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Inculcating stupidity - Syria and Edward Snowden

by Toni Solo
The Edward Snowden affair and the subsequent media campaign in the Guardian and the Washington Post and other NATO psy-warfare media outlets coincide with the shamelessly deceitful media campaign justifying a military assault against the government of Syria and thus too against the Resistance alliance of Syria, Iran and Hizbollah contesting the Occupation of Palestine. Obviously, it is too much to suggest that the Edward Snowden affair was deliberately contrived so as to provide a progressive propaganda alibi to corporate and alternative media advocating yet another imperialist aggression – this time against Syria. For people outside North America and Europe, the internal spat within the West's ruling élites offers little of interest. Very clearly, almost the entire Western corporate and alternative media network operates on the basis of psychological warfare criteria ultimately at the service of the imperialist tendencies of their countries' societies and the aggressive élites that control them. Like that of their corporate counterparts, the role of the West's supposedly alternative or progressive media, and the similarly funded non-governmental sector, is to provide a moral alibi for their countries' imperialist crimes against humanity.


by Shiu Hung (2005)


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Inculcating stupidity: Syria and Edward Snowden

by Toni Solo, 26 August 2013



Only the most foolish, thoughtless and inexperienced could possibly believe the latest propaganda warfare lie about chemical weapons in Syria, hardly different from the blatant lies justifying the war against Iraq. The main reason to consult Western news media now is to find out what the enemies of humanity have to say about their latest crimes. For readers in English, the most prestigious, quasi-plausible media tend to be NATO psychological warfare outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Independent Television News, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Independent, the Irish Times and the main corporate owned news agencies.

Anyone interested in the spin applied by NATO country governments to their crimes against humanity has only to quickly scan these media to see what the latest propaganda line happens to be. In fact, it is absolutely true that chemical weapons have been used in Syria. But they have been used by the cruel, sadistic terrorists 100% supported by the wretched time-serving mephistophiles currently leading the main NATO powers, US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President François Hollande.

So well-oiled is the NATO propaganda machinery that the merest tip of a wink from these governments' officials triggers a global pyschological warfare campaign to justify total war against the people of the latest NATO target, in this case of Syria. Before, it was Iraq, then Ivory Coast and Libya. Now it is Syria and later, if the NATO leaders can generate enough aggressive momentum, Iran. Only systematic media induced stupidity explains the carnivorous complacency of North American and European taxpayers who sheepishly pay out huge sums of money to fund their oligarchies' overseas wars while accepting damaging cuts in their own public services like health care and education.

At the same time, the Punch and Judy pantomime sideshow of the Snowden-Greenwald theatre ("Oh, he betrayed us!" – "Oh no he didn't!") allows the Western media to pretend they are defenders of fundamental human rights. The Snowden smokescreen serves to conceal a deep policy disagreement among the North American and European elites about how to handle their countries' relative economic decline. The briefest look at the Snowden case should be enough for any rational person outside the NATO media bubble to understand that it is a massive non-sequitur. Western populations gave up most of their fundamental rights long before the attacks of September 11th 2001 which served as a perfect pretext for the NATO oligarchs to consolidate repressive practices already in place.

NATO camp follower Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has posed as victim and defender of universal civil and political rights. That pose could hardly be more absurd given his own deep personal involvement in and clear commitment to the structures of influence and power that have sanctioned the categorical abuse of those rights around the world for decades. As a media institution the Guardian is obviously commited in the same way. That is why an individual like Rusbridger is its editor. How could it be otherwise? Similarly, journalists Glenn Geenwald's and Laura Poitras' careers have advanced through their association with the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Working Assets NGO supported by Wall Street financier George Soros and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Nothing by way of anti-imperialism emanates from Snowden himself, because as an individual he too is very clearly committed to the NATO imperialist system. Snowden has offered no anti-imperialist Philip Agee-like epiphany to explain his actions, sticking hard to conventional Western rhetoric advocating freedom and democracy. Snowden's embrace of Russia or one of the progressive Latin American ALBA countries as a potential refuge is certainly based on humanitarian need rather than any positive political affinity. The same is true of Julian Assange whose Wikileaks party in Australia is negotiating first preference votes in the approaching elections for Australia's Senate with the racist Australia First party.

The Edward Snowden affair and the subsequent media campaign in the Guardian and the Washington Post and other NATO psy-warfare media outlets coincide with the shamelessly deceitful media campaign justifying a military assault against the government of Syria and thus too against the Resistance alliance of Syria, Iran and Hizbollah contesting the Occupation of Palestine. Obviously, it is too much to suggest that the Edward Snowden affair was deliberately contrived so as to provide a progressive propaganda alibi to corporate and alternative media advocating yet another imperialist aggression – this time against Syria.

It is a fact however that the Wikileaks/Snowden freedom of expression and civil liberties debate is promoted by a media network almost entirely funded by the US financial elites through institutions like the Rockefeller, Macarthur and Ford Foundations as well as the various funding channels made available by George Soros and his backers. The network's beneficiaries include, for example, The Nation, Mother Jones, Z Communications, The Progressive, Democracy Now and FAIR. Those outfits' funders are part of the same corporate network backing the Guardian and Glenn Greenwald.

So it is small surprise that while individuals like Alan Rusbridger and Glenn Greenwald pose as defenders of fundamental rights, their media outlets and the network of which they are leading protagonists promote imperialist aggression against Syria and the Resistance alliance of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. The foreign affairs motifs promoted by that network have included long standing hostility to the Iranian government, to the Sandinista FSLN in Nicaragua and support for the war against Libya.

For people outside North America and Europe, the internal spat within the West's ruling élites offers little of interest. Very clearly, almost the entire Western corporate and alternative media network operates on the basis of psychological warfare criteria ultimately at the service of the imperialist tendencies of their countries' societies and the aggressive élites that control them. Like that of their corporate counterparts, the role of the West's supposedly alternative or progressive media, and the similarly funded non-governmental sector, is to provide a moral alibi for their countries' imperialist crimes against humanity.


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by Jonathan Cahn
Only TWO nations in history were consecrated to God, Israel and America.

King Solomon consecrated Israel at the temple in Jerusalem. Solomon reigned from 970 to 930 BC.

America was consecrated on the day George Washington took the Oath of Office as our first President in Federal Hall on April 30, 1789.
Federal Hall is located on Wall Street, New York City and served as our FIRST capital.
After the inauguration, President Washington and our FIRST Congress walked from Wall Street to St. Paul’s church where they prayed and consecrated America to God!

The following excerpt, by Al Johnson, you are about to read is derived from
"The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn.
The information in this message was brought to my attention a couple of weeks ago. Despite being a student of US history, I was unaware of most of it. I’ve since read a best selling book that covers most of the information, purchased and watched a documentary, watched videos, looked at pictures and reviewed the history of ancient Israel. What I’ve discovered is very compelling. I’ve summarized the information for you. Please take a few minutes to read it. Afterwards, you’ll either believe a series coincidences has occurred or something much more serious is taking place.

When the two nations were consecrated it meant they were set apart for the service of God. In return, God promised much including prosperity, safety and that the nation would be a blessing to other nations.

After King Solomon’s reign, ancient Israel was divided into two kingdoms. The northern kingdom, called Israel, was occupied by ten of the twelve tribes. Judah, the southern kingdom, was occupied by the other two tribes. Both kingdoms eventually fell away from their allegiance to God. The people fell into sexual immorality, idol worship, child sacrifice and many other evil practices. Prophets repeatedly warned the people to repent and return to God. Israel was the first to be held accountable for their apostasy. In 732 BC, the Assyrians invaded Israel. The Assyrians were the terrorists of their time. They not only destroyed cities, killed most of the inhabitants, but also, publicly tortured people to spread fear throughout the land.

After the Assyrian invasion was stopped, the Israelis failed to recognize the attack as a Divine warning and defiantly vowed to rebuild the destruction on their own. In the Samaria, the capitol of Israel, the defiant attitude of the people is recorded in the Bible in Isaiah 9:10:

“The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”

Israel then took action to rebuild destroyed structures and the walls that provided security around their cities. The trees that had been destroyed would be replaced with stronger trees. So with stronger buildings and defenses the Israelis believed they were safe.

In the 1950’s, America started turning its back on God. First, we stopped prayer in public schools. Then symbols, like the Ten Commandments, crosses and other monuments to our country’s Godly past were ordered to be removed from public property.

Since the Supreme Court decision of Roe versus Wade in 1973, it is estimated that over 50 million babies have been killed. Sexual immorality is now prevalent. America has become the largest producer and exporter of pornography. Lastly, idol worship is common place as many Americans have become obsessed with materialism, wealth, status, beauty and the worship of celebrities, sport stars, the beautiful and the rich.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America just as terrorist attacked Israel. The Pentagon was damaged and two World Trade Center towers were destroyed. The towers that represented America’s global financial and economic might were built on the land that was once owned by St. Paul’s church.

St. Paul’s church still stands at the North East corner of Ground Zero.

On September 12, 2001 the day after the attack on America, Tom Daschle the Senate Majority Leader, when outlining America’s response to the attacks in the Joint Resolution of Condemnation, quoted Isaiah 9:10. There are over 30,000 verses in the Bible and Daschle picked Isaiah 9:10. He didn’t realize that this verse was a statement of defiance and NOT hope.

Subsequently, America like Israel took actions to rebuild and improve our defenses. Plans were made to rebuild the World Trade Center, the Department of Homeland Security was established, the Patriot Act was passed, a global war on terrorism was declared and wars were waged in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In the case of Israel, after more ignored warnings to repent, she was again attacked and conquered. The Assyrians captured governing officials, the wealthy and powerful, and dispersed them throughout the Assyrian empire. You may have heard of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Only the poor Israelis were left in Israel and all became subjects of the Assyrian empire. Over 130 years later, Judah suffered the same fate after being warned by prophets and seeing what had happened to Israel. They were attacked and conquered by the Babylonians who had conquered the Assyrians. The Babylonians captured those who governed, the wealthy and powerful, and destroyed the temple in Jerusalem.

When the towers at the World Trade Center fell, the energy released damaged many adjacent buildings. However, St. Paul’s Church was undamaged; not even a broken window. The place of consecration was undamaged. This structure, one of oldest in Manhattan, built in 1766 should have been leveled.

When Senator Daschle made his proclamation on September 12th, not only was he unaware that Isaiah 9:10 was a statement of defiance but, in the case of America, it was prophetic. It was soon discovered when clearing debris of concrete, steel and bricks, that a sycamore tree on the St. Paul grounds had been knocked down by the forces released when the towers collapsed.

After the terrorist attacks, the stock exchange was closed for six days. When the NY stock exchange opened on the following Monday, it suffered the greatest one day loss in the history of the exchange, up to that time. The New York stock exchange was founded in 1792 in present day Manhattan. Twenty-four merchants conceived the idea. They would often meet under a buttonwood tree when discussing their ideas for an exchange. On May 17, 1792 the Buttonwood Agreement was signed It created the first stock exchange which later became the New York Stock Exchange. A buttonwood tree is a Sycamore Tree. “The sycamores have been cut down”.

During November 2003, the fallen sycamore at St Paul’s church was replaced by a tree that is a type of cedar tree. This tree was named the Tree of Hope. The fourth line of Isaiah 9:10: But we will replace them with Cedars.”
On July 4, 2004, a corner stone for the new World Trade center was installed. This “hewn stone” was cut out of a quarry in upper New York State. You can watch videos on http://www.youtube.com of the planting of the Tree of Hope and the installation of the Corner Stone.



While the Assyrian language is extinct, Arabic closely resembles it. Much of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires are now the present day Iraq. When our troops were fighting in the city of Mosul, Iraq, they were actually in the ancient city of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. As our troops approached Baghdad, they passed through the ruins of Babylon, the ancient capital of Babylonia. Our forces were fighting terrorists and protecting citizens who were descendents of the original terrorists, the Assyrians and the Babylonians.

America briefly heeded the warning. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, there was an increase in church attendance across America. We started singing God Bless America at sporting events and other venues. Some were even hopeful of a spiritual revival in America. But, America soon returned to business as usual. On the third anniversary of the attack, September 11, 2004, Senator John Edwards, who was also a vice presidential candidate, was in the Capital speaking at a prayer breakfast with the Congressional Black Caucus. He quoted Isaiah 9:10. Again, this little known verse was quoted in our nation’s capital and again, the speaker didn’t realize its meaning. His speech envisioned how we would rebuild America.


The collapse of the Word Trade Center, an American symbol of economic and financial power, would foreshadow another economic fall. America’s own actions to stimulate the economy after the attacks by lowering interest rates would lead to a collapse of our economy. The era of easy money created an unprecedented housing and building boom. People would borrow against the inflated equity in their homes to buy other properties, goods and services. A credit bubble was created throughout the economy. Seven years later, in the same month as the attacks, the bubble would burst and much of America’s wealth would be destroyed. On September 7, 2008 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were nationalized because they were broke. On September 9th , Lehman Brothers, one of the world’s leading financial firms started collapsing due to disintegration of the subprime mortgage market, and lost 45% of its value. On Sept 10th, Lehman announced it had lost $4 billion. On September 11th, its stock took another dramatic drop. On the same day, AIG announced it was in danger of collapsing. As America was commemorating the attacks of 9/11, two towers of financial strength were collapsing on Wall Street. Over the next few weeks, all of the gains of the last seven years were wiped out.


So what will happen next? America and Israel are the only two nations that were consecrated. We are two nations that have turned our backs on God. We are two nations that may no longer have His hedge of protection. Are these events that I’ve outlined coincidences or is something else happening?
What do you think?


Source of this information is "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn.

For more info visit: http://www.theharbinger-jonathancahn.com/index.php
by Hans B.
At San Diago there are two architech buildings which are the headquarters of the U.S. Imperial Navy and Air Force next to the Pacific Ocean. From the gound you cannot see the design of these two infastructures, but if you fly over them with a helicopter or airplane you can see plainly that one is a large Swastika, and the other is a large SS figuration.

If you ask what is happening to the infastructure and where is AMERICA heading these signals are quite instuctive as we the people watch the cops and miliary spying and arresting the free speech opposition and the anti-war movement. In point of truth there is other plans affoot such as Patriot Act that disallows the salient points of the U.S. Constitution that when the American People are no longer served by the elected government, that the people have the U.S. Constitution which says they should reform and or abolish it and replace it with a governance which does serve the needs of the American People.

As we know from the anti-fascist war and consequent covenants such as the Nuremberg Trials, Geneva Conventions of war, United Nations Charter (which says that the UN is formed to make War just a long distant memory for the comming generations, we see that liberation which was set at ending aggressive war as any nations constitution has been overthrown by the Bush-Obama regimes and American Regimes since the end of the second world war. The facts are that the discredited nazis-japanese axis military methods of 1) Might makes Right, 2) Unilateralism, 3) Pre-emptive strikes have been reintroduced as the Imperialist Wests foreign policy which has waged multiples of Aggressive wars since 1945.

The Nuremberg Trials chaired by the U.s. judge Jackson who wrote into International law signed on to the U.s. Constitution that the planning and doing of Aggressive war is the supreme interantional crime on the planet Earth, as is sets into motion waves of events that draw backward the progress of all nations, and intiiates all other crimes high, low, big and small. Pollution from fossil fuel burn-out and Aggressive wars against the ecological organic balances of the web-of-life most certainly does not serve the American Peoples needs and is a source of the planets demise.

End pollution wars, not endless wars for more and more pollution. You yet have a world to win!!
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