6:02 pm CST
Gorightly's Latest

My good friend Adam Gorightly, author of The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture and many other great works, has just published a new book: The Beast of Adam Gorightly, a wonderful collection of 12 years' worth of parapolitical articles. The book also contains a few illustrations by me. You will greatly enjoy this book; order your copy now at Amazon.

12:53 pm CST
"Your papers, please ..."



Under the pretext of fighting "terror," Miami police are planning to stage "random shows of force" at public places, such as banks, and check the IDs of everyone going in and out.

Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez says, "People are definitely going to notice it. We want that shock. We want that awe."

So there you have it. Without probable cause, and (by the police department's own admission) without a specific, credible terror threat of any kind, the police intend to stage a "shock-and-awe" operation aimed at American citizens; innocent people going about their business will be expected to show their "papers."

Yesterday, I posted a link about Deborah Davis, who was wrongfully arrested by federal police for failure to show her papers on a Denver city bus. Her case has been championed by the ACLU.

And yet, the ACLU of Florida, does not appear to have a problem with the Miami plan to conduct surprise ID sweeps. Howard Simon, executive director, says, "What we're dealing with is officers on street patrol, which is more effective and more consistent with the Constitution ..."

What the hell is that supposed to mean? Why should we take comfort in the fact that it is "officers on street patrol" demanding to see our papers? And how is this plan consistent with the Constitution? The only thing it is consistent with is the goose-stepping, jackbooted, thuggish activities of a Police State.

Simon goes on to say: "We'll have to see how it is implemented."

No, we don't have to wait and see how it is "implemented." We already know everything we need to know about this plan. Hell needs to be raised about it now. Freedom-loving citizens need to stage a shock-and-awe operation of their own and stop the Miami plan in its tracks immediately, before it spreads to other cities.

LINK

11:56 am CST
Lying by Omission

A common propaganda technique is to lie by omission. The principle is simple: If a fact undermines a thesis, leave it out.

Classic example: Neo-con news sites such as WorldNet Daily and Drudge Report are making much of the low turnout at last weekend's anti-war rally outside Bush's ranch in Crawford.

To emphasize the low turnout, the WorldNet Daily story (LINK) is accompanied by a photo of Cindy Sheehan sitting by herself at a table waiting for people to arrive for a book signing prior to the rally.

However, what WorldNet Daily fails to mention is that 200 persons did attend the rally, in contrast to only a dozen who participated in a pro-war demonstration in downtown Crawford. Furthermore, the low turnout at both events was not due to disinterest, but rather, bad weather and the holiday weekend (LINK).

Those are the facts, omitted by WorldNet Daily because they would undermine the thesis that, after months of well-attended rallies, the anti-war movement has suddenly become unpopular.

This faulty thesis is being promoted to convince the ever-dwindling number of war supporters that they are still in the majority, lest they follow their sheep-like instincts and follow the greater herd.

That is the neo-cons' greatest fear, and, judging by the attendance figures at last weekend's opposing rallies in Crawford, the fear is not unjustified.

Think about it: 200 persons put aside other holiday plans to gather in a muddy field to denounce the war, while barely a dozen persons showed up to hold a pro-war rally on dry concrete.

Yes, with a pitiful pro-war turnout such as that, the neo-cons should worry.

9:09 am CST
Police State America

A 50-year-old woman is riding the bus to work. Prior to crossing the property of the Denver Federal Center, the bus stops at the gate and a security guard demands to see everyone's ID, regardless whether or not they are visiting the federal center or just passing through. As there is no law requiring her to show her ID, the woman refuses. The security guard then calls in federal cop who brutally wrench her arms behind her and handcuff her. She is charged with federal criminal misdemeanors. The ACLU has taken her case; read about it at PapersPlease.org.

8:39 am CST
Hollywood Mind Control

Networks Prime Psychic Pump with 'End of America' TV PsyOp Series

Hollywood, Iraq and 9/11: Reinforcing the Party Line

11:47 am CST
Happy Thanksgiving, Folks!



(And don't forget to drive friendly.)

11:45 am CST
Is Nostalgia a Disease?

Brian Roper at File 23 looks at the American landscape and finds something missing:
Weirdness: The New Commodity

11:43 pm CST
Don't Laugh at Conspiracy "Theories"

Ron Leighton at Twain's Ghost puts those nutball conspiracy debunkers in their place:
Occam's Razor and 9-11 Conspiracy Theories

11:42 am CST
Hey, Bush: You Can Run but You Cannot Hide



As I write this, the First Amendment is being pissed on so that the Boy King can enjoy his Thanksgiving holiday without being reminded he's a war criminal:
War Protesters Arrested outside Crawford Ranch

11:40 am CST
Two More JFK Links

Mae Brussell: The Nazi Connection to the John F. Kennedy Assassination

What Really Happened: The Death Of John Kennedy

1:10 pm CST
JFK: Year 42

It was a beautiful November day in Texas, just like today ...



Parapolitics: COPA - Coalition On Political Assassinations with Audio Files

Rigorous Intuition: America is well on its way to paying an apocalyptic price for not having gone there in the immediate aftermath of Kennedy's murder. The truth may have been too awful then, but in the 40 years since the crimes have only compounded, the lies become more fantastic, the cognitive dissonance more acute. The petro-fascist Cheney/Bush cabal would never have seized power if Kennedy's killers had been brought to justice, because they are Kennedy's killers, all in spirit and some in deed. Americans cannot forever ignore or excuse the CIA's perpetual tampering with the storehouse of their historical memory. There will be a reckoning for not going there, and it will be terrible ... LINK





Hear the shots HERE.

See Secret Service Agent Henry Rybka removed from JFK's motorcade at the last minute HERE.

Forty-two years later, and still they lie ...

10:26 am CST
The Banality of Evil

A substantial number of the ordinary people we encounter every day are ignorant, stupid, unthinking, cowardly, blind followers of Authority with evil in their hearts, and they are grateful when Authority grants them the privilege to harm and degrade another human being.

Were it not so, support for the Iraq war would have been miniscule from Day One; were it not so, few soldiers could have been found to follow orders at Abu Ghraib and Fallujah; and were it not so, the hoax described in the following story would have not have succeeded over 70 times ...

A Hoax Most Cruel

Related:

The Banality of Evil

The Milgram Experiment: A Lesson in Depravity, Peer Pressure and the Power of Authority

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2:28 pm CST
Border War

Gun-Wielding Mexican Troops Steal Contraband from US Border Patrol Agents

2:18 pm CST
The Phantom Flights of 9/11

Family Members of Doomed 9/11 Flights 'Strangely Silent' about Irregularities and Inconsistencies of Official Government Story

2:12 pm CST
Another Reason to Home School Your Children

Phoenix, Arizona: In full view of a classroom of third-graders, a police officer, principal, and school psychologist handcuffed, restrained, and forcibly medicated an 8-year-old girl. Later, staff members told the frightened third-graders not to tell their parents what they had seen. Luckily, despite their fear of speaking out, a few students did relate the ugly incident to their parents; otherwise, it would have never come to light ...

Girl Handcuffed at School; Officials on Leave

Parents Question Restraint of Girl, 8

1:26 pm CST
EPA: Evil Incarnate

ALERT: EPA TO ALLOW PESTICIDE TESTING ON ORPHANS & MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

Children who "cannot be reasonably consulted," such as those that are mentally handicapped or orphaned newborns may be tested on. With permission from the institution or guardian in charge of the individual, the child may be exposed to chemicals for the sake of research.

Parental consent forms are not necessary for testing on children who have been neglected or abused.

Chemical studies on any children outside of the U.S. are acceptable.

LINK