The Weekly Watch
Fantasy: Camouflage Cover Tracks Of Incognito Spy
Margaret Alice
Today I read a most fascinating
account of exciting conspiracy
theories – enough to feed the
imagination for hours to come:
US programs dealt with lasers,
time travel, computer chips,
antigravity systems, magnified
light lenses and genetic
engineering – each term can
be looked up on the Internet
and all this research makes me
feel like a rocket scientist –
just the right camouflage
to cover the tracks of an
incognito spy!
Yes, a spy vs. spy world... and wiki leaked some of their tools. Is it all to keep the people distracted … Russia, Russia, Obama, CIA...while policies for corporate profit and power are swept into law? Seems people are standing up. They are meeting and challenging their government representatives. Wednesday women marched around the world. Friday there was the noDAPL march in DC. More marches next month...how absurd that there is a need to march for science...is it the new dark ages? No, I remember it's the Anthropocene ...the sixth great extinction.
(A pair of studies published in 2015 led to the conclusion that "the biodiversity crisis is real", and that 7% of all species on Earth may have disappeared already) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene
Let's start with all that spying...
WikiLeaks has published what it says is the largest leak of secret CIA documents in history. The thousands of documents, dubbed "Vault 7," describe CIA programs and tools that are capable of hacking into both Apple and Android cellphones (2.5 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcBl53P7C-E
We host a debate on the relationship of Trump and Russia between attorney Scott Horton, lecturer at Columbia Law School and a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, and Robert Parry, veteran investigative journalist and editor of the website Consortiumnews.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvK5x6nRvSk (16 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhuobJUQbfY (21 min)
Perhaps you're an agent comrade?
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/06/have-you-now-or-have-you-ever-bee...
So T-rump says Obama bugged him. He could easily release the evidence
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/10/why-wont-trump-declassify-evidence-o...
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says there is a theory circulating in the intelligence community that the CIA asked the British to spy on Trump on behalf of the Democratic Party; the politicization of the intelligence agencies is a reflection of a dying empire (12 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgd4WDMG4mQ
Why won't Russiagate die? (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91HMMuttJs
Michael Hayden blames millennials for the government’s secrets being leaked to the public.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/10/former-cia-director-michael-hayden-b...
Sure is hard to keep secrets. Unlike the Snowden disclosures, the initial Vault 7 release does not have much to say about exactly who the CIA was targeting and whether it have engaged in domestic spying
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/08/cias-new-digital-innovation-division...
They can hack your phone, but they have not hacked encryption programs signal nor whatsapp
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/07/the-cia-didnt-break-signal-or-whatsa...
And we all know the reason for spying... War -
America’s never-ending wars in the Middle East are no good; all the promises about “winning,” whether then or today, have been or will prove so much hogwash
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176252/tomgram%3A_danny_sjursen%2C_surgi...
The US is breaking international law. Any foreign forces, including those from the US, that enter Syria without invitation are invaders, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Chinese media in an interview, noting that no one had given the US troops currently in Manbij permission to be there. (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaz1oZEjAI
Women and Children in Yemeni Village Recall Horror of Trump’s “Highly Successful” SEAL Raid
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/09/women-and-children-in-yemeni-village...
The Pentagon’s top Middle East commander told Congress on Thursday that he found no signs of “poor decision-making or bad judgment” in a January raid in Yemen.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/09/new-evidence-contradicts-pentagons-a...
Is it really forever war?
http://billmoyers.com/story/the-forever-war/
Let's see first we start wars and then we ban everyone from those war torn countries into the US...
Bans here and abroad...
Second ban same as the first, despite a few modest revisions, there is little to indicate that the order signed this week is different in intent.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/06/intent-of-trumps-new-executive-order...
BDS supporter ban is discussed by Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. Also with us are two guests connected to the new film "Junction 48." Israeli-American filmmaker Udi Aloni directed the film, and the Palestinian actor Tamer Nafar is the film’s star. (12 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExlDHcpoXec
Israel’s parliament has passed a bill barring foreign nationals or organizations supporting a boycott on the state from entering the country. (6 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi8m7M8zqS4
Empire Files: Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé - “I Was the Terrorist” In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City. (27 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rk1dAIhiVc
Deportation machine -
After dropping off one daughter, Romulo was pulled over by ICE agents, who were unaware that 13-year-old Fatima was still in the backseat. (4 min)
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/08/video-13-year-old-who-filmed-fathers...
Women of color will continue to bear the brunt of and lead the resistance to unjust immigration policy, says undocumented activist and Our Revolution Political Director Erika Andiola (10 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e666XOZ9kJc
Protests-
Thousands of All Ages Rally in NYC on International Women's Day (8 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvM0fagpgt4
Voices from the march (7 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SoLH5kfhaA
Marches around the world (10 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYqYrgx_ZUM
Full 35-minute interview & performance by Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNQSEnZHXo
Outside the United States, among the largest gatherings in support of reproductive rights took place in Ireland and Poland.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/08/womens-strike-organizers-arrested-ne...
Janaya Khan says we must bring the movement to those who are most marginalized (15 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRpH2XAQlok
Bernie speaks to the Guardian about the resistance movement (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQUgGb8RU-s
The government alt-accounts’ activism is premised on the assumption that their key participants cannot be identified for fear of workplace retaliation, and though their primary act of rebellion is simply tweeting the truth.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/11/rogue-twitter-accounts-fight-to-pres...
Cape Town cyclists hit the streets in the nude for the eighth annual Cape Town World Naked Bike Ride. The event aims to raise awareness for climate change. (2 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e_Q57WlITM
People are meeting with their representative and raising hell. TYT Politics Reporter Michael Tracey questions the Russia hysteria at Rep. Duncan Hunter's town hall. (11 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4XFBuuLiM
NoDAPL moved to DC this week (1 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac80ZLwf-6c
Thousands of Native Americans and environmental activists marched through downtown Washington, DC to the White House to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (3.5 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHyum-dFlvE
A lawsuit has been filed challenging DAPL on the basis of ecological risk and the threat to human health. Plaintiff Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle and Civil liberties activist Tangerine Bolen (7 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJe7AkQh75E
Chase Iron Eyes updates TYT Politics contributor Ryan Grim on the legal battle against President Trump's executive order green-lighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. (6 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHrdefqpv3M
Health Care
The GOP Fix for Obamacare: Rich Get Tax Breaks While Millions of Others Lose Healthcare (17 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fG-Tgc6QMw
GOP's Deadly Obamacare Replacement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjEUX46pAtk (8 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQTJQbnheMI (16 min)
Congressman Jason Chaffetz compares the cost of health insurance to that of buying an iPhone and Jimmy Dore dissects it. (12 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTh5viOjGfY
Reps are hearing from their constituents.
http://billmoyers.com/story/grass-roots-mobilizes-save-obamacare/
The draft Republican proposal for a health care overhaul released on Monday would allow insurers to charge older American more for their premiums and rewrite tax law to make it easier for insurance firms to pay executives even higher pay.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/07/kevin-brady-ahip/
Schools -
For profit alternative schools like prisons...
https://www.propublica.org/article/these-for-profit-schools-are-like-a-p...
They want to dumb down the people
http://www.epi.org/publication/school-vouchers-are-not-a-proven-strategy...
Media
Mike Papantonio discusses the conflicts of interest between big pharma and corporate media and speaks with investigative health journalist and author, Martha Rosenberg (11 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ntPYS0mDsg
Double standards...The White House has accused the media of 'double standards' after largely ignoring revelations the CIA can frame other countries for hacking. (6 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF6GroMUtaE
The Climate is in trouble...
The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday he is not convinced that carbon dioxide from human activity is the main driver of climate change (6 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOoLufeDRvE
Perhaps the most accurate report of the week was this piece on Climate change. (15 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovIy-dHO48
I'll leave you with some Drone footage of a dolphin stampede, gray whales, and mother and calf humpback whales. (5 min)
So, that's what I've learned about the events of the week. Here at home the weather has been stellar, and though next week will be cooler, spring has sprung. Welcome to the new time as we save daylight. The moon will be full this morning March 12, at 10:54 a.m. EDT, 9:54 a.m. CDT, and so on... in North America we call the March full moon the Worm Moon, Crow Moon or Sap Moon. Because this upcoming full moon is the last full moon of winter, it’s also known as the Lenten Moon.
Please share any stories, insight, or thoughts below...
Comments
Today is jack Kerouac's birthday.
The scroll version of On The Road is the original and is as jack wrote it. The Viking version is the result of the Malcolm Cowley hamburger style of editing.
My favorite writing by Jack is in parts of Visions of Cody.
Michael McClure called Mexico City Blues the "great religious poem of the 20th century."
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Big Pharma & the capture of government:
From CEPR: The medicine to treat Hepatitis C retails for $84,000 per year. The true cost if patents were eliminated and a generic were allowed to be produced: $200 per year
Regarding DAPL: Obama allowed this monster to go forward without and environmental impact statement and the research behind it to issue it. There was no archeological salvage effort made to determine if important cultural resources would be negatively impacted. Both Obama & Trump bear the blame and shame with Obama deserving more. I have never been satisfied that I have the correct information on the true status of the land in question where the crossing of the lake and river in question is occurring. Can someone clue me in?
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
good morning duckpin
Perhaps this article with maps will be helpful?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-nodapl-map_us_581a0623e4b014443087...
My understanding is the DAPL crosses on Army corp land that was taken from the Sioux when the lake was built. Others may have better info???
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thanks. So am I to understand that the land is not
I stand by my statement that on all federal land when possible damage to cultural resources exists, an archeological survey, by competent people in that field, must be undertaken. Maybe one was; if so, I missed it.
Again, I appreciate your helping me out on this.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
DST
Now I remember how they save daylight....you have to wake up at night!
And for your entertainment...
T-rump and the US face alien invasion (4 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrkJM4JUB28
And the SNL Weekend update with Franken and Sessions (8 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC9soHD9aok
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I think daylight savings time should either be year round
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
I'm with you
They had permanent DST in the 40's....called it war time. That seems as appropriate today as then.
here's some info on DAPL insufficient archeology studies
http://saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/GovernmentAffairs/DAPL_LETTER.pdf
And evidence that crimes were committed...
http://newamericamedia.org/2016/09/dapl-pipeline-destroys-sacred-grounds...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Again: Many thanks
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
They have you wake up at night, perfect! It is for night people
Based on Sunrise times, it prolongs and deepens winter and gives those so inclined an extra hour of sun to loll around outside at night.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good "early" morning, el
Time shifting is odd. Living on the boundary of fast and slow time ...time constantly shifts. Sometimes I can go home and get here before I left.
Have a good one.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Am I getting up or going to bed?
Good morning and thank you Lookout. Spy vs. Spy were some of my favorite Mad characters, I loved that mag. Felt like sharing some old comic strips, this is how I feel every day now.
I have become "one of those people" who must choose between food and meds. Because I was starting to feel pretty shitty losing weight after cutting back food, I decided to quit meds for a while instead. After two days oops I didn't realize how sick I can get now. Seems I've developed quite some serious gut pain, I feel something is totally broken in my lower G.I., can't digest food properly. It has been occurring since years after trying to get a Lithium prescription right. All I can say is don't let Psychiatry (a soft science) experiment on you, unless you have the money to keep going. Forever. Don't ask me why Seroquel is now an approved Generic either. Banned everywhere except the U.S., I think. I remember signing away my liver health in order to get it, that's how great Medicare is, letting Pharma experiment on the "indigent" population. First I was "indigent", I think this right now is my "transient" time, skipping the streets altogether.
Peace & Love y'all!
Same same
P.S. Jimmy Dore and his crew were on fire last week I think, he makes me laugh until I cry. Keeps getting better. I totally missed the Ds response to Trump. I still can't believe it in fact, was it real or fake?
Skewered: Democrats Pathetic Response To Trump
Edit: to resize comics, and add that maybe the streets will come soon enough after all. I live an illegal studio, if there were somewhere else, I'd go. Sonoma County strengthens code enforcement, eyeing housing, pot, vacation rentals
The dems are pitiful
The KY governor was a joke! I'm not wasting time on the dems...I've totally given up on them and I don't feel they are worth my time or energy. The dems and the rethugs are on the same page in my book...useless!
As to choosing between food or drugs...any chance of food stamps? Might get you over the hump. I'm so lucky not to have prescriptions and fortunate to live where I can grow much of my food....although deer broke into the garden this AM. Wishing you the best eyo!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
"any chance of food stamps?" Nope
The house people here are making it without our absentee landlord's "permission", so to speak. Nine cars on one property (after I sold mine), and we are two of three houses like that on one block, it's insane if you ask me. Might as well live in the city. My room rental is separate, the contract says "one person only". It is over 50% of my income of course. LOL! C'mon if I can laugh even when it hurts, I hope others can too. I don't want to die bitter.
Peace
Sincere good wishes to you.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Yes I remember Krazy Kat
"Ignatz hurls a brick at Krazy Kat, who misinterprets it as an expression of love."
Perfect! Thanks
Yep, the eternal triangle: Kat loves Mouse; Kop loves Kat;
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
I didn't realize there was a cartoon show
Here are some of them...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a3NSUL7RLc&list=PL8b3GyuNm5fuKEBbPU0e0Y...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Cartoons! omg that's it for sure
"Oooh, aangel", with the hearts flying all around. Yep, that's Krazy Kat. That voice, it's probably gonna make other stuff fall out the lint trap of my seive brain. Great, can't wait. Already had a Morocco Mole flashback, fez love. Wee! Moar spys.
Glenn Greenwald comments on CIA leaks
6 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDqnRthvvTI
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
BBC
bygorry
Hi bygorry
The Real News just put out another good interview with the Col. about Russia (12 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZSDmR5VU4
Another good piece just released on the underclass with Chris Hedges and Linh Dinh (27 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0qoet92sU
Thanks for dropping by...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Assad's power slips away
warlords taking over
Hello gjohn
I fear Syria has unraveled...due largely to our meddling.
Thanks as always for your good eye on the news.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
One more comic
This one kinda goes with the Good Day/Bad Day strip. Sure, every day can be poo if that's all you get to see all the time. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Thanks
Thanks Lookout. Taking a news break here.
Have spent last few days reading more (found a nice Twain book on my shelf I was saving for a rainy day) and trying to strum a guitar (hacking away at an online version of my favorite Pink Floyd song, "Dogs"), cooking, committing to more yoga too- in between the Boy responsibilities. Full days. All in all feels a better way right now.
I do peak in several times a day though.
Good to see all you good people...
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"
- Kurt Vonnegut
It's better to visit the zoo
...than to live in it. Twain sounds good...one of my faves.
Have a great evening and tell the family we said "Hi".
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”