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911 as an inside job now beyond doubt (UPDATED June 7, 2012)by Daniel Johnson, Deputy Executive Editor
911: It either knowingly happened at the level of the White House, or the highest levels of the government were wilfully blind.
(Calgary, Alberta) - Is the future of America worth a few hours of your time? I'm sure you would be willing to spend a day or half a day at a seminar to improve your job performance or your job prospects. Will you give your country as much?
The 911Truth movement is not receiving much respect or acknowledgement from the mainstream media. I will present evidence here, that you've probably never encountered before, as you took in and uncritically accepted the official government story. If you will invest a few hours and watch the internet videos at the end of this piece, you can decide for yourself.
Over the last week or so, I have watched several documentaries produced by different people and have come away completely shocked. The evidence suggesting some sort of official complicity is overwhelming.
After a week of informative comments, I have come to a further conclusion which I have placed at the end, just before the comments.)
What the so-called 911Truth movement is challenging
Was Abraham Lincoln right? "You can fool some of the people all of the time. You can fool all of the people some of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
In the case of 911, no matter what doubts people might harbour privately, the vast majority of Americans still believe in the integrity of the federal government. It's a bedrock belief that, once cracks begin to appear, threatens American culture itself. From that point of view, the 911Truthers are legitimately unpatriotic. That can't be helped.
Ronald Reagan once suggested that the most nine most feared words in the English language were: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." With 911, those words take on a new and ominous meaning.
Has your government lied to you about 911?
One question to resolve is: Has your government ever lied to you and, as a result, your fellow citizens have innocently died?
The answer to that is an unequivocal yes. Two particularly egregious examples are, one, the fictitious Gulf of Tonkin incident of August 4, 1964 which resulted in the passage by Congress of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson the authority to assist any Southeast Asian country whose government was considered to be jeopardized by "communist aggression". The resolution served as Johnson's legal justification for deploying U.S. conventional forces and the commencement of open warfare against North Vietnam. That war resulted in 58,000 American casualties.
The second example was the invasion of Iraq in 1991 in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The American people, at the time, was split as to whether the U.S. should invade until a young woman, claiming to be a nurse who had worked at the Kuwait City Hospital, testified to atrocities conducted by Iraqi soldiers that they took babies out of incubators and threw them onto the cement floors to die. She saw this with her own eyes. This kind of emotional testimony increased the public's support for a land war in Iraq, and the invasion was on.
But, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) investigative team learned that the young woman was, in fact, a member of the Kuwaiti royal family and the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the U.S. She had been trained in acting by the multinational PR firm Hill and Knowlton which was part of a joint White House/Kuwaiti operation. After finding no evidence to support those alleged atrocities, Amnesty International issued a retraction. That didn't stop President George H. W. Bush from continuing to repeat the incubator allegations on television.
Building 7
I'll begin with a little quiz. Have you ever heard of Building 7? It was part of the WTC complex and it collapsed at free fall speed at 520pm on 911. It was a 47 story building and had not been hit by a plane. There were minor fires on fewer than a half dozen floors. If you had read the official 911 Commission report, you'd still be in the dark because the Commission said nothing, nada, zip, zero about Building 7. That tells you how comprehensive a job the Commission did. (LOL)
Next ask your friends and acquaintances if they know anything about Building 7. You may be unpleasantly surprised at the lack of public knowledge.
Another interesting thing about Building 7 is that both CNN and the BBC reported that it had collapsed, a full half hour before it actually came down. In fact, when the BBC reporter was reporting its collapse, Building 7 could be seen still standing behind her!
The 911 Commission's report dealt with Building 7 by completely ignoring it.
There was comparatively minor damage to Building 7 from the collapse of the two towers. The damage to the other buildings, 3, 4, 5 and 6 was immeasurably greater, yet they all remained standing. Building 7 came down in 6.5 seconds—a rate of about 7 floors per second.
Who paid for 911?
A modern mantra, apparently originating in the Woodward/Bernstein investigation of Watergate, is: "Follow the money." In the case of 911, the money was not followed.
General Mahmoud Ahmed, director of Pakistan's ISI, instructed Ahmad Umar Sayed Sheikh to wire $100,000 to Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker. No inquiry was ever made into why the ISI ordered that money sent. The 911 Commission concluded in their report that the financing of the attacks was "of little practical significance".
President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were both asked to appear at the Commission. Inexplicably, they decided to appear together and set their own rules. They were not under oath; WTC family members, the public and the press were denied attendance, no recording of any kind was allowed and the Commission notes from the three hour appearance were subject to White House censorship.
At a news conference President Bush was asked, "Don't you think the families deserve to have a transcript or to be able to see…" He was interrupted by Bush who said: "You asked the same question yesterday and you'll get the same answer." In other words, no answer.
Suspicious? You decide.
The Twin Towers
Frank A. DeMartini, Manager, WTC Construction and Project Management said:
"This [tower] was designed to have a fully loaded 707 crash into it. That was the largest plane at the time [the late 1960s]. I believe that the building probably could sustain multiple impacts of jet liners because this structure is like the mosquito netting on your screen door. This intense grid and the jet plane is just a pencil puncturing that netting and it really does nothing to the screen netting."
In order for the towers to collapse, 47 steel columns at the core, 236 exterior columns, and thousands of steel trusses, all had to fail at the same time. Never in the history of construction, has a steel building ever collapsed due to fire.
The WTC towers and Building 7, in fact, were the only steel structure buildings in the history of construction to ever collapse.
None of those buildings collapsed or even came close to collapsing
If the WTC towers collapsed as a result of "normal" events, several other mysteries must be explained:
Advance work?
Electronic security for WTC and Dulles Airport (also involved in 911) was supplied by a company called Securacom. Wirt D. Walker III, a Bush cousin, was the CEO and George W. Bush's younger brother Marvin P. was a principle of the company.
This introduces another unexplained aspect.
Scott Forbes was the senior database specialist for Fiduciary Trust in 2001. For nearly an entire weekend, there was a building power down.
"We were notified three weeks in advance of the power down by the Port Authority. It was relatively short notice to plan to shut down all of our banking systems. It was a big deal, it was unprecedented. We had a data center on the 97th floor. During that weekend of the power down meant that there was no security. The doors were all open basically. And all the security video cameras were all off. There were guys in overalls carrying huge tool boxes and reels of cables and walking around the building on that weekend." They were ostensibly upgrading the internet cables.
Forbes reported this unusual activity to the 911 Commission but was ignored.
Steel recovered from the site was shipped overseas, eliminating any possibility of independent investigation. All the trucks used to haul away from ground zero were equipped with GPS units so that everyone could be tracked. One driver took an extra long lunch hour and was subsequently fired.
Ray McGovern, a 27-year CIA veteran says "The 911 Commission was a cover up" leading to the obvious question—what were they covering up?
It's indisputable: 911 was certainly a conspiracy, but not of Al Queda. If you believe it happened as officially reported, then you owe it to yourself to address and investigate the incredible coincidences and contradictions.
When planes crash
When planes crash, the news coverage is dominated by images of the crash scene with debris scattered over large areas. In the case of the Pentagon, everything at the site disappeared. No seats, no luggage, no bodies. Even the two Rolls Royce, six-ton engines made of steel and titanium alloy, "disappeared."
Videos from more than 80 security cameras in the area were immediately confiscated by the FBI, and the Department of Justice has never released them. The fact that a 757 crashed into the Pentagon remains an unproven, article of faith. Afterward the entire area was covered with dirt and gravel, making any forensic study impossible.
All that was left of the Shanksville crash was a gouge in the earth and a bunch of broken trees.
At Shanksville, Somerset County Coroner Wally Miller said: "It looked like somebody just dropped a bunch of metal out of the sky." There was apparently a second debris site six to eight miles away. Both support the hypothesis that Flight 93 was actually shot down by a missile.
Osama Bin Laden: Guilty?
In a video allegedly found in Afghanistan Bin Laden admitted responsibility for the attack. But, says Arabist Dr. Abdel El M. Husseini: "I have carefully examined the Pentagon's translation. This translation is very problematic. At the most important places where it is held to prove the guilt of Bin Laden, it is not identical with the Arabic."
Gernot Rotter, Prof of Islamic and Arabic Studies at the Asia-Africa Institute at the University of Hamburg goes further: "The American translators who listened to the tapes and transcribed them apparently wrote a lot of things in that they wanted to hear but that cannot be heard on the tape no matter how many times you listen to it."
WTC anomalies
1. William Rodriguez, a twenty-year WTC employee and the last person to walk out of the building alive, reported later that seconds before the first plane hit, there was an explosion in the basement, between the B2 and B3 levels. Commenters on news reports said that there appeared to be more smoke coming from the basement than from the upper floors.
2. If an FAA controller has any suspicion that a plane has been hijacked, he immediately notifies his superior and if the issue cannot be resolved within about a minute, NORAD is to be alerted and fighters scrambled to find out what is going on. In past experiences, intercepts or their equivalent have been made within about ten minutes; on 911, 80 minutes went by before fighters were even airborne.
There were apparently "war games" going on at the same time and NORAD was dealing with as many as 22 different "hijacks" and were apparently unable to separate the war game exercises from the real hijacks.
The U.S. has the most powerful, costly and technically sophisticated military machine in the world. And yet…
The year before (2000) NORAD had 67 intercepts with 100% accuracy. On 911, they had four failures in one day.
Cynthia McKinney, member, House Armed Services Committee asks: "How is it that on four separate occasions on one day, a trillion dollar military and intelligence infrastructure could fail."
3. The free-fall rate of collapse of the WTC was about 10 floors per second. The building actually disintegrated. What hit the ground was steel and thousands of tons of gravel and fine dust. Building 7 came down at the rate of about six and a half floors per second.
4. For more than six weeks after 911, pools of molten metal hotter than 2OOO degrees F were found at WTC 1 and 2 and Building 7. That is 200 degrees hotter than jet fuel would burn under ideal conditions. None of this was addressed in the 911 report.
5. In 2005, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its 10,000 page report on WTC 1 and 2. The actual collapses themselves were not addressed in the report.
6. In 2008, the NIST report on Building 7 was released. They did not analyze a single piece of steel or examine a controlled demolition hypothesis. Instead, they built a computer model on the assumption of a "fire induced" collapse. The parameters used were not released, making it impossible for anyone else to do any kind of critical follow up.
The report admitted that there was a period of free-fall for 2.25 seconds (eight floors), but they gave no explanation of how this would be possible since their progressive collapse theory was based on systemic collisions and triggered failures.
7. There are links, friendships and business dealings between the Bush and bin Laden families that go back to at least the 1970s.
When George W. Bush started his first oil company, two of his financial backers were Osama Bin Laden and Bin Laden's brother in law.
Thomas von Essen, New York Fire Chief at the time, decided soon after 911 to gather as much anecdotal evidence as he could before memories faded or changed over time. He had 503 people interviewed—fire fighters and EMT personnel—all who had been on site that day. When completed, he had about 12 thousand pages.
When Graeme MacQueen, Founding director, Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada learned about this material, he found that it had been largely ignored, so he decided to read it himself and draw his own conclusions.
Out of the 503 accounts he found ten who argued in support of the official story—about two percent. Conversely, 118 people reported explosions in the towers before or as they came down. MacQueen concludes:
"Those who have suggested this was an inside job have a much stronger case than those who are trying to support the official narrative of the 19 hijackers."
Danish chemistry professor Niels Harritt conducted a study of 911 and concluded: "The evidence for controlled demolition is overwhelming."
David Ray Griffen, author of The New Pearl Harbor concluded that: "911 was a false flag operation intended to authorize the doctrines and funds for a new level of imperial mobilization."
Historian Webster Tarpley says: "The entire U.S. ruling class, ruling elite, comes to see terrorism as the preferred means, indeed the only means, to provide social cohesion, to provide an enemy image for the society, to keep it together. According to neocon theory from Karl Schmidt you have to have an enemy image in order to have a society. It's a very dangerous thing because now it means that the entire social order, the political parties, intellectual life, politics in general, [are] all based on a monstrous myth."
Ted Gunderson, former FBI chief of LA, Dallas and Memphis operations: "Anti-terror legislation…takes away many of our constitutional rights and civil liberties." Habeas corpus for Americans basically ended in 2006—a legal right that had existed since the nation's founding.
New York Times columnist Andrew Rosenthal writes:
"Those who buy into the line that we have to surrender some of our liberties and some of our democratic values to combat terrorism, and believe they are safe from the abuse of power because they are not Muslims, would do well to remember that the government has singled out other minority groups in the past, and may single out new groups in the future. Once, it was enough to be of Japanese descent to earn you transport to an internment camp."
Update--New suspects
The idea that the U.S. government was somehow behind 911, strikes many people as incredible, although given the American government's record of lies: Gulf of Tonkin, Watergate, Iraq... it certainly makes the thoughtful citizen wonder.
My Salem-News colleague Allan Sabrosky, former Director of Studies at the US Army War College has an even more penetrating theory: He argues that "It is 100 percent certain that 9/11 was a Mossad operation."
If true, this explains a few mysteries: Why the Bush administration was so secretive--Bush/Cheney testified in private, not under oath and no transcript was made public. It would also explain so many shadowy men working in the towers in the weeks before 911 (I think, in particular, of Steve Forbes story which was completely ignored by the 911 Commission).
A Mossad connection would cast a new light on the "inside job" scenario. It was not an inside job per se, but rather some on the inside did know and have kept silent over the years.
We also know that in the days when air traffic was shut down across North America, not everyone was grounded. The Bin Ladens and most of their family members and associates were flown out of the country. One objection to the 911Truth movement is that what of the alleged perpetrators who are theoretically still among us. Why has no one spoken up--intentionally or by accident?
On the contrary, if it was the Mossad, they would not be among us, but would instead, have been spirited out of the country in the days of the airport lockdown.
Even the citizens of Israel would be in the dark and not know anything more than their American counterparts. As Alan Sabrosky concludes: "If Americans ever know that Israel did this, they are going to scrub them off the earth."
Infiltration of the left (9 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1su15BsJzc
911 Media coverup (9 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCMl-z2u27c
Jesse Ventura on 911 (9 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9mbotpeuJM&feature=related
Graeme MacQueen 1 (10 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnzs20jgzQs&feature=relmfu
Graeme MacQueen 2 (10 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfvaDdFT2zI&feature=relmfu
Untitled 2012 documentary (23 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6eMq5Rit1w
Zeitgeist (starts 40 minutes in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guXirzknYYE
911 Mysteries (90 minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkCrZZvfCEw&feature=related
Loose Change (2 hrs 9 mins): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmegwUdJdA
___________________________________Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Daniel Johnson as a teenager aspired to be a writer. Always a voracious reader, he reads more books in a month than many people read in a lifetime. He also reads 100+ online articles per week. He knew early that in order to be a writer, you have to be a reader.
He has always been concerned about fairness in the world and the plight of the underprivileged/underdog.
As a professional writer he sold his first paid article in 1974 and, while employed at other jobs, started selling a few pieces in assorted places.
Over the next 15 years, Daniel eked out a living as a writer doing, among other things, national writing and both radio and TV broadcasting for the CBC, Maclean's (the national newsmagazine) and a wide variety of smaller publications. Interweaved throughout this period was soul-killing corporate and public relations writing.
It was through the 1960s and 1970s that he got his university experience. In his first year at the University of Calgary, he majored in psychology/mathematics; in his second year he switched to physics/mathematics. He then learned of an independent study program at the University of Lethbridge where he attended the next two years, studying philosophy and economics. In the end he attended university over nine years (four full time) but never qualified for a degree because he didn't have the right number of courses in any particular field.
In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant's "The Story of Civilization" (Polymath Press, Calgary)
Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing exclusively for Salem-News.com since March 2009 and, as of summer 2011, has published more than 160 stories.
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unbiased March 7, 2013 11:13 pm (Pacific time)
Those who refuse to question the gaping holes in the official 9/11 story, whether the overall story be true or not, and the obvious inconsistencies in Larry Silversteins revelations, whether he is trying to state the truth or not, do not deserve the liberty that they do not fight for. Also those who do not seek the truth, be it different from the official narrative or not, are part of the problem, as opposed to part of the solution, and at the same time are possibly doing the many victims of 9/11 a disservice by possibly allowing the deaths of these people to be in vain.
Anonymous March 7, 2013 3:16 pm (Pacific time)
anan; Nano-thermite explosives (estimated at over 10-tons) at the World trade center ... Nano-thermite explosives were gathered from the WTC.
Anonymous September 11, 2012 2:41 pm (Pacific time)
There are some people that simply will never believe their lord and savior (government) could be part of this...You could show evidence until the cows come home. But for those that are not sure but curious, I have a website you can see hundreds of articles. I am not a fan of the webmaster, but he is organized...whatreallyhappened.com scroll down and on the left you will see 911. Click on it.
Anonymous September 11, 2012 2:36 pm (Pacific time)
You only have to know two things. One is that according to the official story, a handful of Arabs, mainly Saudi Arabians, operating independently of any government and competent intelligence service, men without James Bond and V for Vendetta capabilities, outwitted not only the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency, but all 16 US intelligence agencies, along with all security agencies of America's NATO allies and Israel's Mossad. Not only did the entire intelligence forces of the Western world fail, but on the morning of the attack the entire apparatus of the National Security State simultaneously failed. Airport security failed four times in one hour. NORAD failed. Air Traffic Control failed. The US Air Force failed. The National Security Council failed. Dick Cheney failed. Absolutely nothing worked. The world's only superpower was helpless at the humiliating mercy of a few undistinguished Arabs. It is hard to image a more far-fetched story–except for the second thing you need to know: The humiliating failure of US National Security did not result in immediate demands from the President of the United States, from Congress, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and from the media for an investigation of how such improbable total failure could have occurred. No one was held accountable for the greatest failure of national security in world history. Instead, the White House dragged its feet for a year resisting any investigation until the persistent demands from 9/11 families for accountability forced President George W. Bush to appoint a political commission, devoid of any experts, to hold a pretend investigation. Paul Craig Roberts - former secretary of state under the Reagan Admin. Link to full article here: http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2012/09/11/the-11th-anniversary-911-paul-craig-roberts/
Alburys Mum July 7, 2012 11:14 pm (Pacific time)
albury smith shill ( aka ass ) is an unqualified, anonymous troll, a demonstrable liar, who spends his life trolling any website that refers to 911 truth, posting his unsolicited absurd misinformation, disinformation and obfuscations on every page possible, tirelessly and repetitively.. all the while pretending to be some sort of final arbiter, on all things 911 who, while remaining anonymous, continually slanders qualified experts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fUT7XgLiTY
Martin cC. June 9, 2012 8:29 pm (Pacific time)
I fear for the intelligence of anyone that believes this "conspiracy theory" crap and thier descendants. I will however continue to pray for you all.
Martin cC. June 9, 2012 8:27 pm (Pacific time)
I fear for the intelligence of anyone that believes this "conspiracy theory" crap and thier descendants. I will however continue to pray for you all.
eddie zawaski June 8, 2012 12:08 pm (Pacific time)
Thanks, Eddie.
Daniel Johnson June 8, 2012 12:05 pm (Pacific time)
To REB (you know who you are):
Albury Smith June 8, 2012 9:28 am (Pacific time)
I see a path of evolution to 9/11 that makes a lot more sense than alternative scenarios unsupported by any motive or evidence, Tim King. It includes a 1996 fatwa:
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77g1OeyPZCY
Anonymous June 8, 2012 6:34 am (Pacific time)
Ralph the world watched the 911 attack, which was pretty clear that it was well planned and carried out by Islamic terrorists. The 911 commission simply provided an outline of preceeding events. It was well-documented that the terrorists began their training and planning shortly after they tried to destroy one of the Towers in 1993. The resulting avalanche of empirical data that followed the attack reinforced what billions around the world observed. The JFK assasinination and the 911 attack are not even remotely similar. Conspiracy theorists can find a conspiracy in most anything, and the DSM has much diagnostic material on this personalty disorder.
No matter what the DSM says, there are conspiracies! Is 911 one such? There are legitimate points of view.
Anonymous June 7, 2012 9:50 pm (Pacific time)
Bla bla bla, it's getting old.
Tim King June 7, 2012 9:15 pm (Pacific time)
I have to say that the Mossad connection seems more than plausible, I do not see another path of evolution to this brutal crime that makes more sense.
Anonymous June 7, 2012 7:35 pm (Pacific time)
Hey Daniel, I have a god one for you, just came in my email today. Its a 5 minute quick video explaining 911 quickly and the best I have heard in awhile. Keep in mind, I knew about 911 before it happened, so I dont get too excited about new evidence, but this is a good one. p.s. thanks for posting, seems I am banned here for the most part, and all I do is research avidly, no agenda but truth etc. I am a pretty good guy Daniel...here is the link, 5 minutes: enjoy. Its even somewhat entertaining. James Corbett did great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77g1OeyPZCY
Excellent contribution. Thanks.
Anonymous June 7, 2012 2:05 pm (Pacific time)
OTTAWA (The Borowitz Report) – The Canadian coast guard was on alert today, preparing for what it fears could be a massive invasion of boat people from Wisconsin. Conor McGlindon, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Coast Guard (RCMCG), said that satellite photos had revealed a "substantial flotilla" in the making, as Wisconsinites prepared to flee their state for their neighbor to the North. "Word has gotten around that we have policemen, firemen, and basic school lunches up here," Mr. McGlindon said. "You can't blame these boat people for seeking a better life. But we are under orders to intercept them." In Canada, officials fear that refugees from Wisconsin will brave the treacherous journey across Lake Superior in the hopes of giving birth to so-called "anchor babies" on Canadian soil. Mr. McGlindon offered reporters a look at satellite photos showing the boat people larding their vessels with wheels of premium cheddar cheese, possibly in the hopes of bribing Canadian officials on Superior's northern shore. "We are telling all of our men that under no circumstances should they accept offerings of cheese," he said. "These boat people are desperate and they will try anything." Reports of the looming refugee crisis coincided with the release of a new poll showing that Gov. Scott Walker is now the most hated man in Wisconsin, narrowly edging Brett Favre. Speaking at the state capitol, Gov. Walker seemed philosophical about his legacy: "I'm not worried how history will remember me, because if I have my way there won't be any history teachers."
Ralph E. Stone June 7, 2012 6:49 am (Pacific time)
Remember the ten-month investigation by the Warren Commission, 1963–1964, which concluded that the President was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone and that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial. This is the official version of JFK's assassination and no official body is going to change these conclusions no matter what the conspiracy theorists believe. It is much the same with 9/11. We now have an official version and no official body will touch it again no matter how many conspiracy theories are put forth. But conspiracy theories do make interesting discussions because they mix the credible with the outrageous until the general public dismisses the whole subject entirely. This is how disinformation works.
Anonymous June 7, 2012 6:53 am (Pacific time)
Walker won because he represented the taxpayer, while his opponent represented the groups whose livelihoods depend on bilking the taxpayer. Please note as per bi-partisan surveys 45% of union members are conservatives. In one year Walker took a state deficit of over 3 billion dollars to a surplus. He reduced the state unemployment rate and created more "net" jobs than the Obama Administration has in nearly four years. In fact Obama has a negative job growth. We now have less workers than when Jimmy Carter was president. So what you are seeing Daniel from Governor Walker are conservative policies, like Reagan's and JFK's that work. The Wisconsin voters are majority democrat, and Walker increased his victory several percentage points over his 2010 election. Please keep in mind it was the national unions who have started all this recall, and massive spending going back to last year during their supreme court election, an the Republican won handily. When the FEC (Federal Elections Commission) completes their political donation tallies, you will see that the unions dwarfed the so-called conservative donations. By the way, in 2008 Obama spent more money than any other candidate, and he was the top receiver from Wall Street Bankers. You see those large Hollywood fund raisers for Him by those billionaires? Not much said about that, nor the MSM positive vs negative stories on democrats. No conspiracies going on with the above Daniel, just slective memory/reporting. Oh, and in the future the Wisconsin legislature re-drew their political boundaries for their legislators, so November's elections there will be a shift of even more power going to the competent. In fact that has happened in 35 of our state legislatures since the 2010 elections. All politics are local, as they say. The Tea Party is still very powerful, and has morphed into other leadership power roles.
Anonymous June 6, 2012 7:47 pm (Pacific time)
Has anyone heard the opinion of Scott Waker on this conspiracy matter? I think it would be a good one to know in that he just set lit the fuse, by whipping the millions unions used to defeat him, in beginning the complete removal of public unions, or at least turn them all into the feckless form of the federal goverment unions. Sweet moments coming, just like Canada turning more and more conservative, America has now gotten on track to remove our domestic enemies...the recall election will go down in the record books as the night "the campaign to save America" began.
Albury Smith June 6, 2012 9:41 am (Pacific time)
Please consider my comments here and move on with a little more honesty.
I have considered your comments and you are not, in my view, an arbiter of honesty.
Albury Smith June 6, 2012 6:04 am (Pacific time)
My stalker has joined us. He thinks your article was about me, but perhaps he could help you answer some of my June 4, 2012 7:31 am questions.
I'm not here to answer your questions. As I noted earlier, I have already moved on.
Albury Smith June 6, 2012 5:37 am (Pacific time)
After reading that link and my comments, are you supporting, uncritically, the nonsense you've presented here? It's a yes or no question. Steven Jones presented photos of WTC columns cut with an oxyacetylene torch during the cleanup as evidence of explosives, and claims that nanothermite was painted on the steel to cut it. Ever wonder why no one's ever shown how that works on video? Cutting torches leave gray slag; explosives blow away all loose debris, and nothing painted on a vertical steel surface would do anything but flash and fall off.
debunker June 6, 2012 12:09 am (Pacific time)
albury smith trolling
Thank you.
debunker June 6, 2012 12:04 am (Pacific time)
this video defines the likes of albury smith et al; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_afIXBaenVE
Anonymous June 5, 2012 6:00 pm (Pacific time)
Dan, science has beaten you buddy. There are real reasons why congress and the media, and Hollywood, leave this conspiracy carnival sideshow alone.
But I haven't been beaten by Bush/Cheney.
Albury Smith June 5, 2012 5:42 pm (Pacific time)
I've commented on much of the material you got from those links. The fact that you find Loose Change credible pretty much says it all:
I read your link. I've moved on to other current topics. On 911, my only question to you is: Are you supporting, uncritically, the official government version? It's a yes or no question. As for Loose Change, it's the work of Steven Jones I am supporting, not necessarily the balance of the video. I also support the work of Graeme MacQueen. That ends this for me.
Albury Smith June 5, 2012 3:40 pm (Pacific time)
If the details, i.e. the numerous inaccuracies I've pointed out in your statements here, are only a distraction, why bother to present them at all? Since you've cited Max Cleland, would you care to tell me what he's ever disagreed with in the final 9/11 Commission Report? Please be specific. Ditto for the others closely associated with it who were critical, including Kean, Hamilton, and Farmer.
Did you watch any of the videos to which I supplied links?
Seems to me that you're going after the messenger, here. I suggest that at a minimum that you watch the two MacQueen videos--total 20 minutes. And Steven Jones. Where is he wrong? See in particular: http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/jones/StevenJones.html#loosechange
Albury Smith June 5, 2012 4:33 am (Pacific time)
I'm open-minded. Please address some of the questions I've posted, and perhaps we can find areas of agreement.
There's only one question on which we can agree or disagree; the details are only a distraction. Is the government, or some part of the government (CIA or NSA, for example) lying to the American people? It's one thing to point back to previous examples, like the Gulf of Tonkin and the babies thrown from the incubators (lies made up from whole cloth) for the first Gulf War, but are there current examples? I argue that there are: Bush and Cheney testifying in secret and not under oath and Bush just dismissing any questions that the victims' families have a right to know what was said. Bush and Cheney were initially opposed to the creation of the 911 Commission and wanted it kept within Congress alone until Congress overruled them. Why?
What it comes down to, in my view, is: Did 19 hijackers commandeer four planes and crash them into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, just as the government contends? This, from my reading of your comments, is what you are arguing. Note that Max Cleland resigned from the Commission, charging that there was a White House cover up. True or not, that the issue itself is raised is extremely problematic, tainting the whole procedure. Note further that the Commission itself was composed almost entirely of political hacks with any member having veto control over whatever he didn't want in the report. Finally, the White House had final say on anything in the entire report itself. Most suspicious is that there were no members of the general public included and, in particular, no members who had any specific expertise to contribute.
So you either(a) uncritically believe the government on what happened that day, or (b) the whole issue requires deeper examination. I'm with (b). The details at this point are a distraction. To put things more charitably: The government has not been candid or sufficiently forthcoming with the American people.
Albury Smith June 4, 2012 7:31 am (Pacific time)
Correct; dirt and gravel would NOT turn into an equivalent sea of mud. It's very common practice in conditions like that to haul in tri-axle loads of quarry product - usually 2 or 3A modified, or 2 or 3B crushed stone, and compact it to make a temporary access road for construction operations like the ones needed to clean up and rebuild the Pentagon. What on earth do you "think" they were hiding? I know it's way too much to ask that you actually READ NCSTAR 1, 1A, 1-9, and the 9/11 Commission Report, but is it unreasonable to expect you to use a little common sense?
It has become eminently clear to me that we are in a state of terminal disagreement. What I suggest is that we honourably agree to disagree.
Anonymous June 4, 2012 5:49 am (Pacific time)
The "layer of dirt and gravel" at the Pentagon crash site is called a temporary access road [duh]. It was put there to keep the lawn from being turned into a sea of mud by the trucks and other heavy equipment brought in to clean up the debris and rebuild.
Dirt and gravel would not turn into an equivalent sea of mud? Duh.
Albury Smith June 4, 2012 5:18 am (Pacific time)
Repeating lies does not make them true, nor does calling someone a "troll."
Anonymous June 3, 2012 7:59 pm (Pacific time)
Most Americans with some education, does not believe the "official" version of the 9/11 tragey anyway. The question is - and has been, if we cannot believe in our own goverment, how are we going to go after THEM. Most likely, they are still among us and congratulating themselves for a job well done. Instead of demanding the truth be told, we vote for the same system with all its "Security" departments in tact. Anyone, who watched Geo Bush's face, the minute he was told of the attack,should have realized, the was NOT surprised - actually, he looked stupid - kind of out of it.
Anonymous June 3, 2012 6:49 pm (Pacific time)
Daniel: my wife had her birthday one day before mothers day. I had to come up with something. I hate birthdays and holidays, but had to do something. I spent two days working on the mechanics and cleaning her minivan, its good as new now, but guess what? Yes, I bought her a horse. She has wanted one. This horse was a bit wild, never been ridden, but when I walked out to his corral, I sang "amazing grace" to him. He is now my best friend, altho the wife is a bit upset that he likes me more, but I can fix that.:-) Anyway, great job on exposing some truth, and going to end for tonite, leaving you with a song: :-) g'night all..keep searching truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O69L2mO9y-4
Anonymous June 3, 2012 6:22 pm (Pacific time)
First responders and hundreds of witnesses are on record for observing the aircraft crash into the Pentagon. Then there are tapes from several air traffic control locations showing all four aircraft crashing. Now, I dare say, you appeal to those who simply have the conspiracy itch that needs scratching.
It's all exceedingly suspicious. Why did the FBI confiscate more than 80 videotapes of the event from the immediate neighborhood and, to this day, the Department of Justice has not released a single one? Then, after the event, the whole area around the scene was buried under a layer of dirt and gravel. What is the government hiding from everyone?
Albury Smith June 3, 2012 5:26 pm (Pacific time)
Calling me a "troll" is nothing more than a cop-out. Why won't you address any of my comments?
I addressed all your comments in my article. You're offering nothing but the same old official whitewash.
Anonymous June 3, 2012 3:58 pm (Pacific time)
To the latest "anonymous": Gage and his "truth movement" clowns had little to no effect on the NIST reports, except to point out trivia and make a nuisance of themselves, and totally lack the qualifications for serious forensic structural engineering work. The NIST WTC investigations resulted in 40 revisions to the 2009 and 2012 I-codes, and were conducted by people with these qualifications: http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/team_members.cfm Get back to me when Box Boy and his so-called "engineers" even get a mention on the ASCE web site, or when his "research" is cited on his own AIA site. They're ignored by the overwhelming majority of construction professionals: http://www.iowaasce.org/2012/04/9-11-truth-communications/
Albury Smith June 3, 2012 3:42 pm (Pacific time)
What's your motivation for making up your own "facts," and then ignoring my comments about them? If you'd like to know where the remains of the Pentagon and Shanksville planes and passengers are, have you asked American and United Airlines, or any of the many eyewitnesses who were there? Many are listed at these links:
From your comments I've come to realize you're just a troll. Unless you have something to contribute, don't bother wasting your time with further comments. You're only convincing yourself and your fellow trolls.
Anonymous June 3, 2012 3:00 pm (Pacific time)
Thanks Daniel for bringing this topic up. It is ok that some want to use government documents to prove their point when some, such as us think the government/bankers/whatever were behind it, but its ok. If you reach even one person that has an open heart to truth, you did your job. Thanks again Daniel, and its great to watch you grow in your learnings. You and I have faught much, but for some reason, I had to stick in with ya. You kinda stuck in there with me also it seems. :-) Keep up the learning my friend. Dont stop, no matter if it hurts, 911 is just the beginning.. I read something from some guy in the 16th century,I cant remember his name right now, but he said, "if you want to know the truth, forget everything you have been taught"..Time for a new thought process maybe. I feel, as tho I have been lied to all my life, whether it be our education system, government, or church pastors, I have not heard the truth, and now I long for it. Keep up the research Daniel.
Anonymous June 3, 2012 2:34 pm (Pacific time)
The government websites that ALbury wants us to visit, are owned by the people who did it. NIST? lol. That is really funny. Gage made the NIST re-write their synopsis. All proven, and on video. And "so called engineers"? please tell me Albury, how much research you did on these engineers. None probably. These engineers/architects/scientists/pilots, are all seasoned veterans who care about their family, their kids, and humanity, and are willing to give up their status to bring truth. Please Albury, send a link that shows you are learned, or any background that you may have, (besides government websites), or prove to us that you have engineering background besides being able to go to the CIA owned google websites.
Albury Smith June 3, 2012 1:43 pm (Pacific time)
Your links are to standard 9/11 "truth movement" fare that's been thoroughly debunked countless times. You state in one comment following the article that "If you depended on the 911 Commission's report, you would never know that Building 7 had collapsed," but fail to mention that the 9/11 Commission's scope did not include listing all of the NYC buildings damaged or destroyed on 9/11, and that the towers are only in the report because they were (again) the target of an al Qaeda attack—this time with airliners instead of a truck bomb. That's a transparent straw man that adds nothing to anyone's understanding of the 9/11 attacks.
I'm trying to understand your motivation in writing what you do. People have the right (see the Jesse Ventura video) to disagree with the official government version. Why do you think it important to defend the indefensible--i.e., Bush/Cheney testifying not under oath with their testimony a state secret? A plane crashed today in Nigeria and there are bodies and wreckage all over. Where are the bodies and wreckage from Shanksville and the Pentagon? What about the continuous explosions heard by more than 100 EMTs and firefighters?
You write that "the towers are only in the report because they were (again) the target of an al Qaeda attack". That suggests that Building 7 was not part of the attack. If not, why did it collapse when there were fires on only a few of the floors. To many, 911 is too much like Gulf of Tonkin redux. I, and I'm sure many other readers, would like to know what your objective is.
Eddie zawaski June 3, 2012 12:45 pm (Pacific time)
Two thoughts on this....... It is unfortunate that some of evidence presented by a few of the conspiracy theorists is just a bit too far out to be believable. Such efforts serve to undermine the veracity of the vast body of evidence pointing to a deliberate plan to destroy the towers by some group closely connected with either the us government and or the CIA. I get the feling that some of these theorists may actually be plants sent in to disrupt attempts to find the truth by the very people who perpetrated the crime. In short, is Alex Jones on the Bilderberg Group payroll? My other question concerns the whistleblowers. There doesn't seem to be any. If, for example, the trade center towers were brought down by expertly placed and detonated thermite charges, where are the people who placed and detonated these charges? There must have been quite a few people involved in this and. It would be extremely difficult to keep them all silent over the intervening twelve years. I wonder if anyone has made any. Effort to find some of these. People and attempt to get a confession. Please, however, don't suggest that I go out to try to get confessions from thermite bombers as I fully realize that should I find one willing to talk it would be the last thing that either of us would ever do.
Albury Smith June 3, 2012 10:14 am (Pacific time)
Loose Change is just as foolish and dishonest as any of the other 9/11 "truth" industry sources, including Gage and his so-called "engineers." If you want serious answers from honest and competent people, research the NIST reports or go to the ASCE web site and search WTC collapse-related topics.
There are too many unanswered questions and too much secrecy. All you're doing is disputing, not disproving. So, you don't like Loose Change. What of all the other videos produced by others, linked at the bottom of the article?
Anonymous June 3, 2012 8:34 am (Pacific time)
In my opinion, "loose change" is not the best to research from. I suggest Albury look up "architects for 911 truth"..Not sure if Albury is an engineer, butAE911truth has hundreds of architects/engineers/scientists/etc. that have risked their entire career, and have even lost their high position jobs to get the truth out. Steven Jones lost his job at BYU. Also look up "pilots for 911 truth", hundreds of veteran pilots speak about the planes. Building 7 was a 47 story building a block long, built to federal standards to withstand earthquakes, and even a 727 (all government documented), and all it had were some office fires. Silverstein is on video saying "just pull it".. "pull it" is a term commonly used during a demolition. The facts are overwhelming, this was not done by 19 cavemen with cellphones. The only reason people will overlook the blantent facts, is because they are afraid. If their own government, who they thought were taking care of them all this time, did something this horrific, it scares the heck out of them, and their mind just wont see the truth..Sorta like the "stockholm syndrom" Look it up. Those who we tell to research? 95% of them wont, because they dont want to know the truth. To be honest, there are times when I wish I did not know the truth, and I would just be, (as Jackson Brown notes in his song),I'll be a happy idiot, struggling for the legal tender. Problem with that is, what is coming from these same people who did this, is going to be horrific, no matter what you believe. If you think trusting them is going to keep your current lifestyle, you are going to be highly disappointed. The police that protect the elite at protests, dont even know that those who they are protecting them, are not only going to steal their pension plans, but throw them to the dirt when they are done with them.
Anonymous June 3, 2012 6:57 am (Pacific time)
Pretty easy to alter video. There will never be witness proof to verify a conspiracy because they do not exist.
Albury Smith June 3, 2012 6:44 am (Pacific time)
The facade collapse of WTC 7 took ~8.5 seconds, and is impossible to determine to the nearest 1/10 second because of buildings in the foreground that block the view of the bottom floors, and later in the collapse because of dust clouds that also make it impossible to see when it stopped. 6.5 seconds is not a "fact"; it's a fabrication being presented by you as fact. You also failed to explain why WTC 7 was allegedly demolished with these imaginary, evidence-free explosives if so few people even know about it. Another of your "facts" is that "there has never been a steel building in history that has collapsed from fire." WTC 7 was the only HI-RISE that's ever collapsed solely from fire—for reasons that are fully explained in NCSTAR 1A and 1-9—but fireproofing of steel is mandated in building codes for a reason, and it's not uncommon for steel-framed buildings to collapse solely from fire: http://sites.google.com/site/wtc7lies/firesafetyengineering%26theperformanceofst
Albury Smith June 3, 2012 5:04 am (Pacific time)
If there's such a "lack of public knowledge" of WTC 7, what was the point of secretly blowing it up, something that would have been impossible to do anyway? Timing collapses to divine their causes is pure lunacy, but how did this "researcher" come up with 6.5 seconds for WTC 7, right to the nearest 1/10 second, no less? The bottom floors aren't visible in any collapse video, but the facade obviously took closer to 8.5 seconds to come down, and the top 242' of the 610' building, i.e. the part that can actually be seen, was very accurately timed in 5.4 seconds. The only thing here that's "beyond doubt" is that Daniel Johnson is grossly dishonest.
I didn't time it or make it up. More than one source in the videos presented that fact. Others have invested thousands of hours in researching 911 and I merely summarized. Watch some of the videos, or if just one, say "Loose Change", then write back.
f39pw June 1, 2012 5:42 pm (Pacific time)
God sees all, and in His time, will punish the wrongdoers if they do not repent and confess.
Anonymous June 1, 2012 11:36 am (Pacific time)
Too many unanswered questions and too many secrets.
Anonymous June 1, 2012 9:47 am (Pacific time)
Bilderberg group meeting update: they want Ron Paul dead. A couple years ago, they disliked him, but now they are very upset and want him dead. The inside info I get from bilderberg group over the last decade has been 100% accurate. They could get away with killing JFK, but if they kill Ron Paul, you will see civil war in the U.S. and the group knows this. They want Ron Paul, and his supporters dead. I kid you not.
Anonymous June 1, 2012 9:18 am (Pacific time)
Luke don't you mean Clinton? He was running things during the 1993 bombing of the Towers. He was president when the planning and training was going on by the hijackers. He controlled all the intelligence agencies, so why did he fail us by not stopping the attack? Is it because the second in command at the Justice Department, under Janet Reno, stopped these agencies from sharing info? Yeah, Clinton is the responsible party. He also has at 3 opportunities to kill Osama. Blaming Bush is pretty standard for those who cannot lead, thus even today a few minutes ago with unemployment ticking up, Obama was still blaming Bush.
Rob D May 31, 2012 8:28 pm (Pacific time)
When was the last time an insurence company paid a claim on an act of war? Yet the owner received 1 billion over the price paid for the building and wanted more.
Luke Easter May 31, 2012 8:20 pm (Pacific time)
If you admit it's an inside job then there's no reason for G.W. to attone for the dimwittedness of G.H. and Haliburton doesn't make billions in profits and... Well, you get the picture.
Anonymous May 31, 2012 2:10 pm (Pacific time)
Bilderberg meeting first day. 1. Continue dollar de-value and blame it on China.(hyper inflation coming). Push Greece/Spain for more austerity. 3. Preparing for an economic tragedy soon that will make 2008 look like a picnic. 4: bank runs. Iran and Syria will be discussed this weekend. You dont have to believe me, but when you see the dollar collapse in the near future, remember the above words. And then, remember this: If they can/will destroy the world thru banking, fukishima,(I would not go near fish/tuna that came from the pacific) BP, etc., but mostly thru banking, then they can easily pull off a 911. As mentioned, dont believe me now, just watch for it and remember this post. As the title says, its beyond no doubt that 911 was an inside job. And may I add, osama died in 2001. And, as I said many years ago, the police state, TSA etc. were not for muslim extremists, there are none really, it was for people such as myself that are awake, and will not be a slave to the evil bankers. Obama/Romney and all the rest are all bought and paid for by the bankers, and Ron Paul is our only chance.
Anonymous May 30, 2012 8:32 pm (Pacific time)
Here is a video from a former CIA operative that casts new perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlKGB3YwjE
Anonymous May 30, 2012 4:16 pm (Pacific time)
Farrakhan is a CIA/Mossad asset. The same as osama bin laden, and al CIAda. They use these people to keep up the fear of terror, to give up our rights, and be afraid. Dear Lord, do some research anon!!!!!! Oh, and in all the excitement, I forgot to mention how much I appreciate Daniel writing this article. We have had our ups and downs, but this is an up! Thanks.
Anonymous May 30, 2012 4:11 pm (Pacific time)
Steven Jones is great. And Daniel, many of us found out that people, even those who do some research did not know about building 7. In fact, there is a documentary out there called "building what?". I have used building 7 as the smoking gun in many of my blogs. The reason for 911 is simple. The patriot act was written long before 911. They just needed some way to implement it. The plans to invade Iraq were before 911, they needed a way to implement it. Silverstein, who is a Bush buddy, bought the towers with insurance in case of a terror attack, and the towers needed 70 million dollars in taking the asbestos out. The facts that the government story is false is overwhelming. The reason poeple dont want to believe it is simple. It scares them. Many get their living off the government, and will not even think about biting the hands that feed them (all planned), and some, like my brother who saw his friends die in wars, cannot accept that the wars were for empire building and enslaving..not for our freedom. i know this talk is a bit foreign to many, but I just share what I have learned over the decades, and I have no agenda but trying to get truth out. The de-bunking stories about those who dont believe the official story, are a joke. They are made for people who cant handle the truth.. propaganda. For instance, I remember when the major de-bunk story came out high on the CIA owned google list. It was written by Popular Science, owned by none other than than Hearst, another Bush buddy. How convenient huh?
Anonymous May 30, 2012 3:02 pm (Pacific time)
Allah doesn't sound very nice. I wonder why he's so miserable.
Ralph E. Stone May 30, 2012 7:58 am (Pacific time)
Interesting article. I am not sure there is anything new. I remember in 2006, I heard a very compelling presentation by Steven Jones, a physics professor at BYU totally debunking the "official' version. You can probably find some of his interviews on Youtube. Jones was ultimately forced to retire from BYU because he pushed his views too hard and "embarrassed" the university.
Nothing really new unless a person has relied entirely on the msm for a point of view.As part of my searching I was amazed to learn that a lot of people know nothing about Building 7.
Anonymous May 30, 2012 6:26 am (Pacific time)
Daniel I admire your passion, and good luck with your mission here.
Thank you.
Dark Night of the Soul May 29, 2012 10:36 pm (Pacific time)
Perhaps we need not be asking if it was inside job, but WHY and for what specific reason it was an inside job? And also, why..we have an open southern border where anyone and everyone can come across virtually undetected and yet United States citizens are being groped and scanned in air terminals like cattle, and our government has now announced that 30,000 surveillance drones will be flying over American cities and homes. And it is believed that soon, manned drones will be flying over American cities and homes. Feel safe yet?
Why did it happen? I'm with David Ray Griffith who said"911 was a false flag operation intended to authorize the doctrines and funds for a new level of imperial mobilization"
Tim King May 29, 2012 9:42 pm (Pacific time)
Daniel, the video with Jesse Ventura is outstanding!
Anonymous May 29, 2012 8:45 pm (Pacific time)
I understand Anon at 1:13..when I saw it actually happen, and then a few weeks of research, I was sickened beyond belief for months. But then again, they bombed a peaceful place called Libya, paying al ciada (I thought alquada was our enemy)?, to rebel in Libya pretending to be protesters, so that the west could bomb them into oblivion, start a civil war, and take their resources. How about Bill Gates? Vaccinations that paralyzed 50,000...Its called Eugenics, they want us all dead. How about pharma drugs that kill 100, 00 people a year, but marijuana, which harms NO one, is illegal? Its because they run drugs and weapons, all proven. As mentioned, people best wake up to these evil friggin bankers who are trying to control the world, and make us slaves, or kill us. It is now PROVEN that their are indoctrination camps, police are being federalized, pastors from churches are being trained to teach their flock to obey the government etc. I could go on all day. Its here..and no country is immuned. Look what is happening in Quebec, MAJOR police state. You should research the U.N documents/writings in regards to Agenda 21, because Agenda 21 is happening NOW.
D. Fredricks May 29, 2012 8:36 pm (Pacific time)
Daniel, your tin foil is slipping.
Anonymous May 29, 2012 8:32 pm (Pacific time)
I knew it was going to happen two months before it happened.I did not know WHEN, but I knew it was coming. It was CIA and Mossad and possibly Saudi Arabia. The underwear bomber was set up by the CIA, the same as them all. People dont know that the west, including Canada/Australia/England, are all controlled by bankers/Rothchilds/Rockefellers/etc. If you think THIS is scary, wait until you learn the real truth what is going on. Those in control (not president of U.S., not the senate/congress), but psychopathic, pediphile bankers who want to either kill us or control us. Their words, not mine. The Bilderberg group is meeting this week. When I first started talking about the Bilderberg group 10 years ago, I was called "tin foil hat", then the mainstream had to finally admit it. Then they said, "its just a bunch of people getting together to talk" yeah right, they dictate world policy. I will write again when I get the usual inside info from their meeting. This is why salem-news should not ban my posts, I know quite a bit, and my accuracy rating is close to 100%. Be careful in regards to all the rumors..a missile hit the pentagon, or the planes were missiles etc. To be honest, I have very little info on exactly what happened, but it doesnt matter, I just know who did it. It was not 19 cavemen. You should view the video "endgame by alex jones". Its free, just youtube it. People best wake up.
Anonymous May 29, 2012 6:14 pm (Pacific time)
Daniel this is old news, literally everything you listed, and much more has been addressed by an assortment of professional debunkers. I appreciate the passion behind people who advocate a "re-evaluation" and must admit I found some of the ways that the different info was put together as quite clever, but please keep in mind that it is not the melting point of the various metals of the superstructure, but their "softening Point", which even at relatively low temperatures, load capacity can be reduced by 50% in a pretty quick time frame, depending on different variables. Keep in mind that there were intense and growing winds. As far as the 911 Commission report, there were many addendums provided, and many were not made public because of national security reasons. There are very strict laws that preclude various officials from discussing issues that deal with security concerns. And of course that is public knowledge, but still some people still use that as part of their conspiracy theory that people are being evasive, or lying by omission. With 535 members of congress, and some who really don't seem to be concerned about their views, you would think someone would introduce a bill to have another investigation? Not going to happen, because they are also privy to intelligence that will not be made public for many years, if not decades.
National security is just a euphemism for secrets to keep the sheep docile and in line. In one video I watched, a man at a hearing pointed out that the names of some doners was not classified so the committee member said he would supply the names, but he didn't have them with him and would supply them the next day. Well, lo and behold, the next day the Bush administration classified the list. of doners.
Were you aware that both Bush and Chenety called Tom Daschele opposing a 911 commission, wanting to keep the investigation within Congress, which was more manageable? A year later Congress passed the 911 Commission bill and Bush had no choice but to sign it into law.
For every "answered" question about 911, there are dozens of unanswered questions, not even taking into account the contradictions and anomalies.
Anonymous May 29, 2012 5:46 pm (Pacific time)
I'm not easily frightened, but this is a scary story.
Anonymous May 29, 2012 1:03 pm (Pacific time)
Daniel have you ever been in the military? If so did you specialize in both "Intellience and Counter-Intelligence Gathering/Interpretation"? Did you have a Top Secret Clearance, and not just one based on "The need to Know"? One can create literally any kind of scenario one wants to regarding the 911 scenario, which would include the use of professional engineers, in which many would provide any number of conclusions. Of course when one throws in the "softening Point" of the metals that were impacted by the crashes and the increasing heat temperatures, reasonable thinkers would then see the conspiracy theories fall away. Then we have had nearly 11 years go by, and we see rehash after rehash of conspiracy theories by people essentially not grounded in science, nor informed about what happened/reported by the 911 Commission...which determined that the planning and training of the 911 crimes happened under the Clinton Regime. Literally not one person of any credibility has come forward to say they were part of some conspiracy in this attack, not one. So how many hundreds, even thousands, of people would it have taken? Are the hundreds of Flight Controllers and their taped documentation all riminally involved? Were all those witnesses at the Pentagon involved. All those personnel who were below Bldg 7 who reported the foundation was crumbling and melting away lying? There are real reasons why certain info has not been made public, and those trained in counter-intelligence are keenly aware of that reality. Conspiracy theorists have their misguided beliefs, and most likely very little else, like a thinking process.
Except for the twin towers and building 7,there has never been a steel building in history that has collapsed from fire. And, have you ever seen pictures of a plane crash like the one at Shanksville that leaves almost nothing behind except a hole in the ground. If you depended on the 911 Commission's report, you would never know that Building 7 had collapsed. And explosions in the basement of the second tower before the plane hit. . Watch some of the videos. Might open your mind. And if it doesn't change your mind, then you'll have more information to bolster your current point of view. Or are you afraid?[Return to Top]
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Mind your language
Up with this she will not put. The Presiding Officer, Tricia Marwick, has told MSPs that they should mind their language in future, particularly as the temperature rises with regard to the debate over independence.
By contrast with Westminster, Holyrood is relatively - I stress, relatively - casual in policing debate and modes of speech. Second names - even first names - are frequently used, instead of Honourable or Right Honourable members.
Indeed, at Westminster, such matters are often taken further. Imagine, if you can, an MP who is a member of the Privy Council, a former serving soldier who became a Queens Counsel then, late in life, a Minister (of religion).
Such an individual might be entitled to be addressed as the Right Honourable, Gallant, Learned and Reverend member for wherever.
So Holyrood seems light by comparison. But not too light, it seems. Ms Marwick is plainly unhappy. She has advised MSPs in a letter that they must adopt "the correct tone in our debates and in our other parliamentary engagements."
Within and outwith Scotland, she argues, public scrutiny of Holyrood has been enhanced now that the referendum agreement has been reached and debate engaged.
She adds: "This is Scotland's national parliament and, as such, the Presiding Officers [herself and her deputies] are determined to ensure that the public is proud of the manner in which we conduct ourselves and engage in the challenging issues ahead."
But it is not all censorship and censure. Context, she says, will be critical and it is vital not to inhibit debate "and the legitimate holding of government to account".
Further, Ms Marwick appears unwilling to issue a list of proscribed terms, noting - rightly - that some members will seek to be creative. Judgements will be made according to individual circumstances.
However, it seems likely that - just as at Westminster - it will continue to be improper for a member to say or suggest that another member is lying.
As Ms Marwick notes, there are ways round these obstacles. MPs occasionally borrow a phrase from Churchill to the effect that a rival has, no doubt inadvertently, ventured upon a "terminological inexactitude". Mind you, the Commons Speaker - and the PO - are alert to such circumlocutions.
Then there was the Scots MP who called a rival "an arrogant little shit". Asked by the Speaker to withdraw, he replied: "Which word?" As you can imagine, he did not get away with it. Neither it seems will our MSPs under Tricia Marwick's watchful eye.


text: Hey, girlfriend! Yes, you love your husband, adore your children and feel fulfilled in your job. But do you have the itch to ditch? Wish it would all go away so you can play? Want to hit the road without a load? Well, you aren't alone. More and more girlfriends and/or female family members are leaving their cares behind and taking off for some XX-chromosome getaways. "We have a blast," Debie Switalski and Denise Sykes say. The twin sisters were on their way to California's sand and surf for their sixth annual "Sister Weekend." Actually, for the 49-year-olds from South Bend, it's not about the "getting away" but the "getting together." The pair met in Los Angeles with sister Patti Wade, 44, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, before making the two-hour drive to Banning to use their mother's home as "base" for the vacation. An aunt and a grandmother also call Banning home. Sometimes half sisters Julie Smith and Jennifer Arnold, both of California, join the fun as well. The Labor Day weekend gatherings may be the only time the far-flung family members get together, so they make it count. "We start every morning off with champagne," says Denise, with a wide smile and a gleam in her eye. "Drinks are at 5," Debie adds. The hours in between fill up with golf, swimming and some activities they probably would never have done at home. Their favorite outing was going out and getting tattooed together, they agree. Even Grandma, then 90, got one. One year they decided to get their bellybuttons pierced. But after Patti and Denise saw Debie's procedure, they opted out of that particular bonding experience. They also have gone to the taping of "The Price Is Right" game show. The "girls" brought a Twister game, Yahtzee and Scrabble for entertainment during the long wait to get in. "We had the best time with that Twister game," Debie says. "We must have had 50 people playing with us." A trip to Disneyland ("Patti had free tickets") and gambling in Las Vegas also have been part of the festivities. Not to say that there isn't plenty of time for reminiscing, jumping on beds and having water fights in the pool. "Basically, we go back to our juvenile years," Denise says. "We become children again," Debie chimes in. "The key is to not plan too much," Debie says. "Then you're open to things and you're not disappointed if what you've planned doesn't work out." One plan that must not change, however, is that there are no menfolk or children (now grown) allowed. "Actually, Marty (her husband, who works for The Tribune) likes getting quiet time," Debie says. Family support of getaways is crucial to enjoyment, she adds. Also, woe be to the sister who lets something interfere with the "Sister Weekend." But, having just started working as a flight attendant based out of New Jersey, Denise just couldn't swing the weekend last year, she says with regret. "Patti and I made voodoo dolls, and we were sticking her all weekend," Debie says. "She broke the pact." Endless possibilities Michele L. Boyd, owner of Signal Travel & Tours Inc., Granger, has seen an upswing in girl getaways in the last five years, especially among the 50-plus set. The rise may be because people are more scattered now, she theorizes. It's also probably easier to get quality time together when away from home and its distractions, she says. Cruises seem to be popular because the cost includes so many of the expenses of traveling, the travel agency owner says. But her business has put together a wide variety of packages, usually for five days or less, such as beach weekends, shopping trips and spa weekends for groups. Besides the design-your-own getaways, the travel package possibilities are endless. "Girlshop 'Til You Drop," a getaway package of The Exchange Hotel in New York City, includes a six-pack of sugar-free Red Bull to keep participants at full shopping capacity. The "This One's for the Girls" package of the Doral Tesoro Hotel & Golf Club includes mechanical bull riding at the Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. But not every getaway need be a wild or hectic adventure. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Getaways" at the Fairbanks House in Amelia Island, Fla., offers chocolate chip cookies and videos as part of the deal. "That's the beauty of it," Debie says of a getaway. "It can be anything you want it to be." The Maidens The six friends have donned Mickey Mouse ears at Disney World, visited the Vatican, cruised the Caribbean, attended Broadway shows and all crammed into one taxi in Mexico. The Maidens, six women who grew up in South Bend, like to travel the way they do most everything else -- together. They became fast friends during their sophomore year at Washington High School more than 50 years ago. Shirley Sommer of South Bend; Norma Aulwurm, now of Louisville, Ky.; and Jeanne Kacarab, now of Canton, Ohio, knew one another from Our Lady of Hungary School in South Bend. Florence Roggeman, now of Granger, and Carole Moore and Mary Lacay, both of South Bend, were from St. Adalbert. The girls drew close in high school and formed their own club, taking their name from a song in Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado." Their bonds remained strong through jobs, marriages and 25 babies. At first they kept their get-togethers easy and inexpensive. But, once the children were grown and finances weren't so tight, the Maidens hit the road. "It's just fun to get away and enjoy each other's company," says Florence, noting that discussions held on vacation may not take place at home with all its distractions. "We're a good group. We're good therapy for each other." "You laugh and cry and have fun and talk about sad things," Carole says. Their first trek, in honor of their 50th birthdays, involved going out to see Florence, who had moved to Arizona. Sporadic trips since then often take them to stay with someone's relatives or to places they just want to see. "We try to do something different and go someplace different every time," Shirley says. The friends couldn't recall times of friction or conflicts over spending, noting that they try to stay flexible with their plans. Sometimes they split up to do different activities. Other times they tag along with their friends just because it's what someone else wants to do, Mary says. "If you're going to make it work, you've got to bend," Florence says. Any other advice for girlfriends thinking of taking a trip together? "Do it," Carole says. "Don't wait," Florence says. Chicago bound Shop. ... Talk. ... Go to a play. ... Talk. ... Eat. ... Talk. For the past 21 years, the weekend after Thanksgiving has been a time for female family members and friends -- spanning all generations -- to gather in the Windy City for a whirlwind time, says Bonnie Grimslid of South Bend. The size of the group may vary from four to 12, but the fun level always stays the same. Usually arriving by train from various cities, the women catch up on one another's news, laugh together and share the difficult times, too. They may hit the town or hole up in their hotel rooms to munch on pizza and play games. Sometimes they even wear matching pajamas. "We've had a lot of good times," Bonnie says of the no-testosterone tradition. "It's been a fun, girl thing to do." Men were invited one year but the verdict was ... "Nah."


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How to Keep a TV from Standing Out Like a Sore Thumb
Trust me, I am not a television apologist. I'm not embarrassed by my tv one bit and, if you watch yours frequently, I see no reason to hide it (it's your 365 Day a Year home, remember!). That said, it's not necessarily something you want to attract attention to - not because you're ashamed of it, but because a big black box (not to mention cords) takes attention away from all the other nice things you've done with the room. Aside from actually hiding it, there are ways to minimize its presence in a room. Here are some ideas:
Mount it on a dark wall
It won't, poof!, disappear, but a tv can really fade into the background when placed on a dark wall.
Like this idea? See more: Smart Solution for the Everyman Cave: Hide Your TV with Dark Walls
Or, try a patterned wall which is especially good at masking the cords.
Don't want to paint your walls? Dark shelving or cabinetry also helps the tv fade away.
Balance it out with other black accents.Why does the tv work in this mostly white room? There are enough black accents that rather than stand out as a sore thumb, the tv feels like just one more bit of black in the room.
Incorporate it among a display of art.
A tv can look perfectly at home among a grouping of other rectangles.
Here, the similarly sized frame to its left echoes the shape of the television in a pleasing way.
Mount it above a fireplace.
Readers are divided on the aesthetics and ergonomics of this tactic, but a fireplace and mantle are already a natural focal point in a room so adding a television, especially one that is roughly the same width, can prevent them from competing with each other.
This side-by-side fireplace positioning is smart as the two black "boxes" mirror each other.
Put it on top of furniture of the same color.
The big black tv is less visually jarring atop a black dresser. The lamp, too, is black here.
Create lines around it
The shelves above this tv both draw the eye upward and above it, but also create horizontal lines on the wall and the tv becomes just more horizontal lines.
Another beautiful example of incorporating a tv among other horizontal planes.
This living room takes the idea even one stop farther with a grid on the wall and the tv tucked into its own spot, flanked by speakers.
Rule of Three.
Designers follow the "rule of three" principle - that an odd number of things counters the symmetry of an even number of things and feels more balanced and beautiful. Here, the tv acts as a third black focal point and subtly breaks up the symmetry of the painted built-ins.
Frame It.
It's hard to put into words exactly why this tv area is so inviting, but the framing of the tv by the two lamps certainly helps.


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OPS Joanne McDowell speaks at PODi AppForum in Australia
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Press release from the issuing companySan Francisco, CA – Joanne McDowell, Chief Technology Officer for Online Print Solutions will speak at this year's PODi AppForum & Expo Sydney on "New market opportunities focusing on Retail and Cross Media Marketing" during the two day seminar. She explains the ins and outs of retail print marketing and focuses on how facile this revenue stream can be for printers.
Online Print Solutions is a world leader in the areas of web-to-print, dynamic publishing and cross-media solutions. From corporate storefronts, retail sites & online design to variable data and cross-media solutions, Online Print Solutions provides a solution for however you interact with your clients.
The OPS Product Suite is one of the industry's broadest portfolios. The suite boasts a product for every conceivable interaction you may have with your customer ranging from corporate storefronts, job submission, retail sites, online design through to variable data printing and advanced multi-touch cross media campaigns. The OPS platform offers print providers and marketers a fully integrated solution that can be deployed quickly.
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Jackson Wang is the founder and CEO of e-Radio and has an extensive background with a career that spans the Canadian military where he was an Aerospace Engineering Officer, the private sector as a systems engineer with Litton Guidance and Control Systems where he worked on the U.S. Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program and in the public sector with the Ontario Ministry of Transport where he was a Senior Project Manager specializing in Public Private Partnerships.
He is the co-chairman of the US National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) Digital Radio Broadcasting (DRB) subcommittee, and currently leads the Broadcast subcommittee of the Home to Grid (H2G) Domain Expert Working Group (DEWG) of the US Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). He was also a founding committee chairman of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and past chair of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC/204 WG10.1 subcommittee on advanced traveler services integration.
Jackson is the principle author of numerous US and international patents in the field of broadcast based data-casting. He is a graduate of the Engineering Science Program at the University of Toronto and is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
As a radio broadcaster, Duff Roman worked in several key roles with CHUM Limited. In 1984, he was promoted to Station Manager and directed the repositioning of CHUM-FM as Canada's foremost Adult Rock radio station. In 1988, Duff was appointed Vice President Industry Affairs, CHUM Limited and in 1999, he assumed the added responsibilities of Vice President, Digital Radio Operations. In December 2007, Duff was appointed Head of the CHUM Radio Division, CTV Ltd. prior to joining e-Radio Inc. in 2009 in his present role as Chief Network Officer.
Duff is a past Chairman of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB). He is past President of Digital Radio Roll-Out Inc. (DRRI) and was Canada's representative on the WorldDAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) Steering Committee. He was the CAB representative on the Department of Communications Task Force on the Introduction of Digital Radio where he chaired the Working Group that addressed the development of policy guidelines for the delivery of digital radio auxiliary data services.
In 1986, Duff received the Major Market Radio Executive of the Year Award at the Annual Industry Conference sponsored by The Record. The Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) named him Broadcaster of The Year in March 1996. In October, 2001, he was inducted into the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame and in March 2006, was one of the first broadcasters inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. In October 2010, Duff received the OAB Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dan returned to Canada and e-Radio in 2007 to take on the development of a new suite of data-casting software and hardware products. He is currently responsible for the end-to-end e-Radio data-casting system architecture.
Regarding the smart grid, Dan is committed to standards development activities in the CEA and SGIP. On the automotive side, he has been an SAE member for nearly a decade. During two years abroad starting in 2005, Dan worked as a web and database developer overseas, gaining valuable skills in internet technologies applicable to scalable cloud-hosted services.
Dan joined e-Radio in 2001 as a junior engineer and has held increasingly greater levels of responsibility in the areas of software, firmware and hardware systems design since. Dan is a graduate of the University of Toronto Engineering Science Program and gained experience in university research on swept-frequency ultrasound applications at the University of Saskatchewan. He also worked in software development in the aerospace industry in Toronto before graduation.


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I returned from Dark Canyon on Sunday afternoon covered in mosquito bites and willing to sell my soul for a shower. I purchased a solar shower per a friend's advice and took a paper towel "shower" in my tent but I still felt somewhat icky. It didn't help that the mosquitoes seemed to be feasting on me and ignoring everyone else at the campsite. I admit that I was pretty upset the 2nd night because I was up scratching and I couldn't sleep because one of the other campers in my party snores REALLY LOUDLY…I'm not kidding. Another tent about 20 feet away LOUD. I was bitten on my arms my neck, back of my knees, ankles, even my forehead! Of all places, my forehead. It's practically just a layer of skin and bone right underneath and yet those damn mosquitoes saw fit to attack me there.
Because the camp was pretty primitive – a couple faucets and outhouses, the solar shower came in pretty handy. I was able to wash my face and brush my teeth. Unfortunately, my skin wasn't agreeing with the situation. I had been using GoW's fruity exfo cleanser for about a week or more prior to going camping and my skin wasn't reacting to it so I figured I could bring it along. Unfortunately, my smart self decided to use some benzoyl peroxide the two nights before camping; my skin freaked out and was pretty dry and flaky the next day. I used moisturizer and it seemed to calm things down enough for me to feel confident in my travel skincare kit (fruity exfo, hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, and babbassu oil). Well, my skin wasn't having it. The entire time I was camping, the skin above my upper lip was tight, red, dry, and extremely irritated. I think the BP and fruity exfo together caused the irritation and my continuous use of the cleanser exacerbated it. By the time I got home, I couldn't smile for fear of cracking my skin.
Today, my skin is feeling somewhat better thanks to a change in cleanser (GoW oj castile), hydrocortisone cream and aloe vera gel.
Now on to hair: The day we headed out, I used a clarifying shampoo, conditioned with Curls Asian Tea conditioner, used a bit of sheam as a leave in, and used some FOTE. I was really surpised at the consistency of the curls condish; it was so thick and viscous it felt like a lotion. I had to double check the sample jar from sistasplace.biz to make sure it wasn't curl ecstasy hair tea LOTION. Since I used FOTE as my sole styler, I knew my hair was going to be a crapfest by midday. After hiking and playing some badminton during the course of the trip, my hair held up pretty well. It didn't seem too greasy and there was absolutely no frizz. There were no waves to speak of, but for not having proper shower facilities, that was fine with me.
Yesterday I used more Curls tea condish, shampooed with jessicurl HCC, left in some sheam and KY, and dtyled with moptop and spike it. My hair rebelled against the slight protein from the gel and I was left with stingy, almost straight waves. This just solidifies the fact that I needed to rotate my protein products. Today, I cowashed with VO5 strawberries and cream, conditioned with curls tea, and smoothed in some GDLI with KY. My gel du jour is CVS Styling Gel Curl Defining And Frizz Control – pretty much a knock-off the La Bella curls gel whicj, incidentally, didn't agree with my hair.
Ingreds for CVS brand curls gel: Water (Aqua); PVP; Sorbitol; Carbomer; Hydroxypropylcellulose; Polyquaternium-7; Propylene Glycol; Fragrance (Parfum); Panthenyl Ethyl Ether; Glycerin; Keratin Amino Acids; Palmitoyl Oligopeptide; Chitosan; Oleth-20; Glyceryl Polymethacrylate; Rahnella/Soy Protein Ferment; PEG-8; Aminomethyl Propanol; Potassium Sorbate; Methylparaben; Tetrasodium EDTA; Diazolidinyl Urea; Methylchloroisothiazolinone; Methylisothiazolinone; Benzophenone-4; Blue 1; Yellow 5
La Bella Lots of curls gel: Deionized Water, Sorbitol, Glycerin, PVP, Propylene Glycol, Carbopol, Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Lanolin, Triethanolamine, DMDM Hydantoin, Methylparaben, Polysorbate-20, Benzophenone-4, Isosteareth-20, Tetrasodium EDTA, Fragrance, Menthol, D&C Red No. 33.
Surprisingly, my hair curled up well and with a fair amount of hold considering the protein factor. I'm guessing maybe the coconut oil, hemp seed oil, and (ICK!) lanolin didn't agree with my hair. I will update to see how the gel holds up during the day


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Tour 1920s London Through an Early Color Footage1 6 Share Tweet
While photos certainly do a great job taking us to the past, early footages are definitely history's time travel gems. If you're up for a quick trip back to London of yesteryears, let Claude Friese-Greene be your tour guide with his beautiful color footage from 1927.
Life in the past has been captured countless times on film, both in still photos and early motion pictures. The footage below is part of a fascinating series on a trip traversing Land's End to John o' Groats, filmed in 1927 by Claude Friese-Greene, a British-born filmmaker, cinematographer, and cinema technician. The series, called The Open Road, is done in travelogue fashion, with interesting notes to provide viewers additional information and context.
Claude Friese-Greene was the son of William Friese-Greene, the cinematography pioneer who developed the additive color film process called bicolour. After his father's death, Friese-Greene continued to improve his the process and later renamed it Friese-Greene Natural Colour. The process involves staining black and white film frames with either red or green filters alternately to create the illusion of full color. The downside to this process was noticeable flickering when frames involve rapid movement. The footage went through computer enhancement by the British Film Institute (who now has the film in its archives) to remedy the flickering problem.
Are you ready to tour around London's famous landmarks? Friese-Greene says it's time to bring those classic postcard scenes to life!
Sources and additional readings:
Claude Friese-Greene on Wikipedia
Colour Footage of London, 1920's on How to be a Retronaut
The Open Road on the British Film Institute
Did you enjoy this quick retro tour of 1920's London courtesy of Friese-Greene? Let us know your thoughts through a comment below!
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text: From the author's first book, Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), a brief (68-word) poem describing summers spent with her grandparents in the mountainous country setting where she was born, presented with attractive illustrations reflecting the poem's sense of family love and community strength. Johnson makes a fine picture book debut with richly hued impressionistic double spread oil paintings, but--at least for those with limited budgets--the price seems high for the limited content. (Poetry/Picture book. 4-8)


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The Lakers are still having trouble getting wins, but heading into games Saturday they were fourth in the league in scoring at 103.1 points a night.
A big part of the problem is on the defensive end, where the Lakers are 26th overall, yielding 101 a game. Still, some of the defensive issues are created on the offensive side, where the Lakers are turning the ball over at a high rate.
The Lakers are 27th out of 30 teams with 15.4 turnovers a game. Conversely, they're 25th in creating turnovers (13.6).
Going hand-in-hand with turnovers, the Lakers don't generate a ton of steals (7.4 a game, 20th overall) while opponents grab 8.3, seventh best against.
Free-throw shooting is the other big issue. The Lakers are 29th in the league at 69.1%.
Given how poorly the Lakers shoot from the line, other teams rack up the fouls to take advantage. The Lakers get fouled a league-high 23.2 times a game. As a team, the Lakers defensively don't foul often, just 19.3 a night (22nd).


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One Piece - Strong World Review
Disclaimer: I have to say that I have seen all of the One Piece Movies as well as the OVA's. I truly hope that Funimation will bring the rest of the movies especially Movie Z. Now that I got that out of the way. Enjoy.
The Movie
This is the 10th One Piece movie and was actually written by Eiichiro Oda (he's the author of the manga for those that don't know). The movie starts out with Luffy running from and fighting large monsters on a mysterious island. Right from the opening the animation is very good and looks a lot like the anime. Its also important to note that this movie is the first movie with Brook in it, he is the character that looks like a skeleton with an afro. As far as the movie is concerned the first part of the movie plays out like a flash back mixed with the crew meeting back up with each other. Its here where a lot of the comedy plays out as the crew is searching from island to island to try and get Nami back. Yes Nami gets kidnapped by the movie's main villain, a pirate from Gol D. Rogers era. His name is Shiki the Gold Lion and he has issues to say the least. He kidnaps Nami to be his navigator as his navigator's are not as skilled as she is and this puts him in a direct confrontation with the Straw Hat crew. I like him in the original version but in the dub the voice actor they got for him tries to do a kind of Caribbean accent which kind of made it hard to understand sometimes. His underlings are just as eccentric as he is but I have to give them credit they have incredible dance choreography. When you watch the movie you will understand what I am talking about. The climax to this movie is pretty good as you get to see the Straw Hats go into attack mode to get Nami back. The movie is right under two hours clocking at 1 hour 55 minutes and is paced very well. It is also a standalone film and that is a good thing. It was originally released in 2009 so it is set before the Straw Hats go to the New World. So if you have seen any of the newer anime episodes then do not expect to see any of the crew's new attacks or how they look. All in all I thought it was a good movie. You will need to know a little about the One Piece world before watching it just so it will make sense. I suggest Wikipedia if you aren't familiar with the anime as it has been around for a long time.
The Verdict
As a fan of anime and One Piece I thought it was a good movie. There is a good amount of action in it and they do cuss at one point in the movie. Nothing to bad but if you have little children you may need to know that. I give the movie a FULL PRICE. If you have a chance give it a look.