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Tuesday November 3rd, 2009
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'V' aims at Obamamania
posted 11/03/2009, 11:11 PM (Chicago Tribune) [Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.
The news media swoons in admiration -- one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: "Why don't you show some respect?!" The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader's origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: "Embracing change is never easy."
So, does that sound like anyone you know? Oh, wait -- did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who's come here to eat us?
Welcome to ABC's "V," the most fascinating and bound to be the most controversial new show of the fall television season. Nominally a rousing sci-fi space opera about alien invaders bent on the conquest (and digestion) of all humanity, it's also a barbed commentary on Obamamania that will infuriate the president's supporters and delight his detractors.
"We're all so quick to jump on the bandwagon," observes one character. "A ride on the bandwagon, it sounds like fun. But before we get on, let us at least make sure it is sturdy."
The bandwagon in this case is conspicuously saucer-shaped. "V" starts with the arrival of a couple of dozen ships from outer space, piloted by creatures who look like humans except a lot prettier. "Don't be frightened," says their luminously beautiful leader Anna (Morena Baccarin, "Serenity"). "We mean no harm."
The aliens -- who become known as V's, for visitors -- quickly enthrall their wide-eyed human hosts.
A handful of dissidents hold out against the rapturous reception given the V's. Some are ... (more)InformationLiberation Analysis:
I watched this show on Tivo, it was very sophisticated predictive programming and actually very well made (considering the vast majority of trash propaganda they put out with no effort), Aliens invade and troops are out on the street "protecting" everyone, the Aliens pose as saviors (using world government talking points) but are revealed to be sinister quietly to the main characters, don't worry though some of the Aliens are good and on our side (who could have guessed). It was jam-packed with predictive programming, some of which is detailed in this article. Overall the show had a half-way decent message so I would look for it to turn into some serious propaganda as it continues (they always start off good to suck people in then they twist it all into some world government propaganda). - Chris
Flashback: The Prophet Hologram
... Then there's the prophet hologram - "the projection of the image of an ancient god over an enemy capitol whose public communications have been seized and used against it in a massive psychological operation."
Flashback: Airborne Holographic Projector
"The holographic projector displays a three-dimensional visual image in a desired location, removed from the display generator. The projector can be used for psychological operations and strategic perception management. It is also useful for optical deception and cloaking, providing a momentary distraction when engaging an unsophisticated adversary."
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Obama Administration, Pentagon Prepare for Homeland Deployment
posted 11/03/2009, 6:07 PM (NewsWax) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] In a report released to the US Congress recently, analysts assessed what they termed “preparedness tests” between the US military
and government agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) exercises to test preparedness to perform its homeland defense and civil support missions. The Government Accountability Office was asked to assess the extent to which NORTHCOM is consistent with Department of Defense guidelines for training and exerc... (more) |
Barack Obama Continues Bush Administration Policy Regarding Posse Comitatus
posted 11/03/2009, 6:07 PM (The New American) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
It has been just over one year since the U.S. Army announced that the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team was being placed under the direct control of the US Army Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and was being indefinitely reassigned as an “on-call federal response force” for emergencies of all sorts, natural and man-made, including terrorist attacks, within NORTHCOM's area of responsibility — the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Although the assignation went mostly unhe... (more) |
Copenhagen Treaty is Open Global Government
posted 11/03/2009, 6:07 PM (Wall Street Journal) [Category: Geopolitics] We can only hope that world leaders will do nothing more than enjoy a pleasant bicycle ride around the charming streets of Copenhagen come December. For if they actually manage to wring out an agreement based on the current draft text of the Copenhagen climate-change treaty, the world is in for some nasty surprises. Draft text, you say? If you haven't heard about it, that's because none of our otherwise talkative political leaders have bothered to tell us what the drafters have already cobbled t... (more) |
Only 28% of High School Students Familiar With Constitution
posted 11/03/2009, 6:05 PM (News 9) [Category: Big Brother/Orwellian] OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.
The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.
The Oklahoma City-based group enlisted national research firm, Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.
Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank an... (more) |
Video shows San Jose cops hitting, Tasing unarmed suspect
posted 11/03/2009, 6:04 PM (Raw Story) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] 'Rising level of anger' among minority groups towards San Jose police
Four police officers in San Jose, California, are under criminal investigation after grainy video footage shows two of then hitting and Tasing an unarmed suspect.
A two-minute clip of cellphone video obtained by the San Jose Mercury-News shows officers Tasing and hitting 20-year-old Phuong Ho as he lay on the ground in the hallway of the apartment he shares with roommates.
Although ... (more) |
German Paper Junge Welt: CIA Promotes Narcotics Trade
posted 11/03/2009, 6:04 PM (WatchingAmerica.com) [Category: Cover-Up/Deceptions] “There’s no significant drug trafficking anywhere in the world in which the CIA isn’t involved.” This truism has again been confirmed by a report in the New York Times. While in the past it was limited to hanky-panky with drug lords in Latin America or Southeast Asia, this time the agency, according to the New York Times article, is actually part of an organized crime operation in the Hindu Kush war zone. Active and former U.S. intelligence personnel claim that Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afgh... (more) |
Canadian Details Nightmare of "Free" Health Care
posted 11/03/2009, 6:04 PM (Infowars) [Category: Commentary] I am a Canadian. I am young enough to have had access to “universal health care” my entire life. I still have the doctor I had growing up, he is a one and a half hour drive from my current city. Before I can have a doctor in the city where I live, I have to find one that is accepting patients and stop being a patient of my other doctor; it has been 5 years. But I want to share an experience I had at a hospital in a city with a population of 90,000+.
3AM. My wife shakes me awake. S... (more) |
Castro sister recounts role as CIA 'mole' in Cuba
posted 11/03/2009, 6:04 PM (Reuters) [Category: Cover-Up/Deceptions] MIAMI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Using the codename "Donna," the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday.
Revealing what the publishers called a closely guarded secret kept hidden for four decades, Juanita Castro described in the book how she was recruited by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Havana ... (more) |
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