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California Joblessness Reaches 70-Year High

LOS ANGELES — California’s unemployment rate in August hit its highest point in nearly 70 years, starkly underscoring how the nation’s incipient economic recovery continues to elude millions of Americans looking for work.

While job losses continue to fall, the state’s new unemployment rate — 12.2 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — is far above the national average of 9.7 percent and places California, the nation’s most-populous state, fourth behind Michigan, Nevada and Rhode Island. Statistics kept by the state show California’s unemployment rate was 14.7 percent in 1940, said Kevin Callori, a spokesman for the California Employment Development Department.While California has convulsed under the same blows as the rest of the country over the last two years, its exposure to both the foreclosure crisis and the slowdown in construction — an industry that has fueled growth in much of the state over the last decade — has been outsized.

Total building levels in California have fallen to $23 billion this year from $63 billion in 2005; home building this year is less than a quarter of what it was in 2005, according to the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. Roughly 500,000 of the state’s job losses have been in construction, finance, real estate and industries related to construction.

“We were at the epicenter of the housing bubble, and we are at the epicenter of the fallout,” said Stephen Levy, senior economist and director of the center. “The reason we are doing worse in California than other states is construction.”

While California has enjoyed some signs of a comeback in recent months, unemployment, which is often the last economic indicator to turn around in a protracted recession, is expected to remain high for the near future. For example, a recent study by the University of California, Los Angeles, predicted that while the state would enjoy 2 percent quarterly growth in 2010, the unemployment rate would remain above 10 percent.

Such numbers have caused deep pain to a state overly reliant on personal income taxes to balance its budget. The near collapse of the stock market, which greatly reduced personal wealth in the state, and job losses related to the housing bust combined to sharply reduce that source of revenue.

In July, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a budget that closed a roughly $24 billion two-year gap with extensive cuts to social services, parks and education. This has left the state with large numbers of people without jobs seeking government services, which further strained its resources and hindered potential consumer spending among laid off and furloughed government workers.

The governor seized on California’s grim unemployment milestone Friday to make a case for his current pet projects: revising the state’s tax system, fixing its broken water system, which has contributed to unemployment in the state’s farm regions, and tapping the federal government for all he can get.

“The latest unemployment numbers reinforce the importance of combining federal, state and local efforts to put Californians back to work and to help all those struggling in this difficult economy,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said. “Immediately addressing our challenges, which include reforming the state’s antiquated tax structure and updating our water delivery system will move the state forward and build a stronger, more diverse economy. While I am pleased to see fewer jobs lost, my administration will not rest until job growth resumes and employment returns to normal.”

Earlier this week, Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, proclaimed that the country was emerging from its protracted recession, and doubtlessly, California is showing its own signs of recovery. In Southern California, the center of the housing bust, home sales rose 11 percent in August from a year earlier, and prices have begun to tick up as well. In addition, the state’s exports are once again growing as international economics, particularly in Asia, have begun to recover and create demand for goods, and layoffs have slowed statewide.

“Any economist would tell you we’re in a recovery,” Mr. Levy said. “Job losses are lessening, the G.D.P. is rising, the housing market is stabilizing, and have you looked at the stock market lately? But the unemployment rate is the thing families care about. They don’t care about G.D.P. or China coming back; they care about jobs.”

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

泰國‧泰王住院第4天‧沒胃口及輕度發燒

（泰國‧曼谷）現年81歲的泰王普密蓬身體不適住院留醫已經第4天，皇宮週一（9月21日）晚表示，泰王目前只是沒有胃口及還有輕度發燒。

泰王上週六出現發燒、疲勞以及食慾不振症狀後，住進曼谷一家醫院接受治療。

王室內務府週一晚發表聲明指出，泰王發燒已經“減退”，但“吃得很少”，仍然接受抗生素和葡萄糖點滴治療。

塔辛前妻到醫院祝願

在週二（9月22日），仍有許多民眾前往祝福泰王早日康復，泰國前首相塔辛的前妻也帶了一束花到醫院祝願。

泰王的健康狀況在泰國是極度敏感的課題。普密蓬的兒子哇集拉隆功王儲是法定繼承人，但一般認為他還沒有達到父親的道德權威地位。

另一方面，泰國官員週一表示，亞洲各國領袖將依計劃出席10月在泰國舉行的東盟峰會。

東盟10國和中國、日本、韓國、印度、澳洲和紐西蘭6個對話夥伴國的首腦都將出席峰會，峰會日期定在10月23至25日，在海濱度假勝地華欣舉行。

美國‧奧巴馬上電視強調‧“反對醫改無關黑人背景”

（美國‧紐約）美國總統奧巴馬週一（9月21日）針對他提出的醫療改革演變成種族爭議，打趣說：“我在選前實際上就是一位黑人”。

奧巴馬本週末展開新一波大規模電視公關宣傳，分別在美國廣播公司（ABC）、哥倫比亞廣播公司（CBS）、全國廣播公司（NBC），美國有線電視新聞網絡（C N N）現場直播等多家全國性電視台亮相，就其醫改向國民解釋。

奧巴馬週一現身CBS的“大衛深夜秀利特曼”時表示，他當選美國第一位黑人總統這個事實，是美國種族關係一個更準確的指標。

他打趣說：“我認為要記得這點是很重要的，我在選前實際上是一位黑人。在從政生涯中會遇到的其中一件事，就是會有人向你大吼大叫。”

他指出，任何想推動改革的總統都會遭到強烈批評，林肯，小羅斯福或里根都一樣，但過去40年都未完成的健保改革必須繼續。

新加坡‧一點縫隙都沒有‧避孕套“量身定做”

（新加坡）新加坡市面上出現了一種“量身定做”的避孕套，新產品讓使用者可根據自己生殖器大小，靈活地決定避孕套的尺碼。

這樣一來，避孕套套住那話兒，就像水果小販用透明塑膠紙包裹切開的西瓜那麼緊密，一點縫隙都沒有。

但避孕套真的需要量身定做嗎？

鷹閣醫藥中心泌尿專科醫生何肇康說，需不需要量身，答案可以是“是”，也可以是“否”。

何醫生說，亞洲人、白種人及黑人的生殖器的大小有差，白人和黑人的陰睫一般較粗、較長。尤其是黑人，一些避孕套只能套住四分之三的陰睫長度。雖然如此，套住四分之三也是足夠安全的，只是較容易滑出來。

何醫生認為，以不同人種陰睫大小不一的這個事實來說，“量身定做”應該是比較恰當的。

不過，本地市售的避孕套伸縮自如，不管陰睫多大多小，都能夠“罩得住”。

何醫生說︰“其實，也沒有必要真的去‘量身定做´。

只要在使用時注意安全守則，就非常足夠了。”

在勸請人們使用避孕套，以免愛滋病病毒（H I V），或導致子宮頸癌及生殖器疣（俗稱“菜花”）的人類乳頭狀病毒（H P V）傳播時，醫學界的說法是使用避孕套的安全性高達90%，但也有10%“不安全”。

正確使用安全性達90%

何醫生說，10%“不安全”的可能有三︰

●半途滑出。

●沒有全程使用避孕套，導致在“擦鎗走火”時，套不好或來不及。

●產品在生產過程中有紕漏。

何醫生說，產品出問題的可能性最低，“不安全”多是因為使用者本身不謹慎，或用得不恰當所造成。

新加坡‧比率列全球第二‧89%獅城人沒手機不出門

（新加坡）一項調查顯示，89%的新加坡人沒有手機就不能出門，比率列全球第二。此外，有50%受調查者說，沒有手機不能活，比率也是全球排第二。

68%的新加坡人會定期使用手機上的鬧鐘功能，其次才是相機和遊戲。

調查由市場調查公司Synovate進行，在網上調查了11個國家的8000多名手機用戶，其中包括830名新加坡手機用戶。

Synovate新加坡分公司的發言人說，現在很多人家裡都沒有鬧鐘，於是他們習慣把手機放在枕頭底下或旁邊。

830名參與調查的用戶當中，有68%表示，會使用手機裡頭的鬧鐘功能。

多人把手機當鬧鐘

記者也詢問了數名手機使用者，發現確實很多人把手機當鬧鐘。

其中，蕭小姐（27歲）就說，她習慣會用2部手機當鬧鐘。這是因為她曾經踫過，手機半夜沒電，早上沒響，害她晚了2個半小時起床，得向老闆謊稱自己生病了。

林小姐（33歲）也說，手機每天都在身邊，隨時要設鬧鐘時間都很方便。她家裡也沒有鬧鐘。她說，手機能選擇各種歌曲，也能讓聲量慢慢變大，所以醒來時的心情會比較好。

“不過手機有一個危險，有一次我忘了已將聲量調到最小，聽不到鈴聲，老闆打給我時我才醒過來！”

雷小姐（19歲）說，她習慣把手機放在枕頭邊，因為手機會震動，比較容易確保自己會醒來。

鐘表商︰鬧鐘銷量穩定

新星貿易執行董事孫大豪受詢時表示，以他代理知名品牌麗聲鐘和時辰鐘的經驗，儘管新加坡的確出現以上的趨勢，但近幾年時鐘的銷量保持穩定，每年都會售出幾千個。

他說，還是有人會擔心，將手機當鬧鐘會讓自己接受太多輻射，而且也會怕手機出問題，還是會買鬧鐘當後備。

另外，鬧鐘並不貴，而且每間房子會需要2到4個鬧鐘，因此鬧鐘銷量仍然不可忽視。

他說，現在很多鬧鐘的功能不亞於手機，有歌曲鈴聲、可逐漸變大的聲量、收音機、溫度計等功能。鬧鐘也可設微弱的光亮，充當夜燈。

有些人覺得，鬧鐘的“滴滴答答”聲擾人清夢，現在就發明了走動時無聲的鬧鐘。

根據調查，獅城人使用手機的其他小秘密。
●14%獅城人用手機調情
●14%曾用短訊，跟不是自己伴侶的人調情。
●44%曾在遲到時，用短訊搪塞借口。
●10%曾用短訊和別人分手。
●14%左右有超過一部手機，他們多數是國民服役人員，因為不能帶有相機的手機進去兵營。

美國‧應胡錦濤要求表明對西藏立場‧鳩山主張建東亞共同體

（美國‧紐約）中國國家主席胡錦濤與日本新首相鳩山由紀夫，週一（9月21日）晚在紐約首次會晤。胡錦濤在中日首腦會談中，就西藏問題要求鳩山表態，鳩山則希望強化雙方的“戰略互惠關係”。

鳩山也提出了建立東亞共同體的構思，並重申對侵略歷史痛切反省。

日本新首相鳩山由紀夫（左）在國際舞台初次亮相，並率先會晤中國國家主席胡錦濤。（圖：法新社）

共同社指，鳩山在會晤中，提到日中兩國的“戰略互惠關係”，說希望進一步豐富其內涵。

胡錦濤則特別提到，希望日方理解中國在西藏問題上的立場。鳩山對此表示，“西藏的地位是國內的問題，可能的話希望通過對話解決”。

鳩山和胡錦濤是趁出席聯合國大會之便舉行會晤。這是鳩山就任首相後首次與胡錦濤會面。

鳩山痛切反省侵略行為

鳩山在會後向記者透露，他就日中關係建議，“在承認雙方差異的同時構建信賴關係，希望構思東亞共同體”。

鳩山的外交政策傾向於“疏美親亞”，他主張建立一個類似歐盟的單一貨幣東亞共同體，但同時承認要落實這一構想須要時間。

日本放送協會（NHK）指，鳩山就中方向來關注的歷史觀的問題，明確表示支持前首相村山富市的立場，“對於過去的殖民支配和侵略行為表示痛切的反省”。

要將東海變成友愛之海

兩位領導人也對出現分歧的課題進行磋商，包括東海油氣田開發問題。鳩山強調應將東海“變成友愛之海”，提議為共同開發締結協定。

胡錦濤則表示希望將東海變成和平友好合作之海，有必要在大局框架下正確處理，對在近期進行工作級別磋商展示了積極態度。

日中於去年6月對合作開採東海油氣田達成合作協議，但迄今未履行這一協議。

胡錦濤對中日關係提5意見

胡錦濤甫抵達紐約，旋即開始會晤多國領導人。日本《讀賣新聞》指，胡錦濤和鳩山尤紀夫在紐約市一間酒店，會晤了大約一個小時。

胡錦濤一開始就稱讚“鳩山首相是中國人民的老朋友，相信在鳩山首相在任期間，中日關係能更積極地發展”。

胡錦濤又說，兩人曾經多次見面，並表示中日關係會變得更好，相信鳩山執政期間，中日關係會迎來更積極發展的新氣象。

胡錦濤就中日關係發展提出5點意見：（1）增進雙方的高層往來；（2）促進民間交流；（3）強化並發展經貿關係；（4）在亞洲及全球性問題上進行合作；（5）從戰略高度和長遠角度處理兩國間的分歧。

鳩山回應指，一直期待跟胡錦濤見面。他表示，包括他在內的內閣現在還是“熱氣騰騰”的。

胡錦濤峰會之旅部份行程
●21日飛抵紐約，會見日本首相鳩山由紀夫等。
●22日出席聯合國氣候變化峰會，會見美國總統奧巴馬。
●23日出席聯合國大會一般性辯論，會見韓國總統李明博。
●24日出席聯合國安理會核不擴散與核裁軍峰會。
●24至25日出席在匹茲堡舉行的20國集團領導人第3次金融峰會。
●25日結束訪問行程返回北京。

法國‧蛋糕飛行器

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生日蛋糕形狀的飛行器。（互聯網照片）

新加坡‧李光耀：兒當總理曾引揣測‧上任獲佳績無人再質疑

（新加坡）新加坡內閣資政李光耀說，李顯龍總理上任5年後做得比誰都好，就再沒有人質疑他如何坐上總理位置！

李光耀週一（9月21日）出席斯科爾科沃—莫斯科管理學院與10名碩士班學生小組茶敘時，分享他在建國初期面對的挑戰、人生的遺憾以及他的政治觀。

在茶敘上，有一名學生大膽問李光耀，他的兒子李顯龍是不是獲得他在某些方面的幫助，才坐上總理的位置？

他說︰“這個問題，我被問了1001次。我並沒有委任我的兒子。我委任其他人接替我擔任總理。那個人當了14年的總理，並挑選我的兒子做他的副手。這並不是我安排的。”

他也說︰“他（李顯龍）上任5年後，做得比誰都好，這是不受任何人質疑的，所以也就沒有人再問這個問題了。”

這是李光耀與俄羅斯學生的第二場對話。他在週日（9月20日）出席斯科爾科沃—莫斯科管理學院（Skolkovo MoscowSchool of Management）新校舍的開幕儀式時，也與學生們對話。

他自2007年以來擔任學校的國際咨詢委員會成員。學校是俄羅斯第一所專門的商業學校。

競選時曾累得躺地喘氣

李光耀當年以多語言在電台作競選廣播時，突然“失蹤”，大家以為他不見了，原來他是累得躺在地上喘氣！

學生在茶敘上發問的第一道問題是關於李光耀在激勵人民方面，到底有甚麼秘訣？

他的答案是，講一般民眾聽得懂的話。

他說，在大選時要以華、英語和馬來語作競選演說是很勞累的事。他記得有一回當他在電台作了一次多語言的廣播之後，由於太累了，他躺下來休息，結果電台的職員還以為他不見了。

“（他們以為）我不見了，到處在找我，我當時正躺在地上喘口氣。那的確是很耗力的工作。”

但李光耀也強調掌握好語言只是政治的一部份，態度真誠是很重要的一個因素。

“你所說的，必須言出必行，付諸實現。我總是少說我所要做的，而爭取比預期更好的成績。”

新加坡‧揭發胡搞取消婚禮‧女郎險遭未婚夫拐走

（新加坡）女郎悔婚，未婚夫注冊日帶人要拐她。

聲稱險被拐走的女郎，年約30多歲，是一名女秘書，她的未婚夫是一名經理。

據她說，她與未婚夫原本在9月9日要注冊結婚，但未婚夫胡搞被她發現，她憤然取消婚禮，並向他追討1萬5000元。

女秘書說，9月9日注冊日當天，未婚夫以還錢為餌，使計約她出來見面，並還找來一對男女，在巴士車站企圖將她強擄上車。

她說，她在1年多前通過朋友介紹認識未婚夫，對方就對她展開猛烈的追求，天天傳簡訊對她噓寒問暖，還經常送花給她。

“我漸漸被他感動，今年6月6日，他向我求婚，我答應了。怎料，卻是我惡夢的開始。”

她說，求婚不到1個月，未婚夫就開口向她借錢，說是為了物色兩人婚後的新居及用來創業。

“我把兩年的積蓄全給他，共1萬9000元，他至今只還了4000元。過後，我發現他在外頭有別的女人，關係親密到用‘老公、老婆´相稱，我受不了打擊，毅然提出分手。”

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When is a tax, not a tax? When Obama says so

President Obama appeared on television yesterday 5 times and it is interesting that very little, if any news, came out of any of them.

The guy is worse than a broken record. At least there, we can take the needle off the disc and make it stop. We are not so lucky with Obama. There's nothing we can do but turn off the TV when he repeats the same things over and over again about health care reform the same things he has been saying for months. Every speech, every townhall, every interview he makes the same points, tells the same lies, and repeating the same mischaracterizations of what he is trying to do.

George Stephanopoulos bored in on one lie the president has been spreading; that people who don't have mandated health insurance will be taxed. This exchange as reported by Carol Lee of Politico is indicative:

Obama spent much of his ABC interview denying that his health care plan breaks his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. He insisted that requiring everyone to have health insurance, or face a fine of up to $3,800 per family, is "absolutely not a tax increase." Host George Stephanopoulos pressed Obama so much on the issue that, after Obama accused him of making things up, Stephanopoulos read the definition of "tax" from Merriam-Webster's dictionary. "George, the fact that you looked up [in] Merriam's dictionary the definition of ‘tax increase' indicates to me that you're stretching a little bit right now," Obama replied.

We on the right are quite familiar with this tactic from the left; their bold as brass ability to simply change the definition of terms when they are losing an argument. Of course the "fine" is a tax - as are "fees," and other ways that the Democrats are seeking to raise revenue. The liberals believe that simply because they call a tax something else, it is not a tax. Who they think they are trying to fool is a mystery - unless, it is perhaps themselves.

A Wall Street Journa l editorial sums up this dishonesty:

If you can follow this reasoning, then you probably also think that a new entitlement is the best way to reduce entitlement spending. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate's individual mandate will result in new revenues of some $20 billion over 10 years because some people will choose to opt out of ObamaCare-or because they can't afford to buy in, given that other taxes and regulation will make health care more expensive. If that $20 billion doesn't count as tax revenue, then what is it?

And for that matter, what doesn't count as a nontax under Mr. Obama's definition? All taxes can be justified in the name of providing some type of service, however wasteful. Mr. Obama complains that "My critics say everything is a tax increase," as if that is his political problem. His real problem is that the individual mandate really is a tax, but the President doesn't want voters to think of it that way, because taxes are unpopular.

Ordinary Americans are not fooled by this shell game with terms. They know a tax when they see one and Obama can gloss over the truth all he wants and it still won't change the fact that his plan will raise taxes on the Middle Class for no other reason than they wish to opt out of his big government takeover of health insurance.

Hat Tip: Ed Lasky

by Rick Moran

The New McCarthyism

Back in the year 1947, the House Select Committee began an investigation into the Motion Picture Industry. Ostensibly the goal was to ferret out communists working in the film industry. But in actuality the US Government was concerned that Hollywood was no longer as blindly supportive of government policy as it had been only a few years earlier at the height of WW2. In particular, J. Edgar Hoover had long held the opinion that the entertainment industry should be the propaganda arm for the government in peace time as well as war.

However, as WW2 had ended, the defense establishment had lobbied for the creation of a "Cold" war against the Soviet Union, a war not actually to be fought, but constantly to be prepared for at huge cost to the taxpayers. This cost was the visible manifestation of the "Military Industrial Complex" President Eisenhower referred to in his farewell address, and many in Hollywood openly wondered just why so much more money had to be thrown into the war machine during a time of peace, and more to the point, just why we were supposed to be so afraid of the communists.

Hoover's desire to remake Hollywood into a gigantic propaganda machine had started at the end of WW1 when Hoover tried to persuade Charlie Chaplin to cease making films that portrayed authority figures as oafish buffoons. Chaplin refused, laughed at Hoover. Years later, as head of the FBI, Hoover was instrumental in having Charlie Chaplin's citizenship revoked in retaliation.

Hoover's mania with Hollywood was a seldom reported but constant factor in show business. The 1959 film, "The FBI Story" starring Air Force General Jimmy Stewart was reportedly directed by Mervyn LeRoy, but in actuality J. Edgar Hoover was personally supervising the film (and briefly appears in it, shown only from the back) to make certain the "correct" image of the FBI was shown.

In later years, FBI informants became permanent fixtures at movie studios, and spied for the FBI. When Disney Studios made "That Darned Cat", a pre-production copy of the screenplay "somehow" made its way to the FBI, which promptly sent Disney a memo expressing concern at how the FBI was to be portrayed.

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Likewise, when Paramount Pictures produced,"Skidoo", starring Jackie Gleason, it featured a single scene in which Gleason's character is seen fleeing a building marked,"FBI" carrying a file cabinet on his back. That one single scene prompted the following four page memo.

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Along with "nudging" the film studios to portray certain things certain ways, the FBI did not hesitate to wreck the careers of those people it felt posed a dangerous threat to the government's public image. During the height of the FBI's COINTELPRO program, the FBI destroyed the career of actress Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg was considered a threat to the US Government because of her public support for civil rights at a time when the Civil Rights movement was starting to point out the racial bias in the draft system that placed a disproportionate percentage of black kids on the front lines of Vietnam. Seberg was also a supporter of the Black Panthers in their pre-militant days when their agenda was breakfasts for the ghetto kids, local control of school curriculum, and ending the draft.

Jean Seberg, a well known actress in the 60s, became pregnant and the FBI sent out letters to the gossip columnists identifying the baby's father as a Black Panther, in order to cheapen Seberg's image. Keep in mind that the 60s was an era in which sexual relations between blacks and whites was still considered taboo by most Americans.

The scans below are of the official FBI letter from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. asking permission for the scam.

letter requesting permission for the smearing of Jean Seberg.

page two of request for permission to smear of Jean Seberg

The text of the letter:

   "Bureau permission is requested to publicize the pregnancy of Jean
  Seberg, well-known movie actress by (name deleted) Black Panther (BPP)
  (deleted) by advising Hollywood "Gossip-Columnists" in the Los Angeles
  area of the situation. It is felt that the possible publication of
  Seberg's plight could cause her embarrassment and serve to cheapen her
  image with the general public.
 
  " 'It is proposed that the following letter from a fictitious person
  be sent to local columnists:
 
  "I was just thinking about you and remembered I still owe you a favor.
  So ---- I was in Paris last week and ran into Jean Seberg, who was
  heavy with baby. I thought she and Romaine [sic] had gotten together
  again, but she confided the child belonged to (deleted) of the Black
  Panthers, one (deleted). The dear girl is getting around!
 
  " 'Anyway, I thought you might get a scoop on the others. Be good and
  I'll see you soon.
 
                                  'Love,
                                  " 'Sol.,
                                    
  "Usual precautions would be taken by the Los Angeles Division to
  preclude identification of the Bureau as the source of the letter if
  approval is granted."

Permission to use the fake letter was granted, but with the suggestion that the smear be delayed until Jean Seberg's pregnancy was in a very obvious condition.

letter granting permission for the smearing of Jean Seberg.

The story was then run by Los Angeles Times propagandist Joyce Haber.

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The story was picked up by Newsweek and the international press. The shock of the story was so severe that Jean Seberg suffered a miscarriage. The funeral for the child was held with an open casket, so that the lie stood revealed in its most tragic form. Jean Seberg, her baby dead and her career shattered by this outright lie, attempted suicide several times, finally succeeding in a French Hotel.

memo that accompanied copy of the Haber story sent to FBI files.

(The name which was redacted from the memo during the FOIA process is thought by many to have been Raymond Hewit, a Black Panther leader. His "outright lie" was far more direct. The FBI typed up a letter on official FBI stationary identifying Hewit as an informant and planted it where other Black Panthers would find it in the hopes that Hewit would then be killed.)

Following Seberg's death, the Los Angeles Times, the key instrument of her torment, issued a statement by the FBI.

   "The days when the FBI used derogatory information to combat advocates
  of unpopular causes have long since passed. We are out of that
  business forever."

The Senate committee that looked into COINTELPRO disagreed, however.

   "Cointelpro activities may continue today under the rubric of

By Michael Rivero

  'investigation.'

Finally, no single celebrity filled the government with more fear than did ex-Beatle John Lennon. Lennon's popularity, and hence his ability to influence popular opinion, coupled with his strong anti-war stance, made him a real threat in the event the United States decided it had to go to war. For this reason, Lennon was one of the most watched celebrities, and according to Lennon's youngest son, the victim of a government assassination plot.

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Having documented the FBI's willingness to destroy anyone they feel represents a threat to the government, let us return to the days of the House Select Committee on UnAmerican Activities.

While Senator Joseph McCarthy grabbed headlines with his shouts of "Communist", Hoover set about his self-appointed task of purging Hollywood of any he viewed as "disloyal" to the United States, which meant anyone unwilling to make the movies they were told to make, when and how they were told to make them. Senator McCarthy's screed of "Communist" provided Hoover with a bludgeon he could and did use with impunity on Hollywood's creative talents. Careers were ruined. Some 400 people, mostly innocent of any actual wrongdoing, were destroyed. Some, like Jean Seberg would later do, committed suicide. Ten men (the famous Hollywood Ten), Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Ring Lardner jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, Dalton Trumbo, and eminent director Edward Dmytryk were jailed for contempt of Congress.

Others punished for refusing to cooperate included Larry Adler, Stella Adler, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Joseph Bromberg, Charlie Chaplin, Aaron Copland, Hanns Eisler, Carl Foreman, John Garfield, Howard Da Silva, Dashiell Hammett, E. Y. Harburg, Lillian Hellman, Burl Ives, Arthur Miller, Dorothy Parker, Philip Loeb, Joseph Losey, Anne Revere, Pete Seeger, Gale Sondergaard, Louis Untermeyer, Josh White, Clifford Odets, Michael Wilson, Paul Jarrico, Jeff Corey, John Randolph, Canada Lee, Orson Welles, Paul Green, Sidney Kingsley, Paul Robeson, Richard Wright and Abraham Polonsky. Lee Grant was registered on the black list because she refused to give evidence against her husband Arnold Manoff.

Stars such as Larry Parks were destroyed because they refused to "name names" of other actors who were party members. Actor Philip Loeb threw himself out of a skyscraper window. Edward G. Robinson, never a communist, was put on a "grey list," and spent the rest of his life making B movies (except for his final role opposite Charlton Heston in "Soylent Green"). Sam Jaffe, formerly a well-known actor and Oscar winner in 1950 was registered on the black list because he refused to cooperate with the committee. He spent the next 6 years working as a math teacher and living at his sister's until he was able to return to films in 1957.

Of course, what was really involved was money. War is good for business. Business had been great during WW2 and the newly created "Cold War" was just a way to keep business good. The Military Industrial Complex NEEDED Hollywood to demonize the Soviets. Otherwise, too many people were going to ask why we were being told to be so afraid of them, and few in the government had a really convincing answer for that question. So, in order to perpetuate the Cold War, those in Hollywood who might sympathize with the designated villains had to be removed; their ruined lives a small price to pay for unending access to the taxpayers' wallets.

But that was then and this is now.

Once again vast sums of money are being spent on a war, this time a hot one and getting hotter. Once again parties with a vested interest are out to smear and destroy anyone who dares ask if the wars are worth the sacrifice of our young people (not to mention the money), indeed if there really is any point at all to the wars aside from justifying the flow of money to defense contractors.

But the Soviet Union has gone out of business. The word "communist" doesn't carry the same psychological impact it used to, so the war hawk smear squad has come up with a new one, "Anti-Semite." Like "Communist", "Anti-Semite" is used to ruin the lives of people who have not actually done anything wrong other than to challenge the war profiteers. It is a new word for an old trick, and I am amazed that they are still playing the same old game, but I guess the FBI can always find some dumb-assed idiot to fall for it and do their dirty work of wrecking a career for them.

Of course, it really isn't that new a word. Oddly enough, Charles Lindbergh the famous aviator commented in a speech in Des Moines in 1941...

Our theaters soon became filled with plays portraying the glory of war. Newsreels lost all semblance of objectivity. Newspapers and magazines began to lose advertising if they carried anti-war articles. A smear campaign was instituted against individuals who opposed intervention. The terms "fifth columnist," "traitor," "Nazi," "anti-Semitic" were thrown ceaselessly at any one who dared to suggest that it was not to the best interests of the United States to enter the war. Men lost their jobs if they were frankly anti-war. Many others dared no longer speak.

Today we are seeing once again the heavy hand of the war profiteers trying to reshape the film industry into a tool to propagandize the public into a high war-fever such that they will gladly trade their own blood for gold to line the pockets of the defense establishment. And those individuals who have the courage to speak out are attacked, and once again they are smeared to silence them. In the 1940s it was "Communist", today it is "Anti-Semite", but aside from the particular label used, the methods, goals, and morality are little changed from the days of Joseph McCarthy.

If there is a difference today it is that the American people are better educated. No longer dependent on the state schools, or controlled media, the public understands the tactics used to silence those who speak out. As a result, those who speak out are more and more not only accorded the sympathetic ear that their message deserves, but the effects of the smearing are far less ruinous than in times past.

Thus, when we see people like Charlie Sheen, Willie Nelson, Sean Penn, and Marion Cotillard speak out and survive, it sends a message that it is now permissible to speak out. This is not to say that there are not risks. Rosie O'Donnell lost her spot on "The View", but the majority of Americans understand exactly why, and understand that Rosie sacrificed a great deal trying to get the truth out. Rosie is and will be remembered as a hero for truth long after her co-hosts on "The View" are properly forgotten.

In contrast, of course, we look back at those who aided the "Commie" witch-hunts of the 1940s with deserved contempt. No doubt many aided Hoover purely to rid themselves of competition, and then tried to lull themselves to sleep with the idea that in some way they had actually done something good for the nation by wrecking their neighbors' careers. I have no doubt strong liquor played a role in this grossest of self-deception. But if the informants and smear artists of the 1940s are remembered in a poor light, that should serve as a reminder to the informants and smear artists of today. It does not matter what you do with the rest of your life, aiding the new version of McCarthyism is how history will remember you. While people like Charlie Sheen, Willie Nelson, Sean Penn, and Marion Cotillard (and to step out of entertainment, former President Jimmy Carter) will be remembered and honored for their courage, history will lump the smear artists together with Stalin's "Useful idiots", little more than no-talent opportunists for whom ratting out someone was the fastest path to advancement.

They say that history repeats itself, and indeed that is the major thing wrong with history. We are seeing history repeat itself again. We have been down this path before, in the 1940s. Whether the word is "Communist" or "Anti-Semite", Hollywood is making the same mistake all over again. And Holywood will have to live with that image in the coming decades.

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Top 10 Americans for monetary reform: #3: President Andrew Jackson

The financial crisis in America today could be over almost instantaneously through monetary reform. Monetary reform is a fundamental shift in how America creates money. The shift is from a Robber Baron-era design of banks creating credit to lend to us at interest and ever-increasing debt, to our community (government) creating it for the direct payment of public goods and services. The benefits of monetary reform are conservatively $1 TRILLION every year, the end of the national debt, and full employment.

Please review the links above to fully understand this idea.

The power of monetary reform is evident in history. Napoleonic France quickly became the world’s leading economy and Paris its most beautiful city after ten years of violent revolution that killed or drove-off their economic leadership. Nazi Germany overcame tragic-comic hyperinflation to become the model economy during the Great Depression. These nations were in worse economic conditions than America today (economic power needs to be invested in the public good, not for empire).

This top 10 list of Americans who understood monetary reform deserve your attention. Given our economic condition, you literally have nothing more valuable for your attention.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) is the last US President to pay-off the national debt. He did so only after ending the Federal Reserve of his day, the privately-owned Second Bank of the United States. The story is told in the 10-minute video below from the Money Masters. As did Thomas Jefferson, Jackson understood the subversive act and perpetual national debt with banks creating money to lend to the government. He did not understand the positive policy response of the government creating money directly for the payment of public goods and services. Jackson critics would respond that he was proficient in killing, and indeed less than capable with constructive policy. In fact, in 1836 President Jackson issued an Executive Order called the Specie Circular that required payment to the government for land to be only in gold or silver. This increased demand and emptied the banks of the day of the fractional gold and silver backing their bank notes, causing bank runs. Jackson and Congress could have issued money directly, as had Napoleon, and then accepted this fiat currency for all payments.

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“The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.” (referring to the Second Bank of the US) . - Said to Martin Van Buren (July 8, 1832), quoted in The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1918, vol. II (1920), ed. John Clement Fitzpatrick, ch. XLIII (p. 625)

“I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the Bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the Bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out and, by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out.” - From the original minutes of the Philadelphia committee of citizens sent to meet with President Jackson, February 1834, according to Stan V. Henkels, Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States, 1928

The following two paragraphs are President Andrew Jackson in his veto message for the renewal of the privately-owned Bank of the United States, which would have continued their private monopoly of creating US money. July 10, 1832.

“It is maintained by some that the bank is a means of executing the constitutional power ‘to coin money and regulate the value thereof.’ Congress have established a mint to coin money and passed laws to regulate the value thereof. The money so coined, with its value so regulated, and such foreign coins as Congress may adopt are the only currency known to the Constitution. But if they have other power to regulate the currency, it was conferred to be exercised by themselves, and not to be transferred to a corporation. If the bank be established for that purpose, with a charter unalterable without its consent, Congress have parted with their power for a term of years, during which the Constitution is a dead letter. It is neither necessary nor proper to transfer its legislative power to such a bank, and therefore unconstitutional…

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society — the farmers, mechanics, and laborers — who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.”

“I have no hesitation to say if they can re-charter the bank (2nd Bank of the US – a privately-owned central bank) with this hydra of corruption they will rule the nation and its charter will be perpetual and its corrupting influence destroy the liberty of our country. When I came into this administration…I had a majority of 75. Since then it is now believed it (the bank) has bought over by loans, discounts, etc until…there were 2/3 for re-chartering it.” – President Andrew Jackson, April 7, 1833 letter to R. H. M. Cryer referring to votes in Congress. Ralph Catterall, The 2nd Bank of the U.S., Univ. of Chicago Press, 1902.

"But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing." - Farewell Address, March 4, 1837.

After President Jackson vetoed Congress’ re-charter the 2nd Bank of the US and paid-off the national debt, President Van Buren (elected 1836) and Jackson’s Vice President, was confident the goal of defending the US from a privately-owned central bank was won:

“The practice of funding the public debt…has long been discontinued…A National Bank has become a completely ‘obsolete idea’ among us, as thoroughly condemned in public opinion as a national debt.” – Catterall, p. 431.

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Top 10 Americans for monetary reform: #2: Thomas Jefferson

The financial crisis in America today could be over almost instantaneously through monetary reform. Monetary reform is a fundamental shift in how America creates money. The shift is from a Robber Baron-era design of banks creating credit to lend to us at interest and ever-increasing debt, to our community (government) creating it for the direct payment of public goods and services. The benefits of monetary reform are conservatively $1 TRILLION every year, the end of the national debt, and full employment.

Please review the links above to fully understand this idea.

The power of monetary reform is evident in history. Napoleonic France quickly became the world’s leading economy and Paris its most beautiful city after ten years of violent revolution that killed or drove-off their economic leadership. Nazi Germany overcame tragic-comic hyperinflation to become the model economy during the Great Depression. These nations were in worse economic conditions than America today (economic power needs to be invested in the public good, not for empire).

This top 10 list of Americans who understood monetary reform deserve your attention. Given our economic condition, you literally have nothing more valuable for your attention.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, a foundation of American ideals. He was a scholar of the Enlightenment, including religious tolerance and freedom. Jefferson’s written work is extensive. He communicates strong understanding of banks creating credit that cause inflation to devalue everyone’s currency, the gambling of created credit such as we see today in credit default swaps and exotic derivative trading, and states, “Bank paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.” My personal analysis is that Mr. Jefferson did not fully understand the power of creating money directly for the public good. However, he was quite eloquent to the dangers of the banking system creating and gambling with credit, the monetary and financial system we still have today.

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Note: ME, FE = Memorial Edition, Ford Edition from the University of Virginia archives.

“All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.” – John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson (1787-08-25), The Works of John Adams (I've included the only quote I have from Adams here, since it was directed to TJ)

“This institution (privately-owned central banks) is one of the most deadly hostility against the principles of our Constitution…suppose a series of untoward events should occur…an institution like this…in a critical moment might upset (overthrow) the government.” – Thomas Jefferson,December 1803 letter to Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin.

"Bank paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs. It is the only fund on which they can rely for loans; it is the only resource which can never fail them, and it is an abundant one for every necessary purpose. Treasury bills, bottomed on taxes, bearing or not bearing interest, as may be found necessary, thrown into circulation will take the place of so much gold and silver, which last, when crowded, will find an efflux into other countries, and thus keep the quantum of medium at its salutary level. Let banks continue if they please, but let them discount for cash alone or for treasury notes." --Thomas Jefferson to John W. Eppes, 1813. ME 13:361

"The art and mystery of banks... is established on the principle that 'private debts are a public blessing.' That the evidences of those private debts, called bank notes, become active capital, and aliment the whole commerce, manufactures, and agriculture of the United States. Here are a set of people, for instance, who have bestowed on us the great blessing of running in our debt about two hundred millions of dollars, without our knowing who they are, where they are, or what property they have to pay this debt when called on; nay, who have made us so sensible of the blessings of letting them run in our debt, that we have exempted them by law from the repayment of these debts beyond a give proportion (generally estimated at one-third). And to fill up the measure of blessing, instead of paying, they receive an interest on what they owe from those to whom they owe; for all the notes, or evidences of what they owe, which we see in circulation, have been lent to somebody on an interest which is levied again on us through the medium of commerce. And they are so ready still to deal out their liberalities to us, that they are now willing to let themselves run in our debt ninety millions more, on our paying them the same premium of six or eight per cent interest, and on the same legal exemption from the repayment of more than thirty millions of the debt, when it shall be called for." --Thomas Jefferson to John W. Eppes, 1813. ME 13:420

"Everything predicted by the enemies of banks, in the beginning, is now coming to pass. We are to be ruined now by the deluge of bank paper. It is cruel that such revolutions in private fortunes should be at the mercy of avaricious adventurers, who, instead of employing their capital, if any they have, in manufactures, commerce, and other useful pursuits, make it an instrument to burden all the interchanges of property with their swindling profits, profits which are the price of no useful industry of theirs." --Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, 1814. ME 14:61

“The treasury, lacking confidence in the country, delivered itself bound hand and foot to bold and bankrupt adventurers and bankers pretender to be money-holders, whom it could have crushed at any moment. Even the last half-bold, half-timid threat of the treasury, showed at once that these jugglers were at the feet of government. For it never was, and is not, any confidence in their frothy bubbles, but the lack of all other medium (money), which induced…people to take their paper…We are now without any common measure of value of property, and private fortunes are up or down at the will of the worst of our citizens. Yet there is no hope of relief from the legislators who have immediate control over this subject. As little seems to be known of the principles of political economy as if nothing had ever been written or practiced on the subject, or as was known in old times, when the (bankers) had their rulers under the hammer. It is an evil, therefore, which we must make up our minds to meet and to endure as those of hurricanes, earthquakes and other casualties: let us turn over therefore another leaf.” – Thomas Jefferson, October 16, 1815 letter to Gallatin. Letters and Addresses, edit. William Parker, (New York: 1905).

"The system of banking [I] have... ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their destruction, which is already hit by the gamblers in corruption, and is sweeping away in its progress the fortunes and morals of our citizens." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:18

"I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:23

"I sincerely believe... that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1816. ME 15:23

"Certainly no nation ever before abandoned to the avarice and jugglings of private individuals to regulate according to their own interests, the quantum of circulating medium for the nation -- to inflate, by deluges of paper, the nominal prices of property, and then to buy up that property at 1s. in the pound, having first withdrawn the floating medium which might endanger a competition in purchase. Yet this is what has been done, and will be done, unless stayed by the protecting hand of the legislature. The evil has been produced by the error of their sanction of this ruinous machinery of banks; and justice, wisdom, duty, all require that they should interpose and arrest it before the schemes of plunder and spoilation desolate the country." --Thomas Jefferson to William C. Rives, 1819. ME 15:232

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Federal Reserve rejects request for public review

The institution which creates and oversees America's currency wants to keep a "low profile," according to a published report on Monday, and may willing to dodge the U.S. Treasury in order to do so.

According to Bloomberg News, the Federal Reserve Bank will not submit to a voluntary public study of its internal structure and methods of governance, as it was requested to do so by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Geithner is the former New York Federal Reserve Bank chairman. The review he requested is part of President Barack Obama's financial regulatory reforms, which he proposed in mid-June. Part of those reforms would have studied the Fed's "ability to accomplish its existing and proposed functions" -- a proposal the bank's board of governors appears to have flatly rejected.

"The agency also said that while the report requested by Secretary Geithner and his department has not yet been scrapped, no work has been done on the project, which is due Oct 1," noted Reuters.

"The institution is trying to keep a low profile," Vincent Reinhart, a former Fed monetary policy director, told Bloomberg. "To publish a report now invites comment on that report."

And comments are the last thing the Fed wants right now.

Under fire

The Federal Reserve has been under growing political fire ever since Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) made it a frequent target during his presidential campaign. However, Paul has been a longtime opponent of the bank, openly calling for it to be abolished and the U.S. dollar to once again be backed by gold, instead of mere faith.

"From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the burst of the dotcom bubble last year, every economic downturn suffered by the country over the last 80 years can be traced to Federal Reserve policy," Paul said in 2002, according to congressional records. "The Fed has followed a consistent policy of flooding the economy with easy money, leading to a misallocation of resources and an artificial 'boom' followed by a recession or depression when the Fed-created bubble bursts."

His bill, House Resolution 1207, which would subject the Fed to a complete audit, has gained significant traction in the U.S. House of Representatives, with over half its members signing on in support of the move. Though mostly Republicans, a large cross-section of Democrats reached across the aisle to support the bill, and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, recently told a town hall audience that the Fed will be subjected to a complete audit soon. He predicted the House will pass Paul's bill -- or an amalgam of it, wrapped with other regulatory reforms -- "probably in October."

"A companion bill in the Senate introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has 27 cosponsors," noted The Hill.

The Fed has also come under fire for refusing to disclose which firms it paid massive bailouts to in 2008 and early 2009, amid the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. A particular amount of interest among lawmakers has focused on the Bank of American - Merrill Lynch & Co. merger, which the Fed facilitated.

The House Domestic Policy Subcommittee, under the leadership of Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), subpoenaed the Fed in June for records relating to the transaction. New York Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo has claimed that, in 2008, then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strong-armed BofA into buying Merrill -- a move that, if true, could expose Paulson and Bernanke to prosecution. That investigation is under way.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke "has vehemently opposed the idea [of an audit], asserting that it would lead to the politicization of monetary policy by giving Congress an easy way to second-guess any decision the Fed makes," noted The Los Angeles Times in late August.

That specific argument -- that the monetary system is endangered by closer observation of Fed actions -- was discounted by Judge Loretta Preska of the Manhattan U.S. District Court, in a ruling that ordered the Fed to disclose which firms received bailout dollars.

While the Fed argued that disclosing who was bailed out on the taxpayer's dime could be detrimental to the agency's independence from Congress, Judge Preska wrote that the claim was based merely on "conjecture" and the court remained unconvinced because the Fed had failed to provide adequate evidence to substantiate its claims.

"[The] risk of looking weak to competitors and shareholders is an inherent risk of market participation; information tending to increase that risk does not make the information privileged or confidential," she wrote.

-- Stephen C. Webster

We Need To Bail Out Newspapers Or Blogs Will Run The World

Obama yesterday expressed concern at the sorry state of the news industry and said that he will look at a news paper bailout, because otherwise, blogs will take over the world, and that would be a threat to democracy, The Hill reports.

"I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in context, that what you will end up getting is people shouting at each other across the void but not a lot of mutual understanding," he said.

He said he would be happy to look a bills that could give tax newspapers tax-breaks if they were to restructure as 50 (c) (3) educational corporations. One of the bills is that of Senator Ben Cardin, who has introduced the "Newspaper Revitalization Act."

This strikes us as the worst kind of protect the horse and buggy policy imaginable. Newspapers have been printing money for 100+ years, and if the market is now putting an end to that, stifling this change probably isn't a good idea. Back in May we came up with 10 one-line reasons this kind of bailout is a terrible idea. Briefly, they were:

• It's bad to reward outdated businesses based on outdated tech.
• Newspapers delivery trucks don't run on water.
• Traditionally bloated monopolies, newspapers don't know how to innovate.
• Just because newspapers go away doesn't mean sources will.
• Newspapers employ just 0.2 percent of the nation’s labor force.
• 66% of people get their news from TV.
• Newspaper owners think Google is a parasite.
• Ask people when they last bought a paper, much less subscribed.
• A government subsidized "free press" isn't a "free press" at all.
• As newspapers go away, a shrinking supply of ad inventory will drive up ad prices, rewarding innovative new media.

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Climate deal failure 'could mean war'

IF the world fails to reach agreement on tackling climate change soon then it could end in war, climate scientist Tim Flannery has warned.

Like many others, he is concerned at a lack of progress ahead of a crucial UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December.

If there is no deal some time in the next year then there is a risk of momentum fading and the problem getting beyond the reach of world leaders, said Prof Flannery, who is in New York for climate talks.

"My greatest fear is that once people stop negotiating, once diplomacy fails, that's potentially a prelude for war."

That could mean conflict over carbon tariffs, over the mass migration of climate-affected people or over serious water shortages, Prof Flannery said.

It might not happen for decades but it was a real threat if Copenhagen failed. "The triggers are there for conflict," the former Australian of the year said.

He gave some support for Australia's proposal to go easier on developing countries in the Copenhagen process, by exempting them from having to make economy-wide commitments to restrain emissions growth.

The Greens say the plan is a cop-out but Prof Flannery said it should be looked at because current approaches were not working.

"It does hold the promise at least of unlocking further cooperation from those so-called developing countries," he said, adding that countries like China and Brazil were not really developing countries any more. "We haven't got time to let the perfect be the enemy of the good."

Prof Flannery strongly backed Australia voting in its emissions trading scheme before Copenhagen. The Opposition wants a vote delayed.

But Prof Flannery also said Australia must cut emissions by at least 25 per cent. The Government's target is a 5 to 25 per cent cut.

What To Do If You Are Forced To Take a Swine Flu Shot

"By 1853, Parliament began passing laws to make the untested vaccine compulsory throughout the British Empire. Other countries of Europe followed suit. Once the economic implications of compulsory vaccinations were realized, few dared to disagree. Then, as now, the media were controlled by the vaccine manufacturers and the government, who stood to make huge money from the sale of these spurious vaccines..."

~ Tim O'Shea, D.C.

What is in the Regular Flu Shot?

• Egg proteins, including avian contaminant viruses
• Gelatin, known to cause allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are usually associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin
• Polysorbate 80 (Tween80™), which can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis
• Formaldehyde: a known carcinogen
• Triton X100: a strong detergent
• Sucrose (table sugar)
• Resin, known to cause allergic reactions
• Gentamycin, an antibiotic
• Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose vials

Analysis of material by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. Russell Blaylock. (September 5, 2009)

Critical Observations:

• Doctor visits for flu are down from the level in April.
• Total flu hospitalizations are similar or lower than for seasonal flu (yearly flu).
• The number of deaths secondary to flu and pneumonia is unchanged from yearly rate.
• Only two states are reporting widespread infections – Georgia and Alaska. Other states report only regional or sporadic activity, meaning it’s not very contagious.
• There is no evidence that the virus has mutated at all anywhere in the world.
• The virus remains susceptible to the drugs Tamiflu and Relenza.
• Only 43,771 cases have been reported in the United States. Because of poor reporting the CDC estimates that true numbers indicate that one million have been infected. Many people did not get sick enough to go to a doctor. Likewise, not all people are tested who go to a doctor.
• Of these 5,011 have been hospitalized and 302 have died.

  Death Rates From the H1N1 Flu

• If we use the 43,771 figure and 302 deaths that means the death rate is 0.6 percent, an extremely low death rate for any flu.
• The percentage of hospitalized patients who died was 6 percent, again a very low incidence of death.
• Since the CDC estimates that one million have been infected, we must recalculate death rates. Using this more accurate figure, the death rate is in truth 0.03 percent, which means 99.97 percent will not die from this flu. Your chances of dying are incredibly low.

  Age and Death Rates

  We hear a lot about the unusual age distribution with this virus, especially as regards death rates, with the young being more affected than, as with seasonal flu, the elderly (90% of deaths are usually among those greater than 65 years old). The risks of becoming infected are as follows:

  Ages 5 to 24 y/o: 26.7 per 100,000 (0.027%)

  Ages 0 to 4 y/o: 22.9 per 100,000 (0.023%)

  Ages 25 to 49: 6.97 per 100,000 (0.0069%)

  Ages 50 to 64 y/o: 3.9 per 100,000 (0.0039)

Over 65 y/o: 1.3 per 1000,000 (0.00013%)

And the risk of needing to be hospitalized are:

Ages 0 to 4 y/o: 0.0045%

Ages 5 to 24 y/o: 0.0021%

Ages 25 to 45 y/o: 0.0011%

Over 65 y/o: 0.0017%

This indicates that for all age groups, the risk of being hospitalized are far less than 1 percent and well over 99 percent of people will not need hospitalization.

This explains why this infection is being downplayed by the virologists themselves, the ones who know most about the dangers of viruses.

The distributions of death also vary considerably by age. Below is the distribution of deaths according to age.

Ages 25 to 49 y/o: 41%

Ages 50 to 64 y/o: 24%

Ages 5 to 24 y/o: 16%

Over age 65 y/o: 9%

Ages 0 to 4 y/o: 2%

So, we see that the greatest death rates in the extremely small fraction that die are between ages 25 to 49 and 65 percent are between ages 25 to 64.

The least likely to die are babies up to age 4 years, yet they are targeted for vaccination and as we see from the above data, children below age 2 years get absolutely no protection from the flu vaccines.

Analysis of the New Government Projections to the Media

If we analyzed it according to the worst case scenario released by the government we see far lower figures than being projected:

They say 150 million Americans will be infected. That is 150 X as many as now infected, and represents a much larger figure than now estimated with a 6 to 6.5 percent of a localized population.

For the United States itself with a population slightly over 300 million, their figures indicate a 50 percent infection rate. There is nothing to indicate such a high infectivity rate from the past 7 months of analysis.

It should also be appreciated that the infections will not occur all at once, but will slowly evolve, as we have seen thus far, meaning that at any one time a much smaller amount of Americans will be infected – which also reduces the numbers who will require hospitalizations at any one time, and who will need ICU care.

As far as the number that will need hospitalization, the government now says there will be 1.8 million people hospitalized, of which 300,000 may need ICU treatment.

If we use the existing data we see that the numbers are quite different. At the time the data was taken, 303 people out of one million infected died and 5,011 needed hospitalization. This means a projected hospitalization incidence of 750,000 and a death rate of 45,000 deaths. Remember, this is using their data applied to the outrageously high figure of 50% of the population being infected – that is, 150 million people.

If the infection rate is 6 percent, as all the studies have shown thus far, we see much smaller numbers.

Instead of 150 million infected we see 18 million infected. Using these more realistic figures we can estimate a hospitalization rate of 90,000 and a projected death incidence of 5436.

Again, it is important to keep in mind that the infections will be evolving and not all at once as both sets of figures seem to imply. If we spread this over several months and waves of the infection, we see that at any one time the hospitalizations will be a much smaller number, as will the deaths.

Thus far, there have been nationwide 2,000 hospitalizations a month and 99 deaths a month.

Certainly the hospitals in the United States can handle the increase. In the United States we have 5,759 hospitals containing 955,000 beds and 70,000 ICU beds. Most hospitalized people will not require intensive care. Most are suffering from dehydration and only required IV fluid infusion.

It should also be appreciated that most pediatric deaths and elderly deaths will occur early in the epidemic because the chronically ill and immune suppressed will become infected early. Therefore one would expect the deaths to rise initially and then fall as the infection spreads as we see from this graph:

In this chart we see that the hospitalization rates are actually lower for the swine flu than in previous seasons.

In this graph we see that the hospitalization rates were either lower or barely above the seasonal flu admissions in the previous two years.

We can see from the CDC’s own data that the hospitalization rates and death rates are no higher, in fact they are significantly lower, than the previous two to three flu seasons.

It is obvious that the government is using “scare tactics” to promote vaccine use in the United States and that the pharmaceutical makers of vaccines are in bed with these officials.

The public should be outraged.

Why Do Some Die From Such a Mild Virus?

As stated by the virologists, this virus is no more a danger than the seasonal virus that visits each year and actually seems to be much weaker.

One may also note from the CDC’s own data, the previous nonsense about 36,000 dying from the seasonal flu every year is pure fiction. We have had a little over 400 deaths nationwide over the past 5 months, nowhere near the 36,000 figure screamed from the airwaves and our TV sets, yet the public is in a state of panic.

So, why are some dying from this virus?

What is little understood by the general public is that the only reason people die from the flu is that they have either an immune suppressing chronic illness, such as diabetes, direct immune dysfunction, dietary deficiencies of critical immune-supporting nutrients, chronic pulmonary disease, heart disease or cancer.

Smoking powerfully suppresses immunity as well as damages lungs, and we know that smokers are much more likely to suffer complications and die than non-smokers.

Excess dietary omega-6 fats (corn, safflower, sunflower, soybean, peanut and canola oils) also severely weaken immunity. The EPA component of omega-3 oils also powerfully suppresses immunity.

A study by the CDC found that 32 percent of children dying from H1N1 flu had asthma, when the incidence of asthma in the general population was 8 percent. Two thirds of the children who died had neurological disorders, such as seizures and cerebral palsy.

So, the vast majority of children who are dying have one of a number of chronic health conditions, yet the media gives us the impression that perfectly healthy children are dying.

A recent study of why so many died during the 1918 flu pandemic found that most of the deaths were secondary to bacterial pneumonia and not the flu virus itself. In 1918 hospitals had little to offer a sick patient – there were no antibiotics, other than sulfur drugs, no IV fluids and no respirators – all they could offer was a warm bed and aspirin.

It was also disclosed that the number of flu-related deaths among children was lower this year than the previous two years.

What are the Virologists Saying?

Virologists are scientists who study viruses – their classification, their genetics, methods of spread and their ability to cause disease. No one knows more about this virus than the virologists.

The British science magazine, The New Scientist, recently polled 60 virologists to get their opinion. These are the results of specific questions:

Will the virulent version of the virus appear?

Extremely likely none

Likely 5

A 50/50 chance 14

Possible 38

Not at all 3

What the virologists are doing personally

Stock Tamiflu or Relinza 14

Stock above plus antibiotics 6

Stock food, water and power source 5

Get pneumococcal vaccine 3

Nothing 30

Hand washing, mask, etc. 3

Notice there was no mention of taking the swine flu vaccine.

Behind the push to vaccinate the entire population are the pharmaceutical makers of the vaccines, who are working in conjunction with the government to make the vaccine mandatory.

Homeland security and FEMA are pushing for forced vaccinations and the medical experts, virologists and epidemiologists are calling for calm and resorting to voluntary vaccination only. The former have links with the vaccine manufacturers via political contacts. A great deal of money will be made by the manufacturers, should forced vaccinations be mandated.

Will This Vaccine Be Tested?

According to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 5 tests are planned. It is not clear as to the use of the squalene adjuvants, ASO3 and MF-59.

Because of concerns raised, the FDA is now hedging. Independent studies of squalene used as a vaccine adjuvant indicates that it is associated with a very high incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as an MS-like neurological syndrome, rheumatoid joint disease and especially Lupus.

The developer of MF-59 is Chiron pharmaceuticals, which was purchased by Novartis pharmaceutical company, who will be the main supplier of the swine flu vaccine for the world. According to Dr. Fauci, testing in both children and adults will be without this adjuvant and he admits that we have no data on the safety in children. (See Nature Vol 460/30 July 2009, p. 562 for the interview.)

There are 5 tests scheduled for safety before mass vaccinations will resume. I looked up on clinicaltrials.gov the actual studies being done. It is instructive to note that the only studies actually being done do not contain any adjuvant (the immune booster) either for babies or adults. Yet, when the mass vaccinations begin, the vaccines will have adjuvant added, possibly squalene.

The real irony here is that this is the same bait and switch game they played in the 1976 swine flu vaccine disaster.

They tested one vaccine and gave a different one during the mass vaccinations.

Here we go again. Over 500 people were paralyzed with Guillain Barre disorder. The incidence was much higher, because it was not a reportable disease. And over 300 people died, which is also a very low figure.

Dr. Fauci admits that they have no idea what will happen when they mix the three viruses from the vaccines together or when they are given sequentially. When he was asked if the results of the studies would be reviewed by the health authorities, he answered, “yes, except for those done by the Novartis company.”

He justified this secrecy by saying that Novartis had a very advanced testing system, which was done “in-house” – that is, in secrecy.

It is also important to appreciate that this vaccine has been fast-tracked, meaning that many of the usual safety precautions used to prevent contamination of the vaccines will be overlooked by the regulatory agencies.

According to a number of studies, vaccine contamination is widespread, with vaccines containing pestivirus, mycoplasma, viral fragments, DNA fragments and bacterial components, all of which can produce chronic systemic disorders, cancer, neurologic diseases and even slow brain degeneration.

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The Following was composed by Dr. Russell Blaylock as a method to reduce autoimmune reactions to the flu vaccines only. Do not use this if you have the flu itself. These are just general observations and not medical advice. You should work with your doctor for a specific program.

Treatment for Toxic Vaccine Exposure

1. Place a cold compress on the site of the injection immediately after the injection and continue this as often as possible for at least two days. If symptoms of fever, irritability, fatigue or flu-like symptoms reoccur – continue the cold compresses until they abate. A cold shower or bath will also help.
2. Take fish oils – I recommend the Norwegian fish oil made by Carlson Labs – it has the correct balance of EPA and DHA to reduce the cytokine storm. The dose is one tablespoon a day – if severe symptoms develop – two tablespoons a day until well and then switch to one tablespoon a day. Children – one teaspoon a day.
3. Curcumin, quercetin, ferulic acid and ellagic acid as a mixture – the first two must be mixed with extravirgin olive in one teaspoon. Take the mix three times a day (500 mg of each).
4. Vitamin E (natural form) 400 IU a day (high in gamma-E).
5. Vitamin C 1000 mg four times a day.
6. Astaxanthin 4 mg a day.
7. Zinc 20 mg a day for one week then 5 mg a day.
8. Avoid all immune stimulating supplements (mushroom extracts, whey protein) except beta-glucan – it has been shown to reduce inflammation, microglial activation and has a reduced risk of aggravating autoimmunity, while increasing antiviral cellular immunity.
9. Take a multivitamin/mineral daily (one without iron – Extend Core).
10. Magnesium citrate/malate 500 mg of elemental magnesium two capsules three times a day.
11. Vitamin D3:
    1. All Children – 5000 IU a day for two weeks after vaccine then 2000 IU a day thereafter.
    2. Adults – 20,000 IU a day after vaccine for two weeks then 10,000 IU a day thereafter.
    3. Take 500 mg to 1000 mg of calcium citrate a day for adults and 250 mg a day for children under age 12 years.
12. Avoid all mercury-containing seafood.
13. Avoid omega-6 oils (corn, safflower, sunflower, soybean, canola and peanut oils).
14. Blenderize parsley and celery and drink 8 ounces twice a day.
15. Take Jatoba tea extract (add 20 drops in on cup of tea) one day before the vaccine and the twice a day thereafter. (You can get it here.) It is inexpensive.

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Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Dr. Blaylock has done a wonderful job of interpreting the misleading data and fear mongering put out by conventional media. Mark my words, the "expected" casualties from the swine flu, recently released by a presidential advisory panel are nothing but pure fiction.

On August 25, CNN reported that the swine flu could cause up to 90,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. This is downright preposterous. As Dr. Blaylock discusses above, there are absolutely no indications to validate these kinds of numbers. Instead, it's sounding more and more like the bird flu hoax all over again.

So one of the most important, and potentially life-saving measures you can take is to make sure you have IDEAL vitamin D levels. The ONLY way to do this is to get your blood tested and make sure the ranges are between 50 and 70 ng/ml. My recommendation is to use Lab Corp. If you are using Quest, please divide your level by 1.3.

The typical dose most adults need is around 5000 units per day. However, the dose could go to 20,000 units a day or even higher. The ONLY way to know is to have your blood tested.

Dr. Cannell is on one of my colleagues in this area and has done enormous good in educating the public about this issue. Unfortunately we do not share the same position about vaccines. He is actually advising people to take them and he strongly believes that there is a chance that it could save people's lives.

I couldn't disagree more strongly with his position but I respect his right to maintain it. Just reminds me that the last position nearly every physician is willing to give up is their position on vaccines. I have seen it time and time again. So while Dr. Cannell has done us all a major service in educating us on vitamin D, I believe he hasn't taken the next step and evaluated the vaccine issue as carefully as he has the vitamin D one.

September 21, 2009

Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of www.Mercola.com, home of the free "e-Healthy News You Can Use" newsletter and author of Dr. Mercola's Total Health Cookbook & Program.

by Drs. Russell Blaylock and Joseph Mercola

Copyright © 2009 Dr. Joseph Mercola.