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[LIBERTY] [MINISTRY] SCOTUS: Bundy's exonerated, Judge slams “outrageous” abuses and “flagrant misconduct” of FBI and "Justice" Department
by Zenaan Harkness 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

Well here's a rare breath of fresh air for Murricans in a Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS ) decision exonerating the Bundys - one for the history books, and well done folks, well firetrucking done!‼! Perhaps the Ruby Ridge $3 million payout will give precedent for the Bundy's (not that that can ever compensate for what the govt did on Ruby Ridge), but what's really needed is for you folk across the pond to get some proper grand juries going against the FBI and DOJ - the govt shills will shout "you citizens can't do that!!!" from the rooftops and every forum, but that won't stop a small committed and determined group from achieving their careful and well-planned approach to this "problem". Good luck, Government's Misconduct In Cliven Bundy Case Stems From Ruby Ridge https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-15/governments-misconduct-cliven-bun… (Quite a few links in the linked article) Federal judge Gloria Navarro slammed the FBI and Justice Department on Monday, Jan. 8, for “outrageous” abuses and “flagrant misconduct” in the prosecution of Cliven Bundy and sons, the Nevada ranchers who spurred a high-profile standoff with the FBI and Bureau of Land Management in 2014. Navarro condemned the "grossly shocking” withholding of evidence from defense counsel in a case that could have landed the Bundys in prison for the rest of their lives. Navarro, who had declared a mistrial last month, dismissed all charges against the Bundys. Navarro was especially riled because the FBI spent three years covering up or lying about the role of their snipers in the 2014 standoff. The Bundys faced conspiracy charges because they summoned militia to defend them after claiming FBI snipers had surrounded their ranch. Justice Department lawyers scoffed at this claim but newly-released documents vindicate the Bundys. In an interview Saturday, Ammon Bundy reviled the feds: “They basically came to kill our family, they surrounded us with snipers. And then they wanted to lie about it all like none of it happened." Many of the heavily-armed activists who flocked to the scene feared that the FBI snipers had a license to kill the Bundys. Their reaction cannot be understood without considering a landmark 1990s case that continues to shape millions of Americans’ attitude towards Washington: the federal killings and coverups at Ruby Ridge. Randy Weaver and his family lived in an isolated cabin in the mountains of northern Idaho. Weaver was a white separatist who believed races should live apart; he had no record of violence against other races — or anyone else. An undercover federal agent entrapped him into selling a sawed-off shotgun. The feds then sought to pressure Weaver to become an informant but he refused. After Weaver was sent the wrong court date and failed to show up, the feds launched a vendetta. Idaho lawyer David Nevin noted that U.S.: “Marshals called in military aerial reconnaissance and had photos studied by the Defense Mapping Agency. They prowled the woods around Weaver’s cabin with night-vision equipment. They had psychological profiles performed and installed $130,000 worth of long-range solar-powered spy cameras. … They even knew the menstrual cycle of Weaver’s teenage daughter, and planned an arrest scenario around it.” On August 21, 1992, six camouflaged U.S. Marshals carrying machine guns trespassed onto the Weavers’ property. Three marshals circled close to the Weaver cabin and killed one of their dogs. A firefight ensued and 14-year old Sammy Weaver was shot in the back and killed as he was leaving the scene. Kevin Harris, a family friend, responded by fatally shooting a federal marshal who had fired seven shots in the melee. The next day, the FBI sent in its Hostage Rescue Team snipers with orders to shoot to kill any adult male outside the Weaver cabin. A federal appeals court ruling later noted that: “FBI agents formulated rules of engagement that permitted their colleagues to hide in the bushes and gun down men who posed no immediate threat. Such wartime rules are patently unconstitutional for a police action.” FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shot Randy Weaver in the back after he stepped out of his cabin, wounding him. Horiuchi then shot and killed Vicki Weaver standing in the cabin door holding their 10-month old baby. A confidential 1994 Justice Department task force report concluded: “The absence of a (surrender demand) subjected the Government to charges that it was setting Weaver up for attack.” Weaver and Harris surrendered after an 11-day siege. At their 1993 trial, federal prosecutors asserted that Weaver long conspired to have an armed confrontation with the government. The feds bizarrely asserted that moving from Iowa to a spot near the Canadian border in 1985 was part of Weaver’s plot. After an Idaho jury largely exonerated the defendants, federal judge Edward Lodge slammed DOJ and FBI misconduct and fabrication of evidence in the case. Regardless of the judge’s condemnation, FBI chief Louis Freeh in 1995 exonerated the FBI for its actions at Ruby Ridge. That year, after I slammed Freeh’s whitewash in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, Freeh denounced my “inflammatory and unfounded allegations.” Five months later, I snared a confidential 542-page Justice Department report on Ruby Ridge, excerpting its damning findings in a Wall Street Journal piece. The coverup unraveled and the feds paid the Weaver family $3.1 million to settle their wrongful-death lawsuit. A top FBI official was sent to prison for destroying key evidence. But the FBI sniper who killed Vicki Weaver never faced justice. When Boundary County, Idaho, sought to prosecute Horiuchi in 1998, the Clinton administration invoked the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution (which blocks local and state governments from challenging federal power) to torpedo their lawsuit. Solicitor General Seth Waxman absolved the sniper because “federal law-enforcement officials are privileged to do what would otherwise be unlawful if done by a private citizen.” While that claim may sway federal judges, it often fails to charm jurors. A Justice Department brief in the Bundy case revealed that prosecutors dreaded jury nullification — “not guilty” verdicts due to government abuses. That specter spurred prosecutors to withhold key evidence from both the court and the defense counsel, resulting in a mistrial and dismissal of charges. Judge Navarro rightly declared that “a universal sense of justice has been violated” by federal misconduct in the Bundy trial. Americans’ trust in the FBI and Justice Department will not be restored until those agencies are compelled to obey the law and the Constitution. Until that happens, federal prosecutors should continue fearing verdicts from Americans who refuse to convict those whom the feds wrongfully vilify. * * * James Bovard is a USA Today columnist and the author of 10 books, including “Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty” (St. Martin’s Press, 1994).

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Fascism Faketriots and Mexico
by grarpamp 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od2XMR8uMjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MBVqC9Ga_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S_wD8pmJM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGw91gCVfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLdFitvjag

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Australia lost two great feedom advocates this last 2 weeks - Jimmy Stefanovski aka "Jim Sovereign", and Ted Beare
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

Australia just lost two great men this last week - Jim Stefanovski, aka Jim Sovereign (also aka Hunterman) or just Jimmy to his friends, and Ted Beare, or Teddy. Jimmy's (see below) funeral was yesterday, and we also lost Teddy, or Ted Beare, who's funeral I am going to today - both Aussie patriots in the true sense of the word, both principled to a fault, and both men who truly cared for other human beings, extending a hand, an ear or dollars, depending on the need. Ted's funeral is later today. May you find that which their Soul seeks for you, Zen ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:22:02 +1000 Subject: Jimmy Stefanovski aka "Jim Sovereign", passed away Dear freedom seekers all, many of you knew Jimmy personally, and to many he gave extensive help - sometimes online, sometimes on the phone, and many times in person. I had the pleasure of meeting Jimmy on a few occasions, and the greater pleasure of speaking with him many times on the phone, to both be entertained with his personal stories of dressing down one or another police officer or magistrate (always on a matter of absolute principle of course), and also his challenges (on occasion) to me personally, which he always delivered with a firm clarity, heartfelt personal belief and principles, and always that gentle grace which was also always present in his gentle and easy tone (a refreshing counterpart to my own for example). Jim was known to many as Jim Sovereign, a most appropriate alias for his regular email bulletins and online jousts which we have all so appreciated, and also as Jim Hunter or "Hunterman". A proud and active member of UPMART, and a true Australian patriot, Jim is one of those rare Souls who carried his burdens in dignity, always speaking strongly his principles and his opposition to all corruption and evil. He had Malcolm's back on many an occasion, and always sought to hear both sides of personal stories, bringing a balance and compassion to his public dialogue. Jimmy, you keep that genuine Aussie spirit alive - a true brother and a true "digger" - always reminding that we demand of authority to respect "our right to have a say, in those laws which we are called upon to obey", as our forefathers spoke so succinctly and shed their blood for at the Eureka Stockade. Mate, you've stood us all so proud! Jimmy, you will be dearly missed, you are a shining light to many of us, and you were a rock in this world to whom we sought on occasion your gentle and understanding ear, and your empathy for the difficulties we invariably encounter on this life's path. Thank you. Your passing from this world is a great loss to the freedom movement, and to Australia generally, as most of us well know. Jim's funeral was today, and many a tear was shed. To Jim, may you find that which your Soul seeks for you. P.S.: I do not know Jimmy's full email list, so please forward this as you feel is appropriate. ----- End forwarded message -----

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The Tor Files: Transparency for the Dark Web [Full Cache] with Surveillance Valley's Yasha Levine
by grarpamp 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

https://surveillancevalley.com/the-tor-files/the-tor-files-transparency-for… https://surveillancevalley.com/blog/all-eff-up-silicon-valleys-astroturf-pr… https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8xycxc/journalist_yasha_levine_re… https://blog.erratasec.com/2018/03/askrob-does-tor-let-government-peek-at.h… Yasha Levine speaks about internet surveillance and influence ops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNLiv8lgnNU https://surveillancevalley.com/blog/thomas-drake-endorses-surveillance-vall… https://twitter.com/Thomas_Drake1/status/970058544417529856 Surveillance Valley - The Secret Military History of the Internet By Yasha Levine A reporter unearths the true history of the internet: it was built by the government to spy on citizens, at home and abroad. In Surveillance Valley, Yasha Levine traces the history of the internet back to its beginnings as a Vietnam-era tool for spying on guerrilla fighters and antiwar protesters–a military computer networking project that ultimately envisioned the creation of a global system of surveillance and prediction. Levine shows how the same military objectives that drove the development of early internet technology are still at the heart of Silicon Valley today. Spies, counterinsurgency campaigns, hippie entrepreneurs, privacy apps funded by the CIA. From the 1960s to the 2010s — this revelatory and sweeping story will make you reconsider what you know about the most powerful, ubiquitous tool ever created.

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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (er , Hegemony)
by Steven Schear 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-11/there-no-end-sight-army-major-war…

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Cryptocurrency: Message from John McAfee after Hospital on Cryptocurrency
by grarpamp 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCry76bfJhQ https://twitter.com/officialmcafee I am clearly no longer in hospital. I am home with my home health nurse and my wife. There is no wore position for a man to be in. However it has been clear that I am promoting shilling pumping whatever word you wish to use, Docademic. Why in the hell am I doing that for no money... It is because the world is watching us. They believe we are not real... We're a bunch of bits and bytes wandering around the ethernet. We are not. We are not. We have produced real world applications. And because the world is watching, *we cannot fuck this up*. Docademic, the first world health application that helps the poor of every fucking country. If you can't get behind that, then you need to get the hell out of crypto. It's all we have now. It's all we have to show for our work to the world at large. For God's sake, show it. Do something. Say something. Shine that fucking light on the one gem we have produced. Which has gone into parts of the world where they don't even have computers. But they all fucking...

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The Chilly Surveillance Data Mines of the Suppressors
by grarpamp 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Don't indoctrinate against and fuck over other people's rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziltBdyFxDo https://cdt.org/blog/illinois-supreme-court-should-affirm-that-six-flags-vi… https://cdt.org/files/2018/07/SixFlags_BioScanner_3.jpg https://www.nyclu.org/en/news/facial-recognition-cameras-do-not-belong-scho… https://www.change.org/p/department-of-homeland-security-eliminate-the-dhs-… https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8qdj37/hey_guys_the_dept_of_homel… https://www.cbsnews.com/news/orlando-international-airport-to-scan-faces-of… https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/22/17492106/amazon-ice-facial-recognition-i… https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/thought-crime-uk-un-terroris… https://asiancorrespondent.com/2018/06/vietnam-passes-law-requiring-google-… https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8xpeyl/brett_kavanaughs_defense_o… This is one of the major root of the issue problems in America. Everyone else is accountable to the law. It seems to me that if 3 letter agencies wanted to do something that was unconstitutional, they made sure to sneak in special "exceptions" that would excuse their otherwise illegal activity. No one is the wiser because most of the bills passed are created in secret and passed and no one is able to read them. I asked my father why major bills get passed this way and he told me "it's always been this way, and it's the only way they are able to pass the bills" I don't know if this is true, but back to my point. 3 letter agencies have it in writing in bills somewhere that they can do what would otherwise be considered highly controversial and unconstitutional. These snuck in exceptions go unnoticed... Until they aren't. Like the part of a bill that allows a United States citizen to be detained indefinitely, without a lawyer, and without even a charge being brought against him. Obama signed that bill into law and said "while I am in office I will never do that to a citizen of the United States", but then signed the bill and now that is LAW. We have a new president now And we will have another after that one. That law still stands. America is slowly.. insidiously ever slowly having everything it used to be( a beacon of freedom, of justice, of conscious and helping those in need.) We have become something different. The mass of the American population are too busy working their 9-5 day jobs to try to get a understanding of what is going on in American politics right now. It's a full time job trying to make good decisions for the people of America and we have elected officials that are supposed to be doing that, but it has become NORMAL for politicians to make decisions based on what lobbyists from corporations tell them is best for the people. No one is lobbying for the people. And the people are still stuck in the belief that politicians for the most part doing right by them. It's not happening and the ones that are still good and fighting for the people are fighting an uphill battle. They are struggling and a minority and are underappreciated. No one wants to pay attention to complicated aspects of politics. Thats what our tax dollars pay for. They pay the salary of our representatives, but who do they really work for when their donations from lobbyists vastly outweighs what we pay them? It's a chore for me to even have to pay as much attention as I do, but even I can see the painting on the wall. Shits not good right now in America and I don't think even a 1/4th the politicians/city councilmen etc have a honest drive to help keep America great and fight and take a stand against corruption. I don't have all the answers. I'm just some idealist shmuck that wishes he did and that I could make a blemish against the rolling tide of corruption over taking America. The problem is just too big. It's just too god damned big. - We're all fucked. Get out while you still can people because our society is circling the drain here since 2001 or so. + Get out and go where though?

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Shopping Centers Putting Your Ass On ICE in the Chilly Surveillance Data Mines of the Suppressors
by grarpamp 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8xwktc/malls_in_california_are_sendi… https://papersplease.org/

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Bitcoin ETFs: Comment Period Open at SEC, More In Pipeline
by grarpamp 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboebzx-2018-040/cboebzx2018040.htm https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2018/34-83520.pdf https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml CBOE SolidX VanEck

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America Bombs, Europe Gets the Refugees. That’s TYPICAL
by Steven Schear 10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

The US Government (with France and a few other US allies) bombs Libya, Syria, etc.; and the US regime refuses to accept any of the resulting refugees — the burdens from which are now breaking the EU, and the EU is sinking in economic competition against America’s international corporations <http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/u-s-crushes-europe/>. America’s corporations remain blithely unscathed by not only the refugees <http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/publication/after-libya-syria-towards-a…> that are breaking up the EU, but also by the EU’s economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and other allies of governments that the US regime is trying to overthrow in its constant invasions and coups. https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/07/09/america-bombs-europe-gets…

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