US Air Force Stops Reporting Data on Afghanistan Drone Strikes

By JG Vibes
Intellihub.com
March 12, 2013

Drone strikes have become extremely controversial, especially in recent weeks where the mainstream media was forced to admit that they actually exist. 
The US Air Force, which is responsible for carrying out these drone strikes has recently stopped reporting drone activity in Afghanistan, one of the areas that they are most active in.
Reuters reported that:
With debate intensifying in the United States over the use of drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Sunday that it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power summaries.U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Afghanistan war, said in a statement the data had been removed because it was “disproportionately focused” on the use of weapons by the remotely piloted aircraft as it was published only when strikes were carried out – which happened during only 3 percent of sorties….
The Air Force Times said air force chiefs had started posting the drone data last October in an attempt to provide more detail on the use of drones in Afghanistan.  The University of Missouri’s journalism school is the oldest in the country and now among the first to experiment with the new — and controversial – drone technology. NBC’s Thanh Truong reports.  The newspaper said the statistics were provided for November through January, but the February summary released on March 7 had a blank spot where the drone data had previously been listed.”
There has been a consistent effort for a very long time to keep details of these drone programs as secret as possible.  Just a few weeks ago former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed in an interview on live television that when he became the Obama administration’s top spokesman, he was told not to discuss the government’s secret drone program or even acknowledge its existence.
“When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, ‘You’re not even to acknowledge the drone program. You’re not even to discuss that it exists,” said Gibbs, now an MSNBC contributor. That policy of secrecy, Gibbs said, made it difficult to deal with reporters asking about the program. Describing one such notable exchange in 2009 with Major Garrett, then of Fox News, Gibbs said, “I would get a question like that and literally I couldn’t tell you what Major asked, because once I figured out it was about the drone program, I realize I’m not supposed to talk about it.”
Gibbs added: “Here’s what’s inherently crazy about that proposition: you’re being asked a question based on reporting of a program that exists. So you’re the official government spokesperson acting as if the entire program…pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.”
Another important thing to remember, as i have mentioned in the past, is that whenever the mainstream media releases a story about drone attacks, they typically use the word “militant” to describe the victims.  This label implies that the victims are not civilians or are somehow involved in terrorism or violent military activities.
However, this is not what they are actually saying, this is a deception.
Earlier this year the Obama Administration redefined “Militant” to mean “Military Aged Male”, so this way nearly any male who gets killed is considered a violent enemy, at least in the eyes of the general population.
The propaganda tactics are endless.
http://intellihub.com/2013/03/12/us-air-force-stops-reporting-data-on-afghanistan-drone-strikes/

When will People Shift their Paradigm And Rake in Sound Healing Benefits? In ancient times, sound was used for diagnos

When will People Shift their Paradigm And Rake in Sound Healing Benefits? In ancient times, sound was used for diagnos

Posted By: Jill [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 23:31:35

In ancient times, sound was used for diagnostics and treatment in health. For example, ancient Chinese would measure a person’s pulse. They correlated up to 300 health issues with a specific pulse, which is simply a rhythmic pattern. They then could use music to entrain the pulse into a healthy rhythm. In1999 a university professor of the University of Miami, who continued his work at Michigan State, found that levels of melatonin in Alzheimer's patients increased and they became more active when the patient listened to music. (Melotonin regulates sleep, increased immunity and a calm and relaxed mood.) Music is correlated to production of healthy biochemicals within your body. "Music stimulation increases endorphin release and this decreases the need for medication. It also provides a distraction from pain and relieves anxiety" -- Research conducted at an Austin, Texas Medical Center & Harvard University Medical School All across the globe people are beginning to rediscover the ancient use of targeting sound and music for beneficial purposes. "Music played before anesthesia produced higher production of alpha waves, indicating deeper states of relaxation, marked decreases in plasma levels of the stress hormones cortisol. This boosted the immune system, reducing recovery time." ~ A Group of Japanese Researchers In unsuspecting places, the impact of music can be of benefit. "Music of Mozart and Vivaldi causes fetus' heart rates to stabilize, whereas rock music drove fetuses to distraction and they kicked violently." Thomas Verny "The Mozart Effect" (coined by Don Campbell) refers to the way Mozart's music can increase creativity, calm tension, and help us heal. "Mozart has an effect, an impact, which others do not have. He has a liberating, curative, I would even say, HEALING power," said Dr. Alfred Tomatis. M.D., (He studied what babies hear in utero.). "The music of Mozart may warm up the brain." ~ Gorden Shaw, M.D., physics professor who studies the structure of the cerebral cortex Dr. Tomatis and others have successfully used sound and hearing training to reduce learning disabilities. "Since the human body is over seventy percent water and since sound travels five times more efficiently through water than through air, sound frequency stimulation directly into the body is a highly efficient means for body stimulation, especially at the cellular level. This has shown marked cellular metabolism and therefore a possible mobilization of a cellular healing response" ~ Jeffrey Thompson, Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research at the California Institute for Human Science. (He calls his technique "Sonic Induction Therapy" and "biotuning" and he has had excellent results in the treatment of dyslexia, attention deficit disorders, and certain learning disabilities.) Deforia lane, PhD. Director of musical therapy for University Hospitals Health System in Cleveland, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, found that music therapy increased her levels of S-Ig A (salivary immunoglobin), an imune booster. Sweet health and music to YOU! Jill, a four time author/soundhealing expert, uses Sound Healing techniques with original music. Free soundhealing mp3s at bottom of home page: www.JillsWingsOfLight.com. Special frequencies expand our consciousness; musical intervals, rhythms and harmonics may be directed to produce special effects! #1 free mp3 (Paint your Soul) contains soul soothing music & the Fibonacci numbers, vibrational patterns that God used in creating our world, transposed into tones. Also embedded are the Solfeggio tones to enhance spiritual enlightenment. #2 free mp3 - (Star Dust CD) - contains heavenly music with the sounds of the planets and trace elements of stars! #3 free mp3 - Listen to the literal sounds of beautiful flower energy, embedded in the Healing Flower Symphonies. www.JillsWingsOfLight.com

The Spiritual Nature Of Hair

Sunday, March 10th, 2013

Deva Kaur Khalsa, 3ho
Waking Times
“Our hair fashions might be just a trend, but if we investigate, we may find that we have been depriving ourselves of one of the most valuable sources of energy for human vitality.” -Yogi Bhajan
Consider the possibility that the hair on your head is there to do more than just look good. Man is the only creature who grows longer hair on his head as he grows into adulthood. Left uncut, your hair will grow to a particular length and then stop all by itself at the correct length for you. From a yogic perspective, hair is an amazing gift of nature that can actually help raise the Kundalini energy (creative life force), which increases vitality, intuition, and tranquility.

Cut Hair

Long ago people in many cultures didn’t cut their hair, because it was a part of who they were. There were no salons. Often, when people were conquered or enslaved, their hair was cut as a recognized sign of slavery. It was also understood that this would serve as punishment and decrease the power of those enslaved.
The bones in the forehead are porous and function to transmit light to the pineal gland, which affects brain activity, as well as thyroid and sexual hormones. Cutting bangs which cover the forehead impedes this process. When Genghis Khan conquered China, he considered the Chinese to be a very wise, intelligent people who would not allow themselves to be subjugated. He therefore required all women in the country to cut their hair and wear bangs, because he knew this would serve to keep them timid and more easily controlled.
As whole tribes or societies were conquered, cut hair became so prevalent that the importance of hair was lost after a few generations, and hairstyles and fashion grew to be the focus.
The science of hair was one of the first technologies given by Yogi Bhajan when he came to America.
“When the hair on your head is allowed to attain its full, mature length, then phosphorous, calcium, and vitamin D are all produced, and enter the lymphatic fluid, and eventually the spinal fluid through the two ducts on the top of the brain. This ionic change creates more efficient memory and leads to greater physical energy, improved stamina, and patience.”
Yogi Bhajan explained that if you choose to cut your hair, you not only lose this extra energy and nourishment, but your body must then provide a great amount of vital energy and nutrients to continually re-grow the missing hair.
In addition, hairs are the antennas that gather and channel the sun energy or prana to the frontal lobes, the part of the brain you use for meditation and visualization. These antennas act as conduits to bring you greater quantities of subtle, cosmic energy. It takes approximately three years from the last time your hair was cut for new antennas to form at the tips of the hair.

Kundalini Hair Care

In India, a Rishi is known as a wise one who coils his or her hair up on the crown of the head during the day to energize the brain cells, and then combs it down at night. A ‘rishi knot’ energizes your magnetic field (aura) and stimulates the pineal gland in the center of your brain.
“This activation of your pineal results in a secretion that is central to the development of higher intellectual functioning, as well as higher spiritual perception.” -Yogi Bhajan
During the day, the hair absorbs solar energy, but at night it absorbs lunar energy. Keeping the hair up during the day and down at night aids in this process. Braiding your hair at night will help your electromagnetic field balance out from the day.

Split Ends

Loose scattered hair can develop split ends. Instead of trimming them and losing your antennas, Yogi Bhajan recommends applying a small amount of almond oil to your hair overnight so that it can be absorbed before you wash it the next morning. Keeping your hair coiled on your crown and protected with a head covering during the day will help your antennas heal. If you have long hair, see if your experience is different when it is clean and coiled at your crown, or down and loose.

Wet Hair

One year after Winter Solstice, when Yogi Bhajan was sitting in our living room with wet hair, he explained that he was drying it before putting it up in order to avoid a headache. When you put your hair up wet, it will tend to shrink and tighten a bit and even break as it dries. A better idea is to occasionally take the time to sit in the sun and allow your clean, wet hair to dry naturally and Oneness in all.” Tagore said, “When I realized the Oneness of all, I threw my shaving kit into the ocean. I gave up my ego and surrendered to nature. I wanted to live in the form that my Creator has given me.”
When humans allow their hair to grow, they are welcoming the maturity, the responsibility of being fully-grown, and fully powerful. That is why you will find grace and calmness in a person with uncut hair from birth, if it is kept well. The Creator has a definite reason for giving you hair.
It is said that when you allow your hair to grow to its full length and coil it on the crown of the head, the sun energy, pranic life force, is drawn down the spine. To counteract that downward movement, the Kundalini life energy rises to create balance. In Yogi Bhajan’s words, “Your hair is not there by mistake. It has a definite purpose, which saints will discover and other men will laugh at.”

About the Author

Deva Kaur Khalsa trains Kundalini Yoga Teachers and teaches Kundalini Yoga in South Florida. She was a student of Yogi Bhajan for over 39 years. She is co-owner of Yoga Source in Coral Springs, Florida, and can be reached at www.MyYogaSource.com.
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P.S. from Zen

Don’t miss! Another great article on the power of hair: Hair Is An Extension of the Nervous System – Why Indians Keep Their Hair Long.
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Police Tell Disabled Man: "Rise Up And Walk"

Police Tell Disabled Man: "Rise Up And Walk"

Posted By: Watchman
Date: Monday, 11-Mar-2013 09:07:14

Disabled man on scooter told to get off his scooter and walk by police... Because he was speeding A disabled pensioner was recently stopped by German police for speeding on his electric cart and reportedly ordered to continue his journey on foot. Klaus-Dieter Stellmacher, 63, was on his way home in the town of Schwedt in the eastern state of Brandenburg last week when he zoomed passed a parked police car. He was confronted by five officers who claimed he exceeded the 6 kph speed limit which applies to drivers with no third-party insurance, he told the regional daily Märkische Oderzeitung. According to specifications provided by manufacturers of the Shoprider 889-XLS, the vehicle's maximum speed-limit is the prescribed 6 kph. But Stellmacher, handicapped after a series of strokes, says this explanation was not accepted and he was told to continue his journey home on foot while pushing the heavy cart. Police spokesman Gerald Pillkuhn confirmed that colleagues had encountered Stellmacher travelling at excessive speed. "If he doesn't know how fast his vehicle is able to travel, it would have been careless to allow him to continue his journey", Pillkuhn told Die Welt newspaper. Whether the officers really instructed him to continue his journey on foot, however, remains unclear. A test conducted on the cart later revealed that it's able to reach double the speed claimed by the manufacturer. Apparently the retiree wasn't aware of this. "Does the police now want to make a name for itself at the expense of the handicapped?" Elke Grunwald, Schwedt's senior citizens' representative, told theMärkische Oderzeitung. "The police should rather be present on the streets during the evening. Many of the elderly are afraid to step outside for fear of being mugged." She said she will refer the matter to the mayor. http://refreshingnews99.blogspot.in/2013/03/disabled-man-on-scooter-told-to-get-off.html http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=271456

DECREE TO RELEASE ALL VOWS FROM OTHER LIFETIMES

DECREE TO RELEASE ALL VOWS FROM OTHER LIFETIMES

Posted By: Rayelan
Date: Friday, 11-Nov-2005 18:25:50

In Response To: November 11, 2005 - 11:11:11 FROM PATRICIA COTA-ROBLES (Rayelan)

If we are getting ready to make a dimensional shift to a higher and finer plane of existence, then we need to release ALL of our old and wornout ways of dealing with the earth plane. We need to release the vows that were forced upon us in our ignorance of divine law. Our Creator would NEVER demand that we take any kind of vow!! Vows were created by MEN for the purpose of enslaving OTHER men!! These vows will ONLY hold you back! When you release yourself from these vows, you will feel a weight lifted off your shoulders. The chains that have been binding you for millenia will drop away, and you will be able to step through new door with your newly created LITE (as in reduced garbage) BODY!! Decree To Release All Vows From Other Lifetimes I request and require the Hand of God, All That Is, to be with me in consciousness and act to support me in this, my decree. I, .... (name)...., now solemnly rescind any and all vows that I have taken in any lifetime, dimension or frequency associated with this or any other planet in order to experience the illusion of unconsciousness. As Lightbearer of my genetic lineage, I break these vows for myself in all my incarnations, and for all of my ancestors. I declare these vows null and void in this incarnation and all incarnations across time and space, parallel realities, parallel universes, alternate realities, alternate universes, all planetary systems, all Source systems and all dimensions. I ask for the release of all crystals, devices, thought-forms, emotions, matrices, spells, veils, cellular memory, pictures of reality, genetic limitation and death... NOW! Under the Law of Grace and by the Decree of Victory! By the Decree of Victory! By the Decree of Victory! As Spirit wills, I ask for Awakening. As Spirit wills, I AM Awake! In the beginning, I AM THAT I AM! http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/81668

"Popes and demons: Mysterious Vatican bank poses problem for new pontiff"

Reader, link: "Popes and demons: Mysterious Vatican bank poses problem for new pontiff"

Posted By: hobie [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 11-Mar-2013 17:16:52

(Thanks, R. :) Reader R. sends us this link to an article in Canada's National Post: Popes and demons: Mysterious Vatican bank poses problem for new pontiff http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/world/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/08/vatican-bank Excerpt: ===== The very notion of a church bank speaks to the awkward interface between the spiritual and temporal, represented by the pope being both leader of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City state. Unlike many Vatican institutions, the Vatican bank is not of antique origin, having been formed in 1942 by Pius XII, although it had older antecedents. Its purpose is to protect and administer the property and funds intended for the church’s works. Unlike true national central banks, it does not set monetary policy or involve itself in currency maintenance, as the Vatican uses the euro. Also unlike most banks, its surplus or profit is supposed to go toward religion or charity. As it is not a true central bank, and with the Vatican not a full member of the European Union, its relationship with strict regulation has been more nebulous and its ends of religion or charity have, likewise, not always been clear. “One would be surprised at the acceptance of risky relationships and risky behaviour for an organization like the Vatican. But, objectively, I’ve seen it. It is hard to understand, but it is true,” said Mr. Calvi. ===== Full article: http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/world/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/08/vatican-bank **************************************************************************

Benefits of Coconut Water

Benefits of Coconut Water

Posted By: GHCHealth [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 11-Mar-2013 18:49:02

In classic Indian culture, the coconut palm is described as “Kalpavriksha,” or, the all giving tree. I agree with the assertion, the coconut palm is a fantastic tree with many offerings. Its fruit and coconut water offer many therapeutic benefits and contributions to human health. [1] Coconut water is a natural nutritious beverage and it’s very popular all over the world. It’s thought to be extremely nutritious as it contains active compounds and a unique composition of sugars, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and phytohormones. A Natural Sports Drink The recreational, fitness, and sporting worlds are awash with sports drinks. Remove the marketing and endorsement deals and you’ll find that most are just overhyped sugar water. Coconut water has gotten a lot of attention as being a healthy, natural alternative to sport drinks. Most of this appeal is based upon observations regarding its hydration capabilities. Coconut Water: In the Lab Just as Indian culture places a high value on the coconut, so do their academic circles examine it in the laboratory. Several studies involving animal models have reported positive outcomes when evaluating coconut water. The Department of Biochemistry at India’s University of Kerala has repeatedly examined the effect of coconut water on lab rats from multiple angles. In one study, they reported that mature coconut water reduced blood sugar and oxidative stress in diabetic rats. [2] Another study found that coconut water reduced high blood pressure and improved antioxidant activity. [3] Further research revealed a beneficial effect on cholesterol. [4] Coconut Water for Total Body Hydration When you’re exercising, or just thirsty, you have, literally, hundreds of beverage options. Why coconut water? For starters, it’s natural and it’s better for you. Coconut water has less sugar, less acidity, and less calories than soft drinks. Coconut water is also higher in electrolytes. When you’ve been exercising and sweating, you’ve lost more than water and that’s why rehydrating with more than water is necessary. When researchers in Malaysia compared the rehydration efficacy of plain water, sports drinks, and coconut water, coconut water was the shining star. A study that included ten healthy males, each exercising for 90 minutes, determined that not only was the sodium-enriched coconut water effective for whole body rehydration, it was also better tolerated- no nausea. [5] These findings are in line with other research that has found drinking coconut water to be easy on the stomach. Persons who consume it after exercising experience less nausea and uncomfortable “fullness” than with regular water, soft drinks, and sports beverages. [6] Coconut Water To Avert Disaster According to Loma Linda University Medical Center, the ability of coconut water to provide a mega-dose of refreshing hydration may have capabilities that extend well beyond the ball field. If you’ve ever been to the hospital, you probably got an intravenous saline drip to keep you hydrated. But what if you were in an area of the world where hospital-quality saline bags are not available? If you’re lucky, it’ll be an area of the world that’s plentiful in coconuts because, believe it or not, coconut water has been delivered intravenously to fight dehydration. [7] A similar example of this was reported a number of years ago when the Gilbert Islands experienced an epidemic of Cholera, an intestinal infection that causes diarrhea and dehydration. It was discovered that coconut water with a small amount of table salt added was extremely effective at rehydrating affected persons, giving hope to other situations where coconuts are available but conventional fluids are not. [8] Coconut Water: Try It! Simply put, coconut water is a natural refreshing beverage that is excellent for electrolyte replenishment. It’s better for your teeth, it’s better for your health- next time you’re faced with the decision of coconut water vs. “Brand G” sports drink, I challenge you to go for the coconut water. If you have tried it, weigh in and leave a comment. How do you like it? -Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, DABFM http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=271495

Group Watch: Knights of Malta

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GroupWatch: Profiles of U. S. Private Organizations and Churches, was compiled by the Interhemispheric Resource Center, Box 4506, Albuquerque, NM 87196. < http://www.irc-online.org/ > Their work focused on issues related to U. S. foreign policy in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Note that this collection includes a wide range of groups with a variety of political viewpoints. Some, like the Heifer Project, appear to be what they seem-engaged in charitable humanitarian efforts. Check when each article was last updated as much material is no longer current. This material is provided as a source for historic research.

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Knights of Malta
Acronym/Code: SMOM (Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
Record date: 11/91
Principals:
J. Peter Grace (chair, U. S. chapter; W. R. Grace), Martin F. Shea (sec, U. S. chapter; Morgan Bank), John D. J. Moore (chancellor; U. S. Ambassador to Ireland under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford). Members include: William Simon (Citicorp; former Treasury Secretary under Richard Nixon), Prescott Bush Jr. (brother of Vice Pres George Bush), Alexander Haig (former Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan), Jeremiah Denton (former Republican senator from Alabama; author of the Denton Amendment), Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), Lee Iacocca (Chrysler), Barron Hilton (Hilton Hotels), William F. Buckley, William P. Clark (former Natl Security Adviser under President Reagan), Frank Shakespeare (former director of the U. S. Information Agency and a director of the Heritage Foundation), Robert Abplanalp, Spyros Skouras (Prudential Lines; Grace Lines), Francis X. Stankard (Chase Manhattan), Felix Larkin (W. R. Grace; former Dept of Defense general counsel), C. W. Owens (W. R. Grace), Harold A. Stevens (W. R. Grace), Charles W. Miller (W. R. Grace), Paul F. Hellmuth (W. R. Grace), Harold A. Eckmann (W. R. Grace). (10,14) Clare Booth Luce (a Dame of SMOM), Francis V. Ortiz Jr. (former Ambassador, country director, or U. S. chief of mission to Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Barbados, Grenada, and others), Patrick J. Frawley Jr. , William A. Schreyer (Merrill Lynch), Walter J. Hickel (former governor of Alaska; former Secretary of the Interior under Richard Nixon), John McCone (former director of the CIA under President Kennedy). (6) Edward Bennett Williams (exec representative), Thomas M. Walsh (financial representative), Paul Dietrich (program director). (15) Father Bruce Ritter (founder and former director of Covenant House. (18) Past members include: The late William Casey (CIA director under President Ronald Reagan). (14)

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The formal name of this elite Catholic lay organization is the "Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John, of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta" (SMOM). It was founded in l061 as a military order to protect "the poor of Christ" and pilgrims to the Holy Land. An international order of laymen with charitable objectives, SMOM now claims 10,000 members in 42 countries. The group is organized as a sovereign,
though landless, diplomatic state whose only territory consists of a headquarters in Rome. This unusual diplomatic status allows SMOM to send items across borders without review by local customs authorities. (5,10,13) Social historian Stephen Birmingham has said that the Knights of Malta "comprise what is perhaps the most exclusive club on earth. They are more than just Catholic aristocracy. They can pick up a telephone and chat with the Pope. "(14) SMOM has been called "the cutting edge of right-wing Catholicism, a hidden mating ground where the Catholic church and the U. S. ruling elite intersect. " As of l983, the U. S. chapter had l,750 members. (10,14)

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The Knights of Malta receive many contributions from large corporations. (5) SMOM's Federal Association in l985 listed revenues and support of $205,463 of which $l90,302 came from private contributions and $15,161 from private revenue, e. g. investments. (9) SMOM has received funds from the U. S. Agency for Intl Development for projects in El Salvador. (13) It has also received funding from the Christian Broadcasting Network. (2,3)

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The Knight's Federal Association describes its general purpose as one of promoting the spiritual and physical welfare of the sick, disabled, and poor through charitable giving. It says that fundraising and allocation of funds is its primary response to requests for assistance. In l985, the Association had plans to set up a hospice program and to participate in disaster relief projects in El Salvador, Chile, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Guinea, and other areas in Africa. (9) SMOM's work in Central America was pushed forward in l983 when J. Peter Grace contacted Robert Macauley, director of AmeriCares, to suggest joint involvement in the shipment and distribution of medical supplies in the region. (16)
El Salvador: El Salvador is one of the countries with which the Knights of Malta enjoys diplomatic privileges, and the organization has had a presence there among the Catholic elite since l942. It was not until l974, however, that SMOM obtained its legal status as a charitable organization in El Salvador. As of l988, there were ten Knights in El Salvador, and the group said it employed 30 people in the country. The local organization maintains particularly close ties with SMOM branches in the United States from which it obtains the bulk of its funds and supplies.
Gerald Coughlin, a U. S. citizen who married into the wealthy Quinones family, is the Knights' Salvadoran director. Coughlin administers SMOM from the International Harvester building in San Salvador, which doubles as the main SMOM warehouse in the country. The NGO distributes humanitarian aid-primarily medicines--to more than 120 churches and institutions, including hospitals, clinics, childcare centers, orphanages, and homes for the elderly. In addition, it operates ten clinics, sponsors a repopulation project in Aguacayo, Suchitoto, and is starting a prosthesis program in the San Miguel area. The organization reports that it distributes $12 million in supplies annually and that it brought in approximately $8 million in earthquake relief. About 90 percent of this assistance is medicine; the rest is distributed among food, educational material, furniture, and medical equipment. Associated SMOM branches in France, Rome, Venezuela, and the United States contribute funds and supplies to the Salvadoran effort. The Washington D. C. and New York chapters of the Knights have provided constant aid, most of which comes from a Catholicoriented foundation called AmeriCares (see Private Connections).
SMOM says it gives people a psychological lift by funding
projects such as the Boy Scouts and soccer teams. It is also
sponsoring productive activities, such as teaching people how to sew so they can eventually work in textile assembly industries known as maquiladoras. The Agency for Intl Development has given the Knights of Malta $500,000 for a prosthesis program involving two clinics which provide provisional prostheses to victims of guerrilla land mines. The organization funds the government's human rights organization to monitor human rights violations and to keep a census of the victims of mine explosions. SMOM explains its program in counterinsurgency terms: "If you're not eating and a private organization brings you food, then you're less likely to be recruited by the guerrillas. "(13) SMOM took funds from AmeriCares to El Salvador. (1) They helped Christian Broadcasting Network distribute supplies and received funds from them. (2,3) They assisted Air Commando Association in El Salvador. (2) They are also helping with AID's resettlement program in El Salvador. (7)
Guatemala: AmeriCares donates goods and SMOM distributes them. SMOM is doing minimal development work there but is distributing goods to priests in conflict zones. (5) An AmeriCares/SMOM joint venture in Guatemala has distributed $6 million to $7 million in medicines in 1985-86. Overhead costs are minimal because local Knights provide office space, transportation, and storage facilities. One of the top Knight's in Guatemala, Roberto Alejos, allowed the CIA to use his sugar plantations in San Sebastian, Retalhuleu to train anti-Castro counterrevolutionaries for the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. Knights' donations have reached most areas of the country, including hospitals and health campaigns in the government's "model villages. " These villages, similar to the strategic hamlets in Vietnam during the conflict in Indochina, are designed to control and pacify local populations. SMOM has donated to hundreds of other NGOs, including Living Water Teaching, PAVA, and the 700 Club. (5,16)
In 1981 Covenant House, the New York-based home for street teens founded by Father Bruce Ritter, expanded its operations to Guatemala through the foundation of Casa Alianza. AmeriCares and the Knights of Malta provided major support to the new enterprise. Roberto Alejos served as the conduit for hundreds of pounds of food and medicine from AmeriCares and helped to obtain donations for Casa Alianza from private sources. (18)
Nicaragua: Since the election of the UNO government in 1990, the Knights of Malta, particularly the chapter in Los Angeles, have made major donations to Nicaragua. SMOM members assisted in the delivery of three plane-loads of medical supplies from AmeriCares that arrived in Managua three days after the election. It is estimated that the Nicaraguan chapter of SMOM has 25 members, about half of whom live out of the country. (19,20) Members of the German SMOM served as part of the ONUCA (Organizaciones Unidas de Centro America) peacekeeping force that watched the Nicaraguan borders to prevent contra movements across the border with Honduras. (20)

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J. Peter Grace has a long history of involvement in CIA-linked projects, such as the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD). In addition, he was involved with the CIA-backed Radio Free Liberty and Radio Free Europe projects in Europe, and Grace representative Francis D. Flanagan belonged to International Telephone and Telegraph's (IT&T) "Ad Hoc Committee on Chile" during the l973 overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile. IT&T had CIA backing for its efforts against the Allende government. (14)
El Salvador: For its work in El Salvador, the Knights of Malta benefits from free transport of its humanitarian supplies by the United States military due to the space-available provisions of the Denton Amendment. SMOM and the U. S. -based Family Foundation of America received an AID grant to
carry out rehabilitation programs in an area of Suchitoto selected by the military for pilot repopulation efforts. AID has also given SMOM $500,000 for the prosthesis program described in Activities. (13)
Guatemala: In Guatemala, the Knights of Malta have worked with the Guatemalan Natl Reconstruction Committee (CRN) and the Ministry of Health. (5)

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SMOM has worked with or supported the activities of a variety of NGOs, including AmeriCares, Christian Broadcasting Network, and Air Commando Association. (1,2,3) It was loosely linked to the Nicaraguan Freedom Fund (a pro-contra fundraising effort) and CAUSA (the political arm of the Unification Church) through William Simon. (4) It supports the work of Friends of the Americas and acts as the distribution network for AmeriCares in Central America. (6) J. Peter Grace is a board member of AmeriCares and served on the board of the nowdefunct Friends of the Democratic Center in Central America (PRODEMCA). He also served on the board of trustees of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), the Latin American arm of the AFL-CIO. AIFLD has been linked to the CIA and is funded primarily by the Agency for Intl Development. AIFLD promotes pro-U. S. labor unions in Latin America. Including Grace himself, at least eight Knights are directors of the W. R. Grace Company. William Simon and Prescott Bush Jr. are members of AmeriCares, and Simon was on PRODEMCA's natl council. Simon, who was Treasury Secretary under Richard Nixon, was also the chairman of the Nicaraguan Freedom Fund (NFF), a fundraising organization set up in l985 by the Washington Times, a newspaper owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. The NFF was established to raise funds for the Nicaraguan rebels popularly known as the contras. (l0,11,14) Clare Booth Luce was also a director of the NFF and was on the Board of the Washington Times. (6) Like the Knights of Malta and the NFF, PRODEMCA and AmeriCares were involved in efforts to support the contras and/or private sector opposition groups in Nicaragua. (10,12) In many ways, SMOM and the Connecticut-based AmeriCares foundation are interlocking organizations. Grace, in addition to his work as an AmeriCares director, was instrumental in its founding, and the president of the New York City SMOM chapter is the vice-president of AmeriCares. (13)
El Salvador: SMOM, as noted, works closely with AmeriCares in El Salvador. The latter organization says it sent about $13 million in aid to El Salvador between l983 and l986. AmeriCares receives support from AID for the cost of shipment from the U. S. to El Salvador. Other supplies comefrom the Tom Dooley/InterMed Foundation and from Direct Relief Intl. Gerald Coughlin, described above in Activities, serves as the Salvadoran country representative for both of these organizations. In addition to AmeriCares, SMOM in El Salvador works closely with the Salvadoran American Foundation and the Family Foundation of America. Local Rotary and Lions clubs use SMOM's duty-free privileges to import supplies into the country. Project Hope in Washington helps SMOM in El Salvador with transportation and storage. (13) The Dooley Foundation gives supplies to SMOM for its work in El Salvador. (7)
Guatemala: In this country, SMOM has worked with or supported the Rotary Club, AmeriCares, Lions Club, Living Water Teaching, PAVA, the CBN's 700 Club, Catholic Service Organizations for the Interior, and a number of hospitals and orphanages. (5,16)
Honduras: The Knights of Malta works closely with AmeriCares in Honduras. In addition, donations for SMOM have arrived in Honduras via United Brands and Standard Fruit boats. (17)

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According to a source named Jimmy-the-Weasel, Mafia members apparently created memberships in SMOM for a fee, using their connections in SMOM. (8) During the Vietnam war, the Knights of Malta supported U. S. military intervention in Southeast Asia and contributed to Washington's pacification campaign in South Vietnam. (10) SMOM gave its highest award of honor, the Gran Croci Al Merito Conplacca, to Gen. Reinhard Gehlen in l948. Gehlen, who was not a Catholic, was awarded the honor because of his efforts in the "crusade against godless Communism. " Gehlen headed Adolf Hitler's spy operations against the Soviet Union during World War II. After the war, he and his spy apparatus--staffed mostly by former Nazis--were recruited by the CIA. He became the first director of the BND, West Germany's intelligence agency, which contributed large percentages of NATO's raw intelligence during the Cold War. (14) In l963, as Director of the CIA, John McCone oversaw the assassination of South Vietnam's Prime Minister, Ngo Dinh Diem. In l973, from a senior post in IT&T, he played a role in the overthrow of the Allende government in Chile. (6)

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1. AmeriCares Information Packet.
2. Air Commandos Association Newsletter, Feb, 1985.
3. Synapses, "CBN: Unholy Alliance," May, 1985.
4. Miami Herald, June 24, 1985.
5. Interview with Roberto Alejos, Jan 27, 1987.
6. Francoise Hervet, "Knights of Darkness: The Sovereign Military Order of Malta," Covert Action Information Bulletin, Winter, 1986.
7. Interview with Gerald Coughlin, 1987.
8. Letter from James Sullivan, July 28, l987.
9. Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary Assistance, Report of American Voluntary Agencies Engaged in Overseas Relief and Development Registered with the Agency for Intl Development, Voluntary Foreign Aid Programs, l985 (Washington D. C. : AID, l986).
l0. The New Right Humanitarians, The Resource Center, l986.
ll. Summary of La Prensa Grant Proposal, Natl Endowment for Democracy, no date.
12. John Spicer Nichols, "La Prensa: The CIA Connection," Columbia Journalism Review, July/August l988, pp. 34-35.
l3. Private Organizations with U. S. Connections: El Salvador, The Resource Center, l988.
l4. Martin A. Lee, "Who Are the Knights of Malta?" Natl Catholic Reporter, Oct ll, l983.
l5. Office of Private & Voluntary Cooperation, The Executive Contact List: Private and Voluntary Organizations Registered with the Agency for Intl Development (Washington D. C. : AID,
no date).
l6. Private Organizations with U. S. Connections: Guatemala, The Resource Center, l988.
17. Private Organizations with U. S. Connections: Honduras, The Resource Center, l988.
18. "War for the Children," Newsday, Oct 7, 1990.
19. Interview with Agnes Thompson Kelly, Knights of Malta,
Nicaragua, July 18, 1990.
20. Interview with Enrique Ortega, Nicaragua, July 14, 1990.
The underlying cites for this profile are now kept at Political Research Associates, (617) 666-5300. http://www.publiceye.org.

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One Week In The Land Of The Free

One Week In The Land Of The Free

Posted By: Lion [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 11-Mar-2013 19:05:26

------------------- Sovereign Man Notes From The Field March 11, 2013 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile It's a pretty sad state of affairs in the Land of the Free when they have to pass a law making it illegal for the government to assassinate its own citizens. Yet that's exactly what's happening. Late last week, US Senator Ted Cruz introduced Senate bill S.505, "A bill to prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States." More than likely, this bill isn't going to go anywhere. It'll get shuffled around to various committees and be largely forgotten. But the fact that it was introduced shows just how far things have fallen in the US. Again, do they really have to create a law to prevent the government from killing its own people? Curiously, it's interesting that this particular legislation stops at outlawing the assassination of US citizens on US soil... as if the Griswolds on their European vacation are acceptable targets... Or that the bill specifically prohibits using drones to kill US citizens... but nothing else. This is really amazing. But it's just the tip of the iceberg. Also last week, for example, Senator Dianne Feinstein from California introduced S.482, a bill "to provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates." This sounds mysteriously like a form of price controls. Then there was H.R. 307, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. This 37-page bill awards the government with all sorts of additional powers in the event of what they deem to be a 'public health emergency.' This includes quite a number of Big Brother tactics like national vaccine tracking and initiating BIOSURVEILLANCE operations. Then there was H.R. 951, a bill "to promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce." This is a quota system, plain and simple... using government funds to induce private companies to hire from a particular demographic pool. So, in just a week's time, the political elite in the Land of the Free gave us bills which: 1) ensure the government cannot assassinate its own citizens with drones 2) impose price controls with insurance premiums 3) award the government with more power to initiate biosurveillance operations 4) create a quota system in the labor market It really makes me wonder... how much more will it take for people to notice how rapidly they're losing freedom, or how destructive the political leadership is? Until tomorrow, Signature Simon Black Senior Editor, SovereignMan.com ---------------------- http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=271496

A BURIED ANCIENT VOLCANO IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

A BURIED ANCIENT VOLCANO IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA pic

Posted By: Susoni [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 11-Mar-2013 19:19:02

Gee. I wonder if those above Earth Changes were caused by man made pollution???? Maybe they should have sold carbon credits??? Susoni ************************************************************** TRANSACTIONS-GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES Volume XXVI, 1976 Jules Braunstein and Claude E. McMichael An exploratory well, the Shell Oil Company, State Lease 3956 No. 1, Offshore St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, was completed in 1963 at a total depth of 8538 feet. The last 1300 feet of hole was cored and drilled through volcanic material of Late Cretaceous Age. The location of this well is shown on Figure 1. Pre-drilling seismic data had revealed the presence on this prospect of intrusive material with a density slightly higher than that of the surrounding sediments. Gravity data defined a weak maximum here, and no salt was believed to be present. The igneous material consisted of angular fragments of altered porphyritic basic rock. In cores it proved to be evenly bedded and cemented by sparry calcite. Radioactivity age dating fixed a minimum age of crystallization of this rock at 82 m.y. + 8, or middle Late Cretaceous (Austin). Bulk density of the igneous rock ranged from 2.02 gm/cc near the top of its occurrence to 2.53 gm/cc near the bottom of the well. Three gas accumulations, with an aggregate thickness of 38 feet, were encountered in the Miocene section between 5092 and 6219 feet in the Shell well. Gas-bearing sands were not present in two other wells drilled later on the same structure (Fig. 2). Although evidence of Late Cretaceous volcanic activity is widespread in northern Louisiana, as well as in Mississippi, and southeast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, the Door Point prospect lies within an area that had been previously designated as being free of volcanism. Photos and such on link: http://idk5536.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/door-point-a-buried-volcano-in-southeast-louisiana-a-paper-written-in-1976/