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A Plausible Theory

01 Saturday Aug 2020

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hoax, torture

Tom Ironsides, in one of our “talks,” mentioned that what’s happening with the hoax, as applied to the masses, looks a lot like what the CIA does to people at their black sites. Does science confirm this?

For much of psychology’s history, personality – the set of enduring habits of behaviour, emotion and thought that form each person’s unique identity – was considered set in stone, at least beyond early adulthood. Research over the last few decades, however, has led to a consensus that, while personality traits are relatively stable, they are not completely fixed. Instead they continue to evolve through life and in response to major life events.

In other words, from a theoretical perspective, there is every possibility that at least some of us will have been left changed by lockdown.

Was this one of the major purposes of the hoax? If so, it appears to be working smashingly. But not with us. You and I are just fine. Promise. [twitches]

Defending the Indefensible

23 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns

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CIA, false flag, torture

Leave it to the deep state to brag about useless torture.

Evidence garnered from the CIA’s interrogations already cannot be used in court; the defendants also want to exclude that from parallel FBI interrogations.

All the defendants are still in the preliminary phases of their trials, which have been stalled for years by complex rules, poor administration and legal maneuvers from both sides.

“Mitchell is a big part of the reason why the victims’ families still don’t have any justice,” said Amnesty International’s Julia Hall.

“Mitchell has said he is giving this testimony for the victims and families,” she said.

“However, it is in large measure because of the torture techniques that he himself created and used on the detainees that there has been delay after delay. Evidence extracted under torture can’t be used in these proceedings.”

Other than what has been deduced by outsiders, is there any evidence to support any part of the government’s 9/11 narrative and following wars? No.

Dropping the Pretense

19 Tuesday Nov 2019

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crime, England, injustice, Julian Assange, torture

I suppose it’s no longer needed with the Empire’s fake espionage charges looming and Assange being tortured to death in jail.

Prosecutors in Sweden dropped the preliminary investigation due to a lack of evidence.

An additional interview with the 48-year-old “wouldn’t significantly change the balance of evidence,” the authorities said today.

The probe was reopened in the summer but it was ruled Assange couldn’t be extradited to Sweden from the UK.

Assange has always denied the allegation.

Back in June, the UK Home Secretary signed an order allowing Assange to be extradited to the US.

Maybe the US could kindly drop its charges based on lack of evidence and a lack of jurisdiction, lack of malum in se, etc. Railroad Jullian, ride shotgun for Andrew. Nice. Way to go, GB!

The Extraordinary Rendition of America

14 Wednesday Mar 2018

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns

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America, CIA, decline, deep state, due process, enemy combatants, failure, law, politics, terrorism, torture, War

Yesterday, in a headline for FP, I celebrated the departure of Rex Tillerson, former Secretary of State and the man who ushered in the brave new age of the Boy Scouts of America. But it’s really a mixed bag.

Tillerson never belonged anywhere near government power. His firing is a good thing. A liberal friend rightly pointed out that Trump has the highest and fastest rate of administrative turnover in history. It’s does look like disarray. Oddly, by his own list, leaving aside some major points (Obamacare, the wall, locking HER up, etc.), Trump is actually accomplishing his agenda. If it works…

However, with the cabinet positions, aides, and so forth, the turnover is a mixed bag. We seem to lose one deep state, globalist idiot only to have another step right in to take his place. Seems like it spreads.

The newly nominated Sec. State, replacing T-Rex, in the former Director of the CIA. Do we really want the head of secret police/paramilitary force representing us to the world? Might that not send a mixed message?

The new, nominated Director of the CIA is the former Deputy Director, Gina Haspel. If you’ve never heard of her, that’s probably because you watch America’s mainstream, lamestream, report no real facts media. Stop that. Get all your news and entertainment here!

Anyway, Gina is a career employee of the company, a former honcho for NCS, perhaps the most dangerous and unaccountable part of the deep state. The woman is “quite literally a war criminal.”

She ran the notorious CIA “black site” in Thailand. You’ve probably not heard much about that. It was (is) only one of the many places where the USA, beacon of virtue, engages in illegal torture of enemy combatants (defined as whomever the President says is…). This has been standard operating procedure under the current and past two administrations (Duuuuuuh-wa, no hope and no change, MAGA).

This practice and those like would, if conducted by any other government, constitute actionable offenses against humanity. There has been limited legal action already. The international community has little sway over the US with its thousands of operable nukes. And there is NO justice left in America’s courts. So, what sent Nazis to the gallows (on trumped-up, ex post facto charges and no due process at all), the US gets a pass on. Exceptionalism or something.

And, even honest CIA killers admit this hideous treatment of prisoners doesn’t work. Abu Zubaydah, in US “custody” for something like 15 years, with no rights, and no hope, was horribly battered and abused only to have it discovered he knew nothing and was not a threat. Still at Club GitMo though.

“Thems tarr-ists,” the unwashed roar, “who cares?” What part of “whomever the President says” don’t they get. It can be and has been US citizens.

I’ve been asking of late why Trump doesn’t apply such Draconian “justice” to the globalists, deep staters, and treasoners. Why not release the tortured, no threat, know-nothings, and make room for bankers, Congress Critters, judges, and people like Gina? You know, real threats who’ve actually done harm.

Instead Trump does the opposite, continually appointing rather than prosecuting.

And, back to this sh!t not working: the real terror threats are here, not out there in the sandbox or some other exotic locale. ISIS-inspired Corey Johnson comes to mind, if you look through the alternative media:

A 17-year-old named Corey Johnson claimed his Muslim faith commanded him to fatally stab a 13-year-old boy during a sleepover and severely injured another 13-year-old along with his mother who was stabbed more than a dozen times.

Palm Beach Florida authorities said the attacker confessed to the killing, attempted killings, and the motive of Islamic Jihad. After killing one teen and stabbing two more people Johnson barricaded himself in a room when police arrived. He was taken into custody at about 8 a.m. by the city’s SWAT team.

Palm Beach isn’t located in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, nor North Korea. And Johnson looks like a shaggy, disgruntled American everyteen. We don’t have to look that far for our boogeymen.

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Justice in Amerika. New Yorker.

Platonically speaking, we’re passing rapidly from Democracy to Tyranny. Could we at least get a decent tyrant out of it, someone “cool?”

Shocking Justice in Texas

09 Friday Mar 2018

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Courts, crime, due process, hope, justice, punishment, Texas, torture

Some wonder why people have a hard time trusting the “justice” system. Here’s part of it: a Texas Judge repeatedly zaps a defendant with shock device for no good reason:

State District Judge George Gallagher of Tarrant County told a bailiff on three occasions to punish an uncooperative defendant with electric shocks, and now the sex offender’s conviction has been overturned and a new trial ordered.

Stun belts can be strapped around the legs of some defendants and used to deliver thousands of volts of electric shock in the instance a defendant turns violent or attempts to escape the courtroom. However, in the case of Terry Lee Morris, who was convicted in 2014 of charges of soliciting sexual performance from a 15-year-old girl, an appeals court found that Gallagher used electric shocks as punishment after Morris failed to answer the judge’s questions properly.

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“While the trial court’s frustration with an obstreperous defendant is understandable, the judge’s disproportionate response is not. We do not believe that trial judges can use stun belts to enforce decorum,” Justice Yvonne T. Rodriguez said of Gallagher’s actions in the court’s opinion.

“A stun belt is a device meant to ensure physical safety; it is not an operant conditioning collar meant to punish a defendant until he obeys a judge’s whim. This Court cannot sit idly by and say nothing when a judge turns a court of law into a Skinner Box, electrocuting a defendant until he provides the judge with behavior he likes,” Rodriguez wrote.

I know some will read this (or have it read to them) and say, “Who cares? He’s a child mo-lester!” That may be true. It may be proven at a subsequent, lawful retrial. The problems here are several. And they illustrate that maybe, just maybe, in some cases the government lacks the moral authority to try child mo-lesters or anyone else.

First, there’s that pesky right to remain absolutely silent. Even in court. Even in defiance of the judge. One does not have to enter a plea. In the absence of a verbal or written plea the universal protocol is for a judge to enter the defendant as “not guilty” and set a jury trial. Why Judge Sparky missed that I can’t explain.

Second, if you do speak to the court, or in order to another party while in court, then they’re supposed to let you speak. They can gently admonish you to stay on subject but a shock device is a but much.

Third … cruel and unusual anyone? And for nothing. Normally, as the article hinted at, a disruptive party will simply be removed from the court room. This man said he was mentally ill and may actually be (even without the electric torture). Judges with more sense sometimes suspend trials and cases pending mental evaluations. Shrinks don’t use shock treatment (much) anymore.

Here, in this case and as the article makes clear, this defendant, annoying or not, was not combative. Protocol, which has to be nationwide – especially in large states like Texas, is to use the shock devices only to protect staff from an actually violent and dangerous suspect.

I think what this fellow was wearing was a shock “ankle bracelet.” Belts usually go around the waist. And they have waist worn shock belts. I’ve seen one used in court. In civilized jurisdictions they usually are required to test demonstrate how effective the belt is – and they are effective. At the judge’s order, the sheriff, the bailiff, or whoever is in charge of security, will test shock an officer, in court and in front of the defendant, the judge, and the public.

Only once did I see this happen, in a murder case with a potentially, allegedly well-trained and dangerous defendant. Maybe he wasn’t that dangerous, volatile to begin with, or maybe it was seeing a 300-pound deputy knocked off his feet by the 50,000 volts, but he never once acted out during his prolonged trial.

As an aside, that guy didn’t make it all the way through the trial. Sensing his actual guilt or maybe the hopelessness of his case, he self-executed one night with a bed sheet. Justice? Maybe. We’ll never know.

But we do know there was little to no justice in Fort Worth.

There is now, and has been for a while, a massive assault on due process, equal protection, liberty, and the rule of law (not of crazed, zappy men) in America. Every little violation runs together with the others to form the monumental mess we now have at hand. It’s changed Anglo-American jurisprudence, governance, and culture for the worse.

The changes may make for expedience in some events. I’m half serious about handling certain criminal or martial acts with E.O. status and prosecution. What, years ago would have been considered insane tyranny, has been rubber stamped by all associated parties. Expedient? Yes, sometimes, sure. Dangerous? You damn-well better believe it.

So, in the real interest of justice (if we still value the word and concept), I bring you warning stories like this.

Now! All is not quite so dark and depressing. Somewhere near the end of the article the Star-Telegram featured a video. Watch it. Human concern and kindness from the most unseemly source. Maybe there is a little hope. Let’s hope so.

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These things work, appropriate or not. The Blaze.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Election

05 Tuesday Mar 2013

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2004, Bush 43, Congress, Constitution, Draco, elections, Facebook, free-speech, fun, GA, John McCain, law, learning, libertarian, Marietta, mistake, morons, oppression, Ralph Reed, Republican, Ron Paul, Rush, Supreme Court, torture

In 2004 I did a stupid thing.  Despite my libertarian leanings I once involved myself with the local Republican party.  I did this partly as a networking opportunity and partly as an attempt to side with the famous “lesser of two evils,” a political compromise if you will.  As a result I wasted a lot of time at various party events, listening to irrational people ranting about hateful or pointless things.  I learned a valuable lesson though and I have never placed myself in such a demeaning situation again.

Something funny (or alarming) did happen.  I’ll relate to you now.  I actually got a little bit of wisdom out of the whole experience.  Maybe you will too.  Mainly I learned the Party was useless and certain of its members and supporters were untrustworthy at best.  This story relates to one of the chief events which taught me the lesson.  Enjoy!

It was George Bush, the Dimmer’s, second Presidential campaign.  I was invited to travel down to Marietta, Georgia to attend a luncheon seminar on the subject and what the “grassroots” folks could expect.  The featured speaker was Ralph Reed of former “Christian” Coalition and political snake-oil fame.  The event was held in a trendy hi-rise and the crowd was composed of typical Republican types – older white folks in suits and such. 

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(The Misunderstestimator.  Google Images.)

Ralph went on and on about how Bush could and should win, if only us little people would do our part.  I was more interested in the menu than the rhetoric for most of the meeting.  Then I caught something Ralph said which made me laugh openly.  I nearly choked on my scone.  He was commenting on how hard it would be to win the re-election, or any new election for that matter, thanks to the Draconian and likely illegal provisions of the dreaded McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, recently enacted.  He went on for a few minutes about the horrors of doing business under the new law and then opened up for questions.

You probably can guess what happened next.  I couldn’t resist.  I raised my hand early and when called on I asked, “Do you mean the same McCain-Feingold law authored by Republican John McCain?  Ralph, reading my thoughts, nodded affirmatively but uncomfortably.  I kept on, “You mean the same law passed by the Republican majority in both houses of Congress?  Ralph began to sweat.  At this point, several of the well-fed attendees looked up from their dessert dishes.  I pressed on, “You’re talking about the law signed by President Bush, the same guy with the current troubles?  Ralph was white and shaky.  He had a hard time answering me.  A few more of the Rush-bots began to listen.

I further inquired, “This is the law which Bush said was probably UnConstitutional, but that he’d sign anyway?”  Ralphie swooned.  I should have stopped but I just could not help myself.  Most of the herd was still grazing thoughtlessly, but I had a large enough audience for my point.  “Didn’t Bush sign the law only to say the Supreme Court would work out the details?” I asked.  At this point Mr. Reed determined to leave early and stopped my questioning with a vague, “Uh, yeah…that law.”  He didn’t want the suits to catch on if they could.  There were no more questions.

As if by chance, or design, I happened to take the same descending elevator as Mr. Reed.  I pressed a little further.  I didn’t want to harass the poor guy but the fun was too good to let slip past.  I asked rhetorically, “I guess it’s up to the Supreme Court, now?”  Ralph began to turn green but responded, “Yeah.  We’ll have to see what they say.”  I ended the verbal water-boarding, “And, we can always count on them, can’t we?”  I wish there was a video to corroborate my story.

The first time I was alone afterwards I laughed loudly for minutes on end.  The ride home was unremarkable though.  I don’t think the person I accompanied ever caught on to what I was implying.  To her, whatever this new law was, it was just another part of the process – our team versus theirs.  What it really meant was that the home team consisted of a bunch of F—ing Morons!  I’ve never seen Ralph since and he won’t accept my Facebook friendship request.  Bad memories I suppose.

The law turned out to mean nothing to the ticks and has since been largely over-ridden.  The Supremes did make their ruling – a classic in my opinion.  They pointed out the oppressive, free-speech limiting nature of the law, but concluded that since it pertained to the two political branches, and since those branches had approved it, the Court would too out of deference.  So they did!  As I said the law has been rendered moot for the most part.  Politicians don’t mind stamping out the little people’s rights and opportunities, but they sure as hell won’t have any law impinging on their schemes.

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(Justice Scalia did note the chilling provisions of Mc-Gold on “average” people.  Google Images.)

In the end, I guess nothing was gained or lost, except any respect I had for Republicans not named Ron Paul.

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