Stuart Jeanne Bramhall's Blog: The Most Revolutionary Act , page 1281
July 3, 2016
CIA Press Conference Looks Like SNL Skit As Official Refuses To Answer Questions On Stolen Arms
*
*
Although this looks like a Saturday Night Live skit, it’s a live briefing. The CIA and State Department refuse to comment on US weapons transfer to ISIS extremists.
YOUR PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY
Source: The Last American Vagabond
After coming into the White House with statements about being the most transparent administration in history, the Obama administration has done anything but operate with transparency.
The CIA has been operating a covert weapons program in Syria, buying Kalashnikov assault rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades in Eastern Europe for delivery to “moderate” Syrian rebels, with the ultimate intent of toppling the Assad government. It was recently revealed that truckloads of these weapons have been systematically stolen in route to the rebels by Jordanian intelligence officers.
According to a report by Reuters:
Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, the New York Times reported, citing American and Jordanian officials.
Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November…
View original post 227 more words
July 2, 2016
COINTELPRO: The FBI War on Tupac Shakur & Black Leaders (Archive)
*
*
If you think Cointelpro and the FBI’s secret assassination program is over, think again.
Source – theinternetpost.net
– If you think COINTELPRO is over, think again. It’s on steroids now!! Here’s John Potash on the assassination of Tupac Shakur. I had already found evidence of his surveillance, Potash found more! All to keep Hip Hop artists from becoming political and to degenerate into what we see now.
This episode of Critical Insights we were joined by author, John Potash, who wrote the FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders. This book contains a wealth of names, dates and events detailing the use of COINTELPRO style tactics by the FBI against a generation of leftist political leaders and leftist musicians. Based on 12 years of research and includes over 1,000 endnotes. Sources include over 100 interviews, FOIA-released CIA and FBI documents, court transcripts, and many mainstream media outlets. Book is 192 pages of main text, 100 pages of endnotes, 8 pages of photos…
View original post 39 more words
DNC’s Debbie Wasserman Schultz Sued for Rigged Primaries
*
*
If you go to the Facebook page for the Democratic National Committee Fraud Lawsuit, you can ask to be added as a class representative for the lawsuit (I did).
Bernie Sanders supporters sue Debbie Wasserman Schultz and DNC over ‘rigged’ primary system
“For nearly a year, supporters of Bernie Sanders‘ presidential campaign have claimed the fix has been in by Democratic party leaders to anoint Hillary Clinton as their presidential nominee in 2016. Now they’re going to court to try to prove that’s the case.”
LINK – http://youtu.be/HOfwov1q-vc
DNC Fraud Lawsuit Face Book page.
“To sign up as a class representative for the lawsuit, please email dncfraud ‘at’ jampac.us “
#DNCLawsuit
Fed Chairman Yellen Breaks 50 Year Taboo on “Helicopter Money”
At a June 15 press conference, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen made the surprise announcement that the Fed “might legitimately consider” using “helicopter money” in an “all-out” effort to rescue the U.S. economy from a severe downturn.
“Helicopter money,” a term coined in 1969 by late economist Milton Friedman, is money government creates by spending it into the economy.
As economist Richard Murphy describes in The Joy of Tax, government has always played a role in creating money whenever private banks generate insufficient money (by issuing loans from money they create out of thin air) to maintain the smooth running of the economy. Following the 2008 recession, the Obama administration pursued a policy called “quantitative easing,” in which the US Treasury created $500 billion (out of thin air). Unlike “helicopter” money, quantitative easing provided these funds directly to private banks, hoping they would use them to generate more loans. This, in turn, was meant to stimulate business investment and job creation.
Although it probably prevented the US economy from collapsing, Obama’s quantitative easing did little to promote business investment and job creation. This was because the banks used most of these funds for purposes other than making new loans – ie buying back their stock (to increase stock prices) and paying obscene CEO bonuses.
In contrast, “helicopter money”, a policy that has been virtually taboo for fifty years, calls for a central bank to print money and spend it into the economy for social services, infrastructure development, or even a citizen’s dividend. The idea is to put the money directly into people’s hands – rather than using banks as an intermediary – as they are more likely to stimulate the economy by spending it.
As Murphy details in The Joy of Tax, libertarian corporatists obsessed with balanced budgets, government debt and austerity are largely responsible for the taboo against public money (aka sovereign money) that the government creates and spends into the economy. Their position is that only private banks should be allowed to create money – in most cases due to immense financial benefits (from interest payments) they derive from this type of money creation.
Ironically former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also raised the possibility of the US using “helicopter money” as a tool to stimulate a flagging economy in an April blog post.
And in a similar move , 18 Members of the European Parliament have written to European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi requesting that the ECB should revisit its opposition to using “helicopter money” to boost the EU’s deteriorating economy.
July 1, 2016
Could Vancouver follow Anaheim’s lead in banning Airbnb-style rentals? —
It doesn’t take long – search for Airbnb listings in Vancouver, and you’ll are in every neighborhood, on virtually every street, often allowing weeks or months-long rentals.
via Could Vancouver follow Anaheim’s lead in banning Airbnb-style rentals? —
Vancouver, like many cities, faces a growing housing affordability crisis, in part thanks to real estate agencies and slumlords capitalizing on Airbnb’s ability to circumvent local laws governing short term accommodation. Steven Hill details all this in his recent book Raw Deal
CIA Ties To Hollywood On The Verge Of Being Exposed
*
*
An amendment added to Congress’ annual intelligence spending bill may help the public gain a better idea of the U.S. government’s relationship with Hollywood.
An amendment added to Congress’ annual intelligence spending bill may help the public gain a better idea of the U.S. government’s relationship with Hollywood.
According to VICE News, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC), included an amendment to S. 3017 that would require the Director of National Intelligence to submit reports detailing the relationship between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agencies and Hollywood. It would also require 15 other agencies to disclose the nature of their relationships with the film industry. These reports would have to be presented annually to congressional oversight committees.
An amendment added to Congress’ annual intelligence spending bill may help the public gain a better idea of the U.S. government’s relationship with Hollywood.
According to VICE News, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and…
View original post 630 more words
Monsanto Sued Over Claims Weed Killer Gave 30 People Cancer — Nwo Report
Source: CBS News During her five-month battle with the disease, her children were only allowed to visit once a week. There were moments when she didn’t think she’d make it, but Mendoza said her kids helped her through them, and the most difficult part was “not being there for them.” After intense chemotherapy, her cancer […]
via Monsanto Sued Over Claims Weed Killer Gave 30 People Cancer — Nwo Report
Nowadays the only way to get corporate elites to tell the truth and obey the law is to sue them.
June 30, 2016
FDA Announce That DTap Vaccine Causes Autism — Nwo Report
Source: Healthawarenessforall.com The FDA have published conclusive proof on their website that the DTap vaccine causes autism. According to the FDA’s online Biologics Blood Vaccines document (between pages 6 to 11), a vaccine manufacturer admits on its package insert that their vaccination can cause autism as one of many adverse reactions. Adverse events reported during post-approval use […]
via FDA Announce That DTap Vaccine Causes Autism — Nwo Report
This comes only about 12 years too late. The CDC study linking vaccines and autism (which they covered up) happened in 2004.
Why American Right-Wingers Are Going to War in Ukraine
US government recruiting right wing mercenaries to support their fascist coup in Ukraine.
When Ben Fischer stepped out of his jeep at the barracks of the Voloveka Tactical Group, in Donetsk, Ukraine, last May, he was a mercenary arriving to work on his third continent in as many years. …
Source: Why American Right-Wingers Are Going to War in Ukraine
Telling the Truth About Debt, Austerity and Taxation
The Joy of Tax: How a Fair Tax System Can Create a Better Society
by Richard Murphy
Corgi Books (2015)
Book Review
Although the topic is economics, I personally guarantee this product to be totally painless. Murphy describes economics in ordinary comprehensible language – unlike mainstream economists who treat economics like a religion that can only be understood by high priests – and who speak and write in obscure language so you can never be sure if they’re telling the truth or not.
In The Joy of Tax, UK Tax Justice Network co-founder Richard Murphy offers a radically pioneering approach to tax and fiscal policy. Murphy is one of the first economists to link tax policy to the 400- year-old reality that nearly all money is created by private banks out of thin air.
For political reasons, most economists try to conceal that private bank loans, i.e. debt, are the source of nearly all money in circulation. According to Murphy, the recent admission by the Bank of England (Quarterly Bulletin April 2014) about the true source of our money makes it possible to debunk a number of myths perpetuated by mainstream politicians and economists. Some examples: that investment is only possible when there are sufficient savings in the economy, that government debt is bad and that austerity, balanced budgets and government surpluses are good.
A point Murphy emphasizes repeatedly is that government also has the ability to create money out of thin air. Moreover it has regularly exercised that right to stimulate a stagnant economy. In fact, because all money is created as debt, it’s essential for government to “create” money (by spending it into the economy) whenever private banks fail to create sufficient credit. If this didn’t happen, severe economic recession results.
In Murphy’s view, the primary purpose of taxation is to reclaim the money government creates to keep it from over-inflating the economy. He claims the conservative elites who rabbit on about repaying government debt are really making the case that only private banks should have the right to create money. Aside from making them enormously rich, this makes no sense. Private banks are incapable of acting in the public interest – by law they can only act in the interest of their shareholders.
Citing Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations, Murphy maintains a rational tax system can deliver other important goals, such as reducing inequality, recovering externalized costs (e.g. pollution, toxic waste) imposed by corporations and promoting economically and ecologically sustainable growth.
For the current tax system to accomplish these goals, it would need to be far less regressive. At present most of the tax burden falls on middle and low income taxpayers. According to Murphy, the global economy will continue to stagnate until the wealthy shoulder their fair share of tax.
To make our current tax system fairer, Murphy proposes to introduce a number of “progressive” taxes, including a financial transaction tax, a wealth tax, a carbon/pollution tax, a land value tax to fund local government and a special tax on corporations that fail to re-invest their profits. He also proposes to do away with the current welfare bureaucracy by introducing an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI).
Although most of these tax reform proposals are specific for the UK, they would clearly produce similar benefits for the US and other post-industrial economies.
Originally published in Dissident Voice
The Most Revolutionary Act
- Stuart Jeanne Bramhall's profile
- 11 followers
