High-level U.S. government officials, including Clinton and Biden, demand for the assassination of Assange and to list WikiLeaks as a terrorist organization. In this country, do we prosecute whistleblowers ?
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
White House Petition : Investigate the IRS Tax Exemption Status of Westboro Baptist Church
Investigate the IRS Tax-Exempt Status of the Westboro Baptist Church
The Westboro Baptist Church is better-known for homophobic displays, suing people and picketing funerals than for providing Christian care to a community. Due to their harassment and politicking, their IRS tax-exempt status should be immediately investigated.
Created: Dec 16, 2012
Related : Anonymous - Message to the Westboro Baptist Church [english]
Blog Comment Questions Integrity Of NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau
The Devil is a Liar! has left a new comment on your post "Adrian Schoolcraft Whistleblower Retaliation Update - The Snake Pit":
"So says Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, whose office conducted a criminal investigation of the incident together with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau."
"Together with NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau"
And there is the problem. The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau and the NYPD Investigations Bureau is as crooked as it gets. Their main role seems to be tormenting the members of their own department who have angered or annoyed the brass. Look closely at what agencies have busted REAL criminal cops, I.e. gun runners, drug dealers, etc. and it becomes very clear that these criminals are most often caught by outside agencies. State police departments, Federal law enforcement agencies, etc. Rarely does the NYPD's own internal agencies catch real criminals.
Anonymous - Message to the Westboro Baptist Church [english]
Hello, Westboro Baptist Church.
Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Anonymous.
As you may not have acknowledged our existence, we, on the otherhand, have recognized yours. We have seen your depraved methods of disseminating your message of hate throughout The United States of America. We have witnessed you defaming the memories of those who sacrificed themselves for the security of our nation, disrupting the peace of the educational environment within high schools and universities, breeding hatred within the fragile minds of your own next of kin, desecrating the name of God by protesting in the proximity of churches and synagogues, and mangling the biblical text to conform in accordance with your malevolent cause.
Your pseudo-faith is abhorrent, and your leaders, repugnant. Your impact and cause is hazardous to the lives of millions and you fail to see the wrong in promoting the deaths of innocent people. You are self-appointed servants of God who rewrite the words of His sacred scripture to adhere to your prejudice. Your hatred supersedes your faith, and you use faith to promote your hatred.
Since your one-dimensional thought protocol will conform not to any modern logic, we will not debate, argue, or attempt to reason with you. Instead, we have unanimously deemed your organization to be harmful to the population of The United States of America, and have therefore decided to execute an agenda of action which will progressively dismantle your institution of deceitful pretext and extreme bias, and cease when your zealotry runs dry. We recognize you as serious opponents, and do not expect our campaign to terminate in a short period of time. Attrition is our weapon, and we will waste no time, money, effort, and enjoyment, in tearing your resolve into pieces, as with exposing the incongruity of your distorted faith.
Anonymous possesses a plethora of information within our network about the many divisions of Christianity and numerous other religious doctrines. Many of us are versed in the biblical text, and we can identify each and every of your violations of scripture. You abuse the Holy Bible which you do not fully comprehend and know not of the thousands of authors to impose upon other people when you can simply coalesce with your loved ones and live in the manner you deem plausible. You engage in reciprocal fornication with another man and preach adultery as a sin. You, Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper violated Deuteronomy 5:18. As a result, your son Sam is the living, breathing proof of your act of simple loneliness. Simply put, it takes not a genius to realize an arrogant woman's loose moral string, and its predilection to progressively wither and fray.
From the time you have received this message, our attack protocol has past been executed and your downfall is underway. Do not attempt to delude yourselves into thinking you can escape our reach, for we are everywhere, and all-seeing, in the same sense as God. We are a body of individuals who fight for a purpose higher than self, and seek to bring the malevolent intent of the malefactors to light.
We will not allow you to corrupt the minds of America with your seeds of hatred. We will not allow you to inspire aggression to the social factions which you deem inferior. We will render you obsolete. We will destroy you. We are coming.
Everyone is equal.
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget.
Expect us.
Protesta contra parar y revisar -- y contra Christine Quinn
Desde que se hizo la presidenta del Concejo Municipal, más de 3,7 millones de neoyorquinos se han pasado por el programa de policía de "parar y revisar." ¿Por qué es esto aceptable?
Únase a nosotros para marchar y exigir que el Concejo Municipal reduce los recursos proporcionados a la policía de Nueva York que permite a la policía para continuar con su práctica inconstitucional de "parar y revisar" a personas inocentes.
Traiga pitos. Nos reuniremos en la calle 74 y la Avenida Roosevelt. Entonces, nos marcharemos a lo largo de la avenida Roosevelt. Y soplamos nuestros pitos contra la programa de "parar y revisar."
New Adrian Schoolcraft Blog Is Launched To Support NYPD Whistleblower
A new blog to help support NYPD whistleblower Adrian Schoolcraft has been launched by the blogger Suzannah B. Troy.
Adrian Schoolcraft Support Blog fight NYPD Corruption suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2012/12/adrain…
— Suzannah B. Troy (@suzannahbtroy) December 16, 2012
Madrid Protest To Save Healthcare
Madrid: Living streaming video of healthcare workers taking to the streets to demand saving a public healthcare system.
Thousands demanding "not to privatize" health care system Why sell something that works? #Madrid PIC via @ja_santoro twitter.com/acampadabcn_in…
— acampadabcn_int (@acampadabcn_int) December 16, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Occupy Sandy Protest Near Mayor Mike Bloomberg's Mansion
Several hundred citizens affected by Hurricane Sandy, healthcare professionals, activists, and members of Occupy Sandy relief effort participated in a rally and march near Fifth Avenue and East 79th Street to protest what organisers said was a lack of care and concern by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Hospitals that were evacuated due to hurricane damage have not reopened, and hurricane survivors are dealing with mold, no heat, no hot water, and no electricity in the winter. Healthcare professionals describe conditions that could lead to a public healthcare crisis. Yet, rally participants kept asking, "Where is Mayor Bloomberg?"
It wasn't confirmed, but many people speculated that Mayor Bloomberg could be spending this weekend in his palatial compound in the tropical island of Bermuda.
This independent video was made in solidarity with rally organizers to educate the public about Mayor Michael Bloomberg's lack of care and concern for survivors of Hurricane Sandy, and this video includes information about Bill Rudin : another billionaire, who also bears responsibility for some of the issues raised by some rally participants.
Read also : Nurses Will Picket Mayor Bloomberg's Mansion
For more information about hurricane relief efforts, please visit : http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/
Friday, December 14, 2012
Christine Quinn and Stop-And-Frisk : How Am I Doing ?
NEW YORK (AP) — The police practice known as stop and frisk has been part of the New York Police Department's crime-fighting strategy since the early 1990s, but the number of stops shot up in the last decade. The vast majority of those stopped have been black or Hispanic.
Since she became Speaker of City Council, over 3.7 million New Yorkers have been stopped and frisked. Why is this acceptable ?
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A look at the numbers:
2002
Number of stops: 97,296
2003
Number of stops: 160,851
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 31 percent Hispanic.
2004
Number of stops: 313,523
Demographics: 55 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2005
Number of stops: 398,191
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2006
Number of stops: 506,491
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 29 percent Hispanic.
2007
Number of stops: 472,096
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 31 percent Hispanic.
2008
Number of stops: 540,302
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2009
Number of stops: 581,168
Demographics: 55 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2010
Number of stops: 601,285
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 33 percent Hispanic.
2011
Number of stops: 685,724
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 34 percent Hispanic.
2012 (first six months)
Number of stops as of June 30: 337,434
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
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Source: New York Police Department and New York Civil Liberties Union
Related : Quinn Says Next Mayor Would Be ‘Lucky’ To Have Kelly Stay As Commish
I Support The Aclu panel print (Google Affiliate Ad)Thursday, December 13, 2012
Christine Quinn Campaign Crisis Management Mode
Serious Questions About Electability Of Perceived Front-Runner In Mayor’s Race
Does @chriscquinn need #crisismanagement even b4 she declares her campaign to be mayor of #NYC in 2013 ? nytimes.com/2012/12/13/nyr…
— Stop Christine Quinn (@stopchrisquinn) December 13, 2012
From The New York Times :
After months of maintaining a cool, above-the-fray approach to the 2013 mayoral race, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and presumptive candidate-to-beat next year, is enduring the first bumps of what may be a pockmarked road to the Democratic primary.
This week, Ms. Quinn was criticized for a campaign finance bill that opponents — including her most important ally, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — said would tear a loophole in New York City’s election spending rules.
On television, there was Alec Baldwin, the temperamental actor, telling Piers Morgan’s national audience on CNN that Ms. Quinn had “blood on her hands” for supporting Mr. Bloomberg’s successful bid to circumvent term limits.
Read more : Hints at Steeper Road to Victory for Perceived Front-Runner in Mayor’s Race
Adrian Schoolcraft Whistleblower Retaliation Update - The Snake Pit
Queens District Attorney Rules That No Crime Took Place When NYPD Retaliated Against Whistleblower Cop Adrian Schoolcraft By Throwing Him In The Psych Ward Of Jamaica Hospital. Only In New York, Kids, Only In New York.
From NYPD Confidential :
Neither the NYPD nor Jamaica Hospital committed a crime when they forcibly took whistleblower cop Adrian Schoolcraft from his home and held him in the hospital’s psych ward against his will for three days.
If you are a whistleblower, how the NYPD treats you is by labeling you an emotionally disturbed person [EDP], and then, in a supreme act of retaliation and cruel and unusual punishment, by throwing you in the Snake Pit.
So says Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, whose office conducted a criminal investigation of the incident together with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
According to a draft report, which was obtained by NYPD Confidential, Brown concluded that both the police and the hospital doctors acted reasonably because they believed Schoolcraft to be an emotionally disturbed person [EDP]. ...
Read more : DA: No Crime to Throw Cop Whistleblower in Psych Ward
No word, yet, if New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has an opinion about the injustice facing Mr. Schoolcraft. :'(
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Oregon Mall Shooting
[Oregon mall shooting] Sheriff's Department spokesperson: Gunman took lives of two people, another fighting for her life in hospital
— Matthew Keys (@TheMatthewKeys) December 12, 2012
Landfill Harmonic Documentary In Production
Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash. Producers have released an inspiring short video about their film, which is going viral on Facebook and over the Internet. For more information about the film, please visit facebook.com/landfillharmonicmovie.
Landfill Harmonic film teaser from Landfill Harmonic on Vimeo.
Favio Chavez, director of the orchestra of recycled instruments on a Paraguayan landfill, and his luthier Nicolas Gomez have just posted a photo of their latest visit to the landfill site in Catuera, where little children aspire through music to rise from a life of danger and misery. The film they are making is touching millions of hearts. Watch a trailer here. It could make you rethink your life in music. (Arts Journal)Monday, December 10, 2012
Ramarley Graham Murder Trial - Pack The Courthouse
Tomorrow Pack The Courthouse in support of Ramarley Graham and his family @ 8:30am Bronx Criminal Courthouse 265 E 161st Street in The Bronx.