bank handled the accounts of the Bin Laden group, and also an account for Pakistan's ISI (intelligence agency) leader Imtiaz, who was arrested and convicted for keeping tens of millions of dollars from heroin smuggling activities in his Deutsche Bank account. As for J.P Morgan, you may remember that they received 30 billion dollars in TARP funds for agreeing to buy out failing Bear Stearns for 29 billion. Stearns was failing because they held some bad assets, however they also held many good assets. J.P. Morgan became the owner of those good assets, valued at more than the Stearns buyout, and never paid a penny for them. We did! We, the American taxpayers. I tell you, the stench is getting so bad that I feel like I am going to pass out from holding my breath. The worst part is that I know this is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. Just a tale of two corporations from the top of a barrel of rotten apples. I am sure that others here also have similar stories they would like to share.
You can see segments of The American Ruling Class documentary on YouTube:
YouTube - The American Ruling Class Trailer
YouTube - (2005) - The American Ruling Class - 1998 - Jobs with No Security - suffering, starvation, death
YouTube - Empire Falls from The American Ruling Class!
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That is why the findings of the scientist of a thermitic matireal found in the world trade center dust is not plastered our TV screens for that is tangable evidence that the world was just fed nothing but lies concerning the events of 9/11.
Next after this H1N1 kills a good portion of humanity, they more than likely have a story as to how this could have happen, and again no one will be held accountable.
Those that have been following my little thread will be the few that find energy independence for now even the circuit is done, so energy independence is now ours for the taking. All one has to do is build it for I imagine any attempts to mass distribute this technology will only lead to the persons that try to do so's death.
Hi folks, I myself am fully aware of the shenanigans of these ones. Why I and the rest of the innocent ones of humanity are in this scenario, only god knows, but I would venture to say it is a learning experience so we do not make or entertain these ideas or ways of life again. Heaven is heaven because folks have gotten over the idea of dominating others and instead see all as one big family in love. Thanks for the thread.
peace love light
I mentioned the following in another thread before but I'll say it again.
This is the information that should lead one to removing themselves completely from under the influence of any bank.
That means No PayPal, No debit cards, No credit cards, No loans, If possible No gasoline, coal, Or oil based products. Personal energy production. Barder based trade instead of cash payments. Barder is not taxed, in America anyway. And research the ownership of companies you do do business with. Buying from someone who is in debt extremely to a bank is also contributing.
List goes on... to food production and storage, health care, Auto coverage, Homeowner insurance. Most of these can be replaced with Bond, depending on where you live.
It the only power one person has against these people. If there are enough they loose. Slowly but surely.
There is no other way. The politicians won't do it as general assembly at a federal level. A revolution isn't possible do to the fear most have of over throwing and restarting a government, or just fighting in general.
A small group of people at a local level could do quite a bit if greed didn't corrupt.
You gotta remember, we let it get to this point, by not being educated overall, Not being reactive and hostile enough towards our leadership.
If we beat one in public everynow and then they would still be working for us.
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Tax Responsibilities of Bartering Participants
If you engage in barter transactions you may have tax responsibilities. You may be subject to liabilities for income tax, self-employment tax, employment tax, or excise tax. Your barter activities may result in ordinary business income, capital gains or capital losses, or you may have a nondeductible personal loss. Barter dollars or trade dollars are identical to real dollars for tax reporting. If you conduct any direct barter - barter for anothers products or services - you will have to report the fair market value of the products or services you received on your tax return.
Reporting Bartering Proceeds
If you barter your products or services through a barter exchange, you should receive a Form 1099-B, Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions. The amount shown in 1099-B Box 3 Bartering is your barter transactions proceeds and is generally reportable as income and must be included on your tax return. Barter exchanges have an annual obligation to report your bartering proceeds to the IRS.
Really bites, doesn't it?
Hi folks, simple answer to that Rick is unless your an employee of the government or acquiring profits from outside the country, the so called 'irs' does not apply to us, period and even if threatened with jail, it still does not apply. In fact, threats just prove the con they play.
peace love light
What role does the SEC play in the American Ruling Class?
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created by Congress during the Great Depression. The idea was to create a watchdog agency that would keep an eye on Wall Street brokerages and stock exchanges, and hopefully end the kind of abuses that triggered the market crash of 1929. The SEC was given the power to license and regulate stock exchanges, the companies whose securities traded on them, and the brokers and dealers who conducted the trading. The enforcement authority given by Congress allows the SEC to bring civil enforcement actions against individuals or companies who have allegedly committed accounting fraud, provided false information, or engaged in insider trading or other violations of the security law. Sounds like a good idea, right? But wait a minute - why is it that the SEC apparently took no action to investigate or charge Deutsche Bank for its role in insider trading related to pre-911 American Airlines put options? (see post #1 for further details about that scandal)
More recently, the SEC was criticized for ignoring 9 years of requests to investigate Bernie Madoff. As you may remember, Madoff was finally convicted in March of this year for operating a Ponzi scheme Ponzi scheme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that bilked investors out of more than 50 Billion dollars. This is said to be the largest financial fraud ever committed by a single person. Madoff had been chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, a Wall Street firm, and had also been chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange. The SEC had reportedly conducted several investigations since 1992 regarding Madoff, but no charges were ever filed. Harry Markopolos testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee in March of this year, saying that he had presented evidence, regarding Madoff's fraudulent activities, to SEC over a 9 year period, but that the SEC failed to take any action. See the Markopolous testimony here: YouTube - Markopolos: I gift wrapped and delivered the largest Ponzi scheme in history to the SEC
When one realizes that the SEC is run either directly by the American Ruling Class, or by puppets of the Ruling Class, such gross neglect and dereliction of duty becomes understandable.
YouTube - SEC corruption is limitless : Markopolos congress testimony on Madoff fraud
The SEC is headed by five commissioners, each of whom is a lawyer. Nearly all started their careers as corporate lawyers, defending and advising corporations on legal matters. The current chairperson of the SEC is Mary Schapiro, who assumed that position on January 22, 2009 under president Obama. In 2009, under the direction of Schapiro, the SEC attempted to settle a case with Bank of America regarding the disclosure of bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch executives just before their take over by Bank of America. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff threw out the proposed $33 million dollar settlement saying it "does not comport with the most elementary notions of justice and morality". Schapiro is reportedly considering early retirement in the wake of the scandal.
The scandals never end, do they? And they won't end as long as the American Ruling Class Wall Street elite, big money bankers, and corporate lawyers are placed in key government positions.
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"Good luck catching me....".
I'm not bragging about not paying taxes, I pay my tax's if I don't have charitable write offs, losses, ect...
But an exchange between me and my neighbor, hell they don't get that much honesty out of me.
And thats what primarily talking about..... Small trade, instead running out and buying or renting something on credit, see if you can trade to get it done. Its not always that easy though...
Its just one of them things that can easily be accomplished with out any involvement with banks or other things.
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Interesting for me, that the German Bank is involved at it,
because i live there. But seriously, you as a Citizen in this Land have no Control over the Politicans her Politic, or the Banks,
supposing, like everywhere.
Germany is still under the Control from the 4 victorous power and the EU, we still got only a peace treaty, Germany itself dont exist!, because one from our smart Politicans H. Kohl, did dissolve the BRD as we should be united with Ex-DDR.
This is a well-protected secret, what the Mediums dont spread.
Peoples here are most time pretty powerless, when they wanna have Changes.
Actually, they do what they want, Laws get waved through at 23.12, when the half of the Politicans are not at Work,
or they just pass resolutions, and noone can do anything.
We got a solidarity tax since we became united with East-Germany,
where they said, 'its just for one year'. Now, 15 Years has passed, and its still there, even, that there is no sense for it anymore.
At the latest Bank crash, we did sponsor the Banks with Billions, but theyr Manager still get her annual Provisions, and dont care about, where it do comes from.
At an other Forum, someone started a similar Posts, where all the Patents left from 19xx.
Someone wrote, that most of them been declared as state secrets, and been confiscated after the WW.
All Material, what been used at this Time been changed, that they dont work,
as they do in theyr nature form.
All you can do, is read the Patents, what are allready 'overhauled' and changed,
do get the Basic Knowledge, and see, if you can make something to work.
It's a Trick, We Always Use It
Theorizer are like High Voltage. A lot hot Air with no Power behind but they are the dead of applied Work and Ideas.
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The ruling class seeks to keep the majority of citizens in a state of crisis as a control mechanism. Ruinous taxation, high energy costs, job losses and investment scandals all add to maintaining a high level of anxiety and a low standard of living. This is the real terrorism stalking us.
People are easily manipulated when they're terrorized and think they need someone else to solve their problems for them. The ruling elite are only too happy to oblige.
Free energy would throw a large wrench into the gears of this weapon of mass deception. It would raise everyones standard of living significantly. Do you think this is going to be allowed?
We all pay a large percentage of our income towards energy costs, both directly and indirectly. It's nothing more than a hidden tax which is specifically designed to rob us of our wealth.
Wealth equates directly to "power". Whether that power is used to maintain independence or peace of mind, it is a direct impediment to the ruling class's plans of complete domination. Therefore, wealth is stolen from us at every opportunity. It's no accident that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
As difficult as it is to create COP >1, the real battle will begin once that information starts to become utilized. The ruling class ********s aren't going to let it slide.
Thanks for the informative summary of that program rickoff,
along those lines is a recent article:
Gerald Celente explains Obamageddon forecast amid call for The Great American Renaissance
October 8, 7:12 AM Manhattan Headlines Examiner Tim Barello
Gerald Celente explains âObamageddonâ forecast amid call for The Great American Renaissance
Gerald Celente, founder of The Trends Research Institute and publisher of the quarterly Trends Journal, is a staple of news and Internet media. Dubbed The Martial Artist of Trend Forecasting, Celente is world-renowned for his authoritative forecasts on events in financial markets and socio-political movements.
Another key derivatives critic is Christopher Story FRSA, editor of the UK-based International Currency Review, which he has been publishing for 40 years; Story counts central banks, sovereign treasuries, and government intelligence agencies around the world among subscribers. Noted as a former occasional adviser to Margaret Thatcher, he has long maintained that the entire derivatives sector is centered on fraud. His website also presents a chronicle of very serious allegations tantamount to charges of ongoing, worldwide economic terrorism against high-level individuals within the US government and financial sectors, including current and former presidents, cabinet secretaries, intelligence agents, as well as Federal Reserve and banking officials.
It is common knowledge that severe consequences accompany the willful publication of libel in the UK; per Mr. Story, Britains Head of State, Her Majesty the Queen, and many other world leaders, are fully aware of these allegations. As he has not been prosecuted for disseminating libelous statements, one can only assume that these charges, spanning back at least six years, are indeed based on facts. Granted, I am in no position to individually authenticate purported crimes, but I can enlighten others on what is being published over an international landscape; after reviewing this catalogue of analysis which forecast most of the events that are happening today some will certainly be inclined to contact US law enforcement agents, and demand an investigation into these shocking claims. If that is the case, please do so in a civil manner. (Note: this report has been submitted directly to American authorities.)
I mentioned Mr. Storys stance on derivatives to Gerald; the other allegations were not specifically referenced during our conversation. Story is one-hundred percent right these are con games, he said, in regards to derivatives.
People are slowly waking up. I knew a lot of this back in the early 70's. There are about 300 power brokers in the world. Power can easily corrupt and to the point of murder if you get in their way of there losing large sums of money. This includes world leaders. They are fairly subject to money and their agents of influence. I have been at odds against Corporations and Multinational Corporations for years. Ive watched them lie and use loophole tactics to cheat you out of money. At&t and Oil just being two of them. Ive seen people cheated out of their patents. Ive watched mom & pop businesses fold by the multitudes the past 40 years or so. Do you think Bill Gates became a Multi Billionaire by fair pricing or good business practices. Look who ran the Governments Sec and what happened. Until we wrestle back our control over governments it will not change. In my opinion there are too many high class mobsters running the world.
More on Madoff and the SEC
In my previous post, concerning the Madoff/SEC scandal, I pointed out how Madoff is said to have conducted the largest financial fraud scheme in history that is attributed to a single individual. But did he really pull this off all on his own? Not a chance. The SEC clearly enabled this 50 billion dollar ponzi scheme to go on unabated, even though they were furnished with clear evidence of wrondoing by Markopolis on five occasions over a 9 year period. Some very revealing information about that in this 60 Minutes interview with Markopolis:
YouTube - 60 Minutes Harry Markopolos Madoff Part1of2
and YouTube - 60 Minutes Harry Markopolos Madoff Part2of2
As seen in these videos, several large investment firms were "feeders" for Madoff's ponzi scheme, including the Connecticut firm Fairfield Greenwich, which steered more than 7 billion of investor money into Madoff's scheme. The ponzi scheme ended up wiping out the life savings of a great many inividuals, both wealthy and working class. Many pension funds and charitable organizations were fully invested in the Madoff ripoff, mostly because of faulty advice given by investment advisors at firms such as Fairfield Greenwich. These firms later claimed that they had no way of knowing that Madoff's "investment plan" was fraudulent, and that they were also victims. That is far from true. They had the ability, and the obligation, to thoroughly check out the validity of Madoff's investment claims before falsely advising investors. Madoff regularly published lists of so called successful stock and commodity trades that he had made, and these were shown to prospective investors at the feeder firms. These were totally bogus, as none of the listed trades ever took place - a fact that could easily have been discovered if the feeder firms had done due investigative diligence and simply made a few phone calls in an attempt to verify whether or not the reported trades were factual.
From what I have been able to determine, it looks as though the SEC never investigated the involvement of the feeder firms, and none of the firms owners or employees have been indicted. As a matter of fact, the SEC never did conduct an investigation resulting in bringing Madoff down. In the end, when Madoff realized that his ponzi scheme was about to collapse, he had his sons (who had conducted much of Bernie Madoff's business affairs) turn him in to authorities. This, of course, was to protect them from being charged in any way. Madoff has steadfastly maintained that he was the only person who had any knowledge concerning the fraud, but of course that is ridiculous, as the following 20/20 program investigative report shows:
YouTube - Bernard Madoff on 20/20 Part 1
and YouTube - Bernard Madoff on 20/20 Part 2
and YouTube - Bernard Madoff on 20/20 Part 3
Very revealing, don't you think?
Hehehe only in America
The Ponzi family is demanding that federal prosecutors stop using their name to describe Madoff's crimes
American Politics Journal - Ponzi Estate Sues Federal Prosecutors For Slander
Thanks for posting Rick its relative for the sites research. I am just finishing research on a Doc that shows 3% of the gold mined for Africa is returned. Plus many others of their natural resources are marauded and pillaged buy the ruling class. Gotta start with education i guess.
The name, "Ponzi scheme," is of course a reference to Charles Ponzi, the man who supposedly was the first (at least on a large scale) to sucker investors into unknowingly making investments in a pyramid scheme. Ponzi was not the first to use such a scheme, however, and his 7 million dollar swindle looks like peanuts compared to Madoff's 50 billion dollar take. Therefore, I can see why the Ponzi family is irked. Ponzi came to the US from Italy with only $2.50 in his pocket, and later was arrested and served 3 years in prison for forging a check. You would think that potential investors would have been more wary because of Ponzi's past, but their greed was what motivated them. Ponzi ran ads stating that he would pay investors a 50% interest in just 45 days, and of course people should have realized that was just too good to be true. He actually did pay early investors, but with money that came in from future investors once the word spread that Ponzi had paid up as promised. Now of course anyone who thinks they are making money hand over fist isn't going to cash in right away, so most people just left their money to grow, thinking they would become wealthy in a year or two. And that's the same kind of euphoria that Madoff's investors believed in. The difference is that Madoff was well known on Wall Street as a supposedly respectable businessman, having served as NASDAQ chairman, and operating a legitimate investment firm for several years. He was clever enough to refine the Ponzi scheme into something that truly had the appearance of being a remarkable series of wisely chosen and high yielding investments. If not for the deepening recession, and people choosing to pull their money out of the stock markets, Madoff might have been able to continue his deception for several more years. Madoff was definitely one of the powerful elite, and a member of the American Ruling Class. Like others of the Ruling Class, he contributed large sums of money to candidates in both the Democrat and Republican parties. When the scandal broke, a few senators quickly released their takes to be distributed to victims of Madoff's swindle, but many more politicians did not. Very few of Madoff's investors will ever see a dime of their investments returned, but what about Madoff - does he get to keep his several lavish estates for his family? And what of his legitimate Wall Street business? Can that be dissolved and the proceeds used to pay back swindled investors, or is his business a separate entity that is protected from that use? I haven't heard or seen the answers to these questions yet, but it would certainly be interesting to learn the truth.
Incidentally, after reading the article you provided a link to, I am now wondering where the Ponzi descendants came up with millions of dollars to invest with Madoff. Could it be that they were able somehow to hold onto a large part of the 7 million dollar fortune that Charles swindled his investors out of? If so then the adage, "what goes around comes around" would certainly hold true in this case, and also be well deserved.
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From Worldreports.org Christopher Story
The Bush Crime Syndicate, of course, had multiple outlets for the stealing, placement, distribution, and laundering of the vast flow of hijacked funds that it handled, of which the Madoff enterprise was one a point that needs to be borne in mind, so that the moribund Wanta situation is seen in its proper perspective. On 9th July 2009, it was reported that Irving Picard, the Trustee appointed by the Manhattan Court to take charge of identifying assets to compensate the victims, had stated that his investigations had unearthed a labyrinth of interrelated international funds, institutions and entities of almost unparalleled complexity and breadth.
Specifically, Mr Picard revealed that stolen assets had been identified in Britain, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. Mr Picard has despatched more than 230 subpoenas seeking overseas records and has received more than 15,400 claims against Madoff and his defunct Ponzi network. As in the case of the Wanta accounts, the funds that Mr Picard is chasing are in fact Bush Crime Syndicate funds, as Madoff was used as a key conduit for the dispersion of stolen funds (in accordance with the classic Ponzi model).
Thanks for the link; very interesting, though a bit loquacious.
Here's another very interesting excerpt.
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The rich don't always get richer
Thanks for your post. You made some good points. We have all heard the saying, "the rich get richer while the poor get poorer," and this certainly seems to be somewhat true. It seems to fit well with another saying - "it takes money to make money." Most of us, as mere peons in the overall scheme of things, would consider that the "rich" could be broadly defined as being any individuals or families who have a net worth of a million dollars or more. We are exposed to glimpses of such persons every day, in the form of Hollywood stars, recording artists, sports icons, and other celebrities who have practically made their fortunes overnight, and who spend them almost as quickly to live life in the luxury fast lane. It was precisely this group of "rich" people that lost the most through Madoff's ponzi scheme swindle. These rich people, certainly wealthy by our standards, were expecting to become richer through their investments with Madoff, and many of them were talked into investing their entire wealth, which of course was subsequently lost when Madoff's scheme collapsed. This shows, of course, that simply being wealthy does not buy membership into the American Ruling Class, where a code of "honor amongst thieves" exists which will not allow members to scam other members of the powerful elite. The rich and famous people that we are bombarded with on television and in media tabloids are just small fish to the power elite sharks who have amassed obscene fortunes, and who either own or control every facet of our lives. You are right, Ted, in saying that these power hungry slave masters will not be willing to give up their stranglehold control over energy, as that is no doubt their greatest asset. Historically, control of energy assets could be likened to a perpetual motion machine of which the input is sucking in vast amounts of humanity's dispersed wealth, and the output is a constantly converging stream of unimaginable wealth that is funneled and directed into the hands and pockets of a relatively small number of people in this world who hold the actual purse strings. It is going to be very tough to develop and deploy affordable free energy devices to the masses, but it is something we must continue to strive to do, and success in that endeavor is no doubt one of the strongest weapons that we can hope to bring to bear against those who have for so long suppressed and oppressed us.
Best to all,
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I know personally alot of people who have worked there. I have worked in the building along with alot of people I know. They are the largest employer in the state of MD.
Alot of people believe that because they have taps into communications lines and such that they have free rain to monitor you or anybody they want. Thats just not the truth. They have many FISA lawyers who file warrants and such continually. They aren't some black organization of people unchecked and unregulated. They primarily decode foreign communications and do linguistic work and the like...
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Nice thread!
I used to be a huge fan of these conspiracies, powers that be and so on. At the end the question comes "Well, what are you going to do about it?"
I flirt with these concepts in my blog but what I really want people to understand is fighting these forces head on would mean death. Not could mean death. Thus if you are preaching about it, driving up fears and anxiety you pretty have nothing to worry about. If you are strong, mental and spiritually, you are a goner. Now, thats a good thing. To be totally of the spirit is a good thing but adhering to spritual beliefs when you have this body is what we are here for anyway. Its kinda like polishing a rough stone in the tumultuous sea.
When man rules man. Man gets screwed.
Now that you know what you want, explore P.A.T.H.S
i was never very swayed by that fear stuff... it only seems to work on those who could possibly be intimidated by pointless threats. When you view this as it is, its hard to get very scared over it
And we are doing something right here in this forum and many other places... Doing much more than they are happy to see being done... We are putting a great deal of pressure on some who don't like being pressured... Too friggin bad: They are going to disclose on Free Energy and many other things anyway whether they like it or not, because the PEOPLE OF THE WORLD will make them. There are hundreds of millions of us waking up, and only handfuls of them. If i was one of them.... i would be the one scared here, hehehe.
I used to live in a world where "conspiracy" was a word synonymous and nearly always followed with the word "nut" ... That was because this word was deliberately and carefully made out to have these connotations by those who think they can control others through their thoughts, and who make a living at doing so... The idea of turning "conspiracy" in a pejorative based on derision started in the mid 1960's; to try and deflect folks from thinking too hard about the Kennedy Assassination (and Oswald's assassination by Jack Ruby right after it).... and it has gone on ever since. They really started cranking it up after 9/11 though, lol.
But the fact is, when folks get wise to these pathetic little parlor tricks, they really don't do squat... And we are not swayed by mere words and threats of doom. All they can really do to us is to make some suggestions: Which are immediately rejected for what they are.
Because true independence is the independence of thought. And any "revolution" we have is going to be a revolution of thought.. One with no bullets, but with something much more powerful.
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Bingo! jibbguy. Well said.
peace love light
What's more, the story about Leo Wanta is not just a story. It is fact. President Reagan authorized Leo Wanta as the guardian of these funds, and Federal Judge Gerald Bruce Lee upheld Wanta's role as trustor in a April 15, 2003 ruling which also directed that Wanta has the authority to go after and secure these funds and return them to the Treasury of the United States. Wanta realizes that any attempt to do this would be thwarted by the Federal Reserve, and will not attempt to return the money to the Treasury until the Federal Reserve is disempowered, which can only happen by abolishment, in which case monetary control would be returned to the Treasury. Certainly we would also need to kick Federal Reserve placements, such as Geithner, out of the Treasury department.
To hear the fascinating story of Leo Wanta in his own words, download the following two mp3 files:
Greg Szymanski - RBN 2006-0323-Thur 1pm Hr1 Leo Wanta: Free MP3 Download
Greg Szymanski - RBN 2006-0323-Thur 1pm Hr2 Leo Wanta: Free MP3 Download
These mp3 files are from a talk radio show broadcast done in March of 2006. They do include advertisement sections, but these can be easily skipped over as each such segment is 3 minutes in duration.
Well worth a listen.
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Last edited by rickoff; 10-13-2009 at 07:28 AM.
I think the rich focus too much on the sins of the non-rich and the non-rich focus too much on the sins of the rich.
Do people really think you can quantify sin by any population?
Anyway I had a different thought regarding this post. I wonder what will be the result of Obama now preventing the Swiss bank accounts situation. Will people move all that money back to the US and let it get taxed? Will people move out of the US?
But overall I have to look at this spiritually.
17Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
18But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius, 20and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
21"Caesar's," they replied.
Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
Matthew 22 - Passage*Lookup - New International Version - BibleGateway.com
What this means to me is that God does intend for us to honor whoever provides our roads, schools, police force, etc.
I'm not saying those people never get corrupt, I'm just saying all people get corrupt.
But on that:
Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. 39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God."
Acts 5 - Passage*Lookup - New International Version - BibleGateway.com
Meaning God will not let corruption get too far for too long.
I don't mean to say we are wrong for spotting any injustices out there.
Just saying I think it's possible to get too caught up in the us against them thing to where it's not productive.
We are all one
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From: Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes
Monday 12 October 2009
by: Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t | Report
The lawsuit centers around the Bush administration's surveillance programs, specifically the TSP, which was revealed by The New York Times in 2005. In defending the warrantless spying activities conducted by the NSA, the Bush administration said the TSP only allowed surveillance of electronic communications when one party is outside the United States and one party is suspected of being "a member or agent of al Qaeda or an associated terrorist organization," according to a letter from then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez.
The TSP was not administered or overseen by the special court set up by Congress to review secret surveillance activities. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) established the court as a check on the executive branch's power.
Under the TSP, the special FISA court was sidestepped, with shift supervisors at NSA - not judges in a courthouse - deciding who was an appropriate target for surveillance.
Whistleblowers have reported widespread abuse of this power. According to reports and documents, the NSA spied on UN Security Council members in the run-up to the Iraq war. Whistleblowers say the NSA monitored the personal calls of aid workers, journalists and active-duty soldiers serving in Iraq (video). Technology expert Mark Klein says that the NSA was collecting massive amounts of data traffic that passed through a major data hub in San Francisco.
Hi folks, Hi future pather, thanks for the words. You said "Just saying I think it's possible to get too caught up in the us against them thing to where it's not productive."
I understand what your getting at here, the issue in my mind are the systems that have been created that are not harmonious for humanity or the good of all. This may be why these ones still supporting these systems try to distract us from seeing and understanding how these basic systems function so as to have us looking at each other, or the puppets they install that are easily replaceable. However as Jibbguy points out, the people are awaking to these systems and there workings, and the lack and enslavement game will end. Schoolroom earth as they say.
peace love light
Obama and the Swiss bankers
The 4,500 affected account holders have had plenty of time, forewarning, and assistance from UBS in eliminating paper and computer trails, and shifting their assets to other locations which are not under fire. Switzerland is just one of a multitude of places where the ultra wealthy power elite has been able to hide their assets and set up corporations to avoid tax liabilities. Here's an example showing how easy it is:
Update: Swiss Bank Accounts; Tax Havens and Cheating the American Tax System Video
Incidentally, Birkenfeld, who was a whistleblower providing nearly all of the government's information in the UBS investigation, received a 40 month prison sentence, while his wealthiest tax evading client, Igor Olenicoff (a California real estate billionaire) was sentenced to two years' probation and agreed to pay $52 million in back taxes, penalties and interest. Two years probation, while whistleblower Birkenfeld gets nearly 4 years in prison? Go figure. This can only prevent other potential whistleblowers from coming forward, of course, and that can only be advantageous to those who want to stay out of the spotlight.
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Ladies… You Won't Look Like Arnold.
Posted by Corey Dee Williams in Fitness, Health, Uncategorized on March 2, 2011
Sometimes I have the uncontrollable urge to snicker when I hear the world's tiniest women voice concerns about bulking up. Some women avoid weight training like most guys avoid an all day shopping spree at boutiques in the local mall. For the vast majority of women there isn't much to be concerned about. The fact is… it's difficult to add a significant amount of muscle mass to your body, unless you are a VERY VERY heavy lifter on a high calorie diet. Your body type and genetics play a role in it as well. Don't get me wrong, I've seen some women that I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley, but generally speaking, if you don't have the genetic blueprint of Bigfoot's wife, it's not gonna happen. Some people actually believe that you can develop gigantic muscles from moving a five pound weight around. We would all look like Popeye after a can of spinach, if our biceps instantly grew from picking up a weight lighter than the average grocery bag! For the majority of people, bulking up usually requires eating like a horse, and lifting the equivalent of grandma's piano on a regular basis. Without an over abundance of testosterone, i.e. pharmaceutical enhancements, the amount of muscle the average person can put on in a short period of time is prone to major exaggeration. Only a handful of women aspire to be lumberjacks, most people are going to end up with a more toned and shapely look as the final result.
Jack Lalanne was not a big guy, yet at 60 he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf handcuffed, shackled and towing a 1,000-pound boat. At 70, handcuffed and shackled again, he towed 70 boats, carrying a total of 70 people, a mile and a half through Long Beach Harbor. He was a living example of what a normal person, exercising regularly will achieve… wait a minute, did I say normal?… never mind. Anyway, It didn't bulk him up!
Strength Training is one of the most important things you can do in terms of being healthy and fit. The kind of results that you achieve also have to do with the type of program you are engaged in… the amount of sets and repetitions you're doing, the exercise intensity, how often you do it, and whether you're splitting up muscle groups or doing a total body program. If you're naturally stocky, or want to lose weight, keep the number of repetitions high, between 15-20, and do total body circuit training. If you're lean and want to tone up, go for 10-12 repetitions. Always use a weight that you can control and lift with proper form.
Some of the health benefits of Strength Training include:
- Reduced body fat, and a more toned appearance
- Up to a 15% increase in your metabolic rate, (helps permanent weight loss)
- Fights muscle loss that occurs with dieting and age
- Increases your energy level
- Improves bone density, (helps prevent osteoporosis)
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Posted by Corey Dee Williams in Fitness, Health, Nutrition on February 23, 2011
Don't be fooled into thinking that good food tastes bad, because really… bad food taste bad – we just brainwash ourselves to believe it can't possibly be any good unless we shouldn't be eating it. A skillfully prepared healthy dish can be delicious, colorful, appetizing, satisfying, and habit forming. I have yet to hear someone tell me how great they physically felt after eating a half pound burger with bacon, egg and cheese, a side of fries, and a milkshake! (sound good?) When it comes to fat, the rule of thumb seems to be, if a little bit tastes good, twice as much will be better, right? Who wants to be stuck with half a stick of butter and nothing to put it in, just throw in the whole stick and it will just be more decadent!! How about a little salad, with that dressing? How about a baked potato, with that sour cream, bacon, butter, and extra cheese? Most cooking shows, (with the exception of a few), are a great example of what to do if you could care less. Try this dish, and check the scale at the end of the week… BAM!! Fast food commercials are like a form of hypnosis. Have you ever seen the new colossal, oversized, crazy meal, topped with the kitchen sink, and had the uncontrollable urge to rush right out to your car, and head for the nearest drive-thru? They could just about deep-fry a spicy shoe, melt some cheese on it, add some bacon and ranch dressing, and they've got a hit! The NEW Spicy Shoe Club!! …available for a limited time only!
The Good thing is… there seems to be an epidemic of people coming to their senses, and corporations considering change, due to the threat of having to produce calorie counts on menus. The Bad thing is… the wide spread acceptance of belly kings, and larger trunks with a lot more junk in 'em. The Ugly thing is… the increasing demand for out of control single servings, large enough to feed a family of three, and the longterm effect on our health.
There are two parts to eating right. One part is knowing how to make the best choice… the other part is doing It. I know this is going to sound corny, but we need to eat more fruits and vegetables. We're all pressed for time these days, but frozen foods with a whole day's worth of sodium in a single bite aren't the only logical choice. You can grill, broil, saute, or stir-fry chicken, fish, or lean beef, and prepare vegetables in about 20 minutes. When you're in a hurry, just keep it simple. When you eat at fast food and restaurant chains, check the calorie counts ahead of time – it's easier to make better choices, before you find yourself sitting in front of a huge menu full of temptations. If the ingredients are of unknown origin, then be sensible with the portion size. Last but not least… at the risk of over simplifying things, eat less and exercise more, to get control of the scale.
In Just Minutes A Day…
Posted by Corey Dee Williams in Fitness, Health, Nutrition on February 16, 2011
Fitting back into those jeans usually only requires a fraction of the time it took to pop the buttons. We can spend countless days, months, or even years ignoring our ever increasing belt size, and learning to conceal chubbiness. Some of us may even go through the traumatic experience of completely breaking off our relationship with the scale. When we're overcome by the urge for sudden change, we want results yesterday! Our impatience sometimes drives us to accept the unbelievable.
I've seen so many claims that getting in shape or losing weight can be done in minutes a day. Yeah, it really can be done in just minutes a day… not two or three, but about twenty to sixty. Overnight results are so desirable, that if the fine print… (diet and consistent cardiovascular exercise not included), was flashing in neon we would totally ignore it. The real problem is mismanagement of exercise time – for some people a trip to the gym is like happy hour, the problem is, mingling doesn't burn quite as many calories as real exercise. Some gyms even have "cardio theaters" in them, thinking you'll be there long enough to watch a movie, yikes!! Nobody likes the thought of a seemingly never-ending workout, or doing cardio until the cows come home.
It's no wonder "in just minutes a day" is a buzz phrase that instantly freezes the thumb on a TV remote, and can even sell shoes that promise to tone your butt… imagine that!! Don't get me wrong – doing anything for ten minutes a day vs. sitting and eating chips from the bag is a definite improvement, but major results usually require big changes. Most people can't go from the couch to a 5k overnight, or from Fatburgers to steamed veggies in a day, permanently! The best way to get there is by setting a series of small short term goals that eventually take you all the way to big changes. I recommend a balance, somewhere between complete laziness, and overdoing it. Above all, be consistent, even if it's only twenty minutes a day, and don't let yourself get away with anything. Here are a few tips for getting it going, and keeping it going…
- Plan what you will be doing
- Develop a set schedule for exercise
- Don't be disappointed if you can't fit it in sometimes
- Keep it interesting, weights one day, cardio another…
- When you're short on time or energy, do less but do something
Related Articles
- Dueling Cardio Machines (everydayhealth.com)
- Which Burns More Calories: Cardio vs. Strength Training (fitsugar.com)
*Results Not Typical
Posted by Corey Dee Williams in Fitness, Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized on February 9, 2011
In my nineteen plus years as a fitness trainer I still find myself amazed at what people don't know about exercising and getting into shape. It seems like… at least once a week someone comes up with some new gadget or makes some unsubstantiated claims about the next end all… be all exercise program or diet.
The truth is it's not as hard as everyone thinks, yet everybody's looking for a shortcut. Cheating at getting fit is like tunneling under a bank after hours to make a deposit, when all you have to do is wait until it opens and walk through the front door. Your can waste countless years of your life failing to find the easy way when in less than half that time you could become fit. How many people do you know that own multiple rickety gadgets that they paid just three payments of $19.95 for… "But wait – if you act now we'll throw in this useless rubber-band that will get you absolutely no results." So many people invest in cheap gadgets that end up becoming expensive coat racks in their bedroom or junk for the future garage sale. It would be a lot cheaper to go out and buy a few dozen hangers. Sometimes the ridiculous becomes so popular it starts to make sense to us. "Don't eat bread, don't eat fruit." Now how many people do you know of that actually packed on the pounds by eating too much fruit? It was more than likely the THREE six-packs of soda loaded with un-pronounceable ingredients, and that all time favorite High Fructose Corn Syrup, or the so-called "Value Size" meals that they washed down with it.
The morning show comes on… and they announce a segment on something new they have to tell you about getting healthy, and you sit through two thirds of the show to find out that it comes right back around to those two little words everybody hates to hear: "Diet and Exercise." "Diet" sounds like a challenge, "Exercise" sounds like a lot of work, but when you put them both together, it sounds like you are saying "Mount Everest." I have never liked the word "Diet"… to me it implies that you're going to do something temporary to get results… then go back to doing what got you in trouble in the first place. Exercise can be fun, rewarding, energizing, but when done incorrectly can be the most boring counterproductive regime you've ever involved yourself in. You can only climb Mount Everest one step at a time, don't look up and don't look down, just stay focused on the next step. One of the reasons I started this blog is because some of the stuff we fall for is really funny, but also to let people know that the truth isn't as bad as they think. Getting healthy and fit is easy, once you decide to just commit, and make a real change in your life. Next time you watch an infomercial that seems to be too good to be true, notice the fine print when they get to the testimonials that says, "Results not typical." Keep it simple, use common sense, and above all be honest with yourself and you really will get results!
The Ab-solute Truth
Posted by Corey Dee Williams in Fitness, Health, Nutrition on February 2, 2011
There are many ab CRUTCHES on the market that claim they will give you a flat stomach. You might think, "Wow! That looks easy, I can do hundreds of these"…. Or "I can lie down and do my abs while I watch TV". Lounging while doing abs!, something's not right here people. Some of these gadgets might be pretty good when used properly, but the fact is….. No amount of working your abdominal muscles is going to flatten your stomach, tighten maybe… but not flatten. It brings us back around to the "D" Word again – "Diet." OH!.. didn't want to forget "Exercise"… as in "Cardiovascular Exercise" like walking, running, cycling, etc. In order to see that glorious six pack you've been working on, (not Bud Lite), you need to reduce overall body fat. Twisting is another old fashioned idea that doesn't really reduce your waist, but you can work up an appetite. In fact, working the muscles on the sides of your waist, called the obliques, to reduce your waist doesn't even make sense. Unless you like the appearance of the "puffy love handle look" – sometimes overworking those muscles can make your waist look even thicker.
I also hear people say, "I do 200 sit-ups." If you're doing 100's of anything, you're probably doing something wrong. I started doing abs when I began Martial Arts training at age thirteen. Over thirty years later, it never takes me more than 20 reps before I'm really feeling the exercise. There are just a few important things to remember when working your abs…
- Exhale the air out of your stomach as you crunch inward.
- Pause slightly after you exhale.
- Concentrate on contracting or tightening the muscles as you crunch.
- Do them slowly.
Hello world!
Posted by Corey Dee Williams in Uncategorized on October 1, 2010
…and so …my journey into the wonderful world of blogging begins! Well… as soon as I finish the redesign, and all of the Web 2.0 upgrades to my new website. coreydeefitnessbeyond.com


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Let $G$ be a simple algebraic group defined over $\mathbb Q$. In their Corvallis article (automorphic forms and automorphic representations), Borel and Jacquet define an automorphic form to be a smooth function on $G(\mathbb A)$ which is left-$G(\mathbb Q)$-invariant, satisfies some "finiteness" conditions, and also the following moderate growth condition:
- For every $y\in G(\mathbb A)$, the map $x\mapsto f(x\cdot y)$ on $G(\mathbb R)$ is slowly increasing.
I have a couple of questions about this condition:
Assume that $f$ appears in the discrete spectrum (but is not necessarily a cusp form). Is it true that the map $x\mapsto f(x\cdot y)$ is bounded on unipotent subgroups of $G(\mathbb R)$?
What can be said about the "growth" of the map $x\mapsto f(x\cdot y)$ for a fixed $y\in G(\mathbb A)$ when $x$ varies in $G(\mathbb Q_p)$? For example, will this map be bounded on unipotent subgroups of $G(\mathbb Q_p)$?


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Thatcher's 'steadfastness' recalled at funeral
LONDON -- The United Kingdom said a final, formal farewell Wednesday to the "Iron Lady," former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, whose conservative policies changed Britain and earned her admiration in America.
Under the dome of the 17th-century St. Paul's Cathedral, hundreds of relatives, friends and world dignitaries listened to hymns selected for the memorial by Thatcher, 87, a grocer's daughter from a Methodist home who died April 8.
Queen Elizabeth II, current and former prime ministers and representatives from 170 countries were among the mourners. Bishop of London Richard Chartres spoke of the feelings Thatcher evokes 23 years after departing as prime minister.
"The storm of conflicting opinions centers on the Mrs. Thatcher who became a symbolic figure — even an -ism," he said. "It must be very difficult for those members of her family and those closely associated with her to recognize the wife, the mother and the grandmother in the mythological figure."
More than 4,000 police were deployed in central London amid heightened security concerns in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings this week, and ahead of the London Marathon on Sunday, when over 36,000 runners will take to the city's streets.
The coffin of Britain's only female prime minister was carried in a horse-drawn gun carriage from the Royal Air Force chapel of St. Clement Danes on the Strand to St. Paul's Cathedral, a 20-minute journey of just over a mile through the heart of the capital.
Spectators lining the route broke into applause — and some boos — as the carriage passed by, escorted by young soldiers, sailors and airmen. At Thatcher's request, military units with a connection to the 1982 Falklands War were heavily represented.
Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney and former secretary of State Henry Kissinger were also present. George Shultz and James Baker represented President Obama's official delegation. Former British prime minister Tony Blair attended, as did former Polish president Lech Walesa, Dynasty star Joan Collins and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Current Prime Minister David Cameron told BBC radio, "We are all Thatcherites now."
He spoke of her deep impact on British public life but also of her status as a source of division stemming from her time in office from 1979-1990.
"She achieved some extraordinary things in her life. I think what is happening today is absolutely fitting and right," Cameron said, referring to complaints from political adversaries over the scale of Wednesday's event.
Mourners entered St. Paul's to music by British composers including Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Thatcher's 19-year-old granddaughter Amanda Thatcher read a passage from Ephesians: "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness."
The dean of St. Paul's, David Ison, recalled Thatcher's "courage, her steadfastness and her resolve to accomplish what she believed to be right for the common good."
Before the service, Thatcher's coffin was driven from the Houses of Parliament to the church of St. Clement Danes for prayers. From there the coffin — draped in a Union flag and topped with white roses and a note from her children reading "Beloved mother, always in our hearts" — was borne on a gun carriage drawn by six black horses from the Royal Horse Artillery to the cathedral.
The ceremonial funeral with military honors was essentially one step down from a full state funeral, which is normally reserved for the sovereign as head of state. In many respects, though, Wednesday's service was very similar to a full state funeral. For example, it is the first time a British monarch has been present at the funeral of a British prime minister since the death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.
"I liked Thatcher. She was good for the self-employed," said Martin, 50, a contractor from London who watched the procession as it neared St Paul's. He did not want to share his last name. "Taxes were high when she was in power but she gave us the chance. She did a lot for people like me."
As a mark of respect, one of London's most recognizable sights, the bell on the Big Ben clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, remained silent throughout the proceedings. With the exception of a deliberate outage during World War II, the bell has rarely been silenced since its inception in 1859.
Some spectators farther down the processional route at the start of Fleet Street turned their backs at Thatcher's coffin.
David Walsham, a drama teacher from Somerset, in southwest England, said he would have preferred a "more modest funeral." In his view, Thatcher "legitimized greed," and "put in place a legacy we are still suffering from." He mentioned the large-scale privatization of the U.K.'s utility industries.
APPRECIATION:Foe of unionism, communism, Thatcher made her mark in Britain
REACTION:Thatcher remembered as tough and controversial
Thatcher studied chemistry at Oxford before becoming a barrister and going into politics. She was elected to parliament and when she took over as prime minister she was determined to confront what she saw as socialism run rampant in the United Kingdom.
She refused to back down to massive protests of public unions especially the miners, who pushed for wage hikes and against job eliminations even though the state-run enterprises of the rail, air and energy industries were costing taxpayers millions.
She succeeded in ridding industries of state controls, practically inventing the term "privatization." She slashed tax rates and turned around high unemployment and inflation.
On foreign policy, she joined President Reagan in opposing the reach of the communist Soviet Union, and ousted Argentine forces from the Falkand Islands, a British protectorate. She was cheered by conservatives but loathed by leftists.
Margaret Kittle, 79, told the Press Association news agency that she had come all the way from Canada for the funeral. "I always said I would come because I respect her," she said. "I think she did a lot for the world."
The Right Rev. Richard Chartres, who presided over the funeral service at St. Paul's, told the congregation that "today is neither the time nor the place" for politics.


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Five teenagers, including a 16-year-old driver were injured Monday evening in a single-vehicle rollover accident.
Iroquois County Sheriff's Police investigated at 2100 E and 2100 N Road.
The injured were taken to Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka. Two were air-lifted to Carle Hospital in Urbana for treatment of injuries.
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It's been a little over two weeks since the latest Facebook API euthanasia which saw the Face.com API shuttered. Among those disappointed by the API shutdown were the founders of LambdaLabs, which quickly began work on an alternative, the LambdaLabs Face API. Though not as full-featured as the Face.com API, Lambda's looks likely to stay online longer.
If all you need is basic face detection, this API likely suits your needs. It identifies the face, nose and mouth. It just added gender detection, though it's not 100%, something that was also true of Face.com, to the chagrin of some of my apparently more feminine male friends. My favorite feature, facial mood detection, is not implemented nor on the roadmap. Smile detection is expected, but no timeline is given.
To be a serious face API, you need to be able to do face recognition in addition to detection. According to the LambdaLabs site, that is coming July 30.
Face detection and recognition are not simple problems. In my discussions with Face.com, it was clear the company thought highly of its technology. "The new face recognition algorithm uses a group of new techniques to boost results by 30%," Face.com's Gil Hirsch told me in March. "We're used to increments of 3% per year. It's mostly focusing on reducing false positives." Among Face.com's methods is converting photos to 3D to make a map of the face.
It's unclear whether Face.com's technology really is as great as its CEO thinks (there were questionable facial age detection results). Even more unclear is whether the team behind LambdaLabs can recreate it in a couple weeks. But I'm sure glad they're trying.


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Insulting, eh? The essence of everything we, as Americans hate, right?
Well, comes now a $95 tome titled--are you ready?--Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism.
No, I am not making this up.
The book's product description on Amazon notes that, in America,
to respect autonomy is often understood to be the chief way to bear witness to the intrinsic value of persons. In this book, Sarah Conly rejects the idea of autonomy as inviolable.... Thus in many cases it would advance our ["our"?] goals more effectively if government were to prevent us ["us"?] from acting in accordance with our ["our"?] decisions. Her argument challenges widely held views of moral agency, democratic values and the public/private distinction.Quoth the author from her own faculty page listing:
I argue that autonomy, or the freedom to act in accordance with your ["your"?] own decisions, is overrated—that the common high evaluation of the importance of autonomy is based on a belief that we [including her?] are much more rational than we actually are. We now have lots of evidence from psychology and behavioral economics that we [her too?] are often very bad at choosing effective means to our ends. In such cases, we [her too?] need the help of others—and in particular, of government regulation—to keep us [ditto] from going wrong.
This apology for naked totalitarianism was written by one Sarah Conly, an assistant professor of (what else?) philosophy at Bowdoin College--at least nominally an American institution of Higher Learning. A wet dream for dictatorially minded "progressives," her book naturally earned the honor of publication by the Cambridge University Press, and spotlight review treatment in the New York Review of Books--the reviewer being none other than Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama's very own former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Prof. Sunstein, it should be noted, is author of his own nanny-state tribute to technocratic governmental manipulation of the citizenry: NUDGE: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Sayeth Sunstein, on his own book's Amazon product page: "We think that it's time for institutions, including government, to become much more user-friendly by enlisting the science of choice to make life easier for people and by gentling nudging them in directions that will make their lives better."
Why, how kind and thoughtful of him!
Of course, those writing and enforcing government regulations (and books like these) are NEVER part of the "we" who are irrational, the "we" who are making so many "wrong" choices. Oh no: The progressive nanny statists are always the epitome of uber-rationality, higher education, dazzling expertise, superior taste, and sound judgment in all things. Yes, what a wonderful utopia we would inhabit...if only us rubes would surrender to them our damned autonomy. Who needs that Bill of Rights with such technocrats to (their words) "coerce" and "nudge" us?
When I say that the ultimate objective of "progressives" is to impose totalitarian control over every aspect of our lives--that they are motivated by an unquenchable lust for unlimited power--some of you undoubtedly think I'm wildly exaggerating.
But how, then, to deny their own words, as they spell it out so clearly and ominously?
(A hat tip to my friend Bob Hessen for calling my attention to this, and you also might give Ann Althouse's brief blog about it a look.)


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I mean, I can see where being a pagan could teach you some of the essential skills to heighten your abilities more than, say, Christianity could, but that doesn't mean that a Christian can't see ghosts.
Many Blessings,
The biggest disadvantage to being a Christian is the paradigm. Christians are discouraged from seeking the unknown. We have the Scriptures and our leaders - everyone else is a "devil worshipper" who wants to BAD_WORD us to hell.
Please note I don't believe any of that bias.
There is a universal truth. All religions try to find it. I just think that Pagans are a bit more open-minded (and self-aware) along the path.
Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!