Podcast appearances and mentions of walter lippman

In Stuff They Don't Want You To Know's inaugural podcast, Ben and Matt explored the strange career of Edward Bernays, the then-obscure Father of Public Relations responsible for selling the American public on everything from bacon as breakfast to corporate-driven wars in South and Central America. All for some greater good packaged as 'democracy'. Today, many institutions, governments and organizations remain publicly convinced that some form of democracy is the superior -- or simply the least worst -- way to run these large groups of people we call countries. However, not everyone agrees. Join the guys as they delve into the story of Walter Lippmann, the Bernays-esque figure responsible for pushing the argument against democracy (and toward governance by an elite cabal) into the public sphere.They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"In developing knowledge men must collaborate with their ancestors." -Walter LippmanIn 1940, Walter Lippman delivered the following speech entitled, "The State of Education in this Troubled Age: A Sweeping Indictment of Modern Schools and Colleges" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Lippman was one of his era's greatest minds and one of America's top journalists and authors. He won two Pulitzer Prizes and was also part of the establishment of modern social psychology and propaganda along with Edward Bernays. His speech has startling warnings regarding the dangers of throwing out cultural traditions which leave us sailing without a rudder in a stormy sea of life trying to figure out how to re-invent the wheel--it does not have to be this way. Correct the course!*Source: https://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1940/1940-12-29b.html*Photo by Ron Jones

If you're a fan of the show, we'd love to chat to you! Book a call with us here and it'll feel like being on one of our episodes: https://calendly.com/jacob-stasher/user-research And if you want to give us feedback via our survey, please fill that in here: https://forms.gle/xMjvDbsipam1RAwg6 Today's Episode: Should teenagers get a vote, or should we limit voting even further? Famously in the UK, many reported that, had 16 year olds been included, Brexit would not have passed. Further, had retirees been excluded, it wouldn't have even been close. It raises several interesting questions...why do we allow people who will largely be uninvolved in the future knock-on effects to vote? Where does the legitimacy of getting a vote come from? Also, why do we limit anyone voting by age? Isn't the implication some lack of a certain capacity? If we agree on that point as a good thing, then why don't we introduce MORE tests to indentify people who aren't clued up enough to vote and do that? We discuss these questions and how our feelings on this may relate to other forms of government (direct vs representative democracies, democracies vs aristocracies, epistocracies and technocracies). All of this follows on neatly from our previous chats on voting, tying it all together with a little intro on Walter Lippman. Support the show: Please leave us a review! Spotify even now let's you do it - see that little star icon, go on, give it a click. Reviews are a great way to help others find the show, and it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. If you're a fan of the show, please consider signing up to our Patreon. A small subscription of just $1 goes a long way towards supporting the show - and it makes us feel pretty great too. https://www.patreon.com/moedt. Know anyone who likes to think about or debate the kind of topics we cover? Spread the word - and you'll have our gratitude. Keep up to date with future episodes on our website here: https://moedt.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Put on your philosophy hats - it's time to get DEEP with a profile on 1964 medal recipient Walter Lippman and his theories on media influence in society (16:00). And we give our Medals of the Week (36:00). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann twitter.com/limbaughpodcast Logo design by Olga Shcheglova www.olgashcheglova.com Theme song by Clay Russell

Last summer, former Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown quit journalism to become a lobbyist for clean energy.He's not alone. Millions of people left their jobs or changed careers in the past couple years. But is the field of climate journalism going through its own “Great Resignation?” In a moment when the stakes are so high, are the people who cover the climate crisis leaving journalism to try to help solve it?Producer Justine Paradis talks with two reporters who recently found themselves re-evaluating their personal and professional priorities: one who left journalism, and another who stayed.Featuring Sophie Gilbert, Sam Evans-Brown, Stephen Lacey, Julia Pyper, Meaghan Parker, and Kendra Pierre-Louis. SUPPORTOutside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Subscribe to our (free) newsletter.Follow Outside/In on Instagram or Twitter, or join our private discussion group on Facebook. LINKSThe podcast episode of Warm Regards that Justine mentions is “Apocalyptic Narratives, Climate Data, and Hope, with Zeke Hausfather and Diego Arguedas Ortiz”The history of objectivity is arguably one of the “great confusions of journalism.” In the early 20th century, reporter Walter Lippman and editor Charles Merz contended that objectivity is a practice akin to the scientific method. “The method is objective, not the journalist.”More recently, plenty of folks have commented on problems with “bias” in journalism, including Lewis Raven Wallace, Wesley Lowery, and Sam Sanders, who wrote, “The avoidance of the ‘perception' of ‘bias' ultimately means the only reporters to be trusted are those whose lives haven't been directly touched by the issues and struggles they're covering. And you [know] what that means.”Julia Pyper's podcast Political ClimatePost Script Media, Stephen Lacey's podcast companyHow cable TV covered climate change in 2021.Nate Johnson, a former journalist who left Grist to become an electrician, featured on How to Save a Planet.Kendra Pierre-Louis spoke in greater depth about her career and what it's like to be a Black woman in journalism with Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt on Hot Take.The Yale Climate Opinion Maps find that 72% of Americans believe in global warming, although just 33% report hearing about climate in the media at least once a week. You can explore the data and see how climate attitudes vary by state and county.For Sarah Miller, all the right words on climate have already been said. “I could end this story by saying ‘We kept swimming and it was beautiful even if it will all be gone someday,' or some shit, but I already ended another climate story that way. I have, several times, really nailed that ending… Writing is stupid. I just want to be alive.” CREDITSSpecial thanks to Nate Johnson and Peter HoweHost: Nate HegyiReported, produced, and mixed by Justine ParadisEditing and additional mixing by Taylor QuimbyAdditional editing: Rebecca Lavoie, Nate Hegyi, Felix Poon, and Jessica HuntExecutive Producer: Rebecca LavoieMusic: Sarah the Illstrumentalist, Daniel Fridell, baegel, FLYIN, Smartface, Silver Maple, By Lotus, 91nova, Moon Craters, Pandaraps, and Blue Dot SessionsTheme Music: Breakmaster Cylinder

In this concluding episode on peer assessment, Steve conveys the research on peer assessment, learning outcomes, and soft skills.  There should be no doubts about its value, especially, in the words of Walter Lippman, "It takes wisdom to understand wisdom. The music means nothing if the audience is deaf."

Seguimos hablando de la guerra, pero no desde lo geopolítico o económico sino desde una perspectiva iniciática, espiritual, buscando algunas pistas que consideramos importantes para interpretar la trágica situación que estamos viviendo en nuestros días. Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, la propaganda de guerra se sistematizó y -en este contexto- hay que destacar el trabajo de dos norteamericanos que se especialización en la manipulación psicológica de la población. En primer lugar tenemos a Walter Lippman, un periodista ganador dos veces del premio Pulitzer, que creía que los medios de comunicación debían ser medios de educación y de formación de ideas, en detrimento del pensamiento crítico. Por lo tanto, Lippmann sostenía que la tarea de la prensa era un “trabajo de inteligencia” a fin de formar una opinión pública, y a esto le llamaba “manufactura del consenso", que es lo que hoy le llamamos “pensamiento único” o hegemonía cultural. Por otro lado, estaba el relacionista público Edward Bernays, sobrino de Sigmund Freud, que buscó el modo de utilizar las técnicas psicológicas para inculcar ciertas ideas en el gran público. En su libro “Propaganda” de 1928, Bernays decía: “La manipulación consciente e inteligente de los hábitos y opiniones organizados de las masas es un elemento importante en la sociedad democrática. Quienes manipulan este mecanismo invisible de la sociedad constituyen un gobierno invisible que es el verdadero poder gobernante de nuestro país. Somos gobernados, nuestras mentes moldeadas, nuestros gustos formados y nuestras ideas sugeridas, en gran parte por hombres de los que nunca hemos oído hablar... Son ellos quienes tiran de los cables que controlan la mente del público”. Para Edward Bernays las noticias se crean “cuando la realidad se destila hasta la forma más simplificada y dramatizada y atrae los instintos de la mente pública”.

Chris Petsko studies which stereotypes come to mind in a given moment. He's a social psychologist and postdoctoral scholar at Duke University. I talk with Chris about his "lens-based account of intersectional stereotyping," which argues that we can only pay attention to one social identity at a time. As a result, the stereotypes that come to mind depend on the one lens through which we're seeing someone at the moment.Things we mention in this episode:Walter Lippman's 1922 book "Public Opinion"Testing a lens-based account of intersectional stereotyping (Petsko, Rosette, & Bodenhausen, 2022)An early summary of a lens-based theory of categorization and stereotyping (Petkso & Bodenhausen, 2020)Sexual orientation and racial identity interact to predict relevant outcomes (Petsko & Bodenhausen, 2019)For a transcript of this episode, visit: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/stereotypes-at-the-intersection-with-chris-petsko/Check out my new audio course on Knowable: "The Science of Persuasion."Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. PS: If you enjoy listening instead of reading, we have this edition available as an audio narration on all podcasting platforms courtesy the good folks at Ad-Auris. If you have any feedback, please send it to us.📣📣📣 Announcement: Admissions are now open for the summer cohort of Takshashila Institution’s 12-week Graduate Certificate Programme in Public Policy. Visit takshashila.org.in/courses to find out more.  Global Policy Watch: A Short History Of The Breitbart DoctrineBringing an Indian perspective to burning global issues- RSJIn edition #117 where we covered the resignation of Pratap Bhanu Mehta, we had a polemic by Edward Skidelsky as suggested reading in our homework section. We specifically quoted this line:“The ‘woke’ left is currently pursuing this goal by way of a Gramscian “long march through the institutions” — a progressive co-option of the schools, universities, state bureaucracies and big corporations.”  What’s this ‘Gramscian long march’ that’s mentioned here? That’s the first question for this post.Separately, I was drawn to a U.S. national survey done by Cato Institute last year on freedom of expression. The results weren’t surprising to me (including the stupid graph that I have copied below from their site):“Strong liberals stand out, however, as the only political group who feel they can express themselves. Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) of staunch liberals feel they can say what they believe. However, centrist liberals feel differently. A slim majority (52%) of liberals feel they have to self‐​censor, as do 64% of moderates, and 77% of conservatives. This demonstrates that political expression is an issue that divides the Democratic coalition between centrist Democrats and their left flank.”I take the ‘strong liberal’ in the US to be the progressive wing of the Democratic party. They are the ‘woke’ Skidelsky was referring to in his article. There’s no equivalent survey of this kind in India. But I would venture to suggest the “strong liberals” in India might not poll as well on speaking their minds nor would the Indian conservatives be as reticent as their American counterparts in today’s times. Based on incidents like P.B. Mehta’s resignation that seem to have become more frequent in recent years and the ‘chilling effect’ that follows, I would guess these percentages might just flip in India. Anyway, the percentages aren’t of interest to me. My interest is in the phenomenon. This dominance of one side that makes the other side self-censor themselves. What explains this? That’s the second question for this post.That Old Chestnut: The Breitbart DoctrineBoth these questions - on Gramscian long march and on self-censorship - bring me to the oft-repeated Breitbart doctrine:“Politics is downstream of culture.”That is, change the culture and sooner, politics will change. Now you’d think this was an insight that galvanised the American conservative right following the Obama takeover of the establishment. It was what got Trump into the White House with Steve Bannon in tow. That this was part of the right-wing toolkit. Nothing could be further from the truth. The left was likely the originator of the idea that culture influences politics. To understand this better, we will go through a short history of ‘manufacture of consent’ and ‘cultural hegemony’. Knowing it will help address the two questions raised at the start of this post as well. Manufacture Of ConsentThe term ‘manufacture of consent’ first appeared in Walter Lippman’s book ‘Public Opinion’ (1922). For Lippman, the world was too complex for an ordinary individual to comprehend. In order to make sense of it, people carried a mental image of the world inside their heads. These pictures were what drove groups or individuals to act in society in the name of Public Opinion. A strong democracy, therefore, needs institutions and media that help in creating the most accurate interpretations of the world in the minds of the people. But this isn’t easy. Lippman was worried democracy relied on something so irrational as a public opinion that takes shape in the minds of poorly informed and easily manipulated people. For Lippman, policymakers and experts should use narratives for ‘manufacture of consent’ among people which enables public opinion to be channelled in a manner that’s consistent with what’s good for society. Lippman believed persuasion and the knowledge of how to create consent through ‘propaganda’ will change politics in the age of mass media. As he wrote:“A revolution is taking place, infinitely more significant than any shifting of economic power. Within the life of the generation now in control of affairs, persuasion has become a self-conscious art and a regular organ of popular government. None of us begins to understand the consequences, but it is no daring prophecy to say that the knowledge of how to create consent will alter every political calculation and modify every political premise. Under the impact of propaganda, not necessarily in the sinister meaning of the word alone, the old constants of our thinking have become variables.” Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman in their book ‘Manufacturing Consent’ (1988) picked up this idea to argue media outlets are “are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function.” Market forces and an entrenched establishment control the mass media which manipulates public opinion by revealing only half-truths and distorted facts that serve their interests. It manufactures consent through propaganda while keeping the ill-informed public in thrall with distractions and entertainment. Chomsky has since argued this control of mass culture through media and institutions and the ‘manufacture of consent’ is essential to the survival of capitalism.Gramsci And Cultural HegemonyWhile Lippman was writing about the need for the ‘manufacture of consent’ using culture in a capitalist democracy like America, Antonio Gramsci, an Italian neo-Marxist was thinking on similar lines in a prison in Mussolini’s Italy. Gramsci started with a simple question. Why didn’t the working class living in an oppressive regime (anything that’s non-Marxist was oppressive in his view) revolt more often when they could see clearly how badly the economic balance was tilted against them? Why didn’t the exploited rise in revolt more often?Gramsci argued a capitalist state had two overlapping spheres that helped it to thrive. There was the ‘political society’ that ruled through coercion and control of means of production which was visible to all. But there was also the ‘civil society’ that ruled through consent and control of minds. The civil society was the public sphere of ideas and beliefs that were shaped through the church, media or universities. To him, the capitalist state was successful in ‘manufacturing consent’ among people through the ‘cultural hegemony’ it set up through its control of the public sphere. People living in such societies didn’t question their position or their exploitation because they thought this was the ‘natural state’ of existence. The cultural hegemony was so complete and overpowering that there could hardly be any mobilisation of people against the ‘political society’ which ruled through coercion. The minds of the people were brainwashed through propaganda. Gramsci, therefore, concluded that for the struggle (or revolution) to take over means of production to even begin, the people will have to win the war over cultural hegemony. He used the WW1 terms that were in vogue then. For the war of manoeuvre (that is a direct attack over the enemy) to be successful, it has to be preceded by the war of position (digging trenches and cutting off enemy lines etc). The people will have to win the war of ideas and beliefs by creating their own cultural hegemony and taking over the public sphere through control of religious institutions, media and universities. This is the ‘Gramscian march’ that Skidelsky referred to in his article.This was a far-reaching idea about how the nature of power had changed in a world where universities and mass media shaped people’s thinking. The power of engineering consent using culture is the first step to launch a successful attack over an existing power structure. While Garmsci used neo-Marxian terms to expound his ideas, the broader implications of his argument were clear. In short: establishing cultural hegemony is the first step to winning the minds and eventually, the votes of people (we are talking of democracy here). Over time, this hegemony in the public sphere will earn you the long-term consent of the people who will consider it their ‘natural state’. Self-censorship will follow as an outcome of this hegemony. That addresses the second question on why people self-censor themselves.Over a hundred years since Lippman first wrote about ‘manufacture of consent’, the idea that politics is downstream of culture has only acquired greater currency in a saturated media space that all of us inhabit now. The left and the right have both acquired the toolkits to fight this ‘war of position’ in various democracies around the world. In the US, it is ‘woke left’ on a supposed Gramscian march today. In India, I suspect, the shoe is on the other foot. But the march is definitely on.India Policy Watch: Mandal AgainInsights on burning policy issues in India- Pranay KotasthaneA Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is set to announce its judgment on the Maratha quota case. Amongst other issues, the court will decide on the question if state governments can breach the 50 per cent reservation ceiling. This 50 per cent limit comes from the Indra Sawhney judgment of 1993, which legally upheld the recommendations of the Mandal Committee Report. Legal issues aside, today’s political reality makes this judgment even more riveting. Perhaps all political parties appear to be in favour of going beyond this 50 per cent limit, although in different ways. The NDA government has already increased reservations to ~60 per cent in central-government jobs, central-government educational institutions, and private educational institutions through the 103rd constitutional amendment in 2019. The additional 10 per cent seats are now meant to be reserved for economically weaker sections (EWS) of citizens not already benefiting from reservation. In other words, this quota is for persons from non-SC, non-ST, non-OBC classes, as long as their earning is below a defined income threshold. On the other hand, many caste-based and one-caste-dominated political parties are in favour of breaching the 50 per cent ceiling in order to extend or increase quotas for their caste base. The gap between the court-prescribed ceiling and the political reality has become unsustainable. To use a Ravi Shastri phrase, “something’s gotta give”. Not to forget, that 50 per cent ceiling number itself is quite contrived. Read what the Indra Sawhney case judgment says:Just as every power must be exercised reasonably and fairly, the power conferred by Clause (4) of Article 16 should also be exercised in a fair manner and within reasonably limits - and what is more reasonable than to say that reservation under Clause (4) shall not exceed 50% of the appointments or posts, barring certain extra-ordinary situations as explained hereinafter. From this point of view, the 27% reservation provided by the impugned Memorandums in favour of backward classes is well within the reasonable limits. Together with reservation in favour of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it comes to a total of 49.5%. Beneath the legalese, observe the narrative power of numbers at play. Any measured phenomenon creates implicit norms of what is “too high” or “too low”. The 50 per cent limit seems intuitively “just right” or “balanced” — half of the seats have quotas while the other half doesn’t. This powerful narrative largely survived for over 25 years but seems to be falling apart now. And so it appears that reservations have ceased to be a means to correct for inadequate representation of certain disadvantaged sections. Instead, reservations have become springboards for all groups to demand proportional representation. The implicit norm now is that the State needs to enable representation of groups in educational institutions and government jobs according to their proportion in the population; the question of historical disadvantage has been relegated to an incidental criterion. Moreover, the general equilibrium effect of quotas is that group identities have become sharper and more powerful. Is there another way out?There is no doubt that a republic founded in a society with a long history of systematic discrimination will inevitably resort to some affirmative action. But is there a way out beyond caste-based reservations? Nitin Pai and I had proposed one such alternative a couple of years ago in FirstPost:Consider this thought experiment. There are no predetermined quotas for any posts. Positions are filled only based on a composite score of all applicants. The composite score is a combination of two measures. The first is an inequityscore — calculated to compensate for the relative disadvantage faced by an applicant.The second measure strictly represents an applicant’s ability to be effective for the position they are applying for. Selection is on the basis of the composite score. No seats are reserved and yet the score allows for addressing multidimensional inequity much better than current methods.The inequity score can be used to indicate relative disadvantage along several dimensions: individual, social and geographic. Different factors can be assigned different weightages. For instance, given the salience of caste in the Indian social context, the greater the disadvantage a community faces, the higher the weightage.In addition, we can incorporate other parameters into the inequity score — parents’ level of education, income levels, rural upbringing, or even childhood nutritional deficiencies. Currently, our system of quota-based allocations does not account for non-caste disadvantages that have a disproportionate impact on life outcomes.A national commission for equity can be formed to propose and review parameters and their weightages within a cooperative federal framework. It doesn’t have to be one-size-fits-all solution. States can assign their own factors and weightages according to the local conditions.The second measure — an effectiveness score — can then be kept completely independent of equity considerations. It can take the form of a test, an interview or any other indicator to assess candidates’ ability to perform the job they have applied for. Information about the inequity scores can be masked from evaluators of the effectiveness score.By filling positions based on a sum of the two scores, it becomes possible to be more comprehensive in addressing social inequities while also creating stronger incentives for an individual pursuit of excellence.Satish Deshpande and Yogendra Yadav had proposed a similar model for higher education way back in 2006:An evidenced-based model addressing multiple sources of group and individual disadvantages helps to de-essentialise identity markers such as caste or religion; that is, it provides a rational explanation why specific castes or communities are entitled to compensatory discrimination and undermines attitudes that treat such entitlements as a “birth right”.In essence, this solution tries to solve for both “merit” and “disadvantage”. The opponents of reservation claim that quotas directly undermine efficiency and merit. The proponents of quotas on the other hand find the notion of merit completely odious. They argue on these lines: Efficiency of administration in the affairs of the Union or of a State must be defined in an inclusive sense, where diverse segments of society find representation as a true aspiration of governance by and for the people. In contrast to quotas, the composite score solution acknowledges that some assessment of “merit” is inescapable, even desirable. But it also doesn't ignore the problem that disadvantaged individuals face. Hence, we believe it is a better solution than quotas.In edition#72, we discussed a framework on “nine competing visions of equality” only to reiterate Deborah Stone’s insightful conclusion:“equality often means inequality, and equal treatment often means unequal treatment. The same distribution may look equal or unequal, depending on where you focus.”Essentially, any distribution, however equalising it is in one respect, can be charged as being unequal on another parameter. What matters far more is whether a distribution is perceived as being fair or not. As Starmans et al write:… humans naturally favour fair distributions, not equal ones, and that when fairness and equality clash, people prefer fair inequality over unfair equality In the Indian context, quotas come with charges of unfairness. It is time to look beyond them. PS: A commonplace assertion that “the constitution imagined reservations to last only for ten years at the outset” is a myth. This 10-year clause was meant to apply to reservations of seats for SC/ST groups in the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. There was no such 10-year limit on reservations in jobs and educational institutions under articles 15(4) and 16(4). I too believed in this urban myth having read it being regurgitated in countless opinion pieces. Hat-tip to an alert Puliyabaazi listener for updating my priors. HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Video] "The Big Idea" - a half-hour interview between Noam Chomsky and British journalist Andrew Marr, first aired by the BBC in February 1996. A great interview where Andrew Marr is completely convinced he’s not taken in by the propaganda while Chomsky is sure he is! [Podcast] A Puliyabaazi episode discussing the nine competing visions of equality[Article] Alexander Lee on redesigning India’s reservation system[Article] Satish Deshpande traces the history of reservation policies[Article] Pratap Bhanu Mehta on how the open category is slowly becoming a reserved category through other means Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com

India is a complex country. The last few decades have been full of tumult. How does one make sense of it all? Raghu Sanjaylal Jaitley joins Amit Varma in episode 214 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about the many frames he uses to look at our politics, economics, culture and Dilip Kumar. Also check out: 1. Anticipating the Unintended -- Pranay Kotasthane and Raghu Sanjaylal Jaitley's newsletter. 2. Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin, featuring Raghu Jaitley. 3. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, featuring Sanjay Lal. 4. It Happened One Night. 5. Persuasion -- Yascha Mounk's newsletter. 6. The Coddling of the American Mind -- Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. 7. A Meditation on Form -- Amit Varma. 8. Public Opinion -- Walter Lippman. 9. The World Outside and the Pictures in our Heads -- Walter Lippman. 10. A Venture Capitalist Looks at the World -- Episode 213 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sajith Pai). 11. Puliyabaazi -- Saurabh Chandra and Pranay Kotasthane's podcast. 12. ये लिबरल आख़िर है कौन? -- Episode 37 of Puliyabaazi (w Amit Varma). 13. Remembering Frédéric Bastiat (2007) -- Amit Varma. 14. The Candemakers' Petition -- Frédéric Bastiat. 15. Frédéric Bastiat's writings at Bastiat.org and Amazon. 16. Also on Amazon, the books of Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. 17. Imagined Communities -- Benedict Anderson. 18. The First Assault on Our Constitution -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh). 19. Who Broke Our Republic? -- Episode 163 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Kapil Komireddi). 20. The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail -- Jonathan Haidt. 21. Political Ideology in India -- Episode 131 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rahul Verma). 22. The Three Languages of Politics -- Arnold Kling. 23. Naya Daur, the anti-Nehruvian film from 1957. 24. Nehru's Hero: Dilip Kumar In The Life Of India -- Meghnad Desai. 25. The Twitter threads on Mahmood Farooqui by Kavita Krishnan and Audrey Truschke. 26. Misogyny and our Legal System -- Episode 58 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhav Chandavarkar and Hamsini Hariharan). 27. The Harshacharita of Banabhatta. 28. Murty Classical Library of India. 29. The End of History and the Last Man -- Francis Fukuyama. 30. The Light that Failed -- Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes. 31. Elite Imitation in Public Policy -- Episode 180 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Alex Tabarrok). 32. What Really Happened? — Lawrence H White on the 2008 Financial Crisis. 33. Range Rover -- Archives of Amit Varma's poker column for the Times of India. 34. The BJP’s Magic Formula -- Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Prashant Jha). 35. How the BJP Wins -- Prashant Jha. 36. The Concept of the Political -- Carl Schmitt. 37. Most of Amit Varma’s writing on Demonetisation, collected in one Twitter thread. 38. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister -- Amit Varma. 39. Beware of the Useful Idiots -- Amit Varma. 40. The Tragedy of Our Farm Bills -- Episode 211 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 41. Fun Home -- Alison Bechdel. 42. Restaurant Regulations in India -- Episode 18 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhu Menon). 43. Kalyug -- Shyam Benegal's 1981 film. 44. India After Gandhi -- Ramachandra Guha. 45. Ramachandra Guha on The Seen and the Unseen: 1, 2, 3, 4. 46. The Ideas of Our Constitution -- Episode 164 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhav Khosla). 47. India’s Founding Moment — Madhav Khosla. 48. Jadunath Sarkar, Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen on Amazon. 49. The Idea of India -- Sunil Khilnani. 50. The Indian Trilogy -- VS Naipaul. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compunds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit has promised to resume The India Uncut Newsletter. So do subscribe, it's free! And check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

"Cuando todos piensan igual es porque ninguno está pensando. (Walter Lippman).🀄️" Y nuestro programa de hoy se lo dedico a todos ¡los Reyes Magos! por que si... porque todo el mundo les pide cosas y nadie les da nada. Así que como aunque y no he pedido nada, se han "enrollado" un montón conmigo... pues eso ¡ESTE VA POR VOSOTROS! Hoy en nuestro último programa de la edición de Navidad, leeremos el último cuento que nos queda de UN VIAJE MAGICO, escrito por el Maestro David Golf Laville titulado: Un estilo y una filosofía de vida. Por otro lado, para los apasionados a la Defensa Personal, recordaros que ya tenemos disponible en Amazon: Defensa Personal Íntegra (táctica y estrategia), el nuevo libro del Shifu Javier Hernández.

On this edition of Parallax Views, Frank Capra is generally one of the most beloved filmmaker in Hollywood history. Best known for movies like the Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life, Capra is often seen as being a forerunner to the auteur (thanks to his motto "one man, one film) and whose cinematic efforts championed the working class. Noted film historian Joseph McBride, whose storied career has included working with the legendary Orson Welles as well as writing biographies of Welles, Steven Spielberg, and John Ford, however, found that the popular image of the man was a myth in writing the biography Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success. For one thing, McBride found that Capra, contrary to the myth, was not as big a fan of the masses and everyday man as his films would lead many to believe. In fact, in interviewing Capra and others, as well as engaging in extensive research, he found that Capra had a certain fear for the masses, was a lifelong Republican who disliked FDR, and, despite being an immigrant himself, a xenophobe with anti-Semitic tendencies. Most damning of all perhaps was McBride's discovery of a file in Capra's archives which revealed that Capra snitched on his fellow Hollywood colleagues during the era of McCarthyism and the Red Scare. McBride set about telling the true story of this legendary filmmaker, not to destroy his legacy but instead to reveal a complex man that considered himself an ardent patriot who felt betrayed by his country when he was accused of being a subversive. As a result of this betrayal, McBride argues, Capra lost his way and went against the very values espoused in his beloved filmography by feeding the McCarthyite menace. The story, however, did not end with the publication of Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success in 1992. In his new book, Frankly: Unmasking Frank Capra, McBride relates the Kafka-esque tale of his struggle to complete and see published Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success. The experience found McBride, after having the project initially greenlit by his publisher, Capra's archivist, and Capra himself, being stonewalled. As such Frankly: Unmasking Frank Capra serves not only as the follow-up to Frank Capra: The Catastrophe but also as a story about the monumental struggles journalists and biographers often face in attempting to, as reporter Walter Lippman once said, "Tell the truth and shame the devil." On this edition of the program Joseph McBride himself joins us to share this fascinating story.

On this edition of Parallax Views, arising from the aftermath of the Watergate scandal the media watchdog organization Project Censored was founded in 1976 by Dr. Carl Jensen of Sonoma State University to "educate students and the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government". For over 40 years it has sought to shine a much needed light on issues like censorship, junk food news, news abuse, and critical media literacy. In addition to producing documentaries and a weekly radio program on these important matters, Project Censored publishes an annual yearbook which attempts to collate the top censored news stories and media analysis of the past year. Joining us to discuss the latest yearbook in this series, Censored 2020: Through the Looking Glass, is Andy Lee Roth, the associate director of Project Censored and coordinator of Project Censored's Validated Independent News program.  The conversation begins with a discussion of Project Censored's mission. Andy Lee Roth references the work of the 20th century Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Walter Lippman in this regard and his famous quote arguing that journalism should, "Tell the truth and shame the devil." From there we delve into how Project Censored decides what stories will go into the annual Censored yearbook and fills us in on the Project's Validated Independent News program. Andy then shares with us the poem that opens up Censored 2020 and explains why it used in this edition of the annual yearbook. Then we discuss the Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass motifs that inform the book. Roth explains how these motifs seem prevalent in an age of fake news and media distortion. This brings us into a discussion of fake news and some of the possibly problematic solutions being offered to combat it. From there we discuss some of the chapters contained in Censored 2020: Through the Looking Glass starting with April Anderson and Andy's report on coverage of LGQBTQ+ issues in the age of Trump. We then talk about the annual "Media Democracy in Action" chapter which includes contributions from transparency advocate Russ Kick, Kathyrn Foxhall of the Society of Professional Journalists, and others. Andy and I then discuss a few of the stories included in the top 25 censored stories section of Censored 2020. In particular, Andy tells us about the upsetting story of flawed investigations into sexual assault at Children's Migrant Center and the more positive story of new programs that are making school food systems more equitable. We begin wrapping up the conversation by discussing the state of journalism and the media ecosystem today, specifically in light of the recent collapse of Splinter and Deadspin under G/O Media. Andy and I chat about what the future may hold for journalism in the years ahead. And, as always, we try to end the conversation on a positive note in these precarious times.   Censored 2020:Through the Looking GlassAvailable NowFromSeven Stories Press   CHECK OUTPROJECT CENSORED SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON! WHERE YOU CAN HEAR... PARALLAX VIEWSTHE WEEK THAT WASCURRENT EVENTSPROGRAM

We are now in an election cycle with elections next week for municipal officeholders and school board members, and next year for president and Congress. How well are citizens prepared to play the role democracy assigns to them in making considered judgments when casting a vote? Walter Lippman, a long-time columnist and author of books on public opinion and governing, worried most citizens are unprepared. His view was that people live in the real world, but think in an imagined one. People are willing to admit there are two sides to a question, but they do not believe there are two sides to what they regard as “fact.” As the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, you are entitled to your opinions but not to your own facts. In a political system such as ours, people can be expected to act on behalf of themselves and others, but how can that be if they are out of touch with reality? We know from decades of public opinion research that the general public’s ignorance of political

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WWI Centennial News SPECIAL This week and next week, we are going to break format as we present a 2-part special podcast version of  “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace”. This two part special is an adaptation from a live staged event the Commission produced on the April 6, 2017 centennial of America’s entry into: The war that changed the world. Edward Bilous as the artistic director, and Chris Christopher as the US WW1 Centennial Commission’s executive producer pulled together an amazing group of artists, historians musician, actors, and others for a live performance staged outdoors at the National WWI Museum and Memorial  in Kansas City to an audience of over 3,000 attendees. For this 2-part special we have excerpted key moments from the story that unfolds, the music that was performed and the readings from a cast of amazing actors, orators, musicians and other luminaries. Part 1 examines the great debate in America about getting into the war----more---- Talent Credits This podcast was adapted from the live event In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace: Centennial Commemoration of the US entry into WWI   Credits for the live event include:   Edward Bilous Artistic Director John Rensenhouse Narrator Michelle DiBucci Music Director Sarah Outhwaite Video Designer   Carlos Murillo Script and Adaptation Greg Kalember Music Producer, Mix Engineer, Sound Design   Portia Kamons Executive Artistic Producer For Virtua Creative Shelby Rose Producer, Media and Special Events For Virtua Creative   Dale Morehouse Speaker   Carla Noack Speaker   David Paul Pre-Recorded Speaker   Janith English Principal Chief of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas   Sergeant Debra Kay Mooney Choctaw Nation   Col. Gerald York Grandson of Sergeant Alvin C. York   Deborah York Great-Granddaughter of Sergeant Alvin C. York   Noble Sissle Jr. Son of Noble Sissle   Featuring Musical Performances by 1st Infantry Division Band Michael Baden John Brancy Francesco Centano Billy Cliff Peter Dugan Ramona Dunlap Lisa Fisher Samantha Gossard Adam Holthus Christopher T. McLaurin Chrisi Poland Aaron Redburn Reuben Allen Matt Rombaum Alan Schwartz Yang Thou Charles Yang Alla Wijnands Bram Wijnands   Cast (In Alphabetical Order) Freddy Acevedo Yetunde Felix-Ukwu Jason Francescon Khalif Gillett Emilie Karas Chelsea Kisner Christopher Lyman Marianne McKenzie Victor Raider-Wexler   Artillery Master Charles B. Wood MEDIA CREDITS National World War I Museum and Memorial:  TheWorldWar.org Library of Congress: LOC.gov New York Public Library: DigitalCollections.nypl.org National Archives: Archives.gov National Historic Geographic Information System: NHGIS.org State Library of New South Wales: SL.nsw.gov.au Imperial War Museums: IWM.org.uk National Museum of African American History and Culture: NMAAHC.si.edu The Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation and the York Family: SgtYork.org Australian War Memorial: AWM.gov.au National Media Museum: NationalMediaMuseum.org.uk Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Archive: WoodrowWilson.org Mathers Museum of World Culture: Mathers.indiana.edu Front Page Courtesy of The New York Times Company   PODCAST THEO MAYER WW1 Centennial News is brought to YOU by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Before we get into the main part of the show - - Let me try to set this up:   [SOUND EFFECT - WAYBACK MACHINE] We’ve gone back in time to June 28, 1914. Today, a 19 year-old radicalized teenage Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip guns down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie - ON their wedding anniversary no less. So this was all kicked off by a misguided kid - after all - what does anybody know about consequences at 19, and gunning down celebrities - is - pretty dumb and definitely misguided. And the archduke was a celebrity - he was in line for the throne of the Austro-hungarian empire. Things are already pretty tense in Europe! Austria-Hungary, blames the Serbian government for the attack and sees this as great justification for settling the question of Slavic nationalism once and for all - with a little war action. BUT….  Russia supports Serbia, SO… Austria-Hungary asked Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm to back them in the event of a Russian intervention… An intervention that would probably suck in Russia’s ally, France, and maybe Britain too. So - Just a month later on July 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and a big burning match gets tossed on the very dry tinder of european tension… the tenuous peace between Europe’s big powers goes up in flames. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia line up against the Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I begin. But remember - no one knows at the time that this is a global war. It’s just a little imperial action which Germany sees as a great opportunity - Remember - in German the word Kaiser means EMPEROR - so emperor Wilhelm thinks that this is a good time to expand German imperial holding with a rush west -  across Belgium - to deliver a quick and decisive blow to France for an imperially profitable end to a simple, messy little conflict. BUT….at the First Battle of The Marne, 90 miles from Paris, the German plan falls apart and the Germans suffer a defeat at the hands of the Allies – over a million soldiers face off and fight over 6 days, and sadly more than 100,000 die. This is where we join up with the live production beginning with a quote from Barbara Tuchman from her book - The GUNS OF AUGUST: “After the Marne, the war grew and spread until it drew in the nations of both hemispheres and entangled them in a... world conflict no peace treaty could dissolve. The Battle of Marne was one of the decisive battles… not because it determined that Germany would ultimately lose or the Allies ultimately win the war, but because it determined that the war would go on…. The nations were caught in a trap… from which there was… no exit.”   NARRATOR Even with the United States remaining resolutely neutral, many young Americans needed no persuasion to join the War effort. Mary Gladwin, a nurse from Akron, Ohio, was among the first American Red Cross nurses to go to Europe during the War, serving as the supervisor of nurses at the American Hospital in Belgrade. She wrote:   MARY GLADWIN The cannonading lasted all the time. There was no time during twenty-four hours in the first six months  that  some of the guns were not fired. My room was a little whitewashed one. Every time one of the big French guns would fire.... It would illuminate all the wall and then... I would hear the boom of the guns. That kept up night after night, until the time came that we did not hear them any more…   NARRATOR Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot to fly in World War I, did so not for the United States, but for France. The son of a freed slave, Bullard stowed away to Europe in 1912, determined to escape racism in the US. After working as a boxer and vaudeville performer in England, Bullard settled in France. When hostilities broke out, he joined the infantry of the French Foreign Legion, earning the Croix de Guerre for bravery at the Battle of Verdun. After sustaining injuries and declared unfit for infantry service, Bullard earned his wings with the Aeronautique Militaire of France, and joined the Lafayette Flying Corps in 1916. His plane was decorated with the slogan” “All Blood Runs Red.” When the US entered the war, Bullard tried to enlist as a flyer for the Americans:   BULLARD “I was more and more puzzled until it suddenly came to me that all my fellow countrymen who had transferred were white. Later, I learned that in World War I Negroes were not accepted as flyers in the United States Army. This hurt me, deeply.”   THEO MAYER When hostilities broke out in Europe, thousands of Americans touring the continent descended on London hoping to find safe passage home, only to find themselves unable to obtain accommodations or tickets for the few ships sailing. A forty year old mining engineer and financier from Iowa by the name of Herbert Hoover was living in London in 1914. Hoover organized an American relief committee that provided food, shelter and financial assistance to over 100,000 Americans. Hoover’s leadership earned him the respect of the US Ambassador to Great Britain, Walter Hines Page. Ambassador Page tapped Hoover to lead a relief mission to Belgium. After the Battle of Marne, Belgium faced starvation. Germany had invaded, but refused to take responsibility for feeding the populace. On the other side, Britain’s Naval blockade prevented ships from entering Belgian ports. So in October of 1914, Herbert Hoover established an organization to procure and deliver food to the starving Belgian population, rescuing a nation from certain ruin. Herbert Hoover wrote:   HERBERT HOOVER "...there was no former human experience to turn for guidance. It would require that we find the major food supply for a whole nation; raise the money to pay for it; get it past navies at sea and occupying armies on land; set up an agency for distribution of supplies for everybody justly; and see that the enemy took none of it. It was not ‘relief’ in any known sense. It was the feeding of a nation.   THEO MAYER This will later earn Herbert Hoover the job of heading the united states food administration… and of course he also becomes the 31st President of the United State [SOUND EFFECT] Dateline May 8, 1915 Headline of the NY times reads: LUSITANIA SUNK BY SUBMARINE, PROBABLY 1,260 DEAD; TWICE TORPEDOED OFF IRISH COAST; SINKS IN 15 MINUTES; FROHMAN AND VANDERBILT MISSING; WASHINGTON BELIEVES THAT A GRAVE CRISIS IS AT HAND   SONG: WHEN THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWN A thousand more, who sailed from our shore, Have gone to eternity. The Statue of Liberty high Must now have a tear in her eye. I think it's a shame-- Some one is to blame, But all we can do is just sigh!   Chorus Some of us lost a true sweetheart; Some of us lost a dear dad; Some lost their mothers, sisters, and brothers; Some lost the best friends they had. It's time they were stopping this warfare If women and children must drown. Many brave hearts went to sleep in the deep When the Lusitania went down.   Refrain Many brave hearts went to sleep in the deep When the Lusitania went down.   THEO MAYER US neutrality faced numerous tests. Vying for control over shipping lanes across the Atlantic and through the North Sea, Germany and Britain both found themselves on a collision course with the United States. Britain, in their effort to blockade commerce from the US reaching Germany, seized American ships. Germany, in retaliation to US shipments, introduced a new weapon of war – the U-Boat – which could strike without warning. In 1915, German U-Boats sank over 90 ships.   NARRATOR Leading up to the Election of 1916, many Americans favored the Allies in the War, yet embraced President Wilson’s urging to remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.” At the time, one third of US citizens were either born in Europe or were descendants of European immigrants. Sympathy for both countries on both sides of the conflict ran high. The descendants of German immigrants found themselves torn, on the one hand identifying firstly as Americans, yet on the other, sympathizing with their relatives abroad. When the US entered the War, German-Americans were labeled “alien enemies” and faced severe restrictions on their civil liberties. Irish Americans preferred neutrality as well, as the prospect of the U.S. entering the War on the side of the British was an anathema to Irish nationalist sentiment. The sinking of the Lusitania led many Americans to call for an immediate reprisal against Germany. Wilson proceeded with caution, demanding an apology, compensation for the victims and assurances that Germany would cease unrestricted submarine warfare. In a speech delivered at a Citizen Naturalization Ceremony on May 10, 1915, Wilson affirmed the anti-War US stance:   WILSON “America must have this consciousness, that on all sides it touches elbows and touches hearts with all the nations of mankind. The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing… influence of the world.... There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.”   NARRATOR Wilson’s measured response faced opposition from figures like former President Theodore Roosevelt, who believed Germany’s aggression warranted a strong military response:   THEODORE ROOSEVELT “I am pretty well disgusted with our government and with the way our people acquiesce in and support it. I suppose, however, in a democracy like ours the people will always do well or ill largely in proportion to their leadership. If Lincoln had acted after the firing on Sumter in the way that Wilson did about the sinking of the Lusitania, in one month the North would have been saying they were so glad he kept them out of the war and… that at all hazards fratricidal war must be averted.”   NARRATOR Theodore Roosevelt’s words were not mere bluster. He would eventually see three of his sons off to war. Two would return alive. His youngest son, Quentin, died when he was shot down over France in 1918.   THEO MAYER The conflict  about  US neutrality  didn't just rage in Washington, but was reflected throughout  american society and culture  - Here is the great debate playing out as musical counterpoint in two popular songs of the times sung from the hearts of two mothers.   SONG MEDLEY: “I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier” - “America, Here’s My Boy”   Verse 1 There’s a million mothers knocking at the nation’s door A million mothers, yes and they’ll be millions more, And while within each mother’s heart they pray Just hark what one brave mother has to say: Chorus America, I raised a boy for you America, you’ll find him staunch and true Place a gun upon his shoulder He is ready to die or do America, he is my only one; My hope, my pride and joy, But if I had another, He would march beside his brother; America here’s my boy   Verse 2 There’s a million mothers waiting by the fireside bright A million mothers waiting for the call tonight And while within each heart there’ll be a tear She’ll watch her boy go marching with a cheer   Chorus America, I raised a boy for you America, you’ll find him staunch and true Place a gun upon his shoulder He is ready to die o My hope, my pride and joy, But if I had another, He would march beside his brother; America here’s my boy.   Verse 1 Ten million soldiers to the war have gone Who may never return again Ten million mothers’ hearts must break For the ones who died in vain Head bowed down in sorrow in her lonely years I heard a mother murmur thro’ her tears:   Chorus: “I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier, I brought him up to be my pride and joy.” Who dares place a musket on his shoulder To shoot some other mother’s darling boy? Let nations arbitrate their future troubles, It’s time to lay the sword and gun away. There’d be no war today If mothers all would say: “I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier.”   Verse 2 What victory can cheer a mother’s heart When she looks at her blighted home? What victory can bring her back All she cared to call her own? Let each mother answer in the years to be, Remember that my boy belongs to me!   Chorus: “I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier, I brought him up to be my pride and joy.” Who dares place a musket on his shoulder To shoot some other mother’s darling boy? Let nations arbitrate their future troubles, It’s time to lay the sword and gun away.   NARRATOR At the other end of the political spectrum, the editors of the conservative North American Review argued for U.S. participation:   THE EDITORS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW We know now… what this war is. It is the last of the great battles for Freedom and Democracy. America fought the first a century and forty years ago. France followed through seas of blood and tears. But lately the Great Charter has passed… from the barons to the people of England. Japan has ceased to be a monarchy except in name. China as a Republic defies the power of might…. Can anyone doubt that the beginning of the end of absolutism is at hand….?   NARRATOR Legendary newspaper reporter Walter Lippman offered this third-way assessment of the role America could play in the War:   WALTER LIPPMANN In May 1916, the President made a speech which will be counted among the... decisive utterances of American foreign policy…. The speech was an announcement that American isolation was ended, and that we were prepared to join a League of Peace….. …it was intended to make clear to the world… that if America has to fight, it would fight for peace and the order of the world. It was a great portent in human history, but it was overshadowed at the time by the opening of the Presidential campaign.”   THEO MAYER The United States, like Canada and the British Empire, absorbed a massive influx of immigrants from the end of the 19th Century through the war. Capitalizing on the idea that immigrants traveled to distant shores seeking freedom from tyranny, recruitment efforts in all three countries appealed to immigrants’ indebtedness – in exchange for their freedom, and their children’s freedom, they were urged to show their patriotism by enlisting in the fight.   “THERE’S NO HYPHEN IN MY HEART” SONG   Verse 1 To these broad shores my fathers came From lands beyond the sea They left their homes they left their friends To breathe an air more free To them an alien land it seemed With customs strange and new But my heart knows just one dear flag The Red, the White, the Blue   Chorus: There is no hyphen in my heart It can’t be cut in two Oh flag of bars and silver stars I’ve given it all to you   Verse 2 Columbia to me you’ve been A mother fond and true My heart’s best love and loyal trust I gladly offer you Let others sing of native lands Far o’er the ocean’s foam The spot where floats the stars and stripes Shall ever be my home   Chorus: There is no hyphen in my heart It can’t be cut in two Oh flag of bars and silver stars I’ve given it all to you   NARRATOR The 1916 election hinged on the question of America’s neutrality in the War. Wilson, running for a second term, built his candidacy around the idea that America ought to prepare for the possibility of war, yet the campaign slogans “He Kept Us Out of War” and “America First” persuaded the American public that a vote for the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, would be a vote for war. While many embraced the slogans, others criticized them. Teddy Roosevelt:   TEDDY ROOSEVELT President Wilson’s ignoble shirking of responsibility has been mis-clothed in… the phrase of a coward, “He Kept Us Out of War.” In actual reality, war has been creeping nearer. . . and we face it without policy, plan, purpose, or preparation.   NARRATOR In September 1916, Wilson accepted the Democratic nomination for President:   WILSON “We have been neutral not only because it was the fixed and traditional policy of the United States to stand aloof from the politics of Europe… but also because it was manifestly our duty to prevent … the indefinite extension of the fires of hate and desolation kindled by that terrible conflict and seek to serve mankind by reserving our strength and our resources for the… difficult days of restoration and healing …, when peace will have to build its house anew.”   NARRATOR The Debate reached every corner of American society. Voices for and against the US joining the war included not only politicians, but men who would likely be called to serve, women, African Americans and Native Americans fighting for an equal role in American Civic life.   NARRATOR American Arthur Bullard, who had lived in war-time France and England, wrote in early 1917:   ARTHUR BULLARD Whatever the diplomats may like to call it, this is War. And we do not know how to fight…. We have no American general who ever commanded an Army corps, not one of our naval officers ever fought against a Dreadnought, none of our artillery men ever fired a real shot at an enemy aircraft. We must learn…. The war is upon us and we... must decide what we are going to do about it… We who love peace ought to keep out of war as long as possible and when we are forced to go in – go in hard!   NARRATOR For women, the prospect of war also provoked debate. Many nurses of the American Red Cross nurses had experienced the tribulations of War first hand. Jane Delano, founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service, wrote in the winter of 1915:   JANE DELANO We have learned that women can be mobilized without confusion; that their chances of illness when ... seem to be no greater than men’s; that they face danger with equanimity…. Out of this experience we should be…. able to guarantee a satisfactory nursing personnel not only for national relief in time of calamity, but for efficient service should our country be confronted with that greatest of all disasters – War.   NARRATOR A year later, Bessie R. James of the National League for Women’s Service wrote:   BESSIE R. JAMES On November 8, 1916, the foresight of the women… is something which cannot but arouse admiration. That anyone should organize to prepare half the populace of the country for war while a president was being put back into office because of a supposed peace policy would seem ridiculous. This however, was exactly what happened.   NARRATOR The first years of the War coincided with the beginning of The Great Migration, a transformative period for African Americans who fled the entrenched racism of the south for better wages and living conditions in northern cities like Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit and New York. At the outbreak of war, many African Americans viewed service in the military as an opportunity to show their willingness to serve and improve on their standing as second-class citizens. Others were more skeptical. In a 1917 issue of The Messenger, Chandler Owen and A. Phillip Randolph challenged the hypocrisy of American democratic ideals in relation to African American struggle:   OWEN & RANDOLPH; Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has.   NARRATOR In his 1914 editorial, “World War and the Color Line,” W.E.B. Dubois drew connections between the crisis in Europe and the conditions experienced by African Americans at home: W.E.B. DUBOIS Many colored persons… may easily make the mistake of supposing that the present war is far removed from the color problem in America…. This attitude is a mistake. The present war in Europe is one of the great disasters due to race and color prejudice and it but foreshadows greater disasters in the future….   NARRATOR As the likelihood of war increased in early 1917, DuBois again unleashed his pen to reflect on the institution of segregated training camps:   W.E.B. DUBOIS We must choose then between the insult of a separate camp and the irreparable injury of strengthening the present custom of putting no black men in positions of authority here is only one thing to do now, and that is to organize the colored people for leadership and service, if war should come. A thousand commissioned officers of colored blood is something to work for.   NARRATOR Diplomat, lawyer, and official of the NAACP James Weldon Johnson called for an end to what he termed the “Excess Patriotism” which had led the world’s nations to war: JOHNSON It is this hot, high-tempered, foolish, bad-mannered patriotism that keeps farther away the day for which all lovers of humanity pray; the day when men shall not hate each other because of the boundaries of domain or the differences of race, but when universal brotherhood shall be established and a lasting peace shall reign.   ARE THEY EQUAL IN THE EYES OF THE LAW SONG Verse 1 As they sit in consultation Seeking peace for the wide, wide world I wonder if their thought e’er turn to me. I was at the concentration of the troops that stopt the whirl Of the Kaiser in his dash to the sea. As I sit in meditation Seeking solace from on high I wonder if they see I stand in awe, As they plan the federation for the races far and nigh Are they equal in the eyes of the law?   Chorus: Are they equal in the eyes of the law? The black man faced his death and cried, “Hurrah?” His soul was pure and white, He fought a manly fight, No more patriotic sons you ever saw Are they equal in the eyes of the law? The black man faced his death and cried, “Hurrah?” They were the same in no man’s land, Tell me how so they stand? Are they equal in the eyes of the law?   Verse 3 God, the Father of creation, Hear, oh, hear my humble plea, As with contrite heart I call thy holy name. In this land of desolation, Where they lynch and torture me, Keep them, Father, from this life of sin and shame. Oh thou God of restitution, Though with vengeance in Thy hand, We pray Thee, Keep us from grim hatred’s mighty claw Show them, Lord, that retribution, Runs its course throughout the land, To make men equal in the eyes of the law.   Chorus: Are they equal in the eyes of the law? The black man faced his death and cried, “Hurrah?” His soul was pure and white, He fought a manly fight, No more patriotic sons you ever saw Are they equal in the eyes of the law? The black man faced his death and cried, “Hurrah?” They were the same to the God of the hosts, Tell me in your Freedom’s boasts, Are they equal in the eyes of the law?   NARRATOR America’s native peoples overwhelmingly supported the United States during the Great War, although a few leaders such as Dr. Carlos Montezuma, a Yavapai-Apache, objected. He wrote:   CARLOS MONTEZUMA They are not citizens. They have fewer privileges than have foreigners. They are wards of the United States of America without their consent or the chance of protest on their part.   NARRATOR But most Indian leaders saw the conflict as an opportunity to gain recognition and to affirm tribal sovereignty, as did the Onondaga and Oneida Nations that declared war on Germany.   In 1917, Oglala Chief Red Fox, a nephew of Crazy Horse, went to Washington and urged Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, to offer the services of the Indians in the Great War:   CHIEF RED FOX From all over the West, we now stand ready--fifty thousand Indians between the ages of seventeen and fifty-five. We beg of you, to give us the right to fight. We guarantee to you, sir, our hearts could be for no better cause than to fight for the land we love, and for the freedom we share.   NARRATOR Chief Red Fox’s sentiments were echoed by the Seneca Arthur Parker, President of the Society of American Indians in 1917, who wrote:   ARTHUR PARKER The American Indian has common cause with the Allies.  The Indian fights because he loves freedom and because humanity needs the defense of the freedom loving man. The Indian fights because his country, his liberties, his ideals and his manhood are assailed by the brutal hypocrisy of Prussianism. Challenged, the Indian has... shown himself a citizen of the world, [and] an exponent of an ethical civilization wherein human liberty is assured.   NARRATOR The outcome of the 1916 election reflected divisions in the country. Winning by a slim Electoral College margin, Wilson’s second term would soon face a series of crises that would determine the fate of his neutral position in the war.   NARRATOR - ALL READERS While debate raged in America, the slaughter continued in Europe. Rapid advances in the technology of weapons of war led to vast devastation. For the first time in history the battlefield saw the use of tanks, chemical weapons, machine guns, long-range artillery and aircraft. Sixty five million men fought in the War from 40 countries. Twenty one million were wounded. Eight million died – roughly 3,000 every day. Six and a half million civilians were killed including two million in Russia alone. One hundred and ten thousand tons of poison gas was used, killing nearly half a million men. In Europe alone, approximately 10 million people were displaced by the war, including 1.8 million Armenians forcibly deported to the Syrian desert. 1.5 million Belgians were refugees from the Germans. In the Battle of Somme, fought between July and November of 1916, 1.2 million men perished for a meager Allied gain of 7.8 miles of territory. During the Battle of Somme, it is estimated that in the first week of fighting over one and one half million artillery shells were fired… almost three shells per second for 168 continuous hours. (NEED THIS STATISTIC!!) Never before had humankind unleashed terror on this scale and it’s effects permanently scarred the landscape and the souls of those who were there. THEO MAYER And that is the end of  part 1 of “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace” Join us again next week for part II   The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to-- inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1; Our podcast is a part of that endeavor We are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms; We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country; and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC.   If you like the work we are doing, please support it with a tax deductible donation at ww1cc.org/donate - all lower case Or if you are on your smart phone text  the word: WW1 to 41444. that's the letters ww the number 1 texted to 41444. Any amount is appreciated.   We want to thank commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support. The podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn   on  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial. Thanks for listening to this special presentation of WW1 Centennial News… A full list of the many talented people who contributed to this production is in the podcast notes.   [MUSIC] So long.

Thursday, June 1st, 2017 - The mainstream media claims that their anonymous sources are credible, and that the anonymous sources of anyone who disagrees with them are not credible. Make sense? Of course not. But that's our new digital reality.  On this episode of the propaganda report we illustrate unique ways the msm cites no one. We show how they try to justify their evidence free claims. And we talk about the, "Trust Us, We're The Media", reality that they hope to create.    Subscribe to the Propaganda Report podcast on iTunes for weekly in-depth propaganda analysis by clicking here. If you’re an android user, subscribe on Google play by clicking here. BOOKS RECOMMENDATIONS (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)  Makers of The Modern Mind, by Thomas P.Neill The Underground History of American Education System, by John Taylor Gatto Public Opinion, by Walter Lippman  Donate and Support the Show Via Patreon, and/or help out by sharing the show with your family and friends. Check out our new website for weekly propaganda analysis by clicking here. Check out Monica’s blog here. Click Here To Subscribe To Monic’s Youtube Page.  Click Here To Subscribe To Brad’s Youtube Page.  Teeing it Up for the Censorship President Vicente Fox launches the vulgarity psyop Gerald Seib: Civil Discourse in Decline Robert Reich: Making America Meaner Texas Legislators Come to Blows White House Cracking Down on Press John Taylor Gatto on Education and other things Mike Pence is Toast - fake news San Bernardino - terrible picture - be warned a little bit more on san bernardino San Bernardino family lawyer questions official narrative & is never heard from again (I'm not saying he was offed just silenced - google him - see what you can find & let me know if I'm wrong) Piers Morgan photo fraud Logical Fallacies Obama's lawyer admits WH birth certificate a forgery Sheriff Arpaio on Obama's birth certificate Charles Kushner - gross Jared Kushner - conflicted Kushner Harvard donation Art of Ambiguity Covfefe Tweet Beranton Whisenant Jr, Aaron Nevins #WTWOF? Looks like news that there could be news too. hahah pic.twitter.com/l31FKsgo8F — Skoggy Claus (@skoggieclaus) May 31, 2017 CLIPS USED Jake Tapper Whining About How He's A Better Judge of Anonymous Sources Than Trump. Executive Editor of The New York Times, Dean Baquet, Discussion Use of Anonymous Sources. CNN Host Kate Bolduan SCREAMS at Former Navy SEAL for Questioning 'Anonymous Sources' Don Lemon Hypocrisy   

Answer To Stalin-Beginning The Cold War Watch the video version at Public Access America https://youtu.be/d5ArYBv_wzs Although the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union had brought victory in World War II, wartime cooperation meant glossing over many serious differences between the two. Since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Soviet leaders had been claiming that communism and capitalism could never peacefully coexist. Beginning in the 1930s Josef Stalin had tried to reach some sort of understanding with the West, but only because he viewed Nazi Germany as the greater threat. Indeed, after concluding that the West was not interested in working with him, he made his own agreement with Hitler in 1939. That agreement, of course, was quickly forgotten after the German invasion of the Soviet Union two years later. After the United States entered the war in December 1941 the administration began encouraging Americans to view the Soviet Union not as a threat, but rather as a partner both for victory over the Axis and for maintaining peace in the postwar world. In newspaper and magazine articles, speeches and Hollywood films, Americans were told again and again that although the Russian people had a different economic system, they were equally committed to democratic values and to a peaceful, stable world order. This message, hammered home from 1942 to 1945, meant that after the war Americans would be in for a rude shock. Agreements regarding the postwar world were reached at Yalta and Potsdam, but the Soviets wasted no time in violating them. After driving German forces out of Eastern Europe they set about creating communist puppet states throughout the region, apparently ignoring their promises to allow democratic elections there. Having just won a world war, they seemed intent on setting the stage for another. To the new administration of Harry Truman, this behavior was reminiscent of Hitler's in the 1930s. Like many of the statesmen of his age, he believed that the proper means of responding to an international bully was a credible threat of force; "appeasement" was a dirty word, as it would only lead to new demands. Thus Truman decided on a strategy known as "containment," in which the Soviets would be prevented—militarily if necessary—from using force to export their ideology abroad. Containment would, in fact, remain the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy for the next fifty years. Containment assumed many different forms. Under the Truman Doctrine the president pledged to defend "free peoples" everywhere through economic and military aid. The Marshall Plan provided billions of dollars for economic recovery to Western Europe, lest misery in France, Germany, and Italy lead to communist electoral victories in those countries. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a formal military alliance, and a clear message to Moscow—the United States would fight to defend Western Europe. Ultimately it would lead to actual war in Korea. Containment was not without its critics, and among the most perceptive was journalist Walter Lippman. Lippman believed that the result would be an ongoing "cold war" that might never involve actual combat, but would continue to drain American resources as the United States was committed to resist communism everywhere it might appear. And indeed, "Cold War" is exactly the term that has come to define the entire period from 1945 to 1989. In this curriculum unit students will learn how the Cold War began, from the agreements reached at Yalta and Potsdam in 1945 through the formation of NATO in 1949. National Archives and Records Administration U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 47588 / Local Identifier 306.832. Source Link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.47588 Copyright Link https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

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Aunque estos hechos estan bastante recientes en el tiempo,no debemos olvidar que han influido en la situacion actual del mundo de una forma determinante,y Bruno nos espone las contradicciones y mentiras directamente de la versionoficial,par que no caigamos en la amnesia y llamemos a las cosas por su nombre.Las operaciones de bandera falsa son actividades encubiertas conducidas por gobiernos, corporaciones y otras organizaciones, diseñadas para aparecer como si fueran llevadas a cabo por otras entidades. El nombre se deriva del concepto militar de izar colores falsos; esto quiere decir la bandera de un país diferente al propio. El atentado a las Torres Gemelas, ocurrido el 11 de septiembre de 2001 fue una masacre fríamente planificada por el Gran Gobierno Mundial para apropiarse de las incalculables riquezas que existen en el subsuelo de Afganistán e Irak. La gran mentira del ataque extranjero a Nueva York y el Pentágono posibilitó que los norteamericanos crearan la organización titulada "Académicos por la verdad del 11/9", donde miles de personas investigan y acusan directamente al vicepresidente Dick Cheney de ser el cerebro de la matanza y que la versión del gobierno acerca del atentado es falsa. Gracias a ellos, se sabe que toda la documentación confidencial de las Torres había sido trasladada fuera de ellas varios días antes. Un puñado de pilotos aficionados jamás podrían burlar a los 14 servicios de inteligencia de distintas reparticiones que posee Estados Unidos. Incluso eludieron al sistema Echelon, que vigila las comunicaciones telefónicas, de fax, de télex y de correo electrónico. Cuya pasmosa capacidad permite interceptar más de 200 millones de comunicaciones diarias. Los 120 satélites y las 12 bases de la red Echelon también fueron evitados por estos "árabes" que, para maravilla de todos, nueve de los supuestos pilotos terroristas que murieron en el atentado según la "historia oficial", están bien vivos en sus países de origen. KurtSonnenfeld, el camarógrafo oficial del 11-S, actualmente refugiado en la Argentina, afirma en su libro "El Perseguido", editado en junio de 2009, que en la semana previa al ataque del WorldTrade Center, todo el suministro eléctrico fue cortado por 36 horas, incluyendo cámaras de seguridad y los sistemas de control. Fue en el marco de una operación de mantenimiento altamente irregular. Quien dio la orden fue Marvin Bush, el hermano menor del presidente, encargado de la seguridad en las Torres y en las aerolíneas donde se secuestraron los aviones. Además, entre los escombros se encontraron restos de nanothermite, un poderoso explosivo utilizado en demoliciones. Tal vez George W. Bush, o alguno de sus asesores, algún día hablen de más y nos cuenten cómo planearon matar a miles de inocentes para satisfacer intereses abyectos y deleznables a espaldas de toda la humanidad. Basta observar cuáles naciones se beneficiaron geopolíticamente en estos años y quiénes hicieron un gran negocio con esta guerra. Hoy sólo los necios y estúpidos siguen afirmando que los autores fueron unos pobres árabes suicidas. Alberto Seoane El 11-9 está rodeado de misterios e incógnitas sin resolver. Por primera vez en la historia edificios con estructuras de acero colapsaron a causa del fuego. La FEMA (Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias) fue la responsable de investigar los acontecimientos y presentar un informe. Sus investigaciones son penosas para una agencia que dispone de muchos medios y recursos, no explica el por qué de los colapsos, sólo se basa en suposiciones sin fundamentos. Según arquitectos, bomberos e ingenieros, el impacto y el daño de los aviones no puede explicar los colapsos, aun menos el del edificio siete donde ningún avión chocó. Por ley está prohibido destruir las pruebas de un delito, tampoco es permitido deshacerse de los escombros de un edificio colapsado mayor de diez plantas para así poder estudiar las causas del desplome. Horas después del atentado ya se estaban retirando los escombros y en pocos meses todas las pruebas del delito fueron destruidas. Collen Rowley, agente del FBI encargada de investigar el terrorismo, en el congreso de USA declaró que sus superiores le dificultaban proseguir sus investigaciones antiterroristas. Otro miembro de la misma agencia trabajando en el departamento de contraterrorismo, Robert Wright, al quejarse de que sus superiores y el departamento de justicia americana le ponían trabas para investigar la red de Al Qaeda, recibió represalias y amenazas. Al Qaeda fue considerada una organización terrorista desde 1993. En 1995 un coche bomba fue colocado en un parking del WTC supuestamente por esta red terrorista, solo murieron cinco personas. Si más de trece personas hubiesen fallecido, el congreso habría dado su consentimiento para aplicar una ley antiterrorista que solo sirve para recortar la libertad. Dos años más tarde en Oklahoma explotó una bomba en un edificio donde la primera planta era una guardería y el resto eran oficinas del FBI, curiosamente ningún oficial de la agencia se encontraba en el atentado. Gracias al sospechoso ataque esta ley antiterrorista “TerrorismAct” fue promulgada. David Shayler trabajó para la agencia de inteligencia británica, el MI 6. Cuando tubo acceso a documentación secreta descubrió que la propia MI 6 mantenía tratos con Al Qaeda y Bin Laden, en uno de ellos pagó a un miembro de la organización para atentar contra Gaddafi, jefe del estado de Libia. El atentado del 11-9 parece moverse por intereses. Los accionistas mayoritarios de CarlileGroup, actualmente la mayor contratista de defensa, son las familia Bush y la Bin Laden. Antes del atentado la compañía estaba en la quinta posición en la industria armamentística, gracias a la guerra de Afganistán y a los tratos especiales de Bush ha llegado a ocupar la primera posición. En general toda la industria armamentística ha sacado grandes beneficios del conflicto con el mundo islámico. En la zona del mar Caspio hay importantes reservorios de petróleo y gas pero para extraerlos se necesitaba un conducto que pasase por Afganistán. Con los talibanes al poder era imposible pensar en la creación de un conducto, se requería un gobierno unificado y único. Al invadir Afganistán el Banco Mundial en abril de 2002 anunció la financiación del conducto petrolífero. Bien se sabe que la principal fuente de ingresos de las agencias de inteligencia para los proyectos negros, que no pasan por el congreso, es el tráfico de drogas. Con la expulsión de los talibanes la producción de opio en Afganistán se ha incrementado hasta suministrar un tercio del opio consumido en todo el mundo. Debido a estos intereses y a muchos otros, los benefactores del atentado terrorista seguramente están implicados en el ataque, en tal caso serían culpables de asesinato y terrorismo. Hay evidencias suficientes para pensar que el 9-11 fue una farsa, que Bin Laden no estuvo implicado, tal como lo dijo en su primer video, y, dadas las restricciones de libertad a cambio de seguridad, es un gran paso hacia el Nuevo Orden Mundial. El Pentágono Once de septiembre a las 8:10 am el Boeing 757 del vuelo 77 despega del aeropuerto de Washington. Al cabo de cincuenta minutos es secuestrado por islamistas radicales armados con trinchetas, en este momento el avión volando encima de Ohio se desvanece de los radares. Alrededor de las 9:40 es localizado por los radares dirigiéndose hacia el pentágono, se observa que da un giro de 270 º para chocar contra la cara norte del edificio militar. Pasados veinte minutos la cara frontal norte de la zona impactada colapsa, quedando un hueco de aproximadamente 20 metros por 22. El Pentágono consta de cinco anillos pentagonales cada uno dentro del otro. Cada edificio tiene las dos paredes de acero reforzadas con hormigón, con un grosor de casi medio metro. En el ataque el Boeing perforó tres anillos, es decir, tres metros de acero reforzado con hormigón y sin contar las columnas ni los suelos. Un avión no está pensado para perforar, sólo un misil puede tener tal potencia. La versión oficial del ataque al Pentágono no tiene fundamento, básicamente por cinco razones: La primera razón es la zona del impacto, ésta estaba siendo reformada para poder soportar mejor un ataque. Las pocas víctimas fueron empleados, algunos de ellos haciendo las construcciones. Lo más obvio habría sido estrellar el avión en medio del Pentágono para disminuir el riesgo de fallo, aun más para pilotos sin experiencia, en cambio, el avión tubo que girar 270º para impactar en la cara norte en vez de ir en línea recta. La segunda razón es el tamaño de la perforación antes del colapso por que no es suficientemente ancho para entrar un Boeing 757 ya que este mide de ancho 7’3 metros, de ala a ala 38 metros, su altura es de 13’6 metros y de lado mide 47’3 metros. En la foto del costado puede verse el agujero, las zonas donde el avión tendría que haber impactado se mantienen intactas, incluso los cristales de las ventanas donde la cola habría golpeado no están rotos. La tercera razón es la falta de pruebas. Estos aviones pesan cerca de 40 toneladas más 3 toneladas de pasajeros y equipaje. En caso de un avión impactado, algunos trozos como las alas, turbinas o la cola habrían quedado en el exterior, no obstante, ninguna imagen del evento muestra alguna pieza de un Boeing; tampoco aparece en el interior. Es cierto que se encontraron piezas de un avión, unas de ellas una turbina con un diámetro menor a un metro, a pesar de que las turbinas de un Boeing miden tres metros de diámetro; el fuselaje o placas de aluminio, pertenecientes a un avión pero tan ligeras que los agentes podían levantarlas con una sola mano, estas placas no pertenecen a un Boeing por ser muy frágiles y finas. La cuarta razón que demuestra la incongruencia de la versión oficial es la altura del avión en el momento del choque. La parte superior de la zona del atentado no estaba dañada, solo la parte inferior mostraba signos de un impacto. Para explicar el fenómeno oficialmente, el avión voló a pocos centímetros del suelo. Pero para impactar en la zona del atentado el avión tendría que estar inclinado hacia abajo porque si no sus turbinas tocarían el suelo. A 700 kilómetros por hora es prácticamente imposible y teniendo en cuenta que los aviones vuelan ligeramente inclinados hacia arriba. Debido a la poca maniobrabilidad de un Boeing para volar horizontalmente se necesitaría unos centenares de metros sin obstáculos pero en esta zona los árboles, postes y luces abundan. Poco después del once de septiembre el francés Thierry Meyssan publicó “La Gran Impostura” donde demostraba que ningún Boeing se estrelló en el Pentágono. Los militares hasta el momento negaban la posesión de cualquier video del atentado, a pesar de que solo en la cara norte hay seis cámaras de seguridad. En esta zona hay una estación de gas cuyas cámaras apuntaban directamente a la cara norte. Pocos minutos después del atentado el FBI llegó y confiscó las grabaciones. Todos los videos de las cámaras de vigilancia que grabaron el atentado también fueron confiscados, no obstante, las grabaciones de los atentados en las Torres no fueron confiscados, al contrario, se mostraron día y noche en las noticias juntamente con fotos de Bin Laden. La quinta razón son los cinco fotogramas cedidos por el Pentágono en un intento de frenar las crecientes acusaciones como las de Meyssan. En el primer fotograma, un aparato cuadrado enfrente de la cámara tapa el supuesto avión pero muestra una cola de humo. Un avión a pocos metros de altura no produce ningún vapor solo a kilómetros de altura y en condiciones atmosféricas muy precisas. En caso de un incendio en las turbinas el humo es negro, por lo tanto la cola de humo que muestra el fotograma es de un misil por que su combustible contiene hidrocarbonos y oxígeno y al no utilizar el aire atmosférico la concentración de vapor es mucho mayor debido a que el aire contiene nitrógeno, el cual reduce la formación de vapor. En el segundo fotograma se puede observar una bola de fuego muy brillante por lo que demuestra que la combustión disponía de mucho oxígeno, a diferencia del hidrocarbono, que el fuego es muy oscuro por la rápida combustión del oxígeno. Estas evidencias demuestran el encubrimiento del ataque al Pentágono. Quizás los islamistas lanzaron un misil y se intentó encubrirlo para no crear una alarma de inseguridad nacional, el único fallo de ésa suposición es que los cadáveres de los pasajeros fueron encontrados. Los fallecidos en el Pentágono fueron a Belvoir, Virginia, para volver a ser trasladados a Dover, Dellaware, donde gracias a los análisis de ADN y de los dientes se identificaron a los tripulantes. Teniendo en cuenta que el Boeing 757 se desvaneció de los radares en Ohio donde hay una base militar, probablemente el Pentágono está involucrado en estas muertes. Sí los islamistas se hubieran apropiado del avión y aterrizado en la base de Ohio con la tripulación de rehenes o sí en el momento del secuestro la ventilación hubiese soltado gas nervioso, o un gas de la misma índole, matando al personal y por control remoto el avión hubiese aterrizado en la base, durante la hora que el supuesto avión se esfumó de los radares y el traslado de los difuntos, habría dado tiempo para manipular los cadáveres, colocándolos en una habitación y haciendo explotar una bomba junto a ellos y así aparentar un choque de avión. Las fotografías demuestran que algún tipo de avión se estrelló en el Pentágono, pero gracias a los cinco fotogramas se puede afirmar que el causante del ataque fue un misil que impactó en la cara norte. Algunos investigadores del 11-9 especulan que un avión militar parecido a un PredatorDrone o un Global Hawk fue el responsable de sustituir la ruta del Boeing, ya que, a diferencia del avión comercial, es capaz de dar giros de 270º en un radio pequeño, y frente al Pentágono lanzó el misil. Seguramente, si fue algún tipo de avión, en su interior un explosivo estaba programado para detonar por que es evidente que el avión se destruyó. Otra posibilidad es la de un misil alado y con turbina. Estas especulaciones son más coherentes que la versión oficial, explica por qué no murió ningún militar de grado, el tamaño de la perforación, las pocas piezas el avión, ya que aviones de la índole de un Global Hawk o un PredatorDrone solo pesan cuatro toneladas y gran parte de su estructura es de fibra de carbono o de vidrio por lo que se reduciría a cenizas, y por último, explica por qué el Pentágono solo cedió 5 fotogramas. WorldTrade Center El WorldTrade Center estaba constituido de siete edificios. Los dos primeros se los conocía con el sobrenombre de Torres Gemelas, el tercero era un hotel y el cuarto, quinto, sexto y séptimo eran oficinas. El principal propietario era Silverstein Inc. cuyo presidente era el mismo Larry Abraham Silverstein. La Torres gemelas y el edificio siete colapsaron en el día del atentado, en el edificio seis a causa de los escombros cedió una gran parte formando un agujero perfectamente vertical. Gracias al ataque terrorista Silverstein fue reembolsado por las compañías de seguros con más de 900 millones de dólares. WorldTrade Center 7 El WorldTrade Center 7 constaba de 47 plantas, hasta el piso siete habían generadores eléctricos con tanques de gasolina a prueba de incendios. Las otras plantas servían de oficinas, en la veinticinco los arrendatarios era la CIA, el Departamento de Defensa y otras agencias. En el piso 23 había la Oficina de Manejo de Emergencia, esta planta fue convertida en una especie en búnker con las ventanas a prueba de bomba, generadores eléctricos, un sistema de filtrado de aire y agua reservada para protegerse en caso de un ataque bacteriológico. Este búnker es inútil, en todo caso debería de estar en la primera planta o en el sótano y aun así su localización es absurda. Entre las 9 y 10, después del primer atentado en la torre norte, los empleados fueron evacuados. En los derrumbamientos de las torres algunos escombros impactaron en el edificio pero el daño fue ínfimo ya que estaba alejado de las torres, en esta hora los primeros incendios aparecieron. Los fuegos eran pequeños, lo suficiente para ser apagados, o por lo menos controlados, por el sistema antiincendios. Oficialmente se da a entender que el edificio estaba sumido en inmensas llamas, pero solo en algunas plantas se podía ver un poco de fuego. Según la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, el edificio colapsó debido al fuego, pero por primera vez en la historia un edificio con columnas de acero colapsa a causa de un incendio. Después de que en un reportaje la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias explicara exhaustivamente cada detalle de la estructura del edificio 7, termina reconociendo que se debería llevar otra investigación para acabar de esclarecer los hechos. Desdichadamente, cuando publicaron su penoso estudio los escombros ya habían sido destruidos, por lo que se imposibilitó cualquier futura investigación. Las grabaciones en el momento de colapso muestran que la última planta, la zona respiradero, “colapsa” antes que las demás; muy sospechoso teniendo en cuenta que los fuegos estaban a muchas plantas abajo. El edificio cayó perfectamente vertical y sus escombros quedaron reducidos a poco volumen, en un colapso normal la construcción tiende a caer horizontalmente o colapsar en ciertas zonas mientras que otras permanecen intactas, también sus escombros son muy voluptuosos ya que sus piezas son grandes por no ser detonadas. Larry Silverstein declaró: “recuerdo haber recibido una llamada del comandante del departamento de fuego diciéndome que no estaban seguros de poder contener el fuego, yo dije: Hemos tenido estas terribles pérdidas de vida que quizás lo mejor sería demolerlo. Ellos tomaron esta decisión y nosotros nos quedamos mirando el colapso del edificio”. Contrariamente a la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, Silverstein reconoce que el WTC 7 fue demolido, sólo el estudio de la estructura de la edificación para colocar los explosivos demora semanas y si realmente el fuego era tan grande que no podían controlarlo cómo fueron capaces de subir hasta la última planta para colocar los explosivos. Esta demolición solamente hubiera sido posible si ya se sabía de antemano que el WTC iba a ser atacado por terroristas, entendiendo como terrorismo “sucesión de actos de violencia ejecutados para infundir terror”. Las Torres Gemelas A las 8 horas el Boeing del vuelo 11 despegó de Boston, después de un cuarto de hora el avión del vuelo 77 partió de Washington. El primer Boeing impacta en la torre Norte a las 8:45, pasados quince minutos el otro choca en la Torre Sur. A las diez el WTC 2 colapsa y el WTC 1 le sigue en media hora. Sus rutas se cruzaron en el aeropuerto de Stewart, en el radar las dos señales se mezclaron y los operadores no pudieron distinguir quien era quien. El primer avión solo fue grabado por un videoaficionado con una resolución baja, pero en el segundo atentado se hicieron centenares de fotos y grabaciones. El 26 de Marzo del 2003 el periódico La Vanguardia financió un estudio a la Universidad Politécnica de Mataró para analizar las imágenes del segundo avión. Los resultados fueron publicados el 13 de julio de 2003 por el mismo periódico. El estudio consistió en analizar tres fotos del avión con distintos grados, en cada una de las tres fotos analizadas se utilizaron tres sistemas de algoritmos estándares de procesado digital para ser finalmente comparadas con un Boeing 767. Las fotografías demuestran que en el fuselaje del avión hay objetos cilíndricos no pertenecientes a este tipo de aeronave. Las conclusiones a las que se llegaron fueron: Los objetos cilíndricos detectados en las imágenes del 11 de Septiembre no son comunes a un Boeing 767-300. Estos objetos tampoco pueden ser sombras provocadas por el ángulo de incidencia del sol sobre el avión, porque siempre aparecen con la misma forma y tamaño, aunque sí con distinta luminosidad. Los objetos detectados tienen a su alrededor distinta luminiscencia por tener relieve (esta es la única explicación posible). Los objetos detectados se distinguen perfectamente del tren de aterrizaje. Según los numerosos testigos que presenciaron los hechos, “el avión no era de las líneas americanas, no era un avión comercial, y casi no tenía ventanas laterales. Existe la posibilidad de que los aviones que chocaron las torres fuesen E-10, aviones militares computarizados de reconocimiento y vigilancia, o algún modelo similar ya que tienen un fuselaje muy parecido a un Boeing 767, excepto por la ausencia de ventanas laterales. Si los aviones realmente eran militares, entonces el único momento para sustituirlos por los Boeing sería en el aeropuerto de Stewart donde sus rutas se cruzaron y hay un antiguo edifico de la CIA. Cada Torre tenía 47 columnas centrales de 90 por 36 cm. cuyo centro era hueco. En el exterior había 236 columnas separadas por menos de un metro, en las esquinas 4 columnas hacían de soporte. En la base del edificio el grosor de las paredes de las columnas era de 10 cm y a medida que la altura aumentaba el grosor disminuía hasta que en la cima media 6 mm. En la Torre Sur las columnas centrales fueron muy poco dañadas porque el avión estaba en proceso de giro y su cuerpo colisionó en los laterales, el choque afectó desde el piso 78 al 84; en la Torre Norte, 45 columnas exteriores de las plantas 94 a la 98 fueron rotas. Un avión del tamaño de un Boeing puede llegar a almacenar miles de litros de combustible, en el momento del ataque se formaron inmensas bolas de fuego, quemando mucho combustible. Después los pisos empezaron a arder. Oficialmente el calor fue tal que derritió las columnas, ya debilitadas, causando el colapso completo. Esto es imposible, ya que para derretir el acero se necesitan temperaturas de 1500º y los hidrocarburos sólo pueden llegar a los 1000º si hay una proporción óptima de oxígeno. Las imágenes muestran que el humo era negro, lo que significa falta de oxígeno. Si la temperatura hubiese sido muy elevada los cristales se habrían fundido, aún así, las columnas exteriores se mantenían frías. Curiosamente las imágenes muestran que el fuego estaba disminuyendo, hasta décimas de segundo antes del colapso. Este fenómeno posiblemente es debido a las 40 toneladas de material no combustible del avión y de toneladas de hormigón y otros materiales, que aparte de ahogarlo, absorbían el calor haciendo que las columnas no se calentasen tanto. Algunos profesores de universidades redactaron sus teorías sobre la causa del colapso. Una de ellas es la expansión termal que indica que por falta de espacio y flexibilidad la estructura se rompió, pero las estructuras de las torres estaban diseñadas para soportar tormentas y vientos descomunales gracias a su flexibilidad estructural. El edificio Windsor estaba violentamente inmerso en llamas y, a pesar de tener una estructura mucho más débil que las dos torres, no colapsó. El desmoronamiento creó grandes nubes de polvo que al sedimentar cubrió las calles. Tras un análisis del polvo, los resultados mostraron que las partículas eran de hormigón y yeso. Dado que el hormigón difícilmente se pulveriza, a no ser que se utilicen explosivos, un colapso convencional no puede ser el causante de esa desintegración. Además, todas las columnas centrales se quebraron en las junturas, en vez de estar rotas por la mitad a causa del brutal peso. A excepción de pequeños trozos de hormigón, ningún material sobrevivió intacto. El colapso quedó registrado en los polígrafos sísmicos. Según los datos sísmicos del Grupo Sismológico de la Universidad de Columbia, el tiempo del derrumbamiento de la Torre Norte fue de aproximadamente 8 segundos. Si se lanzara un objeto de una altura de 400m (la altura de las Torres) a la aceleración gravitacional terrestre, el objeto en caída libre demoraría 8 segundos en llegar al suelo, por lo tanto, la Torre Norte se derrumbó sin encontrar casi ningún obstáculo, es decir, los pisos desplomándose prácticamente no tocaron las plantas inferiores que teóricamente deberían mantenerse intactas. La Torre Sur demoró 10 segundos, probablemente a causa de la inclinación de 20º verticales que sufrió la parte superior del edificio a raíz del choque. Todas las evidencias del colapso apuntan unánimemente a una demolición. En la Torre Sur, la parte superior inclinada debería de haber caído entera, o al menos la parte saliente, no obstante, en medio de la nube de polvo las 20 plantas desaparecieron. Otra evidencia de una demolición es la expulsión de polvo, en las plantas cuyas estructuras parecen mantenerse intactas al ser explosionadas el polvo es expulsado equitativamente en cada lado y de manera horizontal; si hubiese sido un derrumbe convencional, el polvo no habría salido ni equitativamente ni horizontalmente por la falta de presión. En la cadena Fox un periodista en medio del caos y el polvo entrevistó a varios testigos. Uno de ellos era un policía que había presenciado todo lo ocurrido, el periodista le pregunta: “¿Sabe si fue una explosión o un colapso?”, el policía convencido responde “A mí me sonó a una explosión”. Este mismo reportero siguió grabando y preguntando. Otro testigo postuló: “Fue una enorme explosión...yo creo que fue una explosión en las dos torres” En la NBC, el reportero se informa: “la zona de las torres ha sido evacuada por que puede que haya otra explosión. La primera torre ya fue derrumbada”. En la CNN se informó en vivo a las 9:54: “Ha sido una enorme explosión”. “Ha habido una enorme y sonora explosión”. En Fox se dijo en directo: “es una enorme explosión que todos hemos oído”... Con testimonios de este tipo se podrían escribir páginas y páginas, pero los más veraces son los de bomberos. En una grabación, un grupo de bomberos que actuaron en medio del caos concuerdan en que una cadena de explosiones demolieron las Torres, tal como uno de ellos dice: “contamos más de diez explosiones”. “Estábamos subiendo cuando escuchamos unas bombas explotar, creemos que había un grupo de bombas en el edificio”. Para poder llevar a cabo este falso atentado los responsables tenían que estar viendo los acontecimientos para tomar decisiones. Las cadenas de explosivos seguramente funcionaban con radiofrecuencia y las señales eran emitidas por una computadora. Los técnicos se encargaron de decidir cuando demoler los edificios. El lugar más idóneo y seguro era un búnker ubicado en el edificio 7. Posiblemente los aviones se guiaban por “Homeingsignal”, sistema que guía el avión en dirección a una señal. El transmisor debía, por lo tanto, estar cerca de las Torres para que las aeronaves impactasen contra los edificios. Al finalizar la operación, para destruir toda prueba, demolieron el edificio 7. Eso explica por qué la administración estadounidense quebrantó la ley destruyendo los escombros antes de ser analizados y puso énfasis en obstruir las investigaciones y censurar material ya publicado. Una posible tercera guerra mundial Una guerra mundial es creada, en principio, en la psiquis de la humanidad y luego se manifiesta físicamente. Ciertas familias de gran poder, también conocidas como los Iluminati, representan la sombra de la psiquis colectiva y, hoy en día, son los responsables de crear la chispa que inicia las guerras mundiales. El atentado a las Torres Gemelas fue el inicio de un conflicto mucho mayor. El atentado en última instancia fue promovido por las familias más poderosas del mundo, las cuales se reúnen en comités para crear distintas estrategias con el fin de implantar un Nuevo Orden Mundial. Algunos comités son el Bilderberg, la Mesa Redonda compuesta por el Real Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales, su versión americana, el Concejo de Relaciones Internacionales, la Comisión Trilateral y el Comité de los 300. Una de las maneras de implantar un Nuevo Orden Mundial se basa en el principio “problema-reacción-solución”, es decir, se crea un conflicto, el pueblo reclama una solución y entonces se le ofrece una solución que antes no habría sido aceptada: “ataque-inseguridad y recorte libertad”. Tanto la primera como la segunda guerra mundial se basaron en estos principios. Hay indicios de que los dirigentes de la Mano Negra, sociedad de la cual uno de sus miembros asesinó al heredero de la corona austro-húngara, se reunieron con masones del Gran Oriente en el hotel St. Jerome en Toulouse, Francia. Incluso según los historiadores modernos, la sociedad de la Mano Negra, cuya cabeza principal era el jefe del Servicio de Inteligencia del Estado Mayor Servio, pertenecía a la agencia de Inteligencia serbia. El tratado de Versalles sirvió para que el pueblo alemán aceptase la solución propuesta por Hitler. En el tratado la mayoría de representantes y consejeros pertenecían a los comités antes nombrados o mantenían estrechas relaciones con las familias más poderosas del mundo. En la mesa de Versalles el representante de Estados Unidos fue Woodrow Wilson y algunos de sus consejeros fueron el Coronel Mandelhouse y Bernard Bauch, del Comité de los 300; Lloyd George era representante de Gran Bretaña, aconsejado por Alfred Milner, del Comité de los 300 y representante de la Mesa Redonda y Sir Philip Sazón, descendiente de Mayer Rothschild, jefe de una de las familias judías más poderosas del mundo; por último, Francia era representada por Georges Clemenceau y el primer ministro de interior, Georges Mandel, quien mantenía estrechas relaciones con la familia Rothschild. Además, en la comisión americana para negociar la paz estaban los hermanos Dullas, Alan Dullas fue el director de la CIA que encargó cien toneladas de LCD para el proyecto de control mental MK Ultra; Paul Warburg, heredero del imperio bancario Abraham; Robert Lasin, secretario de estado y tío de los Dullas; y Walter Lippman, fundador de la rama americana la Sociedad Fabiana. En la delegación alemana uno de sus representantes era Max Warburg, hermano del Paul que representaba a Estados Unidos. El anfitrión fue el Barón Edmun de Rothschild, líder de la creación del estado Israelí. Tanto los Warburg, familia de banqueros, como los Rothschild, representantes del maltratado pueblo judío, fueron los banqueros de Hitler. Las multinacionales americanas abrieron subsidiarias en Alemania para financiar a Hitler. Harriman, Prescott Bush, abuelo de George W. Bush y otros crearon entidades como el Trust Alemán del Acero que ayudó a Hitler a producir el 35% de los explosivos, 36% de las placas pesadas y el 22% del cable alemán. La I.G. Farben fue creada a partir de los préstamos de Wall Street. La principal desventaja de los Nazis era la escasees de combustible, la empresa petrolífera StandarOil, de los Rockefellers, una de las familias más poderosas cuyo miembro Nelson Rockefeller fue gobernador de Nueva York y Vice-presidente norteamericano, proporcionó al cartel químico la información para generar gasolina sintética, es decir, hidrogenada. La historia ser repite. Como si de una chispa se tratase, el autoatentado terrorista a las Torres Gemelas ha creado una reacción en cadena cuyas consecuencias iniciales han sido las invasiones a Afganistán e Irak y el hecho de involucrar a otros países en este conflicto. Hay indicios de una posible tercera guerra mundial, dados principalmente por las correspondencias de Albert Pike, la antigua profecía Hopi y los contactos de Billy Meyer. Albert Pike, líder de la masonería satanista del rito York, mantenía correspondencia con Giuseppe Mazzini, masón del 33º antiguo y aceptado rito satanista escocés. En una carta de Pike del 15 de agosto de 1871 para Mazzini, conservada en el Museo Británico de Londres, explica la planificación de las tres guerras mundiales del siguiente siglo. En la primera -comunica Pike en su carta- el objetivo será derrocar los zares rusos para implantar el comunismo ateo. Las diferencias entre el gobierno Británico y Alemán tenían que ser utilizadas para fomentar la lucha. La segunda guerra mundial sería fomentada por las disputas del nacional socialismo y el sionismo político con la finalidad de crear un estado judío. Hasta el momento las dos guerras han ocurrido tal como Albert Pike planificó. La carta prosigue con la tercera guerra mundial, la cual -según Pike- será fomentada por los conflictos entre el mundo islámico y el sionismo político que quedarán destruidos, a la vez que otras naciones, forzadas a luchar entre si, acabarán agotadas en todos los niveles. La carta finaliza diciendo: “quienes pretendan la completa dominación mundial, después de la 3ª guerra, provocarán el mayor cataclismo jamás conocido en el mundo”. Thomas Banyacya fue uno de los elegidos por los ancianos chamanes Hopi, situados en Arizona, para transmitir la Gran Profecía a la sociedad blanca. Esta profecía está representada en una de las lapidas de piedra de la tribu nativoamericana. Algunas profecías ya cumplidas fueron la llegada de los blancos y el invento de carruajes, que fueron transmitidas de generación a generación. En los tiempos en que la Gran Profecía se cumpla la humanidad andará dividida en dos: una seguirá en contacto con la naturaleza, en equilibrio, la otra estará alejada de ella, se extraviará hacia el materialismo. La profecía dice: “Cuando haya telarañas y casas en el cielo, la segunda línea de la humanidad perecerá”. Esto tiene mucho sentido si se mira al cielo, a menudo se observan aviones soltando una especie de humo que persiste en el cielo durante horas hasta que se entremezcla con el aire, incluso hay días que todo el cielo queda recubierto de estas sustancias y los rayos solares al traspasarlos crean un arco iris de colores químicos, pero lo más frecuente es que las estelas químicas dejadas por los aviones se entrecrucen en el cielo formando lo que parece una telaraña. Estos rastros, que serían la fuente de serias enfermedades, formarían parte de proyectos militares que tienen por finalidad implantar el Nuevo Orden Mundial. La expresión “casas en el cielo”, seguramente hace referencia a los aviones. Para que la segunda línea de la humanidad perezca es necesario una purificación, una destrucción, y una tercera guerra podría crear los cambios que la profecía advierte. Billy Mayer es un suizo que asegura contactar con extraterrestres cara a cara. Durante muchos años fue tachado de farsante, pero ganó más credibilidad cuando la CFI-West, organización dedicada a reproducir fotografías, falló en el intento de duplicar cualquiera de sus nítidas fotos o videos de platillos voladores, que según la organización eran falsificados. En algunos contactos, los extraterrestres provenientes de las Pléyades, le revelaron los acontecimientos por venir e información aun no descubierta. Para dejar constancia de la fecha, Meyer las registraba con copyright. A lo largo de su vida ha padecido 19 atentados, en uno de ellos, en India, perdió su brazo izquierdo. En su contacto 29, del 7 de julio de 1975, le dieron información de Venus sobre la composición atmosférica, sus gases, la temperatura de la superficie, la profundidad de las nubes, la velocidad de los vientos y otros datos que en 1981 fueron confirmados por los científicos. En otros encuentros le predijeron la erupción de ciertos volcanes, terremotos, la invasión china del norte de Vietnam, la masacre de Jonestown, el desastre nuclear de Rusia y otros hechos que no hacen más que demostrar su veracidad. La principal finalidad de estas profecías es avisar a la humanidad de una inevitable tercera guerra mundial pero si el inconciente colectivo cambia para mejor no toda la catastrófica profecía se cumplirá. En el contacto 215 de 1987, avisó de un ataque terrorista en el WTC y del inicio de guerras que Estados Unidos ha lanzado contra los países islámicos. Según la profecía del contactado Billy Mayer, la peor etapa durará 888 días. El terrorismo, las guerras, el hambre y las enfermedades causarán miles de millones de muertes, en algunas zonas 1 de cada 3 personas morirán, en otras un cuarto de la población perecerá. En estos tiempos no se podrá vender ni comprar, las provisiones serán racionadas y aquel que intente robar un poco de comida lo pagará con la vida. La gran catástrofe difícilmente podrá ser evitada porque la humanidad en vez de dirigirse hacia los valores nobles, el amor, la paz y la libertad se dirige hacia los valores materiales, el placer, la riqueza y el poder. Acontecerán grandes desastres naturales [algunos ya están ocurriendo] a causa de las explosiones nucleares, la contaminación y la extracción de petróleo, al extraerlo las inmensas cavernas quedan vacías y juntamente al peso de las grandes ciudades y las inmensas presas, crean un desajuste que afecta los movimientos internos terrestres, en consecuencia, originan movimientos antinaturales en las placas tectónicas que causan terremotos y erupción de volcanes, los cuales generan cambios climáticos de gran magnitud. Estados Unidos y otros países desarrollados lucharán contra los países del este y con la excusa de implantar la paz los invadirán, actualmente Estados Unidos ya ha invadido Afganistán e Irak. Francia y España entrarán en conflicto armado, incluso es posible que acontezca antes de la 3ª guerra mundial; Rusia y Suecia también entrarán en combate. En un verano Rusia atacará Escandinava con eso se iniciará un conflicto en toda Europa, que unos meses antes habrá sufrido el paso de un tornado. Más tarde, Rusia, con su afán de poder, invadirá Irán, Turquía y algunos países del medio oriente. También mantendrá una disputa con China por Mongolia. China amenazará a India y la atacará a la vez que incitará a Pakistán para que se alíe con ella. Europa será sometida a un régimen militar, Francia la utilizarán como cuartel general pero antes ya habrá sido invadida por sus inmigrantes musulmanes, que serán la fuerza del trabajo [ya se han producido algunos enfrentamientos de árabes franceses]; después, las invasiones seguirán por España e Inglaterra la cual estará en condiciones parecidas a una guerra civil con Irlanda del Norte. El odio a los extranjeros y a personas de otra religión crecerá y el neo-nazismo, terrorismo y la extrema derecha aumentará. Los militares intentarán fundar una fuerza policial mundial. La profecía de Billy Mayer también indica que los científicos, mediante la manipulación genética engendrarán ejércitos de clones con ADN humano mezclado con el de cerdo [en algunas bases militares ya se está experimentando en este sentido]. Estos clones estarán desprovistos de sentimientos y su único objetivo será el destruir, pero existe la posibilidad de que las armas computarizadas y los clones se vuelvan independientes por lo que sus creadores perderían el control sobre ellas. Por último, según la profecía que surge del contacto de Billy Mayer de 1987, los países del Este se levantaran contra los del Oeste. Los países tercermundistas también se sublevarán contra sus explotadores. Al final las grandes ciudades americanas quedarán completamente destruidas a causa de las armas de destrucción masiva utilizadas en sus guerras civiles y con otras naciones. Europa en cambio quedará muy dañada pero sobrevivirá. Todo esto puede llegar a ocurrir exactamente si los pensamientos, sentimientos y acciones de la humanidad no cambian. En caso de que mejore, este gran sufrimiento se verá aliviado pero lo más importante será después de la guerra porque entonces se decidirá definitivamente cual de los dos bandos gana: la Élite y su Nuevo Orden Mundial o la humanidad y su libertad. Pasará lo que deba pasar. Sea lo que sea del futuro no nos debemos dejar engañar. Los autoatentados o atentados de falsa bandera, como el da las Torres Gemelas, tienen como objetivo principal hallar el pretexto justo para comenzar una escalada de violencia, muerte y destrucción a nivel mundial que se traducirá en inimaginables beneficios financieros para unos pocos que se enseñorean desde hace ya bastante tiempo como los dueños del Mundo.

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The recent U.S. and New York performance of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has led to conniption fits by the chattering classes, sending some right-wing stations into overdrive. I am always amused at times like these, for, because I have some limited knowledge of U.S.-Latin American history, I sense where Chavez is coming from, and can honestly say, if I were looking at the world from a Latin American perspective, I'd feel pretty damn strongly that norte americanos behaved toward their southern neighbors like devils. Since at least 1823 (when U.S. president James Monroe announced his 'Monroe Doctrine'), Latin America has been little more than a colonial playground, or perhaps more fitting, basement for the United States. The Monroe Doctrine essentially was a threat against Europe that any intervention in *any* country in the Americas, would be perceived as a threat to U.S. security. Although pitched to the Europeans, it of course involved Central and Latin America, which was said to be the U.S.'s 'backyard.' In 1927, New York Times columnist Walter Lippman kicked it straightup when he wrote that the US had imperial claims over the Latin South: "All the world thinks of the United States as an empire, except the people of the United States. ... We shrink from the word 'empire,' and insist that it should not be used to describe the dominion we exercise from Alaska to the Philippines, from Cuba to Panama, and beyond. ... [W]e control the foreign relations of all the Caribbean countries; not one of them could enter into serious relations abroad without our consent. We control their relations with each other. We exercise the power of life and death over their governments in that no government can survive if we refuse it recognition. We help in many of these countries to decide what they call their elections, and we do not hesitate, as we have done recently in Mexico, to tell them what kind of constitution we think they ought to have. Whatever we may choose to call it, this is what the world at large calls an empire, or at least an empire in the making."** There it is. And what of U.S. allies? We've just heard reports of how the U.S. acquired Pakistan as an 'ally' in the so-called 'War on Terror.' According to published reports, U.S. officials gripped up President-General Pervez Musharraf, and told him, "If you don't support us, we'll bomb Pakistan back into the stone age!" Whoa! Now that's gangsta! This is less a 'coalition of the willing', than a 'gang of the bullied.' The Mafia could learn from these dudes! As Chavez might say, 'That sounds like the devil!' Nor should we delude ourselves into thinking that this is a Bush thing, or a Republican thing. No. It's an imperialist thing! The late President Lyndon B. Johnson, during a political dispute with the Greek ambassador, told him, "F--- your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fleas continue itching the elephant, they may just get whacked by the elephant's trunk, whacked good ... If your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament, or constitutions, he, his parliament and constitutions may not last very long."** So this is not a new thing. It is an old thing, that people all around the world know about. That old thing is imperialism. It is the U.S. exercising a choke-hold over much of the world for their resources. It's this strong-arm, imperialist arrogance that resulted in U.S. President George W. Bush getting modest, polite applause, and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez receiving prolonged applause, even a standing ovation by some delegates. They recognized that the Venezuelan leader was doing something that perhaps they wished they could do -- speak truth to power. Empire always makes enemies, for oppression breeds resistance. It has resulted in false allies, and real resistors. The lessons of Rome are lost in this new age of arrogance. **[Sources: Nieto, Clara. Masters of War: Latin America and U.S. Aggression (from the Cuban revolution Through the Clinton Years) (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003), p. 22.; Zepezauer, Mark. The CIA's Greatest Hits. (Tucson, AZ: Odinian Press, 1994), p. 33.] Copyright 2006 Mumia Abu-Jamal