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Government Analyzing Conversations In Real Time
According to a former National Security Agency (NSA) employee, the agency is analyzing and storing all electronic communications in real time.
Whistleblower William Binney says that NSA has a google like ability to search any conversation using keywords.
NSA now has the legal authority to do so and has had it since 2008. They have had the ability to intercept all calls made by phones, email communication and text messages without probable cause.
Binney identifies “The sheer size of that capacity indicates that the NSA is not filtering personal electronic communications such as email before storage but is, in fact, storing all that they are collecting.”
According to Binney, in a sworn statement before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, that the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), the NSA and the DoD (Department of Defense) have “put in place technological improvements relating to the capabilities of a database to pull together past emails as well as … and future ones as they come in so that it does not require an individualized search.”
Obama: Under Me “People Have A New Attitude Toward America”
“… people have a new attitude toward America. … We see it everywhere we go,” President Obama, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno Nevada.
Under Obama People see things different in this country. The attitude is different. Or, the mindset is different.
Why?
Cities in Italy at Risk of Bankruptcy
There are ten Italian cities facing a high risk of bankruptcy. Most of them are in the south of the country, and have long histories of financial mismanagement, corruption and mafia infiltration. However, there are some from the more prosperous north.
The warning comes after Mario Monti, the Italian Prime Minister, warned that the Italian island of Sicily is at risk of default. Sicily has a high degree of financial autonomy, but the Italian government are poised to take over the financial affairs of the island.
Default for these cities could mean trash is uncollected and schools fail to reopen after the summer vacation.
Could France Become Another Greece?
It seems a week does not go by without more pictures of Greeks rioting and protesting their current economic situation. Just this week the Greek Prime Minister has said that Greece is in the midst of a Great Depression.
Now economists are looking closely at the French economy; France numbers are pointing towards the same outcome as Greece. France currently has an eye wateringly high debt to GDP ratio: 86.1% of GDP (146% if ECB liabilities and bank guarantees are included). Although the UK and America have similar levels of indebtedness they have the mechanisms to do something about it. They also have far more political will to change the socialist policies causing the problem.
In France there is no political will at present, to change the labor laws, and encourage free enterprise. Since coming to power in May, Francois Hollande has already reduced the pension age, increased taxation on the wealthy, increased public spending, and increased the money governments are to pay to the EU. He has also opted out of EU regulations to cap nations budget deficits.
If France continues on this present course the economic death spiral seen in Greece will come to France some time soon.
For more analysis of the situation see The Telegraph
Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes followed by murder
James Holmes, the suspect of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado jailed in the Arapahoe Detention Center remains irrational and is becoming even more so according to an inmate released recently.
“He was spitting at the door and spitting at the guards…He’s spitting at everything. Dude was acting crazy.”
Holmes remains in his “murderous Joker persona” according to a jailhouse worker. “Let’s just say he hasn’t shown any remorse… He thinks he’s acting in a movie.”
Other recent inmates describe Holmes’ first night in jail where prisoners were chanting “kid killer”.
“All the inmates were talking about killing him…Everyone was looking for an opportunity. It’s all they could talk about…”.
Batman Premier in Paris Cancelled
After the tragic shooting in Denver, Colorado, where 12 people were killed during the Premier of the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Brothers decided to cancel the Paris Premier of the film.
The Premier in Paris was to be a star-studdied event, with director Christopher Nolan in attendance as well as cast members from the movie: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine .
Warner Brothers issued a statement saying they are “deeply saddened” by what has happened.
U.S. stocks fall as Europe ‘fear’ overrides earnings
Friday’s selling spree wiped out any gains made in July for both the Dow and the Nasdaq.
Investors are taken by fear and worry over the European financial position according to Frank Fantozzi, president and senior adviser at Planned Financial Services.
See U.S. stocks fall as Europe fear overrides earnings – MarketWatch.
Louie Gohmert: Aurora Shootings Result Of ‘Ongoing Attacks On Judeo-Christian Beliefs’
According to Republican Louie Gohmert of Texas, the shootings that occurred in Aurora, Colorado are the result of “ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs”.
The Heritage Foundation’s show, Istook Live interviewed Gohmert and asked him why he believes these acts take place. Gohmert indicated that the Christian values in this country have weakened. “Some of us happen to believe that when our founders talked about guarding our virtue and freedom, that that was important…People say … where was God in all of this?”
Gohmert goes on to say “It does make me wonder, with all those people in the theater, was there nobody that was carrying a gun that could have stopped this guy more quickly?”
Source Louie Gohmert: Aurora Shootings Result Of ‘Ongoing Attacks On Judeo-Christian Beliefs’.
Fear grips movie goers, Aurora, Colorado
The Dark Knight Rises indeed.
“People were running everywhere, running on top of me, like kicking me, jumping over me. And there were bodies on the ground… I froze up. I was scared. I honestly thought I was going to die.” recalled Christopher Ramos at the midnight premiere of Batman.
“The image in our heads is stuck in there. I still have the ticket right here and honestly, I’m never going to forget this night at all. Because it was the first time I saw something that was real. Like a real-life nightmare that was there, not dreaming of,”
“I’m with coworkers and we’re on the floor praying to God we don’t get shot, and the gunshots continue on and on, and when the sound finally stopped, we started to get up and people were just bleeding,” according to another theatergoer.
see Aurora, Colo. Batman Shooter James Holmes Was PhD Student – ABC News.
NHL writer among dead in Colorado theater shooting
Among those killed in Aurora, Colorado was a hockey writer Jessica Ghawi, aka Jessica Redfield.
The tragedy hits close to home for those in the hockey business. She was involved with the website Busted Coverage, an intern at 104.3 FM a Denver radio station and also with the You Can Play Project.
“The thing that stood out to me most about Jessica was how sharp-witted she was, and funny at that,” per Sporting News NHL (National Hockey League) writer Jesse Spector speaking with People Magazine. “It’s what made following her on Twitter so much fun. She was amazingly enthusiastic about hockey, journalism and life in general.”
See NHL writer among dead in Colorado theater shooting – NHL.com – News.
» Death-Obsessed Culture Blamed For ‘Batman’ Shooting: “There’s a war on for your mind!”
Hours after the Batman shooting in Aurora, Colorado, politicians started pushing for gun control.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, “stand up and tell us what they’re going to do about” these shootings, in a demand to both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.
Piers Morgan with CNN “America has got to do something about its gun laws. Now is the time,”
“Perhaps the more fundamental question that needs to be asked as to why America keeps experiencing mass shootings, when as recently as twenty years ago they were few and far between?” Asks Paul Joseph Watson, editor and writer for prisonplanet.com
Source article» Death-Obsessed Culture, Not Gun Rights, To Blame For ‘Batman’ Shooting Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.
Pelosi Threatens Media: ‘Maybe The People Writing These Stories’ Should Release Their Tax Returns
If you ask me this then maybe I will do this… what do you think about that!?
In response to being asked by a reporter if Nancy Pelosi would release her own tax return even though recently she had been “adamant” in having Mitt Romney release his tax return.
For more on current government threats see this article on the FDA threat to whistleblowers, that is those who are exposing corruption.
See also this article on the ATF for the same threat to whistleblowers who also would even attempt to think about exposing corruption.
SF Considers Strict Outdoor Smoking Ban – Except For Medical Marijuana
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors could be trying to legislate that “…everybody must get high”.
If you actually inside city hall, its okay to smoke medical pot. Likewise if you are on the street at a fair, festival or any other outdoor event that occurs on city property. What is not okay is smoking anything else.
Eric Mar, San Francisco Supervisor sponsored this proposal which is being considered in the city.
See. SF Considers Strict Outdoor Smoking Ban – Except For Medical Pot « CBS San Francisco.