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http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/02/03/female-passengers-say-theyre-targeted-by-tsa/

May as well forward the scans to your general prac., while they're at it.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,709703,00.html

(Story from 2010)

Greek Government Hauls in Billions in Back Taxes

In a bid to increase revenues, the Greek authorities are employing all kinds of clever tricks to crack down on tax cheats*, including using Google Earth to find undeclared swimming pools.

...

They use police helicopters to fly over Athens' affluent suburbs and make films of homes owned by doctors, lawyers and businesspeople. They use satellite pictures by Google Earth to locate country villas, swimming pools and properties. And these tactics have revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools, as was reported, but rather 16,974.

Tax fraud investigators spent a number of weeks on nightclub parking lots in Athens and noted down the registration numbers of luxury sedans. Their investigation revealed that approximately 6,000 car owners have vehicles worth €100,000, but only reported to the tax authorities that they have an annual income of €10,000.

*tax cheat: noun. Someone who earns a living by producing goods and services that other people actually want and tries to keep their money out of the hands of worthless bureaucraps.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Congress-OKs-30-000-flying-by-Natural-News-120209-787.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-sky-near-you/

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the department, operates nine drones, variants of the CIA’s feared Predator. The aircraft, which are flown remotely by a team of 80 fully qualified pilots, are used principally for border and counternarcotics surveillance under four long-term FAA certificates.

Officials say they can be used on a short-term basis for a variety of other public-safety and emergency-management missions if a separate certificate is issued for that mission.

No doubt they'll also be providing such value added services as making sure:

-- any pools, cars, decks, & outbuildings that can't be seen at street level are properly registered/permitted and taxed. Otherwise, you'll get fined.

-- your chicken & veggies patch ('cause you'll need one by then) doesn't have more than the approved quota of food in it. Otherwise, you'll get fined.

For the Gub'ment-would-never-do-that Libs --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

Local municipalities are going to be climbing on top of each other to get a piece of this cash-grabbing action.

30,000 drones on the roam, 30,000 drones ...
If one of those drones, drops a bomb on your home ...

During the first 5 minutes: Your gold may be safe, your pension/IRA, not so much.

Where have you heard that before?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd2kJPKPnOo

By no means exhaustive, but plenty of context, pretext, & cui bono.

http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/2-sanders-r1.1.1.html

Unless you're a history buff, some of these will be new to you.

For some, you'll remember the spin (to put it nicely) you were fed.

Nurse Nayirah was left off this list.

It's an election year; Paul Craig Roberts thinks someone might be getting ready to add to the list.

If the Wolf ever really does show up ...

A segment of Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech, from 1964.

Ain't nothing changed but the year (and the numbers).

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

I was pleased with the retirement package received by bureaucraps Gaikathu & Muzaffar.

http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/earle1.1.1.html

Trendnet security cam flaw exposes video feeds on net

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16919664

Feeds from thousands of Trendnet home security cameras have been breached, allowing any web user to access live footage without needing a password.

http://www.forliberty.org.uk/2012/01/02/never-surrender-a-resolution-for-2012-and-beyond/

The courts in this country have ruled that the police have no legal obligation to protect anyone. Why do Law Enforcement Officials always tell civilians not to resist a criminal, while they tell their Officers to always resist and never surrender? Police administrators fear being sued by a civilian victim who gets hurt resisting. Furthermore, the police, like all government agencies derive their power by fostering dependence.

e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius

September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012

Last Edited: February 1, 2012, 2:12 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/British-tourists-arrested-America-terror-charges-Twitter-jokes.html

Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.

Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.

The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: 'Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?'

The pair's luggage was searched for spades (shovels).

While I don't know how Marilyn is doing, but I can say Congress has beaten them to the other objective, by a decade.

Ghost of America's future?

Argentines are some of the best dressed rioters ever.

Pay attention to the wide streets and buildings, this wasn't some 3rd world Crapistan, Argentina was a major power in the early 20th century ...

A little diversion from the usual ...

One of these pics reminds me of the boathouse scenes in Godfather 2 ... when Fredo goes fishin'.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/12/29/garden/20111229-CANDIDATE.html

article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/garden/the-houses-of-the-gop-hopefuls.html?_r=1

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/us-egypt-usa-idUSTRE80P1QC20120126

Six Americans working for publicly funded U.S. organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers stop "endangering American lives".

Among those hit by travel bans - one of those targeted called it "de facto detention" - is a son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, as well as other foreign staffers of the International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute, officials at the two organizations said on Thursday.

The United States said Egypt should reverse them: "We are urging the government of Egypt to lift these restrictions immediately and allow these folks to come home as soon as possible," [where they should have stayed] State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.


If 6 foreigners were in America promoting Sharia Law, we'd ...  at the first available chance.

Been reading a lot (for months) about these ex-dollar bilateral trade deals being formed.

Anyone watch enough tell-lie-vision to know if it's being put on broadcast?

Last Edited: January 26, 2012, 2:36 pm