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The corral for easy police DUI checkpoints, and multi-other crime/infractions, from public urination and vandalism, to armed robberies and violence, (sponsored the city penal industry) due to the alcohol party ambiance that been the sustained reputation of Pacific Beach for the past 20+ years , has become the focus for a grassroots citizen protest in the form of, yes, a good old PUBLIC PETITION to request/demand the city and the state to establish local control of alcohol licensing, in the form of the "C.U.P." (Conditional Use Permit).
"After years of protest to the officials in both state and local agencies, including our own judicial forum, and getting no responsible answers from them to a problem that was getting worse and worse, we have decided to organize THE PEOPLE," said Scott Chipman, one of the chief organizers of this grassroots endeavor.
The "beach booze ban" was voted in by The People in 2007, as a response to escalating "standing room only/ beach as drunk zone" activities leading to nationally televised drunken riots (August 2007), but the problem just moved off of the beach to the street, Garnet Avenue , and the surrounding blocks, inviting alcohol serving business profiteers and enablers to establish and prosper, and now, because of resistance in Pacific Beach, is migrating to other neighborhoods (North Park…)
At the recent Pacific Beach Town Council meeting, January 16th, 2013, Chipman and other local representatives from the Pacific Beach Planning Group and the Town Council, distributed petitions to the crowd and are now in the process of collecting thousands of signatures from locals as well as concerned citizens in other parts of the city of San Diego, to present to the new mayor, Bob Filner, and city council, in the hope of exposing the true nature of this urban problem with the voice and the vote of the people.
The Pacific Beach Planning Group elaborated a proposal for the CUP two years ago, based on, and with examples from effective implantation of this program in other California beach towns, Pismo Beach, Ventura, etc… and, although experiencing city/councilperson/bar operator resistance, have succeeded in moderating the influence and hopes are for continuation of this trend.
"The response is like wildfire", says Chipman, "The people of Pacific Beach have been the sacrificial lamb of the city as a "party house", and they are tired of it. A nice middle class, mellow beach town in reality (and historically), but, for the past couple of decades, in what can only be termed, "The Millennium Party," we have seen our town transformed into a globally advertised binge drinking party scene, sacrificing the security and health of residents and "guests" alike, as well as the decline of other businesses and even the beach and ocean environment is suffering the waste."
"The Alcohol Beverage Commission (ABC) in Sacramento seems to be distributing alcohol licenses to anyone who asks, (their motto: "just say yes") with no regard to the state laws and quotas, so we have felt completely abused by the system, and powerless before the Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms lobby, and our own public judges and officials. "
In an effort to humanize the impact of addiction and alcoholism, event organizers, such as VAVI, recently have even tried to adopt as sponsors, without their permission, charities such as RADY Children's Hospital to advertise their "bar walks/drink for a cause" Occupy Your Conscience!
Heaven, and generations of children know, that alcoholism is at the root of their discontent.
Establishing local control for local issues seems a sensible idea, and a growing tendency all across the county, for more than just alcohol licensing. The recently established "community court" in Pacific Beach for the penalty of minor infractions, seems to be working well, responsibilizing turbulent late nighters to the "error of their ways," as well as getting some trash collecting and street cleaning from them instead of an arrest and fines and a court date. Local schools are also finding pro-active fund raising a direct solution to some essential needs rather than waiting for the state and county governments to administer them.
"A little less administration, a little more action," could be the rallying cry of the coming years from townships across the land, and the end of "The rut of glut" days of fat cat administrators in faraway lands (Sacramento and Washington DC, or even just "downtown") wasting taxpayer money, reminding us of the roots of our own American Revolution. The spirit of the people is alive and well in Pacific Beach, California.
Please join, and ask your neighbors what they think, for Pacific Beach, one of your nicest beaches in the world, and for your own communities too. For more info on PB's drinking issues go here http://www.pbspirits.com/topics/solutions/conditional-use-permit/. To find out how you can get involved send an email here.
Thank you.
Following is a copy of the text of the petition.
BECAUSE the Pacific Beach "Bar District" has Alcohol Crime that is 18 times City average and Violent Crime 5 times City average,
AND PB's bar district has 64 alcohol licenses where only 10 are allowed by state guidelines,
AND PB has more than 500 DUIs a year (highest for all communities in the City),
AND PB has the highest number of tickets for public urination (259; one-third of City's total from January 2011 to March 2012),
AND these crimes, noise and other negative impacts create an unsafe and unhealthy atmosphere for residents, tourists and other businesses,
AND the State ABC Department CONTINUES to issue new and expanded alcohol licenses while allowing restaurants to function like bars,
We, the undersigned, want the City of San Diego to adopt a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Ordinance (based on the Ventura CA model*) to:
1) Require new alcohol-licensed businesses in Pacific Beach to obtain a City-issued CUP that will stipulate operating conditions to reduce crime and negative impacts;
2) "Grandfather-in" existing alcohol-licensed businesses, but establish a threshold where violations may trigger a CUP;
3) Establish a cost-recovery funding mechanism with reasonable, sliding-scale fees paid by all alcohol-licensed businesses to pay for a SDPD police officer to administer the CUP, monitor and enforce conditions, and work with businesses to encourage best practices to reduce crime.
Sub-Committee is the nom de plume of a Pacific Beach activist.

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Back on Mandolin Mondays this week we have mandolin J.S. Bach aficionado C.E. Jones here to tackle the one and only Dm Chaconne, from the Bach Violin Partita No.2 BVW 1004 with his Gibson F9.
C.E. Jones is a West Virginia-based mandolinist who's bringing Bach to the mandolin in new ways. If you haven't already, be sure to check out his recent record on the Bach Goldberg Variations available here on Bandcamp: https://cejones.bandcamp.com/releases
This week on Mandolin Mondays, classical mandolinist and composer C.E. Jones joins us for a beautiful performance of the "Allemande" from Cello Suite No. 1 by J.S. Bach played on this Gibson F9.
With a Bachelors degree in Cello Performance and a Masters and Doctorate in Music Composition from West Virginia University, Jones became deeply indoctrinated in the Appalachian traditional folk music. For the past half-decade
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Valentine's day is right around the corner, here are a couple of tips to keep your dog safe during the holiday. Valentine's day is a special holiday filled with sweets, flowers and other gifts. As it is already known, chocolate is extremely bad for dogs. Make sure to keep your sweets out of your dogs reach. Take note, some flowers are highly poisonous when digested by dogs. Most dogs eat anything they can, especially if they enjoy the scent coming from objects.
Chocolate is a known cause to illness to dogs. Especially the fancy chocolates that are prearranged for Valentine's Day. A lot of dogs enjoy chocolate. Some even take the time to eat just the chocolate and leave the wrapper. The chemicals that are used in the making of chocolate is the main reason they say chocolate is horrible for dogs. If your dog gets a hold of one piece of chocolate, there is no reason to panic. But, if you come home from your date and realize that all of your chocolate is gone, then you have a serious problem on your hands. Furthermore, dogs can also get ill from the wrappers that the sweets are wrapped in.
There are many flowers that are toxic to anyone, especially dogs. It is hard to tell if your dog has eaten a plant or flower; mainly because they can eat the whole thing and leave no trace of evidence. The problem with most flowers or plants they are grown to defend themselves. For example, roses grow with thorns for protection. If your dog is to try and eat a rose the thorns can get stabbed in their throats, gums and tongue. With out you being home, you have no way to help out your dog if they mistakenly digest one of your flowers or plants.
The other gifts that are received are teddy bears, stuffed animals, etc. Leaving any of these gifts out can cause harm to your animal if they get a hold of them. Most stuffed animals or teddy bears have small pieces attached to them that dogs seem to rip out, such as, eyes, nose, buttons, etc. The problem with this is that the animals can choke on the small pieces they get from chewing them off of the gifts.
Dogs are highly intelligent, but they are similar to little babies. The only way a dog can tell what something is by sticking objects in their mouths. The only way to protect them from things they are not supposed to have is by putting them out of reach of your animal. So before you decide to go out this holiday make sure to puppy proof your houses and not to leave your new gifts in reach of your dogs. Following these tips will keep your dog safe for Valentine's day.


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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Double Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Did I ever tell you that I use my croppers as Guinea Pigs? I do, it's true, but maybe not in the way that you think. I use them for testing out new recipes. Usually recipes of the sugar crack variety. My Guinea Pigs gave this recipe a thumbs up. Yep, they said "WEEEEEET! Weet, weet, weet!" Never mind.
I get a little carried away sometimes.
I can't tell you how long I've been searching for a decent oatmeal cookie recipe. I'm talking about the basic recipe too, not all the doodads that have been added to this particular recipe. Doodads that I love, mind you, but it's the underlying recipe here that's a success. I was looking for a recipe that was chewy like an oatmeal cookie is supposed to be, but not thin and wilty so that when you hold the cookie up to the light it looks like a lace doily. Do you know what I'm talking about?
This recipe completely passes that test, so let's get on with it, shall we?
First of all, your recipe card, should you want it.
Here are the ingredients you will need: butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, 1 egg, vanilla extract, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, flour, old-fashioned oats, semisweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and white chocolate.
Please don't use white chocolate chips for the drizzle. Chocolate chips are designed to hold their shape in baked goods, therefore, they don't melt evenly when you attempt to melt them for the drizzle. Trust me on this. You want to use these white chocolate baking squares or some other brand of white chocolate not chips.
By the way, did you know that it is very hard to find real white chocolate in the grocery store? Most of the stuff that is labeled white chocolate is really vanilla. The only way to be sure it's real white chocolate is to check the label.
White chocolate (or cocoa butter) should be listed in the ingredients, preferably as the first ingredient. If it doesn't say either one, then it's not real white chocolate.
These are the dried cranberries I used for this recipe.
And just for kicks I made some of the cookies with dried blueberries. Peanut Head loved them.
I also made some with dried cherries. It's good to have options.
If you're feeling particularly daring you could even use raisins. I know. I'm so adventurous and crazy. Raisins!
This is what the dough looks like. I didn't eat any of it. It was disgusting. Yep.
I should mention that it's important to make sure the butter is room temperature. Do not melt it. You might be tempted to melt the butter in the microwave, but don't. Your cookies will end up looking like that lace doily I was talking about.
Then, when it comes time to form the dough into balls, be gentle and handle them as little as possible. Your hands are warm and oatmeal cookie dough is melty. Save the meltage for the oven.
This is what the cookies should look like coming right out of the oven. See how they're just starting to brown on the edges? Watch them closely and get them out quick.
Let them cool for a bit. While you're waiting, get started melting your white chocolate.
When it's all melty and smooth, put it in a little zippered baggie and snip a tinsy little bit off of one corner for the chocolate to drizzle out.
Drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies in a zig zag pattern like this. Or just fling it around until you're satisfied with the results.
Let the cookies stand until the chocolate sets, about an hour. Or if you're impatient like me, you could slip them in the freezer for 5 minutes and be done with it. These cookies freeze great too, so they make a perfect lunch treat. Even Zoe liked them and she is a picky little petunia.
Please, go and make these cookies and then come back and tell me what you think. Have a nice day.
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Ooh,ooh I want to be one of your guinea pigs! Did I ever mention I'm a junk food junkie?! Sugar crack, yeah, bring it baby!ReplyDelete
I dunno though these kinda teeter on healthy in my world, ya know with the oatmeal and dried fruit and all, but I'll give it a go ~ just as a test of course. =P
Thanks for another great card!
Be careful!! Those things are loaded:-) Hee, hee, hee.ReplyDelete
These look beautiful! White chocolate and Craisins - YUM! My littlest would LOVE these - she would sit and eat an entire bag of Craisins if I let her! These are going on my "To Make" list!ReplyDelete
i love the addition of white chocolate! thanksReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I don't usually talk dirty like this. But your cookies are so round! It's amazing! I think I need to have a party. I will name it Jill is an enabler with recipes and I need to try them out on someone. Oh that is really long. I will think about it!ReplyDelete
Looks DIVINE! Cant wait to whip up a batch!ReplyDelete
I can say with experience as one of your guinea pigs that they were delicious! I am so glad I can be a guinea pig. It's a happy calling! Thanks a million!ReplyDelete
ok, I'm off to find something to catch the drool from reading this!ReplyDelete
Visiting you from SITS--have a great day!
I see no reason why I cannot try this one... I mean it has Oatmeal and Cranberries in it! Um, yeah I bet the White Chocolate & Butter & all the other yummy goodness that goes into it is not on my list to consume. Actually I think I will give this a try and see how the kids like 'em. They do look delicious!ReplyDelete
i cannot wait to try these! i have to be careful with the blood sugar so i am going to substitute splenda sugar and splenda brown sugar- not much i can do about the chocolate chips, but the oatmeal and the cranberries cancel it out, right?!! i'm just jokin. i hope it won't kill me to have a couple cuz i just gotta have these!!ReplyDelete
Hmmm... not sure about the cranberries...ReplyDelete
BUT we love blueberries in this family! Yummy!
Thanks so much for visiting me on my SITS day... I had such a great day! :)
hmm..I'm honestly wondering how I did not find your blog before today. You have such fun ideas..love it! You've got me as a follower! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Oooo... These look so good. I'll let you know if mine turn out as good as yours.ReplyDelete
OK you say it's good...well me and the kids are going to make these today!!! We just sold our home and are excited about finding a new home so we are going to make some of these and give them to our realtors .ReplyDelete
Thank you! I absolutely love the fact that you are so detailed and have the pictures listed too. I am addicted to your site. :) There just arent't enough hours in the day. lolReplyDelete


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Are you confused by all the alternate timelines in the Terminator franchise? So are we. That's why we created a list of every timeline, and ran it past Sarah Connor Chronicles producer Josh Friedman. Spoilers...
1) The original (?) timeline: Sarah Connor conceives John Connor with some random guy. (All we hear about him is that "He dies, even before the war." Presumably it's not Kyle Reese, since time-travel always seems to create an alternate timeline.) John Connor's resistance is on the verge of defeating Skynet in 2029. (Reese says, "The defensive grid was smashed. We'd taken the mainframes. We'd won. Taking out Connor then would make no difference. Skynet had to wipe out his entire existence." Date of Judgment Day: August 29, 1997.
2) A T-800 and Kyle Reese both travel back in time from 2029. Kyle Reese fathers John Connor. Date of Judgment Day: still August 29, 1997.
3) A "scrubbed" T-800 and an "experimental prototype" T-1000 travel back from 2029 to 1995. Sarah Connor destroys Cyberdyne systems and apparently stops Skynet. (In a deleted scene from Terminator 2, we see that Sarah lived to an old age and John became a Senator.) But we learn in Terminator 3 that Judgment Day was only delayed, until July 24, 2004. According to T3, Sarah Connor dies of cancer in 1997. John Connor dies in 2032, at the hands of another T-800.
4) The T-800 which killed John Connor is "scrubbed" and sent back in time to protect him, and a T-X is sent back to kill him and his future lieutenants. What changes as a result of this time travel is unclear: the T-800 ensures John Connor and Kate Brewster survive Judgment Day, but they were presumably going to survive it anyway. John Connor now knows that this T-800 will kill him in 2032, meaning it probably won't. And the younger John Connor has now encountered a T-X. This timeline leads into Terminator Salvation.
5) Sarah Connor doesn't die of cancer in 1997. Instead, she's still alive in 1999, when a T-888 (Cromartie) comes back to kill John, and another one (Cameron) comes back to protect him. The Terminator known as Cameron jumps the Connors forward in time to 2007, and Cameron informs Sarah she would have died of cancer in 2005. Judgment Day: unknown, but later than 2010, because the Terminator known as Myron Stark is sent to kill the governor of California in 2010.
6) Derek Reese, brother of Kyle, travels back in time with a whole squad of resistance fighters. They seem to make a number of changes in the timeline, but most notably Derek kills Andy Goode, creator of an A.I. that might become Skynet. From the glimpses of Derek's version of 2029, Skynet may no longer be on the "verge of defeat" as it was in the original timeline. Judgment Day is now April 21, 2011.
7) Various other Terminators travel back in time, including Carter, who guards a warehouse full of coltan, Vick, who marries an L.A. city planner, and Myron Stark, who travels back to the 1920s by mistake. There's no telling what changes to the timeline these Terminators, in particular, make.
8) A T-1001 travels back in time to around 2005, and kills Catherine Weaver, the CEO of Zeira Corp, and her husband. It then impersonates Catherine Weaver. What changes does she make to the timeline? It's not entirely clear yet. She buys Andy Goode's A.I., "The Turk," preventing it from falling into the hands of the Connors. She saves a nuclear power plant that's crucial to Skynet's future operations, and later she destroys an entire factory that's creating prototype Hunter-Killers. She seems to be nurturing the "Turk" into becoming a more compassionate version of Skynet, but her real agenda remains unclear. Judgment Day: unknown.
9) Jesse Flores and Riley Dawson travel back from the future (possibly later than 2029.) The future Jesse comes from is much darker than the one Derek comes from, perhaps as a result of either Derek's actions, or Cameron's. We know that Jesse's future is - at least partly - one Derek helped to create, because Jesse doesn't know "Billy Wisher," aka Andy Goode, the guy whom Derek killed in 2007. In Jesse's timeline, John Connor's resistance is heavily dependent on scrubbed Terminators, to the point where there's "metal everywhere these days. Connor's got one in every major base." Sometimes the scrubbed Terminators go wrong and kill people. And the Terminators seem to be running Connor's war effort to a large extent, keeping secrets from Connor's human lieutenants. Skynet's human agents (like Charles Fisher) commonly torture humans, like Derek Reese. And there seems to be another "faction" of Terminators, which aren't on Skynet's side but also aren't on the humans'. Jesse won't say when her Judgment Day happens, but it's implied to be sooner than April 2011, because Jesse is certain it can't be prevented.
10) In Terminator Salvation, it's 2018, and somehow Skynet is already developing the T-800, which isn't supposed to exist until 2029. And in the trailer, John Connor says "This is not the future my mother warned me about. Something has changed") According to John Connor, Skynet's defeat is even less certain than ever in this new altered timeline: "I don't know if we can win this war." It's not clear what's changed the timeline from the T2 version, but hopefully the film will explain a bit. We meet Marcus Wright, an advanced model of Terminator who has a great degree of self-awareness and believes he's human until he sees his own metal body. Marcus has the memories (and appearance, presumably) of a man who was executed in 2003, and that's his last memory before he turns up in 2018. (Rumor has it Marcus' body is donated, after his death, to something called "Project Angel," which turns him into a quasi-Terminator.) It's implied that Marcus' arrival has something to do with changing the timeline. Judgment Day: still July 24, 2004, since this movie follows on from Terminator 3.
So we showed this list to Josh Friedman, producer and creator of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and here's what he had to say:
Jesus Christ. I want to drink whatever you're drinking. Obviously (or maybe not obviously but it should be said) TSCC never attempted to mesh with the movies, maybe in the spirit of T/1/2 but certainly not T/3/4. We've gone off the temporal reservation lately but to some degree that IS canon: almost all expressions of the franchise have massaged dates/ages to their convenience, some more than others. The most controversial idea you have in here is the first one: the "pre-Kyle" Johnfather. I believe the Terminator mythology supports that concept but many die hards just embrace the loop-ness of John sending back his dad to impregnate his mom. Of course, a pre-Kyle Johnfather calls into question genetic differences in the two Johns and whether or not Sarah's influence is the key to John v.2. If you go with the pre-Kyle Johnfather theory, the first John managed to become John Connor without her help.
Or did he?
I've mulled it over some more, and I still believe there has to be a timeline where someone other than Kyle Reese is John Connor's father. When The Terminator was a standalone movie, you could read it either way. Either there's a circular causality, where Kyle is "always" John Connor's father, or Kyle's time travel creates a new branch. But Terminator 2 pretty much establishes that time travel always creates new branches, because there's no fate but what we make. And the Connors, with their friendly T-800, are able to stop or at least delay Skynet. But of course, your mileage, even backwards and forwards through time, may vary.


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Thursday, January 16, 2014
The Event (Mc SuperKenn/Smaly7/Cobra production)
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YEAH BABY!!!ReplyDelete
Things are getting really sour really fast, I guess we'll see if all of this stuff is actually going to happen, or if all the nuclear false flags and whatnot according to THEIR plan will be fulfilled. Stay tuned. :PReplyDeleteReplies
its your game and you've made it a cliff hanger......;o)Delete
what are you worried about, we've won, you've won in your my story....as opposed to their his story....
Thank you for the encouragement and for Hope. All love and gratitude to the teams for this beautiful presentation. Thank you for your Service to the Light. Will share. Aloha and mahalos, and Victory To The Light!ReplyDelete
Thank you all, an awesome production ♫ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 5:13 AM
Cobra, your videos always throw me for a loop! LOL! I would have never expected a rap song about the Event! Amazing!ReplyDelete
To all of you :)ReplyDelete
Great collaboration and exciting to watch & feel! Thanks & Victory of the Light!!ReplyDelete
RM si Cobra .Voi dragi mei ... RECUNOSTINTA ,LUMINA SI DRAGOSTE. IIIIIIUUUUUHHHHUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!! Recunostinta si celor care cu multi ani in urma sau trezit si nu le-a fost usor printre adormiti (asa cum fiecare ,normal si-a ales). Va iubim din Romania .MULTUMIM !!!!!! VICTORIA LUMINIIII ACUM !!!!! IUHUU !!!!!!!!!!!!! Cora.ReplyDeleteReplies
RM and Cobra.'ll My dear ... GRATITUDE, LIGHT AND LOVE. IIIIIIUUUUUHHHHUUUU!!!!! Gratitude for those too, who have woke up many years ago and it was not easy for them among others asleep (as of course each one of us has chosed). We love from Romania. THANK YOU!! LUMINIIII VICTORIA NOW!! Whoo-hoo!!!!! Cora.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 6:38 AM
See also this :ReplyDelete
It's beautiful!ReplyDelete
Very cool Cobra, As alway keep up the fantastic work you do. May love and light be with you always.ReplyDelete
Enjoy these beautiful and meaningful songs:)ReplyDelete
Here is a 5th dimensional consciousness artistic preview:ReplyDelete
Ha! That was really cool. Great job, MC SuperKenn! :DReplyDelete
This is soooo beautiful and uplifting. Thank you cobra and the RM!ReplyDelete
not bad but still have to struggle with the banksters to keep my house ,when this nonsense is going to end?. we need the EVENT NOW for REAL.ReplyDeleteReplies
what material/paperwork are you using with them? Do you know who you are? Man, Know Thyself In True Proportion.......If you know who you are I ma be able to help you...Delete
Cool! Also enjoy thisReplyDelete
Dear Cobra: Have you ever been associated with the "Amicizia" group?ReplyDelete
Thank you for all your work!
awesome Cobra! it's gonna reach the good Peeple !ReplyDelete
Thanks smaly 7 and MC SuperKenn !
Yes Victory is here WEEEEE!!!!ReplyDelete
Not a fan of this kind of music, but I´m sure this is gonna be really helpfull to a lof of people. Keep doing the good work. :)ReplyDelete
Much love and light to you all
@jc2013...http://kateofgaia.wordpress.com you are the witness to their name fraud. keep your house and don't pay anymore mortgage instalments.ReplyDelete
THE AGE-OLD CON PERPETRATED AGAINST THE PEOPLE IS BUSTED WIDE OPEN.Replies
yes Kate is awesome.....Delete
This was done very well...and very inspiring...looking forward to more inspiration...Thank you!ReplyDelete
Super video and nice narrative, thanks Cobra + artistsReplyDelete
When I look at the world today, I see the cabal as a rabid creature, backed into a dark corner, and desperate, because it knows, it's time is up and the time of choice is near. It is the only way I can make any sense of the daily escalating insanity. They are busted for the horrendous crimes against humanity, and are throwing in all their aces as if they have nothing to loose. Everything is coming to Light and the heinous crimes are being revealed to the awakened, and others, whose mind is prepared to receive, what they see with their eyes.
Just so that no one falls for the overly used "false flag" tactics again, this video below is a great reminder how absolutely crazy and barbaric wars are, and how we got fooled into them in the first place - and why we are in this (excuse me) shit hole, we are in today. And maybe even more importantly, how "false flags" are used to strip us of any rights in the aftermath.
I stay aware of the darkness, but maintain conscious focus on a completely opposite of a future, a brilliant one, with free energy and other advanced technologies that we can only dream of, where there's no lack of…, and only your mind is the limit in the infinite.
I saw a video, where a group of people focused on a single plant leaf B, which was located on the other side of the world. Plant B lived and thrived, while leaf A, shriveled and died away, sadly. You get the idea.
We have the power to choose our fate. We've been in a very similar "here" before, let's get it right this time, guys!
Victory to the Light!
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Very nice! Thank you very much for sharing! This is very uplifting. Love all of you! KEEP FIGHTING! XD ❤ReplyDelete
Victory Now, Liberation Now!~.. Thank you all for your perseverance in all that we do .. Together we do!~.. I am We are!~.. Thank you Cobra and your whole team.. LadyLight Worker.. <3ReplyDelete
I loved the positivity of this message, thank you Cobra and others who created it. I'm going to share with a friend and would also like to share the prepareforchange.net website. Unfortunately I can't get prepareforchange to load. Is this a problem on my end Cobra or is your site currently offline?ReplyDelete
I Love this. "So blessed to Incarnate in this place~"ReplyDelete
a RAP video? thats the update?.... how will the enemy deal with this...oh wait, they own the entire Music Industry...filled with Rap artists - That's what this has come to rap songs? Maybe I'm not supposed to understand this?....ReplyDelete
Sublime transcendent joy~!ReplyDelete
Great video Cobra etc. But will you deliver a real life Event?ReplyDeleteReplies
Not me. You, the Galactic Center, will deliver the EventDelete
* laughter * Make it so, ensign Center ♥Delete
I feel the Event will only happen when people understand it will not be "delivered"by someone else but created by our own love and desire.Delete
Which button is it again?Delete
Cobra, as per your comma, aren't we all the Galactic Center? As in, the interconnected human consciousness is an extension of our galactic logos? Hmmmmm makes me ponder...Delete
Interesting comments. I think Cobra mentioned that we all have an internal connection to source.Delete
What a fabulous effort! What a truly multi-talented crew you are indeed!! Well, done and huge appreciation for lifting spirits everywhere. We really are there. Hold that thought and the CELEBRATION TIME - Oh YeahReplyDelete
Let's just all cut the crap on the rapReplyDelete
Some like it this way and some like it that
I like it classical but that's just me
You gotta let others do it as they see!Replies
HAHA. Good job. I wasn't even expecting a rap song. It totally caught me off guard =). I thought it was entertaining. Good message.Delete
love and lightReplyDelete
love and light...I declare myself as a sovereign and a free being. Cobra thank you for your assistance.ReplyDelete
BENEDICTION SUR TOI E TOUTTE LA FLOTTE GALACTIQUE FRERE E SEURES MERCIReplyDelete
Im certain that at the time of the event many will feel an unmeasurable level of happiness.ReplyDelete
I hope none will die from it.
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 12:33 PM
Nice video-clip! Thanks to COBRA and RM and Mc SuperKenn/Smaly7.ReplyDelete
For various months I've been singing this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=279sND0Stu4 (Muse - "Explorers"). Is near finally. And even We unknowing the exact point, the feelings give to Us the impression how near it will happen. And it will be a surprise!
God help me to survive until the time comes on. I feel some kind of ecstasy, and sometimes is so difficult staying in a carnal body, because the energy increase so high.
I want to share with you all my wishing list when the Event starts:
1º I want this Planet clean of all of corruption/pollution/hillness/ignorance/malevolence
2º I want thrive with All Humankind.
3º I want to became totally conscious.
4º I want to know Who I really Am.
5º I want to meet with my true family from the Stars.
6º I want travel in the Stars and meet the neighbors
7º I want to share all my experience with GOD.
and when I get all this, I know I will recognize (8º I Am GOD).
I know time it doesn't have the same importance for the People of the Stars as for Us humans Terrestrials. But one thing I'm certain, that All the Good People who have help Us, they are more exciting than Us. Most of the terrestrials will cross this emotion after the things happened.
Let's free the hearts to sing and to be free...
Victory of the Light is in charge!
I have noted my signature number from the petiton:ReplyDelete
because i have signed before and i could sign again,after a month or so and many suspected that signs are disappearing.
I can confirm that my sign as the number # 22,202 has been vaporized.
So this whole signing process leaking and rotting.Because this will be the 3RD time i sign that form.
And im angry...because if signatures are leaking that is no point in waiting to ever reach 144,000 because they will just raise the leak percentage,if they want.
If you dont believe me just note the number and date of your signature.And check If its still there after a month.
VICTORY OF THE LIGHT IS HERE!Replies
This happened to me and my partner. I have signed it three times now and so has my OH but we won't bother again. It seems pointless when they are obviously massaging the figures. It seems to me that any petition can be rigged as the figures were being tampered with on this blog for a poll that Cobra did. Surely the Resistance Movement has a good idea what the numbers really are who are signing up for contact and liberation now?Delete
Somebody here got in touch with the admin of the Care2 petition website and the response was that the person who starts the petition could be deleting the signatures. LOL! You couldn't make it up. Also the admin said that you can't sign up again once your name is deleted off the petition. That is not true. There have been a few of us signing up time and again. I don't think that website can be trusted.
The numbers of signatures is at 23,696 and are literally crawling now. I know you are aware of this Cobra and wonder if the RM can know the real numbers of those signing the petition. Maybe change the petition to another site? Though no doubt the same thing could happen elsewhere too.
I just wish all of this could just hurry up, and I don't care if this sounds bratty.ReplyDelete
I'm in a point in my life where only something as big as the event can lift me and my family out of the mud.
My parents just got done blowing nearly all their savings due to health expenses and there's more expenses coming but no more cash.
I don't have a job. Neither does my wife.
We have just enough to go by until the end of february, after that, I don't know what's gonna happen.
So, It makes me very anxious and upset that the event could just happen just like that and fix not only my family's situation but everyone in the planet, but everything feels kinda "stale".
Humanity's vibe is keeps going up and down, with big energy build-ups like dec 2012 and then let-downs.
This is BAD, I feel that if we could build a momentum and then unlock portal after portal, one right after the other, we would be much more effective.
Just..rip the band-aid already.
We can deal with the tears.Replies
Neekian - i agree, but understand our free will choices do not mean very much if anything at all. As it is right now free will only applies to the galactics and the cabals. Our free will choices to have a full experience in this very given moment of now are being ignored.Delete
I really love what you had to say, Raio. A very nice wish list ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 3:05 PM
During the Return to Innocence activation and afterwards, I sensed that the Archons on the etheric plane were very organized and on the attack. Now I sense that they aren't on the attack as much and that they are scrambling around like crazy, unsure where to go or what to do. I could be wrong, but it seems like something big is happening....ReplyDeleteReplies
I sense something similar MitchellDelete
Can anyone go on to the Prepare for Change website? It seems that the website is down at the moment.ReplyDelete
If this event doesn't happen soon, there will be few people left to benefit from it. We would rather deal with the risks than this harmful existence we are experiencing in our current state. There comes a time when you can't necessarily get all your ducks in order before the mission. This is a zero fail mission. If we wait too long, there will be no one left to rescue.ReplyDelete
even me old lady like this.Thank you CobraReplyDelete
Beloved Cobra and RMReplyDelete
How many of us take part in the weekly Liberation Meditation? Also what is the "critical mass" needed of awake souls to ensure the event happens sooner than later?
Love, Light, Victory NOW!! Liberation NOW!!
How do I start the Event?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2014 at 11:59 PM
We're curious what is Cobra's position on this extraordinary material :ReplyDelete
it's about Ison, Galactic center and the Event !
Please Cobra, watch it and tell us your opinion!Replies
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2014 at 7:57 AM
Hi Merlin,Delete
Cobra may not answer so I will give you my opinion. Tolec has been turned into a type of New Age guru and it isn't healthy. Comet Ison was just a comet. There is no good reason to disguise a space craft as a comet because they can become invisible quite easily. And all this talk of Comet Ison really being a UFO reminds me of the Heaven's Gate cult...and we all know how horribly that turned out!!
Cobra please reply. This is important.Delete
Thank you.
Thank you Merlin for this You tube video. I watched it all the way through and really enjoyed it. Very uplifting and great graphics! Bring on the Event!Delete
Check it Out !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2014 at 5:29 AM
- Enki-Zephelium/Marduke-Luciferian Anunnaki created Nibiruian
Primate-hominid Lulcuc-Neanderthal slave race for African gold mines and
Middle East labor, 250,000 BC.
- Enlil Anunnaki Raider Race of 148,000 BC - 75,000 BC Anu Occupation
- 25,000 Lucifer Rebellion
- 10,500 BC Luciferian Conquest
- 9560 BC Luciferian Covenant Atlantean Human Tribe Invasions
Atlantean-Egyptian "Phoenix" and Falcon mystical schools
- Falcon Shamanic traditions
- Nubian/Mayan/Toltec/Olmec/Native American Falcon cults and Crocodile Cults
- Gaul raider races of France, Britain, Europe, Knights Templar/Free Mason
Anunnaki and Drakonian factions
- Most are members of Nibiruian Councils 9 and 12
- Pleiadian-Nibiruian Coalition
- Galactic Federation and Ashtar Command
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2014 at 6:47 AM
PrepareFORchange is online but there is a mistake in redirection...There is a workaround for this.ReplyDelete
When you click to access the site it will get you a error message with redirection and it will redirect to this link...
All you need to do is delete "CS" and replace them with "EN" and voila is working..
THis is a direct link with the correction done.. Just copy/paste in your browser and should work directly until the redirection is fixed from their side..
I have Firefox Aurora...
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2014 at 6:56 AM
The Prepare For Change bug is fixed..The site should function normal...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2014 at 10:54 AM
Can you comment on that cobra next post or whenever you feel like.


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SAINT LUCIA – Amy Winehouse decided to bare all this weekend, including removing her signature beehive – and witnesses were turned to stone!
Winehouse is enjoying a relaxing Caribbean Christmas with friends and family after a crushing year. She flirted with rehab multiple times and recently began divorce proceedings, while her music career took the backseat.
In an effort to let it all hang out, Winehouse revealed not only much of her body but her natural hair as well, to the shock and immediate transformation of male onlookers. It appears her beehive was for more than just fashion: Winehouse has the Medusa effect!
The revealing of her true serpentine hair will turn any men who look upon her into stone, as many unfortunate tourists found out.The beach quickly cleared and Winehouse frolicked in the waves to her heart's content.
Will she continue to keep her curse in check when she returns to England? Or will she begin using her powers for evil? Paparazzi, beware!


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5 S.Ct. 1080
29 L.Ed. 272
ALLING, Surviving Partner, etc.,
May 4, 1885.
C. W. Hornor and W. L. McGary, for appellant.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Maury, for appellee.
This is an appeal from the court of claims. Belden & Co., having a claim for seizure and confiscation of goods by the Mexicans during or shortly after the Mexican war, preferred their claim to the United States for presentation to the Mexican government. The goods having been imported into Matamoras while that city was in the possession of the American forces, on which Belden & Co. had paid duties to the amount of $18,347, the United States refunded this sum to Belden & Co. and took an assignment pro tanto of their claim against Mexico. By the convention or treaty of July 4, 1868, between Mexico and the United States, (15 St. 679,) a commission was organized for the adjustment of the claims of the citizens of the respective countries against the government of the other for injuries to persons and property. To this commission Belden & Co.'s claim was submitted by the United States, and its award was that the Mexican government should pay to the United States, on account of this claim, the sum of $53,099.25, of which the United States might retain out of this gross award the sum of $35,920.81, on account of the tax which it had refunded to Belden & Co. and its interest. An act of congress provided that the distribution of the money received by the United States under all the awards m de by this commission should be distributed under the order of the secretary of state.
Claimants in this case having received the sum specifically awarded to them, appealed to the secretary for the whole or a part of the sum for customs duties, which was awarded to the United States under the assignment of Belden & Co. This was refused, and this suit is brought to enforce the claim. It is clearly a claim founded on and growing out of a treaty with a foreign nation, within the provisions of section 1066 of the Revised Statutes. It is in all respects like the case of the Great Western Ins. Co. v. U. S. 112 U. S. 193, S. C. ante, 99, which holds that the court of claims had no jurisdiction by reason of that section. That was a case of a claim submitted to the United States for reclamation against Great Britain. A treaty between the two powers provided, as in the present case, for an arbitration, under which the claim was allowed and paid to the United States. On appeal from the court of claims we decided that it was, within the meaning of section 1066 of this Revision, 'a claim growing out of and dependent on a treaty stipulation entered into with a foreign government' of which that court could not entertain jurisdiction. The present case is stronger than that, because the act of congress of June 18, 1878, (20 St. 144,) confers on the secretary of state the authority to distribute these awards among the several claimants. Frelinghuysen v. Key, 110 U. S. 63; S. C. 3 SUP. CT. REP. 462. Not only is the court of claims forbidden to entertain jurisdiction of this claim, but the secretary of state is by law authorized and directed to do all the can be done for claimants, without further legislation.
It is apparent from the record that the court of claims entertained jurisdiction of the case and decided against the claimants on the merits. As that court had no such authority, its judgment must be reversed, with direction to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.


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Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, is very impressed with Snap's Spectacles and the way they've been launched through vending machines that appear in locations for a limited time.
The Spectacles are picture-taking sunglasses that cost US$130 and interface with Snapchat.
Weiner said he's tried a pair after a friend brought back several pairs from a vending machine that was setup in Big Sur, California, over the weekend.
"I think it's pretty impressive to see what [Snap CEO Evan Spiegel] has done with that," he said on Tuesday, speaking at the Code Enterprise conference in San Francisco.
Weiner praised Spiegel for turning Snapchat from a simple messaging service into what is increasingly a mainstream media play. Then, along came the glasses.
"To introduce a hardware product, having never developed a hardware product, and to do a hardware product that Google tried and a lot of folks rejected by virtue of certain elements of it, I think he's been incredibly thoughtful," said Weiner.
The LinkedIn CEO was on stage to talk about his company but prompted to speak about the glasses after a backstage conversation. He praised the vending machines being used to sell them.
They appear with no warning in locations for a limited time and then are moved somewhere else.
"Rather than make it some picture of the future, it is this really playful, stylish pair of glasses, and this whole thing with the vending machine — to me it felt like a real-life 'pokestop,'" Weiner said, referring to the real-world locations in the Pokemon Go app where users can collect in-game items.
"You start thinking, why hasn't anyone else done this given the success that Pokemon was having?" he said.


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Yole Développement released a new report dedicated to MEMS devices and sensors for smartphones applications: MEMS & Sensors for Smartphones Report.
This report provides market data on MEMS & Sensors for mobile phones: key market metrics & dynamics including unit shipments, revenues and average selling price by type of MEMS & Sensors, market shares with detailed breakdown for each player.
This analysis also presents application focus on key sensors that are changing the mobile phone industry: new features, technical roadmap, insight about future technology trends & challenges.
Yole Développement also analyses the MEMS & Sensors value chain, infrastructures & players for the handset business (list of players for each device, key suppliers and emerging players, business models …)
MEMS & Sensors, a tremendous growth
Integration of MEMS components and sensors is not new to the mobile phone industry. For example, FBAR RF filters and silicon microphones have been integrated on mobile phones since 2002. More recently, MEMS accelerometers have been established as a "must-have" feature for many smartphones and feature-phones. And other types of sensors, like CMOS image sensors, have experienced a large success in the recent years.
But the mobile phone market is changing extremely quickly. It appears that in 2010 we are at a turning point in the history of MEMS & sensors for handsets: the market for MEMS & sensors will experience double digit growth, from $ 3.55B in 2009 to $ 7.91B in 2015.
Yole Développement has identified several factors explaining why MEMS & sensors will experience this tremendous growth over the next few years:
– Share of smartphones is rising faster than ever: 44% of the mobile phones will be smartphones in 2015. Success of smartphones is leading to an increasing amount of MEMS & sensors in mobile phones to provide new features/services to end-users, to reduce cost through more integration or to improve hardware performance
– GPS integration is not limited to high-end phones anymore. Nearly one phone in three will incorporate GPS in 2010. This is an additional driver to integrate motion sensors : when combined with compass, accelerometers or gyroscopes, this enables new services to be deployed
– The RF part of cell phones is currently changing very quickly, with more and more multi-band multi-mode mobile phones. The incoming deployment of new standards (LTE network in particular )has a direct impact on RF components and will open new doors for online services using an increasing amount of sensors
US$ 1.19B for the motion sensor market in 2015
One striking illustration on how quickly things can happen in the mobile phone industry is the recent release of iPhone 4, the first mobile phone to integrate a MEMS gyroscope, followed a few days later by the announcement of InvenSense IPO. The gyroscope business is now expected to boom very quickly: at Yole Développement, market analysts believe that the gyroscope market for mobile phones will be more than $ 80M in 2010 already. They believe strongly that the impact of gyroscopes on the user experience will be as high as the accelerometer case. Only 3 years ago the first accelerometers were integrated on mobile phones, at a price level similar to gyroscopes today. Now accelerometers are viewed as commodity products in some platforms and their penetration should be above one third of cell phones in 2010. "Total motion sensor market for mobile phone will reach $ 1.19B in 2015, with a 25.3% CAGR", says Laurent Robin, MEMS Market Analyst at Yole Développement
Gyroscopes are not predicted to be the only "killer app" in handsets for the years to come. Many other significant changes are also expected:
– While the accelerometer and compass try to offer differentiating features, gyroscopes are now entering the mobile phone business, and efforts are also put on pressure sensors. Combo of motion sensors with an increasing processing part are now in development
– RF filters, variable capacitors and silicon MEMS oscillators should benefit from the changes occurring at the radio-front end level, from the increasing market for duplexers to the LTE impact on multi-mode phones.
– Silicon microphones are being accepted by the handset market. The cost benefit of ECM tends to decrease, and silicon microphones offer many other advantages. The emergence of dual-microphone solutions for ambient noise cancellation is going to push this business.
– Many innovative developments in the optical MEMS area are observed. Integrated picoprojectors could make the micromirror market take off, while new microdisplay concepts expect to widely decrease power consumption.
– CMOS image sensors are already a very big business. The battle is intense between the competitors to develop the next key features such as BSI, WLO, autofocus solutions or stabilization.
– Many other emerging sensors have been identified, with the potential to become new killer applications in 5 to 10 years: microspeakers, environmental sensors…
Such an attractive market brings with it intense competition between players. Yole Développement observes very quick changes in the supply chain since 2 years with the emergence of new players, the alliances between companies and regular fundraising / acquisitions, in particular when it comes to start-ups. IDMs such as ST Microelectronics have been established as business leaders, by offering reliable components, high level of customer support, an extensive product portfolio and huge price reduction. However few fabless companies have been successful and many innovative fabless start-ups are expected to impact the market within a few years.


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The young woman pulled her Subaru wagon into the parking lot of a Framingham hotel Wednesday night for a prearranged meeting with someone she knew only as Kool Guy, a man with short black hair and glasses who resembled actor Joaquin Phoenix.
She handed him $250 cash for an ounce of marijuana dubbed Blue Cheese. He threw in four free samples — chocolate and caramel candies laced with THC, the ingredient responsible for the drug's high.
"The first time we met, I was nervous," said the 31-year-old woman named Janeen, who found Kool Guy through a website that matches medical marijuana patients nationwide with "caregivers" in their area who supply cannabis that they have grown or bought from others. Now, making her fourth purchase to help with severe migraines, Janeen felt comfortable enough to bring along the 97-year-old woman she cares for.
Kool Guy is part of a booming cottage industry of self-described caregivers who have jumped in to meet the demand created by the state's year-and-a-half-old medical marijuana law. While Massachusetts health officials have been preoccupied with vetting and licensing storefront dispensaries, these entrepreneurs are hawking products with names such as Jack the Ripper and Sour Diesel on the Internet. They operate in a legal gray area, with no regulation or oversight.
Bill Downing, a longtime activist for legalizing marijuana who is from Reading, said his company, Yankee Care Givers, delivers medicinal cannabis products grown by "old hippies" to about 940 patients throughout Massachusetts who order from the company's website. His prices range from $320 an ounce for strains of marijuana called Green Crack, Sweet Tooth, and Blueberry Cannabis Flowers to $7 for another, edible variety, Green Karma Happy Taffy Lollies.
The caregivers and patients such as Janeen, who asked to be identified by only her first name, said that they' are following the law and state health regulations. The rules allow patients with doctor-provided certificates to grow marijuana or have a caregiver cultivate it or obtain it for them -- up to 10 ounces for a 60-day supply. Caregivers are limited to supplying just one patient at a time, but caregivers, patients, and even some police officials say the rules are unclear and open to interpretation.
The state Department of Public Health issued guidelines for law enforcement in March, but Reading Police Chief James Cormier said they leave many questions unanswered.
"We are in a big state of confusion right now," he said. "What we need is a clear definition of what is a caregiver."
The state health agency is aware of the flourishing trade, but has apparently done nothing to stop it. Karen van Unen, director of the department's medical marijuana program, declined to be interviewed, and did not answer questions submitted through a spokesman about whether the proliferation of online caregivers serving multiple customers violates state regulations.
Van Unen released a statement, saying: "The Department actively cooperates with law enforcement when there are concerns about violations of these regulations, and is developing an online system which will provide law enforcement with real-time access to patient and caregiver registration, and will improve officials' ability to monitor compliance."
Since voters legalized medical marijuana in November 2012, the state has granted preliminary approval for 20 dispensaries, but has delayed licensing them amid revelations that some of the companies made misrepresentations on their applications that the state failed to uncover before selecting them.
Many patients have meanwhile received certificates from physicians allowing them to obtain marijuana for an array of conditions. But with dispensaries not expected to open until the fall at the earliest, they have turned to the Internet, where sites such as marijuana-caregiver.com provide a list of eager suppliers.
Patients and caregivers find each other through forums on the website and then arrange purchases through e-mail, private messaging, texting, and phone calls. The site includes patients' ratings of caregivers, and frequent posts about upcoming deliveries around Massachusetts.
"We are caregivers and patients on Cape Cod looking to help other patients in need," read one post.
Another person wrote, "Are there any caregivers that would be willing to grow for my wife? Not sure if this is even possible with these ridiculous MA laws."
Caregivers registered on the site say patients must provide a copy of their doctor's certificate and identification before they will sell them marijuana. Some refer to their prices as a "donation," in an apparent effort to comply with state regulations that prohibit caregivers from making a profit on marijuana.
Many of the caregivers have their own doctors' certificate that allows them to legally carry up to 10 ounces of marijuana in Massachusetts.
"I don't think I'm breaking the law," said Kool Guy, who spoke on the condition he not be named for fear of legal problems and because he wants to maintain his privacy.
"You have to fill the void with something and that's what we're doing right now. When the dispensaries open up, we are going to dwindle away."
Kool Guy said he grows a small amount of marijuana and has to buy from other caregivers to meet the demand of about 20 patients. He said he delivers to department store parking lots and million-dollar houses in Boston's most affluent suburbs, depending on what the patient prefers.
"I feel bad for these people," said Kool Guy, who described his patients as mostly middle-aged and suffering from various ailments, including cancer, AIDS, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, and anxiety.
Another caregiver who posts on the website said he is part of a cooperative composed of a small group of military veterans who grow marijuana for their medical needs and deliver any surplus to other patients.
"We started out as patients and it wasn't available, or what was available was steeply overpriced or black market," he said, adding that he works a full-time construction job and only takes "donations" from other patients to offset the cost of cultivation.
"You are not doing it for profit, you are doing it to help people," he said.
Tom Brandes of Phoenix, the administrator of marijuana-caregiver.com, said he launched the site a couple of years ago when medical cannabis became legal in Arizona, then expanded to other states.
Brandes said he doesn't charge patients or caregivers to register and post messages. The site does not conduct background checks and it is up to patients and caregivers to vet each other and follow the law, he said.
"I'm not going to try to police it; I can't," said Brandes, adding that he can't keep drug dealers from trying to infiltrate the site, but enlists moderators to monitor activity.
Downing, 55, the owner of Yankee Care Givers, said during a telephone interview that he is different from other caregivers on the Internet.
"I'm the only actual caregiver," he said. "Those guys are drug dealers."
Downing said the Department of Public Health is aware of his business because he sends it a form signed by each of his patients, designating him as their caregiver. He said it is unclear what the department does with the forms since the state has yet to create the planned registration system for patients and caregivers.
Downing said the one-patient limit per caregiver does not apply to him because state regulations say personal care attendants are exempt from that rule and his business is defined as a personal services company. (Several other caregivers said in interviews they should not be limited to one patient because people shop around and do not stick with one caregiver.)
Downing, the father of two teenaged boys, said his company is nonprofit and he was growing marijuana at his home until police warned him last month that they suspected he was going to be robbed and that he was endangering his family. He said police told him they believed his business was illegal, but did not arrest him.
Cormier, the Reading chief, said he thinks Downing is breaking the law and has repeatedly asked the Department of Public Health over the last two months for a written opinion on whether he is.
"I am frustrated with the DPH," Cormier said. "I believe that there's a potential loophole in terms of the so-called caregiver exception that is being exploited. The frustration comes because we need DPH to give us an opinion in writing and we have not received it."
Cormier said his department received numerous complaints from neighbors about Downing's brisk business and he remains under investigation.
Downing said he has relocated his business to an undisclosed site and is buying marijuana from "black market growers who have been in business for decades, servicing the market with high, organic quality marijuana . . . just old hippies."
Not everybody finds caregivers online. Scott Murphy, a 31-year-old Iraq veteran and father of three young children, said he started using marijuana about two years ago to ease the pain of his degenerative arthritis. Murphy buys tincture, a marijuana-infused oil, from a caregiver he met at a gathering of marijuana advocates.
The caregiver process is far better than buying it off the street, he said, because it's cheaper and his caregiver sells only products that have been lab-tested.
"My caregiver switched to a delivery service that can meet you wherever it's convenient for you, whether it be your house or another location," said Murphy, a Newton resident who is completing his undergraduate degree, applying to law school, and running a nonprofit that promotes veterans' health issues.
Matthew Allen, executive director of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said he gets calls daily from patients who are seeking a medical marijuana caregiver, but his organization is unable to help them because it does not have a system to ensure the services that are springing up are reliable and comply with state law.
The alliance is lobbying to change the state regulation restricting caregivers to one patient, and wants to adopt the rules in Rhode Island and Maine, which allow five patients per caregiver.
"We do want caregivers to offer this service, staying within the boundaries of the law," Allen said. "But this regulation makes it impossible to do that even for those with the best intentions."
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The awful news of a U.S. soldier perpetrating a massacre of innocent civilians in Afghanistan is likely to reignite the fury of many Afghans against the American presence, and retard whatever progress is being made to stabilize the country and draw down American troops. A situation already difficult and expensive has been rendered more so.
John has already offered his opinion here that we should get out. He can find support for this view from an impressive witness: Winston Churchill. In his very first book in 1897, The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War, Churchill reflects on the exact difficulties we are facing in exactly the same place. Despite all the advances in American firepower in the century since Churchill wrote, there is very little fundamentally different now—especially the forbidding geography of the country and the unremitting barbarism of the tribes that inhabit the rocky valleys; people rushing "headlong into the ninth century," as Bing West put it here last week. Churchill was a skeptic that it was wise to pursue a policy of attempting to subdue the region through military means.
Churchill's concluding chapter, "The Riddle of the Frontier," ought to be assigned reading in our war colleges, not to mention the Pentagon and State Department. See whether some of these excerpts don't sound entirely fitting to our present condition:
The spirit of reaction led to the final abandonment of the venerable policy of non-intervention. Instead of the "line of the mountains," it was now maintained that the passes through them must be held. This is the so-called "Forward Policy." It is a policy which aims at obtaining the frontier—Gilgit, Chitral, Jelalabad, Kandahar.
In pursuance of that policy we have been led to build many frontier forts, to construct roads, to annex territories, and to enter upon more intimate relations with the border tribes. . .
It may be said of the present system that it precludes the possibility of peace. Isolated posts have been formed in the midst of races notoriously passionate, reckless and warlike. . .
The possibility of a great combination among the border tribes was indeed not contemplated. Separated by distance, and divided by faction, it was anticipated they could be dealt with in detail. On this point we have been undeceived.
That period of war and disturbance which was the inevitable first consequence of the "Forward Policy" must in any case have been disturbed and expensive. Regarded from an economic standpoint, the trade of the frontier valleys will never pay a shilling in the pound on the military expenditure necessary to preserve order. . .
The "Full steam ahead" method would be undoubtedly the most desirable. This is the military view. Mobilise, it is urged, a nice field force, and operate at leisure in the frontier valleys, until they are as safe a Hyde Park. Nor need this course necessarily involve the extermination of the inhabitants. Military rule is the best rule suited to the character and comprehension of the tribesmen. They will soon recognize the futility of resistance, and will gradually welcome the increase of wealth and comfort that will follow a stable government. . . Only one real objection has been advanced against this plan. But it is a crushing one, and it constitutes the most serious argument against the whole "Forward Policy." It is this: we have neither the troops nor the money to carry it out.


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Paramilitaries Kill 40 In Ethiopia
At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions.
Unrest first broke out along the border of the country's Somali and Oromiya provinces in September, displacing nearly a million people, though the violence had subsided by April.
On Monday, the Oromiya regional administration's spokesman Negeri Lencho said heavily armed members of a paramilitary force from the Somali region had carried out cross-border attacks in Oromiya's East Hararghe district.
"We still do not know why Liyu forces raided the areas on Saturday and Sunday," he said, referring to the paramilitary soldiers.
"But we know that all the victims were ethnic Oromos. At least 40 were killed in the attacks."
A week earlier, mobs looted properties owned by ethnic minorities in the Somali region's capital Jijiga.
The central government said the unrest had been stoked by regional officials, who had fallen out with central authorities trying to address rights abuses in the region.
The spokesman said the officials had said the government was illegally forcing them to resign, and that Liyu forces had taken part in the attacks under their orders.
The forces are seen as loyal to the region's leader Abdi Omer, who has since resigned.
Authorities in the Somali region were not immediately available for comment.
Hundreds were killed by security forces over a two-year period.
The violence is the biggest domestic challenge facing reformist Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April.
In a separate incident, a stampede among thousands, who attended a visit by a prominent political activist in the town of Shashemene killed three people on Sunday, officials from the Oromiya regional government, said.
The event was held to mark the return to Ethiopia of Jawar Mohammed, an activist, who had been in exile in the U.S. but played a key role in mobilising Oromo youths through social media.
Amid the chaos, another person was beaten to death by a mob after rumours circulated he had carried a bomb, residents said.
"Police did not take action while all that took place," the witness told Reuters. "It is an example of the lawlessness that is taking root in the country."