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War On Drugs Worse Than NSA Spying

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:59 +0000

Reason Magazine explores data from a Columbia Psychology Professor that shows that hard drug usage is not as dangerous as the media and the public think. If this is true, then that makes the futility and collateral damage of the drug war even worse. The NSA spying is a threat to the American people but the drug war is worse in terms of the lives of everyday Americans impacted. More…

Flight 800 Investigators Say Crash Not An Accident

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:02:09 +0000

A new documentary reveals that six investigators of the flight 800 catastrophe in 1996, including a supervisor, now say the conclusion of the investigation was falsified by the NTSB and the FBI. This is not surprising, as there were numerous eye witnesses at the time who said they thought they saw a missile hit the plane. Was this the second case of terrorism that was buried in the 1990′s with OK city being the other? More…

Rand Paul, A Work In Progress

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:44:04 +0000

Rand Paul is seeking desperately to escape the pigeon hole that the media had put on his father, as a fringe crackpot. Although Paul’s ideas are similar to his fathers he is seeking to avoid the outright warfare that his father waged against the regular GOP, and is instead working to reshape, at least a portion of the party, into his own image. Paul has been gifted with scandals and issues that are right in his wheelhouse lately, like the drone bombings and the spying revelations. We’ll see if rand Paul can Garner enough support that the GOP can’t laugh him off as they did his dad. Read More…

ACLU Graphic Looks At Surveillance And Terrorism

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:14:34 +0000

Just keep in mind that these graphics only deal with two of the myriad of ways your government may be spying on you, and is looking at partial data. This is just the FBI and it’s use of National Security Letters, which allow them to capture your info without warrant, and also sneak and peek searches in 2010. Look at the graphics, and the stats, and see if you think it’s preventing terrorism. SEE THE GRAPHIC..

Chicago Mom Convicted In Son’s Death Now Free

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:28 +0000

After 8 years in prison Nicole Smith, who was released in February, will not be re-tried in the 2005 death of her 4 year old son according to Cook County prosecutors. The only evidence in the case was the coerced confession Smith made after a 27 hour interrogation. Her other son, who was 5 at the time, was kept from testifying at trial that his brothers death was an accident that he witnessed. Read More…

Standing Man In Turkey Starts Protest Wave

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:09:48 +0000

In a tribute to the power of social media, in just a day, the “standing man” in Turkey has become the impetus for a national “standing rally” on Tuesday. “Standing Man” is an artist who began silently standing in Turkeys Taksim Square and facing the statue of a Turkish national hero. Now thousands of Turks are looking to follow his non violent model of protest. We’ll see if his influence lasts.

Snowdon Promises More, But Does He Have It?

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:12:17 +0000

Edward Snowdon promised to reveal more details of how the NSA has “direct access” to tech companies servers. But we have seen this movie before. Julianne Assange promised many a bombshell that never arrived after the initial Wiki Leaks data dumps. Snowdon seems to be cut from the same narcissistic cloth as Assange, where despite the already big impact they have made they seek to blow up the story even bigger. More…

Iran Sending Troops To Syria

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:11 +0000

Supposedly Iran has pledged to send 4,000 combat troops to Syria to aid Assad in his fight against the Syrian “rebels”. In the US everyone from Lindsay Graham to Bill Clinton is pushing Obama to arm Syria. So far Obama’s commitment has been to small arms only. More…

Obama Phone Outrage; Once Again UK Has The Story First

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:05:20 +0000

James O’Keefe conservative muckraker and video producer who has been a thorn in the side of government waste and fraud has a new under cover video. This time O’Keefe has exposed the “Obama Phone” give aways, by the government, for the unregulated scams that they are. Undercover workers for O’Keefe are seen on the video getting free phones which they say they will sell to buy drugs and go shopping all with the blessings of the phone distributors. Tghis is another story broken by the UK press.

Gallup – Who Americans Trust

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:54:47 +0000

In new Gallup polling, the Military tops the list of institutions that Americans trust (good PR job guys). Some interesting results include a trust of small business and a dismal lack of faith in News media and Congress. More…

IRS Peddles “Mix -Up” Story As Washington’s Role Revealed

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:36:44 +0000

After initially stating that the IRS harassment of Conservative groups only came out of low level employees in Cincinnati a deputy supervisor of tax exempt institutional cases now admits she had a hand in the scandal. Holly Paz is saying there was nothing nefarious in hers or others conduct, that it was all just a big comedic mix up. She even goes so far as to say that she thought “Tea Party” was just a generic term for tax exempt applications. If Ms. Paz is this clueless and inept she should be fired. More…

Snowdon Q&A

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:26:57 +0000

Whistleblower Edward Snowdon engaged in an informative Q&A today over at the Guardian. He answered question about whether he has compromised security and whether he is league with China. I aam sure much of aht he says will be ignored by the US press who now seem obsessed with his high school years and the fact he once had a girlfriend who was a pole dancer. More….

“No One Is Listening To Your Phone Calls” -Whoops

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:43:10 +0000

Well never mind, people are actually listening to your domestic phone calls, and at low levels without a warrant. So you can pretty much throw the presidents assertion in the garbage. You can pretty much throw any assertion by the intelligence community in the garbage and your best bet would be to consider whatever they are denying to be true.

The IRS and NBA Refs, Birds Of A Feather

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:05:46 +0000

If you are familiar with the evolution of NBA refereeing over the years you know that these supposed guardians of the integrity of the game are more like carnival workers making sure the best interests of the NBA carnival, and its owners, are served. This is more than conjecture as former NBA ref Tim Donaghy can tell you.

How does this relate to the IRS? Well lets look. Take a typical series in the NBA playoffs, everyone knows that for maximum enjoyment and maximum profits a 7 game series is best for all concerned. Also home teams winning is what brings the fans back. Therefore refs in the NBA favor home teams in their refereeing in the playoffs. There was often famously lopsided playoff game refereeing, in the 1990′s, between the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks, who would trade home victories in many a 7 game playoff series. Chicago’s coach Phil Jackson often complained (and was often fined) about the refs in these series. Nobody had to tell the refs what was in the best interest of the NBA. There would never be any smoking gun memo or e-mail with a detailed plan from the NBA brass telling the refs what to do, it was obvious what to do.

The same holds for the IRS. There will never be any smoking gun memo or e-mail that links IRS harassment of conservative groups directly to the White House.For the middle level employees at the IRS, it was obvious what the best interests of the White House were in dealing with tax exempt 501(c)(4) applications prior to the 2012 election. These IRS employees know what will benefit and make their employer happy, just as the NBA refs do. It made for easy calls.

There is a major problem with this analogy. In one case you are messing with the integrity of a game, and in the other you are messing with integrity of the rule of law that makes our country function fairly in service to its people. In this respect the comparison between what the NBA does and what the IRS did could not be more glaringly different.

HHS Will Have Your Health Records In Obamacare

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:03:37 +0000

Lets see, The Department of Health and Human Services is going to have access to your private health records to assure that Obamacare is being implemented properly. And the IRS is going to help HHS with enforcement of Obamacare regulations. What could go wrong? Will mysterious low level bureaucrats be handling your request for medical procedures based on your membership in Patriot Groups? Joking aside, it looks like your personal records will be widely accessible under Obamacare. More…

Same Sex Marriage And Media

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:48:37 +0000

An interesting research piece from Pew shows that the pro-gay marriage message is being carried in the media, in stories and opinion pieces, at a rate of 5-1 over stories that expressed opposition to same sex marriage. This is not an endorsement or repudiation of gay marriage just an observation of whose message the media is carrying in an issue that is about 52/48 in opinion polls. More…

Bill Clinton Calls Obama A “Wuss” On Syria

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:32 +0000

Former president Bill Clinton said last week that President Obama risks looking like a fool and a wuss if he doesn’t follow through with some action on Syria. Where are we behind the gym at recess. No doubt that Obama has seen the dismal polling numbers on Americans taste for another military operation. Bill was the original “poll driven ” president. Lets hope Obama acts like Bill but doesn’t listen to him. More…

“Innocence Networks” Catching on Worldwide

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:44:31 +0000

The pro bono work done by students , lawyers, and professors, in the interest of justice for those who may have been wrongfully convicted, is a growing model worldwide. Just take a look at the wrongful Convictions blog which features two stories from around the globe today, and lists worldwide projects in it’s search for justice. More..

FBI Head Doesn’t Know Who is Leading FBI’s IRS Investigation

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:36:19 +0000

in an exchange before congress FBI director Mueller had no who is heading his departments investigation of the IRS. “Welcome to fundamental transformation — where progressive politicians run wild, loot the treasury, spy on citizens and target them for retribution. Investigations are a ruse, trials are for show, media outrage is feigned to intimidate the opposition, and people who should be trusted public officials are political hacks. The American people expect a real investigation and actual accountability — not BS games and endless spin.” More…

The Paranoid Right Again, Taibbi On Currency Price Fixing

MarkFrostmfrostMarkFrost — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:00:06 +0000

Tin foil hats are becoming quite fashionable these days as the paranoid conspiracies of the day continue to be revealed as operational realities. Matt Taibbi one of the few journalists who has followed the financial screwing of the 99% over the years is on the case again. More….