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Sunday, May 18, 2014
Snappy Asparagus Dip
They're coming after our team
Dear friends,
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The pressure on a few of my staff at Avaaz is reaching a
breaking point: they've received death threats, had their computers and
emails hacked, been threatened on television and radio, and one even had his
car tampered with! Our campaigner Wissam was detained at the Cairo airport
while delivering our call to stop Egypt's largest mass execution in recent history,
taken into a windowless room and interrogated for hours -- drilled with
chillingly well-informed questions about his personal life, travel, and work
with Avaaz!
I've gotten threatening messages and hacks, but nothing compared to the threats these campaigners face. Let's stand behind these brave people who speak our community's truth to power.
The threats will get worse as we become larger and more effective, taking on some of the most entrenched and powerful players on the planet. That's why Avaaz needs to triple-reinforce our security systems, including legal counsel to stand ready for emergencies, media support to raise the alarm if people are threatened, better encryption, and the resources to move staff to a safe location when the pressure gets to be too much.
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I've gotten threatening messages and hacks, but nothing compared to the threats these campaigners face. Let's stand behind these brave people who speak our community's truth to power.
The threats will get worse as we become larger and more effective, taking on some of the most entrenched and powerful players on the planet. That's why Avaaz needs to triple-reinforce our security systems, including legal counsel to stand ready for emergencies, media support to raise the alarm if people are threatened, better encryption, and the resources to move staff to a safe location when the pressure gets to be too much.
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The campaign we're running to Egypt right now -- opposing the mass execution of hundreds of people -- has been hugely powerful, reaching the highest levels of the government. Wissam had permission to enter Egypt and had a meeting scheduled with the Grand Mufti Allam, who has the moral power to stop the mass killings. This is why we came under attack -- Wissam says the two generals who interrogated him knew everything about Avaaz, our campaign, and his own life and travel. The government was clearly watching us closely.
And as soon as Wissam was sent home, news outlets around the world from the Washington Post to Al-Arabiya picked up the story immediately, putting more pressure on the Egyptian government to act to protect human rights.
But we know the threats will get worse as we get more effective. Our people-powered campaigning has taken on the world's worst actors directly, in ways that genuinely hurt them -- from the Syrian and Russian regimes to Rupert Murdoch, Big Oil, and organized crime. The Syrian dictatorship even called our campaigner 'the most dangerous man in the world'.
We're not backing down, and our team is focused on winning the campaign in Egypt -- but we also need to keep the team and the movement safe. That's why there was broad legal, media, and diplomatic pressure lined up in case Wissam wasn't freed in Cairo -- and I want to make sure we always have what we need to respond to emergencies like these. With all of our small pledges added up now, we can:
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With
35 million members, we’ve become the largest global civic movement of our kind
ever, and
our campaigns pose a real threat to brutal regimes and corrupt corporations.
Two years ago, our website came under massive attack, threatening our ability
to keep campaigning. Our community came together and donated to protect it and
now our tech systems are reinforced and fully prepared for almost any kind of
cyber-attack. But now they’re coming after a few of our staff. Let's prove that
no matter what tactics they use, attacking our movement only makes us stronger.
With hope and gratitude,
Ricken and the Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION:
Egypt: Stop the Mass Execution (Avaaz)
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_mass_execution_loc/?fr
Egypt deports man lobbying against mass death sentences (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/04/us-egypt-deported-idUSBREA330RY20140404
Egypt Bars Lebanese Man over Death Sentence Petition (Almanar)
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=144362&frid=21&seccatid=19&cid=21&fromval=1
Egypt bars Lebanese activist over death sentence petition (AlArabiya)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/04/04/Egypt-bars-Lebanese-activist-over-death-sentence-petition-.html
Hundreds of Egyptians Sentenced to Death in Killing of a Police Officer (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/world/middleeast/529-egyptians-sentenced-to-death-in-killing-of-a-police-officer.html
With hope and gratitude,
Ricken and the Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION:
Egypt: Stop the Mass Execution (Avaaz)
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_mass_execution_loc/?fr
Egypt deports man lobbying against mass death sentences (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/04/us-egypt-deported-idUSBREA330RY20140404
Egypt Bars Lebanese Man over Death Sentence Petition (Almanar)
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=144362&frid=21&seccatid=19&cid=21&fromval=1
Egypt bars Lebanese activist over death sentence petition (AlArabiya)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/04/04/Egypt-bars-Lebanese-activist-over-death-sentence-petition-.html
Hundreds of Egyptians Sentenced to Death in Killing of a Police Officer (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/world/middleeast/529-egyptians-sentenced-to-death-in-killing-of-a-police-officer.html
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Foreigners Sell A Record Amount Of Treasurys Held By The Fed In Past Week
To:
"V.K.Durham"
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:56:37 PM
Subject: Fwd: Foreigners Sell A Record Amount Of Treasurys Held By The Fed In Past Week
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:56:37 PM
Subject: Fwd: Foreigners Sell A Record Amount Of Treasurys Held By The Fed In Past Week
fyi
PROBABLY A "REVERSE MONEY
LAUNDERING" FORCING THE FED BUYING BACK DUE TO "BOGUS
DERIVATIVES"
Former US Treasury Asst Sec'y Paul Craig Roberts spills beans on Federal Reserve's Belgium money laundering operation to hide weakness of dollar from Americans: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/05/13/the-federal-reserve-and-an-unsustainable-empire/ |
TNT
TNT:
omegaman: May 17, 2014 at 2:38pm I have confirmation from my platform...rates to go live on FOREX sunday night...
Kaper: a platform is used in trading - could be stocks, forex, options etc.. trading platforms are very common- optionexpress, metatrader, etrade etc
mndin: reports from 4 people that we should see it on forex by sun or mon
Lizardlips: Actually my friend whom got me into this, his friend that works in the UST told him Wednesday that the Rv would be the thrid week of May... we shall see
NewCreation: Friend of my trades, said lots going on should be Monday morn....thought it was going this am...not sure how high his rank is...
omegaman: May 17, 2014 at 2:38pm I have confirmation from my platform...rates to go live on FOREX sunday night...
Kaper: a platform is used in trading - could be stocks, forex, options etc.. trading platforms are very common- optionexpress, metatrader, etrade etc
mndin: reports from 4 people that we should see it on forex by sun or mon
Lizardlips: Actually my friend whom got me into this, his friend that works in the UST told him Wednesday that the Rv would be the thrid week of May... we shall see
NewCreation: Friend of my trades, said lots going on should be Monday morn....thought it was going this am...not sure how high his rank is...
THERE IS STRENGTH IN UNITY OF PURPOSE AND SELF MOTIVATION.
THERE IS STRENGTH IN UNITY OF PURPOSE AND SELF MOTIVATION.
THE NEW TREASURY NOTES WHICH ARE GOLD BACKED ARE IN VAST
CIRCULATION AROUND THE WORLD. ASK THE HOUSE AND SENATE WHY THESE
GOLD BACKED NOTES ARE BEING DENIED CIRCULATION HERE IN THE STATES BY OBAMA AND
US TREASURY SECRETARY JACK LEW?????????? THE WORLD IS REFUSHING
ACCEPTANCE OF THE WORTHLESS FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES FOR THE TRADING OF OIL AND OTHER
COMMODITIES AND THE NEW TREASURY NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED TO OTHER NATIONS.
WHEN WILL OBAMA RELEASE THE NEW TREASURY
RESERVE NOTES THAT ARE GOLD BACKED???? MORE COUNTRIES ARE REFUSHING THE
WORTHLESS FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES??? THIS IS THE MESSAGE TO ASK EACH AND
EVERY HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBER.
1. CALL AND LEAVE MESSAGES NIGHTS AND
WEEKENDS. I HEAR EVERY EXCUSE THAT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND I AM
WORKING????
2. MAKE THE WHEEL SQUEAK WITH MORE
PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY.
3. THE COUNTRY BELONGS TO THE
TAXPAYERS, NOT OBAMA.
4. THERE IS NO TIME TO BE SHY, TIMID,
OR LAZY.
5. DO YOU WISH TO REMAIN HOSTAGE AND A
PRISONER WITHIN YOUR OWN COUNTRY AND BE TAXED TO DEATH????
6. PRINT AND SAVE THESE NUMBERS--TAKE
THIS TO YOUR WORK AND CALL
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THE POLITICIANS AND THEIR STAFF CAN NOT PLAY DUMB ANYMORE ABOUT THE DINAR---PUSHBACK--THIS IS YOUR RV
Muhammad Ali’s son shut off from dad, living in poverty
Muhammad Ali’s son shut off from dad, living in poverty
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Muhammad Ali Jr. said he wishes he was rich so he could cure his father (inset) of Parkison's disease.Photo: Ken Carl/Coleman-Rayner
In 1986, when Muhammad Ali Jr. was 14 years old, his father, the greatest boxer alive, picked up the teen for a visit.
“We got in the car, and I said I needed to stop for something to eat,” Ali Jr. recalls. “By the time I came back out, he was gone.”
Ali Jr. called his father’s new wife, Lonnie, and said, “Daddy left me up here. I don’t know why he left me.” She said she’d tell him as soon as he arrived home.
“He turned the car around and came back to pick me up,” Ali Jr. says. “I said, ‘Daddy, why did you leave me?’ He said, ‘I kind of forgot you were in the car.’ ”
Ali Jr. remembers it sadly, the moment when his dad’s Parkinson’s became apparent.
“That was the first time I actually realized something was wrong with him,” he said.
Now 41, nearly destitute and living in the dangerous Chicago neighborhood of West Englewood, Ali Jr. fears his father has now forgotten him for good — and the boxing great’s wife, Lonnie, is keeping him from even saying a proper goodbye.
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“The Greatest” and his family decades ago. Muhammad Jr. is pictured to the far left.Photo: Ken Carl/Coleman-Rayner
“If I saw my father right now, I’d say I love you, I miss you, and I want you to see your grandkids,” says Muhammad Jr., who lives in a two-bedroom hovel he shares with his wife, Shaakira, and two children, Ameera, 6, and Shakera, 5.
“I wished before my dad got really sick, I could have had that father-son relationship, but that’s impossible now. I wish I could have made up for lost time. But it doesn’t break my heart anymore. It’s been broken so many times I’m used to it by now.”
Muhammad Jr. was born in 1972 in Philadelphia to Ali, then 30, and actress Belinda Boyd, who was 17. Muhammad Jr. can’t remember ever enjoying a family meal together. Mostly, his grandparents raised him, as his father was busy boxing and his mom was acting in films.
He grew up with three sisters — Maryum and twins Jamillah and Rasheda — but when they were infants, Ali began an affair with Veronica Porsche, who became his second wife in 1977.
The kids still saw their dad, and Junior fondly remembers those days as an extended family.
“My father used to do magic tricks. He’d have a handkerchief that he’d make into a cane; he’d then make it disappear. His card tricks were really good. He was such a comical person. My father liked to wear masks and scare people. He liked to have people on the edge of their seats.
“We used to go to Pennsylvania where he had a training camp, and he’d do tricks on stage. We all went. It was all the family, including my stepsisters Leila and Hana. We’d get on the Bluebird Winnebago bus and go up to see him,” Muhammad Jr. says.
“We stayed in log cabins, ride horses, watch him train, jump ropes and eat all the time as a family. He had a great cook.
“But I never went to any boxing matches apart from one when he fought Leon Spinks, and I just remember he kept on smiling even though he was getting hit a lot.
“He never wanted me to be a fighter. He said, ‘Don’t get into it if you don’t know what you’re doing, as it’s dangerous.’
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Muhammad Jr. says he lives off of food stamps to survive while looking for a job.Photo: Ken Carl/Coleman-Rayner
“I used to see him all the time when I was a child. He made sure he was there, would get all the siblings together, and never kept us a secret from each other. I was proud of my daddy. Fame and fortune meant nothing, I just saw him as my daddy.”
But being Muhammad Ali Jr. had its pitfalls. Although his dad was conquering the world for a third time in 1978, his son was battling on the playground.
“You may think having Muhammad Ali as your dad is great, but I had problems. People wanted to pick fights. School was hell. They wanted to see if I was like my father. I’d get bullied all the time. Girls would only get with me because of my father, not because of me. Nothing was as it seemed. I didn’t know who really loved me. People just used me so they could get a glimpse of my dad. Some people didn’t like it that my dad was black or didn’t go to war. We had to fight all his battles.
“It meant my grandparents sheltered me a lot. Dad didn’t know, as he wasn’t around every day. I felt in some ways like I never had a childhood.
“I’d say my father was good and bad. The reason I say that is because my father never really spent time with me. Whenever we had time, he spent it with his daughters rather than me. Even in the only picture I have of all the family together, they’re all wrapped close, and I’m far out to the left. I felt like the outcast. I still do,” Muhammad Jr. sobs.
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Muhammad Ali Jr. (left) was 14 when he said he first noticed his father’s (right) Parkison’s disease effects.Photo: Coleman-Rayner
He says he still feels the problems of his childhood and they’re stopping him from moving on.
“He gave us money directly, anything we wanted. Everything was given to me, and I was hidden away, which has hurt me in the long run. I’m like a 12-year-old in a 41-year-old’s body now. I was always sheltered as a child, limited to what I could do, so I don’t know how to get out there and do it now,” he adds.
“I sometimes resent to this day my dad. I was cursed with this name. People wanted me to follow in my father’s footsteps, but what about my own? I want to make it myself. I don’t want to be in the shadows of someone else.
“It’s like I’m cursed. My life is cursed. I thought about even changing my name to Malik Islam and running away and starting a new life again. But my children stop me. I want to teach them and give them the discipline I never got.”
While Ali was champion of the world at age 22 and amassed a fortune of well over $100 million, his son is living off food stamps. Driving with a reporter to his local cafe for breakfast, he points excitedly at a charity shelter and says it’s his savior.
“I go there when I ain’t got no food in the crib or the kids need shoes and clothes,” he says.
“My life now is crap. I live in a s–t area, a house I don’t own. I survive off handouts and food stamps. I’ve tried for a job, but there’s no hiring. I go on the Internet, but I’ve never been taught how to use it, so it always messes up. I’m stuck. If my father was still around and was coherent, he’d help me. But that’s not the case, is it?
“If I was rich, I’d find a cure for Parkinson’s. Next thing, I’d get a big house with my father and kids and I’d take care of him.”
Muhammad Jr. says the last time he saw his father was at dad’s birthday party in Las Vegas last year, and it was like “he was in a coma.”
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Muhammad Ali Jr, holding a photo of him and his father, said he just wants to say “I love you, daddy” one more time before ‘The Greatest’ passes.Photo: Ken Carl/Coleman-Rayner
“Now when you see him, his hands shake and his face is cold. His expressions are numb. It isn’t him. He had always been talkative, joking around, the soul of the party. Now he doesn’t do any of that. It’s like night and day right now,” Muhammad Jr. says. “Sometimes, you look at things and ask: ‘Did it really happen? Did he box like that? Did he talk like that?’ ”
Ali Jr. blames the breakdown in their relationship on Lonnie, his father’s fourth wife. This isn’t the first time Lonnie, whom Ali married in 1986, has been accused of tearing the family apart. Ali Sr.’s brother, Rahman, spoke out last year about not being able to see his brother and the treatment his sibling was receiving.
Muhammad Jr. says: “He slipped out my life the moment he got married to Lonnie. The trips to see me stopped immediately. She once said that they couldn’t afford to come and see me. How can a man who’s well respected in the world, bigger than Elvis, with all the money he’s made, not afford to travel?”
Lonnie, who has power of attorney, has made it clear Ali Jr. is not welcome, he says. When he phoned his father on Ali Sr.’s birthday, Jan. 17, no one answered.
Muhammad Jr. thinks his dad, now 72, won’t make it to his next birthday — “not a chance” — and hopes the day will come when the greatest living sportsman’s pain will finally ebb away.
“I just want, hope and pray to God that that awful disease takes my dad sooner rather than later. Takes him away from all the suffering he’s in. It’d be really sad to see him go, but everything is for the best, and I will see him again in heaven,” he says.
“I have no regrets in life apart from one. I regret not being able to call him on his birthday and wish him happy birthday, tell my daddy I love him. It may be his last birthday, and this is when you should be with your father the most. I love you, Daddy.”
There will eventually be a Global Currency Reset and RV
There will eventually be a Global Currency Reset and RV ........but
not as long
as the Federal Reserve can still breathe a last breath! Even the
BRIC Nations
understand that truth!
COBRA has stated that the Cabal has no gold because it has been removed
COBRA has stated that the Cabal has no gold because it has been removed
off world by the Resistance forces. If COBRA is correct, then everything
that
has occurred so far with the GCR and RV has been nothing more than
a "Paper
Chase" and another Cabal mind game. Unfortunately the Guru's
appear to be a
willing patsy or are they?
We live in a unique or quantum reality, a reality that has been kept secret or
We live in a unique or quantum reality, a reality that has been kept secret or
intentionally blocked from our education by our government
controlled schools.
If enough people concentrate upon making the GCR and RV a reality,
it will
happen just by our willing it so. When we change our perception,
we alter our
reality. [e.g.] We could be embroiled in a third World War right
now but enough
people made up their minds against it and said: 'No more War!'
They changed
their perception and thus changed our reality!
These head games the Cabal have been playing is designed to break that
These head games the Cabal have been playing is designed to break that
concentration through frustration, anger, greed and despair. Ironically,
most
Guru's appear far from being the brightest light on the tree and
yet they enjoy
a certain amount of influence over millions of currency investors.
Maybe that is just another ruse?
Do they know or understand the concept of changing ones reality through mass
Do they know or understand the concept of changing ones reality through mass
meditation? This is extremely unfortunate because this GCR and RV thing
could
have been put to bed in 2012, if they did and had! Then again, perhaps
they are
being paid to stir the pot of frustration, anger, greed and
despair without looking
like the bad guys?
Makes you think, doesn't it?
Dinar Rumors
Hi, Folks -
Found at dinardetectives.com/updates:
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5-17-14 TNT TONY TWEETS: Good
Afternoon TNT. It looks like a SUPERFANTASTIC weekend just might be here. Let's
be ready so we don't have to get ready.
I am hopeful and expectant of doing a call before the weekend is over. Nothing but good news so far. #wearethepeople
I am hopeful and expectant of doing a call before the weekend is over. Nothing but good news so far. #wearethepeople
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5-17-14 Ludy: RV done as of today will show by Mon per my source….the Iraq Gov has done what is required of them. They are
only waiting for the go ahead to go international. Tony and DC are right on with what they are sharing. Hold
strong we are there. (Your source reliable?) Pentagon.
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