SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS

WORLD IQ FIGURES: WITH BRIEF NOTES ON ASHKENAZI JEWS AND THE KHAZARIAN THESIS OF KOESTLER,

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WITH BRIEF NOTES ON ASHKENAZI JEWS

AND THE KHAZARIAN THESIS OF KOESTLER

By Lasha Darkmoon

January 29, 2012

RED: Higher IQs of 100 ormore.
GREEN: Lower IQs of under 80

1   Afghanistan    83
2    Albania    90
3    Algeria    84
4    Angola    69
5    Antigua & Barbuda    75
6    Argentina    96
7    Armenia    93
8    Australia    98
9     Austria    102
10 Azerbaijan    87

11   Bahamas    78
12    Bahrain    83
13    Bangladesh    81
14    Barbados    78
15    Belarus    96
16    Belgium    100
17    Belize    83
18    Benin    69
19    Bhutan    78
20    Bolivia    85
21    Botswana    72
22    Brazil    87
23    Brunei    92
24    Bulgaria    93
25    Burkina Faso    66
26    Burma (Myanmar)   86
27    Burundi    70

28   Cambodia    89
29    Cameroon    70
30    Canada    97
31    Cape Verde    78
32    Central African Rep.    68
33    Chad    72
34    Chile    93
35     China    100
36    Colombia    88
37    Comoros    79
38    Congo (Braz) 73
39 Congo (Zaire) 65
40    Costa Rica    91
41    Côte d’Ivoire
42    Croatia    90
43    Cuba    85
44    Cyprus    92
45     Czech Republic    97

46   Denmark    98
47    Djibouti    68
48    Dominica    75
49    Dominican Republic   84

50   Ecuador    80
51    Egypt    83
52    El Salvador    84
53    Equatorial Guinea    59
54    Eritrea    68
55    Estonia    97
56    Ethiopia    63

57   Fiji    84
58    Finland    97
59    France    98

60   Gabon    66
61    Gambia    64
62    Georgia    93
63    Germany    102
64    Ghana    71
65    Greece    92
66    Grenada    75
67    Guatemala    79
68    Guinea    63
69    Guinea-Bissau    63
70    Guyana    84
71    Haiti    72
72    Honduras    84
73    Hong Kong    107
74    Hungary    99

75   Iceland    98
76    India    81
77    Indonesia    89
78    Iran    84
79    Iraq    87
80    Ireland    93
81    Israel    94   (AshkenaziJews = 117.

See endnote on Jewish IQ)

82 Italy 102

83   Jamaica    72
84    Japan    105
85    Jordan    87

86   Kazakhstan    93
87    Kenya    72
88    Kiribati    84
89    Korea, North    105
90    Korea, South    106
91    Kuwait    83
92    Kyrgyzstan    87

With the single exception of Ashkenazi Jews (seeEndnote), the “yellow races” enjoy the highest IQs in the world, with the HongKong Chinese scoring most (107), South Koreans (106), North Koreans (105),Japanese (105). In comparison, the average Caucasian has an IQ of 100 or less.

93   Laos    89
94    Latvia    97
95    Lebanon    86
96    Lesotho    72
97    Liberia    64
98    Libya    84
99    Lithuania    97*
100    Luxembourg    101

101   Macedonia    93
102    Madagascar    79
103    Malawi    71
104    Malaysia    92
105    Maldives    81
106    Mali    68
107    Malta    95
108    Marshall Islands    84
109    Mauritania    73
110    Mauritius   81
111    Mexico    87
112    Micronesia    84
113    Moldova    95
114    Mongolia    98
115    Morocco    85
116    Mosambique    72

117   Namibia    72
118    Nepal    78
119    Netherlands    102
120    New Zealand    100
121    Nicaragua    84
122    Niger    67
123    Nigeria    67
124    Norway    98
125    Oman    83
126    Pakistan    81
127    Panama    84
128    Papua New Guinea    84
129    Paraguay    85
130    Peru    90
131    Philippines    86
132    Poland    99
133    Portugal    95
134    Puerto Rico    84

135 Qatar 78

136   Romania    94
137    Russia    96
138    Rwanda    70

139   Samoa (Western)    87
140    Sao Tome/Principe    59
141    Saudi Arabia    83
142    Senegal    64
143    Seychelles    81
144    Sierra Leone    64
145    Singapore    100
146    Slovakia    96
147    Slovenia    95
148    Solomon Islands    84
149    Somalia    68
150    South Africa    72
151    Spain    99
152    Sri Lanka    81
153    St. Kitts & Nevis   75
154    St. Lucia    75
155    St.Vincent/Grenadines    75
156    Sudan    72
157    Suriname    89
158    Swaziland    72
159    Sweden    101
160    Switzerland    101
161    Syria    87

162   Taiwan    104
163    Tajikistan    87
164    Tanzania    72
165    Thailand    91
166    Togo    69
167    Tonga    87
168    Trinidad & Tobago    80
169    Tunisia    84
170    Turkey    90
171    Turkmenistan    87

172   Uganda    73
173    Ukraine    96
174    United Arab Emirates    83
175    United Kingdom    100
176    United States   98
177    Uruguay    96
178    Uzbekistan    87

179   Vanuatu    84
180    Venezuela    88
181    Vietnam    96
182    Yemen    83
183    Yugoslavia    93

184 Zambia 77
185 Zimbabwe 66

Endnote on Jewish IQ:

ASHKENAZI JEWS:Unlike the “average” Jew in Israel whose IQ is given above as 94, the AshkenaziJew is said to have an average IQ of 117: 10 points above the Hong Kong Chinese(107), 20 points above the Canadians (97), 30 points above the Mexicans (87),and 50 points above the Nigerians (67).

“The 2005 paper “NaturalHistory of Ashkenazi Intelligence” by Cochran, Hardy, and Harpending, argued on the basis of inherited diseases and thepeculiar economic situation of Ashkenazi Jews in medieval Europe, that Ashkenazi Jews asa group now inherit a cognitive profile that includes higher verbal and mathematical intelligence than other ethnic groups, along withlower spatial intelligence.

One observational basisfor inferring that Ashkenazi Jews have high intelligence is their prevalence inintellectually demanding fields. From 1901–2010, 21.5% of Nobel Prize winnerswere Jewish, while Jews make up a much smaller fraction of the population ofthe countries represented. For example, 36% of Nobel Prize winners from the United States have been Jewish, while Jews make up 2.1% of theU.S. population.

G. Cochran, J. Hardy andH. Harpending additionally cite the disproportionately high percentage of AshkenaziChess Grandmasters and Fields Medalists in mathematics, as well as winners of the Turing Award in computer science.

Their median IQ iscalculated at 117 in From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice (2000), published byCambridge University Press. This is 10 points higher than thegenerally-accepted IQ of their closest rivals—Northeast Asians—and almost 20%higher than the global average.”

See Ashkenazi Jewish Intelligence.

“Other researchers whostudy the Ashkenazim have asserted an IQ number a bit lower than 117, but allhave agreed that these children of Abraham are on top of the IQ chart. Plus,contemplate this astounding tidbit: Ashkenazi “visual-spatial” test scores aretypically lower than the norm; this means their abilities in the other twocategories, language and math, are absolutely astounding.

Nobel Prizes: Since 1950,29% of the awards have gone to Ashkenazim, even though they represent only0.25% of humanity. Ashkenazi achievement in this arena is 117times greater than their population.

Hungary in the 1930s:Ashkenazim were 6% of the population, but theycomprised 55.7% ofphysicians, 49.2% of attorneys, 30.4% of engineers, and 59.4% of bank officers;plus, they owned 49.4% of the metallurgy industry, 41.6% of machinemanufacturing, 72.8% of clothing manufacturing, and, as housing owners, theyreceived 45.1% of Budapest rental income. Jews were similarly successful innearby nations, like Poland and Germany.

USA (today): AshkenaziJews comprise 2.2% of the USA population, but theyrepresent 30% offaculty at elite colleges, 21% of Ivy League students, 25% of the Turing Awardwinners, 23% of the wealthiest Americans, and 38% of the Oscar-winning filmdirectors.

Israel: In 1922, thisswamp and desert land was inhabited by an impoverished population of 752,000. Today there are 7,746,000 residents, with an Ashkenazimajority that have elevated it into a high-tech entrepreneurial nation with thehighest per capita income in the region.”

See: Whyis the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so high?

The simplest explanation for the huge IQ differencebetween the fair-skinned Ashkenazi Jews and swarthier Jews of Semiticappearance (e.g., Sephardic Jews) is a so-called conspiracy theory known as the“Khazarian thesis”.

Popularized by Arthur Koestler in The Thirtheenth Tribe and accepted bynotable Jewish scholars themselves (e.g. Prof. Shlomo Sand), this basicallystates that the Ashkenazi Jews are “false Jews” or aliens of an entirelydifferent race masquerading as Semitic Jews.

Originating in a region known as “Khazaria”, theseTurko-Tartaric tribes converted to Judaism in the 8th century. So they were“Jews” only by religious conversion, not by blood. As such, being essentially“false Jews”, they have no historic link to the Holy Land and no Biblical claimwhatever to Palestine.

KHAZARIA:ORIGINAL HOMELAND OF THE ASHKENAZI JEWS

Descended from the Khazars, a Turkic race originally from Central Asia and related to the Hun, Uigurand Magyar tribes, the ancestors of the Ashkenazi “Jews” had settled inKhazaria in the Black Sea/Caspian Sea area at some point in the Dark Ages.

Of wholly Asiatic origin, they became “Jews” lateronly by religious conversion in the 8th century.

This is controversial. Because, if true, itmeans that Ahhkenazi Jews have no ancestral links with the Holy Land. Abrahamand Moses were NOT their ancestors. Any claim made to Palestine on Biblicalgrounds by Ashkenazi Jews ~ who comprise the bulk of Israel’s population today~ would therefore be a spurious claim.

The Khazarian thesis of Koestler has been rejectedby other notable scholars. Prof. Kevin MacDonald is one of these. He statescategorically:

“Modern population genetic studies show conclusively that Jews are indeed an ethnic entity and that widely dispersed Jewishgroups are more similar to each other than to the peoples they have lived amongfor hundreds or thousands of years.” (See here).

The are two significant weaknesses with thisanti-Khazarian thesis, i.e., with the idea that Ashkenazi Jews and otherJews are pretty much the same and originate from the same “Semitic” race thatproduced Abraham and Moses.

(1)

Studies that show “genetic similarities” betweenAshkenazi Jews and other widely dispersed Jewish groups do not necessarilydisprove the Khazarian thesis. This is because intermarriage between theAshkenazis and the non-Askenazi or “Semitic” Jews was frequent in Khazaria fromthe 8th century onward, and indeed anywhere else in the world where thefair-skinned Khazarian “Jews” (= Jews by conversion) mingled with and marriedthe darker Semitic Jews.

(2)

The huge gap of 23 points between the IQ levels ofIsraeli Jews (94) and Ashkenazi Jews (117) cannot be satisfactorily explainedif we believe, as MacDonald states,
“that Jews are indeed an ethnic entity and thatwidely dispersed Jewish groups are more similar to each other than to thepeoples they have lived among for hundreds or thousands of years.”

If we examine the IQs of the Northeast Asians, forexample, we note that these genetically related races all have very similarIQs: Hong Kong Chinese (107), South Koreans (106), North Koreans (105),Japanese (105), Taiwanese (104), Mainland Chinese (100). None of thesegenetically related races is 23 points higher than any of the others, thoughtaken as a whole they are 23 points higher than most of the Africanraces. The conclusion is obvious: the fact that the Northeast Asians and theAfricans have such a huge difference in their IQs is a proof, if any wereneeded, that these races are genetically unrelated.

If we take the European or Caucasian races, we noteexactly the same thing: a striking similarity of IQs: Germany (102), Austria(102), Italy (102), Netherlands (102), Sweden (101), Switzerland (101), Belgium(100), UK (100), Spain (99), Hungary (99), Poland (99), France (98), Denmark(98), Norway (98).

Note that not one of these European races is 23points higher in IQ than any of the others, though taken as a whole they are23 pints higher than the African nations. The conclusion is again obvious: thefact that the Europeans and the Africans have such a huge difference in theirIQs is a proof, if any were needed, that Europeans and Africans are geneticallyunrelated.

From this we arrive at the indisputable conclusion thathuge differences in IQ between one group and another group essentially meansthat the groups belong to different races. If, for example, every Caucasiannation mentioned above had similar IQs of around 100, but ONE European nation,Ruritania, had an average IQ of 123, one would have to conclude that theRuritarians did not really belong to the same Caucasian race as all the others.

It is this that gives credence to Koestler’sKhazarian thesis: that the Ashkenazi “Jews” are not really Jews, and that theyare Jews only by conversion to Judaism.

CONCLUSION:The 23 point difference in IQs between Ashkenazis and non-Ashkenazis would seemto demonstrate conclusively that these people belong to entirely differentraces. If they belonged to the same “Semitic” race, they would follow thegeneral rule of having similar IQs.

Speaking of anti-Semitism, Koestler was to writethat it was based “on a misapprehension shared by both the killers andtheir victims.”

The story of the Khazar Empire, he went on to add,gave an entirely new twist to “the distorted view that all Jews weregenetically related and belonged to the same Semitic race.”

This began to look, he concluded controversially, “likethe cruelest hoax which history has ever perpetrated.”

~ See The Thirteenth Tribe, Part 2, “TheHeritage”

CANADA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN BAIRD GROVELS IN OBESIENCE BEFORE ZIONISM’S GREATEST HOAX OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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RADICAL PRESS

January 31, 2012

ED: Israelhas `no better friend in the world than Canada,’ John Baird says

Somehowthis sounds ALMOST as nauseating as when Avignor Lieberman says this! Both menhave a rather simian look about them… I will leave Arthur’s Editorial note tospeak for me. He does it so darn well!

Editor Arthur Topham’s Note:This disgusting, seditious and monumental show of abject, grandiose grovelingbefore Zionism’s Number 1 lie of the 20th Century by Canada’s Foreign AffairsMinister John Baird must be addressed and exposed.

Just the sight of thistraitorous, ignorant, two-faced hypocrite bowing down before the new altar ofthe Synagogue of Satan (the “Holocaust” memorials) while representing theCanadian nation is enough to make me want to regurgitate my dinner right on mycomputer screen!

Were I in that god-forsakendungeon of deception and misery called ‘Yad Vashem’ I’d likely be coming upbehind this sycophantic clown with his little black beanie and booting himsquare in the ass so that he’d be lying there fully prostrate like theslavering scumbag that he is and then telling him in no uncertain terms to gethis bigoted, blasphemous butt out of that monument to Mammon and back to Canadawhere he could then be tried for treason, removed from office and sent packingback to the Land of Lies to carry on his demented dirty work for Israel.

What a bloody spectacle ofabject subservience to the world’s foremost racist, terrorist nation on thepart of a Canadian foreign minister! Just how goddamn obsequious, demeaned anddegraded is the Canadian government expected to become in order to show therest of the world that we’ve lost all semblance of self-respect and dignity inthe face of PM Stephen Harper’s overly glaring and transparent bid to convincethis reprehensibly rogue, blood-drenched reprobate pseudo state, that “There isno better friend to Israel than Canada.”?

I, for one (and most likelyfor many more self-respecting Canadians), find it extremely difficult to evenput into words the degree of outrage and humiliation that I feel upon seeingthis type of behaviour exhibited by a member of my government in the face ofall that this predatory, Zionist entity has committed against the globalcommons in the name of power, control, greed, usury, racism and out and outperverse psychopathy.

I can only hope and praythat other true and patriotic Canadians might also feel the depth of disgustthat I’m feeling when I look upon this sordid show of surreal ugliness that theHarper government is doing its damnedest to bequeath to the present and futuregenerations of Canadians.

I’m sure that Minister JohnBaird will most likely have more foreign affairs while he spends his time andtaxpayers money being feted and blackmailed into further extremes of Zionistmalfeasance as he continues his indoctrination into the Zionist Jew lies thatsupport their ongoing and heinous treachery toward the Arab peoples ofPalestine and the Middle East in general.

But along with Baird’sbuffoonery and traitorous suck-holing to Israhell we must never forget for asingle moment that this sort of chicanery and Zionist propaganda on the part ofthe Harper government would not likely achieve its aims and purposes if itweren’t for the malicious intent and seditious behaviour of our so-called“Canadian Press,” another lie of magnanimous proportions.

Until the day comes when themajority of Canadians realize that “their” media is in truth Israel’s installedpropaganda system we shall continue to be subjected to these gross andmisleading “news” articles that have but one purpose: to brainwash Canadians andturn this former sovereign nation into yet another subservient Zionistsatellite.

CanadianForeign Minister, John Baird, going through the obligatory paces, lays a wreathat the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem,Monday, Jan. 30.

SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/AP
The [Zionist Jew] Canadian Press

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird kicked off his first fullday in Israel by attending the opening of a new Holocaust education facility inJerusalem.

Baird says the new seminars wing of the International School forHolocaust Education at Yad Vashem will play a key role in ensuring humanitydoesn’t forget the lessons of genocide.

And he says Israel has no better friend in the world thanCanada.

Baird and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will spend the nextseveral days visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The campus holds seminars each year for educators from 55countries around the world and Israel, and develops country-specific andcustom-made tools for different age groups in more than 20 languages.

Jewish philanthropist Joseph Gottdenker, himself a Holocaustsurvivor, says Yad Vashem gives a voice and a name to each person who perished,“and restores to them the dignity of living history.”

“Holocaust education enables us to remember the lessons of thepast and provides guidance to a more tolerant, hopeful and brighter future,”Gottdenker said.

In 2011, the school hosted 67 seminars for educators and layleaders around the world, twice the numbers held in recent years.

Baird, a black skull cap perched on his head, emphasized theimportance of Yad Vashem and its new 4,100-square-metre facility in documentingand teaching the lessons of the Holocaust.

“There is no better friend to Israel than Canada,” Baird said.“We shall always be there for you, and in front of you.”

CANADIANS: OPEN CLASS WARFARE ERUPTS IN CANADA

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By Dr.Dawg

Dawg's Blawg

January 8, 2012

The by-now-notorious lockout in London, Ontario by the Americancorporate giant Caterpillar, and another in Quebec by the UKcolossus Rio Tinto, signal a new make-or-break era fororganized labour in Canada.

The race to the bottom is picking up speed. Make no mistake: ifcorporations are permitted to get away with 50%wage cuts when they are making record profits, the ripple effect will bedeadly.

Business commentators urge us totake the pessimistic view ~ nothing can turn aside the irresistible force ofcapital.

Right-wing columnists aver that unions are no longer relevant.

And the Conservative government, which maliciously intervened intwo private sector labour disputes in 2011, is curiously quiet when unions have lessimmediate clout at the bargaining table.

Harper’s sheer crust is breathtaking:

“This is a dispute between a private company and the union andwe don’t comment on the actions of private companies,” Harper spokesman CarlVallée responded Wednesday in an email.

Spare us, please, the notion that this is a jurisdictionalmatter. Certainly the two provincial premiers involved are not coveringthemselves with glory by letting these workers and their families twist in thewinter winds. The federal government, however, has all sorts of means at itsdisposal to bring pressure to bear on these foreign corporations on behalf ofthese workers ~ cancelling generous tax breaks would beone of them ~ but that would require the kind of even-handedness that it has nevershown during its current anti-labour crusade.

Take, for example, the 50-week lockout in Hamilton by US Steelthat ended last October, here described by labour economist Jim Stanford:

The company starved out the union with far-reaching demands togut pensions and other long-standing provisions. The economic cost of thatbitter, lopsided dispute didn’t slow the company, nor did it spur any level ofgovernment to action.

I estimate that the direct loss to GDP resulting from thelockout in Hamilton was four times larger than the effects of a one-week fullshutdown at Air Canada. Indirect spinoff losses made the steel lockout evenmore painful. If government were truly concerned with “protecting recovery,”why didn’t it intervene? True, steel falls within provincial (not federal)labour jurisdiction. But Ottawa had plenty of leverage if it wanted to act -not least U.S. Steel’s galling violation of the production and employmentcommitments it made when it took over the former Stelco Inc.

In Hamilton, where workers held little power, the governmentstood idly by. It seems it’s only when workers have some leverage that it actspowerfully to “protect the economy.”

Precisely.

Yet the matter shouldn’t be seen as hopeless, despite all theanti-union hype. When unions first came into being, savvy business typespredicted an inevitable, swift defeat for the movement, hastened along by oftenmurderous troops and police.

That didn’t, of course, take place: general strikes and fiercephysical resistance by organized workers forced governments to mediate byproviding limited recognition~ while ensnaring them in complex regulatoryframeworks that, over time, sapped their strength.

The result in Canada, too often, was the softening of thegeneral membership, made even softer ~ it must be admitted ~ by the automaticdues check-off mandated by the Rand formula. Frankly, that historicruling made union leaders lazy: no longer having to make the union case to themembers on a daily basis, they too often permitted the rank-and-file to snooze.

And now Canadian workers are paying the price. The labourmovement is mired in old tactics and strategies that have become merelyritualistic at this point: one-day wonders of mass protest, “actionplans” that never leave the paper they’re printed on, strongly-worded pressreleases.

The workers on labour’s front lines ~ picket lines, that is ~ areleft to fight alone the day after the big Days of Protest. And they almostinevitably get eaten alive by the corporations and their government allies.

The Harper government’s Minister of Labour, Lisa Raitt, has already blown the trumpet of war.

To survive, organized labour, too often an oxymoron at present,must cast aside the tactics of the past and head directly into battle.

Obviously this is easier said than done, and as a former labourleader I was frequently irritated by activists shouting in the wilderness forradical measures when no one was listening (even more irritated because I hadbeen one of them).

But Caterpillar and Rio Tinto are here to tell us that the timefor a serious internal debate has arrived. What form it takes, and what comesout of it, are obviously for the members to decide, but the choice, to beblunt, is a fundamental change in approach ~ or oblivion.

SHOWDOWN AT CATERPILLAR PLANT '

WATERSHED MOMENT' FOR NORTH AMERICAN LABOR

What Caterpillar wants is right out of line. Canadians MUST supportthese union members.

By CommonDreams

January 30, 2012

Caterpillar,Inc. (CAT), the world's largest manufacturer of construction and miningequipment, has brought its well-worn job-crushing efforts to Canada,replicating wage suppression tactics used in the US and cutting benefits ofunion workers.

But as theunion fights back and gains support from citizens ~ including members of theOccupy movement ~ observers wonder if the battle against the internationallyknown corporation can highlight the 'race to the bottom' when it comes tointernational labor and cross-border manufacturing.

Workers at Caterpillar'slocomotive plant in London, Ontario, are gaining wide support as the profitablecompany seeks to cut their pay in half. (Photo: Canadian Auto Workers)

Mike Elk, writing for InThese Times, suggests the battle taking place in London, Ontariocoupled with recent developments withlockouts of United Steel Workers in Quebec, could mark a "pivotalmoment" for Canada's labor movement. If things go well for CAT, but badfor the embattled Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Local 27 and the steel workers,it could be the equivalent of "the failed 1981 air traffic controllers union (PATCO) strike thatkicked of an era of union busting in the United States."

CANADA’SLABOR MOVEMENT DIGS IN

FOR ‘PATCO EQUIVALENT,’ AS LOCKOUTS DRAG ON

According to Mike Elk:

U.S.-based Caterpillar,which owns the Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive plant through asubsidiary, locked out 420 members of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 27.Despite Caterpillar increasing its profits by44 percent over the last year, the company is asking union workers to let it cutwages by as much as $18.50 an hour (55 percent) in some cases.

The company is also asking for the elimination ofdefined benefits pensions as well as reduction in overtime and vacation plans.

“It’s no coincidence inmy view that two different companies decided to lock out the two biggestindustrial unions in Canada ~ the Steelworkers and the CAW ~ on the same day.This looks like an orchestrated attack,” said Communication, Energy, andPaperworkers Union President Dave Coles, whose union is in the process ofmerging with the CAW.

“When you have these kindsof big gigantic struggles, you don’t who is going to win, but by the time thisis done, these employers are going to have goddamn bloody noses. We are notgoing to allow Canadian employers to kick the shit out of Canadian workers.”

Both unions and theirsupporters are demanding that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper getinvolved, since these are foreign-owned companies. "Get back to the table,Caterpillar," London, Ontario's Mayor Joe Fontana said at the rally. "Get your ass downhere, Prime Minister Harper."

'International in scope'Aposter calling for direct action by locked-out workers and supporters inLondon, Ontario. (Image courtesy of CAW Local 27)

The fight, according to thereport, has implications that go far beyond the battle against US-based Caterpillaror Australia-based mining giant Rio Tinto.

The Caterpillar lockout inparticular is international in scope, because the company says that if workersdon’t agree to cut their wages in half, it will move production to a facilityin Muncie, Indiana, where workers are already making less than the $16 an hourat Muncie, Indiana. The Muncie facility is already nonunion and the unions inIndiana faced with a loss of dues from the Indiana's recently passed"Right to Work" law would most likely have a difficult time musteringthe resources to organize the plant.

“It’s what we have beenfacing at the bargaining table quite a bit in the private sector in Canada.When we are at bargaining table, they compare what we make to lower wages inU.S. facilities,” says CAW Local 27 President Tim Carrie, whose unionrepresents Caterpillar workers in London, Ontario.

“President Obama talks alot about creating goods jobs in America. I hope that his idea isn’t takinggood-paying jobs from Canada and creating low paying jobs in the U.S.Otherwise, we are going to go to be in a race to the bottom.”

In both fights atCaterpillar in Ontario and Rio Tinto, workers are gearing up for a massivefight in their respectively small workplaces that could redefine laborrelations not just in Canada, but worldwide.

"Rio Tinto hasdeclared war not only on USW members but on our communities, on Quebec and onCanada," said Quebec Director USW Daniel Roy. "We believe Rio Tintowill use its attacks in Alma to begin a major assault on workers andcommunities around the globe."

ED: QueenElizabeth is the largest non-institutional shareholder in Rio Tinto which isalso working very hard to slash unions in Australia as well.

“The lockout withCaterpillar is a watershed moment in Canada, it’s our equivalent of the PATCOstrike," Carrie says. "When PATCO happened [in 1981] we didn’t see anuprising of the labor movement, the silence was almost deafening. If we losethis fight at Caterpillar, other employers will recognize that the labormovement in Canada is weak."

ONTARIOCATERPILLAR WORKERS

LOCKED OUT FOR REFUSING HALF PAY

Jane Slaughter, writing for LaborNotes, also picks up the CAW story, highlighting thehistory and current projection of Caterpillar's strategy for battering qualitywages and union benefits:

In the mid-1990s the companyprovoked lengthy strikes at its U.S. facilities in order to break the UnitedAuto Workers’ pattern agreement in agricultural implements. Management ran theplants with scabs and workers finally returned with no settlement.

At its UAW-representedlocomotive engine plant in Illinois, Cat has already achieved a starting wageof $14 an hour and is now demanding to eliminate cost-of-living increases andraise the price of insurance, as members there work under a contract extension.

The concessions Cat isdemanding in London are “an insult to the membership,” Scott says. Though thecompany posted a record profit of $4.9 billion for 2011, with even higherprofits predicted this year, it wants $18.50 off the $35-an-hour wage for overhalf the workforce, to eliminate cost-of-living increases, retiree benefits,and the defined-benefit pension plan, and to hike drug insurance costs. On theday profits were announced CAW picketed 12 Cat dealerships and service centersacross the country.

In December the companyforecast sales for fiscal 2012 would rise as much as 20 percent.

Union leaders say they’rereceiving unprecedented community support despite members’ relatively highwages. Carrie cites Sisters of St. Joseph serving soup on the picket lines.Occupy London is there. Each week a different local union has hosted a barbequefor locked-out members’ families.

In seeking support, Scottsays the union highlights the notion of wages cut in half. “If today you’remaking $20, tomorrow you’re making $10,” he said. “They can relate to that.”

TODAY'S IMAGE: JANUARY 30, 2012

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SEA MONSTER by Blepharopsis

Please enlarge this magnificent photograph of the common sea horse.

YOUTUBE IS NO MORE

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Found at NO WAY OUT and worth a look.

January 30, 2012

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http://www.pcworld.com/article/245338/youtube_unveils_new_look.html

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SUBJECT: RE: ANTI-GOVERNMENT PHOBIA. YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL?

2012-01-30T15:29:00.000-08:00

This would be hilarious if it were not so close to the truth!

I posted this originally thinking it was just humour, a sad social commentary on truth and so on. I could not believe this was SERIOUSLY intended but I am beginning to realize that this is not really a joke. Or is it? Have my lines of sanity become just that blurred? Am I that long gone in this phobia that ... that... OMG that I am a LOST CASE!???

I am struggling to believe that this is serious. It is too funny but then again, it ain't, it is very bad when such things are promoted, that unease with a whacko government is the sign of mental illness.

I really don't know what to make of this.... I really cannot believe the writer was SERIOUS with some of the things said here!

Check out the Acknowledgements, which are of no great surprise.

A CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PHOBIA

Ivor E. Tower, M.D.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Volume 11, series 3, pages 4-5

ABSTRACT

This study conclusively demonstrates that unfounded fear ofgovernment is a recognizable mental illness, closely related to paranoidschizophrenia. Anti-Government Phobia (AGP) differs from most mental illnesses,however, in that it is highly infectious and has an acute onset.

Symptoms include extreme suspiciousness, conspiracy-mongering,delusional thought patterns, staunch "us against them" mentality,withdrawal from reality, and often religious fanaticism.

Having the patient committed to a qualified mental healthinstitution is the best option for family and loved ones. For this reason, allpsychiatrists and family physicians should be provided with educationalmaterials which will help them recognize the various symptoms and warning signsaccompanying onset.

Since comparatively little is known about Anti-Government Phobiaat the present time, a government-funded health commission should be set up tooversee, and help focus, future research.

INCIDENCE ANDETIOLOGY

Anti-Government Phobia has a worldwide distribution, but has aparticularly high incidence in the United States. Infection rates are estimatedby mental health officials to be about 5% of the general population, and thisrate is growing at an alarming rate.

Rates are highest, but not limited to, those who are disaffectedin some fashion, especially those who have a strong personal grudge against thefederal government for one reason or another.

Although certain variants of the illness have been around formany years, it is only in the last decade or so that the more virulent andinfectious strains have appeared. This is most likely due to the rapid buildupof government, at all levels, during the 1980's.

Closely paralleling this trend was an explosion in the number ofcases in which individuals were diagnosed as having unfounded fears concerningsuch.

Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis Anti-Government Phobia ismarked by extreme suspiciousness toward government. Onset is acute. Symptomsstart almost immediately after a run-in with some agency or institution of thegovernment, or when the patient is introduced to anti-government propaganda, inone form or another, by a self-styled "patriot."

Common ways in which this harmful, anti-government propaganda isspread include: books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, audiotapes,videotapes, short-wave and conventional radio programs, computer bulletinboards, and various Internet sites.

Upon exposure to "patriotic" propaganda, the patientmysteriously begins to imagine hidden links between unrelated current events,weaving these gross distortions of reality into a complex delusional web; alabyrinth of conspiracy theories with all imagined clues leading straight tothe federal government.

With further exposure, the patient becomes increasinglyparanoid, and slowly withdraws from reality. However, mental deterioration isusually so gradual that the patient is often unaware of it.

This mysterious malady progresses until the patient invariablyassumes a staunch "us against them" mentality. For instance, in thepatient's warped mind-set, each new piece of gun-control legislation is oddlyrationalized to be merely one additional step in an ultimate plot by thefederal government to confiscate guns altogether.

In some unusually severe cases, the patient assumes asurvivalist mentality, stockpiling guns, ammunition, de-hydrated food, andother "essentials," in preparation for "D-Day" or"Armageddon."

At this stage, the patient also inexplicitly experiencesincreased delusional thinking. For instance, he may start fallaciouslybelieving that the Federal Reserve is not in fact part of the federalgovernment, but is instead controlled by wealthy Zionists.

Other far-flung delusions may involve the United Nations,"black helicopters," concentration camps, or the Council on ForeignRelations (CFR).

Delusions involving "takeovers" by foreign militarytroops, or jack-booted government storm troopers dressed in all black, are alsocommonly diagnosed.

Anti-Government Phobia is often associated with religiousfanaticism. An excellent example of this is the infamous Branch Davidian case,in which most cult members preferred a fiery suicide over peaceful surrender tothe forces of what they considered to be "Mystery Babylon."

There have been other prominent cases in which"patriots" have became involved with terrorist activity, fallaciouslybelieving that they were somehow doing the "will of God." Morecommonly, "patriots" have been involved in aggressive outbursts in courtrooms,and other public places such as town-hall meetings.

Overall, the worldview eventually adopted by"patriots" interprets modern-day news events as pieces of a giantjig-saw puzzle. Oddly, they believe that it is their solemn duty to put theseunrelated pieces together in order to discover the underlying"picture."

The warped interpretive framework used by many"patriots" in their missionary-like endeavor of saving the lost"sheep" (derogatory term comparing non-patriots to lost sheep) is ahyper-literal interpretation of Biblical prophecies, particularly thosecontained in the book of Revelation.

SPREAD OF THEILLNESS

In the eyes of the so-called "patriots," therelentless drive to indoctrinate others with extremist political beliefs isseen as a righteous and compulsory act to save their"self-destructing" nation.

Wildly fantasizing that America can somehow turn back the clockto better times, which in reality never existed, many "patriots" feelobligated to quote constantly from the Declaration of Independence, UnitedStates Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the writings of the Founding Fathers.

In an ironic twist of fate, when "patriots" exposeothers to their divisive anti-government propaganda, through their misguidedefforts to restore "individual liberty," they are actually infectingthem with an extremely contagious mental illness.

A strong analogy can be drawn between "patriotic"indoctrination and patterns of religious conversion. In both cases,ultra-idealistic individuals believe that it is their solemn duty to gainproselytes for their particular faith. This is usually done on aperson-to-person basis with a friend or acquaintance.

To keep new converts from going astray or"backsliding," they are eagerly provided with a steady stream of propaganda.In each case, the devotee imagines that there is an evil, sinister force whichmust be opposed at all costs.

In the case of various religions, the faithful are supposedlyrewarded in the afterlife for sparring with the "devil."

In the case of the "patriot," the so-called "NewWorld Order" is viewed as the demonic bogeyman, with the reward foropposing it supposedly being an increased amount of "personalfreedom." In both "patriotic" and religious circles, there is anentire counter-culture, centering around various anthems and holy books,constantly being promoted by prophets, preachers, and paranoid propagandists ofall creeds, colors, and strains.

PREVENTION

Needless to say, prevention is the first line of defense againstany type of illness or disease. Unfortunately, many mental illnesses aregenetic in nature and thus cannot be prevented.

Fortunately, Anti-Government Phobia is non-genetic and thuswholly preventable. From an individual standpoint, the most effectiveprevention policy is obviously not to allow oneself to become indoctrinated bya self-styled "patriot," preferably by staying as far as possibleaway from any potentially divisive propaganda.

As an added precaution, one should rely exclusively onwell-known and reputable sources for news and other information.

Family members and loved ones can help out in this effort.However, it should be noted that prevention programs work best only when theentire community is involved. We all need to practice constant vigilance inorder to spot divisiveness and hate in our communities. In this regard,networking is the ultimate key to success.

A successful community-based empowerment program would includethe following elements: citizen-citizen networks, police-citizen networks,parent-teacher networks, pastor-parishioner networks, doctor-patient networks,state-local law enforcement authority networks, and federal-state lawenforcement authority networks.

TREATMENT ANDPROGNOSIS

Although the prognosis is generally good if the illness istreated soon after symptoms first appear, studies have shown that adisturbingly low percentage of patients allow themselves to be treated.

Thus, having the patient committed to a qualified mental healthinstitution is the best option for family and loved ones. For this reason, allpsychiatrists and family physicians should be provided with educationalmaterials which will help them recognize the various symptoms and warning signsaccompanying onset.

Once the illness is properly diagnosed, they should next notifythe patient's immediate family members and discuss the various treatmentoptions with them. This effort should be reinforced with extensive public adcampaigns promoting a 1-800 help line.

Since comparatively little is known about Anti-Government Phobiaat the present time, a government-funded health commission should be set up tooversee, and help focus, future research.

It cannot be over-emphasized that prevention is the key tostopping the spread of Anti-Government Phobia. Once a person is infected, theillness is generally incurable. The only proven treatment is an extended, andoften risky, "de-programming" session conducted by qualifiedprofessionals, such as the Cult Awareness Network (CAN).

Left untreated, chronic symptoms invariably persist throughoutthe entire lifetime of the patient.

Sadly, even the patients themselves realize this horrifying factand surprisingly, seem apathetic to it. Oddly, they often confuse theirsymptoms with being "awake."

For instance, they have been known to garble gibberish such as"once your awake, you can't go back to sleep."

Further research is presently being conducted on the reasons whythey rationalize their mental illness in this highly unusual manner.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The writer wishes to thank the following individuals andorganizations for contributing their expertise to this report: Morris Dees ofthe Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Rick Ross of the Cult Awareness Network(CAN), the United States Justice Department (USJD), the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF).This study was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

WHY IS THE UNITED STATES SENDING SCRAP HEAP SHIPS TO THE PERSIAN GULF?

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I Smell An Israeli False Flag Coming!

NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER

January 29, 2012

Justlast week, I and many others, reported about how the US Navy is deploying itsabsolutely obsolete and outdated aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65)to the Persian Gulf region as a "show of force" against the peacefulnation of Iran.

Many other bloggers have already picked up on thisridiculous deployment of a ship that best belongs in a shipyard being tornapart for scrap metal as nothing more than a setup for a false flag attack thatwould see the criminal Israelis sink the ship and have the sinking blamed onIran. The net result would be the Americans having their"excuse" to launch a war against Iran itself.

But now, it seems that the US has upped the stakes in the Persian Gulf bysending another scrap heap ship to the region.... According to thisarticle, that comes from YaYaCanada, at www.yayacanada.blogspot.com, courtesy of Poor Richard's blog (www.poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com), theUS Navy is sending a "mothership" (Austin class amphibious transportdock ship), the USS Ponce (LPD-15) to the Persian Gulf.

Justlike the USS Enterprise, the USS Ponce is due to be decommissioned shortly, anddeploying this lame duck ship in harm’s way raises more questions about thepossibility of a deadly false flag operation coming up. I have thatarticle right here, and I do have some comments to follow:

MORE US SCRAPMETAL HEADED FOR PERSIAN GULF

USS Ponce joins USS Enterprise inPersian Gulf

By YaYaCanada
January 29, 2012

How much clearer could it be that a false flag event is planned?

Further to our earlier discussion about the US having found a way to dispose ofits scrap metal and at the same time create a pretext (with the help ofIsrael?) for WWIII, here is the latest news report (bolding mine):

Pentagon deploys ‘mothership’ to Persian Gulf as tensions with Iran escalate

The Pentagon is rushing a “mothership” to the Middle East to be used bycommando teams as unrest in the region heightens, reports The Washington Post.

The U.S. Navy is planning to refit the USS Ponce, an amphibious transportdocking ship, which was about to be retired and decommissioned.

The Ponce was commissioned in 1971 - it's now over 40 years old. Wikipediareports:

On 2 December, 2011, Ponce came home to await decommissioning on 30 March,2012, when she would be towed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and be placed withthe mothball fleet

And now "she" is headed to the Gulf. How much clearer could it bethat a false flag event is planned?

STOP THE FALSE FLAG ATTACK

ON THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

NTS Notes: Only a complete moron would notsee that we have all the makings of a false flag operation that willconveniently get the US into a shooting war with Iran approaching.

As with the USS Enterprise deployment, the sending of more scrap heap shipsshould have already had most Americans raising their eyebrows and questioningwhat their own government is up to. But instead we have the Americanpeople still dumbed down like sheep, and unaware of the real situation in theMiddle East today.

When the impending false flag, almost definitely launched by Israel using itsstealthy Dolphin class submarines, takes place, the American public willblindly follow their criminal government into a war that could potentiallyevolve quickly into World War III, and the potential death of hundreds ofmillions of Americans themselves.

More to come

NTS

HOW MILITARY ROBOTS ARE CHANGING WAR

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FAULT LINES: ROBOT WARS

U.S. marine veteran JoshRushing explains how the 7,000 drones and 12,000 ground robots used by the U.S.military are changing warfare as we currently know it, with major implicationsfor the future of human rights.

WHY THEY LIE

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By Zen Gardner

Just Wondering

January 24, 2012

I don't think people really understand how nefarious lying is.These elites actually believe what they are telling us. They believe it is whatwe need to hear; therefore to them it is an enforceable truth.

The twisted mind of the psychopathic control freaks who slithertheir way into positions of power use lies not just as a cover up device,hiding truth from the rest of us. It is a thuggish, aggressive projection of animage or idea to forcefully keep us silent and subdued.

Why do you think they also have to drug our food, air and water?Same plan.

They're afraid of us.

WHAT'S CONTROLLINGTHEM?

Besides lust, envy, greed, arrogance, fear and insanity?

Lots.

You also have to wonder who's controlling them.

They answer to someone as well, that's when it really getsfreaky.

To imagine yourself in the world of one of these creeps ishorrific. This Clinton guy is said to have destroyed a large part of his nasalmechanics from snorting so much cocaine during his drug running years inArkansas, which he covered up via crooked underlings, bought off courts anddozens of murders.

Yeah. Welcome to American politics.

And he presided over two terms of destruction including thegovernment massacres at Waco and Oklahoma City. This creep still wanders theearth pretending to be someone of import, charging huge fees for speakingengagements as he scopes the areas for sex objects.

Not familiar with his history? Here, have a look at this. Maketime for it sometime:

WHAT IS LYING?

My point is that, lying is not a two-dimensional cover updevice. When it comes to our self-appointed rulers and handlers it's bruteforce being exerted on the human psyche with carefully delineated objectives.

And these people live whole lives that are massive lies,covering up untold weirdness and atrocities.

When you see the horrendous truth about some of these characterswho pretend to portray some caring father figure in the American White House itis truly dumbfounding. Never mind almost all of them being members of secretsocieties, most are known to participate in drugs, pedophelia and weird secretrituals ~ never mind their mass genocidal wars and covert operations.

Yes, it pushes you past the limit of credibility, and that'swhere they want you.

When the difference between what you're being told versuswhat you're seeing and sensing is so wide and seemingly unbridgeable, that'sthe place they want you to be.

And to stay.

COGNITIVEDISSONANCE

This term gets a lot of play but it's so essential in knowingand understanding how we're being tooled.

The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the feeling ofdiscomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs. When there is adiscrepancy between beliefs and behaviors, something must change in order toeliminate or reduce the dissonance. Source

So while a lot of psychological factors are at play, even thoughwe're living in a war mongering, violence promoting, promiscuous,sensationalized fear and scarcity based atmosphere, you'd rather believe theirpromises that everything is fine and getting better just to get by and not rockthe boat.

Overload mind-screw mission accomplished.

Politicians are the perfect examples of cognitive dissonance.You're constantly hearing one thing while they do another. It's continuous sopeople don't just tolerate it, they expect it. And the more they do that themore illusion can be imposed.

And believe me, they are piling it on.

It will soon be illegalto question authority.

It's right around the corner.

You can bet that theseshelved censorship bills will reappear buried in some new, lying label like"The Patriot Act".

Oh how lying politicians put the"Moron" in Oxymoron.

THEY LIE TO KEEPYOU FROM KNOWING THEIR INTENTIONS

If they told you the truth you would freak out and theirmachines would stop. That's only gonna happen when they want the whole thing tocollapse. And sadly that's right around the corner.

People are getting it more and more, but the global awakeninghas the elites nervous. They have a plan, a very nasty one. The depopulationagenda has been exposed thoroughly, but never so chillingly as in the words ofslithery Zbigniew Brzezinski in one of his instructional talks following hisclearly articulated concern over the global political awakening:

“I once put it rather pungently, and I was flattered that theBritish Foreign Secretary repeated this, as follows… namely, in earliertimes, it was easier to control a million people, literally it was easier tocontrol a million people, than physically to kill a million people. Today, it is infinitely easier to kill amillion people than to control a million people. It is easier to kill, than tocontrol…” Source

"Infinitely easier to kill". Get themessage? That's the kind of freaks we're up against.

MIND CONTROL ANDMASS PSYCHOSIS

Lying is like a fundamental doctrine of a massive mind controlgame these elite scumbags are running. The distance between this huge liethey're passing off versus the real Truth of what's going on is one monstrousmass psychosis. It's not just politics. I'm just using these jerks as the mostobvious example to expose the technology of deceit. History, religion,anthropology, science, it's all been knee-capped, shredded and twisted to fit acertain need.

And don't take my word for it ~ find out for yourself or you'reperpetuating the helplessness and dependency that got us into this mess. I'mjust trying to stir you up while we still have time.

Know this:

All this lying crap on our windshield only controls you if youdon't wake up to it. Turn your wipers on.

It's like the skies today. How many think those are natural asthe chemtrails wisp their way across the blue?

Way too many!

We've been hazed, glazed and dazedand the majority doesn't even notice.

That's what we're up against.

Warning: when you do begin to grasp the enormity of the LIE it'snot very pleasant at first.

To realize virtually everything you've been told and taught isbullshit designed to keep you depressed, distracted and in the dark so you'llbe a content little slave ain't a happy realization.

But only at first.

DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH?

You have to decide, do Ireally want the truth? And by the way, as bad a mess as has been engineeredwith all this insanity called the perceived human societal condition, there arewonderful empowering truths that will propel you into worlds beyond yourdreams. I'm sure you know that.

But you have to snap outof the nightmare first.

That's the key. That hasto come first before you attempt to take action, or you'll just be a new partof the problem. It takes courage, but really, if you're even slightlyconscious, it's a no-brainer.

As C.S. Lewis famouslysaid:

“We all want progress,but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walkingback to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is themost progressive.”

Do the right thing.Everything else will take care of itself.

And it's not just foryou...it's for your family, loved ones, friends, neighbors, a world ofwonderful people, and an amazing Universe that awaits to know Itself throughyou.

It will anyway, it's allunder control.

But why not step into the"Eternerator" and realize the freedom, fulfillment and autonomy youalready have?

I know, cool.

Love, Zen

www.zengardner.com

SAVE THE PLANET: ORGANIZE, EDUCATE, ACT

2012-01-29T19:46:00.000-08:00

ByRobin Mathews

RADICALPRESS

January27, 2012

Don’t talk.

Act.

Don’t turn away … toother things.

We all ~ or most of us ~do that.

We won’t look painfultruth in the face.

We … can’t.

We turn away … almostforced to do so by our fears.

But, now, we have nochoice. Global heating is upon us, and will erase human life from theplanet ~ which will go on whirling through space without us. Good sciencestates that as fact. The subject, here, is the imminent destruction of humanlife on the planet.

Paleontologists arelooking at dinosaur footprints from 120 million years ago. Humankind hasbeen significant on the planet for (generously) 20,000 years. In that20,000 years humankind has raced forward … towards destruction.

As poetic theorists putit humankind has the moral development of just-beyond-apes and the scientificdevelopment of a superpeople. A murderous combination.

We just-beyond-ape peoplewant a pecking order, want a power hierarchy … perhaps need it. That doesn’thave to be wrong, if it’s balanced and restrained. But some are driven bygreed, animosity, lust, fear, and desire to dominate. They often succeedin dominating.

And then they work toundermine law, convention, justice, and fairness.

But not all are likethat. When the ones driven by greed, animosity, lust, fear, and a desire todominate reach the power apex, they go mad ~ as is the case now ~ insane.

Power tends to corrupt;absolute power corrupts absolutely. Absolute corruption loses all moralbase.

We others have to bedriven hard and long before being brought to resist in a way that changes thedominating reality.

But now we have nochoice. For global heating is upon us, and will erase human life from theplanet – which will go whirling through space without us. So we must actnow. People who have never been activists must become activists. Activists must lead the way. Words are not enough.

Deep down we all knowthat. Those who dominate ~ those who are mad ~ know that, too. They arethe 1%. They know….

They know they shouldmove in global cooperation to cut carbon emissions ~ even if it means cuttingso-called “standard of living” in all the developed world, at least. But theydon’t care. They are like the top officers of the Titanic dancing on theafterdeck with the wealthy passengers. Except OUR top officers have beenfully informed the ship is heading at full speed directly for the iceberg.

The 1% urge on themadness of others, like the madness of Stephen Harper, servant of the 1%, forinstance, who is ravaging the tar sands geography, is fighting to build insanepipelines which will speed up the destruction of the planet. Polluting massively.

At the same time, StephenHarper and his coterie deliberately undermine law, convention, justice, andfairness. To subvert democracy in Canada, Stephen Harper and members ofhis cabinet carefully form statements about the economy, the environment, foreignrelations, and policy intentions that are (primarily) falsehoods ~ as do hismajor media supporters in the Mainstream Press and Media.

[A few, very recentexamples:

(1) Cabinetminister Bev Oda, interviewed on CBC, Jan 25/12 spoke about the beneficial “partnering”of Mining Corporation Human Rights violators with CIDA/CIDA personnel.Beneficial? Another lie from Bev Oda?

(2) See Vanc.Sun’s Harvey Enchin’s large article on the Tar Sands/Bitumen carryingtankers/Gateway Pipeline, Jan 21/12/ p.C5. It is mostly ‘disinformation’ andhalf-lies, on behalf of the 1%. (

3) Whatare, in fact, lies are issued publicly by environment minister Peter Kent onthe Kyota Protocol, reported by Eliz May, National Post, Jan26/12. His statements are “designed to create a false impression”. Wecall statements designed to create a false impression “lies”.

(4) OnStephen Harper’s fraudulent position on Tar Sands and Pipelines: “Ourpolitical leaders are lying to us if they aid and abet the expansion oftarsands while promising to take action to prevent the imminent climatecatastrophe.” That’s Mark Jaccard saying ~ as I read him ~ that StephenHarper is deliberately lying. Of the single issue fight, against the pipelineonly: “… it’s like trying to prevent a fuel leak on the Titanic as it steamstowards the iceberg. We need to turn the ship.” Mark Jaccard, VancouverSun, A13, Jan 26/12]

The Stephen Harpercabinet works to lie and deceive, continuously, as cabinet policy, about themost important issues facing Canada and the world.

The lying has to be methead on ~ with action.

Now.

Words are not enough.

The 1% know the AirForces of the world should probably be flying dawn-to-dusk over the c nuclearplants pouring out liquid concrete in a perimeter that grows into a concrete mountain. Instead they lie … and go on lying.

Nuclear damage blowsaround the globe. Federal governments like the Stephen Harper governmentwill report nothing, will measure as little as possible.

Nuclear damage fromFukashima is at the edge of threatening ocean life. The madmen don’tcare. The Japanese madmen lie to their own people, do nothing.

The Western media remainsalmost silent… as destruction of all life on the planet proceeds.

We know all about Iran,because we lived through the Iraq War (though tens of thousands of Iraq peopledidn’t). Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, the madmen claimed. But the investigators on the ground wouldn’t lie ~ Iraq did not have weapons ofmass destruction. The U.S. (with its satellite madmen of “the willing”)invaded anyway, destroying ancient marvels, wrecking a modern state, killingtens of thousands, creating social chaos. Increasing the danger to life on theplanet.

For oil.

For power.

For dominance.

We know that.

Iran, we are told, ispushing for nuclear weapons. The U.S. has nuclear weapons and threatensIran. Israel has illicit nuclear weapons and threatens Iran. Israelviolates international law and enters Iran to assassinate Iranians.

For a while theinvestigators in Iran held out. Iran was not developing nuclear weapons.But the investigators weakened. Now the International Atomic Energy Agency issaying maybe there is a chance that perhaps Iran wants nuclear weapons. It speaks enough half-lies to satisfy “the Western Powers”. With two nuclear enemieslike the U.S. and Israel, why shouldn’t Iran want nuclear weapons?

But that isn’t the point….

The U.S. wants the chanceto erase the Iranian government, to decimate the Iranian people, and to seizeIranian oil and territory… as it has done in Iraq. The people who dominate theU.S.A. and Israel are mad … insane. A war with Iran will hasten thedestruction of human life on the planet. The subject here is the imminentdestruction of human life on the planet. The 1% don’t care.

The U.S. has spread nuclearwaste ammunition (so-called ‘depleted uranium’) across nations, the Balkanstates, through the Near East, creating (on-going) monstrous births, cancers,deaths … and doesn’t care.

In Canada, in BritishColumbia, in Vancouver, an octogenarian speaks out. Rafe Mair, formermember of the B.C. legislature, former Talk Show host speaks out. Looking downfrom the mountain-top of age he sees in the valley ~ madness. Tanker trafficfrom the insane, polluting Tar Sands, from the insane proposed Northern GatewayPipeline will ravage the Pacific Coast. Not “might ravage”, will ravage …urging forward destruction of human life on the planet.

Rafe Mair says BritishColumbians must be ready to practice “civil disobedience” to stop the madnessin their province.

He has said it more thanonce.

He is right. Butthe language is wrong. “Civil Disobedience” sounds like breaking thelaw. “Disobedience” to what? ~ to the insane people, the 1%, to theStephen Harper maniacs prostrating themselves before the 1%? And lying toCanadians.

To fight for the survivalof human life on the planet is to answer a Greater Law. It is not to engage insome kind of “disobedience”.

The response to themadness must be Positive Action to Save the Planet ~ PACT.

Become a member.

No cost.

No record.

No membership list.

An invisible membership.

[In French: ActionsPositives Pour Sauvegarder La Planete ~ ACPOS (my machine has no French “accentgrave”: sorry)] You become a member by wanting to. You organize bywanting to.

You collaborate to beeffective.

Your membership isinvisible.

“By their deeds ye shallknow them.”

Act.

And what does PACT/ACPOSdo around the world?

It takes “positive actionto save human life on the planet”. In groups of thousands on down to twosand threes. Or in ones.

Occupy public squares andparks? Yes. And, better, ‘intervene positively’ to affect trade andcommerce, to stop the 1%: to change policy.

Act to change the liesand fraud used by the 1% to destroy human life on the planet. Meet thatpolicy head on ~ with activism, with action.

Words are not enough.

Act.

Trains have to be stalledin rail yards, freighters and cruise vessels in ports, transport trucks intheir garages. Rafe Mair must have thousands with him when he stands “in theway of the first shovel” to stop the Gateway Pipeline from beginning.

If governments ~ and the1% they truckle to ~ don’t make dramatic changes in policy, then no action towound the obscene profits of the 1% will be too extreme.

Because we are talkingabout the destruction of human life on the planet.

Activists must beimaginative. Occupy Stock Exchanges. Shut them down ~ in Vancouver,Winnipeg, Toronto, New York, London, Paris, Beijing, Moscow, Tokyo …everywhere.

Do those things beforeothers, growing desperate, do more, much more.

Appear before, presentdelegations to, occupy village, town, city, province, national councilchambers, legislative assemblies, parliaments, congresses, national assemblies ~whatever they are called.

To change policy.

Before others, growingdesperate, do much, much more.

Expose PoliticalOpposition Parties which ~ so far ~ are the pitiable time-servers of insanemasters.

At the present they donot Oppose.

They collaborate.

They will join PACT orthey will be by-passed by history.

Talk to the police andthe soldiers. They are the instruments of oppression for the 1%. Police and soldiers are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, aunts anduncles, cousins, and friends … like the rest of us.

They must be talked toabout the survival of human life on the planet and the 1% - talked to by theirmothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins, andfriends. All this is about the imminent destruction of human life on theplanet.

Get the police and thesoldiers to change, to leave the 1% and join Positive Action To Save ThePlanet: PACT.

No fee, no record, nomembership list, an invisible membership.

Then the Titanic will beturned away from the iceberg. Then real Parliaments will take steps to save theplanet. Then elected representatives will represent. Then theHarper lies, the lies of the 1% will be stopped ~ will be forced to stop.

Act in groups ofthousands, all the way down to twos and threes. Act alone. Act to changepolicy.

Now.

Words are not enough.

Act.

Act now, because not toact is to guarantee the end of human life on the planet.

Contact Robin at: rmathews@telus.net

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